﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCEIIA, 1351 



Lagoptera, Guen. Noct. iii. 223. 



Thyas et Corvcia, p., H'ubn. 



Bendis, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 269. 



Body very stout. Proboscis robust, moderately long. Palpi 

 stout, vertical; second joint long, curved, densely pubescent; third 

 elongate-conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae rather more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen thick, elongate-conical, extending about as far as the hind 

 wings. Legs very stout; femora and hind tibiae most densely 

 tufted, the latter with very long spurs. Wings broad, not denticu- 

 lated. Fore wings somewhat acute, straight along the costa, mode- 

 rately oblique and hardly convex along the exterior border. Male. — 

 Antenme crenulate, very minutely ciliated. 



South America. 



1. Lagoptera Orodes. 



Ferruginea; al(B anticcB margine interiore, fascia suhmarginali 

 fasciisque quatuor rectis suhparallelis (la abbreviata) nigro- 

 fuscis, linea submarginali recta obliqua ferruginea angulum 

 versus interiorem testacea ; posticcB nigrce^ basi cinerece, striga 

 apud angulum interiorem cganea, ciliis albis. 



Phalaena Orodes, Cram. Pam. Exot. ii. 49, pi. 129, f. F. 

 Bendis Orodes, H'dbn, Verz. Schmett. v. 269, 2648. 

 Lagoptera Orodes, Guen, Noct, iii. 227, 1633. 



Surinam. 



Asia. 



A. Alae posticae rainiatae. - - - . - honesta, Hiibn, 



B. Alae posticae lutCcC. ----- aucilla, Fabr, 



C. Alae posticae fascia cserulea. - elegans, Van der Hoeven. 



D. Alae posticae fascia alba. - - - - dotata, Fabr. 



2. Lagopteba. honesta. 



Rufescente-cervina ; abdomen miniatum ; alee anticce subglauces- 

 centes^ nigro subconspersce^ fascia ex teriore diffusa apud costam 

 dilatata pallide cervina^ striga obliqua apicali nigricante 

 fascia media latissima cerviua antice repanda lineis duabus 

 albidis marginata, linea exteriore guttulari, reniformi divisa 

 pallide testacea nigro plus minusve signata ; posticae miniatce 

 fascia lata brevissima nigra. 



