﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1479 



Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 nearly vertical, rather stout and pilose, moderately loni^; third joint 

 lanceolate, a little less than half the leugth of the second. Antennae 

 more than half the length of the body, crenulaie in the male. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings, nearly linear, and 

 with a compressed apical tuft in the male, elongate-conical in the 

 female. Legs rather long, moderately stout ; femora and fore tibiag 

 pilose ; hind tibiae wiih long spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 distinctly rectangular at the tips, almost straight and moderately 

 oblique along the exterior border. 



North America. 

 1. Phurys vinculum. 



Var. ? Mas. Gracilis^ paliidissime cinerea, nigro conspersa ; pal- 

 porum articulus Sits 2o non brevior ; alee anticce sat acuta*, 

 lineis interiore et exteriore albidis obliquis distinctis subreetis 

 extus fusco diffuse marginatis, punctia subtnarginalibus et 

 marginalibus nigris, reniformi fusca sat angusta ; posticcB 

 linea discali albida. 



Phurys vinculum, Gueu. Noct, iii. 304, 1758. 



North America. 



Var. F Male, Slender, very pale cinereous, speckled with 

 black. Third joint of the palpi as long as the second. Fore wings 

 rather acute ; interior and exterior lines whitish, oblique, distinct, 

 nearly straight, diffusedly bordered with dark brown on the outer 

 side ; exierior one more oblique than the interior one ; submarginal 

 and marginal points black ; reniform mark brown, rather narrow. 

 Hind wings with a whitish discal line, which is most distinct 

 towards the interior border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



a, b. East Florida. Presented by £. Doubleday, Esq. 



2. Phurys Lima. 



Paliidissime testacea ; femora antica nigra ; alee anticce fusco 

 subconspers(B, apud costam saturatiores, macula postica inte- 

 ri(fre atra, fasciis duobus, la fusca vix arcuata postice nigra 

 dilatata, 2a nigricanie arcuata extus fusca diffusa punctis 



6m 2 



