﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 1481 



tinctls, fa<iciis dwtbu^ obscure fuscis intus albiclo marginatis 

 extua di/fiisiSj macula parvi postica inleriore gattiaque sub- 

 margin ilibas nigris, Ihifa subniarqinali albida indistincta ; 

 posticcs fascia exteriore fusca diffusa postice angusta bene 

 delerminata. 



Phurys helvina, Guen, Noct. iii. 307, 1765. 



Mexico. Brazil. 



Male, Var.P Pale testaceous. Anterinaesliglitly compressed and 

 dilated a little before the middle. Tliorax with a black curved 

 transverse line hindward. Pectus with a tuft of loug white hairs 

 oil each side in front. Abdomeu extending a Utile beyond the hind 

 wings. Femora and tibiae densely pilose, especially the fore legs, 

 which are partly blackish. Wings slightly speckled with black, 

 with black points along the exterior border. Fore wings with 

 transverse straight indistinct testaceous lines, and with two dark 

 brown bands, which are bordered with whitish on the inner side 

 and are diflfuse on the outer side ; first band at one-third of the 

 length of the wing almost straight, with a black dot near the 

 interior border between it and the base ; second band hardly 

 curved at three-fourths of the length of the wing; a row of black 

 dots between it and the suhmarginal line, which is somewhat 

 whitish and very indistinct. Hind wings with a diffuse exterior 

 brown band, which is narrower, darker, and well defined hindward. 

 Length of the body 8^ lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



5. Phurys jugis. 



Foem. Pallidissime testacea^ nigro subconspersa ; palporum arti- 

 culus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio fere longior ; alee antiae 

 peracutce^ pallidissime subpurpurascentes lineis duabus angus- 

 tis fuscis albido intus marginatis^ \a perobliqua costam versus 

 obsoleta, 2a recta sat obliqua^ guttis submarginalibus et punctis 

 marginalibus niyris, reniformi e macula albida; posticce 

 fascia exteriore diffusa f us cescente . 



Female. Very pale testaceous, minutely speckled with black. 

 Third joint of the palpi lanceolate, full half the length of the 

 second. Fore wings very acute, with a pale lilac bloom, with two 

 slender brown lines, which have whitish inner borders ; first line 

 very oblique, extending from near the base of the inner border to 



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