﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 1485 



fuscis^ fascia interiore fusca, lineu duabus exterioribus e 

 punctis nigris, reniformi maxima ovata oblonga, annulo pos^ 

 tico magno pallida, gutta postica interiore nigra, ciliis apice 

 ferrugineis ; posticce pallidce linea nigricante, subtus flaves- 



. . centes^fusco conspersce, 



iPhuiys teretilinea, Guen, Noel, iii. 308, 1766. 



Brazil. 



13. Phurys Dyndyma. 



Cervina ; alee anticcE striga basali vitlaque angulata basi connexis, 

 hac antice Jiavo postice albido marginata, fascia submarginali 

 pallida ; posticce pallidce. 



Phalaena-Noctua Dyndyma, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 44, pi. 311, f. C. 

 Chalciope Dindyma, Hdbn, Verz. Schmett. 268, 2635. 



Surinam. 



14. Phurys optabilis. 



Fojm. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palporum articulus 3us lanceolatus, 

 pubescens, 2i dimidio non brevior ; alee amplce ; anticce acutce, 

 subfalcatce, lineis fuscis, interiore subrecta vix obliqua, 2a 

 costam versus angulata, lineis mediis undulatis indistinctis, 

 tinea submarginali sublutea fere recta vix obliqua f usee extus 

 marginata, plag a submarginali elongata fuscescente, linea sub- 

 marginali e guttis nigris, punctis marginalibus nigris mini- 

 mis, orbiculari albida punctiformi, reniformi valde indistincta ; 

 posticce margine lato fuscescente. 



Female. Brownish cinereous. Third joint of the palpi lan- 

 ceolate, pubescent, about half the length of the second. Wings 

 ample. Fore wings acute, subfalcate; transverse lines brown; 

 basal line indistinct ; interior line almost upright and straight ; 

 second tor the most part parallel to the interior one, but forming an 

 angle in front; the two following middle lines more undulating 

 and indistinct; submarginal line dull luteous, hardly oblique or 

 curved, with a brown exterior border, and interrupting a brownish 

 elongated patch, which latter is traversed by the black dots which 

 represent the submarginal line ; marginal black points very minute ; 

 orbicular punctiform, whitish ; reniform very indistinct. Hind 

 wings with a broad brownish border. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



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



