﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 1519 



Genus 7. CEROMACRA. 



Corpus laeve, robustum. Oculi iiiaris maximi. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes ; articulus 2us latus, ensiformis, pilis compressis ; 3uslongus, 

 coiupressus, linearis, subpilosus. Antennae maris longissimae, supra 

 squamosae, subtus denticulatae et ciliatae. Thorax subquadratus. 

 Abdomen maris elongatum, conicum, dorso etlaleribus pilosissimis, 

 fcem. breviusculum, pilis basalibus, apice acutum. Pedes maris 

 villosi ; tarsi postici pilis compressis. Alae validse, latiusculse, 

 oblongae, apice subrotundatae, ciliis latis ; posticae maris plaga 

 lanuginosa. 



Ceromacra, Giieii. Nod. iii. 327. 



Body smooth, robust. Palpi ascending ; second joint broad, 

 ensiform, with flattened hairs ; third long, compressed, linear, 

 slightly pilose. Thorax subquadrate. Wings stoul, oblong, rather 

 broad, somewhat rounded at the tips, with broad ciliae. Male. — 

 Eyes very large. Antennae very long, squamous above, denticu- 

 lated and ciliated beneath. Abdomen long, conical, very pilose 

 above and on each side. Legs villose; hind tarsi with flattened 

 hairs. Hind wings with a lanuginous discal pouch. Female, — 

 Abdomen much shorter, pilose only at the base ; tip acute. Legs 

 slightly pilose. 



1. Ceromacra Tymbee. 



Ferrnginea ; alee anticce fasciis quinque margineque exteriore 

 saturatiorihus ; posticcB nigro-fuscce, ciliis flavescente-alhis. 



Phalaena Tymber, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 109, pi. 167, f. D. 

 Ceromacra Tymber, Guen. Noel, iii. 327, 1793. 



Surinam. Cayenne. 



PRI>'TED BY E. ISE^YMAN, DEYOKSHIEE STREET, BISHOPSGATE. 



