﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1535 



testncea apud costam arcuaia, spatio marginali cinereo^ lunalis 

 marginalibus niyris elongalis ; anticce lineis interiore el 

 exteriore testaceis denticulatis, hac angulata^ fascia media 

 diffusa nigricayite undulata, orbiculari et reniformi iestaceo 

 margiiiatis^ plaga costali subapicali magna rufescente-fer- 

 ruginea lituris nigris punctaque costalia testacea inciudente ; 

 posticcB fascia media nigra undulata. 



Male, Ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Palpi testaceous on 

 the inner side. Abdomen cinereous. Tarsi with testaceous bands. 

 Wings with a testaceous submarginal line, which is continuous and 

 straight, except by the tips of the fore wings, where it forms a curve 

 inward; space between it and the exterior border cinereous; 

 marginal lunules black, elongated. Fore wings with the interior 

 and exterior lines testaceous, denticulated, the former upright, the 

 latter forming a very prominent angle outward ; a diffuse blackish 

 undulating band between the orbicular and reniform spots, which 

 have testaceous borders and are of the usual form ; a large reddish 

 ferruginous costal subapical patch which contains some black 

 marks by the submarginal line and some costal testaceous points. 

 Hind wings with a black undulating middle band more deflned 

 than that of the fore wings. Length of the body 7i lines ; of the 

 wings 15 lines. 



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



Genus 6. MILYAS. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Fasciculus frontalis trigonus, 

 acutus, prominens. Oculi magni. Proboscis brevis. Palpi longi, 

 porrecti, compressi ; articulus 3us pubescens, latus, sublinearis, apice 

 obtusus. Antennas pectinatse, setis incurvis basi pubescenlibus. 

 Abdomen conicum, alas posticas paullo superans, laminis duabus 

 apicalibus fasciculatis. Pedes sat robusti, densissime pilosi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus longis. Alae integrae, vix latae, margine ex- 

 teriore apud medium subflexo ; anticae acutae, vix subfalcatee, costa 

 recta, margine exteriore obiiquo. 



Male, Body rather stout. Frontal tuft triangular, acute, 

 prominent. Eyes large. Proboscis short. Palpi long, porrecl, 

 compressed ; third joint pubescent, broad, nearly linear, obtuse at 

 the tip. Antennae moderately pectinated ; the setae curved, 

 pubescent towards the base. Abdomen conical, extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings, with two tufted apical valves. Legs rather 



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