﻿LEPIDOPTERA HP:TER0CERA. 1551 



3. Argidia Calus. 



Foem. Pullide fusca; corpus et tihice anticce pills plurimis 

 cinereo'violaceis ; tihice calcarihus basi niveo punctcUis ; alee 

 dimidio basali cinereo purpurascente tincto, liriea ienui e 

 squamis albo-purpurascentibus, subtus fusco rufescentes linea 

 distincta rosea fusco marginata ; anticce atomis apicalibus 

 albo-purpurasceniibus, fimbria apicali nivea, reniformi e 

 maculis duabus conjunctis rotundatis, inferiore fusco- 

 pupillata, 



Argidia Calus, Guen. Noct. iii. 346, 1814. 



Cayenne. 



4. Argidia palmipes. 



OchraceO'lutea, subtus miniata ; tarsi fusci ; alee ex parte albo-sub- 

 purpurascentes, linea exteriore tenui alba perobliqua costam 

 versus angulata, punctis submarginalihus nigricantibus ; 

 anticce lineis undulatis subobsoletis, reniformi magna nigra 

 signata, ciliis apicalibus albis, 



Argidia palmipes, Guen. Noct, iii. 347, IS 15. 



Cayenne. 



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



Genus 3. COTUZA. 



3fas, Corpus robustum, pilosissimum. Proboscis breviusciila. 

 Palpi suberecti; articulus 3us longus, validus, subarcuatus, pilis 

 subtus densis appressis ; 3us linearis, subnudus, brevissimus, apice 

 subobtusus. Antennae setace^e, piloste. Abdomen conicum, alas 

 posticas non superans, basi supra pilosum. Pedes validi, den- 

 sissime pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus sat longis ; tarsi postici 

 dense vestiti. Alae latiusculae; anticae falcatae, margine exteriore 

 perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout, very pilose. Proboscis rather short. Palpi 

 nearly vertical; third joint long, stout, slightly curved, with thick 

 compressed hairs beneath ; third linear, almost bare, somewhat 

 obtuse at the tip, about one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antenna? setaceous, moderately pilose. Abdomen conical, not 



