﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1593 



spurs. Wings rather narrow. Fore vvinjjs straij»ht alonp; the costa, 

 rectangular at the tips, very oblique along the hind part of the 

 exterior border. Hiud wings with the exterior border nearly 

 angular in the middle. 



1. Dagassa eupitheciotdes. 



FcBin. Cinerea, suhtus fuscescente-cmerea ; caput et thorax an- 

 ticns obscure fusca ; alee nifjro subconspersce^ strigis ex- 

 terioribus diff'usis fuscis, linea obliqua pallida subrecta 

 ferrugineo submarginata apud coslam angulata ; linea sub- 

 marginali pallida denticulata, guttis contiguis nigris, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigris albo punctatis ; antica reniformi e lunula 

 alba nigra marginatu subtns conspicua^ punctis costalibus 

 subapicalibus pallidis ; posticce litura disvali alba nigra 

 marginatum striga postica lata atra nonnunquam obsaleta. 



Female. Cinereous, brownish cinereous beneath. Head and 

 fore part of the thorax dark brown. Wings slightly speckled with 

 black, with some diffuse brown streaks towards the exterior border ; 

 oblique line pale, nearly straight, incompletely bordered with fer- 

 ruginous, forming a right angle on approaching the costa and 

 joining it at very little before two-thirds of its length ; submarginal 

 line pale, denticulated, accompanied by black dots ; marginal 

 lunules black, including pale points. Fore wings with the interior 

 line ferruginous, slender, oblique, indistinct, bordered wiih black by 

 the costa, as is also the oblique one ; reniform mark forming a white 

 black-bordered lunule, which is much more conspicuous beneath; 

 some pale costal subapical points. Hind wings with a cellular 

 mark like the reniform ; oblique line with a broad, short, deep black 

 sometimes obsolete streak along its interior side by the interior 

 angle. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a— 6. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Genus 17. BENODES. 



Corpus gracile, la?ve. Caput parvum ; oculi extantes. Pro- 

 boscis brevis. Palpi jiraciUs, avcuati, ascendenles, vix pilosi ; 

 articulus .3us linearis. Antenn* ^racillimai, breviuscula?, crenulats, 

 ciliis tenuissimis sat longis. Thorax gloliosup, antice discolor. 

 Abdonien cylindrico-conicum, subglabrum. Pedes longi, gracillimi, 



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