﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1637 



1. JUNCARIA DORSIVITTA. 



Mas. Albido-cervina, subtus subrufescente-teslacea ; capitis latera 

 et palporum articulus 2us extus fuscus ; thorax antice nigra 

 vittatus ; alee nigro subconsperscB, punctis margina/ibus nigris^ 

 linea marginali tenuissima nigricante ; anticce lituris duabus 

 aut tribus parvis discalibus nigris^ litura atra apud marginem 

 interiorem, linea obliqua recta fusca pallida intus marginata, 

 lituris tribus exterioribus contiguis atris angulatis^ orbiculari 

 obsoleta^ reniformi subobsoleta. 



Male, Whitish fawn-colour, somewhat reddish testaceous 

 beneath. Sides of the head and second joint of the palpi on the 

 outer side brown. Thorax with an abbreviated black stripe, which 

 extends to the hind part of the head. Wings very minutely speckled 

 with black, with marginal black points ; marginal festoon blackish, 

 very slight. Fore wings with two or three small black marks in the 

 disk ; a larger deep black mark on the interior border at one-third 

 of the length ; an oblique brown straight line extending from before 

 two-thirds of the length of the interior border to the tips, with a pale 

 border on its inner side, and having on its outer side three deep 

 black angular marks ; orbicular mark obsolete ; reniform nearly 

 obsolete. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 21 lines. 



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



Genus 34. GIN^EA. 



Fcem, Corpus validum. Proboscis valida, brevis. Palpi 

 oblique ascendentes ; articulus 2us sat validus, subarcuatus, pilosus ; 

 3us gracilis, linearis, acutus, 2i triente non longior. Antennae 

 subsetosae. Abdomen conicum, alas posticas non superans. Pedes 

 mediocres, sat pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae latius- 

 culae; anticae falcatas, acutae, costa recta, margine exteriore sat 

 obliquo. 



Female, Body stout. Proboscis stout, short. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending; second joint rather stout, slightly curved, clothed with 

 short thick closely applied hairs ; third slender, bare, linear, acute, 

 about one-third of the length of the second. Antennas very minutely 

 setose. Abdomen conical, not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs moderately long and stout, rather pilose ; hind tibiae with long 

 spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings falcate, acute; costa and 

 exterior border straight, the latter rather oblique. 



