﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1663 



linearis, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae setaceae, subciliata;, corporis 

 dimidio longiores. Abdomen subtumiduni, alas posiicas tvienle 

 superans. Pedes sat validi, subpilosi ; tibiee posticae calcaribus 

 longissimis. Alae mediocres ; aiiticay apud costam rectae, apice sub- 

 rotundatae, margiue exteriore antico non obliquo, spatio costali 

 dense fasciculato. 



Male, Body ralber stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 stout, obliquely ascending-; second joint pilose; tbird bare, linear, 

 rounded at tbe tip, less than half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae setaceous, very minutely ciliated, more than half the length 

 of the body. Abdomen somewhat tumid, extending for one-third of 

 its length beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately stout, slightly 

 pilose ; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings moderately broad. 

 Fore wings straight along the costa, which is clothed along most of 

 its length with a thick tuft of long retracted hairs; tips somewhat 

 rounded ; exterior border not oblique, except towards the interior 

 angle, which is rounded. 



1. Alpesa villicosta. 



Mas. Cervina^ subtits testacea ; alee anticcB rufescente-cerviiKS, 

 spatio costali, margine exteriore fasciaque suhmarginali undu- 

 lata cinereis, punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticcB albce, 

 margine exteriore suhtestaceo. 



Male. Fawn-colour, testaceous beneath. Abdomen tes- 

 taceous. Fore wings reddish faw^n-colour, with a slight cinereous 

 tinge towards the costa and along the exterior border; a few minute 

 black speckles ; an undulating cinereous submarginal band ; mar- 

 ginal points black. Hind wings white, with a slight testaceous tinge 

 along the exterior border. Length of the body 6 lines ,* of the 

 wings 13 lines. 



Bio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Page 136. 

 Genus PITARA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 caput superanles; articulus 3us linearis, gracilis, brevis. Antennae 

 setaceae, subsetosse, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen longum, 



