﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1 073 



black band, which is reddish on the inner side, and is slis^htly inter- 

 lined with white. Var. — Fore wings with ;i l)road testaceous stripe 

 along the interior border. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



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



b, Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c, Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



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Genus PHLOSSA. 



Mas. Corpus valde robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi 

 porrecti,pilosi, caput superantes; articulus 2us linearis; 3us conicus, 

 minimus. Antennae subfiliformes, vix serrataj, corporis dimidio non 

 longiores. Abdomen conicum, pilosum,alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes breviusculi, valde robusti etpilosi; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 longiusculis. Aloe breviusculae, sat latae, fimbria lata; antioae apud 

 coslam rectae, apice rotundatse, margine exteriore vix obliquo. 



Male. Much resembles some of the genera of Limacodidd, 

 Body very stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi porrect, pilose, 

 extending somewhat beyond the head; second joint linear ; third 

 conical, very minute. Antennae nearly filiform, hardly half the 

 length of the body, very minutely serrated. Abdomen conical, 

 pilose, not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather short, 

 very stout and pilose; hind tibiae with rather long spurs. Wings 

 rather short and broad ; fringe broad. Fore wings straii^ht along 

 the costa, rounded at ihe tips ; exterior border hardly oblique. 



This genus may possibly not belong to the Noctuites. 



1. Phlossa fimbriares. 



Mas. Ferruginea, sericea ; alcB antica nigra subconsperficE, linea 

 interiors pallida recta suhohliqua^ linea exteriitre pallide valde 

 angulata, reniformi oblonga nigricante pallida marginata, 

 plagis exterioribus duabus cupreo-fuscis triyonis connexis, 

 punctis margin alibus fuscis ; posticce cupreo-fuscce, subtns 

 nigra cons per see. 



Male. Ferruginous, sericeous. Fore wings slightly speckled 

 with black, with a pale straight slightly oblique interior line, and 

 with a pale deeply angular exterior line, which half includes the 



