﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1719 



Genus ANGITIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustuui. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, 

 subpilosi, oblique ascendenies ; articulus 3us conicus, brevissimus. 

 Antennae simplices, sat validae, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdo- 

 men alas posticas superans. Pedes sat graciles, subnudi; tibia3 

 posticae sat validae, calcaribus posticis longissimis. Alae longius- 

 culae, vix latee ; aniicae apud cosiam subrectae, apice rectangulatae, 

 margine exteriore subangulato. 



Male, Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi short, 

 slightly pilose, obliquely ascending; third joint conical, not more 

 than one-fourth of the leni^th of ihe second. Antennae simple, 

 rather stout, more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 much more slender than the thorax, extending somewhat beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs rather slender, almost bare ; hind tibiae 

 rather stout, with very long spurs. Wings rather long, hardly 

 broad. Fore wings nearly straight along the costa, rectangular at 

 the tips ; exterior border forming a very obtuse angle in the middle. 



1. Angitia directa. 



Mas. Viridis, suhtus albida; thorax nigro bifasciatus ; abdomen 

 pallide lute urn ; alee anticce fuscce, cinereo variije, viridi linctce^ 

 costa inargineque exteriore ex parte testaceis, lineis paucis un- 

 dulatis^ lituraque marginali angulata plagaque discali nigris, 

 litura ohliqua discali et reniformis margine pallidis^ orbi- 

 culari et reniformi angustis ; posticce cupreo-fuscce, fimbria 

 pallida, 



Male. Green, whitish beneath. Thorax with two black bands 

 in front; the fore one much narrower than the other. Abdomen 

 pale luteous. Fore wings brown, varied with cinereous, tinged with 

 green, mostly testaceous along the costa, and with a testaceous space 

 along the hind part of the exterior border; lines few, black, undu- 

 lating; a black angular mark on the exterior border in front of the 

 angle, and a black patch in the disk, adjoining an oblique pale 

 mark, which is contiguous to the reniform ; the latter with a pale 

 border and narrow, as is also the orbicular. Hind wings cupreous- 

 brown, with a pale fringe. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



