﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1755 



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Genus DROBETA. 



Foem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi oblique 

 ascendentes, vix pilosi; articulus 2us longus; 3us conicus, brevissi- 

 mus. Antennae sat validag, corporis dimidio valde longiores. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes valid! ; tibioe posticae 

 calcaribus longis. Alae raediocres ; anticse apud costam subrectae, 

 apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore postico perobliquo sub- 

 ;concavo. 



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

 cending, hardly pilose; second joint long; third conical, hardly 

 more slender than the second, and about one fourth ol" its length. 

 Antennae rather stout, much more than half the length of the body. 

 jAbdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; 

 'hind tibiag with long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 nearly straight along the costa, rectangular, but somewhat rounded 

 at the tips ; exterior border very oblique and slightly concave along 

 the hind part of the exterior border. 



1. Drobeta exscendens. 



Foem. Cervina ; abdomen cinereum^ vitta dorsali cervina ; alee 

 anlicce lineis undulatis indistinctis obscurioribus et pallidio- 

 ribus^ plaga maxima atra extus diffusa, linea submarginali 

 pallida angulosa, striga transversa subcostali inferiore e guttis 

 nigris ; posticce ceneo-fuscce, basi cinerece, fimbria pallida. 



Female, Fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. Abdomen 

 cinereous, with a fawn-coloured dorsal stripe. Fore wings with 

 darker and paler indistinct undulating lines, mostly occupied by a 

 very large deep black patch, which is somewhat diffuse on the exte- 

 rior side, and is there interrupted by the pale zigzag submarginal 

 line ; a transverse streak of black dots by the costa towards the base. 

 Hind wings aeneous-brown, cinereous towards the base; fringe pale. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ;jof the wings 12 lines. 



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



