﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 1757 



Genus AZAMORA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Fasciculus frontalis acutus. 

 Proboscis brevis. Palpi oblique ascendentes, subangulati ; articu- 

 lus 3us brevissiraus. Antennae graciles, siraplices, corporis dinoidio 

 paullo longiores. Thorax squamosus, pilis arete applicatis. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas vix superans, fasciculo apicali radiatu. Pedes 

 vix robusti, tarsis intermediis longiusculis, tarsis posticis basi tibiis- 

 que posticis dense fasciculatis. Alae latae ; anticae apud costam 

 basalem subtumidae, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore vix 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Head with an acute frontal 

 tuft. Proboscis short. Palpi obliquely ascending, moderately 

 stout ; third joint forming an angle with the second, and about one- 

 fourth of its length. AntenncE slender, simple, a little more than 

 half the length of %he body. Thorax squamous ; hairs flat. Abdo- 

 men with a diverging apical tuft, hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs moderately stout ; middle tarsi rather long ; hind 

 tarsi towards the base and hind tibiae densely tufted. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings slightly convex along the costa towards 

 the base, near which they are tumid and have a sack-like cavity ; 

 tips rectangular; exterior border hardly oblique. 



1. AZAMORA TORTKICIFORMIS. 



Mas. Rufescente-cervina, subtus nigricans ; palpi et pedes obscure 

 rufa ; alee antic ce fascia basali lata saturate rufa albo submar- 

 ginata postice acuminata et abbreviata, linea exteriore inclis- 

 tincta albida subrecta, spatio submarginali ferrugineo-rufo ; 

 posticce nigricantes, cinereo varia, striga postica rufa, linea 

 alba. 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour, blackish beneath. Palpi and 

 legs dark red. Fore wings near the base with a broad deep 

 red partly white-bordered band, which is acuminated and abbre- 

 viated hindward ; an indistinct whitish nearly straight exterior 

 line, between which and the exterior border the wings are ferrugi- 

 nous-red. Hind wings blackish, with minute cinereous streaks ; a 

 red streak extending from the disk to the hind part of the exterior 

 border, and interrupted by a white line. Length of the body 5^ lines ; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



