﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1867 



Thermesia BTGUTTA. 



Foem. PaUidissime cervina ; palpi longi ; articulus Sus 2o hrc- 

 vior ; antennce suhcrenuiatce ; alee nigro suhconsperscc^ llnca 

 exteriore testacea ohliqua subrecta intus fusco margiiiata ; 

 anticce macula subapicali nigra, orhiculari nigra punclifonni, 

 reniformi ohsoleta; posticce liiura apud angulum interiorem 

 nigricante, 



Female. Very pale fawn-colour. Palpi long; third joint 

 •ather shorter than the second. Antennae minutely crenulate. 

 Wings very minutely speckled with black, with a nearly strai^^ht 

 ")blique exterior testaceous line which is bordered with brown on the 

 nner side. Fore wings with a black subapical spot; orbicular mark 

 ")lack, punctiform ; reniform obsolete. Hind wings with a blackish 

 nark by the interior angle. Length of the body 8 lines ; oi" the 

 Vings 18 lines. 



lie Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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Genus OBUCOLA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validura. Proboscis brevis. Palpi oblique 

 iscendentes; articulus 2us robustus, arcuatus, subtus pilosus ; 3us 

 inearis, gracillimus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae crenulatae, 

 corporis dimidio valde longiores. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas pos- 

 icas non superans ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes longiiisculi, 

 'Sit graciles, subpilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae amplae, 

 mticae falcatae, margine exteriore recto vix oblique. 



^ Male, Body rather stout. Proboscis short. Palpi obliquely 

 \scending; second joint stout, curved, pilose beneath ; third linear, 

 ^ery slender, full half the length of the second. Antennae crenulate, 

 Vith short sets, much more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen lanceolate not extending beyond the hind win^s; apical 

 ;uft very small. Legs rather long and slender, slightly pilose ; hind 

 :ibiaB with long spurs. Wings ample. Fore wings falcate acute; 

 5Xterior border straight, slightly oblique. 



I.Obucola EXPANDENS. 

 ' Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; alee lineis plurimis fuscis denlicuUtth 

 diff'usis, lunulis submarginalibus nigris extus albis ; anticce 



I 7x 



