LEP1D0PTEKA HETEEOCERA. 529 



3. Raphia propulsa. 



Mas et fcem. Cinerea; palpi breves, ascendentes ; antennae sim~ 

 plices, validce ; thorax linea antica transversa nigra; abdomen 

 pallidum ; alee, antica lineis nigris duplicatis undulatis 

 incompletis, extus albido tincta, linea submarginali alba, 

 strigis submarginalibus nigris, maculis magnis nigro ex parte 

 marginatis, orbiculari subrotunda intus albo marginata, ciliis 

 apud venas atbis ; posticce pallide cinerea, marginibus latis 

 obscurioribus subcupreis. Mas. — Abdomen apice fascicu- 

 latum. 



Male and female. Cinereous. Palpi short, ascending. An- 

 tennae simple, rather stout. Thorax with a black transverse line in 

 front. Abdomen pale. Fore wings with the transverse line black, 

 donble, incomplete, irregularly undulating ; submarginal line white, 

 angulose, accompanied by some black streaks; a whitish tinge 

 between it and the exterior median line; orbicular and reniform 

 spots large, partly bordered with black ; orbicular nearly round, with 

 an inner white border ; cilice white opposite the veins. Hind wings 

 pale cinereous, with broad rather darker and slightly cupreous bor- 

 ders. Male. — Abdomen tufted at the tip. Length of the body 5 

 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. St. John's Bluff, East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, 

 Esq. 



Genus 11. VALERIA. 



Corpus valde robustum et pilosum. Proboscis mediocriter 

 longa. Palpi validi, porrecti, pilosi ; articulus 3us cylindricus, 2i 

 dimidio non brevior. Antennae corpore paullo breviores. Abdomen 

 cristatum, alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae pos- 

 ticee calcarihus quatuor longis, Alee longiusculae, mediocriter latae ; 

 antieae apud costam recta?, apice rotundatae, marline exteriore sub- 

 convexo sat obliquo. Mas. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae. 



Valeria, Germ.; Steph. ; Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 121 ; Noct 



ii. 49. 

 Meganephria, p., H'dbn. Verz. Schmett. 206. 

 Miselia, p., Ochs ; Treit. ; Boisd. 



Body very stout and pilose. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 stout, porrect, pilose ; third joint cylindrical, full half the length of 

 the second. Antennae full three-fourths of the length of the body. 

 Abdomen crested, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 



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