LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCEHA. 607 



slightly hyaline, with broad brownish borders* Length of the body 

 10 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Jamaica. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 26. PSAPHARA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocriter longa. 

 Palpi validi, pilosi, subascendentes, caput superantes ; articulus 3us 

 conicus, parvus. Antennae pectinate. Abdomen alas posticas 

 triente superans. Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles ; tibia? posticae 

 calcaribus longis. Alae sat angustae ; anticae apud costam recta?, 

 apice rotundatce, margine exteriore subdenticulato sat obliquo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi stout, pilose, slightly ascending, extending beyond the head ; 

 third joint conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae moderately pectinated. Abdomen extending 

 about one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs rather 

 long and slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather 

 narrow. Fore wings straight in front, rounded at the tips, rather 

 oblique along the exterior border, which is slightly denticulated. 



1. PSAPHARA INTERCLUSA. 



Mas. Cervina ; thorax subfuscescens ; alee anticce nitentes, lineis 

 valde incompletes e guttis fuscis, linea submarginali pallidis- 

 sime fusca diffusa indeterminata e strigis lanceolatis, lunulis 

 marghialibus fuscis, orbiculari obsoleta, reniformi e litura 

 fusca ; posticce pallidissime cinerece, marginibus subcervinis, 

 ciliis albidis. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Thorax slightly brownish. Abdomen 

 very pale fawn-colour. Fore wings shining, with the transverse 

 lines very incomplete, composed of brown dots ; submarginal line 

 very pale brown, very diffuse and indistinct, composed of lanceolate 

 streaks ; marginal lunules brown ; orbicular spot obsolete ; reniform 

 distinguished by a brown mark. Hind wings very pale cinereous, 

 slightly fawn-coloured about the borders ; ciliae whitish. Length of 

 the body 8 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 

 Wood. 



