670 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 20. SIGA. 



Corpus sat validum. Antennae longs, graciles, simplices, cor* 

 pons dirnidio longiores. Proboscis longa. Palpi breves. Mas. — 

 Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Alae anticae lanceolatae, 

 angustae. Fcem. — Alae anticae latiores, apice obtusiores ; posticae 

 abdomen fere superantes. 



Siga, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 195. 



Body moderately stout. Antennae of both sexes long, slender, 

 bare, more than half the length of the body. Proboscis long. Palpi 

 short. Male. — Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings lanceolate, narrow. Female. — Abdomen hardly extend- 

 ing so far as the hind wings. Fore wings broader, more obtuse at 

 the tips. 



This genus may belong to another family of Noctuites. 



1. Siga Liris. 



Viridis ; alee venis nigris, plaga discali vitrea marginata ; antica? 

 maris striga subcostali vitrea annulum nigrum includente, 

 fcem. maculis duabus vitreis, una trigona, altera quadrata. 



Phalaena Liris, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. 98, pi. 63, f. F. ; iii. 122, pi. 



262, f. E. 

 Siga Liris, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcena? Fodicantes Teredines ' 



Graciles) 195,2012. 



West Indies, 



Fam. 10. HELIOTHIME. 



Heliothidi, Boisd. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 53. 

 Heliothidae, Guen. Noct. ii. 166. 



Diurnae. Statura mediocris aut parva. Palpi validi, breves 

 aut breviusculi. Antennae simplices, rarissime serratae aut pecti- 

 nate. Thorax validus, saepe villosus. Abdomen laeve. Pedes 

 saepissime spinis aut unguibus armati. Alae saepissime nigro no- 

 tatae ; posticae saepe pallidae, margine obscuro. 



Flight diurnal. Size moderate or small. Palpi stout, short or 

 rather short, generally porreel ; third joint conical, not elongated, 



