LEPIDOPXEKA HETEROCERA. 771 



testaceous towards the base. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wiugs 12 lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 7. GAVARA. 



Corpus sat robustum, dense vestitum. Proboscis obsoleta. 

 Palpi ascendentes, longiusculi ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i 

 dimidio non brevdor. Antennae vaiidae, simpliees, corporis dimidio 

 valde longiores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes 

 validi; tibiae posticas calcaribus longis. Alae latiusculae ; anticae 

 dense vestitae, apud costam subrectae, apice rotundatae, margine 

 exteriore subobliquo. 



Body moderately stout, thickly clothed. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi ascending, moderately long; third joint lanceolate, about 

 half the length of the second. Antennas stout, simple, much more 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings 

 rather broad. Fore wings thickly clothed, almost straight in front, 

 rounded at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



I. Gavaka velutina. 



Fulva, ex parte testacea ; alee anticce lanuginosce, margine exteriore 

 pallide testaceo, fasciis tribus latis nitentibus pallide purpu- 

 reis ; posticce nitentes, margine pallidiore. 



Tawny, partly testaceous. Fore wings somewhat lanuginous, 

 pale testaceous along the exterior border, with three broad irregular 

 shining pale purplish bands. Hind wings shining, paler about the 

 borders. Leugth of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Fam. 2. ACONTID.E. 



Acontidi, Boisd. ; Guen. Ann. Sac, Ent. Fr. x. 219. 

 AcontidoB, Guen, Noct. ii. 203. 



A. Alae non dense squamosae. 



A. Palporum articulus 2us 3o quadruplo longior. 

 a. Tibiae posticae non fasciculatas. 

 a. Alae anticae apice angulatae. 



