LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 801 



tending beyond the hind wings. Leirs moderately stout ; hind tibia? 

 with long spurs. Fore wings rather long, moderately broad, almost 

 straight in front, rounded at the tips, very oblique along the exterior 

 border. 



This genus appears to have some affinity to Heliothis as well 

 as to Acontia. 



1. Caularis undulans. 



Mas. Albida ; caput antice palpique fusca ; abdomen pallide 

 luteum ; aim antica fusco eonspersa?, fascia lata marginali 

 fusca lineaque undulata nigra connexis, vitta maculaque ob- 

 longa discalibus albis, macidis discalibus testaceo-fuscis apud 

 discuin nigris ; posticus pallide lutea, fusco marginatum, litura 

 apud unguium interiorem nigra arcuata. 



Male. Whitish. Head in front and palpi brown. Abdomen 

 pale luteous. Fore wings thickly speckled with brown ; a broad 

 marginal brown band divided from the whitish part by an undu- 

 lating black line, along which the wing is not speckled, and it 

 is also wholly white in a discal stripe, and in an oblong spot between 

 the discal spots, which are testaceous-brown, with black disks. 

 Hind wings pale luteous, with brown borders, and with a black 

 curved mark by the interior angle. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 8. DACIRA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 breves, porrecti, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antennae validae, simplices, corporis dimidio paullo longiores. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas paullo superans, apice dense fasciculatum. 

 Pedes breves, robusti, pilosi ; tibia? posticae dense fasciculatae, cal- 

 caribus validis breviusculis. Ala? latiusculae, non longa? ; anticas 

 apud costam recta?, apice angulata?, margine exteriore antice 

 vix obliquo postice mediocriter obliquo. 



Male, Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi short, 

 porrect, not extending beyond the head; third joint very minute. 

 Antenna? stout, simple, a little more than half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings, with a 

 thick apical tuft. Legs short, thick, pilose; hind tibia? thickly 



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