LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 803 



Genus 1. CHAMYRIS. 



Corpus sat validum. Proboscis longa, valida. Palpi graeiles, 

 subarcuati, oblique ascendenies ; articulus 3us acuminatus, 2i triente 

 non brevior. Antennae subpubescentes, corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas superans, segmentis 1 — 4 fasciculatis. 

 Pedes longiusculi, sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus breviusculis. 

 Alae anticae longae, non latae, apud costam vix convexae, apice rotun- 

 datae, rnargine exteriore convexo perobliquo. 



Chamyris, Guen. Noct. ii. 225. 

 Acontia, p., Treit. ; Boisd. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis long, stout. Palpi slender, 

 slightly curved, obliquely ascending ; third joint acuminated, about 

 one-third of the length of the second. Antennae more than half the 

 length of the body, very minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings; four first segments crested. 

 Legs moderately long and stout; hind tibiae with rather short spurs. 

 Fore wings long, not broad, hardly convex in front, rounded at the 

 tips, convex and very oblique along the exterior border. 



1. Chamyris Cerintha. 



Cinereo-fusca ; abdomen albidum, cristis ferrugineis ; alee anticce 

 alba, fasciis duabus ferrugineo-fuscis cyaneo nigro alboque 

 variis, una basali, altera marginali, fascia intermedia pallida 

 undulata glauco-cinerea albo lineata ; postica? alba, linea mar- 

 ginali cinerea. 



Acontia Cerintha, Treit. Schmett. v. 240. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 165, 



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 Chamyris Cerintha, Guen. Noct. ii. 225, 1002. 



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Genus 2. PSEUDINA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Palpi graciles, squamosi, caput per- 

 paullo superantes. Antennae sat validae, vix pubescentes. Thorax 

 globosus, posticae cristatus; tegulae apice lanuginosae. Abdo- 

 men Iceve, alas posticas non superans. Alae longae, latiusculae ; an-, 

 ticae apud costam vix convexae, apice rotundatce, rnargine exteriore 

 convexo sat obliquo. 



Pseudina, Guen. Noct. ii. 226. 



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