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LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 935 



Thyria, Guen. Noct. ii. 357. 



Argyrosticta, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 253. 



Body stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi stout, obliquely 

 ascending ; third joint much less than half the length of the 

 second. Antennae simple, stout, hardly half the length of the body. 

 Thorax squamose. Abdomen rather long, somewhat attenuated 

 towards the tip, extending nearly one-third of its length beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs stout, very pilose ; hind tibias with very long 

 spurs. Fore wings moderately broad, with metallic spots, straight 

 in front, acute at the tips, generally denticulated and notched along 

 the exterior border. Hind wings luteous, with dark borders. 



1. Thyria Bellinita. 



Alee antiece violaceo-fuscce, cinereo sqtiamosce, maculis discalibus 

 pallide auratis, lineis mediis remotis e lunulis nigris, linea 

 submarginali e lunulis cinereis, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; 

 posticce lutece, margine violaceo-fusco. 



Thyria Bellinita, Guen. Noct. ii. 357, 1197. 



Pernambuco, 



2. Thxria Amcenita. 



Ferruginea ; thorax nigro bivittatus ; alee antiece nigro guttatce, 

 maculis duabus subcostalibus, duabus discalibus, una sub* 

 apicali, guttisque submarginalibus auratis ; posticce lutece, 

 angulatce, margine latissimo fusco. 



Phalaena-Noctua Araoenita, Cram. Pap. Exot. ir. 47, pi. 312, f. D* 

 Thyria Araoenita, Guen. Noct. ii. 357, 1198. 

 Argyrosticta Amcenita, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 253, 2503. 



Surinam. 



3. Thyria ditissima. 



Mas. Rufescens ; caput et thorax fasciis interrupts fuscis ; ab- 

 domen luteum, apice fuscum et fasciculatum ; alee antiece 

 ferruginece, lineis fasciisque variis rufescentibus, fascia exte- 

 riore lunulas nigras includente, linea basali transversa albida, 

 maculis plurimis discalibus et marginalibus argenteis mican- 

 tibus, margine exteriore denticulato et excavato ; posticce lutece 

 margine latissimo cupreo, ciliis pallidis. 

 Male. Keddish. Head and thorax with interrupted brown 

 bands. Abdomen luteous, brown and. tufted at the tip. Fore wings 



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