936 CATALOGUE OF 



ferruginous, with various reddish lines and bands ; exterior band 

 including a row of black lunules ; a transverse whitish basal line ; 

 some minute silvery costal marks, and several bright silvery spots in 

 the disk and along the exterior border ; largest spot apical ; exte- 

 rior border denticulate and excavated. Hind wings luteous, with 

 very broad cupreous-brown borders and pale cilise. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 5. BASILODES. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput fasciculo porrecto. Probos- 

 cis brevis. Antennae simplices, breves, validae, cylindrical. Palpi 

 breves, porrecti, crassi; articulus 2us obtusus ; 3us brevissimus. 

 Thorax quadratus, tegulis abbreviatis, fasciculo denso intermedio. 

 Abdomen laeve, carinatum. Tibiae robustae. Alae crassae, latius- 

 culae ; anticae metallicae, apud costam subconvexae, apice acuta?, 

 margine exteriore denticulato. 



Basilodes, Guen. Noct. ii. 358. 



Male. Body stout. Head with a porrect tuft in front. Pro- 

 boscis short. Palpi short, porrect, stout; second joint obtuse; 

 third very short. Antennae short, stout, simple, cylindrical. Tho- 

 rax quadrate ; the lappets short; a thick intermediate tuft. Abdo- 

 men smooth, keeled, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs moderately long ; tibiae stout. Wings dense, rather broad. 

 Fore wings metallic, slightly convex in front, acute at the tips ; ex- 

 terior margin denticulate, slightly convex in the middle. 



I. Basilodes Pepita. 



Mas. Pallide jlavescens ; thorax tegulis cristaque fusco margina- 

 tis ; alee anticce aureo squamosce, margine interiore cineras- 

 cente, macularum marginibus lineisque fuscis, linea interiore 

 valde sinuata, exteriore obliqua, submarginali vaga denti- 

 culata, orhiculari et reniformi subrotundis subcequalibus ; 

 posticce ciriereai. 



Basilodes Pepita, Guen. Noct. ii. 358, 1 199. 



Florida. 



