LEPIDOPTEHA HETEROCERA. 977 



Achautodes cerusicosta, Guen. Noct. ii. 387, 1248. 



Colombia. 



a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 6. LYMPHORTA. 



Mas. Corpus vix validum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi 

 corapressi, oblique ascendentes; articuius2uspilosus ; 3us cyliudri- 

 cus, 2i triente non longior. Antennae peetinatae, corporis diraidio 

 longiores, apices versus simplices. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes vix robusti ; tibiae late ciliatae, posticae calcaribus 

 longissimis. Alas sat angustae ; antieae apud costam rectae, apice 

 subrotuudatae, margine exteriore valde obliquo. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi 

 compressed, obliquely ascending to a little higher than the vertex ; 

 second joint stout, pilose ; third slender, cylindrical, not more than 

 one-third of the length of the second. Antennae pectinated to 

 three-fourths of the length, much more than half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen extending to one-third of its length beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs somewhat slender ; tibiae broadly fringed ; 

 hind tibiae with very long spurs. Fore wings rather narrow, straight 

 along the costa, somewhat rounded at the tips, very oblique along 

 the exterior border. 



This genus has some affiuities with the Pyralites. 



1. Lymphorta unilinea. 



Male. Pallidissime cervina, subtus cervino-albida ; abdomen 

 ceneo nilens ; alee, fusco subconspersce, linea una obliqua recta 

 fusca, punctls marginalibus nigris ; posticae intus cervino- 

 albidce, subtus gutta discallfusca. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour, beneath whitish, with a slight 

 tinge of fawn-colour. Abdomen paler than the thorax, with a 

 slight aeneous tinge. Wings minutely speckled with brown, adorned 

 with a straight oblique brown line; a row of indistinct very minute 

 brown streaks on the veins, nearly parallel to the line and to 

 the black-dotted exterior border. Hind wings much paler within 

 the liue; under side with a brown discal dot. Length of the body 

 b\ lines; of the wings 12 lines. 

 Valley of the Amazon. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



