294 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Proboscis a little longer than the thorax. Antennae rather deeply 

 pectinated in the male, simple in the female. Wings as in the first 

 division. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs slender ; fore tibiae of the male simple ; hind tibiae with four 

 rather long spurs. 



5. JOSIA AURIFLAMMA. 



Nigra ; alee anticoe aurantiacce nigro venosce, quadraria apicali 

 costaque nigris. 



Male. Second and third reins of the fore wings united to a long 

 distance from the base which is nearer to the first vein than to the 

 fourth. Fern. Second and third veins united to a long distance 

 from the base w 7 hich is about thrice nearer to the first than to the 

 fourth. 



Josia auriflamma, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. ii. Lep. iii. Phal. 



ii. Verce, viii. Callimorphce, B. Variegatce, 2, f. 1 — 4. 

 Calimorpha nervosa, Perty, Bel. Anim. Artie. Bras. pi. 32, f. 7. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b. Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



c. d. Brazil. 



€. ? 



Group 3. CALOSOMA. 



Corpus gracile, cylindricum, lineare. Palpi porrecti, capite 

 breviores ; articulus 3us conicus, 2o triplo brevior. Proboscis vix 

 thorace longior. Antennas in utroque sexu siraplices. Alae sat latae, 

 elongato-trigonae ; anticae postice subangulatae. Abdomen alas 

 posticas paullo superaus. Pedes graciles; tibiae anticae in utroque 

 sexu dentatae ; posticae calcaribus quatuor sat iongis. 



Calosoma, Geyer, Zutr. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 



Body slender, cylindrical, linear. Palpi short, porrect, not so 

 long as the head ; third joint conical, not more than one-third of the 

 length of the second. Proboscis hardly longer than the thorax. 

 Antennae simple in both sexes, more than half the length of the 

 body. Wings moderately broad, elongate-trigonate. Fore wings 

 angular by the tips of the hind wings, &c, like Josia. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings ; appendages of the male 

 large, falcate. Legs slender ; fore tibiae dentate in both sexes ; hind 

 tibiae with four rather long spurs. 



