LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 323 



Male. Body nearly linear, rather long and slender. Palpi 

 horizontal, much shorter than the head ; third joint conical, not 

 more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae minutely 

 serrated, a little more than half the length of the hody. Abdomen 

 slightly compressed ? extending for one-fourth of its length beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs slender; fore tibiae not dentated beneath ; 

 hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Wings rather long and 

 narrow. 



7. DlOPTIS HESPEROIDES. 



Nigro-cyanea, subtus alba ; ales sublux argenteo strigata* ; anticce 

 maculis duabus limpid is. 



Bluish black. Head white in front. Proboscis white. An- 

 tennae with a broad white band. Palpi beneath aud pectus mostly 

 white. Thorax with a white dot in front. Abdomen with a white 

 stripe beneath, and with a short interrupted white stripe on each 

 side Fore wings with two limpid spots, the first fusiform, towards 

 the base and near the hind border; the second smaller, transverse, 

 beyond the middle and towards the fore border ; under side with 

 some silvery streaks towards the tips. Hind wings silvery beneath 

 with black veins. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



a. New Grenada. From M. Jurgens' collection. 



Group 7. EUAGEA. 



Corpus cylindricum, gracile, lineare, sat longum. Palpi ascen - 

 dentes, capitis longitudine ; articulus3us conicus, minimus, 2i sexta 

 parte non longior. Antennae maris subpectinatae,/«??mW simplices. 

 Abdomen alas posticas plus minusve superans. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibiae anticae subius non dentatae ; posticae mediocriter quadricalca- 

 ratae. Alae longiusculae, subangustae. 



Euagra, MSS. 



Body cylindrical, slender, linear, rather long. Palpi ascending, 

 as long as the head ; third joint conical, very small, about one-sixth 

 of the length of the second. Antennae minutely pectinated to seven- 

 eighths of the length in the male, simple in the female. Abdomen 

 extending from one-fourth to one-half its length beyond the abdo- 

 men. Legs slender ; fore tibiae not dentated ; hind tibiae with four 

 moderately long spurs. Wings rather long and narrow. 



