376 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Black. Body, palpi and legs whitish beneath. Head luteous 

 beneath. Thorax with a luteous mark on each side. Fore wings 

 with an oblique elliptical luteous spot in the disk near the fore bor- 

 der ; under side with a short luteous stripe proceeding from the base 

 and with two luteous spots, the second near the tip. Hind wings 

 with a luteous stripe occupying nearly one-third of the breadth from 

 the fore border. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 





Group 3. SCAPTIA. 



Corpus longum, gracile, cylindricum, sublineare. Palpi capite 

 paullo longiores ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae maris late pec- 

 tinatae, famines subpectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas superans. 

 Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae mediocres. 



Body long, slender, cylindrical, nearly linear. Palpi a little 

 longer than the head; third joint very minute, not more than one- 

 tenth of the length of the second. Antennae of the male deeply 

 pectinated, of the female minutely pectinated. Abdomen extending 

 for about one-fourth of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 slender; hind tibiae with four spurs of moderate length. Wings 

 yellow and black, of moderate length and breadth. 



22. Chrysauge Antholia. 



Mas. Nigra, flavo univittata, subtus albida ; alee anticce vitta 

 angusta brevi postica fasciaque obliqua latissimaflavis ; posticce 

 flavce, nigro marginatce. 



Black, with a yellow stripe, whitish beneath. Fore wings with 

 a slender yellow stripe which extends from the base near the hind 

 border along less than half the length, beyond which there is a very 

 broad oblique yellow band which does not extend to the borders. 

 Hind wings yellow with a black border which is broadest in front of 

 the tip. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Nicaragua. Presented by the Paris Museum. 



23. Chrysauge pyraloides. 



Nigra, luteo-flavo trivittata, subtus albida; ales anticce vitta brevi 

 postica subfusiformi fasciaque lata brevi subobliqua luteo- 

 flavis ; posticce luteo-flava, margine latissimo nigro. 



