382 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



b. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



c. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 31. BARBICORNIS. 



Corpus gracile, sat breve. Palpi capite multo breviores; arti- 

 culus 3us conicus, minimus, 2o quadruplo brevior. Antennae fili- 

 formes subpilosae, corpore vix breviores. Abdomen alarum margines 

 posticas non attingens. Pedes graciles ; calcaribus nullis. Alas 

 anticae sat angustae ; posticae caudis duabus longis instruct©. 



Barbicornis, Godart, Encycl. Meth. ix. 706 ; Westw. ; Blanchard. 



Body slender, rather short. Palpi much shorter than the head ; 

 third joint conical, very small, not more than one-fourth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae filiform, somewhat hairy, nearly as 

 long as the body. Abdomen not extending to the hind borders of 

 the hind wings. Legs slender, without spurs. Fore wings rather 

 narrow. Hind wings with two long tails. Allied to the Rhopalocera. 



1. Barbicornis basilis. 



Mas. Atra ; alee anticce fascils duabus obliquis latis aurantiacis ; 

 posticce vitta basali et nonnunqum gutta postica aurantiacis. 

 Foem. Ala anticce nonnunquam fascia unica aurantiaca, pos- 

 tica? immaculate. 



Barbicornis basilis, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. 706, 1. Griff. Aninu 

 Kingd. pi. 102, f. 3. Boisd. Sp. Gen. Lep. pi. 20, f. 3. 

 Crochard^ ed. Regne Anim. Atlas, Ins. pi. 143, f. 4. Westw. 

 Gen. Diurnal Lep. ii. 425. 



The bands of the fore wings vary in breadth and form, and the 

 basal one is more or less attenuated hindward, and the hind dot of 

 the hind wings is sometimes wanting. 



a—f. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



g, h. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



2. Barbicornis Mona. 



Nigra ; ala antics fascia obliqua subarcuata postmedia maculaque 

 postica, postica? vitta lata postica, luteis. 



Barbicornis Mona, Hewitson, MSS.; Westw. Gen. Dium. Lep. ii. 

 425, 2, pi. 70, f. 2. 



