462 LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 



stripe on each side beneath ; tip clothed with a tuft of luteous hairs 

 on each side, and with some intermediate black bristles. Fore wings 

 tinged with blue on the hinder part, and with a yellow stripe close 

 to the costa, proceeding from the base, where it has a luteous tinge, 

 to two-thirds of the length, and there terminating in an oblique yel- 

 low band ; it is hardly apparent beneath where there is a luteous spot, 

 and a yellow streak a little beyond it in the disk. Hind wings yel- 

 low, with a complete and very broad black border, which is slightly 

 indented hindward. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 

 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 68. PITANE. 



Mas. Corpus lineare, validiusculum, mediocriter longum. Ca- 

 put magnum. Palpi ascendentes, capite paullo longiores; articulus 

 2us lo longior ; 3us linearis, 2o multo brevior etgracilior. Antennae 

 mediocriter pectinatae, corporis dimidio non longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas vix superans. Pedes sat graciles ; tibiae anticae subtus 

 dentatae ; posticas calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae longiusculae, sub- 

 angustae ; anticae ad costam subconvexae, posticae rotundatae non an- 

 gulatae, apice subacuminatae, vena la inferiore valde arcuata. 



Allied to the Noctuidce. Male. Body linear, rather stout, of 

 moderate length. Head large. Palpi ascending, a little longer than 

 the head ; second joint longer than the first ; third linear, much 

 shorter and more slender than the second. Antennae moderately 

 pectinated, not more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender ; 

 fore tibiae dentate beneath ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 rather long and narrow. Fore wings slightly convex in front, 

 rounded and not angular behind, slightly pointed at the tips ; first 

 inferior vein much curved, united to the second at the base ; third 

 full twice further from the fourth than from the second. 



1. PlTANE FERVENS. 



Rufa ; caput macula antica fusca ; palpi et antenna nigra ; tibia 

 tar sigue fusca ; alee antica ferruginea, testaceo punctata, fas- 

 ciisque tribus rufis fusco marginatis jlavo punctatis ornatce ; 

 posticce fusco late marginatce. 



Red. Head with a dark brown spot before the antennae. Palpi 

 and antennae black. Proboscis tawny. Abdomen pale red, with 





