LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 477 



to the tip ; costa black. Hind wings with black borders. Length 

 of the body A\ — 5^ lines; of the wings 13 — 15 lines. 



a, b. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



c. Honduras. From Mr. Miller's collection. 



d. Guatimala. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 79. LERTNA. 



Mas. Corpus breve, crassum, valde pilosum. Palpi crassi, 

 brevissimi, pilosi ; articulus 3us minimus. Proboscis brevissima. 

 Antennae sat late pectinatae. Abdomen alarum margines posticos 

 attingens. Pedes mediocriter validi; tibiae posticae calcaribus mediis 

 sat longis, apicalibus minutis. Alae angustae, longiusculse ; anticae 

 costa non arcuata, postice subcurvatae non angulatse, venis la et 2a 

 inferioribus basi fere contiguis, 4a remota. 



Male. Body short, thick, very hairy. Palpi thick, very short, hairy ; 

 third joint very small. Proboscis very short. Antennae rather deeply 

 pectinated. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Legs 

 moderately stout ; hind tibiae with tw T o rather long middle spurs and 

 two minute apical spurs. Wings narrow, rather long. Fore wings 

 straight in front, slightly rounded and not angular behind ; first and 

 second inferior veins almost contiguous at the base ; third about six 

 times nearer to the second than to the fourth. 



1. Lerina incarnata. 



Nigra, niyro-hirta ; caput supra, thorax et abdomen apicem versus 

 coccineo-hirta ; alee cyaneo-virides. 



Black, clothed with black hairs. Head above, thorax, and ab- 

 domen towards the tip thickly clothed with crimson hairs. Palpi, 

 proboscis, antenna? and legs black. Thorax with a black dorsal stripe, 

 not extending to the front. Wings metallic bluish green, not hairy. 

 Length of the body 5£ lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Mexico. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 80. APISTOSIA. 



Mas. Corpus sublineare, sat robustum, mediocriter longum. 

 Palpi crassi, capite valde breviores ; articulus 3us conicus, minimus. 

 Proboscis sat longa. Antennae mediocriter pectinatae. Abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo snperans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calca- 



