480 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



second. Proboscis moderately long. Antenna? minutely pectinated. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout ; 

 hind tibiae with four spurs of moderate length. Wings rather nar- 

 row, of moderate length. Fore wings very slightly convex in front, 

 hardly angular behind ; first and second inferior veins near together 

 at the base ; third a little nearer to the fourth than to the second : 

 fourth much curved near the base. 



1. Antona subluna. 



Cyanco-nigra ; abdomen apice subtus rabrum; alee anticce basi 

 rubrce ; posticoe macula magna discali limpida. 



Bluish black. A tuft, sometimes indistinct, of red hairs on each 

 side of the thorax and by the base of the fore wings. Abdomen red 

 at the tip beneath. Hind wings with a white hyaline nearly round 

 discal spot, which as usual is larger beneath and forms a stripe widen- 

 ing from the base to beyond the middle. Length of the body 5 — (5 

 lines ; of the wings 16 — 20 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Johnsons collection. 



c. d. Brazil. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



Genus 82. ITUNA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, breve. Caput parvum. Palpi sat 

 validi, capite breviores; articulus- 3us conicus, 2o duplo brevior. 

 Antennae setacae, crassiusculae, subcompressae, subsetosas. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae calca- 

 ribus quatuor mediocribus. Alae sat angustae, non longas ; anticae ad 

 costam subconvexae, postice rotundatae non angulatae, venis inferi- 

 oribus la 2a et 3a basi approximatis, 4a valde remota. 



Male. Body stout, short. Head small. Palpi rather stout, 

 shorter than the head ; third joint conical, about half the length of 

 the second. Antennae setaceous, rather stout, slightly compressed, 

 very minutely setose. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs rather stout; hind tibiae with four spurs of moderate 

 length. Wings rather narrow, not long. Fore wings slightly con- 

 vex in front, rounded and not angular behind ; first second and third 

 inferior veins close together at the base ; fourth parted from them 

 by rather more than the length of each of them. 



