490 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Female. Body stout, elongate-fusiform. Head large. Palpi 

 stout, slightly curved, a little shorter than the head; third joint 

 conical, very small, not one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Proboscis of moderate length. Antennae setaceous, moderately pec- 

 tinated, rather more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending tor nearly half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 slender, rather long; hind tibiae with tour minute spurs. Wings 

 very narrow, somewhat pointed. Fore wings straight in front for 

 two-thirds of the length, conical towards the tips, very oblique along 

 the apical border, very obtusely angular behind ; first and second 

 inferior veins united for a short space from the base; third very near 

 the second ; fourth remote from the third. 



1. Lymiee melanocephala. 



Cana ; caput nigrum; prothorax pallide lutetis ; abdomen nigri 

 cans, subtus pallide luteum ; pedes anteriores fusei, postiei 

 testaeei ; ahe unties eosta testaeea ; posticce Hnipidce apiee cance. 



Hoary. Head, antenna?, proboscis and palpi black. Head, 

 palpi and fore coxa- thickly clothed beneath with pale hit eons hairs. 

 Prothorax clothed with pale hit eons hairs. Abdomen blackish, pale 

 luteous beneath. Anterior legs brown, with testaceous femora ; hind 

 legs testaceous. Fore wings with testaceous fore borders. Hind 

 wings limpid, with hoary fore borders and tips. Length of the body 

 6i lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosses collection. 



Genus 93. APYRE. 



Fain. Corpus valde crassum, breviusculum. Palpi valid i, 

 ascendentes, subareuati, capite breviores; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Proboscis mediocritei longa. Antenna? graciles. setaceae, subpubes- 

 eentes, corporis dimidio paullo longiores. Abdomen basi subangus- 

 tatum, apiee rotundatum, alas posticas triente superans. Pedes 

 graciles, longiusculi ; tibiae posticae ealcaribus quatuor mediocriter 

 longis. Ala? angustie, non longa- : arnica 1 ad costam subconvexT, 

 apices versus conicse, apud margin em apicalem perohliqua? postice 

 rotundatSB non angulatie ; venis la et 2a basi fere contiguis. 



Female. Body very thick, rather short. Palpi stout, ascending, 

 slightly curved, shorter than the head; third joint very minute, not 



