LEPIDOPTERA HETEKOCERA. 491 



one-eighth of the length of the second. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Antennae slender, setaceous, minutely pubescent beneath, rather 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen slightly increasing 

 in breadth from the base to the tip which is rounded, extending for 

 about one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs slender, 

 rather long ; hind tibiae with four spurs of moderate length. Wings 

 narrow, not long. Fore wings very slightly convex in front, conical 

 towards the tips, very oblique along the apical border, rounded, and 

 not angular behind ; first and second inferior veins almost contigu- 

 ous at the base ; third much further from the fourth than from the 

 second. 



]. Apyre separata. 



Cinereo-fusca ; caput et palpi lutea, hi macula nigra ; thorax cano 

 quinquevittatus, antice luteus ; abdomen fascia latissima lutea; 

 pedes albido strigati ; ala aniicce albido venosa, posticce lutea, 

 apice cinereo-fuscce. 



Brownish gray. Head and palpi luteous, the latter with a 

 black spot above. Proboscis tawny. Antennae brown. Thorax 

 luteous in front, and with five hoary stripes. Abdomen with a very 

 broad luteous band occupying the three middle segments, black from 

 thence to the tip. Legs with whitish streaks ; fore coxae luteous. 

 Fore wings with whitish veins. Hind wings luteous, brownish gray 

 for more than one-third of the length from the tips, and with a 

 brownish gray fore border which is indented at its tip. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 94. MELESE. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum, mediocriter longum. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes, subarcuati, capite vix breviores ; articulus 2us lo longior; 

 3us minimus. Proboscis brevis. Antennae graciles, setaceae, sub- 

 setosae, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen lineare, cylindricum, 

 alas posticas triente superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcari- 

 bus quatuor parvis. Alae angustae, non longae ; anticae ad costam 

 vix convexae, apices versus subconicae, apud marginem apicalem 

 obliquae, angulo postico obtuso, venis la 2a et 3a inferioribus basi 

 contiguis, 4a remota. 



