LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



brevior. Antennae robustae, setosae, setaceae, corporis dimidio" paullo 

 longiores. Abdomen alarum margines posticos non attingens, apice 

 forcipatum. Pedes validiusculi ; tibiae posticse calcaribus quatuor 

 sat longis. Alae mediocriter latae, non longae ; antics ad costam vix 

 convexae, apice obliquae, postice rotundatae non angulatse. 



Male. Body rather short, moderately stout. Palpi much 

 shorter than the head ; third joint conical, acuminated, less than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae stout, setose, setaceous, 

 rather more than half the length of the body. Abdomen not ex- 

 tending so far as the hind wings ; tip forcipated. Legs moderately 

 stout ; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings moderately 

 broad, not long Fore wings very slightly convex in front, oblique 

 at the tips rounded and not angular behind ; third inferior vein full 

 thrice further from the second than the second from the first; fourth 

 nearly thrice further from the third than the third from the second. 



1. ClSTHENE TRISIGNA. 



Lutea; caput macula nigra; palpi apice nigri ; antenna nigra; 

 alee anticcB fusccB, luteo trinolatce ; posticce nigro late mar- 

 ginatce. 



Luteous. Head with a black spot on the vertex. Palpi with 

 black tips. Antennae black. Legs partly brownish. Fore wings 

 dark brown, with three luteous marks, the first a short stripe at the 

 base the second an oval spot in the disk, the third a curved clavate 

 band by the tip. Hind wings with broad black bauds. Length of 

 the body 2f lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



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



2. ClSTHENE SUBJECTA. 



Rosea; caput et thoracis discus nigra; pedes fusco-albidi ; alee 

 antica ameo-cinerea, striga antica vittaque postica roseis • 

 posticce apices versus ceneo-cinerece. 



Rose-colour. Head black, rosy about the eyes. Palpi and 

 antennae black. Proboscis testaceous. Thorax with a black disk 

 Legs mostly whitish, partly brown. Fore wings a: neons gray with 

 a fusiform rosy streak beyond the middle of the costa, and'with a 

 rosy discal stripe along more than half the length from the base, 

 dilated and joining the hind border at each end. Apical third part 

 of the hind wings aeneous gray. Length of the body 2J— 2£ lines- 

 of the wings 7—8 lines. 



