LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 537 



5. Crocota l^:ta. 



Niyro-cinerea ; abdomen rufum, vitta nigra ; alee anticce ad costam 

 rufce ; posticce rufce; margine lato nigro-cinereo. 



Lithosia laeta, Boisd. Guer. Icon. Regne Anim. Ins. pi. 88, f. 6. 

 Texte, 5 1 9. 



Grayish black. Proboscis testaceous. Abdomen red with a 

 black stripe which is broader beneath than above. Fore wings red 

 along the costa. Hind wings red with a broad grayish black border. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 

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Genus 114. DELPHYBE. 



Fcem. Corpus lineare, breve, validum. Palpi ascendentes, vix 

 arcuati, capitis longitudine ; articulus 3us gracilis, acuminatus, 2i 

 quadrario brevior. Antennae robustae, serratae, pubescentes, corporis 

 dimidio paullo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. 

 Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticas calcaribus duobus minutis apicalibus. 

 Alae angustae, non longae ; anticee ad costam vix convexae, apice 

 conicae, postice rotundatae non angulatae. 



Female. Body linear, short, stout. Palpi ascending, very 

 slightly curved, as long as the head ; third joint slender, acumi- 

 nated, not one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennas stout, 

 serrated, pubescent, a little more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs slender ; hind tibiae with two minute apical spurs. 

 Wings narrow, not long. Fore wings indistinctly convex in front, 

 conical at the tips, rounded and not angular behind ; fourth inferior 

 vein remote from the rest. 



1. Delphtre hebes. 



Pallide cervina ; alee posticce nigricantes, antice pallide testacece. 



Pale fawn-colour. Hind wings blackish, pale testaceous along 

 the fore border. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



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



