548 LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 



Genus 126. BIZONE. 



Mas et Fcem. Corpus validiusculum, longitudine mediocri. 

 Palpi pilosi, subarcuati, capite multo breviores ; articulus 3us couicus, 

 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae graciles, setaceae, pubescentes, sub- 

 setosae. Abdomen mavis apice iascicuiatum, alarum margines pos- 

 ticos paullo superans, fcemince brevius. Pedes mediocriter validi ; 

 tibiae posticae ealcaribus quatuor sat longis. Alae longiusculae, me- 

 diocriter lata? ; anticae costa recta, margine apicali obliquo, angulo 

 postico plus minusve rotundato. 



Noctua, p., Drury. 

 Deiopeia f Westw. 



Male and Female. Body rather stout, of moderate length 

 Palpi pilose, slightly curved, much shorter than the head ; third 

 joint conical, not half the length of the second. Antenna? slender, 

 setaceous, pubescent and thinly setose, more than half the length 

 of the body ; two bristles on each joint. Abdomen of the male 

 tufted at the tip, extending a little beyond the hind wings, shorter 

 in the female. Legs moderately stout; hind' tibia? with four rather 

 long spurs. Wings rather long, moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, more or less oblique along the apical border ; hind 

 angle more or less rounded ; third inferior vein very near the first 

 and the second; fourth very remote from the third. 



1. BlZONE PERORNATA. 



Alba; thorax rnfo trifasciatus ; alee anticce rufo quadrifasciatce 

 giUtaque discali nigra. 



Male. White. Palpi red, with black tips. Proboscis testa- 

 ceous. Antennae brown. Thorax with three red bands. Abdomen 

 mostly reddish except at the tip which has a tuft of whitish hairs. 

 Tibiae on the outer side and tarsi brown. Fore wings with four red 

 bands, and with a block dot on the disk ; first and second bands up- 

 right ; second band bordered with black on the inner side ; third 

 slightly oblique ; fourth apical, diffused in front, abbreviated hind- 

 ward; underside with an elongated flat tubercle in the middle of 

 the fore border; apical border slightly oblique; hind angle some- 

 what rounded. Hind wings with a slight pale rose hind border. 



Var. #. Third band of the fore wings edged with black on its 

 outer side. 



