LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 557 



1. AsiONA IN^QUALIS. 



Cinerea ; caput et thorax luteo-hirta. 



Gray. Head and thorax clothed with luteous hairs. Antennae 

 towards the base, pectus, abdomen beneath and legs whitish. 

 Wings with black veins. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a. Ega, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 133. SOLOE. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile, mediocriter longum. Palpi recti, 

 ascendentes, capite longiores ; articulus 3us linearis, apice conicus, 

 2o brevior et gracilior. Proboscis longiuscula. Antennae setaceae, 

 mediocriter pectinatae. Abdomen alarum margines posticos attin- 

 gens. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus 

 longis. Alae latiuscula?, non longae ; anticae ad costam recta?, apud 

 marginem apicalem obliquae, angulo postico rotundato. 



This genus may form a connecting link with the Noctuides by 

 means of Ophiusa. 



Male. Body rather slender, of moderate length. Palpi straight, 

 ascending, longer than the head ; third joint linear, conical at the 

 tip, shorter and more slender than the second. Proboscis rather 

 long. Antennae setaceous, moderately pectinated ; the length of the 

 branches decreasing from near the base to the tips. Abdomen 

 extending as far as the hind wings. Legs rather stout ; hind tibiae 

 with two long apical spurs. Wings rather broad, not long. Fore 

 wings straight in front, oblique along the apical border, rounded on 

 the hind angle ; second inferior vein at the base nearer to the first 

 than to the third, which is nearly four times further from the fourth 

 than from the second. 



1. SOLOE TRIGUTTA. 



Testacea ; palpi apice nigri ; alee subcinerece aut albidce ; anticce 

 guttis duabus, posticce una nigris. 



Pale testaceous. Palpi black towards the tips. Tibiae more or 

 less striped with black. Wings pale cinereous or whitish. Fore 

 wings with two black dots which are near the fore border, the first a 



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