LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 563 



Genus 138. BRYCEA. 



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

 ascendentes, capite paullo brevioves ; articulus 3us acuminatus, 2i 

 trieDte non longior. Antennae setaceae, sat robustae, subpubescentes, 

 vix serratae, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen apice forcipatum, 

 alarum margines posticos non attingens. Pedes mediocriter validi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor lougis. Alae latiusculae, non longae : 

 anticae ad costam subconvexae, apud marginem apicalem valde ob- 

 liquae, angulo postico rotundato. 



Male. Body rather slender, moderately long. Palpi stout, 

 ascending, a little shorter than the head ; third joint acuminated, 

 about one-third of the length of the second. Antennae setaceous, 

 rather stout, minutely pubescent, hardly serrated, more than half 

 the length of the body. Abdomen forcipated at the tip, not extend- 

 ing so far as the hind wings. Legs moderately stout ; hind tibiae 

 with four long spurs. Wings rather broad, not long. Fore wings 

 slightly convex in front, very oblique along the apical border ; hind 

 angle rounded ; third inferior vein further from the fourth than from 

 the second, which is near the first at the base. 



1. Brycea disjuncta. 



Nigro-viridis ; prothorax luteus ; aim antica linea discali abbre- 

 viata, macula oblonga obliqna subapUali guttaque postica 

 luteis ; postica fusco-nigra vitta discali abbreviata apice in- 

 eisa lutea. 



Greenish black. Prothorax luteous. Fore wings with a slender 

 linear luteous stripe extending in the disk along nearly two-thirds 

 of the length from the base ; a very short oblique luteous band in 

 the disk near the tip, and a luteous dot near the hind angle. Hind 

 wings with a luteous stripe in the disk, widening from the base to 

 beyond three-fourths of the length, and with a right-angled incision 

 at its tip in front. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



a. Brazil. From M. Beckers collection. 



Genus 139. RUSCINO. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum, non longum. Palpi brevissimi, 

 articulus 3us acuminatus, minimus. Proboscis mediocriter longa. 



