LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 565 



subconvexae, apud marginem apicalem subobliquae et subconvexae, 

 angulo postico rotundato. 



Eudesmia, H'ubn. 



Male. Body rather stout, not long. Palpi moderately long, 

 shorter than the head ; third joint acuminated, not half the length 

 of the second. Antennae simple, setaceous. Proboscis rather long. 

 Abdomen hardly extending so far as the hind wings. Legs stout ; 

 hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings broad, rather long. Fore 

 wings slightly convex in front, slightly oblique and convex along 

 the apical border; hind angle somewhat rounded; second inferior 

 vein about thrice further from the third than from the first; third 

 twice further from the fourth than from the second. 



1. Eudesmia euficollis. 



Nigro-viridis ; thorax anticus abdominisque fascia supra lata in- 

 terrupta subtus angusta Integra testacea ; alee anticce fascia 

 lata subarcuata discali macidisque duabus subapicalibus suh- 

 trigonis testaceis ; postica vitta latissima testacea. 



Eudesmia ruficollis, H'ubn. Samml. Exot. Sckmett. ii. Lep. iii. Phal. 

 ii. Verce, viii. Callimorphce B. Variegata, 4, f. 1 — 4. 



a. Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



Genus 141. DEIOPEIA. 



Palpi elongati, supra recurvi subsquamosi; .articulus lus cras- 

 sus ; 2us longus; 3us brevis, ovatus. Maxillae capite multo 

 longiores. Antennae in utroque sexu simplices, sat breves, warn sub- 

 tus subpilosae. Alae anticae oblongae. subelliptico-truncatae ; posticae 

 subdiaphanae, valde plicatae. Pedes mediocres ; tibiae brevissimae, 

 posteriores apice quadricalcaratae. 



Tinea, p., Linn. 



Bombyx, p., Fabr. ; H'ubn. 



Noctua, p., Esper. 



Lithosia, p., Haw. ; Meig.; Duponch. ; Guer. 



Argina et Utethesia, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 167, 168. 



Eyprepia, p., Ochs. 



Eulepia, p., Curt. 



Deiopeia, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 92 ; Duponch. 



Euchelia, p., Boisd. 



Euprepia, p., Zeller. 



