LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 71 I 



Genus 39. NERITOS. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi medio- 

 criter longi, oblique adscendentes ; articulus 2us lo multo longior; 

 3us minimus. Antenna) subpectinata?, corporis vix breviorcs. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas triente superans. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus quatuor longis. Ala* angustie, anticae subtus basi fasci- 

 culatae. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis ratber long. Palpi mode- 

 rately long, obliquely ascending ; second joint much longer than 

 the first; third very minute. Antenna) ratber slightly pectinated, 

 nearly as long as the body. Abdomen extending for one-third of 

 its length beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibiae with 

 four long spurs. Wings narrow. Fore wings with a tuft beneath 

 in the disk near the base, and with a corresponding convexity 

 above ; first and second inferior veins contiguous at the base ; third 

 near the second ; fourth remote from the third. 



1. Neritos repanda, 



Pallide fusca ; caput testaceum, fusco faseiatum ; palpi testacei, 

 subtus albi ; abdomen album, disco dorsali rufo ; pedes albi ; 

 alee antica fascia lata obliqua flavo-albida ; posticae flavo- 

 albidce. 



Pale brown. Head testaceous, with a brown band in front. 

 Palpi and proboscis testaceous, the former white beneath. Antenna* 

 brown, white towards the tips. Abdomen white ; disk above pale 

 red. Legs white. Fore wings with a fusiform tubercle in the disk 

 near the base, and with a broad oblique yellowish white band, which 

 is dilated along the border at each end, and extends there to the 

 tip. Hind wings yellowish white. Length of the body 4h lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 

 a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 40. AMELES. 



Mas. Corpus lineare, sat robustuin. Proboscis longa. Palpi 

 graciles, porrecti, raediocriter lon<;i ; articulus 2us lo multo longior ; 

 3us lanceolatus, gracilis, 2o duplo brevior. Antennae subpectinatae, 

 corporis dimidio non longiores. Abdomen apice tumiduin, alas 

 posticas triente superans. Pedes rolmsti ; tibia? posticus calcaribus 

 quatuor mediocriter longis. Alae angusta), longiuscula-. 



