LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 717 



Genus 44. PARACLES. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput et thorax dense hirta. Pro- 

 boscis brevis. Palpi valde hirti ; articulus 3us minimus. Antenna; 

 subpectinatae, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen apice incrassa- 

 tum, alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi, hirti ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus quatuor parvis. Ala? anticae sat angustae, subtrigonae ; 

 posticae anticis paullo latiores. 



Male. Body stout. Head and thorax very thickly hairy. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi very hairy ; third joint very small. An- 

 tennae minutely pectinated, more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen rather less thickly clothed than the thorax, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings, very thick about the anus. Fore wings 

 rather narrow, nearly triangular, straight along the costa; outer 

 border oblique and slightly convex; hind angle very obtuse; first, 

 second and third inferior veins near together at the base ; fourth 

 about twice further from the third than the third is from the first. 

 Hind wings rather broader than the fore wings and about two-thirds 

 of their length. Legs stout, hairy ; hind tibiae with four small 

 spurs. 



1. Paracles contraria. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; antenna testacece ; abdomen testaceo bivit- 



tatum; alee anticce basi costaque subtestaceis ; postica alba, 



cinereo marginata. 



Male. Dark brown. Antennae testaceous. Abdomen with a 



testaceous stripe on each side; tip testaceous beneath. Fore wings 



slightly testaceous at the base and with a pale testaceous costa. 



Hind wings white, with grayish borders, which are broadest in front 



of the tips ; costa pale testaceous beneath. Length of the body 5 



lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 



b. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



Genus 45. BITURIX. 



Group. 1. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi breves, 

 graciles, porrecti ; articulus 2us lo multo longior; 3us parvus, 

 conicus, acuminatus. Abdomen alas posticas dimidio superans. 



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