LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 721 



Genus 48. AMAXIA. 

 Mas. Proboscis breviuscula, corporis dimidio brcvior. Palpi 

 ascendentes, mediocriter longi; articulus 3us conicus, minimus. 

 Antennae subpectinatae, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas 

 posticas sat longe superaus. Sexualia parva, occulta. Pedes bre- 

 viusculi; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor breviusculis. Alae an- 

 gustae. 



ilfa/e.— Proboscis rather stout, less tban half tbe length of the 

 body. Palpi ascending, moderately long; third joint conical, very 

 minute. Antennas minutely pectinated, three-fourths of the length 

 of the body. Abdomen extending some distance beyond the hind 

 wings ; sexualia small, concealed. Legs rather stout ; fore tibia? 

 with short apical spurs; hind tibiae with four rather short spurs. 

 Wings narrow. Fore wings with two superior veins ; discal fold dis- 

 tinct ; first inferior vein curved, near the second at its base; third a 

 little nearer to the second than to the fourth. Hind wings convex 

 along the fore border; costal vein springing from the subcostal 

 opposite the middle of the areolet ; three inferior veins ; first and 

 second united at the base, third at some little distance from them. 



1. Amaxta pardalis. 



Ltetejlava, subtus alba ; antenna testacecp. ; abdomen supra rufum ; 

 alee anticce ex parte rufo venosce guttis plurimis variis fuscis, 

 postica? alba. 



Bright yellow. Body, palpi and legs white beneath. Palpi 

 striped with brown. Proboscis and antennae testaceous. Abdomen 

 red above, yellow at the lip. Tibiae with a few brown dots ; fore 

 tibiae partly red. Fore wings with numerous brown dots and spots 

 of various size, and irregularly disposed, partly bordered with red, 

 some of them forming two incomplete bands, one near the base, the 

 other near the tip. Hind wings white, slightly tinged with yellow 

 and red, their fore border very convex. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 49. THEAGES. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 ongiusculi, oblique ascendentes, fere nudi ; articulus 2us lo valde 

 longior ; 3us gracilis, lanceolatus, 2i triente aeqnalis. Antennae 

 ongiusculae, subpectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. 

 Pedes longiusculi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae 

 angustae. 



