LEPIDOPTERA IIETER0CERA. 723 



with white bands. Fore wings with numerous black spots ; andet 

 side dark gray. Hind wings dark gray. Length of the body 4 — o 

 lines; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



a, b. Brazil. Presented by H. Low, jun., Esq. 

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



Genus 50. AGRISIUS. 



Corpus sat gracilc. Oculi magni, extantes. Proboscis corpo- 

 ris dimidio vix brevior. Palpi longiuscnli, snbascendentes; articu- 

 lus 2us li longitudine ; 3us linearis, 2o paullo longior. Abdomen 

 alas posticas Don superans. Pedes mediocriter longi et validi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Ala? sat angusta). 



Body rather slender. Eyes large, prominent. Proboscis nearly 

 half the length of the body. Palpi rather long, slightly ascending; 

 second joint as long as the first ; third linear, a little longer 

 than the second. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. 

 Legs moderately long and stout ; hind tibia: with four long spurs. 

 Wings rather narrow. Fore wings straight in front; discal fold dis- 

 tinct ; second inferior vein as far from the first as from the third ; 

 third nearly four times further from the fourth than from the first. 

 Hind wings straight in front ; first, secoud and third inferior veins 

 connected at the base. 



1. Agrisius guttivitta. 



Argenteo-albus ; palpi nigri, subtus albi ; thorax e maculis nigris 

 bifasciatus ; femora tibiccque nigro vittata ; tarsi nigri, albo 

 fasciati ; al& anticce basi nigro guttata, apice fusco vittata:, 

 posticus fusco vittata. 



Silvery white. Proboscis testaceous. Palpi black, white 

 beneath ; second joint white at the tip. Thorax with two bands of 

 black spots, and with a black spot in the disk between them. 

 Femora and tibia? with black stripes; tarsi black, with white bands. 

 ^ Fore wings with black dots on the basal half; apical half with brown 

 stripes on the veins; under side mostly brown. Hind fringe with 

 brown stripes, except towards the base above. Length of the body 

 5 ? lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 

 a. North India. Presented by Capt. Parry. 



Genus 51. AMASTUS. 

 Phsegoptera, p., Moriz ; Ho-r.-Schaff. 



Palpi ascendentes, longiusculi ; articulus 2us 3oqne duplo lon- 

 gior; 3us parvus, conieus, 2o multo gracilior. Proboscis corporis 



