LEFIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
1567 
South America. 
A. Alae fuscae. 
A. Statum maxima. - 
B. Statura mediocris. - 
B. Alae cervinae. - 
giganteus, Boisd. 
agrionides, Walk . 
transversus, Walk. 
2. Phassus giganteus. 
Palhde ferrugineo-fuscus ; ala basi obscuriores , anticce gultis tri- 
bus costalibus nigris testaceo marginatis , necnon strigis macu - 
Usque nonnullis transversis subobliquis fuscis. 
Epiolus giganteus, Boisd.; Herr.-Schaff. Lev. Exot. So Ser 1 
pi. 40, f. 45. r ’ 
Pale ferruginous-brown. Wings darker at the base. Fore 
wings with three costal black testaceous-bordered dots, and with 
several transverse slightly oblique brown streaks and spots, which 
are most numerous towards the tips. 
Equinoctial America. 
3. Phassus agrionides. 
Mas. . Fuscus ; antenna testacea ; abdomen alas posticas lonc/is- 
sime superans ; ala pallide fusca, apice obscuriores , antica 
subreticulata. 
Male. Brown. Antennae testaceous. Abdomen rather paler 
than the thorax, almost bare, extending for three-fourths of its 
length beyond the hind wings. Wings pale brown, with dark 
brown tips. Fore wings slightly reticulated, with numerous trans- 
verse more or less curved streaks between the veins ; these streaks 
are paler on the inside and darker on the outside. Length of the 
body 12 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 
a. Brazil. From M. Becker’s collection. 
4. Phassus transversus. 
Mas. Cervinus , gracilis; antenna subpectinata , ihorace multo 
bremores ; abdomen longissirnum, alas posticas dimidio 
superans ; pedes pilosi ; ala antica maculis nonnullis parvis 
transversis oblongis nigricantibus albido notatis. 
