LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
1647 
JOSIA? FUSIFERA. 
Mas. Atm; antennce subpectinatee ; alee, antica fusiformes, vitta 
discali to nyi-fus if or mi lutea ; posticce hxtece , nigro marqinatce 
apud apices oblique subiruncatce. ’ 
Male. Deep black. Antenna: minutely pectinated. Fore 
wings fusiform narrower than those of the two preceding species 
and consequently more oblique along the exterior border ; an elon- 
gated fusiform luteous stripe in the disk. Hind wings luteous, with 
broad black borders convex in front, somewhat obliquely truncated 
towards the tips. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 18 
a. New Grenada. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
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SCEA ? PUELLA. 
Fcem. yEma.mgra, schisiaceo micans; thorax luteo bivittatus ; 
abdomen apice albidum ; alee anticce Intern costa apicibusque 
nigns, vitta postica ceneo-nigra. ^ * 
Female. ^Eneous-black, with slaty lustre. Antennas slender 
simple, .setaceous, somewhat shorter than the body. Thorax with 
two luteous stripes. Abdomen slender, extending for one-third of 
its length beyond the hind wings ; tip whitish. Legs very slender • 
hind tibiae with four long spurs. Fore wings luteouf, except along 
the costa and towards the tips; a slender aeneous-black stdpe near 
the interior border. Length of the body 3* lines ; of the wings 9 
JJ 1 ) 18 s P®‘' ies Wll! form a new genus between the Pyralites and 
iheMelamenda;, and it approaches much nearer than S.auriflamma 
the Pyrahtes. It may be distinguished from the above species 
by its more slender antenna and abdomen, by its longer andCoie 
slender legs, and by the much longer spurs of the hind tibi*. 
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
SCEA INFANS. 
^pam^flLa" antiC(EfaSCia lata a bbreviata exteriore 
a Bla< *- Antennas simple, setaceous, more than half 
the length of the body. Abdomen extending for one-third of its 
