LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
1689 
Genus TEBMESSA. 
Mas et fcem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis capitis latitudine 
paullo longior. Palpi ascendentes ; articulus 3us longi-conicus. 
Antennae graciles, corporis dimidio multo longiores, maris subsetosae, 
fcemina vix setosae. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus qua- 
tuor longis. Alae latae; anticae apud costam vix convexae, apice 
subrotundatae, margin e exteriore subobliquo ; posticae abdomen 
superantes. 
Body slender. Proboscis rather longer than the breadth of the 
head. Palpi ascending ; third joint elongate-conical, about one- 
third of the length of the second. Antennae slender, much more 
than half the length of the body, minutely setose in the male, 
hardly setose in the female. Abdomen not extending so far as the 
hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 
broad. Fore wings very slightly convex in front, somewhat rounded 
at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border ; second infe- 
rior vein nearly as far from the first as from the third; third about 
four times further from the fourth than from the second. 
1. Termessa l^eta. 
Mas et foem. Lutea ; palpi nigri ; alee anticce albidce, f asciis 
quatuor nigro-fuscis , posticce nigro-fusco bimaculatce. Mas. — 
Thorax nigro-fuscus , albido bivittatus. Fcem. — Thorax albi- 
dus , fascia antica nigro-fusca ; alec posticce macula apud 
marginem interior em nigro-fusca. 
Male and female. Luteous. Proboscis tawny. Palpi and 
antennae black. Anterior legs partly black. Fore wings mostly 
whitish, with four dark brown bands ; first band basal ; second and 
third slightly zigzag ; fourth apical. Hind wings with two dark 
brown spots ; one near the interior angle, larger than the other 
which is near the tip of the costa. Male.— Thorax blackish brown, 
with two whitish stripes. Third and fourth bands of the fore wings 
connected by three or four streaks. Female. — Thorax whitish, with 
a blackish brown band in front. Bands of the fore wings narrower 
than in the male; first and fourth bands abbreviated hindward ; 
fourth separate from the third, or united to it by a single streak. 
Hind wings with a blackish brown spot on the interior border. 
Length of the body 4—5 lines ; of the wings 12—14 lines. 
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