LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
1715 
angustae, margine exteviore perobliquo. Fcem. — Antennae subpecti- 
natae. Abdomen apice densissime fasciculatum. 
Male . Body thick. Head prominent in front. Proboscis not 
visible. Palpi very short. Antennae very deeply pectinated, ap- 
proximate at the base. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 
hind wings. Legs stout, thickly clothed with long hairs ; hind 
tibiae with minute apical spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 
wings mostly straight in front, narrow towards their tips, which are 
slightly acuminated ; exterior border very oblique ; second inferior 
vein full twice further from the third than from the first ; third 
much nearer to the fourth than to the second. Hind wings with 
the costal membrane more or less dilated towards the base ; discal 
areolet broad, distinctly divided by a genuine vein. Frenulum 
distinct. Female. — Antennae minutely pectinated. Abdomen very 
thickly tufted at its tip. 
This group in several characters resembles the Bombycites , in 
which the wings have no frenulum. 
2. Pod alia Citri. 
Mas. Fusca ; caput supra roseum ; thorax maculis roseis ; ab- 
domen roseo fasciatum ; pedes posteriores ex parte roseo hirti ; 
alee albidce , basi subrosece , anticce fusco strigatce , fascia poste- 
rior e maculaque discali obscurioribus ; posticce apud venas 
fusco substrigatce . 
Phalaena-Bombyx Citri, Anon. Ins . Surinam , i. 31, pi. 12. 
Male . Brown. Head rosy above. Antennae whitish, about 
one-fifth of the length of the body. Thorax with several rosy spots. 
Abdomen above with rosy bands. Posterior legs partly clothed with 
rosy hairs. Wings whitish, with a rosy tinge at the base. Fore 
wings streaked with brown, which forms cuneiform marks along the 
exterior border ; a short posterior band at one-third of the length 
and a spot at the tip of the discal areolet darker brown. Hind 
wings with slight brown streaks along the veins ; costal membrane 
much dilated. Length of the body 9—11 lines; of the wings 
22—26 lines. 
Foem. Nigro-fusca ; caput macula rosea , antice testaceum ; tho- 
rax roseo biguttatus ; abdomen f asciis dorsalibus roseis , antice 
albidum ; pedes ex parte roseo hirti , alc% albidce, fusco varies; 
anticce basi nigro-fuscce. 
