LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
1717 
Foem. ? Fusca ; caput et thorax anticus obscure fusca ; thorax 
albo fasciatus ; abdomen fasciis albis , apice cervinum ; alee 
anticce basi et apud coslam dense lanuginosce , costa , fascia ob - 
liqua maculisque exterioribus cuneatis albulis , fascia obliqua 
obscure fusca ; posticce pallide fuscce , strigis inter venas 
albidis. 
Female P Brown. Head and fore border of the thorax dark 
brown. Antennae whitish, full one-third of the length of the body. 
Thorax with a white band in front. Abdomen with white bands, 
fawn-coloured at the tip. Fore wings from the base to the middle 
and along the costa thickly clothed with crispy woolly hairs, whitish 
along the costa, and with a diffuse oblique whitish band beyond the 
middle, and with a row of whitish cuneiform spots between it and 
the exterior border ; a dark brown oblique band before the middle, 
interrupted in front, dilated behind, and with two small dark brown 
marks in front between it and the exterior border. Hind wings pale 
brown, with whitish streaks between the veins along the exterior 
border. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 
a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
4. PoDALIA DORSIMACULA. 
Alba ; caput antice palpique fusca ; thorax e maculis fuscis quad - 
rifasciatus ; abdomen fasciis dorsalibus fuscis ; alee fuscee , 
anticce basi albo varies , fascia ramosa strigisque exterioribus 
albis ; posticce apud marginem exteriorem albidee fusco ma- 
culatce . 
Male, White. Head in front and palpi brown. Antennae 
with brown branches. Thorax with four bands of brown spots. 
Abdomen with brown dorsal bands. Wings brown. Fore wings 
marked with white at the base, with a diffuse ramose oblique white 
band beyond the middle, and with white cuneiform streaks along 
the exterior border. Exterior border of the hind wings whitish, 
with brown spots. Length of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 28 
lines. , C 
a. ^ From Mr. Children’s collection. 
Genus DECIMIA. 
Mas . Corpus robustum. Caput et thorax pilosissima. Pro- 
boscis non conspicua. Palpi breviusculi ; articulus 3us minimus. 
