LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
1769 
Cossus? ZlLIANTE. 
Previously mentioned as one of the Notodontida. See p. 1078. 
Page 1548. 
Genus ANTIORA. 
Mas. Corpus robustum, lineare, pilosissimum. Proboscis 
distincta, brevis, debilis. Palpi porrecti, breves, graciles, caput non 
adaequantes; articulus 3us minutus, acuminatus. Antennae sub- 
pectinatae, corpore paullo breviores, ramis pubescentibus. Abdomen 
alas posticas plus dimidio superans. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae 
posticse calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae angustae ; anticae apud 
costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 
Male. Body stout, linear, very pilose. Proboscis distinct, 
short, feeble. Paipi porrect, short, slender, not extending so far as 
the bead; third joint, minute, acuminated. Antennae slightly pec- 
tinated, about three-fourths of the length of the body; branches 
thickly pubescent. Abdomen extending for more than half its 
length beyond the bind wings. Legs stout, thickly clothed with 
long hairs. Wings narrow. Fore wings straight in front, rounded 
at the tips, very oblique along the exterior border; first and second 
inferior veins contiguous at the base; third at some distance from 
the second; fourth very remote. Frenulum distinct. 
Antiora subfulva. 
Fusca, albo aspersa ; antenna nigra ; thorax alho bif asciculatus ; 
abdomen apice albido pilosum , subtus luteo hirtum ; pedes pilis 
albis luteisque densissime hirti ; ala postica nigro-cinerea, 
antice alba. 
Brown, sprinkled with white. Antennae black. Thorax with 
a tuft of white near the base of each hind wing. Abdomen blackish 
brown, with whitish hairs at the tip, and with luteous hairs beneath 
for nearly half the length from the base. Legs very thickly clothed 
with luteous hairs ; fore and middle tibiae very thickly clothed with 
white hairs. Fore wings but slightly plumose. Hind wings 
blackish gray, with white fore borders. Length of the body 7 
lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 
a. Brazil. From M. Beckers collection. 
