LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Genus 4. TAESA. 
Mas. Corpus validum. Proboscis longa. Palpi validi, arcu- 
ati, ascendentes ; artieuli lus et 2us subtus pilosi ; 3us lanceolatus ; 
2i dimidio ®qualis. Antennae valid®, late pectinate, thorace 
paullo longiores ; rami pubescentes. Abdomen fasciculo apicali 
elongato. Pedes validi, subpilosi. Alas limpidse ; antic® angustae ; 
posticae sat latae. 
Male. Body stout. Proboscis long. Palpi stout, curved, as- 
cending ; first and second joints pilose beneath ; third lanceolate, 
about half the length of the second. Antenn® stout, deeply pecti- 
nated, a little longer than the thorax ; branches pubescent. Abdo- 
men with a long apical tuft. Legs stout, slightly pilose. Wings 
limpid. Fore wings narrow, with four inferior veins; second supe- 
rior vein forked at much beyond half its length. Hind wings 
almost twice the breadth of the fore wings. 
1. Tarsa rombyciformis. 
Mas. Nigra ; caput postice rufo hirtum ; palpi ruji , subtus hast 
Jlavo hirti ; antennce rufce ; thorax fascia antica vittisque 
quatuor luteis ; abdominis segmenta luteo marginata , fascicu- 
lus apicalis luteus ; pedes lutei , femoribus nigris ; alee lim- 
pidee , anticce marginibus fasciaque purpureo-nigris. 
Male. Black. Head clothed behind with red hairs. Palpi 
red, with yellow hairs beneath towards the base. Antenn® red. 
Prothorax with a luteous border. Thorax with the disk partly 
luteous, and with two luteous stripes on each side. Abdomen with 
a luteous band on the hind border of each segment; apical tuft lu- 
teous. Legs luteous; femora mostly black. Wings limpid; cili® 
purplish black. Fore wings with the costa, the bind border, and the 
usual band purplish black. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the 
wings 16 lines. 
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Genus 5. SINCAEA. 
Mas. Corpus sat validum. Caput latum. Proboscis obso- 
leta. Palpi ascendentes, subtus densissime basique longissime 
pilosi ; articulus 3us brevis, conicus. Antenn® filiformes, simplices, 
sat validi, basi remoti, thoracis longitudine. Abdomen fusiforme, 
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