LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 
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Genus 55. IAMBIA. 
Fcem. Corpus sat robustuin. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 
validi, squarnosi, suberecti, verticem non superantes, articulo 3o 
minimo. Antennae validae. Abdomen, lanceolatum, alas posticas 
perpaullo superans. Pedes robusti, squarnosi ; tibiae posticae cal- 
caribus quatuor longis. Alae latissimae, fimbria brevi ; anticae apice 
subrotundatae, costa vix convexa. 
Female. Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 
robust, squamous, nearly erect, applied to the head, not rising 
higher than the vertex; third joint conical, very minute. An- 
tennae stout. Abdomen tapering, extending very little beyond the 
hind wings. Legs robust, squamous ; hind tibiae with four long 
spurs. Wings very broad ; fringe short. Fore wings slightly 
rounded at the tips ; costa hardly convex ; exterior border slightly 
couvex, moderately oblique. 
1. Iambia inferalis. 
Fcem. Sordide cinerea ; alee punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticae 
nigro conspersae , fascia exteriore lata obliqua obscure fusca 
antice interrupta inlus diffusa extus nigro marginata , spatio 
exteriore postico albido ; posticae fuscescenle-cinerece. 
, Female. Dingy cinereous. Wings with black marginal points. 
Fore wings irregularly speckled with black ; the speckles here and 
there clustered ; a broad oblique exterior dark brown band, which 
is interrupted in front and diffuse on the inner side, and bordered 
on the outer side by a black line ; hindward space beyond the band 
whitish. Hind wings brownish cinereous. Length of the body 
7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 
a. Port Natal. From M. Guienzius’ collection. 
Genus 56. ZIA. 
Mas . Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 
longi, porrecti, lanceolati, squamoso-hirsuti, articulo 3o parvo. An- 
tennae pubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; fasci- 
culus apicalis brevis, quadratus. Pedes sat graciles ; tibiae posticae 
calcaribus quatuor parvis. Alae anticae elongatae, acutae, costa vix 
convexa, margine exteriore perobliquo. 
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