LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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subquadrate. Legs stout, slightly pilose, rather long; hind tibiae 
with four ^moderately long spurs. Wings elongate. Fore wings 
narrow, rounded at the tips ; costa straight; exterior border con- 
vex, hardly oblique. Hiud wings semihyaline. Female. — An- 
tennae smooth, very slender. 
1. Melitara prodenialis. 
Mas. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; alee anticce nigro subconspersis 
antice albido-cinereee , Uriels duabus nigris angulosis remotis , 
2 a cinereo marginata , puncto discali punctisqne marginalibus 
nigris ; postiece albce, semihyalinte apud coslam pallide cer- 
vince , linea marginali fusca. 
Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Fore wings very thinly 
and minutely black-speckled, mostly whitish cinereous in front ; 
interior and exterior lines black, zigzag, remote from each other, 
the latter bordered with pale cinereous; discal point and marginal 
points black. Hind wings white, semihyaline, pale fawn-coloured 
along the costa ; marginal line brown. Length of the body 6 — 9 
Hues; of the wings 16 — 20 lines. 
a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
Genus 90. ADRA. 
Mas . Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi por- 
recti, caput paullo superautes ; articulus 2us subtus pubescens; 3us 
gracilis, acuius, minimus. Antennae breviusculae, pectinatae. Ab- 
domen alas posticas superans, apice subeompressum vix fascicula- 
tum. Pedes laeves,*sat validi; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae. 
Alae anticae angustae, elongatae, apice subroiundatae, margine exte- 
riore perobliquo. 
Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, 
extending a little beyond the head ; second joint moderately stout, 
pubescent beneath ; third acute, very much more slender than the 
second, and not more than one-sixth of its length. Antennae rather 
short, moderately pectinated. Abdomen extending beyond the 
hind wings, slightly compressed at the tip ; apical tuft extremely 
small. Legs smooth, rather stout ; hind tibiae with four moderately 
long spurs. Wings narrow, elongated. Fore wings slightly 
rounded at the tips; costa straight ; exterior border convex, very 
dblique. 
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