LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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20. Gauris? transversana. 
Mas. Rufo-fusca ; vertex luteus ; palpi porrecti ; antennae 
setosae ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans; aloe anlicce 
elongates, apice rotundatce , disco basali , macula subcostali 
strigisque transversis luteis , costa bast subconvexa ; poslicce 
lutece , margine lato nigricante. 
Male. Reddish brown. Body cinereous beneath. Head 
luteous between the eyes. Palpi porrect, smooth, extending very 
little beyond the head; third joint conical, not more than one- 
fourth of the length of the second. Antennae densely setose. Abdo- 
men extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs cinereous ; 
each tibia with a brown subapical band ; tarsi brown towards the 
base. Wings elongate. Fore wings rounded at the lips, luteous in 
the disk towards the base, and with a luteous subcostal spot beyond 
the middle, and with luteous transverse streaks ; these are most 
regular along the costa, and nearly disappear towards the exterior 
border; costa slightly convex towards the base; exterior border 
convex hindward, very slightly excavated in front. Hind wings 
luteous, with a broad blackish marginal band, which is composed of 
speckles along the interior border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of 
the wings 14 lines. 
a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson’s collection. 
Genus 44. ATTERIA. 
Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 
squamosi, disjuncti, sat graciles, vix arcuati ; articulus 3us linearis, 
brevissimus, apice rotundatus. Antennae subsetulosae. Abdomen 
alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes breviusculi, sat robusti ; 
tibiae sublimbriatae. Alae anticae elongatae, laliusculae, apice sub- 
rotuudatae. 
Male. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, squamous, 
rather slender, hardly curved, apart from each other, as long as the 
breadth of the head; third joint linear, rounded at the tip, not more 
than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae minutely 
setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 
rather short and stout ; tibiae slightly fringed ; spurs moderately long. 
Wings elongate, rather broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the 
tips; costa slightly convex towards the base; exterior border slightly 
convex, hardly oblique. 
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