LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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1. Tirasia granulatella. 
Mas. j Ferrugineo -fusca ; alee anticce nigro conspersee , nigro-fusco 
slrigalce. Fcem. ? — Palpi dense pilosi, caput longe superantes ; 
tarsi postici non pilosi ; alee anticce margine exteriore minus 
obliquo . 
Male . Ferruginous-brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Abdo- 
men and bind wings brown. Fore wings minutely speckled with 
black, minutely and transversely streaked with blackish brown. 
Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates 5 collection. 
Female P Palpi porrect, densely pilose, extending much beyond 
the head, nearly as long as the breadth of the latter. Abdomen 
shorter, less pilose. Hind tarsi not pilose. Fore wings less ferru- 
ginous ; exterior border less oblique. Length of the body 5J lines ; 
of the wings 13 \ lines. 
b. Santarem. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
c. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson’s collection. 
Genus 29. TISSA. 
Mas. Corpus robustum, squamoso, hirsutum. Proboscis nulla. 
Palpi porrecti, robusti, lanceolati, capitis latitudine non breviores. 
Antennae subpeetinatae. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans. 
Pedes robusti ; tibiae posticse piiosae, calcaribus longis. Alae anticae 
squamosae, angustae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 
Male. Body stout, squamous, hirsute. Proboscis obsolete. 
Palpi porrect, stout, lanceolate, as long as the breadth of the head ; 
third joint lanceolate, a little shorter than the second. Antennae 
slightly pectinated, more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 
extending much beyond the hind wings; apical tuft lage. Legs 
stout; hind tibiae pilose ; spurs long. Wings narrow. Fore wings 
squamous, rounded at the tips; costa quite straight; exterior border 
convex, very oblique. 
1. Tissa. inquinatalis. • 
Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; pedes cinereo fasciati ; alee anticce nigro 
conspersce , f asciis tribus cinereis interrupts indeterminatis , 
fimbria cinerea fusco strigata ; posticee purpureo-fuscce. 
