LEPiBOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 
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Genus 35. TIQUADRA. 
Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi porrecti, 
laterales, pilosi, capitis latitudine longiores; articulus 2us arcuatus; 
3us rectus, linearis. Pedes antici brevissirni. Tibiae posticae fim- 
briatae. Alae anticae longae, angustae, apice subrotundatae, disco 
fasciculato, margin e exteriore perobliquo. 
Female. Body rather stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi pilose, 
porrect on each side of the head, longer than the breadth o! the 
latter; second joint curved; third straight, linear, a little shorter 
than the second. Legs rather stout; fore legs very short; posterior 
tibiae fringed ; spurs very long. Wings long, narrow ; fringe long. 
Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, with some small tufts of 
erect hairs ; exterior border extremely oblique. 
1. TlQUADRA INSCITELLA. 
Fcem. Cana ; alee anticae nigro conspersce, fusco guttatce. 
Female. Hoary. Wings with an aeneous tinge beneath. Fore 
wings with very minute black speckles, and with brown dots, which 
are most distinct along the borders. Hind wings rather paler than 
the fore wings. Length oi the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 
a. Mexico. From Mr. Argent’s collection. 
Genus 36. DROSICA. 
Mas . Corpus robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi defiexi, 
capitis latitudine non breviores ; articulus 2us dense pilosus ; 3us 
acutus, parvus. Antennae validae, setulosae. Abdomen attenuatum, 
fascicule apicali parvo. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae pilosae. Alae 
anticae acutae, angustae. 
Male. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi diverging, as 
long as the breadth of the head ; second joint thickly pilose ; third 
acute, m indie, not longer than one-fourth of the length of the second. 
Antennae stout, setose. Abdomen tapering, extending for its whole 
length beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs stout; hind 
tibiae pilose ; spurs long. Wings narrow, acute ; fringe long ; exte- 
rior border of the fore wings extremely oblique. 
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