LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Genus DANTONA. 
Mas. Corpus sat robustnra. Fasciculus frontalis porrectus. 
Proboscis brevis, tenuis ; palpi ascendentes, subangulati, articulo 3o 
lineari. Antennae breves, setosae. Abdomen alas posticas sat su- 
perans. Pedes robusti, subpilosi. Alae mediocres, fimbria lata; 
auticae vix acutae, costa subconvexa; postic© lituris nullis. 
Male . Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft prominent. 
Proboscis short, slender. Palpi obliquely ascending ; third joint 
linear, rounded at the tip, about one-third of the length of the 
second, with which it forms a slight angle. Anrennae short, setose. 
Abdomen extending some distance beyond the hind wings. Legs 
stout, slightly pilose; posterior tibiae slightly fringed; spurs long. 
Wings of moderate size ; fringe broad. Fore wings hardly acute ; 
costa very slightly convex ; exterior border moderately oblique. 
Hind wings without markings. 
1. Dantona Bus alts. 
Mas. Cinerea , nigro conspersa; alee anticce albido subconspersce , 
linea exteriore obliqua e punctis nigris , lunulis marginalibus 
nigricantibus , puncto basali nigro , orbiculari e gutta nigra , 
reniformi e lunula alba ; posticce albce . 
Male . Cinereous. Head, thorax and fore wings speckled 
with black. Fore wings with a few whitish speckles ; exterior line 
oblique, formed of black points ; marginal lunnles blackish ; a black 
basal point; orbicular mark forming a black dot; reniform repre- 
sented by a lunule of white speckles. Hind wings white. Length 
of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
Genus MOTYA. 
Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 
graciles, oblique ascendentes, caput paullo superantes, articulo 3o 
lanceolato. Antennae graciles, glabrae, articulo lo robusto. Abdo- 
men lineare, alas posticas superans, lateribus marginatis, apice ob- 
tuso bicornuto. Pedes robusti, glabri, calcaribus vix longis; antic© 
late fimbriati. Alae elongatae, non latae ; anticae nebnlosae, apice 
rotundatae, apud costam vix convex©, margine exteriore valde 
obliquo ; postic© setnihyalin©, lituris nullis, margine exteriore 
undulato. 
