164 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



along the fore border as far as the brand, which is dark brown ; a large 

 pale brown spot beneath the fore border at the tip ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins 

 black, slightly clouded with brown, tawny towards the base ; poisers tawny 

 with pitchy knobs. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



South America. 



Genus LEPTIS, Fabr. 

 Left IS atrata, Meig. 

 New South Wales. 



Lepxis CLARA, Mas. 

 Ati'a, antennis nigris, pedibus Jlavis, tarsis apice piceis, alls limpidis- 

 siniis. 



Body deep black, velvet-like : head hoary beneath : eyes red : mouth 

 and feelers black : abdomen linear, longer than the chest and about half 

 its breadth : legs pale yellow, very slender ; hips black ; feet pitchy towards 

 the tips : v'ings colourless, very transparent ; brands brown, large ; wing- 

 ribs tawny ; veins black, tawny towards the base ; poisers tawny. Length 

 of the body 2f lines ; of the wings 6\ lines. 



South America. 



Lepxis luctfera, Mas et Fem. 

 Atra, aureo-pilosa, pectore cano, abdomine pilis argenteis fasciato, antennis 

 nigris, pedibus fulvis, alis fuscis limpido maculatis apice albis. 



Body black : head hoary in front and beneath : eyes red ; facets in front 

 larger than those elsewhere: mouth dark tawny, feelers black, adorned 

 with a hoary covering : chest clothed with golden hairs : breast hoary : ab- 

 domen of the male brownish-black, linear, much narrower and longer than 

 the chest, adorned with bands of silvery hairs : abdomen of the female 

 twice the length of the chest, obconical for full half the length from the 

 base, tapering and like a tail from ihence to the tip : legs tawny, long and 

 slender ; hips hoary ; thighs darker than the shanks : ivings brown, beauti- 

 fully iridescent, adorned with seven or eight colourless spots, which are 

 chiefly open to the border ; tips brilliant white; wing-ribs and veins black ; 

 poisers black, very long, tawny towards the base. Length of the body 2^ 

 lines; of the wings 5 lines. 



Columbia. 



