LÉPIDOPTÉROLOGIE COMPARÉE 609 



cervinas sat angustae, lituris nigro-fuscis, fascia marginali flaves- 

 cente maculata; anticae vitta discali strigas quatuor emittente; 

 posticae vittis duabus parallelis extus abbreviatis. » 



(( Body brown, pale ycllow beneath. Head, thorax, base of 

 the abdomen and most of the wings with golden green reflections. 

 Antennae dingy yellowish towards the tips. Abdomen speckled 

 with numerous slightly gilded scales; an ochraceous stripe along 

 each side. Wings elongate, rather narrow, somewhat fawn- 

 coloured above, mostly pale yellowish beneath ; markings 

 blackish brown, most defmite on the under side; marginal band 

 containing a row of pale yellowish spots. Fore wings with a 

 discal stripe, which extends from the base to nearly two-thirds 

 of the length and emits two streaks inward to the costa and two 

 others outward to the hind part of the exterior border. Hind 

 wings with two parallel discal stripes, which are abbreviated 

 extcriorly. Length of the body 14 lines; of the wings 36 lines. 



)) Nearly al lied to G. Liniis. 



» a. Guayaquil. From Mr. Steven's collection. )> 



Boisduval, avec sa grande expérience, a essayé, dans le Species 

 général des Lépidoptères Hétéroceres, p. 546, d'interpréter la 

 description qui précède; son effort a été inutile; Westwood {loc. 

 cit., p. 188), sans plus de succès, a résumé la question en ces 

 termes : 



« The above description is unintelligible, as may be seen hy 

 M. Boisduval's attempt to translate it into French, and by his 

 inability to perceive its apparent identity with his Gazera 

 Simîdans. The gênerai colour of the four wings is obscure luteous, 

 with black markings; thèse consist of an oblique patch, arising 

 on the Costa before the middle, dilated towards the middle of 

 the wing into an elongated patch; beyond the middle is a broad 

 oblique band reaching to the middle, followed by four more 

 distinct luteous longitudinal spots preceding the broadly black 

 apex; the inner margin is dusky; the hind wings are rather 



