in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 75 



lines; disk partly ferruginous; orbicular and reniform marks 

 black bordered ; exterior border with black semicircular spots. 

 Hind-wings dark ferruginous, with a cupreous tinge ; interior 

 border with ochraceous hairs. 



Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Venezuela. 



Genus Elysius, 

 Ehjsius, Cat. Lep. Het, 1st Ser. 713. 

 Elysius 1 signatus. 

 Mas. — Rufescente ochracea, palpis validis compressis sub- 

 ascendentibus caput pauUo superantibus, articulo 2o longo, 

 3o minimo, antennis pectinatis breviusculis, abdomine sub- 

 cristato nigro-guttato, subtus nigricante, alis angustis, alis 

 anticis albo-signatis, alis posticis albis. 



Male. — Reddish orange. Proboscis short. Palpi stout, com- 

 pressed, slightly ascending, extending a little beyond the head ; 

 2nd joint long ; 3rd extremely small. Antennae rather short, 

 moderately pectinated. Abdomen rather depressed, slightly 

 crested, extending far beyond the hind wings, with black dots 

 along each side ; underside blackish, except towards the base. 

 Wings narrow. Fore-wings with a white basal point, with a white 

 notched-in-front spot near the base of the interior border, with 

 two white difFusedly blackish-bordered discal points, which repre- 

 sent the orbicular and reniform marks, and with two white streaks 

 by the base of the 1st inferior vein. Hind-wings white. 



Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Brazil. 



Fam. LIPARIDiE. 

 Genus Eloria. 

 Eloria, Cat. Lep. Het. 1st Ser. 813. 

 Eloria canescens. 

 Mas. — Cinerea, subtus alba, palpis sub-arcuatis non ascendenti- 

 bus, articulo 3o lanceolate, antennis late pectinatis, tibiarum 

 posticarum calcaribus quatuor breviusculis, alis canis sub- 

 hyalinis fascia indistincta arcuata margineque lato cinereis, 

 alis anticis liiiea interiore. 



Male. — Cinereous, white beneath. Proboscis testaceous. Palpi 

 slender, slightly curved, not ascending ; 3rd joint lanceolate, a 

 little shorter than the 2nd. Antennae broadly pectinated. Abdo- 



