124 Mr. F.Walker's Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera 



lata obliqua, lineis diiabus, fasciis duabus exterioribus macu- 

 laque trigona costali fuscis, alis anticis basi fuscis, alis pos- 

 ticis maculis sex marginalibus atris purpureo-marginatis. 



White. Thorax brown. Abdomen with brown bands. Wings 

 brown at the base, and with a broad, oblique, interior brown 

 band, which is succeeded by an almost parallel brown line ; 

 beyond the latter there is another brown line, which is followed 

 by two brown bands ; the latter converge hindward, and in the 

 fore-wings include between them a large triangular brown costal 

 spot. Hind-wings with six deep black, metallic, purple-bordered 

 spots along the exterior border. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Haiti. 



Fam. MARGARODID^, Gu6n. 



Genus Glyphodes, Guen. 



Glyphodes rutilalis. 



Fcem. — Fusca, subtus albida, palpis ascendentibus articulo 3o 

 rainimo, thorace postico argenteo, abdoraine albido-cinereo 

 lituris transversis trigonis fuscis, alis anticis argenteo-sub- 

 hyalinis iridescentibus ferrugineo-bifasciatis, fascia la inter- 

 rupta, 2a albido-interlineata, maculis duabus trigonis cos- 

 talibus punctisque marginalibus ferrugineis, alis posticis 

 iridescente-fuscis micantibus. 



Female. — Brown, whitish beneath. Palpi ascending, not rising 

 so high as the vertex ; 3rd joint very minute. Thorax silvery- 

 white hindward. Abdomen whitish-cinereous, with a transverse 

 triangular brown mark on each segment. Fore-wings brilliant 

 silvery, with iridescent reflections, and with two ferruginous 

 bands ; 1st band interrupted, attenuated hindward, and with a 

 large ferruginous triangular costal mark on each side ; 2nd band 

 narrower hindward, excavated on each side, and containing a 

 whitish line near its interior side; marginal points ferruginous ; 

 fringe cinereous. Hind-wings cinereous, brilliantly iridescent. 



Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines, 



Amazon Region. 



Genus Margaronia, Hubn. 

 Margaroiiia auricostalts. 

 Alas. — Candida, capita thorace abdominisque fasciculo fuscis, 



