LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. ] 703 



mark rhomboidal, extending obliquely from the costa ; second on the 

 interior border, elongate, nearly interrupted in the middle, connected 

 with the first by an undulating line; third and fourth costal, beyond 

 the middle ; four cinereous costa) points near the tip ; tuft on the inte- 

 rior border blackish, deep red at the base, where it joins the second 

 mark ; a small black dot near the outer side of the line between the 

 marks ; two exterior black lines ; first very deeply serpentine in 

 front; second deeply zigzag; marginal line black. Hind wings 

 brown ; exterior border and fringe fawn-colour. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Amazon Eegion. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus BEARA.t 



Fcem. Corpus crassum, laeve. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi 

 porrecti, graciles, caput perpaullo superantes ; articulus 3us parvus, 

 lanceolatus. Antennae longiusculae, sat graciles. Abdomen alas 

 posticas paullo superans. Pedes robusti, breviusculi ; calcaria longa, 

 gracilia. Alae anticae lata?, acuta?, vix falcatae, costa perparum con- 

 vexa, margine exteriore apud angulum interiorem obliquo. 



Female. Body thick, smooth. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi povrect, slender, smooth, extending very little beyond the 

 head; third joint lanceolate, about one-third of the length of the 

 second. Antenna? rather long and slender. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, smooth, rather short ; 

 spurs long, slender. Wings rather broad. Fore wings acute, hardly 

 falcate ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior border not oblique, 

 except near the interior angle; costal vein ending at three-fourths 

 of the length ; subcostal vein emitting three very oblique veinlets to 

 the costa and two veins to the exterior border; second inferior vein 

 much nearer to the first than to the third ; fourth very remote from 

 the third. Hind wings rounded. 



BEARA DICH ROM ELLA. 



Fcem. Rufescens ; pectus, abdomen, pedes et alee posticce alba; 

 abdomen basifusco biguttatum ; alee anticce nigro suoconspersa?, 

 lineis duabus nigris angulosis indistinctis, puncto nigro, litura 

 cinerea nigro marginata, linea submarginali e punctis nigris ; 

 p&slicce margine exteriore antico rufescente. 



Female. Reddish. Pectus, abdomen, legs and hind wings 

 white. Abdomen above aeneous-tinged ; first and second segments 

 with a brown dot on each. Anterior legs mostly fawn-colour above. 



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