LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 847 



acuta ; antenna setosa ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; 

 ala? amplce ; antica subfalcata, nigro subconspersce, orbiculari 

 e gutta nigra, reniformi rotunda lutea nigricante marginata, 

 linea exteriore obliqua e punctis fuscis, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris, margine exteriore convexo ; posticce fuscescente-cine- 

 rea?, basi pallidal. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour, stout, partly brown beneath. 

 Palpi blackish brown, porrect, broad, fawn-colour above towards the 

 tips ; third joint acute, less than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae with rather long curved bristles. Abdomen extending 

 far beyond the hind wings. Wings ample. Fore wings subfalcate, 

 very slightly and minutely speckled with black ; orbicular mark 

 forming a black dot ; reniform round, luteous, blackish bordered, 

 having beyond it an indistinct oblique row of brown points ; margi- 

 nal points black ; exterior border convex. Hind wings brownish 

 cinereous, except towards the base. Length of the body 9 lines; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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HORMISA? AbELUXALIS. 



Mas. Fallide cinerea, sat gracilis ; palpi erecti, articulo So lan~ 

 ceolato ; antennae subsetosa?; abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans, apice subcompressum ; pedes glabri ; ala antica 

 striga longitudinali discali nigra, linea exteriore recta nigra 

 extus fusco late marginata, lineolis intus approximatis, linea 

 submarginali recta fusca punctis contiguis nigris. Var. J3. — 

 Albida. 



Male. Pale cinereous, rather slender. Palpi erect ; third 

 joint lanceolate, much more slender than the second, and nearly half 

 its length. Antenna? minutely setose. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings, slightly compressed towards the tip. Legs 

 smooth. Fore wings with a black streak proceeding parallel to the 

 costa from near the base of the interior border ; a black exterior 

 straight line, having two or three indistinct lines on its inner side 

 and broadly bordered with brown on its outer side ; submarginal 

 line brown, straight, with some black points. Var. $. — Ground- 

 colour of the wings almost white. Length of the body 5| lines ; of 

 the wings 12 lines. 



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