LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 869 



Bleptina Abarusalis. 



Mas. Cinerea, sat gracilis; palpi ascendentes, subarcuati, sat 

 longi, non fimbriati, articulo So valde acuto ; antenna setosee ; 

 abdomen alas posticas longe superans, seymentis albo marginatis; 

 pedes glabri ; alee elongatee, sat an g us tee, lunulis marginalibus 

 nigricantibus, margine exteriore vix flexo ; anticce acutee, apud 

 venas late subnebulosee, lineis inter iore exteriore et submargin- 

 ali nigricantibus albido marginatis ; linea exteriore Jlexa. 



Male. Cinereous, rather slender. Palpi ascending, slightly 

 curved, moderately long, not fringed ; third joint very acute, much 

 shorter than the second. Antenna? very setose. Abdomen extending 

 far beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments white. 

 Legs smooth. Wings elongate, rather narrow ; marginal lunules 

 blackish ; exterior border hardly bent Fore wings acute, irregularly 

 shaded with brown along the costa and about the veins ; interior, 

 exterior and submarjjinal lines blackish, whitish-bordered ; exterior 

 line bent ; orbicular and reniform marks not distinguishable. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Bleptina Stalemusalis. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca, sat gracilis ; palpi longi, arcuati, fimbriati, 

 ascendentes, articulo So pilis nigris ; antenna? setosee ; abdo- 

 men alas posticas paullo superans, segmentis nigro marginatis ; 

 pedes glabri, tibiis et tarsorum articulis apice pallidis ; alee 

 sat angustee, lineis exteriore et submarginali nigris undulatis 

 pallido marginatis, lunulis marginalibus nigris subconnexis ; 

 anticee vix acutee, linea interior e nigra subarcuata, orbicular i 

 et reniformi e gutta maculaque nigris, macula apicali nigri- 

 cante, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Male' Cinereous-brown, rather slender. Palpi long, curved, 

 fringed, rising high above the vertex ; third joint very acute, 

 black-fringed, half the length of the second. Antennae setose. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; hind borders 

 of the segments black. Legs smooth ; tips of the tibiae and of the 

 joints of the tarsi pale. Wings rather narrow; exterior and sub- 

 marginal lines black, pale-bordered, the former less undulating 

 than the latter ; marginal lunules black, almost connected. Fore 



