

LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 923 



Male. Fawn-colour, slender, whitish beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 broad, acute, pure white beneath, as is also the fore part of the pec- 

 tus. Antennae rather stout. Thorax slightly rosy in front. Abdo- 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings dull pale 

 luteous. Fore wings acute, broadly purplish rosy along the costa 

 and along the exterior border ; an interior band and a large reni- 

 form mark also purplish rosy. Hind wings slightly rosy along the 

 exterior border. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



The exterior luteous band of the fore wings is more regular 

 than it is in other specimens . 



d. Georgia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



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 Khodaria Probalis. 

 Mas. Lutea ; palpi albo cincti ; palpi rostriformes, subtus albij 

 antennce validce ; abdomen alas posticas sat superans, segmentis 

 albido marginatis ; alee anticce costa lineisque duabus undula- 

 tis purpurascentibus ; plaga antica exteriore pallide purpurea, 

 fascia submarginali purpurea ; posticce pallidiores, lineis ex- 

 teriore et submarginal purpureis. 

 Luteous. Head white about the eyes. Palpi rostriform, 

 white beneath. Antennas stout. Abdomen extending far beyond 

 the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments whitish. Fore wings 

 purplish along the costa, and with two undulating purple lines, the 

 exterior one accompanied in front by a paler purple patch, which is 

 connected with the submarginal purple band. Hind wings paler, 

 with the exterior and the submarginal line purple. Length of the 

 body 3^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



The group in Rhodaria, of which this species is the type, may 

 be characterized by the slightly decumbent palpi and by the length 

 of the abdomen. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Rhodaria Ocellusalis. 



Mas. Ochracea^ gracilis ; palpi cervini, porrecti, breves, lati, 

 acuti, subtus nivei ; palpi maxillares distincti ; abdomen alas 

 posticas superans ; alee lutece, lineis nigricantibus ; anticce 

 acutce, fasciis tribus purpurascentibus , reniformi angusta; 

 posticce linea exteriore subarcuata, fascia submarginali. 



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