LEP1D0PTEKA HETEROCEEA. 937 



Male. Brownish, slender, cupreous or purplish-tinged, white 

 beneath. Palpi short, incumbent ; third joint very minute. An- 

 tennae very minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending some distance 

 beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments white ; sub- 

 apical segment with a testaceous dot ; apical segment with a white 

 line on each side. Wings elongate, with two very irregular and 

 diffuse yellow iridescent nearly hyaline bands formed of spots and 

 patches ; fringe whitish, with brown clots. Hind wings with the 

 yellow part much more prevalent than in the fore wings. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Samea Luccusalis. 



Foem. Fusca, sat gracilis, antice lutea ; palpi porrecti, obtmi, bre- 

 vissimi ; antenna graciles ; abdomen alas posticas paullo sw 

 perans ; pedes anticifusci ; alee elongate, anticce vix subfalcatce, 

 maculis guttisque plurimis fiavescente hyalinis, costa exteriore 

 pallida fusco notata ; posticce disco fiavescente hyalino lineis 

 duabus fuscis. 



Female. Brown, rather slender. Head, fore part of the tho- 

 rax, bands of the thorax and under side luteous. Palpi porrect, ob- 

 tuse, very short, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint 

 extremely minute. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore legs mostly brown. Wings elongate, 

 moderately broad. Fore wings nearly subfalcate, with many yellow- 

 ish hyaline discal spots and dots ; costa exteriorly pale, with brown 

 marks ; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings with the spots 

 nearly all confluent, so that the disk is yellowish hyaline, and 

 includes two lines. Length of the body 3J- lines ; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



Samea Sidealis. 



Mas. Cervina, sat gracilis ; palpi brevissimi, latiusculi, acuti, 

 subdecumbentes ; antennce pubescentes, valde arcuati ; abdomen 

 alas posticas superans, antice coarctatum, apice acutum subcom- 

 pressum, segmentis albo marginatis ; pedes glabri, graciles, cer- 

 vini ; postici albi ; alee hyalina, linea exteriore informi fusca, 



