LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 969 



Zebronia?? Abronalis. 



Foe id. A rgenteo-alba, gracilis ; caput supra cervinum ; palpi bre- 

 vissimi, subascendentes ; abdomen alas posticas perpaullo su- 

 perans ; tarsi nigro fasciati ; alee anticee acuta, linea interiore 

 fusca recta incompleta nigricante notata, litura costali subapi- 

 cali fusca, linea marginali obscure fusca ; posticce albee, 

 semihyalina, fimbria latissima. 



Female. Silvery white, sleBder. Head fawB-colour above. 

 Palpi very short, slightly ascending ; third joint less than half the 

 length of the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending very 

 little beyond the hind wings. Tarsi with black bands. Fore wings 

 acute, with an interior straight incomplete blackish-marked brown 

 line ; a brown costal subapical mark ; marginal line dark brown ; 

 fringe iridescent ; exterior border straight. Hind wings white, semi- 

 hyaline, with a very broad white fringe. Length of the body 2j 

 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Frv's collection. 



Zebronia Lathurusalis. 



Fcem. Candida, iridescens, gracilis ; palpi rostriformes, vix as- 

 cendentes, supra fusci ; antennae longee, gracillima ; abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans, linea dorsali fusca ; pedes longi, 

 gracillimi ; alee lata, semihyalinee, fasciis tribus fuscis subob- 

 liquis fere parallelis, margine exteriore fusco ; anticee apice 

 subrotundatee, costa cinereo-fusca, gutta sub costali fusca ; pos- 

 ticee fascia 3a apicali. 



Female. Shining white, iridescent, slender. Palpi rostriform, 

 hardly ascending, as long as the breadth of the head, dark brown 

 above. Antennae and legs long, very slender. Abdomen extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings, with a brown dorsal line. Wings 

 broad, semihyaline, with three slender slightly oblique nearly parallel 

 brown band's ; the third band apical in the hind wings ; exterior 

 border brown. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; costa cine- 

 reous-brown, with a contiguous brown dot between the first and 

 second bands. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Nearly allied to Z. Phenicealis. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



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