LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



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Scardamia metallaria, Guen. Phal. i. 89, 134. 

 Hjndostan. 



Genus 9. MELINODES. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Antennnae non pectinatae. Abdomen 

 non cristatura. AlaB integra?, lineis nullis rnetallicis, margine exte- 

 riore non angulato nee fiexo ; anticae non acutae, margine exteriore 

 subconvexo ; posticae rotundatae. 

 Melinodes, Herr.-Sch. Lep. Exot. Texte 44. Guen. Phal. i. 90. 



Male. Body slender. Antennae not pectinated. Abdomen 

 not crested. Wings entire, with no metallic lines ; exterior border 

 not angular nor bent. Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior 

 border slightly convex. Hind wings much rounded. 



1. Melinodes detersaria. 



Late crocea ; ala linea nigricante, puncto discali punctisque mar- 

 ginalibus nigris ; antica linea interiore subarcuata, linea 

 submarqinali undulata, spatio inter lineas obscuriore ; posticce 

 linea jlexa, litura apud angulum interiorem alba. 



Melinodes detersaria, Herr.-Sch. Lep. Exot. 44, f. 312. Guen. 

 Phal. i. 90, 135. 



Colombia. 



2. Melinodes ? Amphisaria. 



Mas. Ferruginea, subtus lutea, rufo varia ; palpi caput vix 

 superantes, articulo 3o minirno ; antenna lonyiusculce, sub- 

 setulosce ; tibia postica incrassatce ; ala linea obliqua recta 

 obscuriore extus albido marginata ; antica non falcatce, linea 

 interiore rufescente subarcuata, margine exteriore recto sat 

 obliquo. 



Male. Ferruginous-red, luteous beneath. Palpi hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the head ; third joint extremely minute. Antennae 

 minutely setulose, rather long and slender. Hind tibiae incrassated. 

 Wings with a straight oblique darker line, which is bordered with 

 whitish on the outer side ; under side transversely streaked with red, 

 which hue forms a marginal band on the fore wings, and on the 

 hind wings an exterior band and a submarginal band. Fore wings 

 not falcate ; an interior slightly curved reddish line,; exterior border 



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