LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 241 



Epione? Mitranaria. 



Fcem. Flava ; alee ochraceo dense conspersce, lineis tribus trans- 

 versis fuscis valde arcuatis, 3a denticulata ; anticce costa mar- 

 gineque exteriore convexis, linea basali strigaque obliqua sub- 

 apicali, maculis duabus marginalibus cinereo-fuscis, 2a apud 

 marginem interiorem producta, striga tenui discali ; posticce 

 cinereo-fuscce, basi spatioque postico marginali fiavis, litura 

 discali elliptica ferruginea fusco marginata. 



Female. Yellow, thickly speckled with ochraceous. Head 

 wanting. Hind tibiae not incrassated. Wings with three transverse 

 much bent brown lines ; the third denticulated ; under side with the 

 lines very indistinct. Fore wings convex along the costa and along 

 the exterior border, with a basal line and a line proceeding from 

 near the end of the costa to the middle of the exterior border ; the 

 latter with two cinereous-brown spots, of which one is prolonged 

 along the interior border ; first line emitting a fork inward ; a slender 

 discal streak. Hind wings cinereous-brown, except at the base and 

 along the hind part of the exterior border ; an elliptical ferruginous 

 brown-bordered discal mark. Length of the body 3i lines ; of the 

 wings 1 1 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Epione relictaria. 



Fcem. Flava, sericea ; antennce sat robustce ; alee ochraceo pallida 

 dense conspersa?, linea fusca tenui recta subobliqua, punctis 

 elongatis albidis, puncto discali fusco ; anticce vix acutce, linea 

 interiore subrecta non obliqua, linea exteriore apud costam 

 angulata ; posticce margine exteriore subflexo. 



Female. Yellow, sericeous. Antennae rather stout. Hind 

 tibiae not incrassated. Wings thickly speckled with pale ochraceous ; 

 a slender straight slightly oblique brown line, which is accompanied 

 by elongated whitish points ; a brown discal point. Fore wings 

 hardly acute, with an erect nearly straight interior line ; exterior 

 line forming an acute angle near the costa. Hind wings with the 

 exterior border slightly bent. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines, 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection, 



