LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 83 



Genus PHEIA. 



Pheia divisa. 



Mas. Nigra ; palpi oblique ascendentes ; antennae pectinatce, 

 latiusculce ; abdomen maculis duabus basalibus argenteo-albis, 

 fasciculo apicali utrinque coccineo ; alee subcinereo-vitrece, 

 nigro marginatce ; aniicce apice strigaque lata transversa nigris. 



Male. Black. Palpi obliquely ascendiug, not rising so high 

 as the vertex ; third joint conical, about one-sixth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae rather broad, moderately pectinated. Abdo- 

 men with two silvery white spots on each side near the base ; apical 

 tuft bright crimson, black in the middle. Wings vitreous, slightly 

 cinereous, bordered with black. Fore wings black towards the tips, 

 and with a broad black streak across the end of the discal areolet. 

 Length of the body 3J lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Allied to P. erythrotelus, but without a crimson band in front 

 of the thorax, and with more largely vitreous fore wings and with 

 much smaller hind wings. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Pheia vittata. 



Mas. Fusca, linearis ; caput lineola antica transversa alba; palpi 

 porrecti, subtus basi albi, articulo do basi albo ; antennce nigrce, 

 subpectinatce, apice albce; thorax vittis tribus flavescentibus ; 

 abdomen nigrum, luteo bivittatum ; coxes albce; tarsorum 

 articuli apice albidi ; alee aniicce vitta lata subinterrupta 

 vitrea strigas quatuor {duabus furcatis) emittente ; posiicce 

 vitrece, fusco marginatce. 



Mas, Brown, linear. Head with a transverse white line in 

 front. Palpi porrect, extending somewhat beyond the head, wbite 

 beneath at the base ; third joint elongate-conical, white at the base, 

 less than half the length of the second. Antennae black, slightly 

 pectinated, white above at the tips. Thorax with three yellowish 

 stripes ; the lateral pair abbreviated. Abdomen black, with a broad 

 luteous stripe on each side. Coxae white ; joints of the tarsi with 

 whitish tips. Win<js narrow. Fore wings with a broad irregular 

 vitreous stripe, which is nearly interrupted at the end of the discal 



