LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 105 



point before the middle ; exterior half gilded yellow, except along 

 the costa ; exterior border hardly convex, extremely oblique. Hind 

 wings whitish, not half the length of the fore wings. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



Genus EUCEREA. 



EtJCEREA PYRRHOPYGA. 



Mas. Nigra, crassa ; palpi suberecli, articulo So parvo ; antenna 

 subpectinatce ; thorax chalybao subtinctus ; pectus antice 

 rufum ; abdomen apice rnfum, fasciculis dnobus pallide och- 

 raceis, strigis duabus obliquis ventralibus basalibus pallide 

 ochraceis ; tibice posticce incrassatce ; alee antica plaga discali 

 atra ; posticce vitrece, margine lato atro. 



Male. Black, very stout. Palpi nearly erect, not rising higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint conical, less than one-fourth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae slightly pectinated. Thorax with 

 a slight chalybeous tinge. Fore part of the pectus bright red. 

 Abdomen bright red at the tip ; appendages very large, with a pale 

 ochraceous tuft on each side ; an oblique pale ochraceous streak on 

 each side at the base beneath. Legs stout ; hind tibiae incrassated ; 

 spurs short. Fore wings slightly acute, with a deeper black patch 

 at the base of the discal areolet ; exterior border extremely oblique. 

 Hind wings vitreous, colourless, with a broad deep black border. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



It may be distinguished from E. varia by the following cha- 

 racters. The red band of the abdomen is apical and not across the 

 middle ; the veins of the fore wings are black and the hind wings 

 are more vitreous. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Gardner's collection. 



Genus PELOCHYTA. 

 Pelochyta, Hb. Verz. Schm. 172— Dipaena, Cat. Lep. Bet. i. 257. 



Pelochyta difeinis. 



Foem. Fusca ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo So minimo ; 

 antennce glabrce ; thorax rufus ; alee posticce nigro-cinereee. 



