LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 151 



wings ochraceous, bordered with black along the costa and along 

 the exterior border, and with an abbreviated black band, which is 

 near and parallel to the exterior border. Length of the body 

 7 — 1\ lines ; of the wings 20—22 lines. 



a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus GONORA. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimura. Proboscis nulla. Palpi porrecti, 

 obtusi, vix arcuati, subtus dense setosi, caput paullo superantes, 

 articulo 3o brevissimo. Antennas subpectinatse. Abdomen longis- 

 simura, alas posticas superans. Pedes lasves, validi ; tibiee posticae 

 calcaribus subobsoletis. Alae antica3 longse, latae, apice subrotun- 

 datae, margine exteriore convexo perobliquo. 



Male. Body very slender. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, 

 obtuse, hardly curved, extending a little beyond the head, thickly 

 setose beneath ; third joint extremely short. Antennae slightly pec- 

 tinated. Abdomen very long, extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout, smoooth ; spurs almost obsolete. Wings long, 

 broad ; discal areolet intersected by a very distinct vein. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border convex, very oblique ; 

 second inferior vein or median veinlet more than twice further from 

 the third than from the first. 



GoXORA HELICONIATA. 



Mas. Atra ; caput subtus albo biguttatum ; thorax lineis duabus 

 interruptis guttisque duabus lateralibus albis ; pectus albo 

 bimaculatum ; abdomen lineis tribus ventreque albis; pedes 

 cyaneo-nigri ; alee vitrea, atro aut cyaneo marginatce, vents 

 marginatis. 



Male. Deep black. Head with a white dot on each side 

 beneath. Thorax with a white interrupted line, and with a white 

 dot on each side in front of the fore wings. Pectus with a white 

 spot on each side. Abdomen with three white lines; under side 

 white. Legs bluish black. Wings vitreous, bordered with deep 

 black, which appears deep blue in some aspects ; veins more or less 

 broadly bordered with the same hue. Length of the body 12 lines ; 

 of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Bogota, New Grenada. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



