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costal patch and a brown marginal band, which widens from the 

 interior angle to the tips. Hind wings vitreous, with a brown border, 

 which contains a red line, the latter along the exterior border is 

 composed of lunules, and is accompanied along its outer side by 

 triangular white dots. Length of the body 14 lines ; of the wings 

 38 lines. 



a. Bogota. 



Genus PHL^IOCHLCENA. 



PhLjEOCHLCENA privata. 



Mas, Fusca; caput subtus luteum ; palpi breves, robusti, oblique 

 ascendentes, basi lutece, articulo 3o minimo ; antennae late pec- 

 tinatm ; thorax luteo binotatus ; abdomen subtus pectusque 

 albida ; alee anticae macula discali lutea, striga basali macula- 

 que exteriore subtus luteis ; posticce vitta costali lata lutea. 



Male. Dark brown. Head luteous beneath. Palpi short, 

 stout, obliquely ascending, luteous at the base ; third joint very 

 minute. Antennae broadly pectinated. Thorax with a luteous mark 

 on each side. Pectus and under side of the abdomen whitish. Legs 

 whitish beneath. Fore wings with a luteous spot in the areolet ; 

 this spot is larger beneath, where there is also a luteous streak 

 extending- to it from the base, and another spot in the exterior 

 disk. Hind wings with a broad luteous stripe extending along 

 five-sixths of the costa. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



Genus BELCIANA. 



Fam. Corpus gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi robusti' 

 squamosi, ad caput applicati, verticem attingentes, articulo 3o 

 minimo. Antennas glabrae, graciles. Abdomen alas posticas vix 

 superans. Pedes laeves, graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 validis. Alae anticae longae, latae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore 

 convexo obliquo. 



Female. Body slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 stout, squamous, applied to the head, ascending as high as the 

 vertex ; third joint extremely small. Antennae smooth, slender. 

 Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, 

 slender ; hind tibiae with lour stout moderately long spurs. Wings 

 long, broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; exterior border con- 

 vex, moderately oblique. 



