310 CATALOGUE OF 



streak on the under side. Fore wings with two white black-bordered 

 spots in the disk, one near the base, the other at three-fourths of the 

 length. Hind wings black, with a broad white semihyaline streak 

 extending from the base in the disk to nearly half the length. 

 Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Halesidota ochraceator. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; caput postice ochraceum ; palpi erecti, 

 basi ochracei, articulo So lineari 2i dimidio vix breviore ; 

 antenna nigra, vix pectinatcB ; thorax ockraceo bivittatus, 

 tegulis ochraeeo marginaiis ; alee longissimm, subhyalince, basi 

 ochraceo pilosce ; anticce subacute, venis nigricantibus ; posticce 

 pallide cinerea. 



Female, Cinereous-brown. Head ochraceous behind, beneath 

 and about the eyes. Palpi erect, not rising higher than the vertex ; 

 first joint ochraceous; third linear, hardly half the length of the 

 second. Antennae black, hardly pectinated. Thorax with two 

 ochraceous stripes; tegulae with ochraceous borders Abdomen 

 above and pectus ochraceous. Wings very long, nearly hyaline, 

 with some ochraceous hairs at the base. Fore wings slightly acute ; 

 veins blackish. Hind wings pale cinereous; veins pale. Length 

 of the body 12 lines; of the wings 38 lines. 



It may be distinguished from H. cinerea by its larger size, and 

 by the abdomen, which has no black bands. 



a. Mexico. From M. Bottori's collection. 



Halesidota translucida. 



Mas et foem. Pallide cervina ; abdomen supra rufum ; alee sub- 

 hyalince ; anticce nigro conspersce, fasciis sex cinereis obliquis 

 indistinctis ; posticce striga cinerea fusco marginata, margine 

 interiore roseo. Foem. — Abdomen subtus plaga apicali nigra. 



Male and female. Pale fawn-colour. Antennae darker, mode- 

 rately pectinated in the male, serrated in the female. Abdomen red 

 above, fawn-coloured beneath, with a black apical patch in the 

 female. Wings nearly hyaline. Fore wings with six irregular 

 oblique indistinct cinereous bands, which are accompanied by black 

 speckles. Hind wings with a cinereous-brown bordered streak, 

 which extends along half the length of the exterior border from the 



