LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 613 



Male. Black. Head white in front. Palpi ascending, very 

 short, white beneath and at the tips. Thorax with white-bordered 

 tegulae ; hind part also white. Abdomen with two broad ferruginous 

 stripes. Fore wings blackish, pale testaceous along the costa, with 

 six pale testaceous black-bordered transverse lines, which are 

 arranged in pairs ; fifth and sixth lines somewhat dentate ; orbicular 

 and reniform marks forming black ringlets, the second very large. 

 Hind wings white, with a ferruginous tinge along the interior 

 border; a small blackish mark by the interior angle. Length of 

 the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



The ferruginous fore tegulae of the thorax and the different 

 markings of the shorter fore wings distinguish D. placens from this 

 species. 



a. New Grenada. From Mr. Mark's collection. 



DlPHTERA CUMULATA. 



Fcem. Viridis, mbtus alba; caput nigrum, fusco bilineatum ; 

 palpi nigri, basi apiceque albi ; thorax fascia, antica plagisque 

 tribus posticis ferrugineis, tegulis anticis nigra lineatis et 

 marginatis ; abdomen albidum ; alee anticce nigro conspers^ 

 fascia basalt informi liturisque tribus subapicalibus punctisque 

 marginalibus nigris, lineis quatuor transversis angulosis albis ; 

 posticus alba?, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus elongatis. 



Female. Green, white beneath. Head white, with two slender 

 brown stripes between the antennae. Palpi black, ascending, white 

 at the base and towards the tips. Thorax with a band in front and 

 with the hinder part of the disk ferruginous ; fore tegulae interlined 

 and bordered with black ; hind tegulae with ferruginous disks and 

 white speckled borders. Abdomen whitish ; under side with three 

 rows of black points. Legs with black bands. Fore wings black- 

 speckled, with an irregular black band near the base, and with 

 black subapical marks, of which the subapical one is much larger 

 than the others ; four zigzag transverse white lines, two near the 

 base and two near the exterior border ; marginal points black. Hind 

 wings white, with blackish elongated marginal points. Length of 

 the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Cape. From Mr. Trimen's collection. 



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