LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 827 



joint linear, less than half the length of the second. Abdomen ex- 

 tending much beyond the hind wings. Wings narrow, indistinctly 

 reticulated with blackish ; two black lines ; first near the base, 

 slight and undulating; second well defined, oblique, nearly straight ; 

 fringe black. Fore wings with a slight blackish line between the 

 first and second lines, and with two slight blackish lines beyond the 

 second line ; of these the first extends from the interior angle to 

 the disk, and the second exteuds from the middle of the exterior 

 border to the costa, near the tip; exterior border angular in the 

 middle. Hind wings with two slight blackish lines beyond the 

 second line, the first angular, the second undulating ; two vitreous 

 contiguous dots in the disk. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Varnta intermedia. 



Fcem. Late ochraceo-rufa, crassa ; palpi oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem paullo superantes, articulo 3o lineari ; alee nigri- 

 cante reticulata, lineis duabus obliquis vix undulatis lineaque 

 submarginali tenuiore nigricantibus, margine exteriore sub- 

 flexo ; antica apice rotundata, linea submarginali abbreviata, 

 linea brevi obliqua nigricante marginem exterior em attin- 

 gente ; postica guttis duabus vitreis subcontiguis. 



Female. Bright orange-red, very stout. Frontal tuft pro- 

 minent. Palpi smooth, slender, ascending obliquely, a little higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint linear, much shorter than the second. 

 Antennae stout. Wings reticulated with blackish ; two blackish 

 oblique hardly undulating lines, one antemedial, the other post- 

 medial ; submarginal line blackish, much more slender than the 

 others ; exterior border slightly bent in the middle. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips; submarginal line much abbreviated in front, 

 a blackish line extending from the middle of the exterior border to 

 the costa near the tip. Hind wings with two vitreous nearly con- 

 tiguous dots in the disk. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Varnia crassa. 



Fcem. Late rufescente-ochracea, crassa, brevis ; palpi oblique 

 ascendentes, verticem longe superantes, articulo 3o lanceolato 



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