LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1025 



with a denticulated black line and an exterior brown band ; exterior 

 border hardly angular in the middle. Fore wings acute ; reniform 

 mark represented by a small cinereous ringlet, which is most dis- 

 tinct beneath. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. , ? 



Genus THYRIDOSPILA, C. L. H. xv. 1526. 



Thyridospila rubricosa. 



Fcem. Saturate rufa; palpi longissirni, oblique ascendentes, arti- 

 vulo 2o nigricante subclavato basi apiceque cinereo ; alee lineis 

 obscurioribus angulosis glauco-cinereo conspersis, guttis sub- 

 marginalibus nigris cinereo notatis, fimbria albida ; anticee 

 reniformi magna glauca, margine exteriore subangulato ; 

 posticce margine exteriore angulato, fimbria postica nigra. 



Female. Deep red, paler red beneath. Body cinereous 

 beneath. Palpi obliquely ascending, very long; third joint blackish,, 

 subclairate, cinereous at the base and at the tip, a little shorter than 

 the second. Antennae setulose. Wings with some darker zigzag 

 lines, which are speckled with glaucous-cinereous, and are most 

 distinct on the under side ; an oblique line of the same hue, straight, 

 except towards the costa of the fore wings ; submarginal dots black, 

 marked with cinereous; fringe whitish, except towards the base. 

 Fore wings acute, with four white points towards the tip of the 

 costa ; reniform mark large, glaucous ; exterior border slightly 

 angular in the middle. Hind wings with a prominent angle on 

 the exterior border; hind part of the fringe black, with the exception 

 of a white streak by the interior augle. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Thyridospila ustipennis. 



Fcem. Fusca ; palpi erecti, verticem longissime superantes t arti- 

 culo 2o subclavato ; antenna setulosce ; pedes dense fimbriati ; 

 alee antica subfalcatce, plaga maxima fiavescente ferrugineo 

 conspersa reniformem lineasque tres fuscas includente, plaga 

 apicali fiavescente, linea undulata obscure fusca punctisque 

 albis submarginalibus, strigis duabus costalibus albis ; posticce 

 plaga maxima fiavescente tineas duas fasciamque excavatarn 



