LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1027 



angular in the middle. Fore wings acute ; a black zigzag line on 

 the inner side of the orbicular mark, which forms a white point ; 

 reniform mark white, slender, undulating, broadest at its hind end. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



THYRIDOSPILA ? DENTICULOSA. 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi subascendentes, capitis latitudine multo Ion- 

 giores, articulo So lineari ; ales elongates, cinerece, lineis 

 duabus fuscis dentalis, 2a subundulata cinereo marginata, 

 linea submarginali e lunulis fuscis cinereo marginatis ; antictz 

 dimidio exteriore fusco, linea basali fusca dentata, orbiculafi 

 cinerea fusco marginata, reniformi e maculis duabus cinereis 

 nigricante punctatis, marglne exteriore subangulato vix den- 

 tato ; posticce margine exteriore dentato. 



Male, Brown, mostly cinereous beneath. Palpi pubescent, 

 slightly ascending, hardly rising higher than the vertex, much longer 

 than the breadth of the head ; third joint linear, much more slender 

 but not shorter than the second. Antennae setose. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft extremely 

 small. Legs squamous, long, slender. Wings cinereous, elongate, 

 with two dentate brown lines; second line slightly undulating, 

 cinereous-bordered, on the outer side of the reniform mark ; a sub- 

 marginal line composed of brown ciuereous-bordered lunules. 

 Fore wings acute ; more than half the exterior surface brown, 

 including three marginal cinereous patches ; a brown dentate line 

 near the base ; orbicular mark cinereous, round, brown-bordered ; 

 reniform represented by two connected round cinereous spots, each 

 of which contains a blackish point; exterior border hardly dentate, 

 slightly angular in the middle. Hind wings with the exterior 

 border strongly dentate. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Thyridospila quadriooellata. 



Foein. Fusca ; palpi subascendentes, capitis latitudine duplo lon- 

 giores, articulo 3o lineari 2o duplo longiore; aim elongata, 

 lineis duabus post mediis angulosis guttisque marginalibus 

 ochraceis ; antic<e linea basali ochracea angulosa, guttis 



