LEPIDOPTERA HETEROOERA. 1029 



Thyridospila? apicalis. 



Mas. Pallide subochraceo-cinerea ; fasciculus frontalis porreetus, 

 acutus ; alee anticce dimidio exteriore saturate ochraceo, fascia 

 marginali nigricante lineam glauco-albam includente, striga 

 costali apicem versus alba puncla guatuor nigra elongata in- 

 cludente, orbiculari fusca elliptica albido marginata, reniformi 

 albida maxima ochraceo cbnspersa fusco marginata, gutta 

 posteriore fusca ; postica? lineis duabus nigricantibus angulosis. 

 reniformi intermedia maxima fusco marginata ochraceo con- 

 spersa et uniguttata, linea submarginali e punctis nigris, plaga 

 apicali nigricante, margine exteriore dentato. 



Male. Pale cinereous, slightly tinged with ochraceous. Frontal 

 tuft porrect, acute. Antennae setose. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings, attenuated near the tip ; apical tuft small, 

 slightly compressed. Legs stout, red-speckled ; femora slightly 

 fringed; fore femora and fore tibiae black-speckled, broadly fringed. 

 Fore wings deep ochraceous beyond the reniform mark, with a 

 blackish irregular marginal band, which contains a glaucous-white 

 zigzag line; a whitish irregular streak along the apical part of the 

 costa containing four elongated black points; orbicular mark brown, 

 elliptical, longitudinal, whitish-bordered ; reniform whitish, ex- 

 tremely large, oehraceous-speckled, brown-bordered, slightly 

 excavated on the inner side, with a brown dot near its hind side ; 

 under side deep brown towards the base ; exterior border angular 

 in the middle. Hind wings with two blackish zigzag lines, between 

 which there is a very large brown-bordered ochraceous-speckled 

 reniform mark, which has an ochraceous dot in its middle; a sub- 

 marginal line of black points; a blackish apical patch; exterior 

 border dentate. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 20 

 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Frosa Mr. Lamb's collection. 



Genus FOCILLA, C. L. H. xv. 1528. 



FOCILLA ABRUPTA. 



abrupta, Wlk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 105. 

 Amazon Region. 



FOCILLA? DECOLOR. 



Pallide cinerea ; palpi verticem longissime superantes, articulo 2o 

 subfimbriato, 3o lanceolato ; antenna setulosce ; pedes sub- 



