LEP1DOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1045 



blackisb, slender, festooned. Fore wings slightly acute ; first line 

 ending in a red patch, which is between the orbicular and reniform 

 marks ; these are red-bordered and of the usual form ; second line 

 abruptly retracted in a large red costal patch, where it is distin- 

 guished by its yellowish border ; this patch contains three whitish 

 costal points; two zigzag red lines near the base ; exterior border 

 very slightly bent. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 

 lines. 



Li mas. In Mr. Norris's collection. 



Thermesia acutilinea. 



Fcem. Rufescens, nigricante conspersa ; fasciculus frontalis 

 porrectus, peracutus ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem 

 paullo superantes, articulo So lineari ; alee lata, linea recta 

 obliqua saturate rufa, linea submarginali subundulata e 

 punctis albidis nigricante notatis ; anticce linea recta lineolam 

 rufescentem cinereo marginatam emi/tente, reniformi cinerea 

 maxima rufo conspersa; postica? margine interiore cinereo 

 dense fimbriato. 



Female. Dull red, stout, blackish-speckled, cinereous and 

 thickly brown-speckled beneath. Frontal tuft porrect, very acute. 

 Palpi pubescent, obliquely ascending, rather stout, rising a little 

 higher than the vertex ; third joint linear, more than half the 

 length of the second. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout ; femora fringed. Wings broad, with a deep 

 red straight line which extends from the tips of the fore wings to 

 two-thirds of the length of the interior border of the hind wings ; a 

 slightly undulating submarginal line of whitish blackish-marked 

 points; fringe interlined with dark red; under side with a post- 

 medial brown denticulated cinereous-bordered line ; submarginal- 

 line more conspicuous ; reniform represented by a whitish brown- 

 marked dot. Fore wings acute, with a reddish diffusedly cinereous- 

 bordered line, which forms an acute angle with the straight line 

 near the tip of the latter and extends thence to the costa ; reniform 

 mark cinereous, red-speckled, very large ; costa rounded towards 

 the tip. Hind wings with a thick cinereous fringe along the 

 interior border. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 

 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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