LEPIDOPTERA HETEROOEHA. 1049 



border in the fore wings; fringe cinereous; under side blackish. 

 Fore wings acute, with a black irregular submarginal band, which 

 is bordered wilh cinereous on the outer side, and is nearly obsolete 

 along half its length from the costa ; four elongated pale cinereous 

 costal points. Hind wings with a chalybeous line along the outer 

 side of the postmedial line. Length of the body 6J lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Thermesia guttularis. 



Foem. Pallide ockracea ; palpi ferruginei, erectly basi rufi, wr« 

 ticem longe superantes, articulo So lineari ; pedes antici 

 cinerei ; alee elongata, nigricante conspersa, lineis quatuor 

 ob/iquis nigricantibus, la 2aque angulosis indistinctis, 3a 

 recta subduplicata, 4a submarginali guttulari ; anticce orbi~ 

 culari nigricante marginata, reniformi magna nigricante, 

 macula apicali nigricante ; posticce tinea submarginali undu- 

 lata. 



Female. Pale ochraceous, stout, brighter ochraceous beneath. 

 Palpi ferruginous, pubescent, erect, bright red at the base, rising 

 much higher than the vertex; third joint linear, about half the 

 length of the second. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs pubescent, moderately stout ; fore femora and fore 

 tibiae cinereous ; tarsi spinulose. Wings elongate, minutely blackish- 

 speckled, with four oblique blackish lines ; first and second lines 

 zigzag, indistinct ; third straight, indistinctly and incompletely 

 double, ending in a blackish spot on the tip of the fore wing ; 

 fourth submarginal, composed of dots, undulating in the hind 

 wings. Hind wings acute; orbicular mark nearly round, blackish- 

 bordered, a little darker than the ground hue, between the first and 

 second lines; reniform large, blackish, nearly round. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 23 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Thermesia brevistriga. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo 

 superantes, articulo 2o subfimbriato, 3o lineari; alee lineis 



