LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 1079 



Ctypansa MEGASPILA. 



Fcem. Rufescente-fusca ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem longe 

 super antes , articulo 3o linear i 2o non breviori ; antennce setosce ; 

 alee macula discali magna cinerea fusco strigata, linea mar- 

 ginali Icete rufa; anticce vix acuta, margine exteriore per- 

 obliquo. 



Female. Keddish brown. Palpi obliquely ascending", rising 

 much higher than the vertex; third joint linear, as long as the 

 second, and much more slender. Antennae setose. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft very small. 

 Wings with a large cinereous brown-streaked discal spot; of this 

 the fore part is narrower than the hind part, which is rounded ; 

 marginal line bright red, slightly festooned. Fore wings hardly 

 acute; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr, Birchall's collection. 



Ctypansa obtusa. 

 Fcem. Cervina ; palpi Iceves, ascendentes, verticem paullo super- 

 antes, articulo 3o lineari ; antennce setulosce ; alct latce, lineis 

 duabus nigricantibus, la e lunulis, 2a e punctis submarginali- 

 bus, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; anticce apice rectangu- 

 laAce, linea ante media subangulosa nigricante, reni/ormi 

 nigricante marginata, maculis duabus costalibus albis ; posticce 

 maculis duabus ante mediis nigris. 



Female. Fawn-colour, mostly cinereous beneath. Frontal 

 tuft prominent. Palpi smooth, slender, obliquely ascending, a 

 little longer than the breadth of the head, rising a little higher than 

 the vertex; third joint linear, more than half the length of the 

 second. Antenna? setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. Wings broad, with two 

 oblique blackish lines ; first line beyond the middle, composed of 

 lunules ; second submarginal, represented by points; marginal 

 lunules black, small. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with a 

 slightly zigzag blackish line before the middle, and with a blackish- 

 bordered reniform mark ; two white costal spots connected with the 

 two blackish lines ; three white costal subapical points ; hind part 

 of the exterior border very oblique. Hind wings with two black 



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