LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1085 



Winers ample 9 with a deep black straight cinereous-interlined line, 

 which is cliff usedly and irregularly bordered 'with blackish brown 

 on the inner side, and extends from the tips of the fore wings to 

 somewhat beyond the middle of the interior border of the hind 

 wings. Fore wings with two zigzag indistinct blackish lines before 

 the middle, and a short straight distinct blackish line which extends 

 obliquely from near the end of the costa to the interlined line; a 

 nearly obsolete submarginal blackish line accompanied by a few 

 white points. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 22 lines. 



Allied to H. chermespila. 



Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



Hypernarxa pat u la. 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi pubescentes, erecti, verticem longissime super* 

 antes, articulo So lineari 2o non breviore ; antennce validce, 

 serratce, setosce ; alee amplce, lineis tribus dentatis nigricantibus? 

 fascia exterior e nigricante undulata diffusa; antic w vix 

 acutce, reniformi nigricante marginaia. 



Male. Brown. Palpi pubescent, erect, much longer than the 

 breadth of the head and rising very much higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint linear, as long as the second. Antennae stout, serrated, 

 setose. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 tuft slightly compressed. Legs long, slender ; femora slightly 

 fringed. Wings ample, with three blackish dentate lines ; second 

 and third on the outer side of the reniform mark ; a more exterior 

 diffuse undulating blackish band ; submarginal lunules blackish ; 

 under side with a black point near the base. Fore wings hardly 

 acute ; reniform mark blackish-bordered, forming a black dot on 

 the under side ; three cinereous costal points near the tip. Length 

 of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 25 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



The specimen from Ega is the type of this species, and the 

 other one has the band of the wings darker and more dentate. 



