LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1161 



nearly half the length, of the second. Antennae slender, setose. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of 

 the segments whitish ; apical tuft small. Legs smooth, slender; 

 tips of the tibiae and of the joints of the tarsi whitish ; spurs long 

 and slender. Wings broad. Fore wings slightly acute, with a very 

 broad dark brown band, which extends from near the base to much 

 beyond half the length, and contains two/white dots which represent 

 the reni form -mark, and is bordered on the outer side by a zigzag 

 darker line ; submarginal line white, denticulated, interrupted ; 

 marginal points black ; exterior border convex, slightly oblique. 

 Hind wings white, with a short brown line, which is nearly con- 

 tiguous to a very broad brown marginal band. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of th© wings 16 lines. 



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



Bleptina diruptalis. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palpi graciles, arcuati, verticem Ion g is sime super - 

 antes, articulo 2o apicem versus fimbriate, 3o lanceolato ; 

 femora antica penicillata ; alee fusco conspersce, lunulis mar- 

 ginalibus nigricantibus ; anlicce lineis quatuor fuscescentibus 

 angulosis indistinctis, reniformi fuscescente ,• posticce fusees- 

 cente-cinerece, lineis duabus cinereis dentatis. 



Male. Cinereous, slender. Palpi slender, squamous, curved, 

 nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head and rising very 

 much higher than the vertex; second joint with a long fringe 

 above along half the length from the tip; third lanceolate, less than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae densely setose. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, slightly 

 compressed. Legs slender; fore femora with a long penicillate 

 tuft. Wings brown-speckled, moderately broad ; marginal lunules 

 blackish. Fore wings acute, with four brownish zigzag indistinct 

 lines ; second line diffuse on the outer side, bordering the outer side 

 of the brownish reniform mark ; exterior border convex, moderately 

 oblique. Hind wings brownish cinereous, with two cinereous den- 

 tate lines ; the first postmedial, the second submarginal. Length 

 of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



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