LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1281 



Pyrausta SUMPTUOSALIS. 



Foem. Ochracea ; oculi albo-cincti ; palpi porrecti, pilosi, subtus 

 albi, capitis latitudine longiores, articuto 3o minimo ; abdo- 

 minis segmenta albo marginata ; ales, purpurea, maryine exle- 

 riore fimbriaque aurato fiavis ; antica maculis nonnullis variis 

 costaque apicem versus fiavis ; posticcs puncto Jiavo. 



Female, Ochraceous. Budy beneath and legs white. Head 

 white about the eyes. Palpi porrect, pilose, rostriform, white beneath, 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint very small. Abdo- 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of the 

 segments white. Wings purple ; exterior border and fringe gilded 

 yellow. Fore wings acute, with several yellow spots of various size 

 and shape ; costa yellow towards the tip. Hind wings with a yellow 

 point in the disk near the interior angle. Length of the bod? 

 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a, b. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



Genus EHODARIA, C. L. H. xvii. 312. 

 Rhodaria nemausalis. 

 nemausalis, Dup. Lep. viii. 377, pi. 236. 

 Nismes. 



Khodaria lutosalis. 

 Botys lutosalis, Mn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. 387, pi. 3, f. 6. 

 Dalmatia. Asia Minor. 



Rhodaria proceralis. 

 Botys proceralis, ZgL MSS. Ld. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. 367, 460. 

 North America. 



Rhodaria similalis. 

 Botys similalis, ZgL MSS. Ld. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. 367, 460. 

 North America. 



Rhodaria cinnamomealis. 

 cinnamomealis, Wlgn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. 175. 

 Cape. 



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