LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 1283 



Rhodaria DIRECTALIS. 



Fcem. Aurato-flava ; palpi porrecti, pubescentes, capitis latiiudine 

 paullo longiores, articulo 3d Lanceolato ; alee anticce fascia 

 submarginali purpurea, vitta costali ochracea diffusa , lituris 

 tribus subcostalibus fuscescentibus ; posticce aurato-albidce, 

 fascia marginali purpurea. 



Female, Gilded yellow, pale cinereous beneath. Head white 

 about the eyes and beneath. Palpi porrect, pubescent, a little longer 

 than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, shorter than 

 the second. Antennae slender, very minutely setulose. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. 

 Wings with a purple band, which is submarginal in the fore wings 

 and marginal in the hind wings. Fore wings acute, with a diffuse 

 ochraceous costal stripe ; three small subcostal brownish marks ; ex-- 

 terior border hardly convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings gilded 

 whitish. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Rhodaria imbutalis. 



Fcem. Saturate roseo-ruf a ; caput subtus ochraceum ; palpi och- 

 racei, pilosi ; abdomen auraio-cinereum ; alee anticce acuta?, 

 latiusculce ; postica? aurato-cinerece. 



Female, Deep rosy red, stout. Head ochraceous beneath ; 

 frontal tuft very prominent. Palpi ochraceous, porrect, pilose, 

 nearly as long as the breadth of the head. Maxillary palpi about 

 half the length of the labial palpi. Abdomen gilded cinereous, ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings rather broad ; fringe 

 long. Fore wings acute ; exterior border slightly convex, moderately 

 oblique. Hind wings gilded cinereous. Length of the body 2^- lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Rhodaria juncturalis. 



Lutea; palpi porrecti, pilosi, articulo do brevissimo ; alee fasciis 

 duabus lineaque marginali purpureis ; antica subacutce, fasciis 

 connexis, \a undulata, linea antemedia purpurea subundulata; 

 posticce semihyalina. 



