LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1343 



Male. Body slender. Front prominent. Proboscis short, 

 slender. Palpi porrect, ros.lrifii.rm, squamous, slightly curved, fringed 

 beneath, a little longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 very minute. Antennae very slender, hardly pubescent. Abdomen 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft very small, 

 slightly compressed. Legs long, very slender ; spurs long and 

 slender. Wings rather short and broad. Fore wings acute, subfal- 

 cate; exterior border siightly convex, moderately oblique. 



Ertrica purpurealis. 



Mas. Iridescente cervlna ; alee plaga magna ochracea albido 

 marginata, fascia marginali purpurea ; anticce vitta costali 

 purpurea . 



Male. Fawn-colour, with iridescent reflections. Body beneath 

 and legs silvery white. Wings with a large orange whitish-bordered 

 patch, which joins a purple marginal band ; under side pale aeneous- 

 yellow, with a brown marginal band. Fore wings with a purple 

 costal stripe, which does not extend to the base. Length of the 

 body 3j lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



Fam. SPILOMELIDiE, C. L. H. xvii. 463. 



Genus LEPYRODES, C. L. H. xvii. 463. 



Lepyrodes subaurealis. 



Foem. Aurato-albida ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem super- 

 antes, articulo 3o lanceolato ; alee fasciis tribus ochraceisfusco 

 marginatis, \a 2aque angulatis connexis, Sa recta submarginali; 

 anticce strigis duabus basalibus othraceis. 



Female, Gilded whitish. Palpi obliquely ascending, rising 

 higher than the vertex , third joint lanceolate, shorter than the 

 second. Abdomen extending for half its length beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings with two ochraceous streaks proceeding from the base, 

 and with three ochraceous brown-bordered bands ; first and second 

 bands connected, deeply angular ; second connected with the third, 

 which is straight and submarginal ; exterior border straight, rather 

 oblique. Hind wings with three ochraceous bands, which are like 

 those of the fore wings in structure, but less distinct. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 9£ lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



