LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1297 



South America. 



The following species appears to be distinct from all the pre- 

 ceding groups. 



38. Melanippe productata. 



Mas. Testaceo-cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes ; antenna sub- 

 pubescentes ; alee products ; anticce acuta, fascia obliqua 

 fusca nigro marginata et interlineata maculam costalem tes- 

 taceo-cincream includente, spatio interiore vix pallidiore, linea 

 submarginali pallida denliculata, punctis submarginalibus 

 nigris ; posticce fuscescente-cinerece. 



Male. Testaceous-cinereous. Palpi obliquely ascending, not 

 rising higher than the front. Antennae minutely pubescent. Wings 

 somewhat elongated. Fore wings acute, with a brown oblique 

 band, which is interlined and more distinctly bordered with black, 

 and contains a testaceous-cinereous costal spot ; the space from this 

 band nearly to the base is almost as dark as the band, and is also 

 interlined with black ; a broad brown costal streak, which extends 

 to the tip ; some traces of exterior denticulated black lines; sub- 

 marginal line pale, denticulated ; submarginal points black ; exte- 

 rior border very oblique. Hind wings brownish cinereous. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



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



Hindostan. 



The first of the two following species belongs to the second 

 European group of the genus, and the second will form a new 

 group. 



39. Melanippe restitutata. 



Fcem. Albida ; ctput et thorax fusca; palpi graciles, laves; 

 alee atomis spatioque marginali fuscescentibus, gutta discali 

 fusca, linea submarginali alba undulata, lunulis marginalia 

 bus nigris ; anticce vix acuta, basi fasciaque exteriore flexa 

 nigro ex parte marginatis, hac ramum latum emittente ; pos- 

 ticce vix lineata. 



Female. Whitish. Head and thorax brown. Palpi slender, 

 smooth. Wings transversely brownish-speckled ; discal dot brown ; 

 marginal space brownish ; submarginal line white, undulating, 



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