LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 453 



white spot of S. depulsana. Hind wings like those of the above 

 species. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 5 lines. 



This may be the male of S. depulsana. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



9. SlMAETHIS PlUTTJSANA. 



Fcem. Nigro-fusca ; caput anticum viride micans ; palpi albidi, 

 caput paullo superantes ; antenna albo annulatce ; pedes 

 albidi ; alee anticce latiuscula, fasciis quatuor yuttularibus 

 viridibus micantibus ; posticce obscure cinereo-fusca. 



Female. Blackish brown. Head in front and pectus brilliant 

 green. Palpi whitish, porrect, slender, extending a little beyond 

 the head. Antennae with white rings. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs whitish, shining. Wings rather 

 broad. Fore wings hardly acute, with four very incomplete brilliant 

 green bands composed of dots ; first band basal, forming two dots ; 

 second with three dots ; third and fourth more irregular ; costa and 

 exterior border nearly straight, the latter slightly oblique. Hind 

 wings dark cinereous-brown ; interior angle prominent. Length of 

 the body 1^ line ; of the wings 4 lines. 



a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



10. SlMAETHIS RTJTILEIXA. 



Cupreo~nigra ; caput pectusque viridi micante ornatce ; palpi laves, 

 caput paullo superantes ; antennce albo annulatce ; ala anticce 

 punciis discalibus et submarginalibus nigris, guttis duabus 

 costalibus, una discali Jimbriaque antica albis. 



Cupreous*black. Palpi porrect, smooth, extending a little 

 beyond the head. Antennae with white rings. Head, pectus and 

 legs adorned with brilliant metallic green. Fore wings acute, with 

 a few metallic blue points in the disk, and with a row of submarginal 

 points of the same hue ; two white costal dots, the second one oppo- 

 site to a white dot in the disk ; fringe white in front. Length of 

 the body 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



