LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 10.") 



South America. 



22. MlCROPTERYX SELECTELLA. 



Mas. Aurea, micans; antenna pallida; aim antica cupreo et 

 pur pur eo varia, fascia interior e aurato-flava, linea cyanea 

 exteriore transversa abbreviata ; postica anea. 



Male. Brilliant gold-colour. Palpi and antenna) pale. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips ; disk partly cupreous or purple ; a gilded 

 yellow well-defined interior hand, and a chalybeous-blue transversa 

 exterior line, which is much abbreviated hind ward. Hind wings 

 seneous. Length of the body 1 J line; of the wings 3 J lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates 5 collection. 



South Africa. 



23. MlCROPTERYX? ELECTELLA. 



Mas. Cuprea ; antenna alba, graciles, alis anticis paullo longi- 

 ores; ala antica apices versus purpurea, fascia media angusta 

 flavescente-alba. 



Male. Cupreous. Antennae white, slender, a little longer than 

 the fore wings. Fore wings purple towards the tips, which are 

 rounded ; a narrow yellowish white middle band. Length of the 

 body If line ; of the wings \\ lines. 

 a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Hindostan. 



24. MlCROPTERYX? ACUTIPENNIS. 



Mas. Cinerea ; ala aureo fimbriata ; antica fusiformes, acuta, 

 aureo conspersa ; postica purpurea. 

 Female. Cinereous. Fringe of the wings gilded. Fore wings 

 elongate-fusiform, acute, thickly covered with minute gilded span- 

 gles; under side and hind wings purple. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



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