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This may be a local variety of D. flebilialis. Length of the body 

 4£ lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



d. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



7. Desmia sepulchralis. 



Fcem. Violaceo-nigra ; pectus antice album; alee anticce. maculis 

 duabus albo-hyali?iis, 2a semilunaris fimbria apud apicem et 

 apud angulum interiorem alba ; posticce macula una interiore 

 alba lineolam posticam emittente, fimbria apud angulum 

 interiorem alba. 



Desmia sepulchralis, Guen. Belt, et PyraL 190, 123. 



Cayenne. 



8. Desmia flebilialis. 



Cupreo-nigra ; caput subtus pectusque anticum alba ; abdomen albo 

 bifasciatum, subtus album; tarsi albi ; alee anticce maculis 

 duabus transversis (interiore extus incisa) albo-hyalinis ; 

 posticce maculis duabus (interiore attenuata) albo-hyalinis. 



jEdiodes flebilialis, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 191, 126. 



Cayenne. 



Var. ? Fcem. Nigra, capite subtus, pectore antico ventreque 

 albis ; tibiae anticce basi albce ; abdomen albo bifasciatum, 

 subtus nigro quadrif as datum ; tarsi albi; alee anticce maculis 

 duabus elongatis transversis opalino-albis ; posticce fascia elon- 

 gata opalino-alba. 



Female. Black. Head beneath, fore part of the pectus and 

 abdomen beneath white. Abdomen with two white bands, and with 

 two white streaks towards the tip, which is also white; under side 

 with four black bands and with a testaceous tip. Fore tibiae white 

 at the base. Tarsi white. Wings with a whitish marginal line ; 

 fringe white, black at the base. Fore wings with two transverse 

 elongated opaline spots. Hind wings with an opaline band, which 

 forms an angle on the hind side, and is narrower towards the interior 

 border. Length of the body 4 Hues; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



2 g 2 



