LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 355 



11. SAMEA ORIOLAL1S. 



Fcem. F lava, sub tus alba; alee margine lato integro subdenticu- 

 t'ato violaceo-cinereo, lineis duabus interrupts sinuatis nigri- 

 canti bus, fimbria cinerea ; antica orbiculari maculaque pos- 

 terior rotundatis, reniformis disco violaceo-cinereo. 



Samea oriolalis, Quen. Belt, et Pyral. 196, 137. 



Cayenne. 



12. Samea botydalis. 



Mas et fcem. Flava ; antennce subpubescentes, abdomen apicem 

 versus cinerascens ; alee lituris nigricante-cinereis violaceo mi~ 

 cantibus, linen basali apud costam dilatata, linea interiore 

 postice dilatata, linea submarginali dentata, fascia marginali 

 nigricante apud margine m cinerea, maculis discalibus quad- 

 ratis, reniformi lineam dentatam emittente ; postica? litura 

 discali lineisque duabus, 2a sinuata et dentata. 



Samea botydalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 197, 140. 



Brazil. 



13. Samea Zinghalis. 



Fcem. Alba, ferrugineo fasciata? ; alee longce, angusta, subhya- 

 Una, fimbria fusco notata ; anticce fasciis quatuor ex parte 

 fusco marginatis costaque ferrugineis, fusciis 2a Saque inter- 

 r>xptis, lineis duabus fuseis, interiore angulata, exterior e latiore 

 subundulata, fascia 4a marginali postice attenuata ; posticce 

 lineis duabus interruptis perangustis, linea marginali apici- 

 busque fuscescentibus. 



Female. White. Disk of the head and bands of the thorax 

 and of the abdomen cinnamon-colour. Wings long and narrow, 

 nearly hyaline ; fringe with brownish dots. Fore wings with the 

 costa and with four partly brown-bordered bands cinnamon-colour; 

 a slender angular brown line between the first band and the second, 

 which like the third is interrupted ; a broader slightly undulating 

 brown line near the fourth band, which is marginal and is narrow 

 hindward. Hind wings with two interrupted and very slender 

 brownish lines; tips and marginal line also brownish. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



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



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