LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 1131 



A. AIeb anticae argenteo vittatae. - coarctata, Walk. 



B. Alae anticae macula rufa albido marginata. - bella, Boisd. 



C. Alae antica? argenteo aut albido non ornatae. 



A. Alae fuscae aut cervinae. 



a. Alae anticae maculis quatuor nigro-fuscis. - finita, Walk. 



b. Alae anticae non maculatae. - - quadrata, Walk. 



B. Alae albidae. ------ eriophora, Anon 



1. Semyra coarctata. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; alee anticce striga argentea, vittaque lata coarc- 

 tata nigro-fusca, hac apicem versus albido strigata. 



Male. Ferruginous. Fore wings with a silvery streak near 

 the base, extending from the disk to the interior border, and with a 

 broad blackish brown stripe which extends from the tip of the costa 

 1 to the middle of the interior border, and is coarctate in the middle, 

 and contaius some whitish streaks by its tip. Length of the body 4 

 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Nearly allied to the following species, but apparently distinct. 



a. Brazil ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



b. Rio Janeiro. From the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake. 



2. Semyra bella. 



Mas. Ferrvginea ; alee anticce fnscce, apud marginem exteriorem 

 pallidiores, macula postica trigona rufa albido marginata, ma- 

 culaque costali subapicali cinerea albo submarginata strigu- 

 lamque albam furcatam emittente ; posticce sordide rosece. 



Limacodes bella, Boisd. Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1, 

 f. 181. 



Male. Ferruginous. Fore wings brown, paler along the exte- 

 rior margin, with a triangular red whitish bordered spot by the in- 

 terior border near the base, and with a gray costal subapical spot, 

 which is bordered with white, and emits from its inner side a little 

 furcate white line. Hin d wings dingy rose-colour. 



Bahia. 



3. Semyra finita. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca, subtus testacea ; thorax testaceus, antice 

 ferrugineo-fuscus ; alee anticce apud cost am fulva, apices ver- 

 sus ca?ia, maculis quatuor nigro-fuscis unaque cinerascente 

 subapicalibus ; posticce testacece. 



