LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1169 



1. EOSEMA DORSALIS. 



Mas. Prasina, albo varia ; palpi lutei ; thorax vitta latissima 

 fusca ; pectus album ; abdomen luteum, basi apiceque albi- 

 dum ; pedes testacei, antici lutei; alee anticce apud costam 

 lutece, guttis duabus apicalibus fuscis ; posticce testacece. 



Male. Grass- green. Head white in front above. Palpi and 

 antennae luteous. Thorax with a very broad brown stripe, whitish 

 behind and in front of the base of each wing. Pectus white. Ab- 

 domen luteous, whitish at the base and at the* tip ; under side 

 whitish, pale green towards the tip. Legs testaceous ; fore legs 

 luteous. Fore wings luteous on the costa, two brown apical dots ; 

 under side of the exterior border with a pale brown stripe, which is 

 dilated in the middle. Hind wings testaceous ; under side mostly 

 pale green. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



2. EOSEMA APICALIS. 



Mas. Prasina; caput antice, pectus et abdomen alba; palpi, 

 antennce et pedes testacea ; alee anticce apud costam testacece, 

 margine exteriore inciso, gutta discali fusca ; posticce albido- 

 testacece, apud costam fuscescentes. 



Male. Grass-green. Head white in front. Palpi, antennae 

 and legs testaceous. Thorax with a broad pale brown stripe, whitish 

 hind ward. Pectus and abdomen white. Fore wings testaceous on 

 the costa, with two excavations in front of the exterior border, which 

 is brown ; a small brown dot on the disk ; under side whitish testa- 

 ceous, with the exception of the brown border. Hind wings whitish 

 testaceous, brownish along the costa. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



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



3. Rosema Zeltca. 



Prasina ; thorax antice luteo fasciatus ; antenna lutece ; alee an- 

 tica? luteo marginatce ; posticce testacea ; abdomen luteum, 

 apice viride. 



Phalaena-Bombyx Zelica, Anon, Ins. Surin. ii. pi. 79. 



Surinam. 



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