LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1325 



blackish brown part of the wing is bounded on the outer side by a 

 slender undulating oblique whitish testaceous band, which is 

 abruptly recurved as it approaches the costa ; beyond the latter 

 band the wings are yellowish brown, with the exception of a purplish 

 brown interval, which is slightly flecked with white, and is inter- 

 rupted towards the costa and at the costa by two black spots ; the 

 white flecks are most prevalent near the tips, which are red. Hind 

 wings with the blackish brown part and tbat beyond it as in the 

 fore wiugs, but without red ; the basal half brownish testaceous, in- 

 cluding a blackish oblique spot, and with a testaceous band between 

 it and the blackish brown part. Length of the body 26 lines ; of 

 the wings 92 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



4. Ehescyntis Sylla. 



Mas. Pallide testacea ; abdomen fuscum ; alee fascia lata exte- 

 riore obscure fusca extus e linea undulata albida marginata, 

 margine exieriore fusco ; anticce apud marginem interiorem 

 basalem obscure fuscce, macula discali transversa nigricante, 

 plaga apicali pallide purpurascente albo guttata et lineata, 

 plagaque subapicali nigricante ; posticce basim versus obscure 

 fuscce. 

 Phalsena-Bombyx Attacus Sylla, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 29, pi. 240, 



f. A. 

 Khescyntis Sylla, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. (Plialcence Sphingoid.es 

 Echidna Speculares), 156, 1634. 



Surinam. 



• Male. Pale testaceous. Abdomen brown. Wings with a 

 broad exterior dark brown band, which is bordered on the outer side 



1 by an undulating whitish line, and is divided by the latter from the 

 equally broad but rather paler brown band along the exterior bor- 

 der; under side thickly decked with brown. Fore wings dark 

 brown about the basal part of the interior border, with a blackish 

 transverse oblong discal spot, with a large apical lilac spot, which 



f is bordered on the outer side by white dots and lines, and with a 

 large subapical blackish spot. Hind wings dark brown towards the 

 base. Length of the body 24 lines ; of the wings 84 lines. 

 a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



The figure in Cramer represents the female. 



