﻿1274 CATALOGUE OF 



marginal limiiles black, separate, on a fawn-coloured ground ; lines 

 on the under side dark brown with whitish borders, more distinct on 

 the hind wings than on the fore wings. Fore wings with the sub- 

 marginal band interrupted, forming two black streaks near the 

 costa ; orbicular and reniform spots with black borders, the former 

 elliptical, the latter somewhat D-shaped, but much excavated on the 

 outer side. Hind wings with the submarginal band entire; the 

 next interior one with deeper curves than that of L. Buieo, 

 Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 34 lines. 



Eio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



25. Letis albicans. 



Fcem. Pallide iestacea ; palporum articulus Svs apice nigricans ; 

 thorax fascia ienui nigricante ; alee apud discum alhidce^ 

 lineis transversis angulosis cervinis^ linea media et lunulis 

 suhmarginalihus nigris ; anticce costam versus pallide suh- 

 purpurascentes, linea hasali et macularum marginibus nigris^ 

 litura costali exteriore strigisque duabus subcostalibus svb- 

 apicalibus nigricantibus, lineis transversis ex parte subobsolelis ^ 

 orbiculari elliptica^ reniformi D-formi, fascia submarginali 

 subobsoleta; posticce lineis magis determinatis, subtus latis 

 ferrvgineis albido marginatis. 



Female. Pale testaceous, with a pale slight fawn-coloured 

 tinge beneath. Third joint of the palpi blackish towards the tip. 

 Thorax with a slender blackish band. Wings partly whitish in the 

 disk, with transverse angulose fawn-coloured lines; middle line and 

 submarginal lunules black, the latter most distinct in the hind 

 wings. Fore wings with a lilac subcostal tinge, with an irregular 

 black line near the base, with a blackish mark on the exterior part 

 of the costa, and with two blackish subcostal and subapical streaks; 

 transverse lines in part almost obsolete ; orbicular and reniform 

 spots with black borders, the former elliptical, the latter D-shaped; 

 submarginal band almost obsolete. Hind wings with the lines 

 much more distinct than in the fore wings, especially beneath^ 

 where they are broad and ferruginous with vihitish borders. Length 

 of the body 13 lines; of the wings 38 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



