﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEIiA. 1527 



1. Thyhidospila ENNOMOIDES, 



Mas. Violaceo-cinerea ; alee dimidio basali nujro-fmco iridr^s- 

 cente, margine obscuriore linea pallida sinuata dtterininato^ 

 maculis albis semivitreis imeqwilibns bene deter mi nut Is, pane- 

 tis subtnaryinalibus nigria ; antiae macula magna costali 

 apicali nigro-fmca pallido lineata ; poslicce biangulalce^ 

 maculis nigris, 



Thyridospila ennomoides, Gaen. Noct, iii. 3;U, 1795. 



Bahia. 



2. Thyridospila tursulenta. 



Ferru/lneo-fa^ca, sub t as testacea faico p lUid') varia ; aire testaceo 

 vurice, lunulis submarginalibas nigris ; antiae ferragineo ex 

 parte nebulosre, lineis undulatis fuscis, macula npicali tes- 

 tdcea, orbiculari et reniformi nigricantibas. Iiac latiuscula 

 testaceo strigata, ilia panctiformi, maculis tribus albidis 

 semihyalinis ; poslicce fascia testaceUj maculis albidis semi- 

 kgalinis, macula discali nigricante. 



Ferriif^inous-brovvn. Body teslaceoiis beneath. Wino;s irre- 

 gularly varied with testaceous, which colour prevails most beneath, 

 where the brown hue is much paler than that above ; siibiuar^inal 

 lunules black, more or less wide in the middle. Fore win^s 

 with the teslaceous hue most prevalent in the middle litre part, and 

 interrupted by undulating brown lines and parliy shaded wiih ferru- 

 ginous ; a testaceous apical spot joining the middle pale part by an 

 oblique line ; orbicular and reniform marks blackish, the former 

 punctiform, the latter rather broad, containing a testaceous streak 

 in front; behind it and placed longitu<linaliy are three whitish 

 semihyaline spots. Hind wings with the testaceous hue forming a 

 ])and, which is accompanied by various whitish semihyaline spots 

 and connecied with a blackish spot corresponding to the reniform 

 mark. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b, Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 3. CULTRIPALPA. 



Corpus gracile, squamosum. Proboscis gracillima. Palpi 

 porvecti, graciles, longissirni, squamoso hirsuli, vaide compressi ; 



