﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1607 



arcuata costalibus albis, striga costali subapicali nigra ^ 



punctis tribus costalibus subapicalibus testaceis, tinctura 



posteriore purpurascente ; posticce macula discali subpur- 

 purascente. 



Female. Fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. Third joint 

 of the palpi linear, nearly as long as the second, whitish at the tip 

 and with a whitish band near the base. Wings thickly clothed, 

 very slightly speckled with black ; transverse lines ferruginous, den- 

 ticulated, diffuse, indistinct ; subraarginal line indicated by black 

 points ; marginal festoon brown. Fore wings rectangular at the 

 lips ; a white costal dot before one-fourth of the length, having 

 behind it a white point; a white curved costal streak before two- 

 thirds of the length ; a black irregular costal subapical streak ; three 

 testaceous points between it and the costa, and behind them a 

 purplish tinge. Hind wings with a slightly purplish discal spot. 

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



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



18. Capnodes sexplagiata. 



Mas. Rufescens, subtus testacea ; caput et thorax anticus nigri- 

 cantia^ cinereo conspersa ; abdomen apice nigricans ; alee lineis 

 fusees centibus undtdatis denticulatis valde indistinctis^ punctis 

 submarginalibus albis, punctis marginalibus nigris albo 

 notatis, plaga apud unguium interiorem nigra albo conspersa ; 

 anticcB basi nigricantes cinereo conspersce, plaga magna apicali 

 nigra albo conspersa^ orbiculari nigra punctiformi, reniformi 

 subferruginea incompleta^ fimbria nigro strigata, 



Male. Reddish, testaceous beneath. Head and thorax 

 blackish, speckled with cinereous. Third joint of the palpi pubes- 

 cent, wider towards the tip, rather more than half the length of the 

 second. Abdomen blackish towards the tip. Wings with the 

 lines brownish, undulating, denticulated, very indistinct ; submar- 

 ginal points white; marginal points black, mostly marked with 

 white ; a black slightly white speckled patch by each interior angle. 

 Fore wings blackish and speckled with cinereous at the base, and 

 with a large apical black white-speckled patch; orbicular mark 

 black, punctiform ; reniform slightly ferruginous, incomplete ; 

 fringe with black streaks opposite the patch. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



«. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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