﻿LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 1767 



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PaLINDIA SPECTABILIS. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; caput et thorax anticus suhochracea^ 

 albo notata ; pectus album ; abdomen basi cinereo-ferrugineum 

 albo fasciatum ; alee anticce costa ex jtarte plagaque costali 

 subapicali ochraceis, gutta basali, fascia postica^ fascia media 

 lineaque marginali argenteis, fascia interiore lineaque exteriore 

 apud costam dilatata cyaneis ; posticce macula magna apicali 

 guttisque duabus posticis argenteis. 



Male, Ferruginous-brown. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 somewhat ochraceous, with white marks. Pectus white. Abdomen 

 cinereous, ferruf^inous towards the base, where there is a white 

 I band ; under side white. Fore wings ochraceous along part of the 

 • costa, and with an ochraceous costal subapical patch ; a silvery dot 

 i on the base of the costa ; a metallic-blue interior band, accompanied 

 bind ward by a silvery band ; a silvery irregular middle band, 

 nearly contiguous to a blue line, which is dilated in front; margi- 

 i-nal line silvery, interrupted; fringe tipped with white. Hind wings 

 with a large silvery apical spot, and with two silvery hindward dots, 

 j one of the latter between two black dots. Length of the body o 

 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



[Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Palindia perducens. 



Foem. Flavescente-alba ; alee anticce fasciis duabus reetis fuscis 

 apud costam dilatatis, la purpurea tincta, striga postica^ 

 punctis tribus costalibus fimbriaque fuscis^ linea purpureo- 

 albida ; posticcB macula submarginali cyanea fusco notata 

 nigra conspersa^ gutta nivea, puncto nigra, striga diffusa fer- 

 ruginea lineaque marginali fusca. 



Female. White, with a very slight yellowish tinge. Fore 

 wings with two straight upright brown bands, which are widened 

 by the costa; the first tinged with purple; the second accompanied 

 on the outer side hindward by a brown streak, from which it 

 is divided by a purplish white line ; three brown points on the costa 

 j near the tip ; fringe brown. Hind wings with a blue brown- 

 \ marked black-speckled spot in the disk near the angle of the exte- 

 rior border, where there is a snow-white dot and a black point, and 



