﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 177.0 



' Penicillaria? RUFATRIX. 



Foera. Rufa, subtus alba ; antennce vaiidee^ simplices ; tarsi albo 

 fasciati ; alee anticce lineis- paucis arcuatts fasciaque obliqua 

 albis^ striga subcostali, macula subapicali guttaque postica 

 baaali nigris, macula apicali testacea albo marginala; posticce 

 albce., margine lato rufo lineolam albam includente^ lituris 

 apud marginem interiorem nigris. 



Female. Ked, mostly white beneath. x\ntenriae stout, simple. 

 Tarsi with white bands. Fore wings with a few curved white lines, 

 vith an oblique white band, which is widened towards the interior 

 )order, with a subcostal black streak, with a black spot on the exte- 

 •ior border near the tip, which is occupied by a testaceous white- 

 3ordered spot, and with a black dot near the base ol" the interior 

 jorder ; hind part of the exterior border very oblique. Hind wiugs 

 white, with broad red borders, which contain a short white line near 

 :he interior angle ; interior border marked with black towards its 

 iip. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



, Jamaica. 



Penicillaria? auratrix. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca, subtus ex parte alba; caput saturate 

 rufum ; palporum articulus fius brevis ; antennce dimidio 

 basali pevtinatce ; alf£ anticce ex parte rufce^ lineis albis 

 nigrisqiie, macula lutea subcostali, lunulis marginalibus ni' 

 gris^ reniformi aayusta nigricante albo marginata extus exca- 

 vata, apicibus fuscescenle-cinereis albo marginatis ; posticre 

 albce^ margine lato fu.sco lifuras rufas lineolamque albam un- 

 dulatam includente, 



Male, Ferruginous-brown, partly white beneath. Head deep 

 ^red. Third joint of the palpi short Antennae moderately pecti- 

 Inated to a little more than half the lenp^th. Fore wings partly red, 

 'with irregular white and black lines, with a luteous subcostal spot 

 near the tip, and with black marginal lunules: reniform mark nar- 

 row, blackish, bordered with wliite, excavated on the outer side ; 

 «tips brownish cinereous, bordered with white; exterior border 

 (extremely oblique hindward. Hind wings white, with broad brown 

 Ibordeis, which are marked with red, and contain a short white 

 undulating line near the interior angle. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a, Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 

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