﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1839 



pointed marks; marginal line blackish, slij^htly festooned; ciliae 

 interlined with brown. Fore wings with the interior line whitish, 

 undulatinp:, with a brown outer border; reniform murk forming a 

 black streak. Hind wings with a black cellular dot, which is ex- 

 tended into a streak beneath. Length of the body 3 J lines; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



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



POAPHILA TINCTICOLLIS. 



Foem. Testacea ; caput antic e f us cum ; palpi fits ci, articulo 3(; 

 viinimo ; thorax antice nigricans ; alee anticce lineis duabus 

 fuscis parallelis rectis vix obliquis, linea submarginati ob- 

 scura undulata valde indistincta, puncto bnsali nigricante, 

 reniformie punctis duobus fuscis ; posticce pallide fuscescentes, 

 (Brieo-tinctcB, Jimbria testacea. 



Female, Testaceous. Head in front and palpi dark brown ; 

 third joint of the latter very minute. Thorax blackish in front. 

 Fore wings with two parallel straight hardly oblique brown lines, 

 whose inner borders are a little paler than the wing elsewhere ; sub- 

 marginal line dark, undulatinu:, very indistinct; a blackish point 

 by the base of the wing; reniform mark distinguished by two brown 

 points, placed iransveisely. Hind wings pale brownish, tinged 

 with aeneous; fringe testaceous. Length of the body 5 — 5^ lines ; 

 of the wings 12 — 13 lines. 



a, Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



POAPHILA PERCARA. 



Fcem. Testacea; palpi nigricantes, articulo So minima; thorax 



antice ater ; alcB anticce linea exteriore lutea recta obliqua 



extus fusco marginata, linea submarginali cinerea indistincta 



angulosa, puncto discali interiore fusco ; posticce cinerece. 



Female. Testaceous. Palpi blackish; third joint very minute. 



Thorax in front deep black. Fore wings with a straight oblique 



exterior luteous line, bordered with brown on its outer side; submar- 



ginal line cinereous, indistinct, zigzag; marginal points elonj^ated, 



brown ; a brown point in the interior part of the disk, and by it 



some almost obsolete indications of a slender luteous line ; under 



side and hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 5J lines ; of 



the wings 13 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



