LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 629 



white, with brown borders. Length of the body 6 lines; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



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



15. Xylina bipunctata. 



Mas. Cinerea ; tharax fusco bifasciatus ; abdomen guttis late- 

 ralibus nigricantibus ; ahe anticce nigra subconspersce, strigis 

 nonnullis diffmis pallide fuscis, guttis exterioribus et margi- 

 nalibus duabusque discalibus nigris, striga postica interiore 

 obscure fusca, ciliis fuscis cinereo strigatis ; posticce albce, opa- 

 lince, fusco vix marginatce. 



Male. Cinereous. Thorax witb two brown bands. Abdomen 

 with some blackish dots along each side. Fore wings very minutely 

 speckled with black, with some pale brown diffuse streaks, with 

 black dots on the exterior veins, with black marginal dots, and with 

 two black discal dots indicating the renifbrm spot; a dark brown 

 streak near the base of the interior border; ciliae brown, with cine- 

 reous streaks. Hind wings white, opaline, slightly bordered to- 

 wards the tips with pale brown. Length of the body 6 lines; of the 

 wings 14 Hues. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



16. Xylina albula. 



Mas et fcern. Cana ; thorax antice nigro fasciatus ; abdomen 

 albidum ; alee anticce strigis discalibus liturisque obliquis 

 costalibus pallide fuscescentibus, lineis duabus guttularibus 

 nigris (una exterior e, altera marginali), orbiculari et reniformi 

 e guttis paucis nigris; posticce albce, guttis marginalibus 

 fuscis. 



Male and female. Hoary. Antennae of the male minutely 

 serrated. Thorax with a black band in front. Abdomen whitish, 

 thickly tufted at the tip in the male. Fore wings with pale brownish 

 streaks and oblique costal marks, with two lines of black dots, the 

 one exterior, the other marginal, and with a black basal line ; orbi- 

 cular and reniform spots indicated by a few black dots. Hind 

 wings white, iridescent, with brown marginal dots. Length of the 

 body 5 — 6 lines; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



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



d. Honduras. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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