LEPIDOPTERA HETEIIOCERA. B19 



Xanthoptera semicrocea, Guen. Noct. ii. 241, 1027. 

 Guenee's description is from a figure by Abbot. 

 Georgia. 



South America. 

 4. Xanthoptera Botyoides. 

 Flava; palpi longiusculi, apices versus fusco fasciati ; alee anticce 

 nitentes, maculis discalibus e punctis tribus nigris, margine 

 aurato-fusco, ciliis cinereo-plumbeis ; posticce albida, mar- 

 gine cinereo. 

 Xanthoptera Botyoides, Guen. Noct. ii. 240, 1024. 

 Brazil. 



5. Xanthoptera aurifera. 

 Luteo-flava ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce lineis duabus aut 

 tribus obliquis subobsoletis paullo obscurioribus, linea an- 

 gusta nigricanle marginali ; cilice alceque posticce cinerece. 



Luteous-yellow. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with two 

 or three oblique almost obsolete slightly darker lines ; a slender 

 blackish marginal line ; ciliae and hind wings cinereous. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 

 Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



6. Xanthoptera furcata. 

 Pallide lutea ; abdomen pallide testaceum; alee anticcs lineis 

 duabus transversis obscurioribus, interiore angulata, exteriore 

 recta obliqua furcam emittente, maculis discalibus obsoletis, 

 ciliis fuscescentibus ; posticce albce,fuscescente marginatce. 

 Pale luteous. Abdomen pale testaceous. Fore wings with two 

 darker transverse lines, the interior one near the base, forming an 

 acute angle ; the other one exterior, straight, oblique, extending 

 from the tip of the wing, near which it emits a branch to the costa ; 

 discal spots obsolete ; ciliae brownish. Hind wings white, with 

 brownish borders. Length of the body \\ lines; of the wings 10 

 lines. 

 Brazil. In Mr, Saunders' collection. 



