LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 9 



Urania Empedocles ? Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 10, 94. God. Enc. Meth. 

 ix. 711, 7. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2240, 326. 



Lars heroica Empedcclaria, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. Lep. 

 v. Geometrce, i. Amplce, iv. Lares B. Heroici, B. f. 314. 



Mania Empedoclaria, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 290, 2814. Lares He- 

 roics Mania, 290, 2814. 



Mania candilunaria et lunigeraria, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 290, 2815, 

 2816. 



Urania Lanus, God. Enc. Meth. ix. 74, 6. 



a. Brazil. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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



c. Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



d. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



e. Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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4. Nyctalemon .ZEgistus? 



Alee 'caudatee, fusco luteoque undulatee, fasciaque pallidiore dis- 

 tinctiore latiore subundulata ; posticce ocellis caudalibus sub- 

 ternis. 



Papilio iEgistus ? Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 10, 93 ; Sp. ii. 20, 82 ; Ent. 

 Syst. iii. 69, 25. 



Wings brown, with numerous transverse undulating slender 

 pale brown or testaceous lines, and with a broader paler and more 

 distinct slightly undulating band, which is narrower and more 

 clearly defined on the fore wings than on the hind wings; the tails 

 of the latter, like those of N. Lmius, are reddish at the inner angle, 

 and have each three black ocelli with blue disks and red borders. 

 Smaller than N. Lunus. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 





5. Nyctalemon excavatus. 



Alee eaudatee, fuscee, lineis plurimis transversis testaceis fasciisque 

 duabus latioribus fuscis undulatee ; posticce ocellis caudalibus 

 subternis. 



Smaller than N. JEgistus. Wings brown, with very numerous 

 transverse undulating slender testaceous nearly parallel lines, and 

 with two broader brown corresponding bands, which are much more 

 irregular than in the preceding species, whose bands are in an equal 



