LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. Ill 



Bright cupreous. Head golden-green. Proboscis and palpi 

 ferruginous. Antennas black; hardly pectinated beneath. Thorax 

 except in front brown. Fore wings brown, with three dingy whitish 

 spots, two a little beyond the middle and one near the tip. Hind 

 wings blackish. Tip of the abdomen with testaceous hairs. Legs 

 piceous. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



s. Sidney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



13. PEOCPJS TRICOLOR. 



Nigra ; caput et prothorax rufo-hirta ; proboscis et palpi rufa ; 

 pectus plerumque viride ; alee nigricantes ; abdomen fasciis 

 ventreque albidis. 



Black. Head and prothorax with bright red hairs. Proboscis 

 and palpi red. Pectus mostly green. Wings blackish. Abdomen 

 with wdiitish bands which are interrupted towards the tip ; sides and 

 under side whitish except the tip. Length of the body 2\ — 3-| lines; 

 of the wings 8 — 10 lines. 



a. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by E. Butler, Esq. 



b y c. Van Dieman's Land. From Mr. A. J.Smith's collection. 



d. Sidney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



14. Procris apicalis. 



Lceteviridi- ant cupreo-metallica ; proboscis et palpi nigra ; antenna 

 vix pectinatce ; alee anticce subtus posticce pedesque plerumque 

 fuscce ; abdomen cupreum, apice luteum. 



Bright metallic green. Proboscis and palpi black. Antennas 

 hardly pectinated beneath. Fore wings beneath and hind wings and 

 legs mostly brown. Abdomen cupreous ; tip luteous. Length of 

 the body 2 — 1\ lines ; of the wings 6 — 7 lines. 



Var. Q. Thorax cupreous. 



a, 6. Sidney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



c. Australia. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



d. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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