152 LEPIDOPTERA HETERQCERA. 



bind tibiae moderately long ; posterior tarsi yellow, black at tbe base. 

 Lengtb of the body 7 lines ; of tbe wings 18 lines. 



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



18. Glacjcqpis xanthogastra. 



Atra, cceruleo-micans ; alee limpidce, nigro marginatce ; abdomen 

 aurantiacum, basi nigrum. Long. alar. 20 lin. 



Glaucopis xantbogastra, Perty, Delect. Anim. Artie. Bras. 156, pi- 

 31, f. 5. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Group 7. GYMNELTA. 



Corpus valde robustum. Palpi mediocres; articulus 3us par- 

 vus, longi-conicus, 2o triplo brevior. Antennae maris pectinaise, 

 foeminae subpectinatas. Alae sat latae, hyalinae, marginibus obscuris ; 

 anticae striga transversa discali ; plica discalis distincta. Pedes 

 validiusculi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus sat longis. 



Gymnelia, MSS. 



Body very stout. Palpi moderately long; third joint rather 

 small, elongate-conical, not more than one-third of the length of the 

 second. Antennae of the male moderately, of the female 'slightly 

 pectinated to the tips. Wings rather broad, hyaline, with the excep- 

 tion of the borders, and a transverse mark in each disk ; discal fold 

 distinct. Abdomen very broad, obconical towards the tip. Legs 

 moderately stout ; spurs of the hind tibiae rather long. 



Allied to Euchromia hirsuta. 



19. Glaucopis gemmifera. 



Atra ; caput viride subtus ; thorax et abdomen basi rufo-hirta ; 

 thorax'wiridi maculatus ; abdomen aureo-viride fasciis vittaque 

 dorsali fasciculis rufis ornata atris, subtus e maculis viridibus 

 bivittatum pilisque rujis unifasciatum ; alee luridce nigro 

 marginatce, anticce fascia cyanea nigro marginata. 



Deep black, broader than G. Lcennus. Head green above, clothed 

 beneath like the thorax and the base of the abdomen with red hairs. 

 Thorax green in front, with two green spots on the disk, and one on 



