166 LEPIDOPTEEA HETEEOCEEA. 



Group 12. ILIPA. 



Mas. Corpus longi-fusiforme. Palpi satlongi, verticem super- 

 antes ; articulus 3us gracilis, 2i dimidio vix brevior. Antennae 

 subpectinatae. Abdomen thorace duplo longius. Alae sat latae, 

 latitudine mediocres, limpidae, nigro margiuatEe ; anticae nigro sub- 

 fasciatae ; plica discalis distincta. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae 

 mediocriter quadricalcaratae. 



Male. Body elongate-fusiform. Palpi rather long, extending 

 above the vertex ; third joint slender, full half the length of the 

 second. Antenna? shortly pectinated. Abdomen about twice the 

 length of the thorax. Wings rather long, moderately broad, limpid, 

 with black borders ; fore wings with a black mark on the tip of the 

 discal areolet ; discal fold distinct. Legs slender ; hind tibiae with 

 four spurs of moderate size. 



44. Glaucopis braconoides. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; caput albo guttatum ; antennce nigrce plu- 

 mosce ; abdomen luteum, guttis dorsalibus fuscis, apice fuscum ; 

 alee limpida nigro-fusco marginata, antica? fusco subfasciatce. 



Male. Blackish brown. Head with white dots above. Palpi 

 straight, rather long ; third joint about half the length of the second. 

 Antennae black, moderately plumose to the tips. Wings limpid, with 

 blackish brown tips and borders. Fore wings broad, with two white 

 dots on each at the base ; their tips brown for nearly one-fourth of 

 the length ; a crescent-shaped brown mark across the tip of the dis- 

 cal areolet ; discal fold apparent for full half the length of the discal 

 areolet, united for a long space with the first inferior veinlet ; the 

 brown on the hind border extending as usual slightly inward oppo- 

 site the extremity of the discal areolet. Abdomen luteous, slightly 

 tapering towards the tip which is brown ; a row of brown dots along 

 the back ; appendages testaceous. Legs rather long and slender ; 

 middle and apical spurs of the hind tibiae moderately long. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



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



