178 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Blackish brown. First joint of the palpi red. Antennae pec- 

 tinated for three-fourths of the length, white above towards the tips. 

 Thorax with two red streaks in front. Fore wings with a red spot 

 at the base, and with two large limpid spots in the disk, one before, 

 the other beyond the middle. Hind wings limpid, with brown bor- 

 ders. Abdomen subfusiform ; each side with a row of red spots, 

 and with a white one at the base ; under side with a white disk for 

 more than half the length from the base. Legs brown ; coxae and 

 femora mostly white. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a, b. St. Catherine, Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



68. Glaucopis discifera. 



ttatum ; 



Mas. Nigro-viridis, suhtus albo-hirta ; caput alho guttatum ; 

 thorax et abdomen luteo bivittata, illeantice subtusque luteus ; 

 abdominis dimidium basale subtus testaceum ; alee limpidce 

 nigro marginatce, anticce nigro subfasciatce. 



Male. Greenish black, rather short. Head with white dots 

 above, clothed with white hairs beneath. Palpi long, slightly 

 curved, white beneath ; third joint nearly half the length of the 

 second. Thorax and abdomen with a luteous stripe on each side 

 along the whole length. Thorax in front and pectus luteous. 

 Wings limpid, with purplish black borders which are very broad at 

 the tips. Fore wings with a slender black mark across the tip of the 

 discal areolet, and with the hind border opposite slightly widened ; 

 discal fold apparent near the tip of the discal areolet, united along 

 the whole length beyond with the first inferior veinlet. Abdomen 

 beneath with a large testaceous obconical compartment occupying 

 nearly half the length from the base. Legs with white tomentum ; 

 fore tibiae hairy and dentate beneath ; spurs of the hind tibiae 

 moderately long. Length of the body 3 J lines; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



69. Glaucopis postica. 



Mas. Lutea, gracilis ; caput supra atrum cyaneo varium ; palpi 

 lutei apice nigri ; antennae pectinatce ; abdomen macula sub- 

 quadrala basalt dimidioque apicali purpureis; alee limpidce, 

 nigro submarginatce ; pedes graciles, tarsis nigris basi luteis, 

 tibiis posticis nigro vittatis. 



