LEFIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 179 



Male. Luteous, slender. Head deep black above, with blue re- 

 flections. Proboscis testaceous. Palpi luteous with black tips, 

 rather long, slightly curved ; third joint very small, not one-fourth 

 of the length of the second. Antennae moderately pectinated. 

 Wings limpid with extremely narrow black borders, which are rather 

 broader at the base and at the tips, especially on those of the hind 

 w r ings ; veins black, partly testaceous towards the base. Fore 

 wings with an angular black mark on the veinlets at the tip of the 

 discal areolet, no corresponding black mark on the hind border ; 

 discal fold very indistinct along the whole length. Abdomen 

 slightly contracted near the base, purple for half the length from 

 the tip, and with a purple subquadrate spot at the base. Legs 

 slender; tarsi black, luteous at the base; hind tibiae with black 

 stripes, their middle and hind spurs small. Length of the body 3J 

 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Santarem, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



70. Glaucopis Bromus. 



Ferruginea ; alee hyalince, margine omni nigro. 



Zygeena Bromus, Fair. Sp. Ins. ii. 161, 21 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 104, 26, 



Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 394, 28. 

 Sphinx adscita Bromus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 56, pi. 35, f. G. 

 Sphinx Zygaena Bromus, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2395, 128. 

 Chrostosoma Bromus, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 126, 1363. 



Surinam. 



Var. ? Lutea ; caput supra nigrum, antice album ; antennce nigra, 

 subpectinatce ; thorax nigro quadrivittatus ; abdomen sub- 

 lineare, vitta dorsali postica nigra ; alee limpidce, basi et antice 

 lutece, apice posticeque nigra. 



Luteous. Head black above, white in front. Proboscis ferru- 

 ginous. Third joint of the palpi very small, acuminated. Antennae 

 black, slightly pectinated to the tips. Prothorax with one slender 

 black stripe. Mesothorax with four black stripes. Wings limpid, 

 luteous at the base and in front, black at the tips and along the 

 hind border; veins black, luteous towards the base; transverse 

 veinlets at the tip of the discal areolet forming a nearly right angle ; 

 discal fold apparent in the discal areolet, united with the first 

 inferior vein along most of its length. Abdomen nearly linear: a 

 black dorsal stripe along half the length from the tip. Spurs of the 

 hind tibiae small. Length of the body 3^ lines; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



