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72. Glaucopis picttjla. 



Nigro-fusca ; antenna nigra, subpectinata ; prothorax flavo-hir- 

 tus ; abdominis segmentaflavo fasciata, latera basi rufa; alee, 

 antica fasciis duabus limpidis basi flava ; postica fascia una 

 limpid a ; tibia posticce basi subtus alba. 



Eurota picta, MSS. 



Blackish brown. Palpi rather short ; third joint conical, very 

 small. Antennae black, minutely pectinated to the tips. Protho- 

 rax with pale yellow hairs, among which on each side are some red 

 hairs. Fore wings pale yellow at the base, and with two limpid 

 bands which do not extend to the borders, the first on the discal 

 areolet, the second beyond it and longer than the first. Hind wings 

 with a limpid band which does not near extend to the hind border. 

 Abdomen with a yellow band on each segment, bright red on each 

 side towards the base. Legs rather slender ; hind tibiae white be- 

 neath at the base, their spurs rather long. Length of the body 5 

 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From M. Becker's collection. 



Group 18. HYDA. 



Corpus sat gracile, pallidum. Palpi yerticem non attingentes ; 

 articulus 3us minimus, 2o quadruplo brevior. Abdomen basi con- 

 tractum. Alae mediocres, limpidae ; anticae apice maculaque postica 

 nigris. Pedes sat graciles; tibiae posticae mediocriter quadrical- 

 caratae. 



Body rather slender, pale. Palpi not rising to the vertex ; 

 third joint very small, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Abdomen contracted towards the base. Wings of mode- 

 rate size, limpid ; fore wings with black tips and a black spot on the 

 hind angle. Legs rather slender ; hind tibiae with four spurs 

 of moderate size. 



