188 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



84. Glaucopis FRONTALIS. 



Mas. Atra ; caput et thorax antice lateribusque cyanea ; abdo- 

 men basi cyaneum aut viride, apice rufum ; alee limpidce nigro 

 marginat&y anticoe sat angustce areola discali apice nigro mar- 

 ginata. 



Male. Deep black. Head bright blue. Palpi moderately long, 

 nearly straight ; third joint less than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae moderately deeply pectinated. Thorax partly 

 blue in front and at the base of each fore wing and on each side. 

 Wings limpid, with black borders, which are widest on the fore 

 border at the base, and also on the fore wings at the tips and at the 

 base of the hind border. Fore wings rather narrow, with a black 

 mark across the tip of the discal areolet ; discal fold distinct towards 

 the tip of the discal areolet and from thence to the tip of the wing. 

 Abdomen blue or green on each side at the base, tapering towards 

 the tip which is bright red. Legs moderately long ; fore tibiae 

 grooved beneath ; middle and apical spurs of the hind tibiae rather 

 short. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Group 20. ^THRIA. 



Mas. Corpus cylindricum, sat validum, dense pilosum. Palpi 

 longiusculi; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae subfusiformae, late 

 pectinatae, supra plumosae. Alae mediocres, limpidae, nigro margi- 

 natae ; areola discalis nigro terminata. Pedes longiusculi, sat 

 graciles ; tibiae posticae mediocriter calcaratae. 



iEtbria, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 120. 



Body cylindrical, moderately stout, thickly clothed with hairs. 

 Palpi rather long; third joint very short and small. Antennae 

 thickly pectinated beneath to the tips, plumose above especially 

 about the middle, which is thereby fusiform. Wings moderately 

 broad, limpid except the border and a mark in the fore wings across 

 the tip of the discal areolet ; discal areolet emitting seven veins 

 towards the tip of the wing ; one or more of them obsolete towards 

 its base. Legs rather long and slender; spurs of the tibiae mode- 

 rately long. 



