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LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



klc. 



kkk. 

 1. 

 11. 



hh. 



gg- 

 ff. 



g- 

 gg- 

 gg- 

 aa. 



Fore wings without cuneiform marks. 

 Fore wings with cuneiform marks. 

 Pencilling of the fore wings hardly minute. 

 Pencilling of the fore wings very minute. 

 Abdomen wholly red. 

 Hind wings and part of the fore wings 



whitish. 

 Fore wings and hind wings almost wholly 



brown. 

 Hind wings mostly blue. 

 Wings black or blackish brown. 

 Wings with a white costal stripe. 

 Wings with luteous bands. 

 Wings with white stripes. 

 Discal areolet very narrow. 



Marica ? 



sylvius. 

 Pilatei. 



Rosina. 



Rosa, 

 grylloides. 



bombycina. 



semiluna. 



strigosa. 



calcarata. 



Group 1. POMPOSTOLA. 



Color metallicus, micans. Antennae setaceae, corpore vix bre- 

 viores, in utroque sexu simplices. Abdomen sublineare, non petio- 

 latum. Ala? antics longae, angustae, omnino opacae et squamosa?, 

 maculis viridibus et auratis ; posticae non angulatae. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus longissimis, maris plumosae. 



Pompostola p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 120. 



Body and wings brilliantly metallic. Antennae setaceous, 

 nearly as long as the body, not pectinated in the male. Wings 

 long, narrow, wholly opaque and squamose, adorned with green and 

 gilded spots. Hind wings not angular. Abdomen nearly linear, 

 not petiolated. Legs slender. Hind tibiae with very long spurs, 

 plumose in the male. 



South America and West Africa. 



This group differs from most of the following sections in not 

 having pectinated antennae. 



1. EuCHROMTA HYPARCHUS. 



Nigra, viridi maculata ; alee anticce maculis tribus, posticce una 

 aureis. 



