232 LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCEEA. 



slender, mostly covered with white tomentum ; fore tibiae slightly- 

 dentate beneath ; apical spurs of the hind tibia? very small. 



Fern. Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen a little longer 

 than that of the male. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



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



b. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



c — d. Honduras. From Mr. Millers collection. 



Var. Caput cyaneo-viride, antice album ; palpi nigri^ supra sub- 

 tusque albi ; thorax cyaneo-viridi trivittatus; alee anticce 

 nigro-fuscce, basi cyaneo-virides, apice albce, macula maxima 

 oblonga limpida ; alee posticce nigrce, albo ciliatce ; abdomen 

 vitta dorsali alba duabusque lateralibus cyaneo-viridibus. 



Head bright bluish green, while in front. Palpi black, white 

 above and below. Antennae black. Thorax bright bluish green in 

 front, and with three stripes of the same colour. Fore wings blackish 

 brown, bright bluish green at the base, white at the tips, and with a 

 very large oblong limpid spot which widens from the base to beyond 

 the middle of the disk. Hind wings black ; hind borders fringed 

 with white. Abdomen with a white dorsal stripe and with two 

 bluish green lateral stripes. Legs black, adorned with green scales. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



c. d. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Group 13. TTPULODES. 



Corpus longum, cylindricum, gracillimum. Palpi mediocres ; 

 articulus 3us sat longus, 2o multo brevior. Antennae maris pecti- 

 natae, foeminae subpectinatae. Abdomen longum, lineare. Alae 

 longae, perangustae, opacae, apice rotundatae ; anticae posticae vix 

 angulatae ; posticae ultra abdominis apicem vix dilatatae. Pedes 

 graciles, sat longi ; tibiae anticae subtus dentatae; posticae calcaribus 

 mediis et apicalibus longitudine mediocres. 



Tipulodes, Boisd. Voy. de V Astrolabe. 



Body long, cylindrical, very slender. Palpi of moderate length ; 

 third joint rather long, but much shorter than the second. Antennae 

 of the male moderately, of the female slightly, pectinated. Wings 

 opaque, long, very narrow, rounded at the tips. Fore wings hardly 



