LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCEBA. 239 



Male. Blackish brown. Palpi short; third joint very small, 

 less than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae thickly 

 but not deeply pectinated ; branches clavate. Wings rather narrow ; 

 veinlets at the tip of the discal areolet forming a very obtuse angle ; 

 discal fold distinct. Abdomen tapering from near the base to 

 the tip, with three gilded stripes above ; under side with two white 

 stripes extending nearly half the length from the base. Le«s 

 sleuder ; fore tibiae dentate beneath ; hind tibiae with small middle 

 and apical spurs. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



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



62. EtJCHROMIA CRYPTOLEUCA. 



Foem. Atra, sat gracilis ; caput supra viride ; antenna subpecti- 

 natce; thorax viridi trimaculatus coccineoque bimaculatus ; 

 pectus viride; abdomen thorace paullo latius, maculis basalibus 

 et apicalibus viridibus guttisque duabus basalibus coccineis, 

 subtus album; ales anticce viridi -squamosa subtus virides ; 

 posticce cyaneo-virides marginibus nigris, basi limpidce. 



Fern. Deep black, rather slender. Head mostly green above. 

 Palpi moderately long ; third joint conical, very small, less than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae very minutely pecti- 

 nated. Thorax with a green spot on each side in front, and a third 

 on the scutellum and a crimson spot by the base of each fore wing. 

 Pectus mostly green. Wings long and narrow. Fore wings black 

 with a few green scales, green beneath with black tips and hind 

 borders. Hind wings bright bluish green, blackish at the tips and 

 along the hind borders, which latter are limpid towards the base. 

 Abdomen a little broader than the thorax, with a crimson dot on 

 each side at the base, and some green spots on each side near the 

 base and towards the tip ; under side bright white excepting the tip. 

 Legs slender ; fore tibiae with a slender tooth beneath ; middle and 

 apical spurs of the hind tibiae small. Length of the body A\ lines ; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



a, b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection, 

 c. ? 



63. ElXHROMIA MYSTICA. 



Mas. Atra ; antenna validce, brevi pectinata ; abdomen fusiforme ; 

 alee nigricantes, sat angustce, anticce macula antica subapicali 

 irregulari cinereo-alba, basi margineque postico nigricantes ; 

 pedes graciles. 



