LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 



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with the base ; disk with two iuteous bands which do not extend to 

 the hind border, first upright, second slightly oblique. Hind wings 

 with a Iuteous streak in front at the base, and with two Iuteous spots 

 which form a short band in the disk. Abdomen bright red at the 

 base and at the tip ; hind borders of the segments tinged with blue 

 or purple. Hind tibiae with a short red streak on the outer side by 

 the base. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 

 rt . p From Mr. Children's collection. 



Group 31. RHTPHA. 



Fcem. Corpus valde robustum. Palpi crassiusculi, arcuati >' 

 articulus 3us minimus. Antennae gracillimae, subsetosae. Alae 

 opacae. Pedes sat validae ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longi- 

 usculis. 



Fern. Body verv stout. Palpi rather thick, curved ; third joint 

 very small. Antennae verv slender, with short bristles beneath, not 

 pectinated or serrated. Wings opaque. Legs moderately stout ; 

 median and apical spurs of the hind tibiae rather long. 



128. EuCHROMIA STRIGOSA. 



Atra ; caput albo sexguttatum ; thorax albo guttatuset bivittatus ; 

 abdomen maculfs octo ventreque luteis ; alee anticce nigro-eya- 

 nece y albo strigatce ; posticce nigro-fusccB disco albidce. 



Deep black. Head with six white dots above. First joint of 

 the palpi clothed beneath with white hairs. Thorax with white dots 

 on each side in front, and with two broad short white stripes between 

 thewin^s; some white hairs on the scutellum. Fore wings bluish 

 black, with some slight white streaks towards the base and parallel 

 to the fore border; behind these or nearer the tips are five broader 

 oblique white stripes of various size; of these only the apical one 

 which is broadest appears beneath. Hind wings blackish brown, 

 partly and slightly whitish in the disk, more distinctly so beneath. 

 Abdomen with a row of four transverse Iuteous spots on each side ; 

 disk beneath Iuteous. Fore coxae testaceous beneath. Trochanters 

 and tips of femora beneath with white dots. Length of the body 8 

 lines ; of the wings 21 lines. 

 a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



