302 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Hipocrita tineiformis Megaera, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. 



Lep. iii. Bomb. ii. Verce, vi. Hipocritce A. Tineiformes a. f. 



1—4. 

 Josia Megsera, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 176, 1812. 



Black, with two luteous stripes, white beneath. Head luteous. 

 Prothorax on each side with a luteous mark which is continued in a 

 stripe along each side of the pectus. Thorax with two luteous spots 

 on each side. Fore wings with a luteous stripe which extends near 

 the hind border and widens from the base to beyond the middle 

 where it is very obliquely truncated ; a short very oblique luteous 

 band near the tip. Hind wings with a luteous stripe along the 

 inner border and part of the hind border where it has a deep inci- 

 sion, and is connected with the luteous fringe of the tip. Length 

 of the body 4^ — b\ lines ; of the wings 13 — 15 lines. 



a — d. Venezuela. From Mr. D}^son's collection. 

 e. Para. From Mr. Johnson's collection. 

 /, g. Brazil. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 h. ? From Mr Milne's collection. 



22. JOSIA PROLIEERA. 



Nigra, subtus albida ; palpi Intel; thorax albo guttatus ; abdomen 

 albo trivittatum ; alee antica guttis basalibus maculisque dua- 

 bus subapicalibus albis, fascia media lata lutea ; posticce 

 fascia abbreviata basim versus attenuata lutea. 



Black, whitish beneath. Palpi luteous. Thorax with four 

 white dots in front. Abdomen with three white bands, the middle 

 one of spots. Fore wings with some white dots at the base, with a 

 broad luteous outwardly angular band on the middle, and with two 

 white spots near the tip. Hind wings with a broad luteous band 

 which is broadest and attenuated towards the base in front, and does 

 not extend to the hind border. Legs whitish. Length of the body 

 5J lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Group 5. EPHIALTIAS. 



Corpus longum, gvacile, lineare, cylindricum. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes, capite multo breviores: articulus 3us conicus, 2i quadrario 

 non longior. Antennas maris mediocriter pectinatas, fwmince sim- 

 plices. Abdomen longum, alas posticas dimidio (mas) aut quadra- 



