LEPIDOPTERA HETEROOERA. 



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spot very near the base and extending to the inner border, 

 of the body 3£ — 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a — c. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 

 d. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 



Length 



31. Josia Cercostis. 



Atra, subtus alba; aim ant icm fascia brevi obliqua discali pallide 

 Jlava ; posticce pallide jlavce, nigro latissime marginatce. 



Deep black. Body, palpi and legs white beneath. Fore wings 

 with a short oblique rather broad very pale yellow band in the disk 

 beyond the middle. Hind wings very pale yellow, with black 

 borders which are very broad, and especially so at the tips. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Tapajos, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



32. Josia lanceolata. 



Atra, subtus alba ; alee antic a fascia lata obliqua discali alba. 



Deep black, Body, palpi and legs white beneath. Fore wings 

 with a broad oblique snow-white band beyond the middle extending 

 nearly to the hind border just beyond the tips of the hind wings. 

 Length of the body 5\ lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Group 7. ACTEA. 



Corpus cylindricum, Ion gum, sublineare, sat gracile. Palpi 

 pilosi, capite vix breviores, ascendentes ; articulus 3us gracilis, 2i 

 quadrario non longior. Antenna corporis dimidio paullo longiores, 

 maris late pectinata3,/«mm« validae simplices. Abdomen oblanceo- 

 latum, alas posticas dimidio (mas) aut quadrario (fcem.) superans. 

 Pedes sat graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor sat longis, an- 

 ticae maris subtus dentatae. Ala? sat breves, latitudine mediocri. 



Ephialtias, p., Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 176, 1819. 



Body rather slender, cylindrical, long, nearly linear. Palpi 

 hairy, nearly as long as the head, ascending; third joint slender, 

 not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennas 

 little more than halt' the length of the body, deeply pectinated in 

 the male to nearly two-thirds of the length, stout and simple in the 



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