LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



313 



Male. Very deep black. Fore wings with an entire slightly 

 oblique nearly linear very pale and bright yellow band, which is 

 slightly excavated on its inner side in front, and does not quite 

 extend to the borders. Length of the body 1\ lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



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



Group 12. SAGARIS. 



Fcem. Corpus cylindricum, sublineare, sat longum et gracile. 

 Palpi capitis longitudine ; articulus 3us gracilis, conicus, 2i quad- 

 rario non longior. Antennae graciles, sirnplices. Abdomen longi- 

 subfusiforme, alas posticas pevpaullo superans. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibiae antieae subtus incrassatae et subdentatae ; posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor sat longis. Alae lata?, non longae. Mas? Antennae sirn- 

 plices, extrorsum subincrassatae. 



Fern. Body nearly linear, cylindrical, moderately long and 

 slender. Palpi as long as the head; third joint slender, conical, 

 about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae slender, 

 simple. Abdomen elongate subfusiform, extending very little be- 

 yond the hind wings. Legs slender ; fore tibiae incrassated and 

 slightly dentated beneath; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. 

 Wings broad, not long. Male? Antennae simple, very slightly 

 increasing in breadth from the base to near the tips. 



40. Josia Stvgne. 



Fcem. A Ira ; alee antica? fascia obliqua media Integra linear i 

 lutea. 



Deep black. Fore wings with an oblique entire linear luteous 

 band, which has slight and short undulations along each side, and 

 does not quite extend to the borders ; its hind end by the tip of the 

 hind wing. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Mas ? Atra ; caput, thorax et coxa anticce subtus valde hirta ; alee 

 antics fascia media obliqua lineari integra lutea. 



Deep black. Head, thorax, and fore coxae beneath very hairy. 

 Fore wings with an entire linear straight oblique band which ends 



