iCi 

 326 LEP1D0PTERA HETEBOoERA. 



from the base, and intersected by black veins. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



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



12. DlOPTIS UMBRIFERA. 



Nigro-cyanea, subtus alba; prothorax luteo-hirtus ; alee atrce, basim 

 versus cyanece ; anticce albo terminate maculaque magna obli- 

 qua subovali discali albo-hyalina ; posticce vitta discali cinerea 

 subhyalina apice alba maculaque infera apicali alba. 



D. glaucopoides, var.? 



Blackish blue. Palpi, legs and abdomen white beneath. Pro- 

 boscis ferruginous. Prothorax clothed with luteous hairs. Wings 

 deep black, tinged with blue towards the base. Fore wings with 

 a white fringe at the tips, and with a large oblique nearly oval hya- 

 line white spot in the disk beyond the middle, traversed by white 

 veins. Hind wings with a white spot beneath at the tips and with a 

 gray slightly hyaline discal stripe which extends along two-thirds of 

 the length and is white towards the tip. Length of the body 4-J 

 — 6 lines ; of the wings 13 — 16 lines. 



a — d. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



e. South America. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



Group 8. AGYETA. 



Corpus cylindricum, lineare, gracile, sat longum. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes, capite vix breviores ; articulus 3us minimus, maris conicus, 

 fcemince obtusus. Antennae maris mediocriter pectinatae, fcemince 

 subpectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas plus minusve superans, 

 fcemince apice obconicum. Pedes graciles ; tibiae anticae subtus 

 paullo incrassatae et excavatae ; posticae calcaribus quatuor minutis. 

 Alae lougae, mediocriter latae ; anticae venis inferioribus quatuor. 



Agyrta, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 177. 



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

 nearly as long as the head ; third joint very small, not more than 

 one-eighth of the length of the second, conical in the male, obtuse 

 in the female. Antennae moderately pectinated in the male, minutely 

 pectinated in the female. Abdomen extending from one-sixth to 

 one-half of its length beyond the hind wings, obconical at the tip in 



