330 LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 



coxae with crimson hairs at the base. Wings deep black, with blue 

 stripes towards the base. Fore wings with three limpid black-veined 

 spaces ; the first a short slightly oblique stripe near the base ; the 

 second an oblique discal abbreviated band, a little beyond the 

 middle, widened hindward ; the third a short subapical oblique 

 streak. Hind wings with a discal elongate-subfusiform limpid black- 

 veined stripe extending from the base to beyond three-fourths of the 

 length. Length of the body 6 — 6£ lines ; of the wings 16 — 18 

 lines. 



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



r?, d South America. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



18. Dioptis Pyrrhorhcea. 



Cyanea ; caput albo varium ; palpi et pedes subtus albi ; thorax 

 albo bivittatus ; abdomen albo trivittatum, subtus album, apice 

 coccineum ; ala? limpidce nigro venosa nigroque marginatce ; 

 antica fascia obliqua et quadrario apicali nigris. 



Hyeiosia Pyrrhorhcea, Hiibn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 12, 22, f. 43, 

 44. 



u Para, Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



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



c. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Group 9. GNOPH^LA. 



Mas. Corpus cylindricum,sublineare, breviusculum, sat gracile. 

 Caput et thorax pilosa. Palpi porrecti, pilosi, capite breviores ; ar- 

 ticulus 3us acuminatus, 2i quadrario non longior. Antennae medio- 

 criter pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas perpaullo transiens. Pedes 

 sat graciles ; tibiae anticae subtus excavatae ; posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor breviusculis. Alae longae, mediocriter latae. 



Gnophasla, MSS. 



Body cylindrical, nearly linear, rather short and slender. Head 

 and thorax hairy. Palpi porrect, hairy, shorter than the head ; third 

 joint pointed, about one-fourth of the length of the second. An- 

 tennae moderately pectinated nearly to the tips. Abdomen extending 

 for nearly one-sixth of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 rather slender ; fore tibiae excavated but not dentated beneath ; hind 

 tibiae with four rather short spurs. Wings long, of moderate 

 breadth. 



