384 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



1. HlMANTOPTERUS FUSCINERVIS. 



Rufescens ; alee anticce testacecc, harum vena? et aire posticat fusca. 



Himantopterus fuscinervis, Wesmael, Bull, Acad. Roy. Sci. Brux. 

 iii. 163, pi. 6, f. 1. Doubleday, Zoologist, i. 198, fig. 



Genus 34. SANGALA. 



Corpus gracile, sublineare, sat longum. Palpi porrecti, capite 

 breviores ; articulus 3us acuminatus, 2i dimidio vix brevior. An- 

 tennae graeiles, maris subpectinatre, fivmince serratae. Abdomen alas 

 posticus non superans. Pedes graeiles ; tibiae postieae quadrical- 

 caratae. Alae latae, venis tribus inferioribus. 



Resembles tbe Rhopalocera. Body slender, rather long, nearly 

 linear. Palpi porrect, shorter than the head ; third joint acumi- 

 nated, nearly half the length of the second. Antennae slender, of 

 tbe male minutely pectinated, of the female serrated. Abdomen 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibiae 

 with four spurs of moderate length. Wings broad ; three inferior 

 veins. 



1. Sangala gloriosa. 



Nigra ; abdomen nigro-cyaneum ; alee cyaneo ant viridi micantes 

 macula magna transversa oblonga subapicali coccinca. 



Black. Abdomen bluish black. Wings with bright deep blue 

 or green reflections. Fore wings with a large transverse oblong 

 crimson spot near each tip. Length of the body 7 lines; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



a. Santa Fe de Bogota. From Mr. Isaacson's collection. 

 b. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



2. Sangala c/elisigna. 



Atra ; proboscis testacea ; thorax anticus rufo bimaculatus ; pedes 

 cinerei ; alec macula magna nitida discali cyaneo. ; posticus ma- 

 cula basalt rufa. 



Deep black. Proboscis testaceous. Thorax with a red spot on 

 each side in front. Legs gray. Wings with a deep blue discal 

 spot which is largest and most brilliant in the fore wings ; under 



