LEPIDOPTERA IIETER0CERA. 385 



side blackish blue. Hind wings with a red spot on each at the base. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Santa Fe de Bogota. 



Genus 3o. NELO. 



Corpus gracillimum, sublineare, lougitudine mediocri. Palpi 

 porrecti, capite breviores ; articulus 3us conicus, minimus, 2o plus 

 quadruplo brevior. Antennae late et dense pectinatae. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans. Pedes sat graciles ; tibiae posticae cal- 

 caribus duobus mediis, apicalibus nullis. Alae latae, non longae. 



Chrysophila? H'ubn. 

 Ctimene? Boisd. 



Male. Body very slender, nearly linear, of moderate length. 

 Palpi porrect, shorter than the head ; third joint conical, very small, 

 less than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae deeply 

 and closely pectinated. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs rather slender; hind tibiae with two middle but no 

 apical spurs. Wings broad, not long, black and red. 



1. Nelo discalis. 



Nigra; thorax anticus rufo bimaculatus ; pectus album; abdomen 

 maculis lateralibus ritfis ; alee subtus cinerece, anticce eyanes- 

 centes, disco plus minusve rufo. 



Black. Thorax with a red spot on each side in front. Pectus 

 white. Abdomen with a row of red spots along each side. Wings 

 beneath gray with darker veins. Fore wings tinged with blue, and 

 with a very large deep red spot which occupies from one-third to 

 two-thirds of the disk. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines; of the 

 wings 11 — 14 lines. 



a— d. Bolivia. From Mr. Bridges' collection. 



2. Nelo? auriscutalis. 



Fcem. Nigra; thorax cyanescens ; ala? cyaneo marginatce ; anticce 

 aurantiac<e, basi apiccque nigra. 



Chrysophila auriscutalis (Pyralis vulgaris, Palpita unicoloris), 

 H'ubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. iii. 20, 233, f. 465, 466. 



Rio Janeiro. 



