452 LEPIDOrTERA HETEROCERA. 



Group 6. ASPA. 



Palporum arti cuius 3us 2o a&qualis. Antennae maris late pec- 

 tinat8e ?i / -cemince subsetosae. Alae anticae murinae, posticae albae. 



Hypsa, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 172. 



Third joint of the palpi as long as the second. Antenna? of the 

 male deeply pectinated, of the female beset with minute bristles. 

 Fore wings mouse-colour. Hind wings white. 



11. Hypsa Heliconia. 



Lutea ; thorax nigro bignttatus ; abdomen subtus maculis nigris 

 bivittatum ; pedes albi nigro vittati ; alee, anticce. murinae, basi 

 Intern et nigro maculates, subtus nigra? strigis albis ; posticce 

 alba, nigro strigata, maculata? et marginata. 



Phalaena Noctua Heliconia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 839, 112 ; Mus. Lud. 



Ulr. 384. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2553, 112. 

 Hypsa Heliconia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 172, 1778. 



Female. Var. a. Body, palpi, proboscis, antennae, and legs as 

 in the male. Abdomen not white towards the base beneath. Fore 

 wings mouse-colour, white along the hind border, luteous with black 

 spots at the base ; under side black, with some white streaks near 

 the base and in the disk. Hind wings white with black white- 

 spotted borders, and in the disk with blackish streaks and with three 

 large black spots ; under side with the black parts much more 

 prevalent. 



Var. g. Fore wings beneath white with two black spots ; apical 

 third part mouse-colour. Hind wings with the black part much 

 diminished in size. 



Male P Luteous. First joint of the palpi white with a black 

 tip ; second black at the tip ; third black. Proboscis testaceous. 

 Antennae black. Thorax with a black dot on each side between the 

 fore wings. Abdomen beneath with two rows of black spots, white 

 towards the base. Legs white with black stripes. Fore wings 

 mouse-colour, luteous mingled with white and adorned with black 

 dots at the base and along more than one- third of the costa; under 

 side for more than one-third of the length from the base with a few 

 black spots and along the fore border with a testaceous tinge. Hind 



