LEPIDOPTERA HF.TEROCERA. 633 



1. MaZ/ERAS CONFERTA. 



Mas. Saturate rufa ; palpi apice nigri ; antenna nigrce ; thorax 

 ocello discali maculisque quatuor nigris ; abdomen luteum, e 

 maculis nigris trivittatum ; tibiae tarsiqne nigra ; alee anticce 

 fascce maculis rufis strigisque transversis testaceis. 



Male. Deep red. Proboscis tawny. Palpi with black tips. 

 Antennae black. Thorax with a black ocellus in the disk, and with 

 four black spots, one near the base of each wing. Abdomen 

 luteous, with three dorsal stripes of large black spots. Tibiae and 

 tarsi black. Fore wings brown above, with two or three red spots at 

 the base, with one in the discal areolet, and with many minute 

 transverse testaceous streaks; under side reddish, brown in front 

 and towards the tips. Hind wings red ; under side brown in front 

 and towards the tips. Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 

 30 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by W, W. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 15. GIPPIUS. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 satlongi, subascendentes ; articulus 2us lo valde longior ; 3us lon- 

 giconicus, gracilis. Antennae serratae, subsetosae. Abdomen apice 

 fasciculatum, alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae angustae; anticae posticis 

 valde longiores. 



Male. Body very stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 moderately long, very slightly ascending, extending a little beyond 

 the head, clothed with very short hairs ; second joint very much 

 longer than the first ; third elongate- conical, slender, about one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae serrate and minutely 

 setose beneath. Abdomen tufted at the tip. Legs stout; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings narrow. Fore wings very much 

 longer than the hind wings; first and second inferior veins con- 

 tiguous at the base; third as far from the second as the fourth 

 is from the third. Hind wings extending rather beyond half the 

 length of the abdomen. 



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