LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 733 



Male and fern. Pale luteous. Face black. Proboscis ferru- 

 ginous. Palpi black, with two luteous bands. Antenna? black, 

 luteous at tbe base. Prothorax witb a greet) band along the bind 

 border. Mesotborax witb three green stripes, the lateral pair 

 diverging hind ward ; a black streak on each side near the fore 

 wing. Abdomen testaceous beneath. Lege testaceous ; knees, 

 tibiae and tarsi with black bands. Fore wings pale testaceous, with 

 four testaceous bands, which are bordered and intersected with 

 black; the first and the second are double in front, the third does 

 not extend far from the hind border, and tbe fourth is forked in 

 front. Length of the body 6—8 lines ; of the wings 20—22 lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. United States. 



c. d. United States. From Mr. Milne's collection. 

 e,f. Mexico. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 g. ? Presented by W. F. Evans, Esq. 



A. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



The preceding description is of the Venezuela specimen, which 

 is much darker than the others ; the Mexican one resembles it most 

 in that character. 



2. Halesidota fulvo-flava. 



Mas. et foem. Testacea ; thorax maculis duabus anticis vittisque 

 duabus fulvis ; tibia> tarsique antica fulva; alee antica flavce 

 fulvo bifasciatcEy aut fulvce Jiavo macula tee ; postica albidce. 



Testaceous, paler beneath. Proboscis tawny. Thorax witb 

 two tawny stripes, which converge hindward, and with two tawny 

 spots in front between the stripes. Femora and tibiae hairy ; fore 

 femora and fore tibia? tawny above. Fore wings yellow, with a 

 tawny spot at the base, with two oblique tawny bands, with darker 

 borders ; these bands are partly connected, and tbe inner one is 

 especially irregular and ramose, being forked in front, and dilated 

 in the disk towards the base, and emitting a branch to each border. 

 Hind wings whitish, with a slight testaceous tinge. Length of the 

 body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 16 — 18 lines. 



Var. f3. Fore wings tawny, with yellow spots at the base, at 

 the tips, aloug the costa, and forming an oblique band beyond the 

 middle. 



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 

 6, c. North America. 

 d. North America. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



