LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 735 



Fern. Pale testaceous, paler beneath. Head with a pale 

 luteous band behind the antennae. Proboscis tawny. Palpi blackish 

 above towards the tips. Antenna? black, pale luteous at the base. 

 Abdomen above luteous. Legs blackish ; coxae luteous. Hind wings 

 a little paler than the fore wings. Male. — Abdomen unspotted. 

 Femora luteous, with black tips ; fore femora blackish above, except 

 towards the base. Fern. — Abdomen with rows of black dots ; femora 

 blackish above, whitish testaceous beneath. Length of the body 

 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 14 — 15 lines. 



a — c. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 

 d. Jamaica. 



Var. p. Isabellina ; palpi supra nigri ; antenna nigra ; abdomen 

 supi°a luteum, vittis guttularibus nigris ; pedes femoribus 

 tibiisque apice cinereis, antici nigricantes. 



Cream-colour. Palpi black above and towards the tips. An- 

 tennae black, cream-colour at the base. Abdomen luteous above, 

 with three rows of black dots. Fore legs blackish above ; middle 

 tibiae and tips of the posterior femora and of the hind tibiae gray. 

 Length of the body 4 — 5 lines ; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



Var. y like var. (3. Abdomen without the middle row of black 

 dots. 

 a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



c. St. Domingo. From Mr. Hearne's collection. 



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



e. Santarem, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection, 



6. Halesidota palpalis. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; caput supra albidum, fusco bimaculatum ; 

 palpi apices versus testaceo fasciati ; antennce nigra; thorax 

 maculis sex albis luteo marginatis ; pectus abdomen et pedes 

 lutea ; tibia tarsique antica fusca, albo fascial* ; tibia 

 tarsique posteriora fusco fasciata, ala antica albo testaceoque 

 maculata, postica lutea. 



Male. Deep brown. Vertex and front whitish, with two brown 

 spots. Proboscis piceous. Palpi with a testaceous band near the 

 tips. Antennae black. Thorax with six white luteous-bordered 

 spots, two in front, and two on each side by the wings, the hind pair 

 elongated. Pectus, abdomen and legs luteous. Fore tibia? and fore 

 tarsi brown, the former and the fore metatarsus each with a broad 

 white band ; posterior tibiae and posterior tarsi with brown bands. 



