LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 739 



Male and female. Testaceous. Proboscis tawny. Thorax 



with two indistinct brown stripes which converge towards the hind 



border. Fore tibiae and fore tarsi brown above. Fore wings with 



numerous oblique zigzag tawny more or less parallel bands ; these 



towards the base are irregular and form ringlets ; some of them are 



- occasionally partly brown, especially towards the tips of the wings, 



3 and they form a brown mark by the tip of the discal areolet. Hind 



j wings whitish. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines; of the wings 



18—22 lines. 



Male. Antennae with brown plumes. Middle tarsi with brown 

 bands. Female. — Thorax in front with four brown dots, which are 

 occasionally obsolete. 

 a — c. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



d. Santa Fe de Bogota. From Mr. Isaacson's collection. 



e. Santa Fe de Bogota. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



12. Halesidota interlineata. 

 Testacea ; frons nigra ; palpi nigri, luteo bifasciaii ; antennce 

 nigrce ; thorax viridi trivittatus ; abdomen supra luteum, 

 nigro bivittatum ; pedes nigro varii ; ala anticce nigro no- 

 tatce ; posticce subhyalince, testaceo marginatce. 

 Testaceous. Front black. Proboscis tawny. Palpi black, 

 with two luteous bands. Antennae black, testaceous at the base. 

 Thorax with three green stripes, the middle one a little in advance 

 of the lateral pair, which diverge towards the hind border. Abdo- 

 men luteous above, with an interrupted slender black stripe along 

 each side. Coxae, femora and tibiae with black marks; tarsi 

 luteous, with black bands. Fore wings with four black marks along 

 the costa ; first, second and third marks with luteous streaks ; first 

 and second connected with double slender black streaks, which are 

 intersected with black and extend to the hind border ; first at 

 the base of the wing; second beyond the middle, occasionally 

 forked in front ; third and fourth very small, having between them 

 a single slender zigzag black streak, which extends to the hind bor- 

 der. Hind wings nearly hyaline, with testaceous borders; hind 

 border slightly concave. Length of the body 7—8 lines; of the 

 wings 18—21 lines. 



a. Brazil? From M. Becker's collection. 

 b\ c. Brazil ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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