740 CATALOGUE OF 



13. Halesidota flavopunctata. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca, luteo varia ; abdomen apicem versus luteum ; 

 alee anticce albce ant rufo-fusca? 9 fasciis fuscis luteo variis ; 

 posticce albidce aut subcinerea. 



Chelonia flavopunctata, MSS. 



Male. Var. a. Blackish brown. Head luteous by the mouth, 

 and with a luteous spot on each side beneath the antennae. Pro- 

 boscis ferruginous. Palpi with a luteous spot on each outer side, 

 and with a pale testaceous tip. Thorax with two bands of luteous 

 spots, and with a large luteous tuft on each side behind. Abdomen 

 above luteous towards the tip and along each side, with the excep- 

 tion of a row of blackish brown spots ; under side with a stripe of 

 luteous spots along each side and with whitish bands. Legs partly 

 clothed with whitish hairs ; coxae mostly luteous. Fore wings 

 white, with five oblique irregular bands of luteous brown-bordered 

 spots ; veins blackish brown. Hind wings whitish, tinged with 

 brown at the tips beneath. 



Var. /3. Luteous part of the abdomen not extending so far to- 

 wards the base on each side. Hind wings gray, with brown luteous- 

 spotted borders. 



Var. y. Hind wings gray, excepting a whitish band with 

 grayish streak. 



Var. d. Middle white part of the fore wings clouded with 

 brown. Hind wings gray, with whitish spots. 



Var. s. Fore wings pale reddish brown, with blackish brown 

 bands, which here and there contain luteous spots. Hind wings 

 grayish, brownish about the borders. 



Var. f like var. e. Spots of the fore wings mostly white. 

 Length of the body 6J— 9 lines ; of the wings 19—26 lines. 



a— -f. Brazil ? From M. Becker's collection. 



14. Halesidota htstrionica. 

 Foera. Nigro-fusca ; caput luteo varium ; thorax albo bivittatus 

 etemaculis luteis trifasciatus ; abdomen maculis lateralibus 

 albis luteisque, triente apicali lutea, ventre albida; alee antica 

 fasciis tribus albis tribusgue macularibus luteis; posticce 

 cinereo albido maculata. 



Phaegoptera histrionica, Boisd. Herr.-SchcefF. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 

 1, pi. 15, f. 68. 



