LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 743 



19. Halesidota Pica. 



Mas. Alba, nigro maculata ; palpi et antennce nigra ; thorax 

 nigro quad rivittatus ; abdomen nigrum, luteo bivittatum, disco 

 subtus albo ; pedes nigri, albo fasciati ; alee anticce nigro 

 maculatee ; posticce margaritacece nigro marginatce. 



Male. White. Head with a black spot on the vertex; hind 



part luteous on each side. Face and under side black. Proboscis 



tawny. Palpi black. Antennae black, with two white streaks above, 



one near the base, the other near the tips. Thorax with a large 



black spot in front and a smaller one on each side, and with four 



black stripes, which are connected hindward. Abdomen black, 



with a luteous stripe on each side; disk beneath white. Legs 



black, with white bands. Fore wings with several black spots ; the 



, larger spots along the borders, the smaller ones chiefly in the disk. 



i Hind wings nearly white, mostly black along the fore border and 



| the inner border. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 16 



lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



20. Halesidota nemophila. 



Fusca; thorax nigro trivittatus , postice Inteum ; abdomen luteum, 

 disco nigro ; alee anticce strigis fuscis, necnon maculis tribus 

 strigisque transversis nigris ; posticce pallide fuscce, fascia 

 maculari nigro-fusca, margine interior e luteo. 



Phaegoptera nemophila, Boisd. Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 

 1, pi. 14, f. 60 (1853). 



Brown. Thorax with three black stripes, luteous towards the 

 abdomen. Abdomen luteous ; disk black. Fore wings with dark 

 brown longitudinal streaks, with large black spots along the costa, 

 and with three slender transverse black streaks by the middle of the 

 inner border. Hind wings very pale brown, with a macular blackish 

 brown band, luteous along the inner border. 



Venezuela. 



21. Halesidota specularis. 



Foem. Cervina ; palpi rrifi; abdomen rufum, apice album ; alec 

 anticce fuscescentes, apice margineque exteriore purpureo-rufis, 

 margine interiore testaceo, macula obliqua maxima limpida, 

 costa ex parte flava, basi rufa; posticce albidcc, apud margines 

 rufce. 



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