744 CATALOGUE OF 



Phaegoptera specularis, Boisd. Herr.-S chaff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1, 

 pi. 14, f. 59 (1853). 



Female. Fawn-colour. Palpi red. Abdomen red ; tip white. 

 Fore wings brownish, pale purplish red at the tips and along part of 

 the exterior border, testaceous along the inner border. Costa red 

 towards the base, yellow opposite a very large limpid oblique spot 

 beyond the middle, and occupying one-third of the surface. Hind 

 wings whitish, pale red along the borders. 



Venezuela. 





22. Halesidota copeophora. 



Mas. Lutea ; thorax vittis duabus obliquis subpurpureis ; abdo- 

 men apice album ; alee anticce subpurpurece ; fascia obliqua 

 subapicali pallidiore, costa margineque interiore luteis ; posticus 

 albidce. 



Phaegoptera coprophora, Moriz, Herr.-S chaff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser* 

 1, pi. 15, f. 62. 



Male. Luteous. Thorax with two oblique lilac stripes. Ab- 

 domen white at the tip. Fore wings lilac, with an oblique sub- 

 apical paler band, luteous along the costa and along the inner 

 border. Hind wings whitish. 



Venezuela* 



23. Halesidota aconia. 



Foem. Lutea ; caput album; thorax fascia vittisque tribus albis ; 

 abdomen apice nigro notatum, lateribus vittaque apicali albis ; 

 alee antica albido subpurpurea, fascia albido-testacea obliqua 

 undulata subapicali, margine exteriore testaceo ; postice pal- 

 lidiores, marginibus albis. 



Phaegoptera aconia, Moriz, Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1, pi. 

 15, f. 64. 



Fern. Luteous. Head white. Thorax with a white band in 

 front and with three white stripes. Abdomen white along each 

 side, with a white stripe at the tip, which is marked with black. 

 Fore wings whitish lilac, testaceous along the exterior border, and 

 with a whitish testaceous oblique undulating subapical band. 

 Hind wings paler whitish lilac, with white borders. 

 Venezuela. 



