LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 745 



24. Halesidota suffusa. 



Fcem. Fusca ; thorax luteo bivittatus; abdomen lutcum, c macu- 

 lis testaceis nigro marginatis bivittatum ; ahc anticte fasciis 

 quinque undulatis testaceis; posticce albidcc, cinereo margi- 

 natce. 



Phaegoptera suffusa, Boisd. Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1, pi. 

 15, f. 67. 



Fern. Brown. Thorax with a luteous stripe on each side. 

 Abdomen luteous, with a row of testaceous black-bordered spots 

 along each side. Fore wings with tive undulating testaceous bands ; 

 third and fourth bands enclosing a rather darker testaceous space, 

 which occupies about one-third of the length of the wing, and 

 includes a brown lunar mark at the tip of the discal areolet ; fourth 

 band double, the inner side being brighter than the outer. Hind 

 wings whitish, with gray borders. 



Venezuela. 



25. Halesidota cornea. 



Testacea ; alee albido hyalince, marginibus testaceis. Mas. — 

 O bs curio?' ; abdominis discus rufus; alee marginibus testaceis 

 latioribus, anticce striga obliqua albida subapicali. 



Phaegoptera cornea, Moriz. Herr.-Schaff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1, pi. 



14, f. 61, 62 (1853). 



Testaceous. Wings whitish hyaline, with testaceous borders. 

 Male. — Darker than the female. Disk of the abdomen red. Wings 

 with broad testaceous borders. Fore wings with an oblique whitish 

 subapical streak. 



Venezuela. 



26. Halesidota thalassina. 



Fcem. Lutea ; caput antice album ; antennce ferrugince ; thorax 

 fascia antica vittisque duabus albis ; femora subtus alba ; alee 

 virides nigro venosce, antica basi albido-lutece nigroque guttatce. 



Phaegoptera thalassina, Boisd. Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Ser. 1, pi. 



15, f. 66. 



Fein. Luteous. Front and face white. Proboscis tawny. 

 Antennae ferruginous, luteous at the base. Thorax with a white 

 band in front, white about the shoulders, and with two white stripes 

 which diverge hindward. Pectus with a white spot in front. 



