LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 751 



Head, proboscis, palpi and antennae black. Thorax black, 

 with a very broad white curved band in front. Abdomen white ; 

 apical half with a row of black dots ; tip black, with a tuft of luteous 

 hairs ; under side with two lateral rows of black dots ; appendages 

 ferruginous. Legs black; fore tarsi with white bands. Wings 

 nearly limpid ; veins white. Fore wings with a black costa and 

 with four crimson black-bordered spots; first in the discal arcolet; 

 second partly in the discal areolet, partly beyond ; third by the inter- 

 nal angle; fourth at the tip. Length of the body 7—8 lines; of 

 the wings 20 — 22 lines. 



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



b. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Genus 60. ANAPHELA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile, sublineare. Caput et thorax dense fas- 

 ciculata. Proboscis brevis. Palpi pilosi, breves ; articulus 3us 

 minimus. Antennae serratae. Abdomen lineare, alas posticas paullo 

 superans, apice forcipatum. Pedes sat validi; tibiae posticae calca- 

 ribus mediocriter longis. Alae anticae latae, subtrigonae; posticae 

 anticis latiores. 



Anaphela, Boisd. 



Male. Body slender, nearly linear. Head and thorax thickly 

 tufted with hairs. Proboscis short. Palpi hairy, short ; third joint 

 very small. Antennae serrated. Abdomen linear, extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings; tip forcipated. Fore wings broad, 

 sub triangular, straight along the costa; outer border oblique and 

 convex, forming a slight curve and not an angle with the hind bor- 

 der; first, second and third inferior veins approximate ; fourth about 

 twice further from the third than the third from the first. Hind wings 

 broader than the fore wings and nearly two-thirds of their length. 

 jLegs moderately stout; fore tibiae dentated beneath; hind tibia; 

 i with four spurs of moderate length. 



1. Anaphela luctifera. 



Atra ; caput, thoracis macula postica, abdominis vitta interrupt a, 

 alceque postica rufa ; alee antica maculis tribus (una basalt 

 duabusque discalibus) fasciaque e guttis subapicali Jiavo-albis , 

 posticce basi maryineque postico nigris. 



Anaphela luctifera, Boisd. 



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