164 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
along the fore border as far as the brand, which is dark brown ; a large 
pale brown spot beneath the fore border at the tip ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins 
black, slightly clouded with brown, tawny towards the base ; poisers tawny 
with pitchy knobs. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 
South America. 
Genus LEPTIS, Fabr. 
Lepris atrata, Meig. 
New South Wales. 
Lepris cLArA, Mas. 
Altra, antennis nigris, pedibus flavis, tarsis apice piceis, alis limpidis- 
simis. 
Body deep black, yelvet-like : head hoary beneath: eyes red: mouth 
and feelers black; abdomen linear, longer than the chest and about half 
its breadth: legs pale yellow, very slender ; hips black ; feet pitchy towards 
the tips: wings colourless, very transparent ; brands brown, large; wing- 
ribs tawny ; veins black, tawny towards the base; poisers tawny. Length 
of the body 2% lines; of the wings 5% lines. 
South America. 
Lertis tuctrera, Mas et Fem. 
Atra, aureo-pilosa, pectore cano, abdomine pilis argenteis fasciato, antennis 
nigris, pedibus fulvis, alis fuscis limpido maculatis apice albis. 
Body black : head hoary in front and beneath : eyes red; facets in front 
larger than those elsewhere: mouth dark tawny: feelers black, adorned 
with a hoary covering: chest clothed with golden hairs: breast hoary : ab- 
domen of the male brownish-black, linear, much narrower and longer than 
the chest, adorned with bands of silvery hairs: abdomen of the female 
twice the length of the chest, obconical for full half the length from the 
base, tapering and like a tail from thence to the tip: legs tawny, long and 
slender ; hips hoary ; thighs darker than the shanks: wings brown, beauti- 
fully iridescent, adorned with seven or eight colourless spots, which are 
chiefly open to the border ; tips brilliant white; wing-ribs and veins black ; 
poisers black, very long, tawny towards the base. Length of the body 24 
lines; of the wings 5 lines. 
Columbia. 
