MAEISSA. — HTDA. 
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Marissa multicincta. (Plate XI. fig. 11.) 
Glaucopis (Poecilosoma) multicincta S , Wallcer, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 163. n. 40 (1854). 
Wings hyaline; the veins^ borders, and a discocellular spot on primaries black-brown. 
Body brown, with two parallel longitudinal scries of ill-defined greenish grey squamose spots ; 
collar and base of abdomen spotted with carmine, outer edge of tegulae, lateral abdominal 
series of spots, anal tuft, and three ventral stripes on the last segments, carmine ; hind margin 
of collar, inner edge of tegulse, and a series of transverse lines from the mesothorax to the 
anus, white ; sides of pectus brown; trochanters within and femora and tibise below white ; 
sides of trochanters metallic blue ; venter white, spotted at the sides with carmine and black ; 
a black spot in front of the three subtermiual carmine stripes. Expanse of wings 1 inch 
5 lines. 
Haiti {Cuming). 
HYSIA, Walker. 
Hysia melaleuca. (Plate XI. fig. 2.) 
Glaucopis (Hysia) melaleuca, Wallcer, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 173. n. 58 (1854). 
Primaries hyaline white ; the veins, apex, and borders black : secondaries black, with a 
hyaline white streak below the cell and a spot in the cell. Body black ; head and thorax 
spotted with white ; abdomen greyish, with central and marginal sordid whitish longitxidinal 
stripes : body below greyish brown ; trochanters, a basicentral stripe on the venter, and a 
spot at anus white. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 
Para {Bates). 
DESMIDOCNEMIS, Moeschler. 
Desmidocnemis platyleuca. (Plate XIII. fig. 2.) 
Glaucopis (Herea) platyleuca, WaR-er, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 198. n. 102 (1854). 
Wings hyaline white, veins and margins black : primaries with a few cream-coloured 
hairs at base of costal area ; secondaries with the costa snow-white. Body black ; anterior 
part of frons white ; crest and hind margin of head dotted with whitish ; anterior and inner 
margins of tegulse whitish ; abdomen with a whitish marginal line ; body below white ; legs 
black above ; venter with a blackish marginal line. Expanse of wings lines. 
Venezuela {Dyson). 
HYDA, Walker. 
Hyda xanthorhina. (Plate XI. fig. 8.) 
Eurata xanthorhina, Hen-ich-ScMffer, Auss. Schmett. i. fig. 226. 
Hyda xanthorhina, WcdJcer, Cat. Lep. Het. vii. p. 1616 (1856). 
Glaucopis (Hyda) basilutea, Walker, I. c. i. p. 182. n. 75 (1854). 
Wings hyaline white, the base broadly orange ; veins beyond the basal area, the margins, 
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