LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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across the tip of the discal areolet, and another extending from 
near the base of the discal areolet to the interior border, whence it 
is continued just into the hind wings, but does not correspond to 
the black band of the latter in G . Lcennus. Length of the body 7 
lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 
Var. fi. Abdomen and fore wings without white dots, the 
crimson part of the former occupying a larger space from the tip. 
Para and Valley of the Amazon. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Gymnelia simplex. 
Fcem. Atra ; thoracis margo anticus cyaneus ; abdomen e guttis 
cyaneis trivittatum , strigis transversis lateralibus apiceque 
coccineis , subtus e maculis albis bivittatum ; alee limpidee 
marginibus latis nigris , anticce striga apud areolce discalis 
apicem nigra . 
Allied to G. bijuncta, but without the hind black streak on the 
fore wings. Female . — Deep black. Thorax blue along the fore 
border. Abdomen with three rows of blue dots, and with transverse 
crimson streaks along each side; tip crimson ; under side with two 
lateral stripes of white spots. Cox© white beneath. Wings limpid, 
with broad black borders. Fore wings with a black streak across 
the tip of the discal areolet. Length of the body 6 lines; of the 
wings 16 lines. 
Para. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Gymnelia xanthocera. 
Mas. Atra; antenna lutece ; thorax cyaneo bivittatus ; abdomen 
lateribus fasciisque cyaneis ; alee limy idee, nigro marginatee , 
anticce fascia latiuscula nigra. 
Nearly allied to P. acroxantha. Male . — Deep black. Antennm 
luteous. Thorax with two indistinct blue stripes. Abdomen blue 
along each side and on the hind borders of the segments; ventral 
segments, as in P. acroxantha , partly concealed by a blue basal white- 
fringed plate. Coxae and femora with whitish tomentum beneath. 
Wings limpid, with black borders. Fore wings with a black band^ 
which is broad and rather less oblique than that of P. acroxantha. 
Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
