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CATALOGUE OF 
Halesidota APICALIS. 
Mas. Testacea. ; caput antice fuscum ; palpi et antenna fusees - 
centia ; abdomen postice rufum , apice nigrum; pedes fusco 
varii ; alee semihyalina , anticce striga obliqua discali nigri- 
cante. 
Male. Testaceous. Head brown in front. Proboscis, palpi 
and antennas brownish. Abdomen red towards the tip, which is 
black. Fore tibiae and anterior tarsi brown ; posterior tibiae with 
brown tips ; hind tarsi brown towards the tips. Wings semihya- 
line. Fore wings with an oblique blackish streak at the tip of the 
discal areolet. Length of the body \\ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Halesidota discalis. 
Mas. Albido-flava ; caput rufo bifasciatum ; antenna fulva ; 
abdomen album ; pedes albi , antici rufi ; ala albido vitrea , 
antica rufo ex parte subreticulata. 
Male. Whitish yellow. Head with a red band in front and 
another behind. Palpi red above. Antennae tawny, with testaceous 
branches. Abdomen and legs white. Fore legs red. Wings 
whitish vitreous. Fore wings slightly and imperfectly reticulated 
with red, except on a large space in the disk. Length of the body 
3 ^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
Valley of the Amazon. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Halesidota catenata. 
Foem. Fusca ; caput luteum ; thorax luteo maculatus ; abdomen 
basi et apice supra luteum , subtus e maculis luteis bivittatum ; 
ala antica albida f asciis quatuor obliquis luteis fusco margi - 
natis , venis fuscis ; postica fusca, apud discum albida. 
Female. Brown, like H. kistrionica in structure. Head mostly 
luteous. Thorax with several luteous spots. Abdomen luteous at 
the base and towards the tip above ; under side with luteous spots 
along each side. Fore wings whitish, with brown veins, and with 
four irregular luteous oblique bands, which are bordered with brown. 
Hind wings brown, partly whitish in the disk. Length of the body 
9 lines ; of the wings 25 lines. 
South America. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
