LEPJDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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1. Arctonotus lucidus. 
Mas. Aurato-fulva ; palpi fulvi; antennce testacece, ramis ferru- 
gineis ; thoracis tegulce apud margines albidos obscuriores ; 
alee anticce f asciis duabus obliquis connexis purpuras centibus ; 
posticce rufee, marginibus auratis fasciaque ferruginea sub- 
marginali . 
Male. Gilded tawny. Palpi brown. Antennae testaceous 
with ferruginous branches. Lappets of the thorax with a darker 
border, which has a whitish edge. Fore wings with two oblique 
purplish bands, which are connected along the interior border. 
Hind wings red, with gilded borders, and with a ferruginous sub- 
marginal band. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 
a . California. 
