LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Female. Blackish purple. Body cinereous beneath. Palpi 
erect, smooth, acute, not rising higher than the vertex. Thorax 
with four dull ochraceous stripes. Abdomen extending somewhat 
beyond the hind wings. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with 
numerous transverse gilded ochraceous streaks, which are most 
numerous towards the exterior border; six oblique yellowish streaks 
along the costa, which has a greenish tinge towards the base; costa 
and exterior border very slightly convex, the latter hardly oblique. 
Hind wings ochraceous, with a broad submarginal blackish purple 
band. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
Bio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
13. Gauris pulsana. 
Fcem. Purpurascente-nigra ; corpus subtus albidum ; caput oc hr a- 
ceum ; aloe anticce aculce , linea transversa basali , strigis tribus 
exlerioribus lineaque submarginali ochraceis , striga 2 a inter - 
rupta f areata ; posticce ochracece , linea submarginali nigro- 
purpurea . 
Female . Purplish black. Body whitish and shining beneath. 
Head ochraceous. Palpi lanceolate, smooth, slender, obliquely 
ascending, much shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint 
about half the length of the second. Abdomen gilded, hardly 
extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings acute, with an 
ochraceous transverse line near the base, with three exterior ochra- 
ceous streaks and with a submarginal ochraceous line; first streak 
oblique, joining the costa at its inner end; second interrupted, 
forked at the tip; third recurved at each end, joining the interior 
border at its outer end; costa and exterior border slightly convex, 
the latter rather oblique. Hind wings ochraceous, with a purplish 
black submarginal line. Length of the body 2\ lines; of the wings 
8 lines. 
a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection, 
c. Honduras. Presented by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 
14. Gauris quadrivxttana. 
Nigro -purpurea , subtus albida ; thorax lineis quatuor punctoque 
pos/.ico ochraceis ; abdominis segmenta luteo marginata ; alee 
anticce strigis basalibus et submarginalihus , macula costali 
maculaque discali furcata ochraceis; posticce nigro-fuscce , 
macula discali Jlava . 
