LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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South America, 
22. Micropteryx selectella. 
Mas. Aurea, micans ; antenna •pallida ; ala anticce cupreo et 
purpureo varies , fascia interiors aurato-Jlava , line a cyanea 
exteriore transversa abbreviata ; postices anea. 
Male . Brilliant gold-colour. Palpi and antennae pale. Fore 
wings rounded at the tips ; disk partly cupreous or purple ; a gilded 
yellow well-defined interior band, and a chalybeous-blue transverse 
exterior line, which is much abbreviated hind ward. Hind wings 
aeneous. Length of the body line; of the wings 3£ lines. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
South Africa. 
23. Micropteryx? electella. 
Mas. Cuprea ; antenna alba, graciles, alis anticis paullo longi- 
ores ; ales anticce apices versus purpurea, fascia media angusta 
flavescente-alba . 
Male. Cupreous. Antennae white, slender, a little longer than 
the fore wings. Fore wings purple towards the tips, which are 
rounded ; a narrow yellowish white middle band. Length of the 
body If line ; of the wings 4^ lines. 
a . Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection. 
Hindostan. 
24. Micropteryx? acutipennis. 
Mas. Cinerea ; ala aureo jimbriata ; antica fusiformes , acuta , 
aureo conspersa ; postica purpurea. 
Female. Cinereous. Fringe of the wings gilded. Fore wings 
elongate-fusiform, acute, thickly covered with minute gilded span- 
gles; under side and bind wings purple. Length of the body 
3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
a. South Hindustan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 
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