LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
923 
Male . Fawn-colour, slender, whitish beneath. Palpi porrect, 
broad, acute, pure white beneath, as is also the fore part of the pec- 
tus. Antennae rather stout. Thorax slightly rosy in front. Abdo- 
men extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings dull pale 
luteous. Fore wings acute, broadly purplish rosy along the costa 
and along the exterior border ; an interior band and a large reni- 
form mark also purplish rosy. Hind wings slightly rosy along the 
exterior border. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 
The exterior luteous band of the fore wings is more regular 
than it is in other specimens. 
d . Georgia. From Mr. Milne’s collection. 
Page 318. 
Rhodaria Probalis. 
Mas. Lutea ; palpi albo cincti ; palpi ros triformes, subtus albi ; 
antennae validce ; abdomen alas posticas sat superans , segmentis 
albulo marginatis ; alee anticae costa lineisque duabus undula- 
tis purpurascentibus ; plaga antica exteriore pallide purpurea, 
fascia submarginali purpurea ; posticce pallidiores , lineis ex- 
teriore et submarginal purpureis . 
Luteous. Head white about the eyes. Palpi rostriform, 
white beneath. Antennae stout. Abdomen extending far beyond 
the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments whitish. Fore wings 
purplish along the costa, and with two undulating purple lines, the 
exterior one accompanied in front by a paler purple patch, which is 
connected with the submarginal purple band. Hind wings paler, 
with the exterior and the submarginal line purple. Leugth of the 
body 3^ lines; of the wings 8 lines. 
The group in Rhodaria , of which this species is the type, may 
be characterized by the slightly decumbent palpi and by the length 
of the abdomen. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
Rhodaria Ocellusalis. 
Mas. Ochracea , gracilis ; palpi cervini, porrecti, breves , lati, 
acuti, subtus nivei ; palpi maxillares distincti ; abdomen alas 
posticas superans; aloe luiece, lineis nigricantibus ; anticae 
acutce , f asciis tribus purpurascentibus , reniformi angusta; 
posticce linea exteriore sub arcuata, fascia submarginali. 
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