LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
937 
Male. Brownish, slender, cupreous or purplish-tinned, white 
beneath. Palpi short, incumbent ; third joint very minute. An- 
tennae very minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending some distance 
beyond the hind wings; hind borders of the segments white; sub- 
apical segment with a testaceous dot ; apical segment with a white 
line on each side. Wings elongate, with two very irregular and 
diffuse yellow iridescent nearly hyaline bands formed of spots and 
patches ; fringe whitish, with brown dots. Hind wings with the 
yellow part much more prevalent than in the fore wings. Length of 
the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
Samea Luccusalis. 
Foem. Fusca , sat gracilis, antice lutea; palpi porrecti , obtasi, bre - 
vissimi ; antennee graciles ; abdomen alas posticas paullo su- 
perans ; pedes antici fusci ; alee elongates, anticee vix subfalcatee , 
maculis gutt.isque plurimis flavescente hyalinis, costa exteriore 
pallida fusco notata ; posticee disco flavescente hyalino lineis 
duabas fuscis. 
Female. Brown, rather slender. Head, fore part of the tho- 
rax, bands of the thorax and under side luteous. Palpi porrect, ob- 
tuse, very short, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint 
extremely minute. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending a little 
beyond the hind wings. Fore legs mostly brown. Wings elongate, 
moderately broad. Fore wings nearly subfalcate, with many yellow- 
ish hyaline discal spots and dots ; costa exteriorly pale, with brown 
marks ; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings with the spots 
nearly all confluent, so that the disk is yellowish hyaline, and 
includes two lines. Length of the body 3J lines ; of the wings 10 
lines. 
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Samea Sidealis. - 
Mas. Cervina, sat gracilis ; palpi brevissimi, latiusculi, acuti , 
subdecumbentes ; antennce pubescentes , valde arcuati ; abdomen 
alas posticas superans, antice coarctatum, apice acutum subcom- 
pressum , segmentis albo marginatis ; pedes glabri, graciles, cer - 
vini ; postici albi ; alee hyalince, linea exteriore inf or mi fusca , 
