LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Scardamia metallaria, Guen. Phal. i. 89, 134. 
Hindostan. 
Genus 9. MELINODES. 
Mas . Corpus gracile. Antennnae non pectinatae. Abdomen 
non cristatum. Alas integrae, lineis nullis metallicis, margine exte- 
riore non angulato nec flexo ; anticae non acutae, margine exteriore 
subconvexo ; posticae rotundatae. 
Melinodes, Herr.-Sch . Lep. Exot. Texte 44. Guen. Phal. i. 90. 
Male. Body slender. Antennas not pectinated. Abdomen 
not crested. Wings entire, with no metallic lines; exterior border 
not angular nor bent. Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior 
border slightly convex. Hind wings much rounded. 
1. Melinodes detersaria. 
Lcete crocea ; alee linea nigricante , punclo discali punctisquc mar - 
ginalibus nigris ; anticce linea interiore subarcuata , linea 
submarginali undulata, spatio inter lineas obscuriore ; posticce 
linea Jlexa, litura apud angulum interiorem alba. 
Melinodes detersaria, Herr.-Sch. Lep. Exot . 44, f. 312. Guen. 
Phal. i. 90, 135. 
Colombia. 
2. Melinodes ? Amphisaria. 
Mas. Ferruginea , subtus lutea , rufo varia ; palpi caput vix 
superantes , articulo 3 o minimo ; antennae longiusculae , sub - 
setulosce ; tibiae posticce incrassatce ; alee linea obliqua recta 
obscuriore extus albido marginata ; anticce non faleatee , linea 
interiore rufescente subarcuata , margine exteriore recto sat 
obliquo. 
Male. Ferruginous-red, luteous beneath. Palpi hardly ex- 
tending beyond the head ; third joint extremely minute. Antennae 
minutely setulose, rather long and slender. Hind tibiae incrassated. 
Wings with a straight oblique darker line, which is bordered with 
whitish on the outer side ; under side transversely streaked with red, 
which hue forms a marginal band on the fore wings, and on the 
hind wings an exterior band and a submarginal band. Fore wings 
not falcate ; an interior slightly curved reddish line,; exterior border 
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