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.lI:l'lDOPfEBA. BETEnOCEllA. 61<br />

points blo.ok, miDute; exterior border slightly convex, moderately<br />

obliquo. Hind wings whitish, itidesoent, nearly hyaline; matgiua.\<br />

line brown, slender. Length oC the body 3 lines; of the wings 10<br />

lines.<br />

II. Venozuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection.<br />

40. NEPHOPl'ERl'X EXl'BNSA..<br />

Fmm. Albida, "iridi consperslI: palpi oblique tJBCendenr8',1IBt'­<br />

ticem paullo mperantos, articulo 30 lanceolata; abdomen BUbtUB<br />

nigro rv.fiJque con'pcrlum; ales anticaJ lineis duahus intenoribu.<br />

""du/atis II atomis 1Iiridibus, -"ucia emtenore nifescente<br />

nigra 8ulnna'l'ginata linea.m'lue amticulatam nigram et<br />

albidam includente, puncta discaU punr:tisque marginalibus<br />

nigris j pOlitiCal jU8cescontD-cinereal.<br />

Female. Whitish. Palpi obliquely asconding, rising a. little<br />

hl(rber than thc vertex; tMrd j(lint 1anoeolato, slendel', about onothird<br />

or the length of tbo sccond. Antennm witb bblck rings.<br />

ThClrnx and fOl'o wings s}leeklod with green. Abdomcn speckled<br />

beneatb with blacle and reCl, not extending beyond tile hind wings.<br />

Legs stout, speokled with bl'lok and red. Wings elongate, mllde~<br />

rately broad, with ('Iollgatod blllCkMI points on tbe Cringe. Fore<br />

wings somewhat rounded at the tips, with two undulaUng tto.nsverse<br />

interior lines formed of gl'een speckles, nnd with an irregular<br />

reddish exterior band, which is partly borderell with black on the<br />

inner side, aud is iutcrseclIed by a b1llck and whitish denticulated<br />

line; disoal poillt and mal'ginol points blaok I exterior border eon~<br />

vox, moderately oblique. Hilld wings brownisb Oillel'Cll1l8, with a<br />

brown marginal line. Lengtll of the body 6 lines j of the wings 16<br />

linea.<br />

Riu Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection.<br />

GTOUp N.<br />

Mal et /aJ'fIl. Plllpi pllbe~eelltcs, sat grncilos, oblique ascend_<br />

entes, vcrtlcem paullo Hupcralltos J articulu8 2us subarcuatlls j 3us<br />

Janceolatlls. parvll~. Antl'nnm malia baai inorassatm. Abdomen<br />

alas posticIl9 pol'puullo suporalls. AIm anticlIl vix aoutm; costa per~<br />

parum convexa, margine exteriore convexo Ilubobliquo.<br />

Male alld/ernale. Hlljli 11ubcseelll., tatbor slender, obliCJ.ucly<br />

aacending, risillg n little lig ler thlln the vertex i second Joint<br />

slightly oUI'Ved i third Illlloeoll1te, about one.fourth of the length of<br />

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