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below. At the inner margin an obscure light brown band extends in a 
triangular shape between SC4 and SC5, and extending rather broadly to 
apex. Yellow-brown area extending along entire inner margin. 
Hind wing, below: Dark yellow with trace of sub-anal area and dots, 
and the two bands which are narrow and vestigial. 
The abdomen has heavy dark brown bands at the edge of the tergites, 
extending in a lighter form entirely around the under side. Yellow below. 
Nyceryx ericea minor subsp. nov. 
Plate V, figure 5. 
Al. ant. long., co’, 22 mm. 
Locality. — Sta. Catharina, Brazil. One male in coll. B. Preston Clark; 
from the collection of Mr. C. Maxwell Stuart, who obtained it from Dr. 
QO. Staudinger. 
Closely allied to N. ericea, shape and general pattern of both wings being 
similar. 
Fore wing, above: A black streak before middle of SM2, a little toward 
the base. Diagonally from it, and at the inner end but not connecting, a 
similar line runs proximal to inner margin. No dark shade posterior to 
these two lines as in ericea. There is but one pale postdiscal lunule, with 
traces of three more outside the brown curved oblique discal band. A 
black line from SC5 to R2, reappearing again at R38, and continued to 
SM2. Conspicuous apical lunule, but narrower than in ericea. Stigma 
with no white scales, a few lighter brown ones. ‘Tip of wing less incised 
and more truncate than in ericea. 
Hind wing, above: The yellow area contains one small brown spot 
continuous with the costal border toward apical end, and traces of two 
more toward base of area. No whitish bars at anal angle of hind wing, 
their place being taken by a yellow spot. Yellow area of hind wing not 
traversed by a continuous discal band. 
Underside: Burnt umber, tawny rufous scaling vestigial. On fore 
wing only one subapical whitish lunule between SC5 and R1, with traces 
of several more. A dark area containing these lunules runs to a conspicu- 
ous point subapically on SC4. A whitish curved linear mark near hinder 
angle. On hind wing two faint rufous linear sub-anal marks. 
Abdominal sealing more extended red than in N. ericea, but less so than 
in N. nictitans. 
