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apex ; fringe in the males more or less sordid externally ; 

 body greyish-brown, posterior margins of abdominal seg- 

 ments whitish or orange ; wings below ocliraceous ; pri- 

 maries with the external half purplish-brown, the markings 

 ill-defined, an ocliraceous costal spot ; secondaries with 

 the usual mai-kings, but the central black lines ill-defined; 

 pectus and underside of legs Avhite ; knees broadly black 

 above and ocliraceous at the sides ; tarsi above pale buff, 

 the anterior pair banded with black, the others with reddish- 

 brown : expanse of wings 1 inch 4 — 5 lines. 



Abacaxis River, 30 miles from the mouth, lOtli May; 

 Pariti, Rio Purus, 5tli October; Sao Paulo, 26th November ; 

 below Tabatinga, 28th November, 1874. 



HypOGRAMMA, Guenee. 



QQ. Hypogramma suttea. 



Ccenipeta suttcu, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 30, n. 1357 

 (1852). 

 Mouth of Rio Sapo, 13tli December, 1874. 



If, as I believe, I have rightly identified this species, 

 its resemblance to CcBuipeta hihitrix is purely superficial, 

 and the insect is in reality a Ilyjiogramma. 



67. Hypogramma damonia. 



Phalcena (Nocfua) damonia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. 

 p. 71, pi. 324, figs. B, C (1782). 



Phalcena sulima, Stoll, Suppl. Cramer, p. 175, 

 ph 40, figs. 5, 5 C (1791). 

 Sepatiny, Rio Purus, 29tli September ; Mabidiry, 

 30th September; Rio Jurua, 26th October; Curimati'i, 

 30th October; Uru^aca, 1st November; Rio Jurua, 

 7tli November; Gaviao, 10th November; Rio Javary, 

 3rd December, 1874; Rio Jutalii, 30tli January; Boa 

 Vista, 1st February, 1875. 



One of the commonest of all New World Noctuids : it 

 varies slightly in the more or less strongly-defined black 

 line upon the w^hite belt of primaries ; in some examples 

 it is very indistinct, giving a different aspect to the 

 insect. 



