362 Mr. A. G. Butler on Heterocerous Lepidoptera 



33. Digonis cuprea, n. s. 



Primaries above golden bronze, with blackish speckled 

 costa ; extrabasilar line elbowed and slightly sinuous in 

 the male, zigzag in the female, more or less dark red- 

 brown ; discal line of the same colour with pale outer 

 edge, nearly straight, and elbowed close to the costa ; a 

 black dot at the end of the cell, and two black subapical 

 spots ; secondaries greyish brown, with black-speckled 

 abdominal border ; an abbreviated indistinct blackish 

 line running to anal angle ; fringe golden bronze ; body 

 pale greyish brown ; under surface silvery grey, irrorated 

 with black ; wings with a continuous discal series of 

 white-tipped black dots ; primaries with two subapical 

 black spots ; fringe tipped with gold. Expanse of wings, 

 34 — 35 mm. 



Var. olivacea. 



Primaries above darker, of a more olivaceous tint ; 

 the outer or discal line bounded internally by a broad 

 tapering olivaceous belt ; an angular interrupted sub- 

 marginal series of blackish spots ; secondaries also 

 darker, and with the abdominal border more or less 

 suffused with golden bronze ; thorax brownish ; abdomen 

 dark grey ; under surface dark leaden grey, irrorated 

 with black ; the secondaries densely black-speckled ; 

 otherwise as in the typical form. Expanse of wings, 

 32—33 mm. 



Var. fiisca. 



Wings greyish brown, the primaries darker, with 

 cupreous reflections, an elbowed dark brown stripe 

 between the ordinary lines, the interval between which 

 and the outer line is rather darker than the ground 

 colour ; body greyish, the thorax slightly brownish ; 

 under surface browner than in the type ; fringe tipped 

 with bronze-brown ; otherwise similar. Expanse of 

 wings, 31 — 32 mm. 



"Valparaiso, throughout the year."— -7'. E. 



For the reason already noted, — that it is not likely ■ 

 that the same species can occur throughout the year, — 

 I regard the var. fusca, named above, as possibly a 

 distinct species ; though, on account of the great 

 similarity in its markings, I hesitate at present to 

 separate it specifically. 



