422 Mr. A. G. Butler on Heterocerous Lejndoptera 



130. Sarracena ])ellicata. 



^ , Sarracena pcUicata, Felder and Eogenhofer, Eeise 

 der Fregatte Novara, v., pi. cxxxi., fig. 27 (1875). 



$, ? (six examples). Valparaiso. 



131. Sarracena declinaria. 



$ , Sarracena declinaria, Felder and Eogenhofer, Eeise 

 der Fregatte Novara, v., pi. cxxxi., fig. 32 (1875). 



One male. Valparaiso. 



SIONIDiE. 

 SioNA, Duponchel. 



132. Siona coliunha, n. s. 



Allied to S. fulgurata {" Enholia " / fidgurata, Snellen); 

 above sordid silvery whitish, with the pale stripes of the 

 under surface showing through the wing-texture ; pri- 

 maries below leaden grey, bronze or golden brown on 

 costal margin and at apex, where there is a short trans- 

 verse pale yellow stripe ; secondaries dark bronze-brown ; 

 a longitudinal stripe parallel to the costal margin through 

 the cell from base to outer margin, interrupted at the 

 end of the cell by a short oblique dash, and on the disc 

 by an angulated stripe from costa to abdominal margin ; 

 two oblique dashes on the abdominal area, and a marginal 

 spot on the second median interspace ; all pale yellow ; 

 body below cream-coloured. Expanse of wings, 32 — 



33 mm. 



Var. 1 with the longitudinal stripe of secondaries below 

 not extending into the discoidal cell, but terminating as 

 it reaches the angulated discal stripe. Expanse of wings, 

 31—32 mm. 



Var. 2 altogether darker below, and differing from the 

 preceding form in the macular character of the discal 

 stripe of secondaries. Expanse of wings, 31 mm. 



Var. 3 as dark below as the preceding form, the mark- 

 ings of secondaries reduced to a round spot at the end 

 of the cell, a portion of the discal stripe and a longer or 

 shorter longitudinal dash across it. Expanse of wings, 



34 mm. 



