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beyond the cell extending to vein 2 and to the postmedial line, 

 which is indistinct, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved to 

 vein 3, then incurved. Hind wing orange, the costal area to near 

 base, the inner area to submedian fold, and a terminal band black, 

 leaving the orange area rather narrow and arched above. Under- 

 side of fore wing with oblique orange postmedial patch from below 

 costa to below vein 2. 



Hah. Ur. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni (Schans), 1 6 ; Ecuador, 

 typef iu Coll. Bruce. Exp. 42 millim. 



Sect. II. Antenna} of male bipectinate with moderate branches to apex, 

 of female serrate. 



A. Abdomen with orange lateral patches at base hilzingeri. 



E. Abdomen without orange lateral patches at base magnified. 



4892. Aucula hilzingeri. 



Metagarista hilzingeri, Berg, An. Soc. Argent, xiii. p. 176 (1882); Kirby, 

 Cat. Lep. Het. p. 41. 



Head and thorax deep red mixed with white hair ; pectus with 

 some ochreous hair; abdomen black-brown with some orange 

 at base of sides and in anal tuft. Fore wing deep red thickly 

 irrorated with white ; a short curved white subbasal line ; a red 

 antemedial line angled outwards in submedian fold where there is 



Fig. 200. — Aucula hilzingeri, 2 



a white patch before it and a white streak from it to postmedial 

 line ; reniform rather small, defined by red ; postmedial line re 1. 

 strongly bent outwards below costa and angled outwards below 

 vein 4, then retracted to below end of cell and excurved at vein 1, 

 with a white patch before and just beyond it from costa to vein 3, 

 and a lunule beyond it in submedian interspace ; an irregularly 

 crenulate red line just before termen with white beyond it; a tin ) 

 black terminal line ; cilia chequered fuscous and white. Hind 

 wing orange-yellow with black terminal band oblique from costa 

 beyond middle to vein 4, then narrow and with irregular inner 

 edge; cilia chequered white and black. Underside of fore wiig 

 fuscous with the basal area and postmedial patch orange; hi 1 1 

 wing with the costa narrowly fuscous, a black discoidal spot. ='•? 

 Hab. Argentina, Buenos Ayres (0. W. Thomas), 1 5, J in 

 Coll. Grotc. Exp, ' 16, J ~>() millim. 



