ANTA.BCTIA. 



449 



20-10. Antarctia brunnea. 



Antarctia brunnea, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 7, fT. 403, 404 (1827); 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 1'25. 

 Antarctia severa, Berg, Acta Acad. ^Nac. Cord. i. p. 7^ (1875). 

 Motada a>mri/llis, Scliaus, J. N. Y. Eat. Soc. ir. p. 142 (1806). 



(S . Head and thorax red-brown, mixed with dark brown ; abdo- 

 men greyish brown, duli 

 fulvous towards base and 

 extremity. Fore wing 

 brown, with blackish 

 costal fascia. Hind wing 

 rather paler, especially 

 towards base. 



Ab. 1 . Much paler and 

 more fulvous brown ; 

 abdomen with the ter- 



Fig. 187. — Antarctia brunnea, 2 • 



minal half greyish ; hind wing pale ochreous brown ; cilia of both 

 wings whitish at tips. 



Ab. 2. amaryllis. Much paler brownish fulvous ; abdomen whitish 

 towards extremity ; fore wing often without trace of the darker 

 costal fascia ; hind wing paler. 



2 . Uniform orange-fulvous, the tarsi dark, the anal tuft white. 



Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 5 ; Argentina ; Patagonia, llio 

 Santo Cruz. Exp., <S 36, $ 46 millim. Ty^pe f 5 amaryllis in 

 Coll. Schaus. 



Larva. Burm. Descr. Eep. Arg. v. p. 451. 



Thickly clothed with hair ; blackish, with yellow stripe and 

 whitish marks on ventral surface. Food-plants, Xanthium sjjinosum, 

 Gaillardia scabiosoides, Sderopus amarantoides,- etc. 



*2041. Antarctia ducinfieldia. (Plate XLIX. fig. 9.) 



Motada dulcinfiddia, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 142 (189G). 



$ . Head and thorax pale ochreous brown ; antenna? whitish ; 

 abdomen pale dull orange, with dorsal maculate blackish bands, the 

 ventral surface blackish with orange sublateral bands, the anal 

 tuft fulvous. .Fore wing ochreous, very thickly irrorated with 

 fuscous, the veins and margins pale ochreous. Hind wing darker, 

 more tliickly irrorated with fuscous, the veins and cilia pale 

 ochreous. 



llid). Brazil, Castro Parana, typef $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 

 64 millim. 



2042. Antarctia venata. (Plate L. fig. 17.) 



Antarctia venata, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 233. 



c? . Head and thorax reddish brown, the extremity of patagia 

 with some white hair ; abdomen yellowish ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen dark brown, the femora yellow above. Foro 

 wing reddish brown, the veins striped with white, finely below costa. 

 Hind wing pure white. 



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