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CORONIS, LatreiUe. 



Coronis subpicta. (Plate III. fig. 2.) 

 Coronis subpicta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Hit. i. p. 39. n. 5 (1854). 



Wings dark brown, with a central irregular darker transverse band, sharply defined on 

 its outer and diffused on its inner edge : primaries with the costa black-brown, crossed by 

 numerous pale brown liturrc ; remainder of the wing reddish, crossed by dark wavy lines : 

 secondaries with the external half ferruginous, crossed by numerous dark brown irregular 

 lines; its costal half bounded internally by an abbreviated orange band; apex orange; five 

 ocellated submarginal anal spots, two at the base of the tail with white pupils ; outer half of 

 tail white, spotted with clay-colour. Body brown. Wings below with the basal half brownish 

 clay-colour, bounded by a central dark brown band, which is followed by a pale band, whitish 

 in primaries, ochreous in secondaries; disk of primaries dark brown, streaked with clay- 

 colour towards the costa; outer border sandy yellowish; fringe brown ; a brown spot at the 

 end of the cell : secondaries with the disk dull red, streaked externally with black ; outer 

 border paler red ; two yellow apical lunules ; fringe brown ; two black dashes above the tail, 

 which is white externally. Body brownish clay-colour; legs and palpi paler. Expanse of 

 wings 2 inches 10 lines. 



Venezuela (Dyson). 



Coronis interlineata. (Plate III. fig. 1.) 

 Coronis interlineata, Walker, Cat. Lq>. Het. i. p. 38. n. 4 (1854). 



Wings dark brown: primaries crossed by darker undulating lines; veins pale; two 

 broad transverse irregular bands, bounded by double pale lines ; an irregularly undulated pale 

 submarginal line, beyond which is a series of waved black litura? : secondaries with a diffused 

 central dark brown area, bounded externally by an angulated orange band, which tapers, 

 is. clouded, and divided by a brown line, from third median branch to abdominal margin; disk- 

 streaked with pale brown ; a submarginal pale line, ochreous towards apex ; three well- 

 marked, black-bordered, chocolate-brown anal submargiual spots. Body greyish brown. 

 Wings below testaceous, crossed by two broad irregular darker bands, and mottled with 

 brown : primaries with the bands dark brown, and a large quadrate brown spot at the end of 

 the cell : secondaries tinted with ochreous ; a subbasal transverse brown line. Body below 

 sandy yellowish. Expanse of wings 2 inches 5 lines. 



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