276 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera 



sub-flavescentibus roseo-conspersb, lineis tribus angulosis 

 fuscis, vitta discali diffusa fusca, ocelli margine luteo nigroque, 

 alis anticis falcatis linea exteriore recta fusca. 



fema/e.— Whitish, with a slight purplish tinge. Sides of the 

 head, palpi and antennae testaceous, the latter broadly pectinated. 

 Thorax with a broad yellow band, which is bordered with brown 

 in front. Legs, especially the fore-legs, mostly purplish rosy. 

 Wings slightly and partly yellowish, minutely speckled with red ; 

 three zigzag brown lines ; a yellow diffuse discal stripe ; ocellus 

 with a vitreous disk, which is bordered with luteous and again 

 with black. Fore-wings falcate, with a brown straight exterior 

 line, which is between the 2nd and 3rd zigzag lines, and inter- 

 sects the latter in front. 



Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



Natal. 



Genus Hyperchiria, Hubn. 



This Hyperchiria is most nearly allied to H. Abas, but is suffi- 

 ciently distinguished by the smaller size of the ocellus in the hind- 

 wings, and by other characters. 



Hyperchiria rubriluna. 



Fcem. — Nigricante cinerea, alis anticis rufescente sub-tinctis 

 valde falcatis, fascia obliqua nigra vix arcuata fulvo-sub- 

 lineata, litura discali nigra parva rufo-varia fulvo-marginata, 

 alis posticis macula discali magna rotunda coccinea albo-notata 

 atro late marginata, fascia lineaque exterioribus nigricantibus. 



Female. — Blackish-cinereous. Antennae minutely setulose. 

 Fore-wings very falcate, with a slight reddish tinge except towards 

 the base, and with a black hardly curved oblique band, which 

 extends from the outer part of the interior border to the tip, and 

 is slightly interlined with tawny ; discal mark black, small, varied 

 with red, bordered with tawny, larger and wholly black on the 

 under-side. Hind-wings with a large, round, bright crimson discal 

 spot, which contains a white mark, and is broadly bordered with 

 deep black ; an exterior curved blackish band, which is narrowly 

 divided on the inner side from a blackish line. 



Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 30 lines. 



Amazon Region. 



