305 



'. Fore wing with more or less developed fierv- 



red, crimson or pink markings. 



a'*. Fore wing not lai-gely suffused with yellow 



and fiery-red, the centres of orbicular and 



reniform defined by deep crimson. 



f/5. Fore wing without crimson on costa at 



base and beyond middle and on ante- 



med I al area be] ow the cell pp-ostigma. 



h'>. Fore wing with crimson on costa at base 

 and beyund middle, and on antemedial 



area below the cell octophora. 



bK Fore wins largely suffused with yellow and 

 fiery red. 

 cp. Fore wing with the orbicular and reni- 

 form with yellow annuli. 

 a^. Fore wing with white spot in lower part 



of reniform leuco-pis. 



Ji^. Fore wing without white spot in lower 



part of reniform pyrudicta. 



h^. Fore wing with the orbicular and reni- 

 form with silvery white annuli. 

 «''. Fore wing without white spot at ex- 

 tremity of clavifor/u , naolina. 



b^. Fore wing with white spot at extremity 



of olavi form ignitincta. 



c-*. Fore wing with tessellated patches of 

 pinkish white on costal area at base and 

 apex, and on medial area in and below 

 cell midtifitnctata. 



3099. Perigea cupentia. 



Phalmna cupentia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 103, pi. 252. f. E (1782), $; 



Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 276. 

 Nuciua epopea, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 144, pi. 272. ff. G, H (1782), S\ 



Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 277 ; Smith, Cat. Noot. N. Am. 



p. 162. 

 Perigea infelix, Guen. Noct. i. p. 229 (1852). 

 Condica palpalis, Wlk. ix. 240 (1856). 

 Hadena confederata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 143 (1874). 



(S . Head and tegulsB ochreous tinged with rufoiis and mixed 

 ■with dark brown ; thorax white tinged with ochreons or greyish 

 and with dark streak on outer edge of patagia ; tarsi blackish 

 ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with 

 fuscous. Fore wing white usually more or less tinged with rufous, 

 rarely with grey ; the basal area blackish to antemedial line and 

 submedian fold, with sinuous lower edge and dark mark on base of 

 inner margin, the postmedial area blackish from costa above reni- 

 form obliquely to submedian fold at postmedial line, extending to 

 apex and middle of termen, leaving an elliptical whitish patch on 

 termen from below apex to vein 4, narrowing to submedian fold 

 where it terminates ; subbasal line represented by a whitish mark 

 from costa to just below cell ; antemedial line double at costa, 

 slightly retracted below costa, then oblique to vein 1 where it 

 terminates ; claviform absent ; orbicular and reijiform whitish with 



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