(p 



ANTARCTIA. 449 



2040. Antarctia brunnea. 



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



Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 225. 

 Antarctia scvera. Berg, Acta Acad. Nac. Oord. i. p. 76 (1875). 

 Motada amaryllis, Schaus, J. N. Y. Eat. Soc. iv. p. 142 (1896). 



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

 men greyish brown, dull 

 fulvous towards base and 

 extremity. Fore wing 

 brown, with blackish 

 ^ ^ costal fascia. Hind wing 



Y^- rather paler, especially 



towards base. 



Ab. 1. Much paler and 

 Fig. 187.— Antarctia brunnea, 2- }■ more fulvous brown; 



abdomen with the ter- 

 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. 

 Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 $ ; Argentina ; Patagonia, Rio 

 Santo Cruz. Exp., (^ 36, 5 46 millim. Type f $ 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. Eood-plants, Xanthium sjpinosum, 

 Gaillardia scabiosoides, Sderopus amarantoides, etc. 



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



Motada dukinfieldia, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 142 (1896). 



2 . Head and thorax pale ochreous brown ; antennae whitish ; 

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

 ventral surface blackish with orange sublateral bands, the anal 

 tuft fulvous. Pore wing ochreous, very thickly irrorated with 

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

 more thickly irrorated with fuscous, the veins and cilia pale 

 ochreous. 



Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, typet 2 ^^ 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. Pore 

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

 Hind wing pure white. 



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