12 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



segment unspotted, the following three with large transverse black spots, the other 

 segments with subdorsal black spots ; abdomen underneath brown, wavy along the 

 sides where confluent with the orange. The anus dark brown. 



The female differs in having the secondaries entirely dull brownish black. 



Expanse 52 millim. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Phaegoptera notata. (Tab. III. fig. 6.) 



Pheegoptera notata, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 281. 



Primaries brown, with three large yellowish-white spots on the costal margin. 

 Secondaries whitish, with the veins and margins brown, and a yellow spot at the base 

 on the costal margin. Head and thorax brown ; two yellow dots on the collar, and a 

 large yellow spot on either side of the thorax. Abdomen black dorsally, with narrow 

 crimson transverse bands ; underneath brown, with two rows of white spots. 



Expanse 51 millim. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Phaegoptera ursina. (Tab. III. fig. 15.) 



Pheegoptera ursina, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 281. 



Primaries rich brown ; a large irregular whitish spot at the base of the wings ; a 

 whitish spot on the costa at a third from the base, and a large whitish spot extending 

 from the costa just beyond -the middle of the wing, and inwardly contiguous to a small 

 pinkish crescent at the end of the cell ; an irregular and sometimes broken band of 

 white along the outer margin, extending from just below the apex to the inner angle. 

 Secondaries above duller brown,' the costa mottled with white. Underneath pale 

 brown, the spots on the primaries less distinct, and on the secondaries there are two 

 large whitish spots on the costal margin. Head and thorax pale brown, with a broad 

 whitish band on either side. Abdomen above pink, with a subdorsal row of black 

 spots ; underneath white ; laterally a row of black spots. 



Expanse, d 42 millim., $ 53 millim. 



Hab. Bio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Phaegoptera granifera. (Tab. III. fig. 4.) 



Pheegoptera granifera, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 281. 



Primaries dark brown, crossed by six rows of yellowish-brown spots ; a small white 

 space at the base, another on the middle of the costal margin, and a third subapical. 

 Secondaries uniform blackish "brown. Head and thorax brown, spotted with yellow 



