LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 1^51 



Perigonia MACROGLOSSOIDES. 

 Foem. Obscure fusca ; capitis latera antica rufa,flavo conspersa ; 

 pectus ferrugineum ; abdominis latera saturate rufa ; alee cm- 

 ticce striga subcostali nigra, linea obliqua furcata lineaque 

 exteriore undulata subaurato-fulvis, plagis subtus ochraceis 

 flavo notatis fusco conspersis, margine interiore excavato ; 

 posticce fascia Lata obliqua lutea, costa apicem versus exca- 

 vata. 

 Female. Dark brown. Sides of the head in front and palpi on 

 each side towards the base red, speckled with yellow. Pectus ferru- 

 ginous. Abdomen dark red on each side and beneath. Fore wings 

 covered with a cinereous bloom, with the exception of some oblique 

 irregular lines ; a black longitudinal subcostal streak, which is inter- 

 sected obliquely by a forked dark tawny slightly gilded line ; of this 

 hue there is an exterior deeply undulating line, which is diffuse 

 towards the costa ; under side with various ochraceous yellow- 

 marked brown-speckled patches ; interior border deeply excavated 

 towards the interior angle. Hind wings with a broad oblique bright 

 luteous band, which partly extends to the base, is speckled beneath 

 and is abbreviated towards the costa, the latter deeply excavated 

 towards the tip. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 

 24 lines. 

 Darjeeling. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



Genus AMBULYX, C. L. H. xxviii. 120. 

 Ambulyx sexoculata. 

 sexoculata, Grote, Ann. Lyceum New York. viii. (1865). 



Brazil. 



Ambulyx maculifera. 

 Foem. Cinereo-cervina, subtus ochracea; caput ferrugineo fasci- 

 atum, antice canum ; thorax ferrugineo quadriplayiatus ; 

 abdomen maculis duabus subapicalibus ferrugineis, segmentis 

 ochraceo marginatis ; alee anticce falcatce, maculis tribus cos- 

 talibus unaque postica ferrugineis, gutta media, linea exteriore 

 obliqua angulosa, lineis duabus obliquis angulosis adhuc exte- 

 rioribus minus determinatis lineaque submarginali subarcuata 

 nigris ; posticce obscure ochracea, macula, linea exteriore 

 atomisque adhuc exterioribus nigris, plaga postica nigra. 



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