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border raore or less dentate. Male. — Antennae pectinated to more 

 than three-fourths of the length, filiform from thence to the tips. 

 Hind wings of H. limbolaria with the costa dilated and adorned 

 with a tuft of black plumes. Female, — Antennae setaceous. 



West Indies. 



1. HyPERYTHRA VERSATILIARIA. 



Var. ? Foam. Lcete lutea ; caput, thoracis latera antica pedesque 

 purpureo-rosea ; alee nigro vix conspersee, lineis duabus ochra- 

 ceis valde indistinctis, exteriore extus maculis nigris marginata, 

 fimbria purpuras cente-rosea, costa nigro punctata ferrugineo 

 trimaculata, spatio marginali subtus nonnunquam purpuras- 

 cente. Var. /3. — Alee supra pallidissime carneee, olivaceo vix 

 tinctce ; anticee costa olivaceo-viridi, linea interiore arcuata. 



Hyperythra versatiliaria, Guen. Phal. i. 102, 155. 



Var. P Female. Bright luteous, brighter beneath. Head, 

 palpi, sides of the thorax in front and legs purplish rosy. Wings 

 very slightly speckled with black ; two ochraceous very indistinct 

 lines, the exterior one having along its outer side a few irregular 

 black spots ; fringe purplish rosy, luteous at the base. Fore wings 

 with black points on the costa, along which there are three ferru- 

 ginous spots ; under side with the space beyond the second line 

 mostly purplish, this hue sometimes obsolete. Hind wings beneath 

 with the exterior space partly purplish in front. Var. /3. — Wings 

 above very pale flesh-colour, with a very slight olive-green hue, 

 which is more distinct along the costa of the fore wings ; the latter 

 with an interior curved line. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



a—/. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 

 g. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



2. Hyperythra? Amytisaria. 



Fcem. Pallide ochracea, subtus lcete ochracea ; palpi caput non 

 superantes ; alee nigro subconspersee, fusco subnebulosce, linea 

 exteriore nigricante albido interlineata subangulosa, spatio ex- 

 teriore purpurascente-cinereo ; puncto discali nigro ; anticce 

 fascia interiore nigricante antice flexo, margine exteriore vix 

 excavato ; posticee margine exteriore valde convexo. 

 Female. Dull pale ochraceous, much brighter beneath. Palpi 



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