532 CATALOGUE OF 



wing. Abdomen with six brown bands which are slightly crested' 

 Fore wings subfalcate, tinged with cinereous, except towards the base 

 and towards the tips ; a straight brown line which extends from the 

 tip to the middle of the interior border and is partly bordered with 

 luteous on the inner side ; an undulating brown line near the 

 base ; an oblique brown patch in the disk, black with a white point 

 on the under side, an exterior undulating brown band which is 

 diffuse on the inner side. Hind wings reddish, with a very large 

 brown spot which is bordered with black and with luteous and partly 

 encircled with a black line ; the luteous border is very slight on the 

 inner side; the central part of the spot is black, speckled with 

 white, and containing a white streak; a deep red curved band on 

 the outer side of the line. Female. — Thorax with a yellow streak on 

 each side at the base. Abdomen red. Fore wings with the straight 

 line bordered with cinereous on the inner side ; interior undulating 

 line very indistinct ; patch paler than that of the male, and with a 

 white point in its middle; exterior band limited except in front 

 by the oblique line. Hind wings having the spot bordered with 

 yellow instead of luteous ; exterior band fawn-colour. Length 

 of the body 12 — 16 lines; of the wings 40 — 48 lines. 



Smaller than H. illustris, from which it differs also by the 

 yellow hue round the ocellus of hind wings. 



a, b. Brazil ? Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Hyperchiria incarnata. 



Mas. Cervina ; antennce pallide ochracea?, late pectinata? ; abdo- 

 men roseum, apice cervinum ; alee anticce acuta?, linea ante- 

 media cinerea angidosa, linea post media recta fusca luteo 

 marginata ; posticce lutea?, basi rosea?, macula cinereo-nigra 

 albo conspersa atro marginata, linea nigra, fascia rufescente 

 fasciaque cinerea exterioribus arcuatis. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond 

 the head. Antennae pale ochraceous, short, broadly pectinated 

 Abdomen rosy, fawn-coloured at the tip. Fore wings acute, with a 

 cinereous zigzag line at one-third of the length from the base, and 

 with an exterior straight brown line, which extends from near the 

 tip to the middle of the interior border and is bordered with luteous 

 on its inner side. Hind wings luteous, rosy at the base and along 

 the interior border; a large nearly round deep black spot, whose 



