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cinereous-black central part contains a cluster of white speckles ; it 

 is half encircled by a black line which borders a reddish band, the 

 latter divided from the exterior border by a cinereous band. Length 

 of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 34 lines. 



The red hue on the abdomen and about the base of the hind 

 wings distinguish this species from H. incisa. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Hypeechiria approxtmata. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; antenna fulvce ; abdomen roseum, apice 

 ochraceum; alee antic ce acutce, spatio basali luieo marginata 

 strigaque discali fuscis^ linea exteriore lutea obliqua subrecta, 

 fascia adhuc exteriore fusca lata undulata ; posticce rufes- 

 cente-cinerea? , plaga lutea, macula nigra albo conspersa et 

 strigatafusco nigroque marginata, linea nigra fasciaque fusca 

 arcuatis exterioribus* 



Female. Cinereous-brown, fawn-colour beneath. Head and 

 thorax brownish. Palpi very short. Antennae tawny, setose. Ab- 

 domen rosy, ochraceous at the tip. Fore wings acute ; basal space 

 brown, bordered by a luteous undulating line; a broad transverse 

 brown streak in the disk, blackish beneath, where it contains] an 

 elongated whitish point ; an exterior oblique nearly straight luteous 

 line, which is bordered on its outer side by a broad brown band, 

 whose outline is undulating. Hind wings reddish cinereous, reddish 

 along the interior border ; a luteous exterior patch containing a 

 large brown black-bordered spot ; the central part of this spot is 

 black, with a white streak and white speckles, and it is half encircled 

 by an exterior black line, which is near a more exterior curved brown 

 band. Length of the body 14 lines ; of the wings 40 lines. 



It differs from H, Liberia in the luteous colour round the 

 ocellus of the hind wings. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Hyperchieia acutissima. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; antenna pallide fulvce, late pectinate; 

 ala anticce attenuate, valde falcatce, linea fusca obliqua vix 

 arcuata cinereo marginata, linea basali obliqua undulata 

 lineaque spatium rhomboidale includente cinereis, margine 



