538 CATALOGUE OF 



Hyperchiria CONTINUA. 



Foem. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi rosei ; antennae rosea, breves, sub- 

 serratce ; pedes sat graciles, tibiis tarsisque supra roseis ; alee 

 fascia media obliqua, fascia exteriore minus determinata 

 fasciaque marginali fuscescentibus ; anticce elongates, vix 

 falca tee, fascia basali strigaque discali fuscescentibus ; posticce 

 abdomen non super antes. 



Female. Cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi rosy, porrect, very 

 short. Antennae rosy, shorty minutely serrated and setose. Legs 

 short, pilose, rather slender; tibiae and tarsi rosy above. Wings 

 thinly clothed, with a brownish oblique middle band, with a more in- 

 distinct exterior band, and with an irregular brownish marginal band. 

 Fore wings elongated, hardly falcate, with an indistinct brownish 

 band near the base, and a transverse brownish streak at the end of 

 the discal areolet ; exterior border straight, rather oblique ; first in- 

 ferior vein opposite the middle of the discal areolet which is broad 

 at its eud ; second nearer to the third than to the first ; third about 

 twice further from the fourth than from the second. Hind wings 

 not extending beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 10 lines ; 

 of the wings 28 lines. 



H. falcifera has blackish wings, but in other characters it has 

 much resemblance to this species. 



a, b. Mexico, From M. Salle's collection. 



Hyperchiria inftcita. 



Foem. Pallide cinereo-cervina; antennae breves, setulosa ; aloe 

 latae, subhyalince ; antica? longae, apice rotundatae, margine 

 exteriore perobliquo vix convexo, areola discali magna. 



Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Body thickly clothed. 

 Palpi extremely short. Antennae short, rather stout, minutely 

 setulose. Abdomen little more than half the length of the interior 

 border of the hind wings. Legs short, pilose. Wings broad, 

 slightly hyaline. Fore wings long, rounded at the tips ; exterior 

 border hardly convex, very oblique, discal areolet large; second in- 

 ferior vein nearly twice further from the third than from the first; 

 three superior \eins; first springing from the middle of the end of 

 the discal areolet. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 

 28 lines. 

 a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



