LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 681 



Perigea SUBAURATA. 



Mas. Pallide ochracea ; palpi pubescentes, oblique ascendentes, 

 articvlo So longi-eonico ; aim anticce fasciis quatuor nigri- 

 cantibus obliquis angulosis ; posticce subochraceo-cinerece. 



Male. Pale ocbraceous, cinereous beneath. Palpi pubescent, 

 obliquely ascending, rising a little bigber tban tbe vertex; third 

 joint elongate-conical, about one-third of tbe length of the second. 

 Antennae minutely setulose. Fore wings with four blackish oblique 

 zigzag bands which are concise on the outer side and diffuse on fche 

 inner side. Hind wings cinereous, with a slight ochraceous tinge. 

 Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Perigea adorn at a. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cervina ; palpi suberecti, verticem sitperantes, 

 articulo 2o nigricante vittato, So lineari ; alee anticce punctis 

 guttisque plurimis albis nigro marginatis, punctis albis 

 nigro marginatis orbicularem et reniformem angustas pallide 

 ochraceas includentibus ; posticce cinerece,fusco marginatce. 



Male. Brownish fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 pubescent, nearly vertical, rising much higher than the head ; 

 second joint striped with blackish on the outside; third linear, 

 rounded at the tip, neailv half the length of the second. Antenna 

 pubescent. Abdomen cinereous, extending much beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft small, elongate. Femora and tibia? clothed with 

 long hairs; tarsi with brown bands ; spurs long, slender. Fore 

 wings with many white black-bordered points and dots which form 

 four incomplete bands ; orbicular and reniform marks pale ochra- 

 ceous, transverse, very narrow, surrounded by white black-bordered 

 points. Hind wings cinereous, brown towards tbe exterior border ; 

 marginal lunules dark brown. Wings beneath with a brown discal 

 mark, which is largest in the hind wings, and with two exterior 

 brown lines; space between the second line and the exterior border 

 whitish-cinereous. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 

 20 lines. 

 Brazil. In Mr. Saunders 5 collection. 



