1088 CATALOGUE OF 



submarginali e punctis elongatis rufis ; antica linea basali 

 fusca angulosa, reniformi et orbieulari pallide viridibus, hac 

 nigro marginata, ilia strigulam emittente ; posticce macula 

 viridi rotunda nigro marginata, 



Male. Fawn-colour. Palpi obliquely ascending, a little 

 longer than the breadth of the head; second joint reddish on the 

 outer side ; third linear, much shorter than the second, with a very 

 short fringe above towards the tip, which is conical. Antennae 

 slightly pectinated. Thorax with a narrow black band in front. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. Anterior legs 

 partly brown ; tibiae with a short fringe ; middle tibiae with a iong 

 penicillate tuft. Wings broad, transversely brown-speckled, with 

 two brown oblique lines ; first line antemedial, zigzag ; second 

 postmedial, straight, acutely retracted and zigzag towards the costa 

 of the fore wings ; a diffuse brown band along the outer side of this 

 line, almost obsolete in the fore wings ; submarginal line slightly 

 curved, composed of elongated red points, most of which in the hind 

 wings are marked with black ; some white points nearer the exterior 

 border; these are almost obsolete in the hind wings. Fore wings 

 acute, with a pale green black-bordered dot between the first line 

 and another zigzag brown line, which is nearer the base ; reniform 

 pale green, large, irregular, emitting a short slender black-bordered 

 streak in front. Hind wings with a round green black-bordered 

 spot between the lines. Length of the body 11 lines ; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Hypernakia leucospila. 



Fcem. Cervina ; caput fasciculo porrecto acuto ; palpi articulo 

 2o apicem versus fimbriate, So lanceolato ; ala linea obliqua 

 recta ferruginea, fascia submarginali fuscescente diffusa 

 puncta alba nigro notata includente ; anticce subfalcatce, linea 

 costam versus retracta et undulata, orbieulari e puncto nigro, 

 reniformi alba maxima nigro marginata. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Head with a porrect acute frontal 

 tuft. Palpi obliquely ascending, a little longer than the breadth 

 of the head; second joint fringed above towards the tip ; third lan- 

 ceolate, much shorter than the second. Antennae very minutely 

 setulose. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth ; hind femora beneath with a white apical point. Wings 

 with a straight ferruginous Hue, which extends from somewhat 



