354 CATALOGUE OF 



basi, costa, maculisque discalibus cinereo conspersis ; reniformi 

 flava notata; posticm linea exteriore interrupta. 



Saraea liparalis, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 195, 134. 



Brazil. 



Var. ? Yellow. Thorax cinereous in front. Wings with a 

 broad cinereous exterior border; marginal line pale; fringe pale 

 cinereous, darker at the base. Fore wings fawn-colour along the 

 costa, cinereous at the bsse and along part of the interior border ; 

 three cinereous lines ; first almost straignt ; second and third denti- 

 culated ; second proceeding from the reniform mark ; third joining 

 at each end the broad border, with which it is also connected by 

 streaks along the veins ; an interior band formed by two large sub- 

 quadrate spots ; reniform mark subquadrate. Hind wings with two 

 lines, corresponding to the first and third of the fore wings; the 

 second being almost obsolete. Length of the body 6 lines; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Lamb's collection. 



10. SAMEA MATUTINALTS. 



Var. ? Flava ; caput et thorax fuscescente-purpurea ; alee apud 

 marginem exterior em latissime fuscescente-purpurea , linea 

 margin ali flava ; anticce basi, costa, margine interiore ex parte 

 lineis tribus denticulatis maculisque tribus subquadratis fus- 

 cescente-purpureis ; posticce lineis duabusfuscescente-purpureis, 

 la latiuscula, 2a valde denticulata. 



Samea matutinalis, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 195, 135. 



Cayenne. 



Var. P Yellow. Head and thorax brownish purple. Wings 

 with a very broad brownish purple border; marginal line yellow. 

 Fore wings with the base, the costa and most of the interior border 

 brownish purple ; three denticulated lines of that hue ; the third 

 joining the marginal band; an interior band of the same composed 

 of two subquadrate spots ; the reniform mark also subquadrate, and 

 emitting the second line. Hind wings with two lines; the first 

 rather broad; the second much denticulated, and joining the mar- 

 ginal band hindward. Var. /3. — Spots and lines of the fore wings 

 much diminished. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 

 12 — 14 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Eio Janeiro. From Mr. Lamb's collection. 



c. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



