LEPIDQPTERA. HETEROCERA. 1237 



Var. y. Male. Reddish fawn-colour. 



a, b. Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



c. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



d. Rio Janeiro. 



2. CoPAXA DECRESCENS. 



Mas. Cervina ; caput et thorax antice albida ; alee fusco trifas- 

 ciata:, macula vitrea fusco Jlavooue marginata ; aniicce fascia 

 basim versus undulosa, striga basim versus undulosa, striga 

 subcostali ochracea, plaga subapicali cervina, strigaque apicali 

 fusca albo marginata. Fcem. — Thorax pallide fuscus ; abdo- 

 men tesiaceum; alee viridifuscce r fasciis nonnullis subpur- 

 pureis, macula vitrea majore. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Head and thorax in front whitish. 

 Wings with three brownish bands ; first or inmost band straight, 

 darker and move distinct than the others, and extending from near 

 the tips of the fore wings to somewhat before the middle of the in- 

 terior border of the hind wings, bordered with lilac on the outer 

 side; second undulating, indistinct in the fore wings; third margi- 

 nal in the fore wings, but far from the border in the hind wings; a 

 slight tinge of lilac about the two latter bands ; vitreous spot encir- 

 cled with brown and with yellow, small in the fore wings, very small 

 in the hind wings. Fore wings with an undulating brown band 

 near the base, traversing an ochraceous streak behind the costa ; a 

 pale fa wn -coloured space by the costa near the tip, where there is a 

 brown white-bordered streak. Female. — Thorax pale brown. Ab- 

 domen testaceous. Wings greenish brown, with several lilac bands, 

 which are more or less diffuse ; vitreous spot angular on the interior 

 side, of moderate size in the fore wings, small in the hind wings. 

 Length of the body 12 — 15 lines ; of the wings 50 — 54 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b. Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



c. Santa Fe de Bagota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Var. /3. Fcem. Fusco-cervina ; antennae citrince ; abdomen 

 albido-testaceum ; thorax antice subpurpureus ; alee macula 

 vitrea mediocri subpentagona fusco luttoque marginata, fasciis 

 daabus subpurpureis ; anticce costa plagisque duabus subpur- 

 pureis, fascia costali fusca, striga apicali albida; posticce 

 fascia exteriore subpurpurea duplicata guttisque nigrican- 

 tibus. 



