LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1281 



3. Hyperchiria rubrescens. 



Fcem. Fusca, subtus ferruginea ; caput antice et abdomen ferru- 

 ginea ; antenna fulvce ; alee antiece obscure ferruginece, fas- 

 ciis duabus fuscis unaque testacea fusco marginata, rnaculayue 

 media diffusa nigricante subtus majore nigra albo pupillata ; 

 postica apud marginem exteriorem rufo-cervince fascia peran- 

 gusta undulosa nigra flavo marginata, ocello fusco pupilla 

 nigra albo conspersa margine atro flavogue, subtus gutta 

 discali alba fasciisgue duabus exterioribus fuscis. 



Female. Brown. Head in front, abdomen and under side 

 ferruginous. Antennae tawny. Legs partly clothed with brown 

 hairs. Fore wings dark ferruginous, paler beneath ; an indistinct 

 diffuse blackish spot between two indistinct brown bands ; first band 

 near the base ; second beyond the middle, traversed very obliquely 

 by a more distinct slender testaceous band, which is bordered with 

 brown on the outer side ; under side with a large black discal spot, 

 whose centre is white. Hind wings reddish, fawn-colour along the 

 exterior border, near which there is a very slender undulating black 

 yellow-bordered band ; ocellus large, brown, black speckled with 

 white in the middle, and with a deep black and yellow border ; 

 under side with a white discal dot and two indistinct exterior brown 

 bands. Length of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 38 lines. 



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



The three following specimens may belong to a distinct species ; 

 they are larger and darker, and the exterior black band is undulating 

 and more remote from the ocellus. 



c Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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



e. Carraccas. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Group 3. 



Mas. Ala? anticae longiusculae, vix lata?, apud costam subcon- 

 vexae, apice falcatae, margine exteriore subunduloso perobliquo. 



Male. Fore wings falcate, rather long, hardly broad, some- 

 what convex in front, slightly undulating and very oblique along 

 the exterior border. 



