1288 CATALOGUE OF 



9. Hyperchiria fusca. 



Fcem. Fusca, subtus pallidior ; antennce testacece ; alee anticce an- 

 nulo ohlongo discali fasciisque duabus linearibus postice ap- 

 proximatis fasciaque diffusa marginali testaceis, macula sub- 

 tus nigra albido notata ; posticce fascia tenui undulosa exteriore 

 obscure fusca, margine exteriore testaceo ; ocellus cervinus an- 

 nulo discoque nigris annuloque exteriore luteo. 



Female. Brown, paler beneath. Antennae testaceous. Fore 

 wings with a large transverse oblong testaceous ringlet between two 

 slender testaceous bands, which approach very near to each other on 

 the anterior border; a diffuse undulating testaceous band along the 

 exterior border; under side with a large black discal spot, which 

 contains a whitish black-sprinkled ringlet. Hind wings with two 

 slender undulating bands near the exterior border, which is testa- 

 ceous ; inner band dark brown, narrower than the outer one, which 

 is pale brown ; ocellus with a black centre, whose borders are slightly 

 and imperfectly marked with white, — it is encircled by a pale brown 

 ringlet, to which succeed a black ringlet and a luteous ringlet; un- 

 der side with a white discal dot. Length of the body 12 lines ; of 

 the wings 44 lines. 



a. South America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Group 4. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus robustum. Antennae thorace non Ion- 

 giores. Alae lata? ; anticae apud costam convexae, margine exte- 

 riore raediocriter obliquo ; posticae abdomen triente superantes. 

 Mas. — Antennae late pectinatae, ramis duplicatis insequaliter longis. 

 Alae anticae falcatae, margine exteriore subunduloso. Fcem, — An- 

 tennae brevissimi setosae, non pectinatae. Alae anticae subfalcatse, 

 margine exteriore recto. 



Male and female. Body stout. Antennae not longer than the 

 thorax. Abdomen extendingto full two-thirds of the breadth of the 

 hind wings. Wings broad. Fore wings convex along the costa ; 

 exterior border moderately oblique ; second inferior vein about 

 thrice further from the third than from the first. Male. — Antennae 

 deeply pectinated ; one branch in each pair slender, and a little 

 shorter than the other, which is stout and ciliated. Fore wings fal- 

 cate ; exterior border slightly undulating. Female. — Antennae 

 minutely setose, not pectinated. Fore wings hardly falcate; exte- 

 rior border straight. 



