LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1289 



10. Hyperchiria BILINEA. 



Mas et foem. Rufescens ; antenna fulvce ; thorax fitscus ; alee 

 anticcB pallide fuscce, basi albidce, lineis duabus transversis 

 albidis, fascia intermedia diffusa antice dilatata pallide pur- 

 purascente, macula discali transversa strigaque lata brevi an- 

 tica exteriore fuscis, macula subtus discali nigra ; postica 

 fascia exteriore tenui duplicata flavo-nigra, margine exteriore 

 pallide fuscco, gutta subtus alba ; ocellus pallide fuscus, pupilla 

 nigra olbo conspersa, annulo exteriore flavo nigro marginato. 



Male and female, Keddish. Vertex of the head and thorax 

 brown. Palpi brown, testaceous beneath. Antennas tawny. Legs 

 brown above. Wings fawn-colour beneath. Fore wings pale 

 brown, whitish at the base, and with two slender whitish bands ; 

 interior band angular, almost upright; exterior band oblique, 

 curved ; an intermediate diffused pale purplish band, which is 

 dilated in front, and there contains a transverse discal brown spot, 

 and a more exterior subcostal short broad brown band ; under side 

 with a black spot, which has a whitish centre, and corresponds to 

 the brown spot above. Hind wings with a slender undulating ex- 

 terior yellow band, which is intersected and bordered on the inner 

 side with black; exterior border pale brown; ocellus pale brown, 

 with a black white-sprinkled centre, and with a yellow exterior ring- 

 let, which is bordered on each side with black ; under side with a 

 white discal dot, and a contiguous indistinct pale brown band. 

 Length of the body 12 — 15 lines ; of the wings 38—44 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 



11. Hyperchiria Armida. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; alee antic&fuscce, plaga discali fasciisgue dua- 

 bus fuscis, plaga posteriore fulva, strigaque postica marginali 

 testacea ; posticce rufescentes, ocello atro pupilla linea angulata 

 atomisque albis, annulo luteo, fasciisque tribus exterioribus, 

 fascia \a nigra, 2a rufa, 3a testacea, 



Bombyx Armida ? Fabr, Mant. Ins, ii. 109, 24; Ent, Syst, iii. 1, 



415, 29. Oliv, Enc, Meth, Ins, v. 31, 31. 

 Phalaeua-Bombyx Attacus Armida," Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2407, 



483. Alceflavce, atomis maculis strigaque postica violaceis. 



