1296 CATALOGUE OF 



18. Hyperchirxa oblonga. 



Mas et fcem. Alee anticce macula discali transversa obscuriore, 

 margine exteriore fasciisque duabus pallidioribus, fascia la 

 angulosa, 2a obliqua ; posticce fasciis duabus exterioribus, 

 ocello oblongo pupilla annuloque nigris, ilia albo notata. 

 Mas. — Cervina, luteo varia. Fcem. — Ferruginea, cervino 

 varia. 



Male and female. Fore wings with an oblong transverse 

 brownish discal spot, and with two pale luteous narrow bands ; in- 

 terior band zigzag; exterior one oblique, nearly straight; under 

 side with a white black-encircled discal spot. Hind wings with two 

 exterior undulating bands, and an oblong fawn-coloured ocellus, 

 which has a black exterior ringlet and a black elongated central 

 spot ; the latter containing a transverse white mark ; under side 

 with a white discal dot, near the outer side of which there is a nar- 

 row pale brownish band. Male. — Luteous fawn-colour. Fore 

 wings with a hoary tinge along the costa; exterior border with 

 a pale luteous band, which is angular along the inner side. Hind 

 wings pale luteous on the exterior half; inner band pale brown ; 

 outer one pale fawn-colour. Female. — Fawn-colour. Head, thorax, 

 legs and fore wings mostly ferruginous. Fore wings with a hoary 

 tinge between the two discal bands ; marginal band pale fawn- 

 colour, angular along the inner side. Hind wings with the inner 

 band dark brown, the outer one pale ferruginous. Length of the 

 body 10 — 16 lines ; of the wings 36 — 44 lines. 



a, b. Santa Fe de Bogota. From M. Parzudaki's collection. 



19. Hyperchtria jucunda. 



Mas. Flavo-lutea ; alee ferruginece, anticce fasciis tribus macu- 

 laque discali luteis maculaque cinerea ; posticce pupilla nigra 

 albo conspersa, annulo oblongo fasciaque brevi nigris, mar- 

 gine exteriore luteo. Fcem. ? — Ferruginea ; abdomen rufum ; 

 alee anticce linea albida, margine exteriore nigricante ; posticce 

 rufce, ocello nigro-fusca, pupilla albo conspersa, annulo 06- 

 longo luteo, fascia una nigra albido conspersa alteraque ex- 

 teriore rubro t 



Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus jucunda, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 96, pi. 



249, f. A ; iv. 127, pi, 356, f. B, C. 

 Automeris jucunda, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalamce Sphingoides 



Echidnoe Recondentes) 155, 1616. 



