LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1297 



Male. Yellowish luteous. Wings ferruginous. Fore wings 

 with a luteous discal spot, whose inner side joins a gray one, and 

 with three luteous bands; first band rather broad, between the base 

 and the spot ; second and third narrow ; second turning to gray in 

 front ; third emitting luteous streaks to the exterior border. 



Surinam. 



Group 10. 



Mas et fcem. Ala? lata? ; anticae apud costam subconvexae ; 

 posticae abdomen paullo superantes. Mas. — Antennae late pectinatse, 

 thorace non longiores, ramis duplicatis inaequalibus. Alas anticae 

 apiee subrotundatae, non falcatae, margine exteriore recto sub- 

 ,obliquo. Fcem. — Antennae thorace paullo longiores. Alae anticae 

 subfalcatae, margine exteriore obliquo subrecto. 



Male and female. Wings broad. Fore wings slightly convex 

 in front ; second inferior vein further from the third than from the 

 i first. Hind wings extending a little beyond the abdomen. Male. 

 1 — Antennae not longer than the thorax ; one branch in each pair 

 ; slender and a little shorter than the other, which is stout and 

 , . ciliated. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips, not falcate ; 

 ;■ exterior border straight, slightly oblique. Female. — Antennae a 

 • little- longer than the thorax. Fore wings acute and slightly falcate 

 i at the tips ; exterior border almost straight, moderately oblique. 



20. Hyperchiria basalis. 



Mas et fcem. Fusca, subtus cervina ; alee anticce striga trans- 

 versa basali pallida, strigis discalibus transversis fasciaque 

 obliqua obscuriore fuscis, gutta subtus discali alba nigro mar- 

 ginata ; posticce pallidiores, fasciis duabus exterioribus obscu- 

 rioribus ; ocellus fuscus, pupilla annuloque exteriore atris, 

 ilia albo conspersa. Mas. — Abdomen roseum ; alee anticce 

 albido-fuscce, striga basali fiava ; posticce apud discum flavce , 

 margine exteriore subroseo. Fcem. — Abdomen fulvum, fusco 

 fasciatum ; alee anticce striga basali alba, posticce apud discurn 

 lutece, margine inter lore fuscescentes. 



Male. Brown, fawn-colour beneath. Antennae testaceous. 

 Abdomen rosy. Wings beneath with two exterior pale very indis- 

 tinct brownish bands. Fore wings mostly pale whitish brown, 

 brown towards the base (where there is a transverse yellow streak), 

 and with some transverse brown marks ; a nearly straight slender 

 darker brown band extends from each tip to the middle of the interior 



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