LE IDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1299 



22. Hyperchiria cruenta. 



FceiD. Pallide fusca ; thorax postice roseus ; abdomen obscure 

 fuscum, fasciis dorsalibus luteis ; tarsi apice rosei ; alee a n- 

 ticce fasciis tribus angustis canis maculisque duabus fuscis, 

 la basalt, 2a discali obscuriore subquadrata cano marginata ; 

 posticce pallide cervince basi rosea, ocello atro fusco-trimargi- 

 nato pupilla albo conspersa, sub tus fascia media fere recta ob- 

 scure fusca. 



Eo cruenta, MSS. 



Female. Pale brown. Thorax rosy hindward. Abdomen dark 

 brown, with luteous dorsal bands. Tarsi with rosy tips. Fore wings 

 »vith a large dark brown spot near the base ; three slender hoary. 

 Dands; the first adjoining the brown spot ; the second beyond the 

 iiscal spot, slightly curved, abruptly retracted towards the costa ; 

 the third irregular, near the exterior border; discal spot large, 

 blackish brown, irregularly subquadrate, with a hoary border. Hind 

 wings pale fawn-colour, rosy towards the base; discal ocellus large, 

 3eep black, with a white-powdered centre ; three exterior bands ; 

 irst slender, blackish brown ; second and third brown ; third mar- 

 ginal, broader than the second; underside with a middle nearly 

 straight dark brown band. Length of the body 10^ lines; of the 

 wings 29 lines. 



*, b. Eio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



Group 12. 



Alae posticae abdomen non superantes. Alae anticae margine ex- 

 ceriore subobliquo. Mas. — Alae antica? falcatae, apud costam con- 

 /exae, margine exteriore concavo. Fcem. — Alae anticae vix falcatae, 

 ipud costam subconvexae, margine exteriore recto. 



Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Fore wings 

 ,vith the exterior border slightly oblique. Male. — Fore wings fal- 

 cate, convex in front, concave along the exterior border. Female. — 

 Fore wings hardly falcate, slightly convex in front, straight along 

 ;he exterior border. 



2 z 3 



