LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1301 



24. Hyperchiria cinerea. 



Foein. Cinerea ; corpus subferrugineum ; antenna rufescentes ; 

 tarsi subtus testacei ; alee apud marginem exleriorem palli- 

 diores ; anticce apud costam ex parte ferruginece, cano bifas- 

 ciatce, macula discali pallide cinerea, ocello subtus nigro albo 

 pupillata ; postica fascia exteriore cano fusco, ocello rufo, 

 margin e pupillaque nigris, hac albo notata, gutta subtus alba 

 fusco marginata. 



Female. Cinereous. Body slightly ferruginous. Antennae 

 reddish. Tarsi testaceous beneath. Wings very pale gray along 

 the exterior border. Fore wings ferruginous in front; two very 

 slender hoary bands; one undulating, near the base; the other 

 nearly straight, very oblique, beyond the discal spot, which is very 

 pale gray ; under side with a black ocellus, which has a white cen- 

 tre. Hind wings with a very slender hoary and dark brown band 

 beyond the ocellus, which is large and red, with a black border, and 

 a blackish centre, which contains a white dot; under side with a 

 white brown-bordered dot. Length of the body 10 lines; of the 

 wings 36 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



25. Hyperchiria pyrrhomelas. 



Mas. Nigra, subtus rufescens; antenna fulvce ; abdomen apice 

 luteum ; ala anticce extus cinerece linea recta obliqua dupli- 

 cata nigra, annulo discali cinereo ; posticce pallide cinerece ; 

 fascia margineque lato exteriore nigris ; ocellus ruber pupilla 

 alba margine atro. 



Male. Black, reddish beneath. Antennae bright tawny. Ab- 

 ! domen luteous towards the tip. Legs black above, reddish beneath. 

 \ Wings with reddish ciliae. Fore wings dark gray exteriorly, with 

 : a slender straight oblique double black band, and with a small gray 



discal ringlet, which is black beneath. Hind wings very pale gray, 

 ; with two black bands, the first slender, the second broad and margi- 

 ^ nal ; ocellus deep red, with a white centre and a deep black border; 

 \ under side with a black whitish bordered discal dot, and a straight 

 ! slender exterior transverse whitish band. Length of the body 10 



lines; of the wings 34 lines. 



I Santa Fe de Bogota. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



