LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1303 



27. Hyperchiria submacula. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; abdomen supra rufo-cervinum ; alee an- 

 ticcB ocello subtus rufescente albo pupillato nigroque margi- 

 nato ; postica flavce fusco conspersa, cervino marginatce, 

 fasciis duabus exterioribus una fusca undulosa altera albida 

 incompleta, ocello cervino purpureo atroque marginato albo 

 pupillato, 



Male. Pale fawn-colour. Abdomen above reddish fawn-colour. 

 Fore wings beneath with a pale reddish ocellus, which has a whitish 

 mark in the centre and a black border. Hind wings yellow, 

 sprinkled with brown beyond the ocellus, especially towards the 

 margin, which is fawn-colour ; ocellus fawn-colour, with a white 

 mark in the centre and a purple border, which is again bordered 

 with deep black ; a slender dark brown undulating outer band, and 

 an incomplete whitish one very near the exterior border ; under 

 side with no ocellus or bands. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the 

 wings 38 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Group 16. 



Mas. Palpi pilosi, brevissimi, caput non adaequantes. Alae 

 sat lata ; antica? subfalcatae, apud costam subconvexae, margine ex- 

 teriore unduloso ; posticse abdomen non superantes. 



Male. Palpi pilose, very short, not extending so far as the 

 head. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings slightly convex along the costa, 

 slightly falcate at the tips, undulating along the exterior border ; 

 interior angle much rounded ; three inferior veins ; second much 

 further from the third than from the first. 



28. Hyperchiria viridescens. 



Mas. Viridescens ; antenna lutescentes ; alee anticce flaw trifas- 

 ciatce, ocello subtus atro albo consperso ; posticce apud discum 

 subpurpurascentes, ocello fusco, margine nigro flavoque 9 pu- 

 pilla testaceo maculis tribus atris albo ex parte marginatis, 

 subtus gutta alba. 



Male. Pale dull green. Antennae pale luteous. Abdomen 

 with some testaceous hairs at the tip. Fore wings with two slender 

 yellow bands ; the first upright, at one-fourth of the length ; the 



