﻿1254 CATALOGUE OF 



8. Brujas Vates. 



Ferrugineo-fusca ; palpi longissimi^ recurvi ; alee spatio hasali 

 obscura violaceo tiricta lineis transversis indistinctis^ fascia 

 media tenui dentata, tinea suhmarginali pallidiore suhobsoleta 

 nebulis duabus vagis marginata^ lunulis submarginalibus 

 albido marginatis ; anticce orbiculari e puncto nigro, macula 

 alba distincta pimctoque nigra apud unguium, interiorem, 



Brujas Vates, Guen, NocL iii. 141, 1525. 



Cayenne. 



9. Brujas macultcollis. 



Foem. Testacea ; thorax fascia antica maculisque duabus ante- 

 rioribus nigris ; abdomen cervinum ; alee valde denliculatce^ 

 fascia lata exteriore fusca, fascia submarginali testacea^ lunulis 

 submarginalibus nigris distinctis remotis ; anticce lineis 

 transversis undulatis fuscis cosiam versus indistinctis^ fascia 

 fusca antice dilatata postice apud marginem interiorem, 

 producta^ fascia submarginali antice subobsoleta^ plaga magna 

 viarginali nigricante-fusca^ orbiculari et reniformi nigra 

 marginatis, hac elliptica, ilia subrotunda; posticce lineis 

 transversis distinctis. 



Female. Testaceous, paler beneath. Thorax with a black 

 band in front and with a black mark on each side of the bead. 

 Abdomen fawn-coh)ur. Wings much denticulated, with a broad 

 brown exterior band, darkest towards the testaceous submarginal 

 band which borders it; submarginal lunules black, distinct, remote. 

 Fore wings with the brown transverse undulating lines mostly indis- 

 tinct in front; the brown band somewhat dilated in front, and more 

 so towards the interior border, along which it extends towards the 

 base ; submarginal band almost obsolete in front ; a large blackish 

 brown patch between it and the exterior border somewhat behind 

 the middle of the latter ; orbicular and reniform spots with black 

 borders, wholly black beneath, the former almost round, the latter 

 elliptical. Hind wings with the transverse lines distinct, especially 

 beneath, where there is an elliptical black spot near the base ; 

 exterior border very mu6h denticulated. Length of the body 14 

 lines ; of the wings 44 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



