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10. Brujas LATICINCTA. 



Foem. Cervina ; abdomen fasciis abbreviaiis fuscis ; alee valde 

 denticulate, fascia lata marginali fuaca, lunulis submargina- 

 libus nigris vix distinctis testaceo notatis ; anticce apud costam, 

 fusco subnebuloscEy lineis transversis fuscis indistinctis, fascia 

 submarginali maculam magnam cervinam includente^ orbicu- 

 lari et reniformi nigro marginatis, hue D subformi fusco 

 signata, ilia subrotunda ; posticce dimidio basali fuscescentes, 

 lineis distinctis obscure fuscis, fascia marginali testaceo 

 notata. 



Female, Fawn-colour. Abdomen with short brown bands. 

 Wings much denticulated, with a broad brown marginal band ; 

 submargiual lunules black, hardly distinct, accompanied by testa- 

 ceous marks. Fore wings slightly shaded with brown along the 

 costa ; transverse lines brown, indistinct; marginal band slightly 

 dilated behind and in front, where it includes a large fawn-coloured 

 spot; orbicular and reniform spots with black borders, small and 

 wholly black beneath, the former nearly round, the latter somewhat 

 D-shaped, with a brown mark in the disk. Hind wings brownish 

 for full half the length from the base, and with the lines dark brown 

 and distinct ; marginal band including some fawn-coloured marks ; 

 under side with a black dot near the base. Length of the body 12^ 

 lines; of the wings 41 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



11. Brujas bisignata. 



Mas. Ferrugineofusca ; alee linea transversa obliqua pallida 

 fasciaque contigua interiors lata obscure fusca valde diffusa, 

 lunulis submarginalibus subtus atbidis ; anticce orbiculari el 

 reniformi obsoletis, macula magna quadrata subcostali nigri- 

 cante et plaga fusca exteriore subtrlgona contiguis, lineolis 

 duabus posteriori bus, una arcuata, altera undulata, 



Male, Ferruginous-brown. Wings with an oblique pale 

 transverse line, which is straight in the hind wings, bent in the 

 middle and almost upright in front of the fore wings, and along its 

 inner side there is a broad and very *diflfase dark brown band ; 

 under side with whitish submarginallunules, which are most remote 

 from the border in the hind wings. Fore wings with the orbicular 

 and reniform spots obsolete; a large quadrate subcostal blackish 



