﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1269 



2. Ramphia albizona. 



NigrO'fusca ; alee fascia undulata interlineata^ guttis suhmargi- 

 nalihua plagaque subapicali albis ; anticcB lineis transversis 

 angulons maculisque discalihus nigris^ his testaceo signatis, 

 macula apud angulum interiorem alba. ' 



Noctua (Erebus) albizona, Latr. Humb. et Bonpl. Rec. ii. 136, 160, 



pi. 43, f. 5, 6. 

 Ramphia albizona, Guen. Noct. iii. 143, 1528. 



Colombia. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 

 h. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



3. Ramphia amarygma. 



Fusca; nibtus testaceo- cervina ; alee lineis transversis indistinctis 

 j undulatis et angulosis nigricantibus, lineis tribus mediis 



guttularibus albis^ maculis quatuor gutiisque submarginalibus 

 albis ; anticce orbiculari et reniformi indistinctis, 



Ramphia amarygma, Guen. Noct, iii. 144, 1529. 



I a. Para. From Mr, Bates' collection. 



I 6, Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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4. Ramphia nymphaloides. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca, subtus pallidior ; aid purpurea tinctcB^ lineis 

 transversis nigris indistinctis^ fascia media integra purpurea- 

 alba^ margine valde denticulato ; antic cb lituris subapicalibus 

 albis, orbiculari et reniformi distinctis, hac angusta^ ilia sub- 

 ovata ; posticce ciliis ex parte lituraque subapicali albis, 



Male, Blackish brown, tinged with purple, paler beneath. 



j Wings with the usual transverse lines black and indistinct, and 



] with a regular complete white middle band, which has purple 



I reflections; borders much denticulated. Fore wings with some 



I white marks near the tips ; orbicular and reniform spots distinct, 



the former nearly oval, the latter narrow. Hind wings with a white 



mark near the tip and with the ciliae partly while. Length of the 



body 12 lines; of the wings 38 lines. 



a. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



