﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 1323 



half the length of the bod3% Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings straight in front, rectangular at the tips, very 

 slightly oblique along the exterior border ; first, second and third 

 inferior veins approximate at the base ; fourth remote. 



South America. 



9. HyPOPYRA? CONFIG urans. 



Ciiierea, suhtus rufo-lutea ; caput et thorax anticus obscure fusca ; 

 alee fusees^ apud marginem exteriorem pallidiores, lunulis 

 submarginalibus fuscis ; anticce apud costam cinerecB fusco 

 signatcB, costa exteriore albido subpurpur ascents^ linea basali 

 transversa undulata fusca, disco purpurascente, litura discali 

 fusca indentata valde arcuata nigro marginata. 



Cinereous, reddish luteous beneath. Head and fore part of the 

 thorax dark brown. Wings above brown, paler along the exterior 

 border, where the submarginal lunules are brown ; under side with 

 brown zigzag lines and a broad exterior brown band. Fore wings 

 cinereous, and with some brown marks along the costa, whitish lilac 

 along the costa towards the tip, with a brown transverse undulating 

 line near the base, with a purplish tinge in the disk, and with 

 a discal mark, which is brown, indented, much curved, and bordered 

 with black. Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 30 tr^es. 

 Amazon Kegion. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Africa. 



2. Hypopyra anteponens. 



Testacea, nigro subconspersa, subtus lutea ; caput et thorax anticus 

 fusca ; abdomen luleum, basi testaceum ; alcB linea nigra ob- 

 tiqua anticarum apices versus testacea, Linea submarginali 

 recta tenui pallidissime testacea fuscescente marginata^ mar- 

 gine exteriore subcervino, guttis submarginalibus nigricanti- 

 bus, lineis subtus transversis guttularibus nigricantibus ; 

 anticce linea basali nigra obliqua, reniformi e macula guttaque 

 nigris oblongis foem. scBpe obsoletis. 



Testaceous, slightly speckled with black, luteous beneath. 

 Head and fore part of the thorax brown. Abdomen luteous, 

 except at the base. Wings with a black oblique middle line, which 



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