﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1555 



4. Orthogramma patagonica. 



Sordide ochraceo-Jlava, suhtus Icete flava rvfo tincta ; alee linea 

 incerta indistincta suhundulata nigricante riifescente mar- 

 ginata, punctis submarginalibus distinctis nigris alho notatis ; 

 posticce oblongcB^ acutcc, macula apicali nigra, linea interiore 

 umbraque mediana nigris, orbiculari annuliformi, reniformi 

 e annulis duobus, antica vacua aperta, postica iniegra 

 obscuriore. 



Orthogramma patagonica, Guen, Noct. iii. 349, 1819. 



Patagonia. 



5. Orthogramma perseveraks. 



Mas. LuteO'Cervina ; palporimi articulus 2us extus obscure f us cus ; 

 3m.9 vix subspatulatus, 2i dimidio vix brevior ; antemice 

 ciliato serratcB ; pedes antici densissime ciliati^ ex parte nigri- 

 cante s ; alee linea obliqua ferruginea, lunulis subtus quatuor 

 discalibus fuscis ; anticce subfalcatce, linea iuteriore fer- 

 ruginea subundulata, reniformi magna ferrugineo marginata, 



Male, Luteous fawn-colour, paler and with a slight cinereous 

 tinge beneath. Second joint of the palpi dark brown on the outer 

 side ; third very slightly subspatulate, nearly half the length of the 

 second. Antennae serrate ; each lamina ending in a short seta. 

 Fore legs most densely ciliated ; the hairs partly blackish. Wings 

 with a ferruginous line, w^hich extends from the tips of the fore 

 wings to the middle of the interior border of the hind wings; under 

 side with a discal brown lunule on each wing, and with a brown 

 line, which does not correspond to that above, but is less oblique 

 and joins the costa, on approaching which it is bent. Fore wings 

 subfalcate ; interior line ferruginous, slightly undulating; reniform 

 mark large, with a ferruginous border. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



a, Amazon Eegion. Id Mr. Saunders' collection. 



6. Orthogramma vacillaxs. 



Fcem. Cervina, antice ferruginea ; alee linea recta obliqua 

 exteriore, punctis paucis submarginalibus nigris, subtus fusees- 



