716 CATALOGUE OF 



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GoRTYNA DITISSIMA. 



Fo3m. Fusca ; palpi validi, oblique ascendentes, articulo So 

 minimo ; thoracis latera inter alas purpurascente rufa ; abdo- 

 men cinereum ; alee anticce rufo-ochracece, flavo conspersa?, 

 apices versus nigricante cinerece, lineis nigricantibus subundu- 

 latis, orbiculari parva transversa subovata, reniformi arctata 

 niveo marginata ; postica? cinerece, margine lato fuscescente. 



Female. Brown. Palpi stout, obliquely ascending ; third 

 joint very minute, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 

 second. Thorax purplish red on each side between the wings. 

 Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings bright reddish orange, partly and 

 irregularly flecked with yellow; apical part mostly blackish cine- 

 reous; transverse lines blackish, slight, undulating; orbicular spot 

 transverse, nearly oval, not one-fourth of the size of the reniform, 

 which is excavated on both sides in the middle, and is mostly bor- 

 dered with snow-white. Hind wings cinereous, with broad brownish 

 borders. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Mexico. From M. Salle s collection. 



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HYDEiEClA NICTITANS. 



ii. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 jj, kk. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



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Hyde^cia cuprea. 



Var. ? Ccrvina ; ala antica disco ex parte lineaque submarginali 

 ferrugineis, maculis discalibus fasciisque exterioribus albido- 

 cervinis. 



Fawn-colour. Fore wings with part of the disk and the 

 submarginal line ferruginous ; discal spots and exterior bands 

 whitish fawn-colour. 



e. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 

 /. Lapland. Presented by J. R. Crowe, Esq. 



