LEPIDOI'TERA HETEROCERA. 939 



1. Chliara IMPERULIS. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput et thorax amicus coccinea ; ala antica 

 aurata, ovhraceo nolatcE, plagis duabus magnis Uneisque dua- 

 bus exterioribus angulons rufo-coccineis, lituris basalibus 

 discalibus et submarginalibus argenteis, guttis submaryinali- 

 bus nigris ; posticus rufesceute tinctcc. 



Plusia imperialis, MSS. 



Hale. Testaceous. Head and fore part of the thorax crim- 

 son. Fore wings gilded, with orange speckles, and with two huge 

 reddish crimson patches, one on the interior holder, and extending 

 in a band across the wing and along part of the costa, the other 

 along the fore part of the interior border ; two exterior transverse 

 zigzag lines of the same hue, the inner one accompanied by a pale 

 line ; various bright silvery marks at the base, in the disk, near the 

 tips, and along the exterior border, where there is also a row 

 of black dots ; discal spots larger than the others, in a cluster, and 

 partly enclosing some gilded marks. Hind wings with a reddish 

 tinge, except towards the base. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the 

 wings 22 lines. 



a. Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



2. Chliara Cresus. 



Cinerea ; abdomen albidum fasciis roseis ; alee anticce luteal, fer- 

 rugineo varice, guttis nonnullis lunula lineaque submarginali 

 argenteis ; postica: albidce, margine interiore lata fasciaque 

 tenui submarginali pallide roseis. 



Pbalaena Cresus, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 72, pi. 142, f. C. 

 Autographa Crcesa, Hubn. Sam. Exot. Schmett. ii. Lep. iv. Noct. 



iii. Semigeometrce, i. Plusia, A. Inscriptce, iii. f. I — 4 ; Verz. 



Schmett. 251, 2491. 



Berbice. 



Genus 8. CONCANA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocriter louga. Palpi 

 ascendentes ; articulus 3us linearis, 2i dimidio multo longior. 

 Antennae graciles, simplices, corporis dimidio multo longiores. 

 Thorax nou fasciculatus. Abdomen non cristatum, alas posticas 

 vix superans. Pedes graciles; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. 

 Ala? anticae angustae, apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, marginis 

 exterioris dimidio postico perobliquo ; posticae semihyaliuae. 



