LEPIDOPTERA HETEUOCERA. 



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3. PERICOPIS DECtSA. 



Nigra ; caput et thorax albo guttata ; palpi pedesque subtus albi ; 

 abdomen f us cum, subtus flavum ; alee, anticce fasciis duabus 

 obliquis Jiavis guttisque apicalibus albis ; postica vitta lata 

 interupta flava rufo marginata maculisque marginalibus rufis. 



Nealy allied to P. Isse. 



Black. Head, thorax and fore wings at the base with white 

 dots. Palpi and legs white beneath. Thorax with two indistinct 

 testaceous dorsal stripes. Abdomen brown, yellow beneath. Fore 

 wings with two oblique yellow bauds, the second interrupted hind- 

 ward, and with a row of white dots along the outer border. Hind 

 wings with a broad yellow discal stripe, bordered with red, and in- 

 terrupted towards its tip ; a row of marginal red spots. Length of 

 the body 10 lines ; of the wings 33 lines. 



a. Santa Fe de Bogota. From M. Parzudaki's collection. 



4. Perccopis angulosa. 



Caput et thorax nigra, albo guttata, hie fulvo maculatus ; abdomen 

 fuscum, subtus testaceum ; alee fulvce, marginibus nigris Jlavo 

 guttatis ; anticce nigro anguloso strigatce, apices versus nigrce 

 fasciis duabus obliquis flavis. 



Black. Head and thorax with white dots. Palpi and legs 

 white beneath ; coxae testaceous beneath. Thorax with tawny spots. 

 Abdomen brown, testaceous at the base and beneath where there is a 

 black stripe on each side. Wings tawny with black yellow-dotted 

 borders. Fore wings with a black stripe along the hind border, and 

 another very short one near the fore border and widening from the 

 base ; beyond is an oblique angular black band nearly parallel to 

 the outline of the black towards the tip and divided from it in front 

 by a short yellow band, which is parallel to the yellow oblique sub- 

 apical band. Hind wings with a black stripe in front. Length of 

 the body 10 — 11 lines; of the wings 32 — 36 lines. 



a — d. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



