LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 347 



Pericopis Eurocilia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 176, 1809. 

 West Indies. 



7. Pericopis indecisa. 



Fuscus ; thorax antice flavo guttatus ; abdomen fasciis duabus ven~ 

 treque Jiavis ; ala anticce fasciis tribus obliquis flavis, la lata 

 antica, 2a interrupta posticeque abbreviata, Sa Integra ; alee 

 posticce flava, postice et apud apices rufa nigro marginatce al- 

 boque guttatce. 



Brown. Thorax with yellow spots and dots in front. Abdo- 

 men with two yellow stripes ; under side yellow. Fore wings with 

 three oblique yellow bands which are brightest and most clearly 

 defined beneath; first basal, broader than long, and not extending 

 beyond the fore half of the wing ; second interrupted in the middle, 

 shortened hindward ; third entire. Hind wings yellow, with broad 

 black borders which are shortened hindward and contain a row of 

 red spots and beyond them another of white dots. Legs whitish 

 beneath. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 





8. Pericopis subguttata. 



Nigro -f us ca ; thorax flavo bimacvlatus ; abdomen flavo quadrivit- 

 tatum, subtus flavum nigro unilineatum ; alee anticce fulvce, 

 apices versus flavescentes, fasciis duabus obliquis apicibusque 

 fuscis ; postica? lutece nigro venosce, margimbus fuscis flavo 

 guttatis. 



Blackish brown. Thorax with a yellow r spot on each shoulder. 

 Abdomen with four yellow stripes; under side yellow, with a slender 

 black middle stripe. Fore wings tawny, brown at the tips and with 

 two brown oblique slightly undulating bands, the second dilated 

 hindward ; space between the bands and between the second band 

 and the tip mostly yellow. Hind wings luteous with black-bordered 

 veins, and with broad blackish brown borders which contain yellow 

 dots ; these borders are tawny with brown edges beneath. Length 

 of the body 11 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a, Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



