348 LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCEBA. 



9. Pericopis BIVITTATA. 



Fusca ; caput nigrum, albo guttatum ; thorax antice fiavo quadri- 

 maculalus ; abdomen nigro-fuscum, luteo quadrivittatum, 

 subtus flavum ; aim anticce basim versus fulvescentes, fasciis 

 duabus rnediis obliquis flavis ; posticce lutece vitta ramosa mar- 

 ginibusque nigris, his albo guttatis. 



Brown. Head black, with white dots. Thorax with four yel- 

 low spots in front. Abdomen blackish brown, with four luteous 

 stripes, yellow beneath ; middle dorsal stripes green at the tips. 

 Fore wings mostly tawny towards the base; two oblique yellow dis- 

 cal bands, the first tawny hindward ; a row of white dots along the 

 tips. Hind wings luteous, with a black ramose stripe; hind bor- 

 ders black with white dots. Length of the body 8^ lines ; of the 

 wings 27 lines. 



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



10. Pericopis humeralis. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; thorax fiavo sexmaculatus ; femora subtus 

 fiava ; alee anticce striga basali maculisque tribus anticis flavis, 

 et striga antica basali coccinea necnon macula antica media 

 fasciaque subapicali obliqua e maculis duabus, flavo-limpidis, 

 subtus apices versus rufce ; posticce fulva, marginibus nigro- 

 fuscis flavo-hyalino guttatis. 



Blackish brown. Antennas moderately pectinated. Thorax 

 with six yellow spots, two in front, two on the disk, and two by the 

 fore wings. Fore wings indistinctly tinged here and there with 

 yellow ; two basal streaks, the fore one crimson, the other yellow ; 

 three yellow spots along the fore border ; a yellow limpid spot in 

 front of the middle, and an oblique yellow limpid band composed 

 of two spots towards the tip ; under side bright red at the tips and 

 along the adjoining parts of the borders. Hind wings tawny, with 

 a broad blackish brown border which contains a row of yellow semi- 

 hyaline spots ; on the under side the band almost disappears, and 

 the spots are larger and more distinct. Length of the body 12 

 lines ; of the wings 30 lines. 



a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



