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15. Pericopis TURBIDA. 



Mas. Alee anticce cinereo-hyalince, marginibus fasciisque duabus 

 nigro-fnscis ; posticce fiavescente hyalince fascia una margini- 

 basque nigris. Foem. Alee nigro-fuscce ; anticce fasciis duabus 

 cinereo-hyalinis ; posticce macula antica alba vittaque postica 

 rufa. 



Episteme turbida, H'ubn. Samml. Exot, Schmett. 31, 265, f. 529, 



530. 

 Mas. Phalaena Aglaura, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 126, pi. 263, f. F. 

 Foem. Phalaena tricolora, Sulz. Gesch. pi. 22, f. 5. Cram. Pap. 



Exot. iii. 125, pi. 263, f, E. 

 Pericopis turbida, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 176, 1810. 

 Pericopis tricolora, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 176, 1811. 



Male. Black. Antennae minutely pectinated. Thorax with 

 two yellow spots on each side, forming a curved band in front. 

 Abdomen with two pale yellow stripes which are interrupted on the 

 hind border of each segmeut ; under side pale yellow ; tip luteous. 

 Fore wings grayish hyaline, with dark brown borders and tips, and 

 with two dark brown bauds ; the first before the middle, very slight, 

 the second beyond the middle, much broader and more distinct. 

 Hind wings yellowish hyaline with black borders, and with one 

 black band which is in a line with the first band of the fore wings. 



Var. #. Mas. Abdomen with two blue stripes. Hyaline part 

 of the fore wings very slightly grayish ; first band hardly traceable. 

 Hind wings limpid, except the band and border. 



Var. y. Mas. Like Var. /3. Hyaline part of the fore wings 

 very darkly gray ; both the bands broad and very distinct. 



Fern. Blackish brown. Antennae minutely serrated. Fore 

 wings with a red mark at the base, and with two obscure cinereous 

 hyaline bands, the first beyond the middle, the second nearer the 

 tip. Hind wings with a short broad red stripe behind extending 

 outward from the inner border, and with a large white spot near the 

 fore border at two-thirds of the length. 



Var. 8. Hind wings with the red stripe macular, its last spot 

 near the tip ; white spot of moderate size. 



Var. y. Red stripe macular ; white spot small. 



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