LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 373 



Phalaena (Geometra) Myrrha, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. 47, pi. 29, f. G. 

 Epheslris Myrrha, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 178, 1840. 



Surinam. 



14. Chrysauge simulans. 



Nigra, subtus albida ; vertex albus ; thorax albo biguttatus ; hu- 

 meri flavi aut lutei ; abdomen albido bivittatum; alee discis 

 anticceque macula subapicali fiavis aut luteis, subtus albido 

 strigatee. 



Black, whitish beneath. Head white above. Thorax with two 

 white dots close together in front, and a yellow spot on each side. 

 Abdomen with a whitish stripe on each side. Wings with a very 

 large yellow spot in each disk, nearly triangular and less than two- 

 thirds of the length in the fore wings, irregularly fusiform in the 

 hind wings. Fore wings with a yellow spot near the tip in front ; 

 under side with some whitish streaks at the tip. Hind wings 

 whitish beneath, with three large irregular brown spots, one in 

 front, another behind, and the third at the tip. Length of the body 

 4 — 4i lines; of the wings 11 — 12 lines. 



Var. /3. Humeral spots, disks and spots of the wings luteous. 



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



b, c. ? 



15. Chrysauge erycinoides. 



Mas. Atra, subtus albida ; alee anticce vitta basali postica rufa, 

 maculaque subapicali limpida, subtus pallidiores maculis gut- 

 tisque nonnuUis albidis ; posticee subtus pallid e lutece, apices 

 versus nigro-fuscce luteo varies. Fcem. Atra ; alee anticee vitta 

 basali postica rufa maculisque duabus subapicalibus limpidis ; 

 posticee vitta discali rufa, subtus obscure testaceee fusco venosce. 



Black, whitish beneath. Proboscis white. Fore wings with a 

 red stripe which proceeds from the base along half the length near 

 the hind border, and with a limpid spot near the costa and towards 

 the tip. Legs mostly white. Male. Fore wings with some yellow 

 spots and dots towards the tips beneath. Hind wings red with 

 broad black borders ; under side gilded yellow with black veins, 

 black with yellow marks towards the tips and along the hind borders. 

 Fern. Fore wings with two limpid spots near the tip, the second be- 

 hind the first and a little nearer the tip ; under side brown towards 



