612 CATALOGUE OF 



Phalaena Zerah, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 227, pi. 397, f. G. 

 Rhyparia Zerah, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 1S3, 1879. 



Surinam. 



34. Arctja fervida. 



Nigro-fusca ; abdominis segmenta rufo fasciata ; ales anticcs testa- 

 ceo bistrigatce, albo ciliatce, subtus rufce, fusco marginatoe ; 

 posticce late rufce, fusco marginatce. 



This species differs from the typical form of Arctia, but ha 

 some resemblance to A. Placentia. 



Male. Head and thorax thickly clothed with rather long hairs. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi hairy, porrect; third joint conical, small. 

 Antennae minutely pectinated. Abdomen with short hairs, extend- 

 ing a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings nearly triangular, 

 almost straight along the costa ; outer border vei^y slightly oblique ; 

 hind angle rounded ; first, second and third inferior veins very near 

 together at the base ; fourth thrice further from the third than the 

 third from the first. Hind wings full two-thirds of the length of 

 the fore wings. Legs rather stout; hind tibiae armed with two me- 

 dial and two apical spurs of moderate length. 



Blackish brown. Abdominal segments with bright red dorsal 

 bands. Fore wings with a white fringe along the outer border; two 

 pale testaceous streaks ; one extending in the disk from the base to 

 half the length ; the other short, oblique, at two-thirds of the length, 

 extending from near the fore border into the disk ; under side red, 

 with brown borders. Hind wings bright red, with very broad 

 blackish brown borders, which in their narrowest part are accom- 

 panied by a slender curved brown band ; under side like the upper 

 side, but without the band. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



a. Guatimala. From M. Salle's collection. 



35. Arctia? Am asis. 



Albida ; thorax punctis duobus later alibus nigris vittisque duabus 

 obliquis fuscis ; abdomen nigrum, fasciis coccineis, apice 

 luteum ; alee anticce plaga discali rosea, fasciis duabus angu- 

 latis unaque undulosa, litura discali guttaque postica fuscis ; 

 postica lutece, maculis quatuor submarginalibus unaque discali 

 nigris. 



