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Show 1892.] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 321 H Y D R I A S S O R D I D A. Male. Primaries above brown, slightly mottled with greyish scales; a transverse outer lunular line and a submarginal deeply angular black line. Secondaries rich brown; the costal margin mottled with greyish, and an indistinct wavy marginal line. Body brown ; a few greyish hairs on the thorax. Expanse 30 m m . Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. TALIMA CARMEN. Male. Primaries above grey, brownish along the inner margin, whitish at the apex ; beyond the middle of the wing a semicircular row of small black spots ; an upright white streak on the inner margin near the angle. Secondaries above bright red; apex and fringe greyish brown. Wings underneath red; the costal margins and apices grey. Head and thorax grey. Abdomen red dorsally, grey underneath. Expanse 23 m m . Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. Fam. LiMACODiDiE. ECHEDORUS ARGENTINA. Male. Wings grey, slightly hyaline and iridescent, the outer third slightly paler in colour. The primaries crossed at a third from the base by two outwardly curved, narrow, whitish lines ; beyond the cell two wavy whitish lines and a wavy marginal whitish band; a small black spot at the end of the cell. Underneath, the primaries are almost denuded of scales, and show the markings of the upper surface. The secondaries above have the dark and light portions separated by a faint whitish shade, the darker portion occupying the entire inner margin; underneath, a broad median, transverse, black band, shaded with white on either side. Thorax and abdomen dark grey, with tufts of brownish hairs at the base of the wings ; also similar tufts on the last segments underneath. Expanse 43 m m . The female is altogether more woolly, the primaries are hardly iridescent, the markings a little less distinct, and the black spot at the end of the cell more conspicuous. The secondaries are uniform dull grey. Expanse 60 m m . Hab. Petropolis, Brazil; Buenos Ayres. TlTYA FUMIDA. Male. Wings smoky brown; a black spot at the end of the cell on the primaries, and a submarginal greyish band, more distinct on the primaries than on the secondaries. Body brown. Expanse 38 m m . Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. |
