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Show 334 MR. w. SCHAUS O N N E W [May 3, the entire inner margin broadly greyish white; the outer margin also greyish white, with two clusters of brown scales ; some grey shades along the costal margin and a large greyish space at the end of the cell; fringe grey, spotted with brown. Secondaries above dull brownish black, with a transverse pale shade from the middle of the costal margin to the anal angle ; the outer margin outlined with dull brown; fringe yellowish grey. Underneath, the wings are dull brown, with paler shades chiefly along the outer margins. Head and collar reddish brown ; thorax and extremity of abdomen grey ; abdomen otherwise brown dorsally, grey underneath. Expanse 48 mm. Hab. Tijuca, Rio Janeiro. HETEROCAMPA HERTHA. Female. Primaries above light brown, with the base, the costal and inner margins, mottled with grey ; an indistinct, darker, transverse median line, and an outer triple transverse lunular line, beyond which and up to a submarginal black, wavy line the wing is leaden grey, with a dark streak in each space between the veins, and these streaks are outwardly surmounted by a cluster of brownish scales; the outer margin light brown. Secondaries above brown. Underneath yellowish white, thickly covered with brownish scales. Body grey-brown. Expanse 50 mm. Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. HETEROCAMPA LIMOSA. Female. Primaries above blackish, mottled with grey along the costal margin and towards the apex ; all the transverse lines almost lost in the ground-colour; a submarginal wavy line fairly distinct; a short longitudinal black streak beyond the cell. Secondaries above whitish, the margins clouded with black, and a small black spot at the anal angle. Underneath, the secondaries are about the same; the primaries are dull black, with the costal and outer margins greyish. Body greyish. Expanse 48 mm. Hab. Corcovado, Rio Janeiro. HETEROCAMPA VIRGEA. Male. Primaries above dark olive-green, with the transverse lines dark brown shaded with lighter brown ; at the end of the cell a small brown streak surrounded by a paler shade, and there are some paler spots along the submarginal line near the apex. Secondaries above light grey, with yellowish scales along the inner margin; the outer margin thickly clouded with black scales. Underneath, the wings are dirty white, the costal margin of the primaries being slightly spotted with grey. Head and thorax olive-green. Abdomen brownish, with darker clusters of scales subdorsally. Underneath, body dirty white. Expanse 45 mm. Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. |