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Show 1892.] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 335 HETEROCAMPA EPONA. Primaries above dull greyish green, with a large grey space on the costal margin, from the middle of the wing to the marginal transverse line, which is wavy, brownish green; the basal and median lines rather indistinct; the outer line fine, lunular, dark grey ; the extremities of all the veins brownish. Secondaries above light grey, with a brown transverse lunular line starting from the costal margin near the apex, but not extending far. Head and thorax dull greenish. Abdomen light brown, with somewhat darker subdorsal tufts. Expanse 37 m m. Hab. Peru. HETEROCAMPA ATRAX. Male. Primaries above blackish grey, light grey at the base ; some submarginal light grey shades; the fringe light grey spotted with black : the transverse lines black, very indistinct, being absorbed by the general ground-colour. Secondaries white, the inner margin with long dark hairs, the outer margin narrowly dark grey ; the fringe whitish ; the costal margin with some transverse dark grey shades. Head and thorax dark grey. Abdomen dorsally reddish brown at the base and extremity, otherwise dark grey. Underneath, body and primaries light grey. Secondaries white. Expanse 52 m m. Hab. Corcovado, Rio Janeiro. HETEROCAMPA PERILLEUS. Primaries above light brownish grey ; a median wavy black line, preceded by a large blackish space, on the costal margin ; the median space is crossed by an angular, dark grey line, and there are two small pale shades in the cell; the outer line is black, irregular, and followed by some broad dark brown shades ; there is a marginal white shade, with inwardly a series of irregular black spots ; a sub-marginal fine, lunular line; the fringe light grey, spotted with brownish grey : underneath blackish. Secondaries white, with the outer margin" broadly dark grey; the extreme margin whitish, with the end of the veins dark grey and the fringe white; just above the anal angle a dark streak. Head and collar dark brown. Thorax grey. Abdomen grey, darker dorsally, and with a black transverse line on the anal segment. Expanse 46 m m. Hab. Novo Friburgo. SYMMERISTA DENTATA. Primaries cinereous brown, the costal margin very broadly darker, the basal half being violaceous brown, the apical half paler brown; this space is limited by an irregular velvety brown line, which starts a short distance from the base, follows through the cell, at the end of which it has a posteriorly prolonged tooth, and continues to the outer margin. Secondaries cinereous brown. Palpi dark brown. |