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Show 340 NEW SPECIES O F L E P I D O P T E R A H E T E R O C E R A . [May 3, HAPIGIA ACCIPITER. Primaries with the costa straight; the apex acute; the outer margin straight just below the apex, then oblique to the inner angle, which is prolonged in a long, broad tooth. Above brown, shaded with olivaceous at the base ; on the inner margin some pale reddish-brown marks; a median, transverse, wavy, blackish-brown line, further from the base on the inner margin than on the costal margin ; in the cell a conspicuous black point, beyond which two indistinct, irregular, paler spots, faintly outlined with black; the outer line straight, dark, inwardly shaded with lighter brown ; the submarginal line very irregular, black, preceded by a broad wavy shade, especially noticeable towards the apex. Secondaries above blackish brown, dull white along the costal margin ; a yellow spot on the fringe at the end of each vein. Underneath all the wings yellowish, with long blackish scales on the primaries below the subcostal vein. Body dark olivaceous brown above, reddish brown underneath. Expanse 70 m m. Hab. Rio Janeiro. HAPIGIA PHOCUS. Shape of wings and markings very similar to Hapigia apulus, Cramer. Primaries above much darker than in H. apulus, being of a rich velvety brown, with the inner and outer margins paler; the outer transverse line is not so wavy as in H. apulus, and the two silver spots in the cell are closer together. Secondaries above white ; the inner margin and fringe greyish brown; the veins brownish. In H. apulus the apex of the secondaries is broadly shaded with brown. Underneath the wings are whitish, with the costa and apex of the primaries powdered with brown. Head and thorax brown. Abdomen above black. Underneath brown. Anal hairs testaceous. Expanse 70 m m. Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. RHUDA ENDYMION. Primaries above with the anterior portion of the wing shading from light brown at the base to pale buff towards the outer margin, and with a few longitudinal dark streaks; a heavy velvety-brown line, extending from the base of the costa to the middle of the outer margin, separates the brownish portion of the wing from the posterior portion which is light grey ; on this grey space a trace of the outer line is visible ; the costal margin towards the apex is also greyish; on the extreme outer margin a row of V-shaped brown marks. Secondaries white ; the inner margin broadly covered with long brown scales, and the outer margin spotted with brown. Underneath the wings are whitish, with the costal margin of the primaries broadly smoky brown. Head brown. Collar velvety brown. Thorax grey. Abdomen above brownish grey, below whitish. Expanse 58 m m. Hab. Rio Janeiro. |