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Show 1892.] SPECIES O F L E P I D O P T E R A H E T E R O C E R A . 279 AMAXIA PYGA, sp. nov. Female. Primaries above pale yellow ; the entire basal portion to the inner angle, except the costa, purplish brown, faintly mottled with red, especially on the veins and the margins of this dark space ; four elongated brown spots, exteriorly shaded with red, at the apex ; a marginal row of small brown spots, and a few other similar minute spots scattered over the yellow portion ; underneath pale yellow, with the entire inner margin and base, except the costa, dull brown; four brown spots at the apex. Secondaries above brown, the costal margin and apex yellow; underneath yellow. Head and collar yellow. Thorax and abdomen dorsally brown. Abdomen underneath white. Legs yellow. Expanse 33 m m. Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. SCAPTIUS JUNO, sp. nov. Femcde. Primaries pale purplish brown, a white spot at the base near the inner margin, beyond this a transverse yellow band from the subcostal to the submedian vein, and on this band is a wavy reddish line ; close beyond it and just above the inner margin are three small yellowish spots ; a submarginal row of four hyaline spots and a marginal row of small irregular yellow spots. Fringe alternately yellow and brown. Secondaries roseate, fringe yellow. Head yellow. Thorax brownish. Abdomen fawn-colour. Expanse 39 m m. Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. IDALUS ORTUS, sp. nov. Female. White, the disk of the primaries slightly iridescent, a few black specks at the base of the primaries, and some short black marks just beyond the cell, a conspicuous black dot near the outer margin below the apex. Head and thorax white, pinkish between the antennae. Abdomen white, dorsally shaded with pink. Expanse 37 m m. Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. AMELES BYBLIS, sp. nov. Primaries above dark brown, a space at the base, and a large subapical space on the outer margin, testaceous, with two rows of paler spots. About the middle of the costal margin are two nearly contiguous testaceous spots, and likewise two about the middle of the inner margin. Secondaries above blackish, a yellow basal spot on the costa. Underneath dull brown, orange at the base of the four wings, and orange shades along the basal half of the costal and inner margins of the primaries. The subapical patch on the outer margin as on the upperside. Head and thorax yellow, with two broad brown bands. Abdomen dorsally dark brown, laterally yellow, with two rows of black spots ; underneath whitish. Expanse 37 m m. Hab. Corcovado, Rio Janeiro. |