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Show 1892.] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 283 upperside. Secondaries brownish black. Head, thorax, and abdomen black; yellow spots on the collar, and two on the thorax. Expanse 60 m m . $. Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. PERICOPIS MONTEZUMA, Sp. 110V. Primaries above brown, paler between the median and submedian veins ; on the costal margin a red streak at the base, a yellow spot about the middle, and a little beyond this a second yellow spot; below the first-mentioned yellow spot two vitreous spots; below the second yellow spot also two vitreous spots, and below these again two, but closer to the outer margin : underneath black ; the costal margin, apex, and outer margin red ; the vitreous spots as on the upper surface, and two whitish spots below the median vein. Secondaries above yellowish white, with a broad black outer margin spotted with yellowish ; the costal margin black ; underneath as on the upper surface, the black replaced by red except at the anal angle ; the marginal spots are larger than on the upper surface and are edged with black. Head and thorax black spotted with yellow. Abdomen dorsally black, with two broad grey stripes; laterally black, with a single grey stripe ; underneath yellow. Anus crimson. Expanse 85 m m . 2 • Hab. Las Vigas, Mexico. Probably a variety of Pericopis humeralis, Walker, only differing in the secondaries and in being slightly larger than the typical females of P. humeralis captured in the same locality. Fam. LiTHOSiiDiE. T R I C H O M E L I A C E L E N N A , sp. nov. Primaries above white, all the veins grey ; the costal margin very broadly grey for two thirds from the base; a large grey space on the inner margin near the angle. Secondaries above grey. Underneath all the wings grey. Head and thorax whitish. Abdomen dark grey. Expanse 23 m m . Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. CISTHENE PETROVNA, sp. nov. Primaries above grey, slightly paler at the base, with the veins darker ; a broad white median band, and a white spot at the apex. Secondaries grey ; towards the base and along the inner margin yellowish. Underneath : primaries grey ; secondaries whitish, with the apex broadly grey. Head grey, collar yellow. Thorax grey. Abdomen yellow. Expanse 24 m m . Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. BRYCEA PERUVIANA, sp. nov. Wings black ; a broad orange longitudinal streak from the base |
