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Show 318 MR. W. SCHAUS ON N E W [May 3, Adding to this list the Royal Antelope (Nunotragus pygmceus), said by Temminck to be possibly the original of XLIII. 2, and the specimens asserted by Sundevall to bs perhaps those of XLIII. 1 & 2 \ we are able to account, with the Lidth de Jeude specimens now in the British Museum, for a very large proportion of Albert Seba's historical collection of Mammalia. 3. Descriptions of new Species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Brazil,Mexico, and Peru.-Part II.2 By W . SCHAUS, F.Z.S. [Received April 29, 1892.] The following descriptions are all taken from specimens in my own collection, and, with the exception of those from Peru, they were collected by myself. Fam. LASiocAMPiDiE. ORMISCODES OPIS. Primaries above reddish brown; a basal straight, and an outer oblique, transverse grey band ; a marginal wavy whitish shade; a long white streak at the end of the cell. Secondaries reddish brown; a median transverse greyish band and a submarginal dark brown shade. Underneath brown, the outer portion of the wings crossed by four bands of whitish scales. Head and thorax reddish brown. Abdomen black dorsally, whitish between the segments; anal segment red ; underneath reddish brown. Expanse 100 mm. $. Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. LONOMIA CARNICA. Male. Above red, the wings crossed from the apex of the primaries to the middle of the inner margin on the secondaries by a broad black line, divided by a greyish shade ; on the primaries two discal spots, the anterior one blackish, the posterior one white. Underneath pale brownish red, with broad, marginal, paler shades; the transverse line very narrow and indistinct, inwardly shaded with white ; on the primaries two white discal spots ; on. the secondaries a black discal spot circled with white ; a large black spot at the apex. Expanse 80 mm. Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. PREPTOS, nov. gen Antennae minutely pectinated, and with ong tufts of hairs at 1 Pecora, p. 303 (1847). I have to thank Prof. W. Leche, of Stockholm, for information about the present condition of these specimens. See also Brooke, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 637. 2 For Part I. see above, p. 272. |
