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Show 320 MR. w. SCHAUS O N N E W [May 3, Expanse 44 mm. Hab. Tijuca, Rio Janeiro. Most nearly allied to A. albicans, Walker. HYDRIAS THERESA. Primaries above grey, the veins black towards the outer margin and some black scales at the base ; two black points in the cell, and beyond the cell two transverse blackish lines, the inner one resembling a line of fish-scales, the outer one forming prolonged angles. Secondaries brown, the costal margin broadly grey, mottled with black ; a marginal wavy, dusky grey line and a faint trace of a median transverse line. Head and thorax grey. Abdomen brown, grey subdorsally. Expanse 35 mm. Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. HVDRIAS BOCHICA. Primaries light grey, the base brown with two contiguous wavy, brown, transverse lines ; a black discal spot; beyond the cell another double transverse streak, and a submarginal row of brown spots; a brown spot on the costa near the apex; the outer margin brownish except at the apex and the inner angle. Secondaries with the costal and outer margins greyish ; the inner margin and disk brown ; two transverse wavy brown lines. Body brownish grey. Expanse 38 mm. Hab. Peru. HYDRIAS BRAGANZA. Male. Primaries above white ; brown along the inner margin and posterior half of the outer margin, also a brown spot on the costal margin close to the apex, and a smaller spot near the base. Secondaries above brown, the costal margin broadly white. Underneath brown ; a marginal wavy white line at the apex of the primaries, and a short broad white band at the apex of the secondaries. Head brownish. Thorax brown in the centre, on either side white. Abdomen brown. Expanse 34 mm. Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. HYDRIAS LACRIMOSA. Male. Primaries above brown ; a greyish basal transverse streak, also a similar outer wavy transverse streak, beyond which on the anterior half of the wing is a submarginal whitish band; a marginal broken white line from the apex to the inner angle. Secondaries light brown, darker along the costal margin and mottled with buff; a median and a marginal indistinct transverse line. Underneath light brown ; beyond the cell the wings are crossed bv three darker transverse lines. Body brown. Expanse 26 mm. Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. |