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Show 330 MR. W. SCHAUS ON N E W [May 3, lines. Secondaries and body brown. Underneath brownish, the costal margins luteous with dark grey spots. Expanse 33 m m. Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. DALACA MUMMIA. Very light grey, with an outer and a submarginal paler transverse band; the submarginal band is formed of contiguous quadrate spots. Expanse 40 m m. Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. DALACA OREAS. Primaries dark brown, indistinctly mottled with slightly paler lines; a small dark shade and two minute silver spots beyond the cell; an outer transverse dark line and three silver spots on the outer margin below the apex. Secondaries and abdomen brown. Head and thorax velvety brown. Underneath dull brown. Expanse 43 m m. Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. DALACA TEREA. Primaries pale fawn-colour with a reddish tinge ; a small dark streak at the end of the cell, beyond which is an interrupted transverse dark line ; otherwise with numerous short, transverse, pale streaks outwardly bordered with brownish. Secondaries and body very light reddish. Expanse 42 m m. Hab. Paso de San Juan, Mexico. PHASSUS ABSYRTUS. Male. Light reddish brown, the primaries crossed beyond the middle by four darker bands from the costal margin to the median vein ; darker shades and light wavy streaks about the inner angle and along the inner margin. The female has the bands less distinct and crossing the entire wing. Expanse, 3 63 mm., 2 85 m m. Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. Fam. NOTODONTIDJE. C O S L O D A S Y S T O N A C. Female. Primaries light grey ; a short oblique black line at the base ; some dark greyish lines on the costa, and long grey lines between the veins on the outer margin, a large dark spot at the end of the cell, from beneath which a large oblong dark space extends towards the outer margin just above the inner angle. Secondaries whitish, with the outer margin broadly shaded with dark grey. Underneath whitish, the primaries with the costal margin and apex broadly grey. Body greyish. Expanse 40 m m. Hab. Paso de San Juan, Mexico. |