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Show 1892.] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 333 upper surface. Head and thorax light grey. Collar and abdomen brownish grey above. Underneath, abdomen white. Expanse 48 mm. Hab. Corcovado, Brazil. BLERA BIANCA. Primaries above white, thinly speckled with brownish scales, broadly shaded with light brown at the apex, and there is a cluster of brownish scales at the inner angle ; a very indistinct median and outer transverse brown line; two fine dark lines at the end of the cell; from the base of the costa to the inner margin, at one fourth from the base, two parallel black lines ; a marginal, nearly straight heavy black line, having outwardly a black dash in the spaces between the veins ; a submarginal wavy black line. Underneath white, shaded with black along the costal and outer margins. Secondaries above white, with the veins slightly blackish ; underneath white. Head and thorax brownish grey. Abdomen light grey above, white below. Expanse 45 mm. Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. BLERA APELLA. Primaries above shining greyish brown, variegated with paler scales ; an indistinct basal and median black transverse line, between which is a large cluster of white scales, confined between the median and submedian veins ; a wavy, outer, transverse black line, within which is a large irregular, triangular, white space, situate on the costa and extending halfway across the wing, and enclosing at the end of the cell a black ring-shaped spot; a distinct submarginal wavy black line. Secondaries above brownish white at the base, dark brown along the outer margin. Underneath, the primaries are brown, shaded with grey; the secondaries yellowish white, with the costal and outer margins brownish. Body brownish grey. Expanse 43 mm. Hab. Corcovado, Rio Janeiro. BLERA SIDA. Primaries above light brown, darker towards the base, with the basal and outer lines dark brown and very indistinct, the inner margin shaded with grey; a small oblong white spot near the base, below the median vein; a large white space on the posterior portion of the outer margin. Secondaries above light brown, the outer margin narrowly dark brown, the fringe whitish. Underneath, the primaries brownish, the secondaries white. Body grey above, whitish underneath. Expanse 41 mm. Hab. Corcovado, Rio Janeiro. HETEROCAMPA LiECA. Male. Primaries above rich brown, mottled with greyish white; PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1892, No. XXIV. 24 |