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Show 1892.] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 337 scales; a transverse, fine, black median line, preceded on the costa by a cluster of blackish scales; the costa beyond this with some small brownish spots; the outer line very fine, indistinct, followed hj a broken series of large pale brown spots, not reaching the inner angle, and each outwardly enclosing a small cluster of blackish scales; the submarginal line fine, but distinct, wavy, black. Secondaries white, with a narrow brown outer margin, and the ends of the veins shaded with brownish. Underneath, the wings are whitish, the primaries with the veins and costa brownish. Head and collar light brown; thorax and extremity of abdomen grey; abdomen otherwise dorsally light brown, below white. Expanse 36 m m . Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. ROSEMA EXCAVATA. Primaries above green, a slight excavation on the outer margin just below the apex, in this excavation the fringe is white, otherwise it is brown ; the costal margin is very narrowly edged with yellowish brown, and there is an indistinct whitish discal point. The secondaries above are yellowish brown in the male, yellow in the female. Underneath the wings are yellowish brown in the male, yellow in the female, with a brownish shade on the excavation of the primaries, and a row of marginal black points on the secondaries. Head and thorax green. Abdomen yellow, darker in the male. Expanse 36 m m . Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. ROSEMA LUNA. Male. Primaries above green, with the costal margin narrowly edged with white, and a small white spot in the cell; underneath whitish, with the fringe green and the costal margin reddish. Secondaries whitish. Head and thorax green. Abdomen roseate above, white underneath. Expanse 30 m m . The female differs in having the costal margin underneath white, and the abdomen is dorsally white, merely shaded with red towards its base. Expanse 34 m m . Hab. Peru, Brazil, Novo Friburgo. ROSEMA LAPPA. Male. Primaries with the costal margin straight for two-thirds, and then slightly convex to the apex. Above green, the costal margin very narrowly edged with yellowish ; the inner margin with an irregular brown mark from the base to the inner angle, which is itself prolonged in a slight tooth ; in the cell a black point. Secondaries above whitish, with the inner margin roseate. Underneath, all the wings are whitish. Head green. Collar and thorax greyish |
