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Show 952 MR. G. F. HAMPSON ON THE CLASSIFICATION [Dec. 17, (2)fERUPA ARGENTESCENS, n. Sp. o". Head and thorax red-brown, suffused with purplish grey; abdomen ochreous white, reddish at base. Fore wing rufous, suffused with silvery purple, except the costal area, and irrorated with a few dark scales ; a rufous spot in middle of cell; an oblique rufous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin, with diffused rufous beyond it; a minutely crenulate submarginal line slightly excurved from costa to vein 2. Hind wing whitish, with slightly curved brown submarginal line; the outer area slightly tinged with brown. Hah. Castro Parana, Brazil (Jones). Exp. 38 mm. (3)fERUPA NIGRESCENTELLA, n. Sp. Dark fuscous brown ; palpi white below at base : abdomen pale brown, the base tinged with fulvous. Wings glossy ; fore wing with indistinct discocellular spot; both wings with traces of curved postmedial line. Hab. Castro Parana, Brazil (Jones). Exp. 28-30 mm. Type. (4)fERUPA CHILOIDES, Wlk. xxx. 980. Brazil. (5)f ERUPA BILINEATELLA, Wlk. xxxv. 1743. Brazil. (6)fERUPA LACTEALIS, n. sp. $ . Creamy white ; palpi pale rufous at sides. Fore wing with the costal area tinged with rufous ; a very oblique sinuous brown line from lower angle of cell to inner margin before middle; an oblique dentate brown submarginal line ; the outer area and cilia tinged with rufous ; some dark specks on the margin. Hind wing with short oblique brown line from lower angle of cell to below vein 2; a dentate brown submarginal line not reaching the costa or inner margin; some marginal dark specks and the cilia rufous towards apex. Hab. Rio Janeiro. Exp. 36 mm. (7)tERUPA PINOSA l, Zell. Hor. Ent. Ross. 1881, p. 165, pi. xi. f. 6. Colombia. (8)fERUPA ROSEICEPS, n. sp. Head and collar bright pink; thorax, abdomen, and fore wing ochreous, the last irrorated with pinkish brown; traces of a pink fascia below the cell, and of a curved series of spots from its termination to costa; a dark discocellular speck; traces of a curved submarginal series of pinkish-brown spots ; a marginal series of black specks. Hind wing yellowish white. Hab. Castro Parana, Brazil (Jones). Exp. 32 mm. SECT. II. Both wings with the outer margin excurved between veins 4 and 2. (9)tERUPA RUPTILINEELLA, n. sp. Head and thorax dark rufous; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing 1 Zeller's females are all males of his Chilo validus. |