. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. ANTABCTIA. 449 2040. Antarctia brunnea. Antarctia brunnea, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 7, ff. 403, 404 (1827); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 1'25. Antarctia severa, Berg, Acta Acad. Nac. Cord. i. p. 76 (). Motada amaryllis, Schaus, J. N. Y. Eat. Soc. iv. p. 142 (1896). S . Head and thorax red-brown, mixed with dark brown ; abdo- men greyish brou^n, dull fulvous towards base and extremity. Fore wing brown, with blackish costal fascia. Hind wing rather paler, especially' towards base. Ab. 1. Much paler and more fulvous brown ; a
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. ANTABCTIA. 449 2040. Antarctia brunnea. Antarctia brunnea, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 7, ff. 403, 404 (1827); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 1'25. Antarctia severa, Berg, Acta Acad. Nac. Cord. i. p. 76 (). Motada amaryllis, Schaus, J. N. Y. Eat. Soc. iv. p. 142 (1896). S . Head and thorax red-brown, mixed with dark brown ; abdo- men greyish brou^n, dull fulvous towards base and extremity. Fore wing brown, with blackish costal fascia. Hind wing rather paler, especially' towards base. Ab. 1. Much paler and more fulvous brown ; abdomen with the ter-. Fig. 187.—Antarctia hninnea, $. minal half greyish ; hind wing pale ochreous brown ; cilia of both wings whitish at tips. Ab. 2. amaryllis. Much paler brownish fulvous; abdomen whitish towards extremity ; fore wing often without trace of the darker costal fascia ; hind wing paler. $ . Uniform orange-fulvous, the tarsi dark, the anal tuft white. Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 $ ; Argentina ; Patagonia, Rio Santo Cruz. Exjy., S 36, 5 46 millim. Type f § amaryllis in Coll. Schaus. Larva. Burni. Descr. Eep. Arg. v. p. Thickly clothed with hair; blackish, with yellow stripe and whitish marks on ventral surface. Food-plants, Xanthium sjjinosum, Gaillardia scabiosoides, Scleropus amarantoides,- etc. *2041. Antarctia ducinfieldia. (Plate XLIX. fig. 9.) Motada dickivjieldia, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 142 (1896). 9 . Head and thorax pale ochreous brown; antenniB whitish ; abdomen pale dull orange, with dorsal maculate blackish bands, the ventral surface blackish with orange sublateral bands, the anal tuft fulvous. Fore wing ochreous, very thickly irrorated with fuscous, the veins and margins pale ochreous. Hind wing darker, more thickly' irrorated with fuscous, the veins and cilia pale ochreous. I/dh. Brazil, Castro Parana, typef $ in Coll. Schaus. 04 millim. 2042. Antarctia venata. (Plate L. fig. 17.) Antarctia venata, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1894,
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