. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. (p ANTARCTIA. 449 2040. Antarctia brunnea. Antarctia brunnea, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 7, ff. 403, 404 (1827); Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 225. Antarctia scvera. Berg, Acta Acad. Nac. Oord. i. p. 76 (1875). 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 brown, dull fulvous towards base and extremity. Fore wing brown, with blackish ^ ^ costal fascia. Hind wing Y^- rather
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. (p ANTARCTIA. 449 2040. Antarctia brunnea. Antarctia brunnea, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 7, ff. 403, 404 (1827); Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 225. Antarctia scvera. Berg, Acta Acad. Nac. Oord. i. p. 76 (1875). 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 brown, dull fulvous towards base and extremity. Fore wing brown, with blackish ^ ^ costal fascia. Hind wing Y^- rather paler, especially towards base. Ab. 1. Much paler and Fig. 187.âAntarctia brunnea, 2- }â more fulvous brown; abdomen with the ter- 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. 2 . Uniform orange-fulvous, the tarsi dark, the anal tuft white. Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 $ ; Argentina ; Patagonia, Rio Santo Cruz. Exp., (^ 36, 5 46 millim. Type f $ amaryllis in Coll. Schaus. Larva. Burm. Descr. Eep, Arg. v. p. 451. Thickly clothed with hair; blackish, with yellow stripe and whitish marks on ventral surface. Eood-plants, Xanthium sjpinosum, Gaillardia scabiosoides, Sderopus amarantoides, etc. *2041. Antarctia ducinfieldia. (Plate XLIX. fig. 9.) Motada dukinfieldia, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 142 (1896). 2 . Head and thorax pale ochreous brown; antennae whitish ; abdomen pale dull orange, with dorsal maculate blackish bands, the ventral surface blackish with orange sublateral bands, the anal tuft fulvous. Pore 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. Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, typet 2 ^^ Coll. Schaus. Exp. 64 millim. 2042. Antarcti
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