(34) 



45. Amaxia affinis sjieo. nov. (PI. V. ti'^. 15). 



d. Nearest to A. pulchra spec. nov. (infra). 



Palpi yellow, sjwtted and striped with crimson ; Ici^'s yellow : pectus crimson ; 

 head yellow, collar crimson ; tegulae yellow ; patagia lirowii eil^ed with crimson ; 

 thorax brown ; abdomen dull crimson, yellnwisli at last two sejjraents. Fore- 

 wing : basal two-fifths obliquely brown with a yellow wedge near base edged 

 with crimson, reaching from vein 5 to costa ; brown area outwardly edged with 

 crimson ; ])inky white patch at base of inner margin ; outer tliree-tifths of wing 

 yellow ; along outer margin a marginal and a submarginal row of brown dots ; 

 eight other similar dots scattered on disc, and three larger oval coalescent brown 



spots between veins 8 and 0, 9 and in, and lU and 1 1, each with a crimson ring. 



Hindwing pinkish white. 



Length of forewing : 20 — 33 mm. 



Ilah. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Peru, GtM.M.) ft., November 10(il (G. Ockenden). 



23 S3. 



4(5. Amaxia pulchra sjiec. nov. (PI. V. fig. Ki). 



cJ. Palpi yellow ; legs yellow with three crimson rings ; head red and yellow, 

 collar crimson ; tegulae yellow ; jiatagia, onter half yellow, inner half dark 

 brownish grey, separated from tiie yellow by a crimson line ; abdomen crimson 



yellow at last segment. Forewing : base yellow with three scarlet rings on it ; 



a large irregular blackish patch occupying one-fourth of the wing follows this 

 yellow basal area; at the inner margin it reaches the angle, but on costa near 

 base of cell it is quite narrow ; a yellow sjjot in this patch on inner margin ; a 

 marginal and submarginal row of pinkish brown spots and si.\ similar ones on 

 disc ; before apex tiiree large blackisii oval spots encircled with scarlet ; between 



these and patch reaching angle of inner margin four jiinkish brown spots. 



Hindwing carmine pink, outer margin yellowish, costal area ]iinkisli bull'. 



Length of forewing : 17 — 22 mm. 



Hab. Santo Domingo and La Oroya, 11. Inambari, ( larabaya, Peru, January 

 1901, October 1902, January 1903 (G. Ockenden) ; Minas (Jeraes (A. Kennedy). 



14 S6. 



47. Amaxia pardalis parva snbspec. nov. (PI. V. lig. 17). 



S ■ This is the representative of the Central American jinrtluUs (PI. V. fig. 18) 

 in the Guianas and I'razil. Similar to pardali.'t pnnliili.f, but smaller. The 

 yelliiw is duUer anil the hindwing less rosy, more sa!mon-]>ink ; the dark colour 

 in the basal area of forewing paler and the irregular liiotcli beyond the cell less 

 oblique and less irregular in outline ; abdomen dull crimson mixed with yellow. 



Length of forewing in pnn/iili.'i pan/ir/i.'i, S 18 mm.; in jianlulis purrii, 

 S 13—15 ram. 



Ilab. Aroewarwa Oeek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 1905 (S. M. 

 Klages); Manaos, September 1906 (M. de Mathan). 



12 Si, 1 ?. 



48. Amaxia rufobasalis spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 19). 



S. Palpi, legs, and Irons yellow; crimson line on vertex; collar and 

 tegulae yellow ; base of patagia and front of thorax crimson ; rest of patagia 

 and thorax dark crushed-strawberry red ; abdomen dull crimson, sides of last 



