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*1484. Nephelistis furva. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 3.) 



Conservula furva , Schaus, J. N.Y. Eiit. Soc. xi. p. 235 (1903). 



S . Head and tegulae bright ferruginous slightly mixed with 

 white, the latter tipped with white ; thorax red-brown irrorated 

 with white ; pectus and legs rufous, the tarsi ringed with white ; 

 abdomen rufous irrorated with white, the anal tuft more fulvous. 

 Fore wing bright chestnut ; the costal area purplish fuscous ; a 

 purplish band before the oblique antemedial line from cell to inner 

 margin ; orbicular and reniform purplish with ill-defined whitish 

 annuli, the former very oblique elliptical ; some white points on 

 terminal half of eosta ; postmedial line chestnut defined by white on 

 outer side, straight, very oblique from below costa to inner margin, 

 with a pur])lish band on its outer edge ; subtcrminal line very ill- 

 defined, whitish towards costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, 

 then oblique ; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ; 

 cilia purplish brown. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins, 

 terminal area, and a terminal line tinged with rufous ; the under- 

 side with the costal area irrorated with rufous, a discoidal point 

 and curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, type f J in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 30 

 millim. 



1485- Nephelistis differens. 



Hadena differens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 294, pi. 27. f. 26 



(1889). 

 T(Bniocainpa vellerea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am , Het. ii. jj. 484, pi. 94. f. 8 



(nee Schaus). 



5 . Head and thorax deep purplish grey, the tegulae and thoracic 

 crest cupreous ; abdomen fuscous brown, the dorsal crest cui)reous. 

 Fore wing dark purplish grey ; the subbasal line represented by 

 white striae from costa and median nervure with cupreous suffusion 

 before it ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, defined by the medial 

 area below diseal fold and stigmata being cupreous ; orbicular and 

 reniform defined by a slight blackish line except above and with a 

 fuscous patch between them, the former oblique elliptical, confluent 

 at lower extremity with the latter which is constricted at middle ; 

 postmedial line double, oblique, very slightly curved and not quite 

 reaching costa; some whitish points on terminal half of costa; 

 subtcrminal line defined by the area beyond it being cupreous 

 except the veins and an apical patch, slightly angled outwards at 

 vein 7, strongly inwards in diseal fold, then somewhat dentate ; a 

 fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown with a 

 reddish tinge, the interspaces whitish except towards termen ; cilia 

 whitish with a brown line near base ; the underside whitish, the 

 costalarea brown irrorated with white, a dark discoidal point and 

 sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa {TrujUlo),\ $ ; Panama, Chiriqui (C7ia?»- 

 ;pxon), 3 5 type, Godman-i^alvin Coll. Exjj. 36-40 millim. 



