H.i:M AI'HT.KISIA.- PARANERITA. /!• 



*llM."> /'• Haemaphlebia venata. 



Barilim' venata, Roths. A. M. N. II. (8) iv. p. 210 (1909) ; id. Nov. Zool, 

 wii. pi. 12. f. 33. 



'. I lead and thorax yellow : palpi with the 2nd joint scarlcl 

 behind and brown at tip; Irons with brown bar; vertex of bead 

 with scarlel spot: tegulse with scarlet lunules and t'useous medial 

 points ; patagia with scarlet annuli and upper edge ; dorsum of 

 thorax with scarlet stripe; tibia- with fuscous spots, tarsi with 

 fuscous rings ; abdomen scarlet, yellow at extremity and on ventral 

 surface. Fore wing yellow, the veins, discal and submedian folds 

 streaked with scarlet, the costa with brown stria- excepl at base ; 

 a subbasal black point below costa ; a purple-brown fascia from 



Fig. 23. — Esemaphlebia venata, <$ . ]. 



base above vein 1 forking at the double antemedia] series of black 

 points; four black points in middle of cell; a purple-brown 

 discoidal annulus with a scarlet spot on the yellow centre and 

 black point beyond it; a purple-brown postmedial band edged by 

 black points, angled inwards above vein (5 and produced to a short 

 streak in discal fold, then very oblique to middle of inner margin 

 where it is produced to a short streak; a subterminal series of 

 small purple-brown spots in the interspaces: a series of small 

 blackish spots on termen and cilia. Hind wing scarlet, the costal 

 area and cilia yellow; the underside yellow. 



Hah. Surinam, Aroewarwar Creek ; Brazil, Up. Amazons. 

 Ponte Boa {Klages), type t d hi Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 

 40 millim. 



The Genera Paranerita, Hyponerita, and Nieritos are better 

 placed before Parevia, the differences in the subcostal neuration of 

 the fore wing being considered as secondary developments. 



*2017 a. Paranerita metaxantha. 

 Paranerita metaxantha, Dog-n. Het. Nouv. Am. Sud, vii. p. 19 (1911). 



Hind wing with veins :] and 5 from the cell. 



c? . Mead and thorax pale fulvous brown; palpi with crimson 

 streaks at sides; antenna- black, crimson at base; patagia with 

 slight crimson streaks, the metathorax edged with crimson ; pectus 

 and legs white, the fore legs yellow, the mid and hind tibia- with 

 yellow streaks at base, the tarsi yellow, crimson at extremities ; 



