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yellow ; thorax purple-brown ; pectus and legs yellow, fore femora 

 crimson in front ; abdomen yellow, dorsally scarlet except at 

 extremity. Fore wing with the ha.se dark purple-brown from eosta 

 before middle to termen above tornus, its outer edge somewhat 

 angled at lower angle of cell and vein 3 ; the apical area yellow 

 with a large elliptical purple-brown subapical patch with a* little 

 scarlet above it on costa and its outer edge waved. Hind wing 

 orange-yellow with a fuscous terminal band, extending on costa to 

 middle, then sinuous to tornus. 



Hab. Yr. Guiana., St. Jean Maroni (Schaus), 1 6 type. Exp. 

 30 millim. 



*1552 e. Neritos sanguidorsia. 



Neritos sanguidorsia, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 226 (1905). 

 Hsemanota cubana, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 35, pi. 13. f. 42 (1910). 



d" • Antennae with minute serrations ending in long bristles. 

 Head and thorax scarlet ; palpi fuscous, scarlet at base and yellow 

 at extremity of 1st and 2nd joints , pectus behind and legs fuscous ; 



Fig. 46. — Neritos sanguidorsia, tf . '-. 



abdomen fuscous. Fore wing fuscous slightly suffused with 

 purple, the base scarlet. Hind wing fuscous. 



Hub. Cuba, Holguin, typef S cubana in Coll. Rothschild; 



Venezuela, Caura R. Corosito (Klages), in Coll. Rothschild. 



Fb. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni, type t 6 in U.S. Nat. Mus., 

 St. Laurent Maroni. Exp. 22 millim. 



*15o2/. Neritos purpurascens. 



Paranerita purpurascens, Roths. A. M. N.H. (8) iv. p. 220 (1909); id. 

 Nov. Zool. xvii. pi. 12. f. 13. 



Antenna? of male with bristles and cilia ; fore wing without 

 fovea; veins 10, 11 stalked; hind wing with the costa slightly 

 lobed. 



J. Head crimson with a broad yellow band between antenna?; 

 palpi yellow in front ; thorax crimson tinged with brown ; pectus 

 and legs yellow, the fore femora crimson above ; abdomen crimson, 

 the extremity and ventral surface white. Fore wing with the 

 basal area crimson tinged with brown extending on costa to before 

 middle and thence obliquely curved to termen above tornus, its 

 outer edge bright crimson ; a slight yellow mark at base of inner 

 margin and a small round antemedial yellow spot edged with 



