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pectus and legs white; throat crimson; fore femora brown, fore 

 tibiae brown and crimson ; abdomen crimson, the extremity and 

 ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing pale brown irrorated 

 with crimson and the veins streaked with crimson ; a conical yellow 

 subbasal patch on costa edged with crimson and two yellow spots 

 edged with crimson in subrnedian interspace; two similar yellow 

 medial spots in subrnedian interspace and a yellow streak edged with 

 crimson on middle of inner margin ; a large oblique conical yellow 

 patch from costa, on which it extends from before middle to well 

 beyond middle, to just above vein 2, its edges sinuous, and with four 

 brown points on it in and beyond upper angle of cell, an oblique 

 sinuous yellow line edged with crimson from it to inner margin ; 

 two obliquely placed yellow marks edged with crimson below apex ; 

 a yellow terminal band with irregular inner edge from apex to 

 just below vein 2, with a series of brown points on it just before 

 termen. Hind wing pale crimson with a brown point before termen 

 below vein 5 followed by a series of dentate marks to vein 1 ; cilia 

 whitish : the underside white tinged with crimson except on costal 

 area. 



2 ■ Head, thorax, and fore wing with more crimson and less 

 brown. 



Hob. Brazil, Santos, Alto da Serra (D. Jones), type t 6 in 

 Coll. I). Jones. Exp, 40 millim. 



*1246 q. Antaxia apiciplaga. 



Avtomolis apiciplaga, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvi. p. 39, pi. 6. f. 3 (1909). 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen crimson ; pectus, legs, ami ventral 

 siirface of abdomen white, the fore femora above and tibia? at base 

 crimson. Fore wing crimson with a slight violaceous grey tinge 

 except on inner area ; the apical area pale yellow from costa beyond 

 middle to termen at vein 2, with a large rounded crimson patch from 

 costa before apex to just below vein 5, tinged with violaceous grev 

 except at edges and its outer edge waved ; postmedial crimson points 

 on veins 7, 6 and subterminal points on veins 4, 3. Hind wing 

 crimson, the costal edge white towards apex ; cilia white. 



Hab. Bbazil, Up. Amazons, Fonte Boa (Klages), type f 9 in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 36 millim. 



*1246;\ Antaxia flavomarginata. 



Automoli* flavomarginata, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 21 (1910) & xix 

 pi. 5. f. 29. 



Fore wing with veins 3, 4 stalked. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen crimson ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen yellow, the fore femora and tibia? except at 

 extremity crimson above, the mid tibiae crimson at base. Fore win^ 

 crimson suffused with greyish except at edges of the crimson area ; 



