HYFERTH I \l \. L99 



tit black spots and sublateral spots except at base. Fore wing 

 brilliant crimson, the costal edge dark brown ; a black point at base 

 of median nervure; a small antemedia] white spot defined by Mack 

 in submedian fold and a similar but larger postmedial spot between 

 veins 6 and o. Hind wing dark brown with the base of cell ami 

 area below the cell obliquely white expanding into a spot beyond 

 the discocellulars and with some crimson hair on inner area. Under- 

 side of fore win-' dark brown with some crimson at base, the 

 postmedial spot white. 



5. Fore wing with the antemedia! spot replaced by a faint 

 blackish spot. 



Ab. 1. $ . Fore wing without the postmedial spot. 



H "I'. Colombia. Choco, R. Siato, typef 6 in Coll. Joicey, La 

 Selva San .Juan, typef $• Exp. 46 52 millini. 



*13 i ■"> a. Hyperthaema hoffmannsi. i Plate XLVIII. tig. 9.) 

 Hyperthxma hoffmannsi, Roths. A. .M. N. H. (8) iv. p. 223 (1909). 



c$ . Mead, thorax, and abdomen crimson; antenna? brown ; tegula; 

 with black points; tibiae and tarsi brown, the 1st joint of tarsi 

 whitish; abdomen with lateral series of black spots. Fore wing 

 crimson, the terminal half tinged with brown in the interspaces; a 

 subbasal black point in the cell; an antemedial pure white patch 

 defined by black from cell to inner margin, its outer edo- e ansrled 

 111 submedian told and on vein 1 below which it is narrow; a post- 

 medial white spot defined by brown and with sinuous edges from 

 above vein 6 to vein 4 ; the termen brown. Hind wing semi- 

 hyaline white with brown terminal band expanding at tornus ; the 

 underside with the costal area brown, some crimson at base. 

 9- Hind wing black-brown with the basal area white. 

 Hub. Brazil, Teffe {Hoffmanns), type f <S , £ in Coll. Roth- 

 schild; Allianca. Exp., 34, $ 36 millim. 



*1345i. Hyperthaema coccinata. (Plate XLVIII. tig. 10.) 



Hyperthsema coccinata, Sehaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 222 (1905). 



c( . Head, thorax, and abdomen brilliant crimson ; palpi black at 

 tips; antennee brown; leglike with black points; legs brown, 

 crimson at base ; abdomen with lateral and sublateral series of black 

 spots. Fore wing brilliant crimson ; a black point at base ; around 

 white spot edged with black below the cell before middle and 

 a similar spot beyond the cell between veins G and 5 ; cilia brown. 

 Hind wing with the basal area white with slight crimson hair at 

 base; the rest of wing brown with round white spot beyond the 

 cell. 



Sab. Fil GrUlANA, St. Jean Maroni, type f J in U.S. Xat. Mus. 

 E.cp. 3i millim. 



