318 LITHOSIAD.&. 



*1593«, Virbia orola. 



Yirbia orola, Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. p. 173 (1914). 



6 ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen black, the neck with crimson 

 ring, the ventral surface of abdomen grey. Fore wing black- 

 brown. Hind wing black with yellow patch on costal half except 

 at apex. Underside of fore wing with the basal two-thirds yellow 

 except at costa ; hind wing with yellow streak on inner margin. 



Huh. Panama, Porto Bello (Eusek). Exp. 25 millim. This 

 species is unknown to me. 



1 595 a. Virbia flavifurca, (Plate LVI. fig. 21.) 



Virbia medarda, Hmpsn. Cat. Lep. Phal. B.M. iii. p. 200 (part) nee Stoll. 

 Virbia flavifurca, Hmpsn. Nov. Zool. xxiii. p. 234 (1916). 



2 . Head and thorax rufous ; pectus orange-yellow ; abdomen 

 with dorsal black stripe with waved edges, the sides orange-yellow, 

 the ventral surface red-brown, Fore wing uniform rufous with a 

 fulvous tinge. Hind wing black; a broad orange-yellow fascia in 

 and below the cell from base to near termen towards which it 

 widens somewhat, its extremity rounded ; an orange-yellow fascia 

 on inner margin, expanding on termen to vein 1 ; a small subter- 

 minal orange-yellow spot in submedian fold. Underside of fore 

 wing black-brown, the costa rufous, an orange-yellow wedge-shaped 

 patch in and just below the cell to well beyond it where it expands 

 to just below vein 2, its extremity obliquely curved and slightly 

 sinuous, a minute black discoidal spot ; hind wing with the orange- 

 yellow extending to costa at base. 



Hah. Venezuela {Dyson), 1 § type. Exp. 40 millim. 



1590 is Virbia mentiens, Wlk. 



1590 a. Virbia medarda. 

 Noctua medarda, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv.p. 107, pi. 345. F (1782). 



2 . Differs from V. mail lens in the orange fascia of hind wing 

 being much narrower towards extremity. 



Il.'l). i \v w i.\i \ i. \. Vera Paz [Champion), 1 $ ; Panama (J. J. 

 Walker), 1 $, Bugaba (Champion), 1 $ ; Colombia, Sta. Marta 

 (Bouchard), 1 V; Surinam. Exp. 42 millim. 



L5965. Virbia birchi. (Plate LVI. fig. 22.) 



Virbia birchi, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 140 (1911). 



§. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown; pectus with some 

 yellow below base of wings; abdomen with lateral yellow stripes, 

 broad at base, narrow inn' to extremity. Fore wing black-brown 

 slightly irrorated with yellow. Hind wing black-brown with 

 yellow fascia on inner margin extending to fcornus and broad fascia 

 through the cell extending to towards termen where it ends in a 



