320 LITHOSIABJR. 



*1596<". Virbia underwoodi. (Plate LVI. fig. 25.) 

 Virbia underwoodi, Druce, A. M. N.H. (S) viii. p. 140 (1911). 



2 ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown, the last with yellow 

 lateral stripes except at extremity. Fore wing black-brown. Hind 

 wingyellow; the terminal area black-brown, its inner edge incurved 

 and slightly irregular below vein ."». Underside of fore wing with 

 oblique quadrate yellow patch in and below end of cell ; hind wing 

 with the costa black-brown. 



Huh. Costa Rica, Corillo (Underwood), typet$ in Coll. 

 Joicej . Exp. ■'■!> niillini. 



L596/: Virbia punctata. (Plate LVI. fig. 2G.) 

 Virbia punctata, Druce, A. M. N. H. (S) viii. p. 139 (1911). 



<S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown, the Inst with broad 

 rather irregular yellow lateral stripes. Fore wing dark brown 

 slightly irrorated with yellow; a small yellow diseoidal spot. Hind 

 wingyellow; the terminal area black-brown, its inner edge incurved 

 in submedian interspace. Underside of fore wing with wedge- 

 shaped* yellow patch in end of cell; hind wing with the costa 

 black. 



llitb. Colombia, Siato, slopes of Choco, 2 J, type f 6 in Coll. 

 Joicey. Exp. 36 millim. 



*1596y. Virbia strigata. 

 Virbia strigata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 78. pi. 14. f. 5 (1910). 



<$ . Head and thorax brown mixed with yellow; abdomen black 

 with yellow lateral stripes, the ventral surface yellow-brown. Fore 

 wing brown thickly irrorated with yellow and with yellow fascia 

 below median nervure to just beyond angle of cell, diffused below. 

 Hind wing yellow with broad black terminal band, its inner edge 

 excurved to vein ."> ; cilia greyish at tips ; the underside with the 

 costa black-brown. 



Hah. SruiNAM, Backland ; Bbazil, Tipico ; Ecuador, Paramba, 

 type f 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 32 millim. 



*1596 7i. Virbia minuta. 

 Tenia minuta, fold. Beis. Nov. pi. 105. f. 3 (1874). 



Head and thorax red-brown, the tegulae edged with orange in 

 front; abdomen black-brown with orange lateral stripes, the ventral 

 surface ochrcous tinged with brown. Fore wing red-brown mixed 

 with some ochrcous. Hind wing black-brown; a broad orange 

 fascia from base through the cell extending to well beyond it and 

 to just below it where its Lower c^^' is slightly sinuous; an orange 

 fascia on inner margin confluent a1 base with the discal fascia ; 

 the black in submedian interspace ending in a point near base. 



