322 LITH0SIAD2E. 



brown band, the outer edge of the yellow area rounded, the ter- 

 minal band expanding and with waved inner edge below vein '2. 

 Underside of fore wing with faint yellowish streak along median 

 nervure. 



§. Hind wing with the black terminal band not expanding so 

 widely below vein _ and obliquely cut oft' at tornus ; underside of ■ 

 Bore wing with large yellow wedge-shaped patch from subcostal 

 nervure to submedian fold and from base to just beyond the cell. 



Hah. Colombia, Sta. Marta, Onaca; Ecuador, Paramba 

 (Rosenberg), type t 6, $ in Coll. Rothschild. Exp., J 28, 

 5 42 millim. 



*1596Z. Virbia endomelaena. (Plate LVII. fig. 1.) 



Virbia endomelaena, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sud, vii. p. 18 (1914). 



S . Head and thorax dark reddish brown; antenna 1 black; 

 abdomen black-brown with lateral yellow stripes, the ventral sur- 

 face reddish brown. Fore wing dark reddish brown irrorated with 

 greyish, a slight yellow discoidal point. Hind wing orange-yellow, 

 the terminal area black-brown expanding at apex and from below, 

 vein 3 running up on inner area to a point close to the base. 

 Underside of fore wing with slight yellowish discoidal spot. 



Hah. Colombia, Muzo (Fassl), type t J in Coll. Dognin. 

 JExp. 30 millim. 



*1597«. Virbia fasciata. 



Virbia fasciata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 70 (1910), & xvlii. pi. 6. f. 36. 



5 . Head and thorax dark reddish brown ; abdomen dark reddish 

 brown with lateral yellow stripes except on basal and anal segments. 

 Fore wing uniform dark reddish brown. Hind wing black-brown 

 with a rather broad orange-yellow fascia from (dose to base through 

 the cell to towards termen, extending to just below the cell and 

 above vein 6. Underside of tore wing with a wedge-shaped yellow 

 fascia above median nervure from near base expanding beyond the 

 cell into a patch extending from vein <> to below vein 3. 



Hah. \Y. Ecuadok, Karamba, Bulirn ; Brazil, Tijuco, typef $ 

 in Coll. Rothschild. -E.rp. 48 millim. 



*1507 h. Virbia endophaea. (Plate LVII. fig. 2.) 

 Virbia endophsea, Dogn. II' t. Nouv. Am. Sud, i. p. 10(1910). 

 c? . Head and- thorax dull red-brown ; antennae blackish ; pectus 

 and legs grey-brown with some yellow below the wings: abdomen 

 black with lateral yellow fascia' except at base, the ventral surface 

 grey-brown. Fore wing uniform dull red-brown. Hind wing 

 black with a wedge-shaped orange patch in and beyond the cell, its 

 onto' edge produced at veins 3, I. Underside of fore wing with a 

 triangular orange patch in. below, and beyond the cell, its outer 

 edge rounded. 



Huh. Bolivia, Corvico, typef d in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 

 34 millim. 



