HELICONID#®—ITHOMIA. 
ITHOMIA AVELLA. 27. 
Upprrstpe. Male transparent. Anterior wing with the apex, the outer margin, 
the inner margin (very broad), a narrow band across the middle of the cell, a broad 
one at its end, and the nervures, black. ‘The costal margin to beyond the middle, 
rufous. Posterior wing with the outer margin and nervures black. 
Unpmrsipe as above, except that all the black is rufous, that the posterior wing 
has the base and the cup-like receptacle for the hair yellow, and that the apex of the 
anterior wing, and the outer margin of the posterior wing, have white lunules. 
Expan. 2346 m. Hab. New Granada. 
In the Collection of the Entomological Society. 
ITHOMIA DIASIA. 28. 
Uprrrsipr. Male transparent. Anterior wing with the margins (the inner 
margin very broad), a narrow band across the middle and end of the cell, and the 
nervures, black. Posterior wing with the outer margins and nervures black. 
Unpersipe as above, except that the base of the posterior wing is yellow, the 
costal margin orange, and that the apex of the anterior wing and outer margin of 
posterior wing have white spots. 
Expan. 14% in. Hab. New Granada. 
In the Collection of the Entomological Society. 
This and the preceding species, with I. Terra (Fig. 16), form a distinct group ; they all have the 
-apex of the anterior wing produced, the outer margin long, the space between the median nervure and 
the inner margin unusually broad, and the singular cup-like receptacle for the hair on the costal 
margin of the posterior wing. 
ITHOMIA MAKRENA. 29. 
Upprrstpr. Female transparent. Anterior wing with the margins, a narrow 
band across the middle of the cell, a broad one at its end, and the nervures, black. 
Posterior wing with the nervures and a broad outer margin black. 
Unpersipr as above, with all the black, except the band at the middle of the 
cell, rufous. he apex of the anterior wing, and outer margin of the posterior wing, 
with spots of white. 
The sexes shghtly differ. 
Expan. 14% in. Hab. Venezuela. 
In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 
This insect is probably only a beautiful variety of the female of I. Phenomoe of Doubleday, the 
male of which is figured in the “ Diurnal Lep.,” Pl. 18.. Since this figure was drawn I have seen a series 
of specimens, which incline me to think so. 
