spines abovu harjie ; iieuis-fiiiiuel 



( 41o ) 



c?. Clasper witli friction-scales; no patib 

 mostl}- witli si)ecial armature. 

 Early stages not known. 



IM Tropical and Subtropical An>..ri,-a, from Mexico to Bt.enos Avres 

 iwelve species. 



on ^\' VOjition Of K./,,j,ostk-ta Las been entirely misunderstood by tbe writers 



vLich v!' '• ''''T '" "'"^'"^ "'^^''^^'^^ ^° '^° -''^ "Am5ul,.r witb 



Key to the species : 



a. Forewing below with conspicuous yellow 

 spots from base to disc . . . . 

 Forewing below without yellow spots in basal" 

 half 



i. Yellow area of hindwing, above, e.xtending to 

 abdominal edge, at least in middle . 

 Abdominal margin of hindwing brown . 

 (?. Basal area of forewing below yellow 

 Basal area of forewing below brown 

 '/. Yellow area of hindwing, above, traversed by 



a broad discal band 



Hindwing without continuous discal band 

 e. Forewing below variegated with ochraceous 

 or white halfmoons .... 

 Forewing below not variegated with ochraceous 

 or white halfmoons, palpus without white 



dot 



/. Hindwing above yellow, with a conspicuous 

 black spot at end of cell, and another on 

 disc behind 80= ; forewing below almost 

 nnicolorous, with a patch of conspicuous 

 whitish halfmoons anteriorly on disc . 

 Hindwing above more or less rnfous, seldom 

 more ochraceous, with vestigial brown 

 spots, antemedian band of forewing not 

 filled in with black; fringe of meso- 

 thoracic tegula brown .... 

 Hindwing above yellow, apex of wing 

 vinaceons-i'ufous ; fringe of mesotiioracic 

 tegula almost white ; antemedian band of 

 forewing filled in with black ; white spot 

 of palpus conspicuous .... 

 .'/. Black snbmarginal line of forewing, which 

 runs from a],ex to hinder angle, strongly 



angnlated in middle 



Black submarginal line of forewing, which 

 runs from apex to hinder angle, evenly 

 curved 



34i 



351 



. A^. hijpostictn. 

 . b. 



■ 9- 



. c. 



-lV. tacita. 

 . d. 



34!). 



350. 



^- '-'cffiMe. 

 . e. 



•/• 

 N. mngna. 



348. iV. ei 



■iceu. 



353. A', iiictifaiits. 



35a. N. maxwelli. 



