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on it with yellowish centre ; an oblique black somewhat sinuous 

 medial line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial 

 line black, erect from costa to vein 6 where it is angled outwards, 

 then dentate and somewhat oblique, very near the subtcrminal line 

 which is formed of small indistinct red lunulefc, obsolete towards 

 costa ; a series of very indistinct reddish marks just before termen. 

 Hind wing white, the inner margin tinged with red-brown, the 

 terminal area suffused with red-brown, in female wholly tinged 

 with brown; a faint discoidal point and fine postmedial line; the 

 underside ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated 

 with brown, a black discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Venezuela, Aroa, 1 $ ; Brazil, Organ Mts., Tijuea 

 ( Wagner), 1 $ , Bio Janeiro {Wilson), 2 6 . Exp. 26-32 millim. 



4476. Calymniodes acamas. (Plate CXL. fig. 26.) 



Noctua acamas, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 5GG (1869); Druce, 

 A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 459 (1909). 



Head fiery red with some rufous on vertex ; palpi rufous ; 

 antennae brown with the basal joint white ; thorax rufous, tho 

 teguhc with fiery-red and yellow patches at base, the dorsum with 

 red and yellow stripe ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen rufous. 

 Bore wing rufous, the base and costal area to beyond middle 

 suffused with fiery red and yellowish ; subbasal line represented by 

 a yellow striga from costa with white point beyond it in cell ; 

 antemedial line indistinct, dark, defined on inner side by yellow 

 except towards costa, oblique, sinuous ; claviform represented by 

 an oblique white mark at upper extremity defined by black above ; 

 orbicular pure white, elliptical, its outer edge someAvhat excised ; 

 reniform pure white interrupted at middle by an oblique blood-red 

 mark, oblique, expanding and rather bilobed above, with white 

 point beyond its lower extremity ; an indistinct oblique black line 

 from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line black, 

 bent outwards and obsolescent below costa, then oblique, minutely 

 dentate and produced to black points on the veins, some slight 

 yellow points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellowish 

 defined on inner side by brown, slightly excurved below vein 7 and 

 incurved at discal fold, then minutely waved ; a slight black 

 terminal line with white points at the veins. Hind wing cupreous 

 red-brown with blackish discoidal spot ; the underside rather 

 whiter, the costal area and terminal area to vein 3 irrorated with 

 red-brown, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. 



IJuh. Venezuela ; S.E. Bertj, Oconeque, Ba Oroya (Oclcenden), 

 3 c? , Quinton, S. Domingo {Ockenden), 1 5 • Exp. 28-32 millim. 



*4477. Calymniodes pyrostrota. (Plate CXB. fig. 27.) 

 Calymniodes pyrostrota, Eogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. li. p. 237 (1907). 

 5 . Head and thorax fiery red, the patagia and metathoracic 



