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B. Hind wiug of male with vein 8 from towards angle of cell. 



1205. Idalus rosea. 



Lampruna rosea, Schaiis, P, Z. S. 1894, p. 231. 



J . Head and thorax orange ; palpi scarlet, the 3rd joint fuscous ; 

 frons scarlet ; antenna; fuscous ; tegula; each with pair of scarlet 

 points ; i)atagia with fuscous patches and scarlet edges ; thorax 

 streaked witli scarlet ; pectus scarlet ; tibia) and base and extremity 

 of tarsi fuscous ; abdomen crimson. Fore wing orange-yellow ; 

 the costal edge fuscous >\ith scarlet fascia below it ; the veins 



Fig. 5. — Idalus rosea, (^ . \. 



streaked with scarlet ; an irregular scarlet spot and some points on 

 basal area ; an antemedial fuscous band with irregular scarlet edges, 

 expanding below the cell, with a scarlet spot on it and conjoined to 

 a similar oblique postmedial band ; a fuscous spot in upper end of 

 cell and some scarlet markings in and beyond end of cell ; a sub- 

 terminal series of scarlet-edged fuscous points in the interspaces. 

 Hind wing crimson, the costa yellow. 



Hah. Colombia, 1 J ; Venezuela, Aroa, 2 S typef in Coll. 

 Schaus. Exp. 44 millim. 



Sect. II. [Idalus). Antenna.' of male seri'ate and fasciculate. 



A. Fore wing with vein 5 from angle of cell. 



a. Hind wing of male with vein 8 from middle of cell, 

 a'. Hind wing of male with the costa very strongly 

 arched and fringed with very Jong hair.^ and I'ough 

 scales, a vei-y large patch of androcijnia below it on 

 upperside coinciding with a patch on underside of 

 inner area uf fore wing ; veins 3 and 5 reaching the 

 termen respectively close to 2 and 7. 

 n^. Fore wing with black streaks in the interspaces... lineata. 

 h'^. Fore wing without black streaks in the interspaces. 

 a^. Fore wing with the basal half purplish, the 



terminal half pale yellow hippia. 



P. Fore wing white or/us. 



1206. Idalus lineata. 



EvHis linealus, Bruce, B\o]. Ceu{r.-Au\.,IIci. i. u. i<\l i.l. '.). f. 17(1884') • 

 Kirby, Cat. Het.p. 1!I7. v /' 



(^ . Head and thorax orange and yellowish wliite ; palpi black 

 above ; frons with blac-k bar ; antenna^ fuscous, pale at tips ; 



