20 



AECTIADiE. 



the shaft white towards base ; 



Fig. 10. — Aphyle margaritacea, J. 



patagia with black spots ; fore 

 and mid legs spotted and 

 streaked with brown ; 

 abdomen dorsally orange 

 fulvous, the ventral sur- 

 face white. Fore wing 

 semihyaline white slightly- 

 tinged with yellow ; the 

 costa orange ; an oblique 

 black anteraedial bar from 



below costa to below median nervnre, with two spots between it and 

 inner margin ; an oblique bar from below costa across end of cell 

 and on base of vein 3 ; an oblique striga from vein 2 to tornus ; 

 a curved line from below costa across apical area to termen and a 

 short streak on apical part of costa. Hind wing strongly tinged 

 with orange fulvous. 



5 . Abdomen and wings almost pure white ; fore wing without 

 orange costal fascia ; antemedial black spots in cell and on inner 

 margin instead of the bar and spots. 



Hab. Amazons, Para (Bates), 1 d , 1 $ type. Exj^., d" 30, 5 38 

 millim. 



Sect. II. Fore wing with vein from the cell ; 7 from beyond 10 ; 11 stalked 

 with 7, 8, y ; hind wing with veins 3, 5 from cell. 



1215. Aphyle incarnata, n. sp. 



2 . Pink, slightly tinged with purplish brown ; palpi yellow in 



front; legs partly yellow; 

 ventral surface of abdomen 

 white. Fore wing with the 

 veins and inner area leas 

 tinged with brown ; indis- 

 tinct antemedial, medial, and 

 postmedial waved lines, the 

 last arising from apex, at 

 vein 6 retracted and bent 

 upwards to below vein 7, then 

 waved to tornus, the area 



beyond it yellow wdth some pink points on the broad medial part. 



Hind wing paler pink. 



Ilab. Amazons, Olivencas {Michelli), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim. 



Fig. 11. — Aphyle incarnata, $. \. 



Genus PHJSOMOLIS, nov. 



Type, P. ohscurafa. 



Probosci.s fully developed; palpi upturned, not reaching vertex of head; 

 antennre of female with cilia and bristles ; tibife with the spurs short ; abdomen 

 dorsally clothed with rough hair at base. Fore wing rather narrow ; vein 3 

 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 

 from beyond 7 ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 

 o, 5 stalked, 4 absent ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



