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ABCTIADJE. 



of cell, and on discocellulars ; tho basal half of costal edge white ; 

 the apical half of wing yellow. Hiud wing pale crimson, with a 

 whiter area from the base through the cell to middle of termen. 

 Underside of fore wing with the medial area crimson. 



Hah. liuAziL, llio Grande do Sul, 1 d" , 1 ? type. Exp. 34 

 millim. 



Genus AMAXIA. 



Type. 



Amaxia,\W'k.i\\.12\ (1855) pardaiis. 



? Echeta, Herr.-Schafi'. Auasereur. Schmett. p. 16 (1850) divisa. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, tlie 

 8rd joint minute; antenna; bipeutinate with moderate branches; tibiiB witli 

 the spurs short ; abdomen dorsally clothed with liair at base. Fore wing with 

 vein 3 from long before angle of cell; 4, 5 separate at origin; 6 from or from 

 below upper angle ; 7, 8. 9, 10 stalked, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 

 from or from before angle of cell or stalked with 5 ; 3, 5 stalked or coincident ; 

 •i absent ; 6, 7 coincident ; 8 from middle of cell, curved and not reaching 

 costa, which is strongly lobed at base in male. 



Sect. I. Hind wing of male with the base of costa very .sstrongly lobed, with a 

 large patch of androeonia en upperside corresponding with a patch on 

 underside of inner area of foi-e wing ; veins '1 and 5 stalked, 3 and 5 

 coincident. 



A. Abdomen crimson above osmophm-a. 



B. Abdomen brown above apyga. 



1234. Amaxia osmophora, n. sp. 



Amaxia dyuna, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 369 (nee Schaus). 



(S . Head and thorax bright yellow ; palpi above and antennee 

 brownish ; a band on frous and neck orange ; patagia and thorax 

 with crimson and brown spots ; legs streaked with fuscous ; abdomen 

 crimson, the terminal segment yellow, the ventral surface white. 



Fore wing brightyellow; 

 crimson - edged grey 

 basal and subbasal spots 

 below median nervure 

 and two smaller spots 

 helow costa ; a very 

 irregular medial band 

 not reaching costa, and 

 constricted above inner 

 margin and crossed by 

 crimson streaks on me- 

 dian nervure, vein 2, and submedian interspace, and almost con- 

 joined to small spots on and above vein 2 and a postmedial patch 

 on inner margin ; a discoidal spot and some beyond the cell between 

 veins 3 and 8 ; a postmedial series, of which three below costa are 

 large and elongate ; a subapical lunulate spot and subterminal 

 and terminal series of small spots. Hind wing pale pink ; the 

 costal area white ; the cilia yellow. 



Fig. 25. — Amaxia osmophora, cT . 



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