AMAXIA. 



3;} 



Ilah, Costa Hica, Candelaria Mts. 

 Godmaii-8alvin Coll. Exp. 40 millim. 



{Under ivood), 1 S type, 



1235. Ainaxia apyga, n. sp. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 7.) 

 Aynaxia j)y<J(i^ Drutic, Biol. C'entr.-Am., Ilet. ii. p. 360 I'nec Scluius). 



S • Head, tegukc, and base of patagia bright yellow : ])alpi above 

 aud antennte brown ; thorax and abdomen brown, the latter yellow 

 towards extremity ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white ; 

 fore and mid legs yellow. Pore wing bright yellow, with a large 

 bfown patch on inner area extending below the costa from base to 

 middle, then to inner margin near tornus, its edges irregular, a 

 crimson point on middle of median nervure and slight streaks on the 

 veins and interspaces ; a discoidal brown point and a series beyond 

 the cell between veins 3 and 7 ; a postmedial series, of wliich four 

 towards apex are larger, edged with crimson, curved and more or less 

 conjoined ; a subterminal series. Hind wing brown, with the costa 

 and termeu yellow to the submedian fold. 



Jfab. Costa Kica, Candelaria Mts. (Underioood), 1 d" type, 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Hondtjeas ; Amazons, Olivencas. Kv^'. 

 40 millim. 



Sect. II. Iliud wing of male with the ccsta less strongly lobed and with small 

 patches of androconia oti fore and hind wings ; vein 2 from the cell, 

 3 and 5 on a long stalk. 



A. Fore wing without silverj' markings on inner area. 



a. Fore wing with the veins not streaked witli scarlet. d//iina. 



h. Fore wing with the veins streaked with scarlet erythrophkps. 



B. Fore wing with silvery markings on inner area chaon {^). 



123G. Amaxia dyuna. 



Amaxia dyuna, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 135 (1896). 



(5' . Head and thorax bright yellow ; palpi above, frons, and 

 pectus in front marked with crimson ; patagia and thorax witli 

 patches of crimson and brown ; fore legs streaked with fuscous : 



abdomen crimson, a dorsal 

 spot on 2nd segment and 

 the terminal segment yel- 

 low, the ventral surface 

 while. Fore wing bright 

 yellow, with crimson - 

 edged basal and three 

 sub basal spots ; a very 



TT „ on ^ ■ 1 T 1 large oblique and verv 



I'ig. lit). — Amaxta diMHa, S • \- • ■, ^ ,• , 



irregular mednil ])atcli 



from below costa to inner 



margin near tornus ; a discoidal spot and a series beyond the cell 



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