AMAXIA. 35 



*123y. Amaxia pyga. 

 Amaxia pyga, Schaiis, P. Z. S. 1802, p. 27'J ; id. Am. Lep. p. 9, pi. 1. f. 27. 



Head, teguloe, aud base of patagia bright yellow ; palpi above 

 and aiiteniue brown ; thorax and abdomen brown above, the latter 

 with the extretQity yellow ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen 



white ; fore legs yellow. 

 Fore wing bright yellow, 

 with a large brown patch 

 on inner area extending 

 below the costa from base 

 to middle, then obliquely 

 ^' to tornus, with rather irre- 



gular edge, the veins cross- 

 Fig. 27.-^;nrma p^^a, J . |. ing it and streaks in cell 



and submedian interspace 

 crimson : a discoidal brown point ; a series beyond the cell between 

 veins ;} and 7 ; a postmcdial series of which four towards apes are 

 large edged with crimson and more or less conjoined and curved ; 

 ji subterminal series of points. Hind wing brown, the costal area 

 white ; the cilia yellowish. 



Hah. Erazil, liio Janeiro, type f in Coll. Schaus. E.>:p.^ d SG, 

 $ 40 millim. 



*1240. Amaxia liebe. 



Amaxia hche, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 278 ; id. Aui. L?p. pi. 1. f. 28. 



(S . Head, tegulaj, and base of patagia yellow; palpi crimson 

 above ; antennse brown, white at tips ; thorax crimson slightly 

 streaked with brown ; abdomen crimson, the extremity yellow, the 

 ventral surface white ; legs crimson and yellow. Fore wing yellow, 

 with large crimson-edged brown patch extending below costa from 

 base to middle, then obliquely to tornus, and enclosing a crimson- 

 edged yellow spot on middle of inner margin ; a pale brownish 

 discoidal point, a series beyond cell between veins '6 and 7, and 

 jjostmedial and subterminal series ; a subapical crimson patch with 

 two conjoined fuscous spots on it. Hind wing crimson, the costal 

 area and cilia yellow. 



llah. ]JRAZiL, llio Janeiro, type t in Coll. Schaus. Exy. 36- 

 40 raillim. 



B. Ilincl wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; Z aud 5 

 shortly stalked. 



rt. Head and tliorax yellow pardulis. 



b. Head and thorax crimson divisa. 



1241. Amaxia par dalis. 



Amaxia pardali.'i, Wlk. iii. 721 (1803); Xirby, Cat. Het. p. IDG. 

 S . Head and thorax bright yellow ; palpi and frons marked 



