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and on vein 1, and a more or less developed patch below end of 

 cell ; a hyaline patch, yellow towards its edges, on which are fine 

 black lines, its iuner edge angled inwards at costa and at its 

 extremity on vein ;}, its outer edge angled on vein ; the terminal 

 area brown down to vein o, tlio costa towards a])ex scarlet ; cilia 

 chequered scarlet and black. Hind wing white, more or less tinged 

 Avith crimson except towards costa and termen. Underside of fore 

 wing crimson, the terminal area grey down to vein o, with crimson 

 streaks on the veins. 



Hab. U.S.A., Colorado ; N. Mexico, Durango, 1 ^ . Exp. 40 

 millim. 



1333. Bertholdia specularis. 



Trichromia specularis, Herw-BdvAff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 59 (1853); 

 Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Am., Het. i. p. 100 ; Kiibj, Cat. Hot. p. l'J(j. 



Head and thorax brown with whitish pencilling ; palpi crimson, 

 white in front ; basal joint of antonnLC crimson ; neck and edges of 

 tegulae and patagia crimson ; legs white, with some brown at 

 extremity of femora and base of tibia), fore femora crimson abovx' ; 

 abdomen crimson, the ventral surface white, a lateral series of black 

 spots. Fore wing pale grey-brown, thickly irrorated with black ; 

 the basal half of costa scarlet ; small obliquely-placed antemedial 



Fig. 59. — Bertholdia upeciilaris, (S . 



yellow spots below the cell and on vein 1 ; a large hyaline patch 

 extending on costa from middle to towards apex, its inner side 

 edged with black, sinuous, and extending down to vein 3, its outer 

 irregularly sinuous and produced at vein 6, some black points on 

 the veins and the costa yellow, the area beyond it tinged with rod ; 

 the termen grey ; the cilia blackish with yellow spots. Hind wing 

 semihyaline white, the inner area crimson, the termen tinged with 

 fuscous. Underside of fore wing with crimson patch in cell. 



The male makes a noise during flight, v. llogcnh. ^'erh. zool.-bot. 

 Ges. Wien, I80i), p. UiU. 



JIah. Mexico, 1 (S , I 2 , Jalapa (Iloege, Tnijillo), 1 J , - 2 ; 

 Costa IIica {Underwood)^ 1 ^ ; (jUatkmala (Rodri>/uez, Champion), 

 1 c? , 2 5 ; Panama, Chiriqui {Clutmpion, liibbe), 2 cS , I 2 , 

 Godman-tSalvin Coll. ; Venezuela, Aroa. Eaj>., ^40, $ 44 millim. 



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