110 



AECTIADJJ. 



wing crimson, Avith some semihyaline white in, below, and beyond 

 cell. 



Hah. Jamaica ; Brazil, Petropolis, Rio Janeiro, Coll. Schaus. 

 Exji., J 76, 2 84 millim. Type f in Mus. Oxon. 



] 385. Elysius conspersa. 



Elys'ms consperi^us,WW.\\\.'J\4: (1855); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. 

 p. 91, pi. 9. f. 25; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 219. 



c? . Head and thorax orange and scarlet ; antennae brown ; 

 tegulge and patagia with brown points : thorax with dorsal brown 

 stripe ; pectus, coxae, and femora scarlet ; tibiae aud tarsi brown ; 

 abdomen orange, with segmental dorsal black bauds, the hair on 

 dorsum crimson. Pore wing orange thickly mottled with scarlet ; 



Fig. 81. — Elysius conspersa, cJ. [. 



the veins and margins black-brown ; a curved subbasal dark line 

 from costa to vein 1 ; a medial brown band with waved edges ; a 

 curved band across end of cell to the wide terminal band, which 

 encloses some scarlet and orange spots between vein 4 and costa 

 and expands below vein 4, Hind wing yellowish white, the mar- 

 ginal areas suffused with crimson. 



2 . Fore wing with the brown markings less distinct ; the 

 terminal area scarlet and orange, leaving an obscure jDostmedial 

 brown band conjoined to the band across discocellulars. 



Hah. Panama, Bugaba, Chiriqui (CJiamjnon), 2 5 , Godman- 

 Salvin Coll. ; Colombia, Rio San Juan, 1 5 ; Amazons, Para (Bates), 

 1 tS type. Ex^., (S 52, § 66 millim. 



1386. Elysius hermia. 



Bomhyx hermia, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 185. F (1779) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 220. 



(5 . Head and thorax orange and scarlet ; palpi with the 3rd 

 joint brown ; antennae brown ; tegulae with brown points, patagia 

 edged with brown ; legs striped with browm ; abdomen orange, 

 dorsally crimson towards base, the last four segments with dorsal 

 black bars. Fore wing yellow, very thickly mottled with brown : 

 an oblique crimson-marked yellow band at base conjoined at vein 1 



