AMASXUS. 137 



broad oblique medial ]>aiid from subcostal ncrvure to inner marjpn, 

 towards which it is obsolescent and includes a bhick discoidal 

 lunule ; a black-edged red-brown maculate postmedial band, ex- 

 curved from costa to vein 4, then obli(jue ; a diffused dentate 

 siibtcrminal black line with red-brown point on it below costa. 

 Hind wing ])ale semihyaline, the veins and marginal areas tinged 

 with yellow-brown. 



Hah. Bolivia, Chaco {Garlepp), 1 (S type. Exp. 66 millim. 



1450. Amastiis mesorhoda. (Plato XXXIX. fig. 11.) 

 Amastus mesorhoda, Wlk. vii. 1704 (1850) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 213. 



Head and thorax grey-brown ; untennte pale red-brown ; palpi 

 and back of head black ; teguhe with black band, dark brown at 

 tips ; patagia witli black stripe : pectus mixed with red-brown hair : 

 abdomen black, dorsally clothed with pale crimson hair to beyond 

 middle, the extremity and ventral surface grey-brown. Fore wing 

 with the disk semihyaline, thickly irroratod with fuscous black 

 scales ; the veins, costal, inner, and terminal areas brown irrorated 

 with dark brown: the discocellulars blackish with whitish mark 

 above them on costa ; an obscure irregular subterminal line with 

 blackish suffusion on its inner side. Hind wing jialo semihyaline 

 brown. 



Hal). Colombia, Bogota, tj-pe t in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 66-70 

 millim, 



*14o 1 . Amastus ambrosia. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 2.) 



Phegoptera ambrosia, Druce, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 498 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 214. 



5 . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with black and pinkish ; 

 abdomen black, the dorsum clothed Avith crimson hair, the two sub- 

 terminal segments with crimson dorsal bands and the terminal witli 

 a pair of spots. Fore wing dark brown, mottled and striated with 

 pale yellow-brown : the veins black ; an irregularly dentate sub- 

 terminal fine yellow line, the area beyond it reddish brown. Hind 

 wing semihyaline brown, with a scries of obscure dentate yellowish 

 marks on termen. 



Hah. Colombia, Antioquia, Frontino (Salmon), type t ? in ("nil. 

 Druce. Exp. 8ft millim. 



1451!. Amastus erebella. 



Lnphocampa crcbrl/a, Maass. .Stiibi'l's Rciseii S. Amer., Lep. p. 13 J, pi iv. 

 f. 29 (1890) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 90(i. 



9 . Head and thorax pale and dark brown ; patagia tipjied with 

 crimson ; pectus andcoxjc witli some crimson hair; abdomen brown, 

 dorsally clothed with pale crimson hair towards base. Fore wing 

 hyaline, thickly irrorated with dark brown scales. Hind wing 

 hyaline, sparsely clothed with brownish-white scales, the inner 

 area with brown li.iii-. 



Hah. (.'or.oMiiiA, [Jogota, 1 9. I'Ivjk 60 milliin. 



