AMASXUS, 



iSlJ 



2 . Abdomen Avith the last four sep:mcnts black above, slightly 

 Buffusecl with white, the anal segment white. 



Hah. Venezckla, 1 J. 2 $. Exp., 6 06, ? 76 millim. 

 Subsp. 1. Abdomen with orange dorsal patch on subterminal 



segment. 



llah. Colombia, Coll. Schaus. 



1456. Amastus cocciuator. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 3.) 

 Phcegoptera coccinator, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 267 (1901). 



6 . Head deep crimson ; palpi brown in front and at tips ; frous 

 white : antennae black ; tciiiiUe and pat;igia bright chestnut, the 

 front of teguhe crimson, followed by a white baud extending across 

 patagia, which have a white stripe on upper margin ; thorax crimson ; 

 legs brown and white, the femora crimson above ; abdomen orange- 

 fulvous, dorsally clothed with crimson hair to near extremity, the 

 ventral surface white. Fore wijig semihyalinc chestnut, the inner 

 margin white ; traces of a pale diffused subterminal band slightly 

 angled at vein 7. Hind wing hyaline, the veins pale brown ; the 

 inner area sparsely clothed with pink hair, the terminal area with 

 pale brown scales. 



Hah. CoLOJiBiA, type f in Coll. Schaus ; Venezuela, Merida, 1 § : 

 Bolivia, Chaco. Exp. 74 millim, 



1457, Amastus suffusa. 



Phtecjoptera suffusa, Herr.-Schaff. Ausserenr. Sclimett. f. 67 (l.So3); 

 Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 214. 



5 . Head, tegultc, and patagia grey-brown ; :ird joint of pal[)i 

 and antenntc blackish, neck with crimson ring, the tips of teguhe 

 and stripes on patagia orange-brown edged with black ; thorax 

 crimson ; logs grej'-brown, with tufts of dull crimson hair on coxa^ ; 

 abdomen orange, the hair on dorsum crimson, a lateral series of 

 black-edged grey spots except towards base, the spot on terminal 

 segment elongate, the ventral surface grey-broAvn. Fore w'ing 

 ochreous suffused with ferruginous lirown, the veins darker: an 

 obscure antcmcdial blackish band dilated and angled in cell and 

 with waved edges ; a similar medial band, dilated from costa to 

 median nervure ; a dark mark beyond discoccllulars ; a double- 

 waved curved postmedial line filled in with ochreous : a pale 

 dentate subterminal line. Hind wing brownish semihyalinc, the 

 marginal areas more thickly scaled. 



JJah. Costa Hica (lior/n-s), 2 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Ven'E- 

 zuela. Ex2i. 2 78-S4 millim. Type t in Coll. Staudinger. 



1458. Amastus cymothoe. (Plate XXXTX. fig. 6.) 

 .Amastus cymolho'e, Dnicp, A. IM. .N, II. (C)) x\i. p. 'M (1S95). 



c? . Head white, palpi crimson at base, black at sides, sides of 

 frons and vertex of head brown ;ind black; antenna"! black; 



