AMA8XUS, — nrALAUCTIA. 



143 



orange hair in anal tuft. Foro winj^ pale rcd-broAvn, tliinly scaled. 

 Hind wing hyaline, very slightly tinged with hrown. 



llah. EcuvDou, Loja, typet J in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 5f5 niillira. 



*1469. Amastiis hyalina. 



Phaaoptera ki/alina, Dognin. Le Nat. (2) iii. p. 14 (I8St)) ; id. Lep. Loja, 

 p."'oO, pi. 4. f. 9 ; Kirhj, Cat. Ilet. pp. 213, 906. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white ; palpi crimson 

 at sides ; antennae yellow except at base ; neck with crimson ring; 

 tegulaj edged with orange ; patagia with orange streaks : thorax 

 crimson above ; pectus with crimson patches and streaks in front ; 

 abdomen tinged with fuscous towards extremity. Fore wing 

 hyaline, the vein.s yellowish, the inner margin whitish. Hind 

 wing hyaline, the veins yellowish ; the inner area sparsely clotlied 

 with whitish hair. 



Hah. EcuABOK, Loja. Kvp. 72 millim. Type t in Coll. Dognin. 



Genus HYALARCTIA, nov. 



Type, H. sericea. 



Proboscis fully clevelopecl ; p;il])i short, uptiirnod ; antenn;c of male with 

 short branches ; tibiiv with the si)nrs short, tlie fore libi;i! with curved apical 

 claw. Fore wino; Avith vein .'J from well before anijle of cell ; 4, f) from angle ; 

 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; lU, 11 free. Hind wing with 

 Tcin 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 

 8 from towards end of cell, not reaching costa. 



147U. Hyalarctia sericea. 

 Hycdarctia sericea, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 268 (1901). 



Fig. 87. — Hyalarctia sericea, c? . }• 



Very pale yellow ; palpi blackisli witli white bands ; antenna; 

 with the branches brownish ; ])atagia with black points ; fore coxa? 

 orange with black patches ; femora orange above, with black sjjots 

 at extremity ; fore tarsi banded with fuscous. Fore wing verj- pale 

 Romihyalino silky yellow, tlu" veins darker ; an orange ])oint at base. 

 Hind wing yollowisli white. 



llah. JJKAZiL, Castro rarana {Jones), 1 6 ■ Exp., cf 42, J 50 

 millim. Typi- 1 in Coll. Schaus. 



