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ARCTIAD^. 



1539. Bituryx venosata. 



Blturyx venosata, Wlk. xxxi. 304 (1864) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. 

 p. 4lO, pi. 79. f. 4; Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 204. 



Fig. 98. — Bituryx venosata, § . \. 



$. Head and tegulae yellow; antennfie blackish ; thorax whitish ; 

 legs striped with fuscous, the fore coxae yellow ; abdomen orange- 

 yellow, the terminal segment and ventral surface white, a lateral 

 series of black spots ; wings brownish white, the veins streaked 

 with fuscous black ; cilia of hind wing white. 



Hab. Mexico, Vera Paz (Salle), 1 $ type, Guerrero (//. //. 

 Smith),! 2; Panama, Bugaba (CAampio/i), 1 §, Godman-Salvin 

 Coll., Chiriqui. Exp. 40 millim. 



Sect. II. Abdomen of female without tufts of woolly hair. 



A. Abdomen crirasou, with dorsal and lateral series of black 



spots. 



a. Foi'e wing semihyaline, tlie veins dark diversipes. 



b. Fore wing uniform wlntish lanceoluta. 



B. Abdomen grey, yellowish toward extremity grisea. 



1540. Eituryx diversipes. 



Bituryx diversipes, Wlk. iii. 718 p?55); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 204. 

 Halisidota. rhodogaster, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxx. p. 31, pi. 3. f. 1 (1887); 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 210. 



Fig. 99. — Bituryx diversipes, c? . 



Head and thorax grey slightly tinged with fuscous ; palpi whitish, 

 blackish at tips, thorax with slight black dorsal stripe ; some crim- 

 son below the wings ; legs whitish with fuscous stripes, fore coxae 

 at sides and femora above crimson ; abdomen crimson, with dorsal 

 and lateral series of black spots, the ventral surface white. Fore 



