TIRBIA. 



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1592. Virbia luteilinea. (Plate XLII. fig. 3.) 



Jli-bia luteilinea, VVlk. ii. 471 (1804) ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 400. 



S . Head aud thorax olive-brown ; palpi with the basal juiut 

 orange ; shoulders with orange i)atches ; abdomen black, -with 

 orange lateral stripes on basal segments, the ventral surface olive- 

 brown. Fore wing olive-brown. Hind wing orange-yellow, with 

 broad almost even black terminal band. Underside of fore wing 

 orange-yellow, with the terminal third olive-brown. 



Hah. Mkxico, 1 d type. E.cp. 30 millim. 



1593. Virbia sanguicollis, n. sp. (Plate XLTI. fig. 22.) 

 Virbia meutiens, Druce, Eiol. Ceiitr.-Aui., Ilut. i. p. 143 (uec Wlk.). 



cJ. Head and thorax dark olive-brown; neck with crimson 

 ring ; pectus Avith orange stripes below the wings ; abdomen black, 

 Avith orange lateral stripes, the ventral surface olive-brown. Fore 

 wing olive-brown with darker irroration. Hind wing black, witli 

 wedge-shaped orange patch extending from vein 8 to submediau 

 ibid and from base to near extremity ; a slight orange streak on 

 inner margin ; an orange patch in and below end of cell. 



Ab. 1. Hind wing with a subbasal black band across the orange 

 patch. 



Hah. Costa. Hica, Irazu (Borjers), 4 J typo, Godman-Salvin Coll. 

 Exp. 30 millim. 



1594. Virbia ampla. (Plate XLII. fig. 4.) 



Tenia ampla, Wlk. xxxi. 2(57 (1834); Drue.', Biol. Centr.-Aui., Ilet. i. 

 p. 143 ; Xirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 3U'J. 



$. Head and thorax olive-brown; neck with orange ring; 

 pectus with orange stripes below wings; abdomen orange-yellow, 

 with black dorsal stripe narrowing to base, the ventral surface 

 olive-brown. Fore wing uniform olive-brown. Hind wing orange- 

 yellow, with diffused black streak on vein 1 towards termen, a 

 subterrainiil patch on vein 2, and slight terminal mark on vein 1. 

 Underside of fore wing orange, with the costa and termen olive- 

 brown ; hind wing with black streak on costa except towards base. 



JJah. Mexico, 1 $ type. E^i-jk 54 millim. 



1595. Virbia zonata. 



Terua zonata, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 104. f. l;{ (1874) ; Druce. Biol. ClmUi-.- 



Am., Ilet. i. p. 143; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 399. 

 Josioden distincta, H. Edvv. Tap. iv. p. 14 (1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 295. 



cJ . Head and thorax olive-brown ; neck with slight orange 

 ring; pectus with orange stripe below the wings ; abdotuen black, 

 with orange lateral stripes, the ventral surface olive-brown. Fore 

 wing dark olive-brown. Hind wing orange-yellow, with black 



