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2012. Calidota gigas. 



Ophanis qigas, Dognin, Le Nat. 1890, p. 176 ; id. L6p. Loja, p. 84, pi. 8. 

 f. 13 ; iKirby, Cat. Het. p. 205. 



Dark reddish brown ; back of head, shoulders, and patagia with 

 orange points ; abdomen witli largo subdorsal orange-yellow spots ; 



Fig. 178. — Calidota gigas, J. \. 



wings with the veins and marginal areas rather darker ; fore wing 

 with diffused dark discoidal lunule. 



Hah. Panama, Chiriqui (Trbtsch), 1 cJ ; Ecuador, Loja; Peru, 

 1 c5' . Ex^^; 6 72, 2 82 millim. Type t in Coll. Dognin. 



2013. Calidota similis, n. sp. (Plato XLIX. fig. 12.) 



(S . Black-brown ; verte.'s of head with orange patch, paler in 

 front ; pectus with large orange lateral patches ; abdomen dorsally 

 orange with segmental black-brown lines, the first five segments 

 with triangular dorsal patches of brown hair diminishing in size 

 towards extremity. Hind wing paler towards base. 



Hah. Bolivia, Songo (Garlej^p), 1 J type. Ea'p. G8 millim. 



*2014. Calidota albiceps. (Plate XLIX. fig. 8.) 

 Callidota albiceps, Dognin, Le Nat. (2) 337, p. 69 (1901). 



2 . Palpi, frons, and antenntc dark brown, the first with the 

 1st joint orange: vertex of head, togulae, and thorax yellowish 

 A\ hite ; patagia dark l)iown with a white stripe above; pectus and 

 legs blackish, with orange stripe below wings ; abdomen orange, 

 with fine dorsal black stripe, the ventral surface blackish. Fore 

 •wing purj)lish brown, with slightly daz'kcr discoidal mark. Hind 

 wing })aler brown, the disk seniihyaline. 



IJah. Vknezuela, Merida, type f $ in Coll. Dognin. E.i-^p. 50 

 millim. 



