438 



AECTIAD^. 



2015. Calidota morosa. (Plate XLIX. fig. 23.) 

 Opharus morosus, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 282. 



c? . Pale grey-brown ; palpi, antennae, tibiae, and tarsi tinged 

 with fuscous ; abdomen whitish, the dorsum to 5th segment and 

 segmental riugs grey-brown. Fore wing with traces of oblique 

 subbasal shade ; a prominent oblique medial shade from subcostal 

 nervure to just below median riervure with semihyaline patches 

 before and beyond it, the latter bounded by a curved shade between 

 veins 7 and '3. Hind wing semihyaline, the veins and marginal 

 areas pale grey-brown. 



Hab. Peru, 1 c? . Eiuj). 44 millim. Type t in Coll. Schaus. 



Genus PITANE. 



Pitane, Wlk. ii. 462 (1854) 



Type. 

 fervens. 



Proboscis fully developed, hairy towards base; palpi with the 2nd joint 

 upturned and reaching vertex of head, the 3rd long and porreet ; antennae of 

 female with short branches ; hind tibire with the medial spurs rather long ; 

 abdomen dorsally clothed with rough hair at base. Fore wing rather long 

 and narrow; vein 3 from long before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from 

 upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the long areole; 11 free. 

 Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle ; 8 from close to end of cell. 



2016. Pitane fervens. 



Pitane fervens, Wlk. ii. 462 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 219. 



$. Head and thorax orange-scarlet ; palpi except 1st joint, frons, 

 and antennse dark brown ; fore femora above, tibiae and tarsi dark 

 brown. Fore wing red-brown with darker mottling ; the margins 

 dark brown ; an orange patch with scarlet mottling on basal area 



Fig. 179. — Pitane fervens, 5 . \. 



from below costa to vein 1; a similar medial band from below 

 costa to vein 1, expanding below the cell ; a postmedial curved 

 patch from vein 10 to 4 ; an indistinct curved dark subterminal 

 line from costa to vein 5. Hind wing orange tinged with scarlet ; 

 a terminal dark brown band with sinuous inner edge. 

 Hah. ignotus, 1 $ type. Exp. 58 millim. 



