PARA.NERITA. 439 



Genus PARANERITA, nov. 



Type, P. po/i/xena. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, not quite reaching vertex of head, 

 the 3rd joint niiiuito; anteiiniE with long bristles and cilia; tibiae with the 

 spurs moderate ; abdomen dorsally clotiied with long hair towards base. Fore 

 wing elongate, the terinen very oblique ; veins .'5, 4, 5 from angle of cell; (1 from 

 upper angle; 7,8 stalked; 1), 10 stalked from 11, 9 anastomosing with 8 to 

 form tiio areole. Hind wing with vein 2 i'rora close to angle of ceil ; o and 5 

 on a long sbilk; 4 absent ; (J, 7 from upper angle, 7 bent upwards to costa ; 

 8 from middle of cell curved to costa, which is strongly lobed in mule. 



Sect. I. Fore wing of male with elliptical patch of androconia below the cell on 

 underside covered by the costal lobe of hind wing which extends to 

 near apex. 



A. Hind wing pink patara. 



B. Hind wing brown sithnides. 



*2017. Paranerita patara. (riate XLIX. fig. 5.) 

 Neriios patara, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 39 (189(5). 



c? . Head and thorax grey-brown, upper part of frons yellow ; 

 antenna) white at tips; abdomen pale crimson; pectus, legs, and 

 ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing pale yellow ; the 

 inner area from costa before middle to the postmedial line at vein 2 

 grey-brown Avith some pink on inner margin ; a fine curved post- 

 medial line, the apical area bej'ond it grey-brown down to vein 5, 

 with a large rounded yellow spot at apex. Hind wing pink, with a 

 brown patch on termen from below a,pex to vein 1. 



2 . Fore wing with the patch on costa more obliciuely conical ; 

 the medial patch on termen more triangular and the u[)per patch at 

 apex. Hind wing with large fuscous patch on middle of termen. 



Hah. Br. Guiana, Essequibo R. ( Whitely), type f J in Coll. 

 Druce ; Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 5 in Mus. Oxon. Ej^/j. 30 millim. 



201S. Paranerita sithnides. 

 Ncritos sithnides, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 39 (189r)). 



(5 . Head and thorax brown ; vertex of head yellow ; abdomen 

 crimson ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen yellow. 



Fore wing purplish brown : 



^^^^^ a broad yellow band with 



^\ ^-i^^^^^^ i/ waved edges from middle of 



^^^^^^^ ^^^~^^^7 jt costa to termen above tor- 



^i^^^EJl ^^ ■ J^ ^ nus, expanding on costa and 



^•S^ra l^^^^v y.^-^ termen ; the (u)sta orange- 



W \r^p^ ^^ ^^^ j^^^ before the band 



and beyond it ; a terminal 

 Y\g.\9>().— Varanerita sithnides, (S . \. yellow band with minutely 



waved inner edge and ex- 

 panding at apex. Hind wing brown, the inner arei yrllow ; the 

 cilia yellowish while ; underside mostly sutl'used witli yellow. 



Hah. Amazons, R. Napo ( Whitelif), typo f cT in Coll. Druce : 

 Peru, Chanchamayo, 1 <S . Exp. 30 millim. 



