450 



ARCTIADJ5. 



5 . Hind wing with the interspaces tinged with brown, becoming 

 streaks on terminal area. 



Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 $ . Exp. 34 millim. Type f in 

 Coll. Schaus. 



Genus PARACLES. 

 Parades, Wtk. iii. 717 (1855) 



Type. 

 contraria. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect to just beyond frons and clothed 

 •with long hair ; head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with long hair ; antennae 

 of female bipectinate, with short branches ending in a bristle. Fore wing with 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8 

 and 9, 10 stalked ; 11 free. Hind mng with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 from angle ; G, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from before middle of cell. 



2043. Parades contraria. 



Faracles contraria, Wlk. iii. 717 (1855) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 277. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown ; antennas whitish : 



abdomen with orange- 

 yellow subdorsal stripes. 

 Fore wing dark brown, 

 with yellowish- white costal 

 fascia narrowing to a point 

 before ape.\ ; the base of 

 inner margin yellowish. 

 Hind wing white, the 

 costal area suffused with 

 dark brown ; the inner 

 margin and cilia yellowish. 

 Hah. Amazons, Para, 2 5? type, Santarem {Austen), 1 $ . Exp. 

 36 millim. 



Genus STENUCHA, nor. 



Type, 8. dolens. 



Proboscis minute ; palpi porrect, minute ; frons with rounded tuft ; antenn£e 

 of female ciliated ; tibias with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 

 from before angle of cell ; 5 from above angle; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8 stalked ; 

 y, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 

 5 from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 from one-third of cell. 



*2044. Stenucha dolens. 



Ctenucha dolens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 360, pi. 73. f. 4 (1897). 



Fig. 188. — Parades contraria, $ . 



Fig. \SQ.— Stenucha dolens, $. \. 



5. Uniform dull bronze-fuscous ; (abdomen wanting) ; hind wing 

 slightly darker and bluer. 



Hah. Mexico, 1 $ type f in Coll. Staudinger. Exp. 34 millim. 



