•186 AKCTIADiE. 



ventral surface ; usually with sublateral series of black spots. 

 Fore wing white suffused with pink, and sometimes tinged with 

 brown; the costa with five black spots with scarlet streaks between 

 them ; basal black points on costa and below cell usually present : 

 a subbasal scarlet point below the cell : an antemedial black point 

 below vein 1 usually present ; two discoidal black points ; sub- 

 terminal and terminal series of black points with scarlet spots 

 between them, and sometimes some scarlet spots before the subter- 

 minal points developed into streaks towards costa and inner margin. 

 Hind wing white, the costal area tinged with pink ; a large 

 irregular apical black patch with pink spot on it before apex, 

 continued as a band to submedian fold or vein 1 , developed into a 

 hamate patch at middle ; a discoidal band sometimes present, the 

 black from apical patch running along subcostal nervure to middle 

 and up vein 2 almost to cell. Underside of fore wing and costal 

 area of hind wing deep crimson. 



Ab. 1. strefchi. Fore wing with antemedial and medial series of 

 black spots ; four black spots from costa to lower angle of cell, and 

 a postmedial series excurved from below costa to vein 3, then 

 incurved ; hind wing tinged with pink to median nervure. 



Hob. Antigua (Gregory), 1 c5", 1 $; St. Thomas, 'Challenger' 

 Coll., 1 2 ; St. Kitts {Marhham), 2 $ ; jS'evis, 1 § ; St. Ltjcia 

 (Eliott), 2 5 ; DoMiKiCA (Eliott), 2 2; St. Vincent (If. H. Smith), 

 3 5 ; Baebados (Frampion), 1 c?, 2 § ; Teinidad (Broadimy), 1 $ ; 

 Mexico, Mazatlan, 1 (^ , 1 5? Jalapa (Hoer/e, TrujUlo), 3 cf , 2 5 i 

 Presidio (Forrei-), 2 c? , Milpas (Forrer), 1^,1$, Tepic (Bicliard- 

 son), 2 2 5 Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 2 2 , Duraugo (BecTcer), 1 $ , 

 Jalisco (Schumann, Richardson), 2 c? , 1 $ , llisantia (Trujilh), 1 2 > 

 Cuernavaco (Godman), 2 (S , Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith), 1 (J , 1 2 ■> 

 Orizaba (Godman), 1 c? , 1 $ , Tabisco (B. H. Smith), 2 § , Puebla 

 (Richardson), 1 (^ , 2 5 , Yucatan (Gaumer), 1 J ; Hondueas (BJan- 

 caneaux), 1 cJ , 1 § , t) pe stretchi ; Guatemala (C'ha7ujnon), 6 c? , 6 $ , 

 type ptura ; Nicaeagua (Richardson, Belt), 1 cJ , 1 5 ; Costa Rica 

 (Rogers, Underwood), 2 J, 6 $; Panama (Champion), 4 J, 1 5^ 

 Godman-Salvin Coll.; Venezuela, 1 5; Ecuadoh, Chiguinda, 1 cj' , 



1 2 ; Bolivia, Cocha-bamba, 2 $ ; Beazil, L. Amazon, Chaves 

 (Austen), 1 c? , Pernambuco (Ridley), 2 <S , Q 2 1 Theresopolis 

 (Michaelis), 1 d , Bio Janeiro, 6 <5 , 5 5 » ^So Paulo (Jones), 2 c? ; 

 Peeu, Callao(/. J", Waller\3S; Galapagos Is. (Darivin, Coolcson), 



2 S ; Maeuuesas Is. (J. J. Walker), 1 ^ . Exp. 38-46 millim. 



2091. Utetheisa bella. 



Tinea bella, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 534 (1758); Drurv, 111. Exot. Ins. i. 

 pi. 24. f. 3 ; Stretch. Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 56, pi. 2. f. 15 ; Druce, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 1S5 ; Kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 3A(\ 

 Dciopcia- hclla, var. iiifermedia, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 3<il. 

 Deiopeia oriiatrix, var. hi/hrida, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 361. 

 Ufetheisa bella, Tar. terminalis, Keum. & Dyar, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. i, 

 p. 160. 



Head and thorax white ; 3rd joint of palpi, rings on antennae, and 



