SEIEOCASINIA. — I'UASIDIA. G59 



patch from base to a point ou vein 4 near terracn, extending at 

 middle Irum vein 1 just below costa. Underside of fore wing with 

 triangnlar orange patch from base to middle in and below cell. 



Ab. 1 eldpheholiu. Fore wing with the oblifjue band not obsolescent. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with orange medial spot on median norvure on 

 upperside, the postmedial baud not extending to vein 2. Hind wing 

 with the orange patch not extending above the cell and vein 7, or so 

 far towards termen. 



Hah. Ecuador, type f S elaphehoUa in Coll. Druce ; Eolivia, 

 type fin Coll. Druce, Corvico 1 cS , Sougo 2 (S {Garlepj)) ; P£ku, 

 Chanchamayo {Thamni), 1 c? . Exj). 50-58 millim. 



*219. Seirocastnia meridiana. (Plate LIV. fig. 17.) 

 rkasis meridiana, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. See. iv. p. 148 (IStiCi). 



(S . Black ; abdomen yellow, with black dorsal and lateral stripes 

 and the extremity black. Fore wing with narrow rather irregnlar 

 oblique orange band beyond the cell between veins 7 and 2. Hind 

 wing with pear-shaped orange patch in, below, and beyond cell, 

 rounded at extremity ; the underside wdth a little orange at base of 

 costa. 



Ilah. Brazil, Sao Paulo, typef (S in Coll. Schaus. Exp. dQ 

 millim. 



220. Seirocastnia columbina. (Plate LIV. fig. 4.) 



Othria columhina, Westw. Trans. Linn. Sue, Zool. (2) i. p. 202 (1877) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. o2. 



Black ; palpi with orange spot near base ; tegular with orange 

 band in front. Fore wing wit h oblique orange baud from just below 

 costa at upper angle of cell to just above tornus, varying somewhat 

 in width and outline. 



Ilab. Colombia, Bogota, 6 <S . Exp. 58 millim. Typef in Mus. 

 Oxon. 



Genus PHASIDIA, nov. 



Type, P. contraria. 



Proboscis fully developed ; paljii obliquely upturned, the 3rd joint long, 

 naked and porrect ; Irons with long truncate conical prominence with a raified 

 rim at extremity; anteinire almost simple, stj'ongly dilated towards extremity; 

 tibia; .slightly fringed with hair above; abdomen smoothly scaled. Fore wing 

 wilh veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell ; (i from just below upper angle ; 

 y, 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a minute areole, 7 from beyond the areola ; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing w'itb vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 3 from close 

 to angle : 5 obsolescent from middle of discoccllulars ; ti, 7 from upper angle. 



221 . Phasidia contraria. 



Phasis contraria, Wlk. xxxi. 13G (1S64) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 33. 

 Olhria mcridioHulis, Scliaus, P. Z. S. 1802, }> 272. 



$. Black-brown. Fore wing with obli(iue pale yellow band friim 



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