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2 . Hind win^ with broad orange fascia from base of inner 

 margin to beyond lower angle of cell and extending into the cell. 



Fig. 153. ^Eu>'i/2)tidia trifera, (^ . \. 



Hah. Amazons, Espiritu Santo, 2 ^ , type striata, 1 $ type. 

 Biej)., d 38, 2 46 millim. 



480. Euryptidia basivitta. (Plate XXV. fig. 13.) 

 Josia basivitta, Wlk. ii. 298 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 408. 



Black. Fore wing with large triangular patch extending below 

 costa from base to beyond middle, thence with somewhat sinuous 

 outer edge to above tornus, its lower edge curved in submedian. 

 fold, towards tornus extending below vein 1. 



Hah. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 2 J , Petropolis. Exj). 44 millim. 



481. Euryptidia ira. 



Ptychogkne ira, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) iv. p. 90 (1889) ; id. Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Het. ii. p. 398, pi. 78. f. 6 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 313. 



2 . Black with a slight bluish tinge ; neck with a slight orange 

 ring ; shoulders with an orange spot. Fore wing with the basal 

 half orange, leaving a black patch at base of costa : the outer edge 

 of the orange area slightly angled at lower angle of cell. Hind 

 wing with an orange fascia on basal half of costa, extending at base 

 to inner margin. 



Hob. Mexico, Jalisco {Schumann), 1 2 type, Godman-Salvin 

 Coll. Exp. 2G millim. 



Genus ANTONA. 



Type. 



Antona, Wlk. ii. 479 (1854) suhluna. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique to well beyond frons and 

 clothed with rough scales ; tibiie with the spurs short ; abdomen dorsally 

 clothed with rough hair. Fore wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell, 

 curved at base ; 3 from well before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper 

 angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with 

 vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from well before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 

 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate, with short branches ending in a bristle, 

 the shaft slightly dilated before middle ; of female serrate and 

 fasciculate. 



482. Antona subluna. 



Antona suhlima,Yf\\. ii. 480 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 286. 

 cJ . Blue-black ; shoulders with scarlet spots ; patagia slightly 



