232 



ARCTIAD.E. 



Iriiiged with scarlet. Fore -wiiig with a little scarlet at base. 

 Jiiiid wing with sparsely-ecaled streak in and below basal part of 

 cell : a semihj-aline white patch in, below, and beyond lower end 

 of coll. 



Fig. 154. — Antona subluna, <^ . }. 



$ . Abdomen with scarlet patch on ventral surface of terminal 

 segment.. 



Ab. 1. Larger; the scarlet patches on patagia and base of fore 

 wing much larger ; hind wing with the hyaline streak running to 

 base. Ki-p. 52 millim. 



Nah. Bkazil, Kio Janeiro (Sir E Belcher^ Sir W. SmitJi), 1 J , 

 5 2, type. Ki2)., 6 40, $ 44 millim. 



Sect. II. Antenn.ne with bri.stles and cilia ; abdomen of male with lateral tufta 

 of long hair on terminal segments ; hind wing with the tovnus pro- 

 duced to an acute lube clothed with rough hair and containing a tuft 

 of hair on underside. 



483. Antona, diffinis. 

 Velocbyta diffinis, "Wlk. xxxi. 105 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 173. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown, slightly shot with 

 blue ; patagia and metathorax with orange-red patches. Fore 

 •wing brown, the interspaces streaked with black. Hind wing 



Fig. 155. — Antona diffinis, (^ . \. 



semihyaline, sparsely clothed with blue-black hair, leaving the 

 middle of wing almost hyaline ; the veins black. 



I/ah. TiuNiDAD ; lilt. Gdiana, 1 6 ; Brazil, Para (Bates), 1 $ 

 type, Espiritu Santo, 1 d . Exp. 32 millim. 



