1*44 ARCTIAD^. 



511. Cisll^ene lunaris. (riate XXV. fig. 11.) 

 Chihene lunaris, \\ Ik. xxxi. 241 (18G4) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 294. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow ; antennis black ; 

 tibiiK and tarsi tinped with fuscous. Fore wing pale yellowish 

 fuscous; tl:e inner margin orange-yellow ; an orange-yellow fascia 

 in cell from base to the curved medial band ; an almost or quite 

 terminal 1 and incurved to costa ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing ornnge- 

 yellow with teiniinal fuscous band, its inner edge somewhat angled 

 at middle, sometimes indistinct and suff.iscd with orange. 



7/«/j. Colombia, Bogota {Nolvl-en\ 1^,1$ type. Exp., J 24, 

 $ 28 millini, 



512. Cisthene prusias. 



Bufrlno jriifiai'. Bruce, A. M. N. If. (fi) xiii. p. 17(5 (1804) ; id. Biol. 

 Centi-.-Ani., Het. ii. p. 397, pi. 78. f. 2. 



$. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange; palpi black at tips; 

 nntennfp and legs black. Fore wing black, with very broad orange 

 band occupying the median half of wing : a curved subtciminal 

 band from just below costa to vein 1, attenuate at extremiiies. 

 Hind wing orange, with fuscous spot on base of costa ; the terminal 

 third black. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalisco {Schumann), 1 $ type, Godman-Salvin 

 Coll. Exp. 30 millim. 



This may be an extreme form of menea. 



513. Cisthene menea. 



Arctia menea, Drurv. 111. Exot. Ent. iii. pi. iii. f. 2 (1782); Druce, Biol. 



Ccntr.-Am., Het. i! p. 127 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 294. 

 Buscino Icpfifera, Wlk. xxxi. 2t>4 (1864) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ani., Het. i. 



p. 127 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 294. 

 Eii.'cino latifasciatus, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xv. p. Ml (187r>) ; Druce, 



Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 127, pi. 12. f. 24 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 29.3. 

 Bufcino arctifa.'cia, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 330 ; Druce, Biol. 



Ceulr.-Am., Het. i. p. 127 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 293. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen orange; palpi, antennnc, and legs 



black ; abdomen with 

 the ventral surface en- 

 tirely black except at; 

 base, with black patch 

 beyond middle, or en- 

 tirely orange. Fore 

 wingblack to grey-black ; 



_,.,„. ^. ,, , an almost medial orange \ 



Fig. 160. — Cisthene 7)unca, A . \. i j i ■ n i j 



^ ' w T h^ml typically broad, i 



sometimes with ifs outer edge expanding below middle, sometimes j 



contracting at middle and sometimes narrow except towards inner 



margin ; a subtorminal band erpanding towards costa, where it i 



arises well before ape.x, bent out to near termen between vein 4 * 



