210 AKCTIAPiE. 



517. Cisthene cypris. 



Rnscino cfpHs, Pnice. A. M. N. H. (6) xiii. p. 176 (18"J4) ; id. Biol. Centr.- 

 Ain., Hot. ii. p. y'.i7, pi. 78. f. T). 



Palpi, frons, and antonna? black ; vertex of head and thorax 

 orMiijre ; pectus and legs l)lack ; altdomen black, tinged with orange 

 towards base, and the anal tuft orange. Fore wing grey-black; a 

 l)road slightly oblique antemcdial orange band ; a curved subter- 

 ininal band from below costa to vein 2. Hind wing with tlie l)asal 

 lialf orange, with fuscous patch at base of costa; the terminal half 

 ])lack. 



J/<ih. Mfxtco, Jalisco (ScJinwami, liicliardsoi^), 2 d" , 1 9 type ; 

 OuATKMALA, Vcra Paz ( Cha)ji2-)ion), 1 c? , Godman-Salvin Coll. 

 ?:.rp. 30-38 millim. 



518. Cisthene nnicincta, n. sp. (Plate XXV. fig. 24.) 



c? . Wack-brown ; vertex of head, tegnla?, and metathorax orange 

 fulvous. Fore wing Avith curved narrow subtcrniinal orange band 

 not quite reaching costa or inner margin. Underside of fore wing 

 with traces of orange band : of hind wing with slight orange suffusion 

 in cell and on basal part of inner area. 



Hah. Colombia, Bogot.l, 1 d type. E.vp. 36 millim. 



510. Cisthene ruficollis. 



Fjiclpfmia ruficollis, Hliba. Saninil. Ex. Scbmett. ii. (1824) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 292. 



5 . Blue-black ; tegulfc and shoulders orange ; abdomen with 

 the 2nd to 6th segments orange, with dorsal maculate black fascia. 

 Fore wing with ])road orange medial band, its inner edge slightly 

 sinuous, its outer edge excurved ; a somewhat triangular subtcr- 

 niinal orange patch below apex and a smaller spot between veins 2 

 and 3. Hind wing dull black, with broad medial orange baud with 

 somewhat sinuous edges. 



9 with the markings orange-yellow. 



Hah. Brazil, Theresopolis, 1 S , '2. ^ - Exjy. 38-50 millim. 



520. Cisthene cynara. 



Bn/cea n/varo, Druce, A. ]\1. N. II. ((>) xiii. p. 175 (1894) ; id. Biol. Centr.- 

 Aui., Hel. ii. p. 395, pi. 77. f. 16. 



6 . Black with a slight purplish tinge ; tcgulae and patagia 

 orange. Fore wing with broad orange-yellow fascia from base in 

 and liclow cell to beyond upper angle, where it is rounded, its lower 

 edge somewhat angled at middle of vein 1 ; a curved subterminal 

 b;md from below costa to submedian fold, attenuate at extremities. 

 Hind wing with broad orange-yellow fascia from base to middle oi 

 costa ; vein 5 from rather near angle of cell, 



H(ih. !MrxTCo, Durango (Becker), 1 J type, Godman-Salvin Coll. 

 Fj.rp. 36 millim. 



