•3U 



AECTIADjE. 



■svitli broad dorsal scarlet fascia indented somewhat on medial 



segments; the anal tuft scarlet. 

 Fore wing purplish brown, the 

 costa narrowly, the inner area 

 broadly sutl'used with purplish 

 blue. Hind wing semihyalinc, 

 the terminal area broadly suf- 

 fused with blu'-', narrowing to 

 apex and running up nearly to 

 Fig. 2i8.-I)ip^ia contenta, J. }. ^ase on inner area. 



Ilah. Amazons, Para (Bates), 2 S , type. iap. 28 millim. 



Sect. II. Antenna; of female with the shaft not dilated and with short fringe 

 of scales. 



A. Hind wing of female with elliptical swelling on extremity of subcostal 

 nervure ; vein 5 from above angle of cell. 



*724. DipaBna eucera. 



Cisihene eucera, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. lo'J. f. 10 (1875) ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. 

 p. 289. 



2 . Head and thorax black ; palpi orange-yellow except towards 

 tips ; antennas white towards extremity ; tegulas and patagia, except 



at base, orange-yellow ; legs 

 orange and black ; abdomen 

 orange, with dorsal srripe and 

 the terminal segments black. 

 Fore wing black with a cupreous 

 tinge ; an orange-yellow fascia 

 on inner area from base to before 

 middle, extending up to sub- 

 median fold ; an oblique post- 

 medial band slightly constricted at middle. Hind wing orange ; a 

 tcrmina iulack band expanding widely on apical area and somewhat 

 irregularly towards tornua. 



Hah. Colombia, Bogotti, type f $ 

 22 millim. 



Fig. 249. — Biptena ei(cera, 2 ■ 



in Coll. llothschild. E.i\ 



33. Hind wing of female without swelling on subcostal nervure ; vein 5 from 

 angle of cell. 



725. Dipsena mcesta. 

 Euchromia mcesta, Wlk. i. 259 (1854) ; Jiirby, Cat. Het. p. 173. 



2 . Head, thorax, abdomen, 

 and fore wing black -brown, 

 very slightly shot with dull 

 purple ; anal tuft crimson ; 

 hind wing black-brown. 



J/ah. ignotus, 1 $ type. 

 E.rj). 28 millim. 



Fig 250 —Di^cena mceaia, $ . j . 



