350 



ARCTIAD^. 



Subsp. 1 . Smaller : fore wing -with the medial band not con- 

 8trictod in coll. 



Hah. Gkenada, Balthazar (7/. //, Smith), \ ^ , 1 $ . Exp. 

 14 millim. 



737. Afrida melicerta. 



Nvla melicerta, Drncc, Biol. Centr.-Aiu., Het. i. p. 140, pi. 8. f. 18 

 (1885); Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 374. 



cT . Palpi, frons, and antennae black ; vertex of head and thorax 

 jiure Avhite ; pectus, legs, and abdomen blackish. Fore ■\ving 

 silvery white ; a triangular black patch on base of costa, with an 

 (ibli(iue .striga beyond it below the cell ; a dentate antcniedial line 

 from cell to inner margin, a triangular patch on middle of costa, and 

 a rounded patch on inner margin with two arms extending towards 

 cell ; a spot with Avhite jtoint on it on costa towards a])ex ; a fuscous 

 triangular patch on ternien,wilh irregular Idack marks oji its edges 

 extending nearly to cell. Hind wing white, with indistinct discoidal 

 spot ; some fuscous at apex and traces of a subterminal line. 



$ . Hind Aving more suffused with fuscous. 



Ab. 1. Fore Aving with the subbasal patch on costa and sometimes 

 also the medial patch filled in with olive-yellow or green, the space 

 between the double lines on inner area not filled in with black. 



Ab. 2. Fore Aviug with the medial patch on costa large and 

 quadrate, with a black streak on its lower edge connecting it with 

 the triangular terminal patch ; the subbasal striga connected with 

 the antemedial line and forming a prominent loop. — Sao Paulo, 

 Coll. Schaus ; Bolivia. 



Hah. Mkxico, Jalai)a (Trnjillo), 2 2 , Orizaba, Oaxaca ; Costa 

 Pica {UnderrvoocI, lio(/ers)f 1 c? , 1 $ type, Godraan-Salvin Coll.; 

 ihiAzih, Castro Parana, Sao Paulo ; Bolivia, Chaco (^Garlepp), 1 J . 

 Exp. 18-24 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male ciliated. 



738. Afrida ciliata. 



I\ola minuta, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Aiii., Het. i. p. 140 (part). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white. Fore wing white suffused 

 with pale orange-yellow ; the costal edge black towards base ; an 



indistinct curved subbasal line 

 not reaching inner margin; three 

 line dentate black medial lines 

 with black suffusion between 

 them on costal half of wing ; 

 some black points on costa 

 towards apex and diffused black 



Y\g.2bfi.-Afrida ciliata, S. \. scales beyond the cell ; a diffused 



Avaved terminal hue and a line 

 through the cilia, Avhich arc blackish except below middle. Hind 



