CALLISTHENIA. ILLICE. 



3G3 



Sect. II. Hind win^ of male with thick fringes of long srales on uppersirle 

 below and beyond the cell between vein 6 and subiuedian fold, the 

 terinen deejjly excised below vein 3. 



765. Callisthenia lacteata. 



Mceplia lacteata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 54 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 291. 



cJ. Head and thorax fuscous brown; abdomen pale crimson. 



Fore wing yellowish white, 

 the veins strongly streaked 

 with brown ; a purplish patch 

 at middle of inner area and a 

 spot at toruus. Hind wing 

 pale crimson,, the fringes of 

 scales yellowish ; a diffused 

 fuscous ajiieal patch. 



Hah. Amazons, R. Javary 



Fig. 278. — Callisthenia lacteata, J. |. 

 {Trail), 1 S type. Exp. 18 millim. 



Fig. 279. — Callisthenia varieguta, ij . 



Sect. III. Wings of male without fringes of scales ; abdomen with large lateral 

 tufts of flocculent scales on terminal segments. 



766. Callisthenia variegata. 



Cisthene variegata, Wlk. xxxi. 242 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 290. 



S. Frons and antennae purplish fuscous; palpi and vertex of 

 head yellowish tinged with pink ; tegulao pale crimson ; thorax 



yellowish white, with fuscous 

 patches on patagia and meso- 

 thorax ; legs yellowish and 

 purplish fuscous ; abdomen 

 scarlet, the tufts of scales 

 towards extremity yellowish, 

 the ventral surface yellowish, 

 banded witli black. Fore 

 wing yellowish white, the 

 veins strongly streaked with purplish black, interrupted by a post- 

 medial band of the ground-colour defined by purplish-black lines, 

 angled on diseocellnlars, meeting above inner margin, and bearing a 

 crimson discoidal spot. Hind wing scarlet, with apical black patch 

 narrowing to a point at vein 2. 



Hub. Amazons, Ega {Bates), 1 S type ; Peru, Huayabamba 

 {Garlepp). Exjj. 18 millim. 



Genus ILLICE. 



Type. 



/ace, Wlk. xix. 1019(1859) hatialis. 



iV/(«/:)Aa, Wlk. XXX. 1013(18(54) opulentaria. 



Bgssophaga, Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. A. p. 48 (1878), non 



descr fausthmla. 



Zonoclu, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 150 (189(5) 'fasciata. 



Ozodaiiia, Dyar, Psyche, 1899, p. 359 schwar;ioritm. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, not reaching vertex of 



