382 



auctiab^. 



criineon the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing white, irrorated 

 with a few bhickish scales which form diffused patches below base 

 of cell and on inner margin beyond middle. ]iind wing fuscous, 

 with i>ale crimson patoli on inner area from base to beyond middle. 

 JJah. liKAZiL, Espiritu Santo, 1 d type. E.vjy. 18 millim. 



812. Talara cinerea, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 24.) 

 9 . Fuscous suffused with grey. Fore wing irrorated with black 



scales. Abdomen and hind wing dark fuscous. 



J/f,h. CoLoMKiA, Sta. Marta {Bouchard), 1 ? type. Kqj. 18 



millim. 



Sect. II. Hind wing with Teins 3, 4 from cell. 



A. Fore wing Bcarlet. 



a Fore win" with large black patches before middle and 



at t.. nuts , • .-■• mcgaspila. 



h Fore wing without black antemedial and termmal 



patches coccinea. 



B. Fore wing rufous ruja. 



C Fore wing fuscous grey. 



a. TTind wing witb the basal half crimson rufibasis. 



b. Hind wing witliout crimson ••■■• grisea. 



J). Fore wing fuscous, with antemedial and subterminal 



whitish lines. 

 a Fore wing with the subterminal hne acutely angled 



on vein 6 homhycia. 



h Foi-e win" with the subterminal line escui-ved at 



middle ! phcBclla. 



813. Talara megaspila. 



Talara megaspUa, Wlk. xxxv. 1891 (186G) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 291. 



d. Head, thorax, and first segment of abdomen orange-red, the 



rest of abdomen brown ; legs banded with brown. Fore wing 



orange-red ; a large conical black patch before middle from inner 



' margin to just below costa 



with deep blue streaks in 

 cell and submedian fold ; an 

 elongate spot on co.sta towards 

 apex ; a large patch on ter- 

 l(^, men from vein 6 to tornus 



extending nearly to the cell, 



Tig. 2^6.— Talara 7}icgaspila, <S ■ I- '-^^^ "^^tli some deep blue 



sufl'usion near its upper angle. 

 Hind wing black-brown, with the base crimson. 



J J all. Amazons, Ega {Bates), 1 J type. J^-^j^. 20 millim. 



814. Talara coccinea. (Plate XXYIII. fig. 18.) 



Talara coccinea, Butl. Trans. Ent. See. 1877, p. 329 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 291. 



2 . Head and thorax bright crimson ; antenna; blackish except 



