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towards base ; abdomen black-brown. Fore wing scarlet, tui'ning 

 to orange ou apical half of costal area ; an elongate black spot with, 

 some blue scales on it on costa beyond middle ; the termen tinged 

 with greyish. Hind wing black-brown, the base crimson. 



Hub. Amazons, Villa Nova {Bates), 1 § type. Exp, 20 millim. 



*815. Talara rufa. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 30.) 

 Talara rufa, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 214 (1899). 



5 . Head and thorax rufous ; abdomen reddish orange. Fore 

 wing pale rufous, thickly irrorated with dark rufous ; a slight 

 oblique black line from middle of cell to inner margin before middle ; 

 some dark scales representing the subterminal line ; a terminal 

 black line from vein 4 to 1 ; cilia chequered black and whitish. 

 Hind wing orange-yellow with a pinkish tinge. 



Hah. Eeazil, Castro Parana {Jones), 1 $ type t in Coll. Schaus. 

 Exp. 20 millim. 



816. Talara rufibasis. 



Cisthene rufibasis, Feld. Eels. Nov. pi. 139. f. 4 (1875) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 289. 



Head and thorax black, irrorated with grey and slightly tinged 

 with purple ; gulae and neck orange ; legs blue-black ; abdomen 

 crimson, the anal tufts ochreous, the ventral surface blue-black. 

 Fore wing fuscous black irrorated with grey, leaving slight dark 

 streaks on costa and inner margin and in discal and submedian folds, 

 and a very obscure diffused postmedial band. Hind wing fuscous, 

 with crimson patch from base extending to end of cell and tornus 

 except on costal area. 



Hah. Panama, La Chorrera {Dolhy-Tijlor), 1 cj" ; Colombia, Bogota, 

 type t § in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 18 millim. 



817. Talara grisea. (Plate XXVI II. fig. 17.) 

 Talara grisea, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 149 (189fi). 



S . Head and thorax fuscous grey ; abdomen pale crimson. 

 Fore wing fuscous grey. Hind wing whitish, tinged with fuscous 

 towards margins. 



Hab. Brazil, Sao Paulo {Jones), 2 cJ • Exp. 18 millim. Type j 

 in CoU. Schaus. 



4' 



*818. Talara bombycia. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 27.) 

 Talara bombycia., Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 149 (1896). 



(5 • Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown, the last whitish 

 at base. Fore wing fuscous brown ; a whitish antemedial line 

 slightly angled outwards below costa and acutely on median nervure, 

 and angled inwards on vein 1 ; the medial area whitish towards 



