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7. ^THALION BIVITTATUM. 



Testaceum nigro varium, abdomen luteum, femora nigro vittata, 

 tihicB tarsique nigro fasciata^ alee anticce luridce apice nigri- 

 cantes. 



Testaceous : head with two black bauds in front : tip of the 

 mouth black : chest thickly and very minutely punctured ; shield 

 with two short black stripes on each side in front, and with two pa- 

 rallel pale ferruginous stripes in the disk ; two short black stripes 

 on the scutcheon : abdomen luteous : thighs streaked with black ; 

 shanks and feet with black bands : fore-wings pale lurid, blackish 

 along the tips ; veins white : hind-wings slightly gray ; veins yel- 

 low. Length of the body 2^ — 4 lines ; of the wings 6 — 8 lines. 



^■' Var. /3. Abdomen testaceous : tips of the fore-wings not 

 blackish. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



b. Venezuela. From Mr, Stevens' collection. 



c. Columbia. From Mr. Pamplin's collection. 



8. ili.THALION LATIPES. 



Ferrugineum, thoracis discus, abdomen femoraque testacea, tibi(e 

 latce compresscB nigro varice, alee sub-limpidce basi testacece. 



Pale ferruginous, clothed with gilded down : head impressed 

 on the fore border, yellow beneath : mouth yellow, with a piceous 

 tip : chest beset with tubercles ; middle ridge slight ; disk of the 

 shield mostly testaceous : abdomen testaceous ; thighs testaceous ; 

 tibiae widened, compressed, marked with black: fore-wings almost 

 colourless, testaceous towards the base ; veins testaceous : hind- 

 wings colourless ; veins black. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



This species recedes very much from the type in structure, and 

 may be considered as forming a new genus. 



a. Columbia. From Mr. Jurgens' collection. 



JEthalion ? (Pupa). 



a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



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