CTENUCHA. 37o 



sides and the upper edge of patagia yellow ; raid and hind femora 

 and tibia? at extremities white ; abdomen dark brown. Fore wing 

 dull brown with traces of wbitish streaks below costa and on 

 vein 1 ; eilia with some white at tips. Hind wing darker brown ; 

 cilia white, brown at base between veins 5 and 2. 



Hab. Paraguay, Sapueay {Foster), type t 6 in Coll. Roth- 

 s -liild. Exp. 42 millim. This is probably an aberration of 

 0. divisa, which occurs in the same locality. 



*1164i. Ctenucha tucumana. (Plate XXI. hg. 22.) 

 Ctenucha rubrovenata, tucumana, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 184 (1912). 



c? . Head orange-red; palpi at tips and antennae black; thorax 

 dark brown, the edges of teguhe except behind and the edges of 

 patagia orange-red ; legs streaked with yellowish white; abdomen 

 dark brown tinged with bluish, the ventral surface with yellowish 

 white lines on two medial segments. Fore wing dark brown with 

 orange-red streaks on costa and the veins ; cilia white, brown at base. 

 Hind wing black-brown, the cilia white. Underside of fore wing 

 with white streak below base of cell, some diffused white in and 

 below end of cell, and postmedi.il streaks on veins 0, 4, 3, 2, 1 ; 

 hind wing with slight yellowish white streaks on subcostal and 

 median nervures and veins 7, 0, 4, 3, 2. 



Ab. 1. Black-brown, the markings of head and thorax yellower; 

 fore wing with the streaks fewer and yellow, absent on subcostal 

 nervure and veins S and 7. 



Sab. Arokxtixa, Salta (Steinbacli), type f 6 in Coll. Roth- 

 schild, Tucuman. Exp. 3S-40 millim. 



*1165 a. Ctenucha rubrovenata. (Plate XXI. fig 23.) 

 Ctenucha rubrovenata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 184 (1912). 



c? . Head and thorax black-brown with some silvery blue mixed, 

 the back of head and streaks on upper edge of patagia orange- 

 scarlet; palpi at base and throat at sides orange-scarlet ; mid and 

 hind femora and tibia at extremities white; abdomen black-brown 

 with some silvery blue suffusion except on ventral surface. Fore 

 wing black-brown, the basal half of costal edge, streaks on extremity 

 of subcostal nervure and veins 7. G, streaks on median nervure and 

 veins 4 to 2 and vein 1 orange-scarlet to towards ternien ; eilia 

 white, yellow at base. Hind wing black-brown faintly tinged witli 

 blue ; cilia white with some brown at base between veins 4 and 3. 

 Underside of both wings tinged with blue; fore wing with slight 

 oblique white streak below base of cell. 



$ . Back of bead, upper edge of patagia, palpi at base and 

 throat yellower; fore wing with the streaks yellow. 



Sab. Bolivia, Yungas de Coroica (Garlepp), type f d"-+ in 

 Coll. Rothschild, R. Songo. Exp. 6 30, £ 20 millim. 



