MACHOPTILA. 



515 



creamy white. Underside of fore wing with the black patch 

 extending to below middle of costa. 



link. Fit. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni (Le Moult), type t 6 in 

 Coll. Dognin. Exji. 14 milliin. 



*389 a. Macroptila antonia. 



Macroptila antonia, Dogn. Hot. Nouv. Am. Sud, iii. p. 6 (1911). 



Fore wing of male very narrow, the inner margin highly arched, 

 vein 7 from beyond 9 ; 10 curved towards base, the inner margin 

 fringed with long upturned hair on underside, a patch of long 

 spatulate upturned scales below end of cell and a patch of andro- 

 conia beyond the cell; hind wing very broad, the costa highly 

 arched towards apex and fringed with hair except towards base. 



Fig. 114.— Macroptila antonia, tf . 



J. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the tegulse tinged with 

 yellow; antennae yellow; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of 

 abdomen ochreous yellow, the fore and mid legs suffused with 

 brown in front. Fore wing silvery white, the inner margin and 

 cilia faintly tinged with brown. Hind wing white. Underside of 

 fore wing and costal area of hind wing tinged with brown. 



Hah. Colombia, Antonio (F(tssl), type f cT in Coll. Dognin. 

 Exp. 40 millim. 



389 b. Macroptila monstralis, 

 Macroptila monstralis, Schaus, A.M.N. H. (8) vii. p. 357 (1911). 



Fore wing with vein 6 from below angle of cell, 7, 8, 9 stalked. 

 the cell of male broad with slight fringe of hair on extremity of 

 median ncrvure on underside ; hind wing with the cell broad and 

 Ioul;-, vein (i from below angle of cell, 8 from close to angle, a 

 glandular patch in upper part of cell near base, the upperside with 

 the cell and area beyond it clothed with androconia to near termen, 

 a patch of downturned hair at apex ; fore femora fringed with 

 fulvous hair above. 



d . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with whitish ; pectus 

 and legs whitish suffused witli brown, the fore legs fuscous brown 

 with the fringe of hair on femora fulvous ; abdomen whitish. 

 Fore wing whitish suffused with red-brown, the terminal area 



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