ARDONEA. 



543 



c? . Tegulae with yellowish white patches; patagia yellowish white 

 edged _ with black-brown ; abdomen with the anal tuft crimson ; 

 fore wing with more yellowish white and less black-brown suffusion ; 



Fig. 140. — Ardonea tenebrosa, <$ . \. 



hind wing semihyaline white, the apex brown, a narrow brown 

 terminal band. 



Subsp. I. peculiaris, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xviii. p. 86 (1906). 



Hind wing with the costal and terminal areas broadly suffused 

 with fuscous. 



Hab. Peru, Huacamayo, type t 6 hi Coll. Joicey. Exp. 32 

 millim. 



*4G6 a. Ardonea nigella. 



Trichearias nigella, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlix. p. 90 (1905). 



Antennae of male ciliated ; abdomen with paired lateral tufts of 

 long hair from 5th segment ; hind wing with the tornus very 

 slightly lobed. 



Fig. 141. — Ardonea nigella, <$ , 



d . Uniform fuscous brown shot with cupreous purple ; abdomen 

 witli the lateral tufts red-brown. 



Hab. Ecuador, Loja, type f J in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 20 

 millim. 



