694 ATJCTIADE. 



the black medial line thickly irrorated with black scales except at 

 costa ; medial line black, excurved from below costa to median 

 nervure, then sinuous ; postmedial line black, oblique from costa to 

 vein 5, then inwardly oblique to submedian fold and slightly 

 excurved above inner margin, a band of black irroration beyond it 

 except at costa ; a terminal scarlet line ; cilia Avhite. Hind wing 

 pale scarlet. 



Hob. Costa Eica, Esperanza (Scliaus), 1 tf , Tais (Sclicrns), 

 1 2 ■ Eap> 14-16 millim. 



*808b. Talara subcoccinea. (Plate XXXYI. fig. 26.) 



Talara subcoccinea, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 202 (1905). 



5 ■ Head and thorax pale rufous irrorated with dark rufous ; 

 tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen pale crimson, the anal tuft black 

 above. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated with dark rufous ; an 

 indistinct oblique medial line from cell to inner margin ; traces of 

 a subterminal line towards inner margin ; cilia blackish at tips and 

 above tornus. Hind wing pale crimson ; cilia black-tipped at apex. 

 Underside of fore wing suffused with crimson except costal and 

 terminal areas. 



Hab. Fr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni, type f c? in U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 Exp. 20 millim. 



*808 c. Talara ornata. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 27.) 



Talara ornata, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 202 (1905). 



d . Head and tegulae whitish irrorated with brown ; antenna? 

 ringed with brown ; thorax blackish, with paired whitish marks on 

 meta thorax ; tibiae and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen crimson, 

 the anal tuft black, the ventral surface whitish. Pore wing whitish 

 irrorated with red-brown leaving a white conical patch on inner 

 area before middle ; a rufous oblong patch on costa be} T ond middle ; 

 a small black discoidal spot ; a diffused blackish subterminal 

 mark at middle and band further from termen between vein 4 and 

 inner margin ; cilia blackish above tornus. Hind wing crimson 

 with the apical area black from middle of costa to a point at tornus. 



Ilab. Yr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni, type f 6 in U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 Exp. IS millim. 



808 J. Talara lepida. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 28.) 

 Talara lepida, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 365 (1911). 



6 ■ Head and thorax dark brown thickly irrorated with grey- 

 white ; pectus fuscous and white ; mid and hind femora white, the 

 base of hind tibiae and the 1st joint of tarsus white ; abdomen 

 crimson, the ventral surface banded blackish and pinkish white 

 except at extremity. Fore wing dark brown thickly irrorated with 



