AMIANA. 



539 



white ; abdomen wldtish tinged with oclireous brown, the basal 

 crest brown and white. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial 

 areas pale sapphire bine (fading to white), the medial area black 

 suffused with grey ; subbasal line slight, black, waved, from costa 

 to submedian fold ; a diffused dentate dark mark above inner 

 margin near base; anteraedial line oblique, waved, angled inwards 

 on vein 1 and excurved above inner margin, a small white spot 

 beyond it on costa ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular 

 small with fuscous centre and white annulus defined by black, 

 round; reniform white defined by black, its centre defined by 

 black ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line with small 

 white spot at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then 



Fig. 14.9. —Amiana Icsfabilis, c^ . \. 



dentate and with series of black points beyond it on the veins, 

 slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4 ; the 

 postmedial area with dark patch on costa with white points on it ; 

 subterminal line only defined by black on outer side, dentate ; the 

 narrow terminal area black and white mixed, with a series of slight 

 black lunules on termen ; cilia fuscous intersected with Avhitish. 

 Hind wing white, the terminal area suftused with fuscous, a slight 

 discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line ; a fine dark terminal 

 line ; cilia white with diffused fuscous line through them. 



Bab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Santa Fe {Coclcerell), 2 S . Exp. 

 34 millim. 



4270. Amiana continens. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 25.) 



Ferigea contincns, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 122 (1884); Smith, Cat,. Noct. 

 N. j\m. p. 154. 



^ . Head and thorax rufous slightly mixed with ochreous ; 

 pectus white ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen white with 

 dorsal brown bands, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing with the 

 basal area pale yellow suffused with rufous, the medial area suf- 

 fused with black, the terminal area rufous ; subbasal line repre- 

 sented by small black spots below costa and cell ; antemedial line 

 almost medial, strong, black, slightly waved, angled inwards on 

 vein 1; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform small, white 

 with central black lunule ; postmedial line black defined by white 

 on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then very minutely 

 waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points 



