472 ^*ocr^JID.E. 



A. Fore wing with tlie postmeclial line formed by uiinute 



lunulate black spots and slighllj incurved below vein 4. 



a. Foi'e wing with the renit'orni angled inwards on median 



nervure to origin of vein 2 acrraoida. 



b. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards to origin 



of vein 2. 



«^ Fore wing with the orbicular a whitish point serra. 



b^. Fore wing with whitish annulns to the orbicular socorrensis. 



B. Fore wing with the postmedial line continuous and strongly 



incurved below discal fold (Exonia. 



7597. Prionoptera serraoides. (Plate CCXVI. fig-. 5.) 



Prio7iopiera serraoides, Dogn. Le Nat. (2) vi. p. 85 (1892). 



(S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed witli ochreons ; palpi 

 with, the 2nd joint blackish at sides ; pectns with some fuscous and 

 grey hair ; tibiae and tarsi ochreous while at sides; abdomen pale 

 reddish brown. Fore wing ochreous brown suffused slightlj' on 

 medial area and prominently on terminal area with dark brown 

 and slightly irrorated with black ; a slight subbasal line from costa 

 to submedian fold with a dark angled mark below costa ; the ante- 

 medial line ochreous, diffused and bidentate below costa, then 

 inwardly oblique and incurved to inner margin ; orbicular minute, 

 ochreous defined by black, produced to a point on outer side ; reni- 

 form whitish with a fine brown line defining its annulus, bent 

 outwards at upper extremity and inwardly to a point at origin of 

 vein 2 at lower extremity ; a highly waved medial line; the post- 

 medial line ochreous, waved from costa to vein 4 and angled inwards 

 at veins 6 and 5, below vein 4 incurved, with some small black 

 spots on its inner edge from costa to vein 4 and one above inner 

 margin ; the terminal area dark brown, its inner edge slightly sinuous 

 and incurved to costa ; a dark subterminal dentate line with ochreous 

 spots on its outer edge ; a terminal series of black and ochreous 

 points; a fine black terminal line and ochreous line at base of cilia. 

 Hind wing ochreous brown, the terminal area slightly darker with 

 a fine dark terminal line ; the cilia ochreous ; the underside pale 

 irrorated with brown, a pale discoidal lunule, curved diffused post- 

 medial line, a diffused subterminal band, a series of points just 

 before termen. 



Mah. EcTTADDR, Loja, 1 J- Exj). 54 millim. Type tc? in Coll. 

 Dognin. 



7598. Prionoptera serra. 



Prionoptera serra, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. p. 69, f. 516 (1850). 



(S . Head and thorax bright red-brown with some dark scales ; 

 antennae, palpi, and upper part of frons dark brown ; pectus and 

 femora dark brown, tibiae and tarsi pale red-brown, the tibiae with 

 some blackish at base, the spurs ringed with blackish ; abdomen 

 pale red-brown, the crest on 2nd segment with dark and greyish 

 tip. Fore wing bright red-brown slightly irrorated with black, 

 the terminal area deep red-brown ; subbasal line slight, dark 



