256 ARCTIADJE. 



Sect. II. Hind wing with veins 4, 5 and 6, 7 from cell ; male with the 

 abdomen not clothed with very long hair. 



A. Fore coxaj crimson terminalis. 



B. -Foi-e coxce black azteca. 



537. Protosia terminalis. 



Apistosia terminalis, Wlk. ii. 478 (1854); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. 



p. 121, and ii. p, 394 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 178. 

 Ctenucha 'pyrrhoura, Hulst, Bull. Brook. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 77, pi. 4. f. 4 



(1881); kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 178. 

 Ctenucha votiva, H. Edw. Pap. iv. p. 13 (1884). 

 Seirarctia bolteri, H. Edw. Pap. iv. p. 121 (1884). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with brilliant blue ; fore 

 coxae, tegulse, shoulders, and anal tuft scarlet, the last white at 



Fig. 172. — Protosia terminalis, ^ . \. 



extremity in female. Pore wing black shot with bronze-green ; 

 cilia white. Hind wing black shot with blue. 



Hah. Mexico, 1 5 type, {Scliumann) 1 (S i Cuernavaca (Alorelos), 

 1 $ , Godmau-Salvin Coll. Exp. 46 millim. 



538. Protosia azteca. 



Ctenucha azteca, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 278; Druce, Biol. Centr.-im., 

 Het. ii. p. 360, pi. 73. f. 2. 



5 . Head and thorax black-brown with a bluish gloss ; tegulse 

 and shoulders orange ; abdomen blue-black, with the anal tuft 

 orange. Fore wing brown with a greenish gloss ; an orange spot 

 at base of costa. Hind wing blue-black. 



J . Tegulse, shoulders, anal tuft, and spot at base of costa of 

 fore wing crimson ; cilia of fore wing white. 



Hah. Mexico, Mexico city, type in Coll. Schaus, Durango city 

 {Becker), 1 $, Grodman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 38 millim. 



Genus AGRISIUS. 



Type. 

 Agrisius, Wlk. iii. 723 (18.55) guttivitta. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, the 3rd joint long and 

 reaching well above vertex of head ; antenna; of male fasciculate ; tibise with 

 the spurs moderate. Fore wing rather narrow ; vein 2 from well beyond 

 middle of cell; 3 from near angle; 5 from above angle ; 6 from angle; 9, 10 

 stalked, anastomosing with 8 which arises from 7 to form the areole ; 11 free. 

 Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3, 4 from angle; 5 from 

 above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



