344 



AECTIAD^. 



with broad dorsal scarlet fascia 



Fig. 248. — Dipmna contenta, c? . 

 Hah. Amazons, Para (Bates), 2 c? , type 



indented somewhat on medial 

 segments ; the anal tuft scarlet. 

 Fore wing purplish brown, the 

 costa narrowly, the inner area 

 broadly suffused with purplish 

 blue. Hind wing semihyaline, 

 the terminal area broadly suf- 

 fused with blue, narrowing to 

 apex and running up nearly to 

 base on inner area, 



-Erp. 28 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennae of female with the shaft not dilated and with short fringe 

 of scales. 



A. Hind wing of female with elliptical swelling on extremity of subcostal 

 nervure ; vein 5 from above angle of cell. 



*724, Dipaena eiicera. 



Cisihene encera, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 139. f. 10 (1875) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 289. 



2 . Head and thorax black ; palpi orange-yellow except towards 

 tips ; antennae white towards extremity : tegulse and patagia, except 



at base, orange-yellow ; legs 

 orange and black ; abdomen 

 orange, with dorsal stripe and 

 the terminal segments black. 

 Fore wing black with a cupreous 

 tinge ; an orange-yellow fascia 

 on inner area from base to before 

 middle, extending up to sub- 

 median fold ; an oblique post- 

 medial band slightly constricted at middle. Hind wing orange ; a 

 termina 'black band expanding widely on apical area and somewhat 

 irregularly towards torniis. 



Hah. Colombia, Bogota, type f ? in Coll. Eothschild. Ea^^. 

 22 millim. 



Fig. 249. — BifiBna encera, 5 . 



B. Hind wing of female without swelling on subcostal nervure ; vein 5 from 

 angle of cell. 



725. Dipaena mcesta. 



Etichromia mcesta, Wlk. i. 259 (1854) ; Xirby, Cat. Het. p. 173. 



2 . Head, thorax, abdomen, 

 and fore wing black -brown, 

 very slightly shot with dull 

 purple ; anal tuft crimson ; 

 hind wing black-brown. 



JIah. ignotus, 1 2 type. 

 Eivjo. 28 millim. 



Fig 250 — Bipcena mcesta, 2 



