350 AECTIADiE. 



Subsp. 1. Smaller : fore wing with the medial band not con- 

 stricted in cell. 



Hah. Grenada, Balthazar {H. H. Smith), I (S , 1 $ . Exj). 

 14 millim. 



737. Afrida melicerta. 



Nola melicerta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 140, pi. 8. f. 18 

 (1885) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 374. 



cj' , Palpi, frons, and antennae black ; vertex of head and thorax 

 pure white ; pectus, legs, and abdomen blackish. Fore wing 

 silvery white ; a triangular black patch on base of costa, with an 

 oblique striga beyond it below the cell ; a dentate antemedial line 

 from cell to inner margin, a triangular patch on middle of costa, and 

 a rounded patch on inner margin with two arms extending towards 

 cell ; a spot with while point on it on costa towards apex ; a fuscous 

 triangular patch on termen,with irregular black marks on its edges 

 extending nearly to cell. Hind wing white, with indistinct discoidal 

 spot ; some fuscous at apex and traces of a subterminal line. 



2 . Hind wing more suffused with fuscous. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the subbasal patch on costa and sometimes 

 also the medial patch filled in with olive-yellow or green, the space 

 between the double lines on inner area not filled in with black. 



Ab. 2. Pore wing with the medial patch on costa large and 

 quadrate, with a black streak on its lower edge connecting it with 

 the triangular terminal patch ; the subbasal striga connected with 

 the antemedial line and forming a prominent loop. — Sao Paulo, 

 Coll. Schaus ; Bolivia. 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (TrujiUo), 2 $ , Orizaba, Oaxaca ; Costa 

 Rica {Underwood, Bogers), 1 d^ , 1 $ type, Godraan-Salvin Coll.; 

 Brazil, Castro Parana, Sao Paulo ; Bolivia, Chaco {Garlepp), 1 (S . 

 Exp. 18-24 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male ciliated. 



738. Afrida ciliata. 



Nola minuta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 140 (part). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white. Pore wing white suffused 



with pale orange-yellow ; the costal edge black towards base ; an 



indistinct curved subbasal line 



not reaching inner margin; three 



fine dentate black medial lines 



with black suffusion between 



„^ /.-J , _^- _ « them on costal half of winff : 



^^ WvN^^^^^^ 1[% some black points on costa 



towards apex and diffused black 



^. „^ .,..-, .,. , , , scales beyond the ceU ; a diffused 

 Fig. 258. — Afnda cthata, (S . \. i 4. • i r i t 



^ ) w 1 waved terminal line and a line 



through the cilia, which are blackish except below middle. Hind 



