PKEPIELLA.. 357 



Abdomen of male without lateral tufts of hair. 

 a}. Hind wing crimson, with the black terminal band 



extending to tornus miniola. 



b^. Hind wing yellow, with the terminal band not 



extending to tornus strigivenia. 



752. Prepiella miniola, n. sp. 



S . Head and thorax orange ; abdomen crimson, the anal tuft 

 and ventral surface orange ; tibiae banded with black. Fore wing 



orange-red, more orange to- 

 wards base ; a black spot at 

 base of costa ; the basal area 

 with black streaks on sub- 

 costal and median nervures 

 and on vein 1, a dentate mark 

 in cell, and a line from inner 

 Fig. 270.— PrcjJieila miniola, J. f. end of black streak on median 



nervure to inner margin ; a 

 black antemedial line, sinuous and very oblique from costa to median 

 nervure, where it is very acutely angled outwards to the postmedial 

 line, then retracted ; the postmedial line angled outwards beyond 

 cell, then inwards to meet the antemedial line ; a series of short 

 black streaks on the veins of postmedial area, two towards apex 

 forming a V-mark; the cilia black towards tornus. Hind wing 

 crimson, with terminal black band narrowing from costa to near 

 tornus. 



Hah. Amazons (Bates), 1 c? type, Fonteboa. E.vjo. 14 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled outwards 

 on median nervure. 



Hab. Peru, 2 c? in Coll. Schaus. 



753. Prepiella strigivenia, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 6.) 



cJ . Yellow ; antennae blackish ; patagia and mesothorax with 

 blackish patches ; fore and mid tibiae banded with black. Fore 

 wing with short subbasal black line ; a black streak on basal part 

 of costa ; subbasal streaks on subcostal and median nervures con- 

 joined at base ; a V-shaped mark below the cell with a short line 

 from its lower extremity on vein 1 ; a medial line angled out- 

 wards on subcostal and median nervures and inwards in submedian 

 fold ; a crimson line on discocellulars with an oblique streak from 

 its lower extremity to the postmedial line ; some diffused crimson 

 above inner margin ; a postmedial black line oblique from costa to 

 vein 5 where it is dentate, then sinuous and ending at tornus and 

 with a series of short streaks on the veins beyond it ; a black 

 terminal line. Hind wing tinged with crimson ; an apical blackish 

 patch narrowing to vein 2, the cilia black to submedian fold. 



Hab. AmazojSTS, Ega (5a^e*), 1 ^J type, Fonteboa. ^:j7/>, 16 millim. 



