CALLISTHENIA. ILLICE. 363 



Sect, II. Hind wing of male with thick fringes of long scales on uppersicle 

 below and beyond the cell between vein 5 and submedian fold, the 

 termen deeply excised below vein 3. 



765. Callisthenia lacteata. 



M(spJM lacteata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 54 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 291. 



S. Head and thorax fuscous brown; abdomen pale crimson. 



Fore wing yellowish white, 



X ^^^^ J^ *^® "veins strongly streaked 



^^^^^T^fei ^^^^^^7 ^ ^^^^ brown ; a purplish patch 



^^^^^m ^ S~~-~^^ ^ ^ at middle of inner area and a 



^^^w (^==^^ j^ spot at tornus. Hind wing 



^\^^^X O*' P^^® crimson, the fringes of 



©* scales yellowish ; a diffused 



Fig. TiS.—GaUisthenia lacteata, S- f. fuscous apical patch. 



Hah. Amazons, K. Javary 

 {Trail), 1 c? type. Exp. 18 millim. 



Sect. III. Wings of male without fringes of scales ; abdomen with large lateral 

 tufts of flocculent scales on terminal segments. 



766. Callisthenia variegata. 



Cisthene vanegata, Wlk. xxxi. 242 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 290. 



S. Frons and antennae purplish fuscous; palpi and vertex of 

 head yellowish tinged with pink ; tegul* pale crimson ; thorax 



yellowish white, with fuscous 



patches on patagia and meso- 



thorax ; legs yellowish and 



purplish fuscous ; abdomen 



^ *r scarlet, the tufts of scales 



|3 towards extremity yellowish, 



@ the ventral surface yellowish, 



Yig. 212.— Callisthenia variegata, S . f- banded with black.^ Fore 



wing yellowish white, the 

 veins strongly streaked with purplish black, interrupted by a post- 

 medial band of the ground-colour defined by purplish-black lines, 

 angled on discocellulars, meeting above inner margin, and bearing a 

 crimson discoidal spot. Hind wing scarlet, with apical black patch 

 narrowing to a point at vein 2. 



Hah. Amazons, Ega {Bates), 1 S type ; Peku, Huayabamba 

 {Garlepjo). Exjp. 18 millim. 



Genus ILLICE. ^ 



Type. 



mice, Wlk. xix. 1019 (1859) hatialis. 



JlftgjjAa, Wlk. XXX. 1013(1864) opulentaria. 



Byssophaga, Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. A. p. 48 (1878), non 



deser faustiimla. 



Zonoda, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 150 (1896) fasciata. 



Ozodania, Dyar, Psyche, 1899, p. 359 schwarziorum. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, not reaching vertex of 



