ZATREPHES. ANTAXIA. 



475 



crimson above ; irons rufous ; back of head, tegulie, patagia, and 

 vertex of thorax with crimson lines ; fore legs mostly crimson ; 

 abdomen yellow, tinged with crimson above, and with whitish 



dorsal spot at base. Fore wing- 

 golden yellow, with a silvery 

 gloss reticulated with crimson 

 lines ; a slight brown mark on 

 inner margin near base ; a brown 

 line from costa before middle to 

 tornus ; a large triangular hya- 

 line patch with brown points on 

 the veins, beyond the brown 

 line, with its base on subcostals and apex just above vein 2 ; some 

 dentate brown subterminal marks. Hind wing pale crimson, 

 becoming semihyaline white towards costa. 



Hah. Amazons, K. Jutahi (Trail), 1 d type. Exp. 30 millim. 



Fig, 260. - Zatrepkes paradisea, cT . 



*1051. Zatrephes nitida. 



Noctm nitida, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 274. F (1780) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 196. 



5 . Head, thorax, and fore wing orange, irrorated with crimson ; 

 thorax with fuscous stripes ; legs pink ; abdomen crimson. Fore 

 wing with slight oblique dark antemedial line not reaching costa ; 

 two median lines which cross above vein 1, the inner from below 

 costa, the outer from a large fuscous patch beyond the cell between 

 veins 3 and 7, and emitting a wedge-shaped mark towards tornus ; 

 an indistinct dentate subterminal line. Hind wing crimson, the 

 cilia white. 



Hah. Surinam. E.v]o. 40 millim. This species is unknown 

 to me. 



Genus ANTAXIA, nov. 



Type, A. p?/rgion. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to vertex of head, thickly scaled, 

 and the 3rd joint minute; tibiae with the spurs moderate; head, thorax, and 

 abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing 

 with the cell long ; vein 2 from long before angle of cell; 3 and 5 from angle ; 

 4 absent ; 6, 7 coincident. 



In creon there are faint traces of the aborted vein 8 from just before upper 

 angle of cell. 



Sect. I. Antennge of male with long branches ; fore wing with vein 6 from upper 

 angle of cell. 



A. Fore wing with triangular yellow mark on middle of inner 



margin pyrgion. 



B. Fore wing with small triangular white spot above middle of 



inner margin creon 



