47(1 



• YMO.MIh.r. 



1<''»L'. Antaxia pyrgion. 



Amaxin pifrt/iDH, Pruiv, Hiol. Ceutr.-Am., Hot, 

 (18U7).' * 



p. ;;7(). pi. 71 I. 



t 



cf . Yellow; jMlpi .ind hraiiclu's of antcnii.-i' hrowiii.sh ; troiis, 

 end ot palai^ia, iiRtalliorax, and pet'tus tinned with criiUHon ; 

 jilxlonuii (liiiison ahovt*; thorax and ahdoini'ii hrowni>h white 

 1)1 low. Fore w in;,' with larj^e triangular hrown patch from cos tu 



lietorc nmldlc to l)ase of 

 inner niarj^in and tornuH, 

 ' ed^»-d with erinifton, with 

 a .suhhasal eiinison ])oiiit 

 on Vein 1, and crininon- 

 ed^:e(l yellow spots helow 

 nn<ldle ot" eell and on middle 

 of inner margin ; an ohlitpio 

 wed^e - sha[>ed crimson - 

 ed^ed hrown patch from 

 (osta hefore apex towards a spnr from the lar^^e hrown patch ; some 

 hhick ]»ointH o!i co.sta ; 8omo hrown ])oints near discocellnlars, and 

 a .suhterniinal s»'ri«>s of ])oint«. 



Hub. 1*AN.\MA, C'hiriipii {Cfi'tnij>ii>ii ), 1 ,* type, (iodman-^^alvin 

 Coll. Krjt. 4l' millim. 



Fig. 201. — JmAmiV/ pi/r(fion, (^ 



l<'.')i{. Antaxia creon. 



Amaxia creon, Dnioc, Iliol. CVntr.-Ain.. Hit. ii. p. 3<11>, pi. 71. f. <> (l8l>7). 



(f . Head, to^'uhi', ami hhoulders yellow; j)al[>i crimson ahove ; 

 antenna' Inownish, the hasal joint eiimson ; thorax and ahdomen 

 crimson ah(»ve, whitish lielow. Fore wing yellow, with hrownish 

 patch tinj^ed with Hesh-pink and cdgetl with crimson, the veins 

 htreaked with crimson from base to near end of cell and thenco to 

 tornns, expanding towards costa at its extremity and with itH outer 

 ed^e hinuons : a small dark-ed^'ed trianj^nilar white spot above 

 middle of inner mar^^in, and a crimson-ed^ed yellow sj)ot below 

 middle of vein '2 \ a kidney-shapc<l brownish apical patch with 

 lleshy-grey centre, edged with crim.son, the veins crossing it crimson, 

 and \s\{\\ a bn.all crimson-edged yellow spot on it ; the yelh)w area 

 with some fu>cous points and a suhterniinal series. J I ind wing 

 pale crimson, whitish towards costa. 



Hah. Mkxico, Jalapa t^7V</^*i//o), 1 cS t}pc» (Jodman-??alvin Coll. 

 E.i'it. 40 millim. 



J^KiT. II. Anonnje of male faac culate ; fure wing with vein ehortly stalked 

 with 7, 8, 0, 10. 



1054. Antaxia abdominalis. 



Sf/n(omis a})dominaIis, llerr.-Scbalf. Ausseicur. tsiluuett. i. f. 27.') (1855; ; 

 ' Kirby, Cat. Utt. p. 108. 



Talc yellow ; i»alpi black above ; frons and vertex of head with 



