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Fig. 7. — Idahis admirabilis, (^ . 



Hah. Venezuela, Aroa, c?; Beazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 2 type f in 

 Coll. Schaus. Ex^. 42 millim. 



i'. Hind wing of male with tho costa slightly arched and without patch 

 of aadrocoiiia ; female with veins 7, 8 strongly stalked. 



1209. Idalus admirabilis. 



Idalus admirabilis, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 103. G- (1777); Herr.-Schaff. 

 Aussereur. Schmett. f. 474; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 198. 



(S . Head white ; palpi and antennae ochreous, some yellow 

 between antennae ; thorax white, yellow, and crimson ; legs white 



with slight crimson mark- 

 ings ; abdomen crimson ; 

 the anal tuft and ven- 

 tral surface white. Eore 

 wing yellow ; the inter- 

 spaces of basal area with 

 series of blue-grey streaks 

 defined by white and 

 angled on median uervure ; 

 some crimson at base of 

 inner margin ; the medial part of costa white ; a medial band 

 composed of blue-grey streaks in the interspaces defined by white, 

 produced along costa towards apex, narrowing at discocellulars, then 

 widening and almost joining the basal markings on inner margin ; 

 a subterminal blue-grey spot above vein 5. Hind wing crimson, 

 the margins white. 



2 . With two of the basal streaks produced in cell ; the medial 

 band much more even, hardly {)roduced along costa, widely separated 

 from the basal marking at inner margin, and with a crimson spot 

 beyond it at tornus. 



Hab. Surinam ; Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 c? Zeller Coll., 1 $ . 

 Exp. 42 millim. 



b. Hind wing with veins 7, 8 shortly stalked in male, the costa slightly 

 arched and without patch of androconia. 



1210. Idalus xanthia, n. sp. 



palpi black, white in front ; frons black with blue 

 patches ; antennae black ; 

 legs black striped with yel- 

 lowish white, the coxae with 

 blue patches ; abdomen 

 with the last four segments 

 black with dorsal and 

 lateral blue spots, the 

 ventral surface yellowish 

 white with black bands ; 



wings uniform orange, hind wing with very slight fuscous mark on 



term en at vein 2. 



Hab. Venezcjela, Palma Sol, 1 c? type. E.vp. 32 millim, 



VOL. III. c 



<S . Orange 



Fig. 8. — Idalus xanthia, (^ . 



