AMAXIA. 35 



*1239. Amaxia pyga. 



Amaxiapyga, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 279 ; id. Am. Lep. p. 9, pi. 1. f. 27. 



Head, tegulae, aud base of patagia bright yellow ; palpi above 

 and antennas brown ; thorax and abdomen brown above, the latter 

 with the extremity yellow ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen 



white ; fore legs yellow. 

 Fore wing bright yellow, 

 with a large brown patch 

 on inner area extending 

 below the costa from base 

 to middle, then obliquely 

 to tornus, with rather irre- 

 gular edge, the veins q,io&&- 

 Fig. 27.-Amawiaptjga, S. h ing it and streaks in cell 



and submedian interspace 

 crimson ; a discoidal brown point ; a series beyond the cell between 

 veins 3 and 7 ; a postmedial series of which four towards apex are 

 large edged with crimson and more or less conjoined and curved ; 

 a subterminal series of points. Hind wing brown, the costal area 

 white ; the cilia yellowish. 



Hah. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, type f in Coll. Schaus. Exp.^ c5'36, 

 2 40 millim. 



*1240. Amaxia hebe. 



Amaxia hebe, Sqhaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p, 278 ; id. Am. Lep. pi. 1. f. 28. 



J . Head, tegulae, and base of patagia yellow ; palpi crimson 

 above ; antennae brown, white at tips ; thorax crimson slightly 

 streaked with brown ; abdomen crimson, the extremity yellow, the 

 ventral surface white ; legs crimson and yellow. Eore wing yellow, 

 with large crimson-edged brown patch extending below costa from 

 base to middle, then obliquely to tornus, and enclosing a crimson- 

 edged yellow spot on middle of inner margin ; a pale brownish 

 discoidal point, a series beyond cell between veins 3 and 7, and 

 postmedial and subterminal series ; a subapical crimson patch with 

 two conjoined fuscous spots on it. Hind wing crimson, the costal 

 area and cilia yellow. 



Hah, Brazil, Eio Janeiro, type t in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 36- 

 40 millim. 



B. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; 3 and 5 

 shortly stalked. 



a. Head and thorax yellow pardalis. 



h. Head and thorax crimson divisa. 



1241. Amaxia pardalis. 



Amaxia pardalis, Wlk. iii. 721 (1855); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 196. 



c? . Head and thorax bright yellow ; palpi and frons marked 



d2 



