EVIUS. NEONERITA. 



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purplish grey with some crimson markings ; pectus and legs white ; 

 fore coxoc and stripes on femora and tibia) crimson ; abdomen 

 crimson with dorsal white point at base, the extremity and ventral 

 surface crimson. Pore wing purplish fuscous, tinged with crimson 

 towards inner margin, reaching on costa to near apex and leaving 



Fig. 29. — Evius aurococcinea, (S . ]-. 



the apical third yellow ; a white fascia on basal half of costa ; a 

 crimson streak on subcostal nervure, the edge of the brown area 

 crimson, and a patch at base of inner margin ; a curved series of 

 four fuscous points between veins 3 and 8. Hind wing crimson, 

 the costal area pale. Underside of fore wing with the costa 

 streaked with fuscous. 



Bab. Amazons, Para (Bates), 1 d type. Ea^p. 38 millim. 



Genus NEONERITA, nov. 



Type, N. dorsipuncta. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head ; antennae 

 of male bipectinate with short branches ending in a bristle ; tibia with the 

 spurs short ; abdomen dorsally clothed with long hair at base. Fore wing 

 rather narrow ; veins 3, 4 strongly stalked ; 5 from angle of cell ; 6 from 

 upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 from beyond 7 ; the upper angle of cell 

 much produced ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle 

 of cell ; 3, 5 strongly stalked ; 4 absent ; 6, 7 very strongly stalked ; 8 from 

 middle of cell. 



1244. Neonerita dorsipuncta, n. sp. 



<5 . Palpi and frons whitish, brown above ; antennae brown ; 



vertex of head and thorax ochreous marked with crimson ; 



abdomen crimson, with pure white dorsal points on first two 



segments ; pectus, legs, and 



abdomen white, the fore 



legs brown in front. Fore 



wing ochreous suffused with 



brown ; the base of inner 



margin crimson edged with 



yellow ; crimson annuli on 



,r ■. J ■ . r . vellow spots in and below 

 'Neonerita dorsipuncta, (5 . I. •' ^\ 



Fig. 30. 



middle of cell ; crimson - 



centred yellow spots on base of vein 2 and above and below middle 



