CIS8URA. 71 



A. Fore wing scarlet, with fuscous fascijB on costa, median 



nervure, and inner margin unilineata. 



B. Fore wing dark, with scarlet fascia below costa and median 



nervure. 



a. Fore wing with scarlet fascia on inner margin decora. 



b. Fore wing without scarlet fascia on inner margin plumbea. 



*1312. Cissura unilineata. 



Cratosia unilineata, Dognin, Le Nat. (2) v. p. 8 (1891) ; id. Lep. Loja, p. 52, 

 pi. 4. f. 15 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 287. 



$ . Head and thorax black, suffused with blue-grey except the 

 palpi and antennae ; patagia scarlet edged with bluish grey ; coxse 

 scarlet ; abdomen black, with dorsal scarlet bands except on last two 

 segments, only leaving narrow segmental black lines towards base. 

 Fore wing scarlet, becoming slightly orange towards apex; the 

 costa blackish, expanding into a fuscous streak at middle ; a fuscous 

 streak on median nervuie and vein 5 to near termen ; the inner 

 margin fuscous ; cilia blackish. Hind wing fuscous, with semi- 

 hyaline patch below the cell. 



Hah. EcTJADOK, Loja, type f in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 50 millim. 



1313. Cissura decora. 



Cissura decora, Wlk. ii. 489 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 287. 

 Cratosia parallela, Feld. Keis. Nov. pi. 106. f. 8 (1874). 



Head and thorax blue-black; tegulae edged with crimson in 

 front; patagia edged with crimson above; pectus crimson; legs 

 black, with white points at base of tarsi ; abdomen crimson. Fore 

 wing bluish black ; a crimson fascia on costa, becoming subcostal 

 before middle and at apex joining a fascia on costa arising beyond 



Fig. 55. — Cissura decora, J. V- 



middle; a fascia from base of inner margin to the narrow terminal 

 band below apex ; a narrow fascia on inner margin arising before 

 middle. Hind wing fuscous, the area below the cell and vein 3 

 whitish, especially in male. 



Bab. Brazil, 1 6 type, Sao Paulo {Jones), 1 $ . Exp. 42-46 

 millim. 



