SYNTARCTIA. BARITIUS. 99 



diamond-shaped marl's just inside termen, with black points on the 

 two below apex. Hind wing yellowish semihyaline. 



Hah. Surinam, typef $ in Coll. Staudinger ; Amazons, E,. Juriia, 

 R. Pnrus ( J'rai'Z), 2 c?, 2$, type cenone, Lr. Amazons {Austen), 

 1 J , 1 $ . Kvp., d 30, 2 34 millim. 



Genus BARITIUS. 



Type. 



Baritiiis, Wlk. iii. 712 (1855) discalis. 



Thysanoprymna, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xv. p. 400 (1875) pyrrhopyga. 



PscitdeJicereon, Moschl. Verb, zool.-bot. Gres. Wien, xxvii. 



p. 652 (1877) eleuthera. 



Graphea, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 232 marmorea. 



Proboscis moderately developed ; palpi upturned, not reaching vertex of 

 head ; antennae bipectinate, with moderate brancbes ; tibise with the spurs 

 moderate ; abdomen dorsallj clothed with long hair at base. Fore wing with 

 vein 3 from long before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below or from 

 upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing with vein 3 from 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from close to angle of cell 

 or absent. 



Sect. I. Hind femora of male with tuft of long hair from base above : hind 

 wing with fold on inner area containing rough scales on underside ; 

 vein 8 from near end of cell. 



1363. Baritius "brunnea, n. sp. 



(^ . Dull brown; palpi yellow in front; coxae and femora above 

 j^ellow; abdomen fuscous, the extremity and ventral surface yellow. 

 Fore wing with obscure oblique dark antemedial band, medial band 



Fig. 75. — Baritius brunnea, (^ . \. 



from cell to inner margin, discoidal lunule, and postmedial band 

 excurved between veins 5 and 3, then retracted to lower angle of 

 cell and sinuous to inner margin. Hind wing with the rough scales 

 in fold orange. 



Hah. Amazons, R. Jurua, 1 6 type, Rio Grande do Sul, 1 S . 

 Eay. 32 millim. 



Sect. II. Male with the hind legs and hind wing normal. 



A. Abdomen black. 



a. Abdomen with the last two segments scarlet pyrrhopyga. 



b. Abdomen with scarlet bands on last four segments and 



lateral spots on 2nd and Srd superba. 



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