ELYsms. 



107 



1377. Elysius pallidicosta. 



Onyfhcs pallidlcosta, Wlk. iii. 749 (1855) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 206. 

 S . Head olive-brown ; palpi and antennae dark brown ; thorax 

 olive and dark brown; coxae orange fulvous; abdomen dark brown, 

 lateral stripes and the ventral surface except extremity white. Fore 



Fig. 80. — Elysius pallidicosta, (^ . \. 



wing dark brown, the costa pale with reddish brown below it ; the 

 median nervure and inner margin streaked with reddish brown. 

 Hind wing fuscous brown. 



Hah. Venezuela, 1 cT type ; Bolivia, Chaco, Songo. Exp. 52 

 millim. 



1378. Elysius carbonaria. 



Sychesia carbonarius, Dognin, Lep. Loja, p. 51, pi. 4, f. 13 (1891) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. pp. 205, 906. 



(5 . Black-brown. Hind wing paler yellowish brown, the 

 terminal area tinged with fuscous. 



Ilab. EcuADOK, Loja, type f in Coll. Dognin ; Bolivia, Chaco ; 

 Perc, Callanga, 1 cS . Kvp. 54 millim. 



B. (Elysiics). Hind wing of male with the inner area normal. 



a. Abdomen crimson with black bands su2:>erba. 



h. Abdomen orange. 



a^. Abdomen without large dorsal blackisb patch. 

 a^. Abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of black 

 patches. 



a^. Fore wing with pale striae francJA. 



b^. Fore wing without pale strife solcria. 



b"^. Abdomen with black bands. 



a^. Fore wing without crimson-striated orange 

 patches, 



a*. Hind wing tinged with crira son thrailkilH. 



6*. Hind wing not tinged with crimson ochrota. 



b^. Fore wing with crimson- striated orange patches, 

 a*. Fore wing with medial and postmedial 



crimson-striated orange spots cingulata. 



6*. Fore wing with large medial and postmedial 



crimson-striated orange patches conspersa. 



c^. Abdomen with dorsal black bars on terminal 



segments herm ia. 



