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ARCTIADiE. 



1396. Elysius bicolor. 



Hebena bicolor, Mssn, Stiibel's Reisen S. Amer., Lep. pp. 49, 52, 132, pi. 5. 

 f. 1 (1890) ; Kirby, Cat. Bet. p. 907. 



(S . Head and thorax dark brown ; antennae and fore coxae pale 

 brown ; abdomen dark brown, the hair on base of dorsum fulvous 

 yellow. Fore wing dark brown, rather thinly scaled. Hind wing 

 semihyaline white ; the inner area tinged with yellow ; the costa 

 and cilia towards apex brown. 



Hah. Ecuadok; Peku, Callao {J. J. Walker), 1 6. ^oop. 

 60 millim. 



Genus ISCHNOCAMPA. 



Type. 



Feld. Reis. Nov. p. 6 (1874), non descr sordida. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi slender, upturned, the 3rd joint well 

 developed and porrect ; antennae pectinate, the apical part serrate ; tibiae with 

 the spurs moderate ; abdomen with slight lateral tufts of rough hair at base. 

 Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell, or 3 from just before angle ; 

 6 from or from just below angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind 

 wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 absent or 

 from beyond middle of cell. 



A. Fore wing white, the veins streaked with black Qiigridorsata. 



B. Fore wing yellow, the veins streaked with black oiigrivena. 



C Fore wing ochreous brown irrorated with black. 



a. Abdomen with ochreous-yellow lateral fascia celer. 



b. Abdomen without yellow lateral fascia. 



a^. Fore wing with black point in middle of cell tnamona. 



b^. Fore wing without black point in middle of cell. 



c^. Vertex of head and neck brown nubilosa. 



5^ Vertex of head whitish, neck orange sordida. 



D. Fore wing fuscous brown, 



a. Tegulse without white spots. 



a}-. Abdomen with lateral stripes and the extremity 



greyish lugubris. 



h^. Abdomen with two lateral series of white spots tristis. 



b. Tegulae with white spots mundator. 



*1397. Ischnocampa nigridorsata. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 8.) 



Ischnocampa nigridorsata, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 268 (1901). 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen bright yellow ; palpi, antennae, 

 and greater part of legs fuscous ; abdomen with the 2nd, 3rd, and 

 4th segments dorsaUy black-brown, the ventral surface fuscous ; 

 wings dull white, the veins and margins blackish ; hind wing with 

 the inner area suffused with fuscous. 



Hah. Peru, type f c? in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 48 millim. 



1398. Ischnocampa nigrivena. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 11.) 



Ischnocampa nigrivena, Schaus, A. M. N. N. (7) vii. p. 268 (1901). 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen orange ; palpi and antennae black ; 



