126 ARCTIAD-Si. 



1427. Opharus chorima. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 12.) 

 PhcBgoptera chorima, Schaus, J. N, Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 140 (1896). 



Head and thorax black-brown ; sides and upper part of frons 

 with orange-red spots ; tegulae edged with orange-red ; neck, patagia, 

 meso- and metathorax with orange-red spots ; coxse orange-red ; 

 abdomen orange, with large dorsal black patch extending to 4th 

 segment, the ventral surface black with lateral series of orange 

 spots. Fore wing brown, the veins black, the dull orange markings 

 on diffused black bands and patches ; a basal dull orange point ; 

 an antemedial maculate band angled on median nervure and ending 

 at vein 1 ; a spot in end of cell with black patch above it on costa ; 

 a postmedial series of spots excurved from below costa to vein 3 ; 

 a subterminal series of spots, the spots above veins 6 and 4 dis- 

 placed outwards ; a terminal series of small triangular spots on the 

 veins. Hind wing fuscous, with some paler marks in interspaces 

 especially below the cell. 



Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 J . Exp. 72 miUim. Type t in 

 Coll. Schaus. 



1428. Opharus flavopunctata. 



Phegoptera flavopimctata, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 289 (1855); 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 2"i2. 

 Halesidota catenata, Wlk. vii. 1706 (1856) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 212. 

 Phcegoptera fumosa, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 233 (1875) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 212. 



Head and thorax black-brown ; palpi and frons at sides, back of 

 head, extremity of tegulae, patagia, mesothorax, front of pectus, and 

 coxae with orange spots ; metathorax with tufts of orange hair ; 

 abdomen orange, with dorsal black-brown patch rounded off on 4th 

 segment, the ventral surface black-brown with sublateral series of 

 orange points. Fore wing pale brown with a vinous tinge, the 

 veins, cell, and submedian fold streaked with black ; a blackish 

 subbasal band from costa to submedian fold with two orange points 

 on it ; an antemedial band with orange points on it excurved from 

 costa to below cell, then incurved and ending at vein 1 ; a spot 

 with orange point on it in end of cell; a postmedial band with 

 small orange spots on it, excurved from costa to vein 3, then 

 incurved ; an irregularly dentate subterminal line with some orange 

 points on it ; a terminal series of small black-edged orange trian- 

 gular spots on the veins. Hind wing semihyaline brownish white, 

 the veins brown. 



Hah. Brazil, 1 d , 1 $ . Exp. 68 millim. Type f in Coll. Staud- 

 inger ; type catenata in Mus. Oxon. 



*1429. Opharus flavostrigata. 



Phegoptera flavostrigata, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 294 (1855) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 212. 



Head and thorax pale purplish brovni ; the vertex of head, shoulders 



