HEMIHYALEA. 



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red-brown ; femora crimson above ; abdomen crimson, the extremity 

 and ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing brownish ochreous thickly 

 irrorated with brown, some specimens immaculate, some with sub- 

 basal, antemedial, medial, postmedial, and subterminal series of 

 small black-edged ochreous spots from cell, median nervure, and 

 vein 4 more or less developed. Hind wing semihy aline, the termen 

 ochreous, the inner area suffused with crimson. 



Ab. 1. mansueta. Fore wing without black edges to the ochreous 

 spots, which are more prominent, the subbasal, postmedial, and 

 subterminal series being often complete. 



Ab. 2. Darker brown ; fore wing with black edges to the spots, 

 which are prominent, the inner area with them well developed. 



Ab. 3. daraha. Fore wing with the whole discal area hyaline, 

 the ochreous spots on the marginal areas well developed. 



Ab. 4. rhoda. Fore wing with the whole discal area hyaline, 

 the ochreous spots on marginal areas almost obsolete. 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo, Hoege), 3 (5,3$, Orizaba, Jalisco ; 

 Guatemala {Rodriguez), 4 c? , 1 $ type rhoda; Costa Rica {Under- 

 wood), 1 $ , Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Panama, Chiriqui ; Colombia, 

 B. Dagua ; Venezuela. Exp., S 52-60, $ 64 millim. 



1437. Hemihyalea edwardsi. 



Halisidota edwardsii, Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliilad. iii. p. 129 (1864) ; 

 Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. i. p. 88, pL 3. f. 5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 210. 

 Halisidota translucida, Wlk. xxxi. 310 (1865). 

 Phcegoptera quercus, Eoisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xii. p. 81 (1869). 



Head and thorax ochreous ; palpi with the 2nd joint crimson at 

 sides ; antennae brown ; patagia with slight black points ; fore 

 femora crimson above, the tibiae and tarsal joints ringed with 

 fuscous ; abdomen crimson above, with dorsal black spots on ter- 

 minal segments, the ventral surface ochreous, 4 lateral series of 

 black points. Fore wing ochreous, irrorated with fuscous, the disk 

 semihyaline ; traces of subbasal, antemedial, two medial and post- 

 medial bands forming dark patches on costal and inner areas ; a 

 dark terminal band. Hind wing semihyaline, with narrow brown 

 tcntiinal band from apex to vein 2 with waved inner edge, the 

 inner area tinged with crimson. 



Hab. California, 1 (5* , 1 $ , type translucida, {Matheiu) 1 $ . 

 EA'jp. 70 miUim. 



1438. Hemihyalea labecula. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 1.) 



Halesidota labecula, Grrote, Papilio, i. d. 174 (1881); Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 210. 



Head and thorax ochreous brown, palpi with lateral black spots ; 

 fore femora crimson above, the base and extremity of tibiae and 

 the tarsal joints ringed with black ; abdomen tinged with crimson 

 above, with slight dark stripe towards extremity, the anal tufts 

 and ventral surface ochreous, a lateral series of black spots. Fore 



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