136 AECTIAD^. 



crimson posteriorly ; wings black-brown. Fore wing with a sub- 

 costal white stripe from base tapering to middle, obsolescent and 

 crimson on underside ; cilia tipped with white. 



Hah. Cuba; Brazil, Para, 1 $ ; Bolivia, Bueyes. Exp. 60 

 millim. 



1447. Amastus phseosoma, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 10.) 



$ . Head and thorax ochreous, largely mixed with dark brown ; 

 palpi at sides, antennae, a line across tegulae, and streaks on patagia 

 black ; abdomen pale greyish brown, the hair at base rather browner, 

 the terminal segments with black segmental lines, the anal segment 

 black, a lateral series of black spots, the ventral surface suffused with 

 fuscous. Fore wing grey-brown, thickly irrorated, striated and 

 suffused with black ; a black mark below base of cell and short 

 streak in submedian fold ; black marks at angles of cell ; a strongly 

 dentate blackish subterminal line diffused on inner side and with 

 grey on its outer edge tow^ards costa. Hind wing semihyaline 

 greyish brown, the apical area and cilia rather browner. 



Hah. Peetj, Quito {/Soderstrom), 1 $ type. Ex^j. 78 millim. 



1448. Amastus albipuncta, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 8.) 



(5 . Head and thorax black-brown ; sides of frons above with 

 deep crimson spots, back of head crimson ; tegulse with crimson 

 points in front and edged with crimson behind ; patagia with 

 crimson points ; tegulse with small white spots and patagia with 

 large spots on shoulders and three small spots ; coxae dull crimson ; 

 abdomen dull crimson above, the ventral surface black, emitting 

 lateral triangular marks into crimson area, with white lateral and 

 sublateral points on them, subventral crimson patches and some 

 white on medial line, claspers edged with crimson. Fore wing 

 reddish brown, the veins with dark streaks : a crimson point at base ; 

 an antemedial blackish line oblique from costa to submedian fold, 

 where it is angled ; a medial band expanding widely towards costa ; 

 a slight striga in end of cell ; a band just beyond the cell expanding 

 into a patch on costa and strongly incurved below vein 4 ; the post- 

 medial line slightly incurved above inner margin ; a dentate sub- 

 terminal line strongly excurved between veins 6 and 7, a terminal 

 series of yellowish points on the veins. Hind wing semihyaline 

 whitish, the veins and marginal areas brown. 



Hah. Venezuela, 1 (5 type. E.vj). 82 millim. 



1449. Amastus maculicincta, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 4.) 



c^ . Head whitish ; palpi black-brown; antennae, tegulae, and 

 patagia pale brown : neck and edges of tegulae deep crimson, 

 patagia with black stripes ; thorax deep crimson ; legs brown ; 

 abdomen brown, dorsally deep crimson towards base and with 

 blackish bands towards extremity, subdorsal whitish stripes 

 and a lateral series of black points. Fore wing whitish and reddish 

 brown ; a curved antemedial black band with pale edges ; a similar 



