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2 . Abdomen with the last four segments black above, slightly 

 suffused with white, the anal segment white. 



Ifah. Venezuela, 1 c^ , 2 $ . Evp., J 66, $ 76 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Abdomen with orange dorsal patch on subterminal 

 segment. 



Hah. Colombia, Coll. Schaus. 



1456. Amastus coccinator. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 3.) 



Phigffoptera coccinator, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 267 (1901). 



(5 . Head deep crimson ; palpi brown in front and at tips ; frons 

 white : antennae black ; tegulte and patagia bright chestnut, the 

 front of tegulae crimson, followed by a white band extending across 

 patagia, which have a white stripe on upper margin ; thorax crimson ; 

 legs brown and white, the femora crimson above ; abdomen orange- 

 fulvous, dorsally clothed with crimson hair to near extremity, the 

 ventral surface w^hite. Fore wing semihyaline chestnut, the inner 

 margin white ; traces of a pale diffused subterminal band slightly 

 angled at vein 7. Hind wing hyaline, the veins pale brown ; the 

 inner area sparsely clothed with pink hair, the terminal area with 

 pale brown scales. 



Hab. Colombia, type t in Coll. Schaus ; Venezuela, Merida, 1 $ ; 

 Bolivia, Chaco. Exp. 74 millim. 



1457. Amastus suffasa. 



Phcggoptera sufusa, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Sclimett. f. 67 (1853); 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 214. 



$ . Head, tegulae, and patagia grey-brown ; 3rd joint of palpi 

 and antenna) blackish, neck with crimson ring, the tips of tegulse 

 and stripes on patagia orange-brown edged with black ; thorax 

 crimson ; legs grey-brown, with tufts of dull crimson hair on coxae ; 

 abdomen orange, the hair on dorsum crimson, a lateral series of 

 black-edged grey spots except towards base, the spot on terminal 

 segment elongate, the ventral surface grey-brown. Fore wing 

 ochreous suffused with ferruginous brown, the veins darker; an 

 obscure antemedial blackish band dilated and angled in cell and 

 with waved edges ; a similar medial band, dilated from costa to 

 median nervure ; a dark mark beyond discocellulars ; a double- 

 waved curved postmedial line filled in with ochreous ; a pale 

 dentate subterminal line. Hind wing brownish semihyaline, the 

 marginal areas more thickly scaled. 



Hab. Costa Eica {Rogers), 2 2 ^ Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Vene- 

 zuela. Ea?}). 2 78-84 millim. Type f in Coll. Staudinger. 



1458. Amastus cymothoe. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 6.) 

 Amastus cymothoe, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xvi. p. 37 (1895). 



S . Head white, palpi crimson at base, black at sides, sides of 

 frons and vertex of head brown and black ; antennae black ; 



