140 ARCTTAD^. 



tegulae aud patagia white, the former with brown and black 

 patches, the latter wath brown and black streaks ; thorax 

 brown ; pectus and legs brown and white, the coxae with crimson 

 tufts ; abdomen crimson with black bands, the hair on dorsum 

 brown, a lateral series of black and white triangular spots, the 

 ventral surface white. Fore wing hyaline ; the veins with black 

 points ; the costal and inner margins white with four black spots ; 

 an indistinct waved subterminal line, the apex fuscous. Hind 

 wing hyaline, clothed with white scales towards margins ; a dark 

 mark on costa towards apex ; cilia fuscous with white points. 



Hah. Colombia, Bogota, 2 cT ; Bolivia, typef in Coll. Druce. 

 Exp. 62 millim. 



1459. Amastus rhodator, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 13.) 



2 . Head white ; palpi and antennae brown ; tegulae white with 

 blackish edges, neck and underside of tegulse crimson ; patagia 

 white with black-edged orange stripe ; thorax brown and grey ; legs 

 grey-brown, the coxa) crimson ; abdomen dorsally crimson, with 

 lateral series of black and white spots, the ventral surface grey- 

 brown. Fore wing semihyalinc, wdth sparse fuscous scales ; the 

 inner and terminal areas more thickly scaled ; the inner margin 

 white ; the veins brown ; a dentate white subterminal line. Hind 

 wing semihyaline, the veins and margins brownish. 



Hah. Bolivia, Chaco {Garlepp), 1 $ type. Eccp. 72 millim. 



J 460. Amastus minerva. 



PJiceyoptera minerva, Dognin, Le Nat. (2) v. p. 242 (1S91); id. Lep. Loja, 

 pi. 8. f. 16 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 907. 



Head orange-brown variegated with black, and with grey on 

 frons and between antennae, which are black ; tegulae orange-brown 

 with black-edged white spots ; patagia with orange-brown stripe 

 edged by black, then white, their edges fuscous ; thorax and pectus 

 orange-brown ; legs striped white and brown ; abdomen orange-red, 

 with prominent lateral series of wedge-shaped black-edged white 

 spots, the ventral surface white with paired series of black-edged 

 brown spots. Fore wing pale brown, thinly scaled, the veins black ; 

 a white point and orange-brown spot at base ; an antemedial white 

 line angled inwards on subcostal and outwards on median nervure 

 and vein 1, and defined on each side by fuscous, broadly towards 

 costa; an oblique sinuous medial white band: a slightly waved 

 postmedial line incurved below vein 5 ; a lunulate subterminal line 

 with fuscous mark on it below apex, and some whitish streaks on 

 veins beyond it; a terminal black line and white points on veins. 

 Hind wing pale semihyaline brownish; a terminal black line on 

 apical half. 



Hah. Colombia ; Ecuador, Loja ; Bolivia, E.. Tanampaya, 1 c? , 

 Eccp. 70 millim. Type in Coll. Dognin. 



