AMASTTTS. HYALAKCTIA. 



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orange hair in anal tuft. Fore wing pale red-brown, thinly scaled. 

 Hind wing hyaline, very slightly tinged with brown. 



Hab. EcuADOK, Lqja, typet 6 in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 56 millim. 



*1469. Amastus hyalina. 



Thmaoiptefa hyalina, Dognin, Le Nat. (2) iii. p. 14 (1889) ; id. Lep. Lqja, 

 p."'50, pi. 4. f. 9 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. pp. 213, 906. 



(5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white ; palpi crimson 

 at sides ; antennae yellow except at base ; neck with crimson ring ; 

 tegulae edged with orange ; patagia with orange streaks ; thorax 

 crimson above ; pectus with crimson patches and streaks in front ; 

 abdomen tinged with fuscous towards extremity. Fore wing 

 hyaline, the veins yellowish, the inner margin whitish. Hind 

 wing hyaline, the veins yellowish ; the inner area sparsely clothed 

 with whitish hair. 



Hah. EcuADOK, Loja. Exp. 72 millim. Type f in Coll. Dognin. 



Genus HYALARCTIA, nov. 



Type, H. sericea. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, upturned ; antennte of male with 

 short branches ; tibije with the spurs short, the fore tibire with curved apical 

 claw. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 

 6 from below upper angle; 7,8,9 stalked; 10, U free. Hind wing with 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 

 8 from towards end of cell, not reaching costa. 



1470. Hyalarctia sericea. 



Hyalarctia sericea, Schaiis, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 268 (1901). 



Fig. 87. — Hyalarctia sericea, S • x* 



Yery pale yellow ; palpi blackish with white bands ; antennae 

 with the branches brownish ; patagia with black points ; fore coxae 

 orange with black patches ; femora orange above, with black spots 

 at extremity ; tore tarsi banded with fuscous. Eore wing very pale 

 semihyaline silky yellow, the veins darker ; an orange point at base- 

 Hind wing yellowish white. 



Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana (Jones), 1 6 • Exp., c? 42, $ 50 

 millim. Type t in Coll. Schaus. 



