198 AECTIAD^. 



ring ; pectus with orange stripes below the wings ; abdomen black 

 with lateral orange stripes, the ventral surface olive-brown. Fore 

 wing dark olive-brown ; a white spot below base of median nervure 

 and a postmedial spot on vein 2. Hind wing orange-yellow, with 

 black fascia on costa except towards base, and broad terminal band 

 expanding somewhat at apex and widely towards tornus. 



Hal. Panama, Bugaba {Champion), 2 $ type, Godman-Salviu 

 Coll. Exp. 42 millim. 



1589. Virbia dotata. (Plate XLII. fig. 16.) 



Terna dotata, Wlk. xxxi. 267 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 399. 

 PhlcBocJdana lativitta, Wlk. xxxv. 1876 (1866); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 399. 



$ . Head and thorax olive-brown ; neck with orange ring ; 

 abdomen orange with dorsal black stripe, the ventral surface olive- 

 brown. Fore wing olive-brown, with whitish fascia below the cell 

 to origin of vein 2 and postmedial spot above vein 1, conjoined to 

 the fascia in type. Hind wing orange, with black fascia on costa 

 except towards base : a black terminal band widening on apical area 

 and above tornus. Underside of fore wing orange, the costal, apical, 

 and terminal areas olive-brown. 



Hah. Amazons, Mafiaos, 1 $ , Ega {Bates), 2 $ type, Sao Paulo 

 {Bates), 1 2 type lativitta. Exp. 38 millim. 



1590. Virbia varians. 



Virbia varians, Schaus, P. Z, S. 1892, p. 284 ; id. Am. Lep. pi. ii. f. 19. 



$ . Head and thorax dark red-brown ; neck with some orange 

 scales ; abdomen orange, with dorsal series of conjoined triangular 

 spots, the ventral surface black-brown. Pore wing dark red-brown, 

 with white fascia in submedian interspace which may extend to 

 just beyond middle or be short and disconnected from a spot just 

 beyond middle. Hind wind orange, with black fascia on costa and 

 terminal band with irregular inner edge, expanding towards tornus 

 and usually emitting a tooth in submedian fold half-way to 

 base. Underside of fore wing orange, with black costal fascia and 

 broad terminal band. 



Hah. Peru, 1 $ . Exp. 42 millim. Type f in Coll. Schaus. 



1591. Virbia brevilinea. 



TheochlcBna hrevilinea, Wlk. ii. 469 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 399. 

 Terna major, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 105. f. 2 (1874). 



2 . Head and thorax olive-brown ; abdomen black, with lateral 

 yellow stripes. Fore wing olive-brown, with whitish fascia below 

 the cell to origin of vein 2. Hind wing black, with wedge-shaped 

 yellow patch from base extending from just above the cell to just 

 below it and to near termen ; a fascia on inner area to beyond 

 middle. Underside of fore wing with wedge-shaped yellow patch 

 from base to near termen. 



Hah. Brazil, 1 $ type. Exp. 44 millim. 



