VIRBIA. 199 



1592. Virbia luteilinea. (Plate XLII. fig. 3.) 

 Vu-bia luteilinea, Wlk. ii. 471 (1854) ; Kirby, Ccxt. Het. p. 400. 



(S . Head and thorax olive-brown ; palpi with the basal joint 

 orange ; shoulders with orange patches ; abdomen black, with 

 orange lateral stripes on basal segments, the ventral surface olive- 

 brown. Fore wing olive-brown. Hind wing orange-yellow, with 

 broad almost even black terminal band. Underside of fore wing 

 orange-yellow, with the terminal third olive-brown. 



IJab. Mexico, 1 (S type. E.vj). 30 millim. 



1593. Virbia sanguicoUis, n. sp. (Plate XLII. fig. 22.) 



Virbia mentiens, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 143 (nee Wlk.). 



S . Head and thorax dark olive-brown ; neck with crimson 

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

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

 wing olive-brown with darker irroration. Hind wing black, with 

 wedge-shaped orange patch extending from vein. 8 to submedian 

 fold and from base to near extremity ; a slight orange streak on 

 inner margin ; an orange patch in and below end of cell. 



Ab. 1. Hind wing with a subbasal black band across the orange 

 patch. 



Hah. Costa Kica, Irazu {Rogers), 4 S type, Godmart-Salvin Coll. 

 Ex'p. 30 millim. 



1594. Virbia ampla. (Plate XLII. fig. 4.) 



Terna ampla, Wlk. xxxi. 2G7 (1834) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. 

 p. 143 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 399. 



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

 pectus with orange stripes below wings ; abdomen orange-yellow, 

 with black dorsal stripe narrowing to base, the ventral surtface 

 olive-brown. Fore wing uniform olive-brown. Hind wing orange- 

 yellow, with diffused black streak on vein 1 towards termen, a 

 subterminal patch on vein 2, and slight terminal mark on vein 1. 

 Underside of fore wing orange, with the costa and termen olive- 

 brown ; hind wing with black streak on costa except towards base. 



Hah. Mexico, 1 $ type. Exp. 54 millim. 



1595. Virbia zonata. 



Tenia zonata, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 104. f. 13 (1874) ; Druce. Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Het. i. p. 143 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 399. 



Josiodes distincta, H. Edw. Pap. iv. p. 14 (1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 295. 



(S . Head and thorax olive-brown ; neck with slight orange 

 ring ; pectus with orange stripe below the wings ; abdomen black, 

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

 wing dark olive-brown. Hind wing orange-yellow, with black 



