VIKBIA. ANTIOTRICHA . 



201 



subcostal nervuro to below median nervure and from base to near 

 termen ; a short streak on base of inner margin. Underside of fore 

 wing with orange patch occnpying the cell and dilated beyond it 

 between veins 3 and 7. 



Hah. Brazil, 1 $ type, Sao Paulo {Jones), 2 (S . Exy., (S 40, 

 $ 5Q milJim. 



1598. Virbia subapicalis. (Plate XLII. fig. 6.) 



PhcBocklfsna subapicalis, Wlk. ii. 470 (1854) ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 400. 

 Bepara egaca, Wlk. xxxi. 143 (1864). 



Dark olive-brown ; abdomen shot with blue. Hind wing shot 

 with blue; a large yellow subapical patch extending from just 

 below costa to vein 2. Underside of fore wing with broad rather 

 irregular medial orange band from just below costa to inner 

 margin. 



Hah. Amazons, Ega {Bates), 2 (5" , 2 $ , type and type egaca ; 

 Ecuador {Buckley), 1 $ . Exp., S 32, $ 46 millim. 



1599. Virbia hypophaea, n. sp. (Plate XLII. fig. 25.) 



Virbia hUeiliiiea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 405 (nee Wlk.). 



S . Head and thorax dark olive-brown ; abdomen black, with 

 orange lateral stripes. Pore wing dark olive-brown. Hind wing 

 orange-yellow, with black terminal band expanding somewhat 

 towards apex. 



Hab. CosTA Rica, Santa Clara Valley, 1200 feet {Zurcher), 1 S 

 type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 30 millim. 



1600. Virbia xanthopleura. 



PtychogUne xanthopleura, Hmpsu. Trans. Ent. See. 1898, p. 243, pi. 17. 

 ff. 1,15. 



S . Black-brown ; orange stripes below the wings and on sides of 

 abdomen. Pore wing slightly irrorated with ochreous scales. 

 Hind wing with orange-yellow fascia in and below cell to just 

 beyond its extremity, and a slight streak on inner margin. 



2 . Abdomen with the orange lateral stripes extending to middle ; 

 hind wing with slight orange streaks at base, in cell, and on inner 

 margin. 



Hab. Grenada {H. H. Smith), 4 cT , 2 $ , type. Exp., S 30, 

 2 34 millim. 



Genus ANTIOTRICHA. 



Type. 

 Antiotricha, Fold. Eels. Nov. p. 2 (1874), non descr. integra. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond frons ; antennas of 

 female ciliated ; eyes small ; head and thorax clothed with rough hair ; build 

 slei der ; tibiae with the spurs short, hind tibige with the medial spurs absent. 

 Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 froia 



