396 AKCTIAB^. 



ft*. Fore wing with triangular spot in end of 



cell arge. 



h^. Hind wing with the ground-colour scarlet. 



a'^. Fore wing deep black ; exp. about 50 mm. ornata. 

 h^. Fore wing black-brown ; exp. about 30 mm. ohliterata. 

 b. Hind wing with the ground-colour orange or whitish, 

 sometimes entirely suffused with black. 

 a}. Abdomen black below. 



a^. Fore wing with the streaks on the veins broad ; 



hind wing with well-separated black spots. virgo ab. citrmaria* 

 hr'. Fore wing with the streaks on the veins nar- 

 row ; hind wing with more or less confluent 



black markings anna. 



h^. Abdomen with the ventral surface yellow, with 

 quadrate black patches. 



a^ Size large ; fore wing broad ornata oh. ochracea. 



b'\ Size small ; fore wing narrow. 



a^. Abdomen with di)rsal black stripe formed of 



quadrate patches qitenseli. 



h^. Abdomen with dorsal series of black spots ... virguncula. 

 B. Fore wing without pale streaks on the veins. 



a. Fore wing with pale fascia in submedian interspace. 

 a^. Abdomen with the terminal segment entirely 



black 2^''^oxima. 



b^. Abdomen with the terminal segment pale at sides. 

 a-. Fore wing with the antemedial line present. 

 a^. Hind wing scarlet or orange. 



a*. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial 



lines nearly erect towards costa ornata (ab.). 



i*. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial 



lines oblique towards costa bolanderi. 



b^. Hind wing pink. 



a.*. Hind wing deep rose-red. 



a'. Fore wing with the bands broad, centred 



with crimson favorita. 



¥. Fore wing with the bands narrow superba. 



6*. Hind wing pale pink blacei. 



Hind wing whitish .. cervinoides. 



b^. Fore wing with the antemedial line absent. 



c?. Hind wing tinged with pale pink villiamsi. 



b^. Hind wing crimson or tinged with crimson, 

 a*. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique 



throughout pkgllira. 



b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled 

 at lower angle of cell. 



a^. Fore wing with pale fascia on costa mttata. 



¥. Fore wing with the costal edge black, 



a pale subcostal fascia oiais. 



h. Fore wing without pale fascia in submedian inter- 

 space. 

 a^. Hind wing crimson, with black terminal band ... 'placentia. 

 b^. Hind wing yellow, with scarlet terminal band ... fasciata. 



1948. Apantesis virgo. 



Bombyx virgo, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 501 (1758) ; Clerck, Icones, pi. 42. 

 f. 5 ; Abbot & Smith, Lep. Georg. ii. pi. 62 ; Stretch. Zyg. & Bomb. N. 

 Am. p. 126. pi. 6. ff. 1, 2 ; Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 325, pi. 4. 

 f. 4 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 266. 



' IX virgo, var. citrinaria, Neum. & Dyar, Ent. News. iv. p. 142 (1893). 



Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi, sides of frons, antennae, 



