440 



ARCTIAD^. 



Sect. IT. Fore wing of male without patch of androconia ; hind wing with the 

 costal lobe only extending to middle. 



2019. Paranerita polyxena. 



383, pi. 



Evius polyxenus, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p 

 Het. p. 197. 



(5 . Head and thorax dark red-brown 

 and vertex of head j^ellow; 



40. f. 6 : Kirbv, Oat. 



palpi at base and tip 



antennae white at tips; abdomen 



crimson ; pectus, legs, and 



ventral surface of abdomen 



yellow, fore legs tinged with 



crimson. Fore wing dark 



red - brown ; a triangular 



yellow patch on middle of 



costa, a spot at apex, and a 



small triangular patch on 



middle of termen. Hind 



wing with the basal half 



yellow, the terminal half blackish, the yellow on inner margin 



extending almost to tornus, and the black on costa nearly to base. 



Hah. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley), type t J in Coll. Druce. 

 Ea^p. 30 millim. 



Subsp. 1. J . Hind wing with the black extending up below the 

 cell on upperside to the base leaving the inner margin narrowly 

 yellow. 



Hah. Bolivia, Songo {Garlepp\ 1 6 . 



Fig. 181. — Paranerita polyxena, c?. 



Genus HYPONERITA, nov. 



Type, H. lavinia. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, and not reaching vertex of head ; 

 antenr.se of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; tibias with the spurs short; 

 abdomen dorsally clothed with rough hair at base. Fore wing with vein 3 

 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8 

 stalked; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 free; male 

 with an elliptical patch of androconia below the cell. Hind wing of male with 

 the costal area strongly lobed to near apex ; veins 3 and 5 from angle of cell ; 

 4 absent ; 6 from upper angle, 7 from before angle ; 8 curved from middle of 

 cell. 



*2020. Hyponerita lavinia. 



Idalus lavinia, Druce, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 496, pi. 42. f. 6 

 p. 198. 



Kirby, Cat. Het. 



Fig. 182. — Hyponerita lavinia, (^ . {. 

 S . Head, thorax, and abdomen crimson ; tips of palpi, spots on 



