180 CATALOGUE OP 



spatio antico coxisque anticis fiavis ; abdomen vitta ventreque 

 Jlavis ; alcB anticce jlavce, marginihus fasciaque subobliqua 

 Jiavis ; posticceflavce, nigro marginata. — Var. /3. Alee anticce 



spatio Jiavo bis interrupto. 



Male. Deep black. Head yellow on each side and beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, extending somewhat beyond the head ; third joint 

 extremely short. Antennae stout, slightly pectinated. Thorax with 

 three yellow stripes. Pectus and legs beneath whitish ; fore part 

 and fore coxse yellow. Abdomen with a yellow stripe ; under side 

 yellow. Fore wings bright yellow, except along ibe borders and 

 towards the tip ; this hue is interrupted by a slightly oblique black 

 band opposite the interior angle. Hind wings bright yellow, with 

 a narrow black border. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



a, Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



Var. p. Band of the fore wings contracted hindward, inter- 

 rupted in the middle and near the interior angle. 



b. Bogota, New Grenada. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Flavin i a intensa. 



intensa, Cat. Lep. Het. ii. 372. Ephestris vitellina, H.-Seh. Lep. 

 Exot. p. 443. 



Genus MENNIS. 



Mennis nasuta. 



Mas. Nigra ; caput apud oculos, postice subtusque album ; palpi 

 porrecti, caput paullo superantes ; antenna pectin atce ; thorax 

 et abdomen albido bivittata ; thorax maculis duabus anticis* 

 lateratibus ochraceis ; pectus, abdomen subtus et pedes subtus 

 alba ; alee anticce plaga maxima incisa dentem emittente stri- 

 gaque subcostali ochraceis, striga maculaque costalibus macu- 

 laque marginali subtus albis ; posticce vitta latissima ochracea, 

 vittis subtus tribus albis. 



Male. Black. Head white about the eyes, behind and be- 

 neath. Proboscis dingy whitish. Palpi porrect, extending a little 

 beyond the head. Antennae moderately pectinated. Thorax and 

 abdomen with a whitish stripe along each side. Thorax with an 

 orange spot on each side in front. Pectus, abdomen beneath and 

 legs beneath white. Fore wings bright orange on much more than 

 half the surface from the base, except along the cost a, where there 



