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whitish, tawny, with black punctures at the base; veins green or 

 tawny, more or less marked with black, marginal areolets numerous, 

 irregular in number and form: hind-wings white; veins black. 

 Length of the body 6^ lines; of the wings 14 lines. 

 a, b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



3. ^THALION PUI.CHnUM. 



.Jlthalioii pulchrura. While, MSS. 



Testiiceiim nigra varium, pedibus rufo-viltatis, alis avlicis albidis 

 rufo maculatis, btisi nigra variis. 

 Testaceous : head notched in the middle of the crown, concave 

 and with two black bands in front: tip of the mouth black: fore- 

 chest dotted with large black punctures ; two short black stripes on 

 each side in front: scutcheon black at the base and with a black 

 stripe which is forked towards the tip : abdomen with black punc- 

 tures, blackish towards the base : legs streaked and spotted with 

 black, clothed with short white hairs , fore-wings whitish, testaceous 

 with black punctures at the base, slightly streaked with Idack near 

 the base and along tiie hind border, with a gray spot in the disk ; 

 veins white, black towards the tips and along the' fore border; disks' 

 of the areolets red : hind-wings white ; veins black. Length of 

 the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 

 «. Columbia. From M. Jurgens' collection. 



4. .SIthaiion basale. 



Testaceum nigra varium, thoracis disco abdominisque seqmentorum, 

 marginibm posticis rufis, alis anlicis luridis albido fasciatis 

 basi rufis nigroque vitlalis. 

 Testaceous : head slightly concave on the crown and in front, 

 where there are four black dots in two lines : tip of the mouth 

 black : chest very minutely punctured ; disk red with the exception 

 of a middle stripe ; shield with two short oblique black stripes in 

 front ; scutcheon with a black stripe along the furrow on each side : 

 hind-chest black : abdomen punctured ; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments red : legs not hairy ; thighs streaked with black ; shanks and 

 feet with black bands : fore-wings lurid, whitish towards the base 

 where they are red with a black stripe; veins red for near half the 

 length from the base, tawny and bordered with brown from thence 

 to the tips : hind-wings pale lurid ; veins darker, partly black. 



