. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 32 ARCTIADJE. of cell, and on discocellulars ; the basal half of costal edge white ; the apical half of wing yellow. Hind wing pale crimson, with a whiter area from the base through the cell to middle of termen. Underside of fore wing with the medial area crimson. Hah, BiiAziL, Eio Grande do Sul, 1 S, ^ 2 type. Exp. 34 millim. Genus AMAXIA. Type. Amaxia, Wlk. iii. 721 (1855) pardalis. ? Echeta, *. Aussereur. Schmett. p. 16 (1850) divisa. Proboscis ful
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 32 ARCTIADJE. of cell, and on discocellulars ; the basal half of costal edge white ; the apical half of wing yellow. Hind wing pale crimson, with a whiter area from the base through the cell to middle of termen. Underside of fore wing with the medial area crimson. Hah, BiiAziL, Eio Grande do Sul, 1 S, ^ 2 type. Exp. 34 millim. Genus AMAXIA. Type. Amaxia, Wlk. iii. 721 (1855) pardalis. ? Echeta, *. Aussereur. Schmett. p. 16 (1850) divisa. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, the 3rd joint minute; antennte bipectinate with moderate branches; tibige with the spurs short; abdomen dorsally clothed with hair at base. Fore wing with vein 3 from long before angle of cell; 4, 5 separate at origin; 6 from or from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from or from before angle of cell or stalked with 5; 3, 5 stalked or coincident; 4 absent; 6, 7 coincident; 8 from middle of cell, curved and not reaching costa, which is strongly lobed at base in male. Sect. I. Hind wing of male with the base of costa very strongly lobed, with a large patch of androconia on upperside corresponding with a patch on underside of inner area of fore wing ; veins 2 and 5 stalked, 3 and 5 coincident. A. Abdomen crimson above oamophora. B. Abdomen brown above cipygO" 1234. Amaxia osmophora, n. sp. Amaxia dyuna, Druce, Biol. , Het, ii, p. 369 (nee Schaus). (S . Head and thorax bright y^ellow ; palpi above and antennae brownish ; a band on frons and neck orange ; patagia and thorax with crimson and brown spots; legs streaked with fuscous ; abdomen crimson, the terminal segment yellow, the ventral surface white. Fore wing bright yellow; crimson - edged grey basal and subbasal spots below median nervure and two smaller spots below costa; a very irregular medial band not reach
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