Schaus, 1910; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 6 (32): 203


Bertholdia crocea, sp. n.
Palpi white, with lateral brown spots. Legs brown and white ; tarsi white. Head and thorax violaceous brown; the tegule edged with white. Abdomen red above, white below ; anal hairs white; a lateral row of black spots. Pectus white. Primaries saffron-brown, paler along inner margin and about angle; a white spot on submedian vein at one-third from base ; the hyaline patch with black points on veins ; the outer margin dark brown from angle to vein 3, then paler and mottled with grey, preceded above vein 4 by a whitish shade and between veins 5 and 7 by darker Lrown. Secondaries white, the inner margin suffused with roseate. Underneath, primaries white, a roseate patch in cell; outer margin dull brown above vein 3. Secondaries: a single dark streak at base of costa and crimson hairs at base of both wings.
Expanse, ¢ 41, 9 47 mm.
Hab. Juan Vinas, Tuis.

This species is Ab. I. of B. myosticta, Hamps. Typical myosticta has a geminate black streak at base of secondaries below, a character I have not found in any other species of the genus.

Bertholdia fumida, sp. n.
Altogether darker than B. crocea, Schs., the female espe- cially being a dark smoky grey and having a black subdorsal spot on the last segment of the abdomen. The primaries below are entirely dark smoky grey, with only a trace of whitish above the inner angle in the male. Secondaries white, with very little crimson at base of inner margin, which is broadly suffused with smoky black, which in the female extends around the outer margin. ‘he female with a dark point at end of cell.
Expanse, ¢ 42, 9 47 mm.
Alab. Juan Vinas, Tuis.