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3. Argyroeides menephron, sp. n. (Tab. VIII. fig. 14.) 
Primaries and secondaries hyaline, the nerves and outer margins brownish black: head black, palpi pale 
yellow ; antenne brownish black at the base and tips, yellow in the middle; thorax and abdomen black, 
striped and banded with pale yellow; legs black on the upperside, yellow on the underside, Expanse 
1 inch. . 
Hab. PanaMa, Bugaba 800 to 1500 feet (Champion). 
This species so closely resembles Sphecosoma fasciolata, excepting in the very different 
neuration, that it might easily be mistaken for that insect. 
TRICHURA. 
Trichura, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p.126; Walker, Cat. 1. p. 192. 
This genus now contains about seven or eight species, three of which occur in our 
country. These insects closely resemble Ichneumons ; they are mostly very scarce in 
collections. 
1. Trichura druryi. 
Trichura druryi, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 126; Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii. 
p- 405°. 
Sphinx coarctata, Drury, Ill. ii. t. xxvii. f. 2”. 
Hab. Guatemaua, Teleman (Champion); Honpuras!?; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 
(mus. Staudinger). 
A single example of this insect was sent by Mr. Champion. 
2. Trichura esmeralda. (Tab. VII. fig. 4.) 
Glaucopis esmeralda, Walker, Cat. 1. p. 194°. 
Trichura esmeralda, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii. p. 405; Lep. Het. p. 39, t. 13. f. 11. 
Hab. British Honpuras, Rio Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; Honpuras (Dyson); Guate- 
MALA, Tamahu (Champion). 
3. Trichura ribbei, sp. n. (Tab. VIII. fig. 15.) 
Primaries and secondaries hyaline, the costal, outer, and inner margins of the primaries narrowly bordered 
with black; the apices of the secondaries broadly black: head, antenne, and palpi black, front of palpi 
white; the back of the head, front and sides of the thorax bluish green, the base of the thorax black ; the 
abdomen dark bluish black, contracted part white at the sides and beneath; caudal appendage black, and 
longer than the abdomen ; legs bluish black. Expanse 14 inch. 
Hab. Panama (Ribbe, mus. Staudinger). 
A specimen of this species is in the British Museum from Bogota. It is allied to 
T. latifascia. 
SYNTRICHURA. 
Syntrichura, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii. p. 405. 
This genus was founded by Mr. Butler for the reception of a small insect sent home 
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