NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE. 



Vol. XIX. DECEMBER, 1912. No. 2. 



NEW SYNT03IIDAE. 

 By the Hon. W. ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D., F.R.S. 



1. Androcharta klagesi sp. nov. 



(J. Nearest to meones Stoll. Diflfer.s from it by its smaller size, pale liver- 

 brown forewings, and the strongly reduced hyaline marking.s ; hindwings creamy 

 instead of whitish grey. 



S shows similar differences. 



Length of forewiug : meones, <S 22 mm. ; ? 25 mm. 

 „ „ „ : klagesi, J' 18 „ ; ? 19 „ 



Hab. Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, December 1898 and January 1899 (S. M. 

 Klageseolh). 4 (? J, 6 ? ¥. 



I should have treated this as a subspecies of nieones, but the latter occurs 

 together with it. 



2. Androcharta hoflfmannsi sp. nov. 



c?. Legs deep brown; head black witli glittering bhie spots; thorax black, 

 metallic spots and bands on tegulae and patagia ; abdomen black, a central crimson 



patch on first two segments, and metallic bine lateral patches on each segment. 



Forewing black, two metallic blue patches at base of wing and a similar one near 

 base of cell ; a large discocellular blue patch, a semivitreons white spot above vein 1 



and similar ones above veins 3, 4, 5, the latter small. Hindwing : base and 



lappet grey-brown, disc white, a broad marginal band, greyish above, brown below. 



? similar, but border of hindwing above black. 



Length of forewing : cJ 22 mm.; ? 24 mm. 



Hab. Humayta, Rio Madeira, .July — September 1906 (W. Hoffmanns coll.). 

 1 cJ,4 ? *. 



3. Eriphioides rosenbergi s[). nov. 



i ? . Similar to surinamensis Moeschl. but much brighter ; chestnut-brown, not 

 deep umber-brown, and the cupreous spots shining coppery green, not blue-green. 

 Intermediate in appearance between siirinamensis and ustulata. 



llah. Rio Dagua, Colombia (W. Rosenberg) (type), 2 iS, 4 ??; \ S 

 CJolombia; 1 S Sauta Yd de Bogota; 1 cJ ? 



4. Ceramidia klagesi sp. nov. 



S- Pectus white ; head deep olivaceous green ; antennae blackish steel-blue ; 



collar dark crimson ; thora.K and abdomen olivaceous green. Forewing bright 



oily green. Hindwing: costal half silvery grey, tornal half oil-green. 



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