(29) 



22. Phoenicoprocta steinbachi sp. nov. 



(?. Fore coxae white ; legs black, liiud tarsi white ; palpi black ; antennae 

 black, tips white ; head and tegnlae metallic green-bine ; patagia and thorax 

 black streaked with metallic green-bliie ; abdomen dull black, a median line 



of pale grey dots, anal tuft crimson. Wings hyaline-wliite, all borders black 



and very wide, a large discocellular black stigma joined to costa and onter margin, 

 widely expanded at termen in forewings. 



Length of forewing : 16 mm. 



Ilah. Bnenavista, East Bolivia, TOO metres, April 1907 (Jose Steinbach), 



2 $$. 



23. Pheia costalis sp. nov. 



$. Underside of body bright orange ; fore and middle legs orange with black 

 marks on inside, hindlegs orange with a black band on tibia and tarsi ; frons 

 silvery white ; palpi black ; antennae black ; thorax orange with black spots ; 

 abdomen except two last segments orange with median row of black spots, a 

 grey dot in the centre of the one on second segment, last two segments black 



with grey-bine patches. ^Wings hyaline-white, forewing with base of wing 



and basal four-fifths of costa brilliant orange, subbasal third of inner margin 

 black, rest bright orange, tornus black, outer margin black, expanding widely 

 at termen ; hindwing, outer margin black, costa orange, inner area black with 

 fringe of orange hairs. 



Length of forewing : 13 mm. 



Ilah. Yungas de la Paz, Bolivia, 1000 metres, December 1899 (Garlepp), 1 $. 



24. Loxophlebia klagesi sp. nov. 



S. Fore coxae white, fore femora and tibiae black, fore tarsi white, hind and 

 middle legs black, white on inner side ; palpi black ; frons white ; antennae black 

 with white tips ; vertex black ; tegulae black with basal white lines ; patagia, 

 basal half crimson, rest brown-black ; thorax brown-black ; abdomen black, 

 basal segment white, second segment with two bufiSsh white subdorsal patches ; 

 ventral valve white, enormous, covering underside of abdomen to penultimate 



segment. Wings hjaline-white, margins black, forewings with margins 



exj)anded widely at termen and a discocellular black bar. 



Ilah. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, February 1905,4 SS\ 

 Albina, Surinam, January 1905, 2 Si\ Maripa, Caura River, Venezuela, 2 iS\ 

 Caporo, Trinidad, January 1900, 1 S (S. M. Klages). Type c?, Aroewarwa Creek. 



One $ from the Caura has jiaired subdorsal scarlet i)atches on third and fourth 

 abdominal segments, and the Trinidad $ has a scarlet lateral dot on each side 

 of the fourth segment, while one Aroewarwa i has the abdomen entirely black. 



25. Loxophlebia rufescens sp. nov. 



(?. Fore coxae white ; legs black ; a white spot below base of forewings ; 

 frons white ; antennae black, apical third white ; vertex black ; thorax liright 

 cinnabar-orange ; basal segment of abdomen black with two vertical subdorsal 

 buffy white bands, rest of abdomen bright cinnabar-orange ; ventral surface of 



abdomen black ; ventral valve white, enormous. Wings hyaline-white, margins 



black, base of forewing orange, termen broadly black, a black discocellular bar. 



Length of forewing : 12 mm. 



Hah. Maripa, Caura River, Venezuela (S. M. Klages), 1 S. 



