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ntiiuite white dots on patagia ; abtlomeii browiiisli coppery green, two median 



dorsal white spots on basal segment. Wings black ; forewing, basal half 



golden metallic grass-green; hindwing, a subbasal hyaline-white sjiot, costal half 

 metallic grass-green with blue tinge, abdominal area powdered and edged with 

 bluish green. 



Length of forewing : 20 mm. 



Hah. Paramba, West Ecuador (Rosenberg), 1 S. 



74. Mesolasia felderi sp. nov. 



Differs from paxla Schans in having all the black margins of the wings very 

 mucli narrower, and in the discal transverse black band of forewing only reaching 

 from the costa to the origin of vein 3. 



Hab. Brazil (Felder coll.), 1 3; Surinam (Meyer coll.), 1 c?. T^'pe S, ex 

 Felder coll. 



75. Trichiura fasciata sp. nov. 



cj. Legs orange, tarsi and inner side of tibiae black-brown ; paljii and iiead 

 orange; antennae black; thorax black with orange markings, tegulae orange; 

 abdomen above orange with transverse black bands, last two segments black with 



metallic blue spots. Wings hyaline-yellow ; forewing, basal half of costa and 



inner margin of both wings dark yellow, uervures brownish orange, margins of 

 both wings black, inner area of hindwing orange and black. 



Length of forewing : 21 mm. 



Ilab. Chanchamayo, Peru (ScLuncke), ~ S S. 



70. Paraethria angustipennis sp. nov. 



S. Differs from triseriata by the pure white palpi, entirely black abdomen 

 above with only a smudge of whitish on sides of segment 3, and by the distorted 

 hindwings, which are only half the size of those of triseriata. 



Hab. Itaituba to Obidos, Amazons, January — April 1906 (W. Hoftminus), 1 S ■ 



77. Paraethria flavosignata sp. nov. 



c?. Legs deep brown, fore co.xae orange; palpi and head orange; antennae 

 black ; thorax black with orange stripe, tegulae orange with central black dots, 

 patagia with central orange bauds ; abJomen above black, basal segment with 

 median line orange, segments 2 to 6 with transverse orange bars and last two 



segments with scarlet patches. Forewing hyaline-yellow, more brownish along 



nervures, costa black, outer margin black expanding widely at termen, inner margin 

 black powdered strongly with grey scales, nervures and discocellular bar black, 

 vein 4 widely; hindwing, basal half semihyaline-white, outer costal half grey, 

 tornal half black, tornus black. 



Hab. Chimate, Bolivia, 700 metres, September 1900 (Simons), 1 S. 



7s. Argyroeides aflSnis s]i. nov. 



c?. Legs black, base of coxae white; palpi, heal, and antennae black, spot 

 below shoulders white ; thorax black, patagia with red band ; abdomen black, 



first segment greyish horn-yellow, last five segments with dark red bauds. 



Wings hyaline-yellow; forewing, basal half of costa hyaline-yellow, apical half. 



