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Type: Sex unknown; Rio Naranjo, Guatemala; British Mus. 

 Distribution: Mexico; Guatemala; El Salvador; Brazil; Bolivia; 

 Paraguay. 



Host Plant: Leguminosae. 

 *Atheas insignis Heidemann 



Atheas insignis Heidmann 1909, p. 232, fig. [Md.; D.C.]. — Osborn and 

 Drake 1917b, p. 295 [Va.].— McAtee 1923, p. 146 [Stylosanthes 

 biflora]. — Drake 1925c, p. 39 [Miss.; Desmodium]. — Blatchley 1926, 

 p. 495, fig. 119a. 

 Type: Holotype 9, macropterous; Bladensburg, Maryland, U.S.; 

 USNM. 

 Distribution: U.S. (Md.; D.C; Va.; Miss.). 

 Host Plants: Desmodium sp.; Stylosanthes biflora. 

 *Atheas laetantis Drake and Hambleton 



Atheas laetantis Drake and Hambleton 1944b, p. 124 [Brazil; Machaeri- 

 um angustifolium; Machaerium]. 

 Type: Holotype cf, macropterous; Vigosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 

 Drake Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plants: Machaerium angustifolium; Machaerium sp. 



* Atheas mimeticus Heidemann 



Atheas mimeticus Heidemann 1909, p 234, fig. [Wis.; Minn.; Kans.]. — 

 Osborn and Drake 1917b, p. 295 [Colo.; N. Mex.].— Drake 1925c, 

 p. 39 [Miss.; Desmodium].— Blatchley 1926, p. 496, fig. 119d. — 

 Froeschner 1944, p. 670 [Mo.; Petalostemon purpureum]. — Hurd 1946, 

 p. 460 [Wyo.]. 

 Atheas annulatus Osborn and Drake 1917b, p. 295 [Ark.]. — Froeschner 



1944, p. 670. 

 Atheas sordidus Osborn and Drake 1917b, p. 296 [Iowa]. 

 Type: Holotype o 71 , brachypterous; Onaga, Kansas, U.S.; USNM. 

 Distribution: U.S. (Wyo.; Colo.; N. Mex.; Nebr.; Kans.; Iowa; Minn.; 

 Wis.; Mo.; Ark.; La.; Miss.; Fla.). 



Host Plants: Desmodium sp.; Petalostemon purpureum. 

 *Atheas mirabilis Drake 



Atheas mirabilis Drake 1938a, p. 70 [Mexico]. 

 Type: Holotype o 71 ; Temescaltepec, Mexico; Cal. Acad. 

 Distribution: Mexico. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



* Atheas nigricornis Champion 



Atheas nigricornis Champion 1898a, p. 45, pi. 3, fig. 21 [Mexico; Guate- 

 mala].— Osborn and Drake 1915b, p. 536; 1917b, p. 296 [Ariz.].— 

 Drake 1938a, p. 70. — Hurd 1946, p. 461 [Alnus acuminata; Parosela 

 citriodora]. 



