4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. tol. 65. 



Expanse. — 32 mm. 



Habitat. — Head of Carare River, Colombia. 



Type.— C?it. No. S-oSTi, U.S.N.M. 



Collected by T. Duce. 



To be placed near G. frutera Schaus. 



GYMNELIA CENNOCHA, new ipeciei. 



Female. — Antennae black; a white point at base in front. Palpi 

 black with a few white scales in front. Head and thorax black; 

 frons white; tegulae almost entirely cerulean blue; a similar streak 

 along dorsal edge of patagia. Abdomen black with broad marine 

 blue bands, the last two segments and anus orange buff; two orange 

 spots on basal segment; a lateral white spot on basal segment; under- 

 neath black; base white; terminal segments orange. Legs black, 

 partly streaked with blue; white spots on mid and hind coxae. 

 Wings hyaline, the veins black. Fore wing : an orange streak above 

 subcostal vein from middle of wing to apical space ; a white point on 

 base of costa; base and inner margin black, the latter with black 

 reaching submedian vein on basal third; termen black, expanding 

 somewhat at vein 2, and from vein 3 to costa so the apex is broadly 

 black ; a black bar on discocellular. Hind wing with the termen nar- 

 rowly black, expanding below vein 2 and suffusing with the rather 

 broad black inner margin; upper portion of cell black; a black spot 

 on lower part of discocellular. 



Expanse. — ^33 mm. 



Habitat. — Rio Trinidad, Panama. 



Type.— C?Li. No. 25875, U.S.N.M. 



Near G. colomi Schaus. 



GYMNELIA LUDGA, new species. 



Female. — Antennae black; a cream white spot at base in front. 

 Palpi black, the base and second joint below cream color. Head 

 black, the frons with cream color scales at sides and above ; frons with 

 metallic blue scales. Tegulae black, edged with buff yellow, the cen- 

 ter ovate in shape. Thorax black; metallic blue scaling on front of 

 patagia and metathorax; some yellow hairs below shoulders. Legs 

 black streaked with blue: coxae with blue spots; mid tarsi orange. 

 Abdomen black; red spots subdorsal ly on basal segment, and large 

 lateral blue spots on other segments; sublateral blue spots on two 

 basal segments. Wings hyaline, the veins black. Fore wing: inner 

 margin and apex narrowly black; cilia black. Hind wing: cilia 

 black; a small black patch at anal angle; upper portion of cell black. 

 Hind wing below with upper portion oi cell with whitish scales 

 edged below by a black line. 



