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with oblique incomplete dorsopleural carinae. Forewings strongly 

 coriaceous, with a few discal supernumerary crossveins, membrane 

 hyaline, including only apical portions of apical cells. Male with style 

 extending posteriorly much farther than apex of connective, without 

 preapical lobe, apex acute; connective with arms only slightly divergent, 

 stem longer than arms. Crown yellow, with a spot at apex of each 

 antennal ledge and a diagonal spot behind each ocellus, black; pro- 

 notum with a median and two lateral transverse spots on basal third 

 and a broad posterior marginal stripe, black; forewings black, at rest 

 with a broad transverse band across apices of clavi and narrowed 

 mesally, yellow; face entirely yellow. 



Holotype male, "Jacareacanga," Para [Brazil], October 1959 (M. 

 Alvarenga), in USNM. 



This species is closely related to P. latifascia (Walker) in color and in 

 male genitalia. It differs in the characters mentioned in the key. 



Pseudometopia irenae, new species 

 Figure 97 



Length of male 11.5-12.0 mm.; of female 12.0 mm. Thorax with 

 pronotal width greater than transocular width of head, dorsopleural 

 carinae complete. Forewings usually without discal supernumerary 

 crossveins. Other structural characters as in P. transversa, new species. 

 Female abdominal sternum VII with a truncate median and two 

 slender, longer lateral lobes on posterior margin. Crown yellow, with 

 or without a median black stripe, with a variable oblique black mark- 

 ing including ocellus on each side; pronotum yellow to pinkish (type) 

 with a band subtending anterior margin and a posterior marginal 

 band, castaneous, the latter occasionally (type) with an angular 

 anterior projection; scutellum and base of forewings castaneous, 

 remainder of forewings dull brown except for smoky anteapical trans- 

 verse band ; face yellow, lower portion of clypeus, all of clypellus and at 

 least lower portion of genae black, latter occasionally entirely black. 



Holotype male, Chanchamayo, Peru, near San Ramon, 25 July 1960 

 (Young and Ramirez), on indefinite loan to USNM from NCS. 

 Additional specimens in NCS from Chanchamayo, Callanga, and 

 Santa Isabel, Peru, and from an unknown locality in Bolivia; and in 

 other collections from Chaco, Coroico and San Antonio, Bolivia, and 

 from Callanga and Tarma, Peru. 



This species is named in honor of the author's wife, Irene, who has 

 spent many hours assisting with various preliminary phases of this work. 



P. irenae, new species, is closely related to P. sculptilis (Osborn), but 

 has less conspicuous pronotal punctures, complete dorsopleural 



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