NEW SPECIES OF syntomid;e. 145 



Ijoxoplilehia inco7ispicuata, n. sp. 

 Head black. Thorax and patagia brick-i-ed. Abdomen brownish 

 black, with a sublateral whitish line. Fore wing transparent, with 

 the margins narrowly black, and the base markedly black. Hind 

 wing transparent, slenderly margined with black. Legs brownish, 

 with patches of whitish scales. Expanse, 19 mm. 



Hab. Potaro River, British Guiana, March 25th, 1903 (C. B. 

 Roberts). 



Loxophlehia fininigra, n. sp. 



Palpi black, with white rings at the joints. Head black, with 

 white points above and below antennae. Thorax orange. Abdomen 

 orange ; seventh and eighth segments black, ninth segment metallic- 

 greenish. Fore wing transparent, the base orange ; the apex broadly 

 black, and outer margin narrowly black, extending inwards at vein 

 two. Hind wing transpai'ent, the margin narrowly black. Antennce 

 black, the tips brown, preceded by a short length of white. Under 

 side of abdomen black, with a large white basal patch. Expanse, 

 22 mm. 



Hah. Guaruja, Santos, South Brazil, April 17th, 1910 (W. J. 

 Kaye). 



MesotJien perjiava, n. sp. 



Palpi black ; frons white ; back of head black. Collar yellow ; 

 patagia yellow, with a central black line. Thorax yellow, with 

 central black line continuing down the back of the yellow abdomen 

 to the fifth segment ; segments six and seven wholly yellow ; the 

 eighth blackish, and the last black, with two patches of white scales. 

 Fore wing hyaline ; no discoidal spot ; the margin narrowly black, 

 except the apex ; nervures at base yellow-scaled. Hind wing hyaline, 

 narrowly margined with black. Legs yellow, edged with black on the 

 outside. Expanse, 24 mm. 



Hah. Alto da Serra, Santos, Brazil, 2600 ft., March, 1910 

 (E. D. Jones). 



Allied to Mesothen rogenhoferi, Schs., and perhaps only a 

 variety of same. 



Argyroeides variegata, n. sp. 



Head black, thorax black, the patagia with crimson stripes. Ab- 

 domen black ; the second, third, and last three segments with dorsal 

 pairs of pale blue spots ; the fifth segment with a partial yellow 

 band. Fore wing diaphanous ; the discoidal spot narrow, brown, and 

 margins all very narrowly bordered brown. Hind wing as fore win'T, 

 narrowly margined with brown, except on inner edge ; tibia crimson. 

 Expanse, 23 mm. 



Hah. Fernandes Pinheiro, Parana, 2600 ft., April 12th 

 1910 (E. D. Jones, W. J. Kaye). 



Correhidia tristitia, n. sp. 



Palpi with the first and second joints ochreous beneath, black 

 above. Frons and collar ochreous, mixed with dull brownish black ; 



