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black ; legs black ; knees and tarsi ferruginous ; wings black, white at 

 the base and with 3 white bands ; one near the base, the 2. just within 

 the discal, transverse vein, the 3. oblique and subapical ; halteres whitish. 

 L. of the body 2 lin. — Wings 5 lin. »» Brasilien. 



4. Herina intrudens, Walker, Trans. Entom. Soc. Lond., n. ser. IV. 

 p. 228 (1856—1858). 



« J : Bluish black ; head dark blue ; ferrugineous in front ; abdomen 

 attenuated at the tip ; legs black ; tarsi testaceous at the base ; wings 

 white, with 4 bands which are blackish along the costa, pale grey hind- 

 ward ; 3. and 4. bands connected on the costa ; halteres whitish. 

 L. of the body 1% lin. — 2V2 lin. Valley of the Amazon. » 

 Wahrscheinlich dieselbe Art wie Euxesta Annonae, Fabr. 



5. Ortalis leucoinelax, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., n. ser. V, 

 p. 325 (1860). 



«Blackish-green; antennae and legs black; tarsi piceous, wings 

 white^ with 4 black bands ; first band near the base ; 2. broad, much 

 dilated hindward; third narrow, also dilated hindward; 4. costal, joining 

 the 3. at much beyond half the length of the costa and extending 

 thence to a little beyond the tip of the wing ; discal transverse vein 

 parted by one-fourth of its length from the border, and by more than 

 twice its length from prsebrachial transverse vein; halteres white. 



L. of the body 2V3 lin. — Wings 4 lines. South-America. » 



Hochst wahrscheinlich eine Euxesta-kxi ! 



6. Amethysa intermedia, Lynch-Arribalzaga, Stett. Entomol. Zeitg. 

 Voh 42, p. 191 (1881). 



«A. Macquarti et propmquae, Schin. maxime affinis, sed differt 

 prima pedibus nigris et 2. fascia obscura, 3. alarum cum 4. s. apicali 

 antice conjuncta. Long. cT 3, $ 4*5 mm. 



Caput obsolete albo-pruinosum ; frons obscure ferruginea, nigro- 

 setosa, vertex epistomaque viridi-nigra, nitida; antennae ferruginse, arti- 

 culo tertio cum stylo fusco. Thorax viridi-nigra, leviter chalybescens 

 interdum parum auratus, obsolete albopruinosus, breviter nigro-setosus ; 

 pedes nigro-picei, nitidi, breviter nigro-setulosi, femoribus anticis extus 

 viridescentibus, trochanteribus genibusque perparum ferrugineis, meta- 

 tarsis posterioribus testaceis ; alse limpidsB, venis fuscis, fasciis 4 nigro- 

 fuscis ornatae ; prima subbasali, 2. omnibus latiore, completa, inter basin 

 et nervulum transversum primum ista, siti contigua, postice amplicata 

 et satis dilutiore, in margine postico alse cum sequenti anguste con- 

 juncta, 3. quoque completa, nervulum transversum 2. includente, ad 

 marginem costalem cum 4. anguste conjuncta, quarta apicali ; halteres 

 ferruginei. Abdomen nigrum, nitidum, breviter nigro-setulosum.o 



