30S LITHOSIAD.E. 



1532. Metaxanthia vespiformis, insert (syn.) : — 



g ( -iopsyche auranticauda, Klages, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 549 (1906). 



3. Pectus with lateral crimson spots on mesothorax, the 

 1st joint of palpi, tore and mid coxae, and femora pale yellow. 

 Colombia, Muzo (M. de Mathan) in Coll. Rothschild. 



*1532». Metaxanthia aureiventris. (Plate LVI. fig. 1.) 



Metaxanthia aureiventris, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 591 (1913). 



§. Head and thorax black; abdomen orange, the three basal 

 segments of dorsum and the basal ventral segment only black, 

 the anal tuft yellow. Fore wing semihyaline sparsely clothed 

 with fuscous scales, the veins, base, and inner margin blacker. 

 Hind wing hyaline, the veins and termen black. 



Hah. Costa Pica, Carillo ( Underwood,*) ; Colombia, Cundina- 

 marcha (M. de Mathan), type t ? i" Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 

 32-38 millim. 



*1532 b. Metaxanthia atriUasis. (Plate LVI. fig. 2.) 



Metaxanthia atribasis, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 591 (1913). 



5 . Head and thorax black ; abdomen orange, the two basal 

 segments of dorsum and the basal ventral segment only black, 

 the anal tuft yellow. Fore wing semihyaline sparsely clothed 

 with fuscous scales, the veins, base, and inner margin blacker. 

 Hind wing hyaline, the veins and termen black. 



Hab. Ecuador, Paramba (Rosenberg), type t ? in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 3G millim. 



1532 c. Metaxanthia threnodes. (Plate LVI. fig. 3.) 

 Metoxanfhia threnodes, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 467 (1905). 



3 • Head, thorax, and abdomen black with a slight bluish 

 gloss; basal joint of palpi, coxa?, and greater part of femora 

 pale lemon-yellow; abdomen with yellowish-white ventral patch 

 on 1st three segments, the anal tuft pale lemon-yellow. Pore 

 wing black, rather thinly scaled, the veins darker; the interspaces 

 of apical area between veins 8 and 3 semihyaline. Hind wing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black, the costal and apical areas 

 suffused with black. 



Hah. Venezeula, Caura Valley (Klages), 10 3. Exp. 26- 

 30 millim. Type t 6 in Coll. Joicey. 



*1534«. Agoraea atrivena. (Plate LVI. fig. 1.) 



Agorsea atrivena, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sud, iii. p. 12 (1911). 



$. Head, tegula?, and patagia orange, the vertex of thorax 

 with blackish dorsal streak ; palpi and antennas black-brown ; 



