HYPOMOLIS. 461 



*li)72/;. Hypomolis thoracica. 



Chlorhoda thoracica, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xyii. p. 176 (1910), & xviii. pi. 3. 

 ft'. 6, 7. 



3 • Head and thorax bright green ; palpi crimson ; sides of frons 

 and antennae black; neck with crimson ring: patagia edged with 

 crimson ; pectus crimson with pale green lateral patches ; legs 

 crimson, the femora striped with pale green, the tarsi ringed with 

 black ; abdomen crimson. Fore wing bright yellow-green, the 

 costal edge yellow, the inner margin with crimson streak except 

 towards base ; oblique antemedial black stria; from costa and inner 

 margin ; postmedial line represented by a curved black striga 

 below costa, a striga beyond upper angle of cell and oblique sinuous 

 striga from submedian fold to inner margin. Hind wing pale 

 greenish, the costal and inner areas yellow ; cilia yellow. 



5 . Fore wing with oblique postmedial black striga from below 

 costa across upper angle of cell. Hind wing crimson, the area 

 beyond the cell tinged with greenish between veins 7 and 2, a slight 

 subterminal black mark below vein 2 and oblique striga on vein 1. 



Hah. Peru, Carabaya, R. Huacamayo (Ockenden), type f 3 , £ 

 in Coll. Rothschild, R. Inambara, La Oroya. Exp., <$ 42, 

 $ 38 millim. 



*1972c. Hypomolis amabilis. (Plate LXX. fig. 10.) 



Chlorhoda amabilis, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xli. p, 3 (1915). 



c? . Head and thorax emerald green, the antennae blackish 

 ringed with white, the palpi crimson, the tegulae crimson in front, 

 the patagia edged with crimson ; abdomen, pectus, and legs crim- 

 son, the fore femora fringed with emerald-green hair, the tibiae 

 emerald green above, the tarsi ringed with black. Fore wing 

 emerald-green, the costal edge and inner margin except towards 

 base orange-yellow ; antemedial black bars in upper part of cell 

 and from vein 1 to inner margin, a small black spot at upper angle 

 of cell and a small postmedial spot below vein 1. Hind wing 

 yellow to end of cell, the inner area crimson, the terminal area 

 whitish tinged with green. Underside of fore wing with the 

 costal area orange-yellow, the area below the cell tinged with 

 yellow to vein 2. 



Hob. Brazil, Neu Friburg (Arp), type f 3 in U.S. Nat. Mms. 

 Exp. 34 millim. 



1972 d. Hypomolis metarhoda. (Plate LXIV. figs. 36 , 4 $ .) 



Hypomolis metarhoda, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sucl, i. p. 11 (1910)_ 



3 • Head creamy white ; palpi crimson, black at tips ; fuons 

 crimson with some black-brown at sides ; antenna? blackish except 

 towards base ; thorax red-brown, creamy white at sides ; pectus 

 crimson; legs fuscous, the tarsi ringed with crimson; abdomen 

 pale crimson. Fore wing creamy white, the costal edge scarlet ; 

 patch of dee]) olive-brown suffusion on antemedial area from cell to 



