CHLOBHODA. — PALJEOMOLIS. Ij63 



black except at base; pectus, legs, and abdomen crimson. Fore 

 wing apple-green, the edges of costa and inner margin and the cilia 

 yellow ; a small anteinedial black spot in cell and striga at inner 

 margin ; an oblique striga at upper angle of cell from costa to 

 vein (i, and an incurved line from vein 2 to inner margin. Hind 

 wing semihyaline yellowish, the inner area crimson* the cilia orange. 



$. Hind wing pale crimson, the inner area deeper crimson; 

 subterminal black spots below vein 2 and at vein 1. 



Hah. Peru, Chanchamayo, typef <S in Coll. Joicey, $ in Coll. 

 Dognin. Exp. 4G millim. 



*1988 6. Chlorhoda metamelaena. (Plate LXIV. fig. (5.) 



Chlorhoda luetamelxiia, Dogn. Mom. Sue. Ent. Belg. xxii. p. 4 (1913). 



J . Head and thorax yellow-green, the patagia edged with 

 crimson above; palpi crimson; irons black at sides; pectus and 

 egs crimson, the fore femora and tibiae towards extremity green on 

 outer side, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen deep crimson, the 

 ventral surface pale crimson. Fore wing yellow-green, the costal 

 edge pale crimson, the inner margin narrowly yellow ; an ante- 

 medial black point below eosta, small triangular spot in cell, and 

 oblique striga to inner margin ; an incurved postmedial black line 

 from costa to vein 6 and line from vein 2 to inner margin, incurved 

 to vein 1, then excurved. Hind wing crimson, the area from the 

 coll and vein 5 to vein 1 black and the terminal area black except 

 at apex. Underside of fore wing suffused with crimson to the 

 postmedial line which forms a diffused black patch from above 

 vein 2 to inner margin. 



Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 shortly stalked, 4 absent. 



Hah. Colombia, Tolima (Fassl), type f d in Coll. Dognin. 

 Exp. 30 miillm. 



Genus PAL.E0M0LIS 



Type. 

 Palseomolis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) iv. p. 362 (1909) purpurascens. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi porrect, extending- to just beyond the large f rontal 

 tuft of hair and fringed with long hair below ; eyes large, round ; antenna? of 

 male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with long hair ; tibia? fringed with long 

 hair, the hind tibia with two pairs of spurs ; abdomen clothed with long hair. 

 Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved ; vein 3 from near 

 angle of eel! ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 

 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 5 from just above 

 angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



In key differs from Apantesis in the proboscis being absent. 



1972/. Paheomolis purpurascens. 



Palseomolis purpurascens, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) iv. p. 363 (1909) • 

 Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. pi. 3. f. 2. 



3 . Head and thorax pale purple mixed with pinkish ; palpi 

 crimson; irons tinged with crimson ; teguhe and patagia slightly 

 edged with crimson above; pectus and legs crimson, the tibia; 



