584 



niAL.i-xoiDTD.r. 



15G. Euschirropterus poeyi, insert: — 

 subsp. pulverosa, Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. p. 175 (1911). 



S ■ Hind wing without the dark terraen, the ^yellow sj>ot near 

 1 urn us defined by a few dark scales. 



2 . Fore wing without dark line in submedian fold defining the 

 white and dark areas; the orbicular large, its centre irrorated with 

 white, rounded. 



Hab. Panama, La Chorrera. 



Genus ACANTUERTA. 



Acantuerta, Hmpsn. A. M.N.H. (7) xix. p. 241 (1907). 



Typo. 

 thomensit 



Proboscis fully developed : palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with long 

 hair in front, the 3rd porrect and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons with 

 truncate conical prominence with raised rim in front and corneous plate below 

 it, very narrow above between the eyes which are naked ; antenna; somewhat 

 dilated towards extremity ; mid and hind tibia3 spined ; abdomen with dorsal 

 crests on 1st two segments. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of 

 cell: 6 from upper angle ; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent 

 from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the 

 cell near base only. 



In key differs from Syfania in the mid and hind tibia} being strongly spined, 

 the abdomen with crests on two basal segments. 



*157 a. Acantuerta thomensis. 



Tuerta thomensis, Jord. Nov. Zool. xi. p. 445 (1904) ; id. Seitz. Gr.-Schm. 

 xv. Afr. ii. pi. 4 d. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark chocolate-brown; palpi 

 with the 2nd joint whitish in front at extremity; upper pari of 

 Irons at sides and basal joint of antennae whitish; pectus, femora, 



Fig. 112.- Acantuerta thomensis, J. [. 



and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the dorsal crests with a 

 metallic gloss, the claspers with yellowish hair. Pore wing deep 

 chocolate-brown; a dull greenish fascia formed of diffused --fair.-, 



