Species of Syntomidoe, Nymphalidse, &c. 227 



transverse area across the disc. Hind wing smoky black, 

 darker at apical area and inner margin. 



Expanse 22 mm. 



Hab. Peru, Pebas Loreto, 1913. 



Chrostosoma guianensis, sp. n. 



Head black with some blue scaling behind the eyes. 

 Thorax black ; patagia with red spots and a red spot on the 

 shoulder. Metathorax with a blue spot. Abdomen black, 

 legs and palpi black. Fore wing hyaline, smoky, with dark 

 scaling at base, along inner margin, and at apex. Hind 

 wing smoky hyaline, with apex and inner margin narrowly 

 darker. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



Hab. British Guiana. 



Chrostosoma halli, sp. n. 



Head and thorax black. Shoulders with red patches. 

 First abdominal segment with a pair of subdorsal red spots. 

 Abdomen black with some metallic-green scaling, especially 

 on last three segments. Abdomen beneath white on first 

 three segments and with orange sublateral patches on fifth 

 and sixth segments. Fore wing yellowish hyaline, with the 

 costa narrowly black beyond the cell and with the apex black. 

 Outer margin very narrowly black. Hind wing yellow 

 hyaline; outer margins narrowly black, becoming broader at 

 anal angle. 



Expanse 33 mm. 



Hab. Guatemala, Barrios, 22. xii. 12 (A. Hall). 



Pheia serpensis, sp. n. 



Head black ; frons metallic green. Tegulae orange with a 

 few blue-green scales. Patagia orange. Coxae vermilion- 

 red. Abdomen above orange with a broad expanding median 

 stripe o£ blackish brown. Abdomen beneath with a large 

 white valve covering the basal segments. Last five seg- 

 ments black-brown. Fore wing with costa as far as discoidal 

 cell orange, and inner margin for half the distance orange. 

 Wings hyaline. Discoidal spot black, rather rectangular. 

 Outer margin broadly black; apex broad, black. Hind wing 

 transparent, the margins black. Antennae with the tips white. 



Expanse 26 mm. 



Hab. Lower Amazon, Serpa, Jan.-Mar. 1914 (A. Hall). 



