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PHEIA UTICA Druce. 

 Hahitat. — Ciiidad Bolivar and Suapure, Venezuela. 



PHEIA ALBISIGNA Walker. 



Habitat. — Suapure, Venezuela. 



MIMAGYRTA PULCHELLA, new species. 



Female. — Head, thorax, and abdomen above, brown-black; pectus, 

 leg's, and abdomen beneath, white; streaks on front of palpi, the frons, 

 streaks behind eyes, spots below tegula?, subdorsal spots on meso- 

 thorax. and subdorsal patches of hair on meso and metathorax white; 

 tegulffi dorsally tipped with white and with some metallic blue scales; 

 patagia with small patch of whitish scales; legs streaked with brown; 

 abdomen with subdorsal lines and interrupted lateral streaks whitish; 

 the anal tufts and sublateral stripes on terminal segments l)rown-black; 

 wings brown-black. Fore wing with white point at base of costal 

 nervure, a broad yellow streak below base of cell, an oblique yellow 

 patch in end of cell and extending to vein 1, an oblique hyaline band 

 beyond the cell between veins 3 and 7, and some brilliant blue scales at 

 base of inner margin; the underside as above, but without the brilliant 

 blue and with whitish streaks on base. Hind wing with j'ellow fascia 

 from base below the cell and vein 2 extending above vein 4 and between 

 3 and 4 to near termen; a few brilliant blue scales along vein 1, the 

 cilia on inner margin white; underneath as above, but with whitish 

 streak on base of costal area, a 3^ellowish splash below the yellow 

 fascia, and without any brilliant blue scales. 



Expanse. — 32 mm. 



Hahitat. — Suapure, Venezuela. 



Type^. — Cat. No. 8407, U.S.N.M., and in collection of the author. 



This species bears a striking resemblance to Chrostosonut tricolor 

 Felder and, as the venation is but slightly ditierent, it seems that the 

 two genera should be placed closer together than has been done. 



LOXOPHLEBIA TRIANGULIFERA Felder. 



Hahitat. — Suapure, Venezuela. 



COSMOSOMA HAMPSONI, new species. 



Male. — Head and body above, dark orange; below, orange-j'ellow; 

 palpi orange-yellow or orange; frons paler below; antenna? black with 

 the inner part of basal joint orange; paired spots on vertex, meso and 

 metathorax, and spots on tegulte black with metallic blue patches; 

 patagia with black border, the inner margin " usually with slight 

 metallic blue streak, the shoulders with metallic blue spots, pectus 



