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POLIOPASTEA VERDIVITTATA E. A. Klages, var. FENESTRATA, 



new variety. 



Female. — Like the former, but with these additional characters: 

 Fore wing with a median hyaline spot below the cell, and a postmedian 

 series between veins 8 and 7 with the interA^ening portions of veins 

 streaked with white. Hind wing with a hyaline spot beyond the cell. 



Expanse. — 44 mm. 



Ilah'dat. — Ciudad Bolivar and Suapure, Venezuela, the latter being 

 the type locality. 



ry/^t-s-.— Cat. No. 8418, U.S.N.M., and in collection of the author. 



POLIOPASTEA PLUMBEA Hampson. 

 Habitat. — Suapure. Venezuela. 



TRICHURA MONSTRABILIS, new species. 



Male. — Head and ))ody black: palpi in front, and streaks on neck 

 white; frons, vertex, cheeks, tegula?, shoulders, patagia, thorax, and 

 legs with patches ^f metallic blue (sometimes blue-green) scales; covse 

 with white patches; abdomen suffused with dark bronze-green, the 

 constricted segment white at sides and beneath; wings hyaline, the 

 veins and margins black. Fore wing with the base black with or 

 without metallic blue point; a discoidal black bar conjoined to the 

 costal fascia; the terminal band wider on apical half, underneath with 

 basal white streak on subcostal nervure. Hind wing with apical 

 black patch diminishing to vein 2, and the lobe on inner margin black, 

 underneath with subcostal long white streak. Abdomen wdth or with- 

 out (in types with) appendage on terminal segment. 



Female. — Palpi, neck, and coxa? without white; the white on under- 

 side of wings absent or inconspicuous. The abdomen, of course, is 

 without the terminal appendage. 



Expanse. — 32-38 mm. 



Habitat. — Suapure and the upper Caura, Venezuela. 



7}//>t^.§.— Cat. No. 8405, U.S.N.M., and in collection of the author. 



Belongs between T. esmeralda and T. hitifascia Walker. 



TRICHURA COARCTATA Drury. 



Habitat. — Suapure, Venezuela. 



TRICHURA AURIFERA Butler. 



Habitat. — Suapure, Venezuela. 



TRICHURA MATHINA Druce. 



Habitat. — Suapure, Venezuela. 



