﻿174 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Schaus 
  on 
  

  

  edged 
  with 
  bright 
  metallic 
  blue 
  ; 
  a 
  dorsal 
  whitish-yellow 
  

   band 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  extending 
  laterally 
  behind. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  with 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  metallic-blue 
  spots 
  above 
  and 
  a 
  row 
  

   of 
  sublateral 
  spots 
  ; 
  a 
  white 
  band 
  below 
  beyond 
  base 
  ; 
  legs 
  

   black 
  spotted 
  with 
  blue 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  ochreous. 
  Wings 
  hyaline. 
  

   Fore 
  wings 
  faintly 
  tinged 
  with 
  brown 
  ; 
  veins, 
  terminal 
  

   dashes 
  between 
  veins, 
  outer 
  half 
  of 
  inner 
  margin, 
  and 
  the 
  

   outer 
  margin 
  black 
  j 
  base 
  of 
  inner 
  margin 
  and 
  costal 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  reddish 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  discocellular 
  reddish 
  brown 
  ; 
  some 
  

   bright 
  blue 
  metallic 
  scales 
  at 
  base. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  : 
  the 
  veins, 
  

   outer 
  margin 
  narrowly, 
  and 
  a 
  broader 
  space 
  at 
  anal 
  angle 
  

   black. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  34 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  El 
  Sitio, 
  Sixola. 
  

  

  Loxophlebia 
  egregia, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Palpi 
  and 
  head 
  black 
  ; 
  frons 
  white 
  ; 
  a 
  white 
  spot 
  on 
  

   vertex. 
  Body 
  red; 
  thorax 
  medially 
  black; 
  abdomen 
  dorsal 
  ly 
  

   black 
  on 
  three 
  basal 
  segments; 
  last 
  segment 
  and 
  anus 
  black; 
  

   coxas 
  roseate 
  buff; 
  legs 
  outwardly 
  black, 
  inwardly 
  roseate 
  

   buff. 
  Wings 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  veins 
  and 
  margins 
  narrowly 
  black, 
  

   wider 
  at 
  apices 
  and 
  tornus 
  ; 
  base 
  of 
  fore 
  wings 
  and 
  inner 
  

   margins 
  of 
  hind 
  wings 
  red. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  21 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Guapiles. 
  

  

  Mesothen 
  temperata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black, 
  irrorated 
  with 
  white 
  before 
  tip. 
  Palpi 
  

   and 
  head 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  frons 
  white. 
  Collar 
  black 
  in 
  front, 
  

   yellow 
  behind. 
  Thorax 
  black 
  ; 
  patagia 
  deep 
  yellow. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  deep 
  yellow 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  dorsal 
  spot 
  on 
  first 
  segment 
  ; 
  a 
  

   large 
  similar 
  dorsal 
  space 
  on 
  following 
  three 
  segments 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  laterally, 
  and 
  shot 
  with 
  steel-blue 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  segments 
  

   black, 
  shot 
  with 
  steel-blue 
  ; 
  a 
  lateral 
  black 
  band 
  on 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  2-4; 
  ventral 
  valve 
  black 
  except 
  at 
  base. 
  Thorax 
  

   below 
  yellow. 
  Legs 
  : 
  femora 
  yellow 
  ; 
  fore 
  and 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   and 
  tarsi 
  black 
  ; 
  bind 
  tibia 
  and 
  tarsi 
  yellow, 
  only 
  black 
  at 
  

   joints. 
  Wings 
  hyaline 
  : 
  the 
  veins 
  and 
  margins 
  black. 
  

   Fore 
  wings 
  : 
  the 
  tornus 
  and 
  apex 
  broadly 
  black 
  ; 
  a 
  yellow 
  

   streak 
  medially 
  on 
  subcostal 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  discocellular. 
  

   Hind 
  wings 
  : 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  medially 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  29 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Juan 
  Vinas. 
  

  

  