COrAXARTA. MYDRODOXA. 



493 



reddish orange with rather broad terminal black band with curved 

 inner edge ; cilia brownish at base, whitish at tips. Underside of 

 fore wing fuscous with the reniform white, hind wing with the 

 costal area black. 



Ab. 1. nigerrima. Fore wing with the basal area suffused with 

 black, the black on medial area extending to postmedial line. 



Bab. U.S. A., Texas, 1 tf type, Shovel Mts., 1 d, Arizona, Yuma 

 Co., 1 J . Exp. 20-24 millim. 



Genus MYDRODOXA.. 

 Mydrodoxa, Bufcl. A. M. N. H. (5) v. p. 340(1880) 



Type. 



splendent 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, short, fringed with hair below ; 

 frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennas of female almost simple (broken 

 oft' short) ; thorax clothed with long rough hairs only, the prothorax without 

 distinct crest, tha metathorax with large spreading crest ; tibiae thickened, 

 moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen clothed witli rough hair but without 

 crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely 

 curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from 

 above angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 6 from 

 the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 5 

 absent ; 0, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



4984. Mydrodoxa splendens. 



Mi/drodoxa splendens, Butl. A. M. K H. (5) v. p. 341 (1880) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Lep. Het. p. 125. 



2 . Head and thorax black, the vertex of head aud metathoracic 

 crest crimson ; legs suffused with metallic blue ; abdomen black 

 suffused with metallic blue, the last five segments crimson except on 

 ventral surface, the base of 4th segment with black dorsal spot. 

 Fore wing deep metallic peacock blue ; patches of black hair at 

 base of cell and inner margin ; the area from near base to beyond 



Fig. 236. — Mydrodoxa splendens, $• \. 



middle suffused with golden cupreous except at costa and inner 

 margin ; a broad erect deep blue-black medial band, its outer edge 

 slightly excurved from below costa to submedian fold. Hind wing 

 deep metallic blue, the basal half and inner area clothed with 

 black hair. Underside of both wings deep metallic blue. 



Hab. Madagascar, Fianarantsoa (Cowan), 1 $ type. Exp. 46 

 millim. 



