PAKAMYA. HOM(EOCERA, 165 



*327. Par amy a flavia. 



Paramya flavia, Schaus, J. N. Y. Eiit. Soc. vi. p. 139 (1898). 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow ; antennae black, 



white at tips ; palpi and legs 

 tinged with fuscous ; abdomen 

 with the terminal segments 

 black below ; wings hyaline, the 

 veins and margins narrowly fus- 

 cous. Pore wing with orange 

 patch on basal inner area, the 

 'Pig.lS.—Taramyafiavia, <J. \. terminal band expanding to- 

 wards apex. Hind wing with 

 orange patch at base of inner area, the rest of which is fuscous. 



Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, type t in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 28 

 millim. 



*328. Paramya picta. (Plate VI. fig. 9.) 



Faramya pida, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 405 (1898). 



(S . Head black ; thorax and abdomen orange ; extremity of 

 femora, tibiae, and tarsi black ; abdomen with the last four segments 

 black ; slight white marks at sides, and the ventral surface white. 

 Fore wing orange, with wedge-shaped hyaline patch in cell, a fascia 

 below the cell, and patches in interspaces beyond the cell ; a large 

 black discoidal lunule, with black streaks on costa above it and 

 veins below it, and patch on inner margin ; the apical area fuscous, 

 tinged with grey. Hind wing orange ; the apical area black. 

 Hah. Cayenne, 1 S type f in Mus. Oxon. Exj.). 28 millim. 



329. Paramya chrysonota, n. sp. (Plate YII. fig. 3.) 



cJ . Black ; antennae white at tips ; frons and tegula3 with blue 

 patches; meso- and meta thorax with bluish-white patches; abdomen 

 with golden-green dorsal, lateral, and ventral fasciae. Fore wing 

 with elongate hyaline spot below middle of cell ; elongate spots above 

 veins 3 and 4, and more or less prominent specks above and below 

 6. Hind wing with hyaline spot below base of cell ; a small spot 

 above vein 2, and elongate spots above and below discal fold. 



Hah. Amazons, Itaituba, 1 <S type. Exp. 34 millim. 



Genus HOMCEOCERA. „ 



Type. 



iZiwiCBOcera, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 102. f. 26 (1874), non descr crassa. 



Proboscis well developed; palpi usually porrect, reaching beyond the frons 

 and fringed with hair ; antennaj with the medial part thickened ; head, thorax, 

 and 1st segment of abdomen clothed with thick woolly pile; tibiaj with the 

 spurs moderate ; abdomen of male with ventral valve covering basal segments. 

 Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, ^ from angle ; (i from upper 

 angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the lower part of cell 

 very short ; veins 2 and 4 on a long stalk ; 3 and 5 absent, or 3 from 2 ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle. 



