1 76 SYNTOMID^. 



ihe terminal black line expanding towards apex. Hind wing with 

 I he terminal line dentate towards tornus. 



Hah. EcxTADOR, Sarayacu {Buckley), type t in Coll. Druce. Eccp. 

 40 millim. 



353. Isanthrene aterrima. (Plate VI. fig. 21.) 



Gymnelia aterrima, Wlk. xxxi. 85 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 134. 

 Erruca phyleis, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 375 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 134. 



5 . Black ; antennae fnlvous, the basal two-thirds of shaft black 

 above ; hind coxae and parts of tarsi fulvous ; abdomen with the 

 1st and 2nd segments ventrally fringed with white and with 

 white lateral spots ; wings yellow hyaline, the margins narrowly 

 l)lack. Fore wing with the costal half clouded with fulvous. Hind 

 wing with black terminal patch from vein 2 to tornus. 



Hah. EcTJADOR, Sarayacu (Bucliey), typef phyleis in Coll, 

 Druce ; Amazons, Ega, 1 5 (Bates), type. Exp. 42 millim. 



354. Isanthrene varia. (Plate YI. fig. 1.) 



Glaucopis varia, Wlk. i. 157 (1854) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het. i. p. 52 ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 133. 



Black ; antennae fulvous, with the basal two-thirds of shaft black 

 above ; vertex of head, metathorax, and legs with patches of blue 

 scales ; tarsi mostly fulvous. Abdomen with yellow dorsal patches 

 on first two segments, followed by a pair of subdorsal white points 

 and obscure blue spots ; 2nd segment with a ventral white band, 

 followed by white spots on 3rd and 4th, and blue spots on 5th 

 segment ; wings hyaline yellow, the veins and margins narrowly 

 black. Fore wing with a fulvous stripo below costa, and two stripes 

 above basal part of inner margin ; a blue spot below base of costa. 



The specimen from Panama has the patch at base of abdomen 

 fulvous and slight patches on 3rd segment. 



Hah. Panama, Bugaba (C/tampion), Godman-Salvin Coll.; Ama- 

 zons, Para {Bates), type. Exp. 44 millim. 



355. Isanthrene basifera. (Plate VI. fig. 3.) 



Isanthrene basifera, Wlk. xxsi. 86 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 132. 

 Isanthrene grejiadensis, Butl. Journ. Linn. See, Zool. xii. p. 378 (1876) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 134. 



Black ; antennae orange, with some black on basal half of shaft 

 above ; patagia with orange spots ; frons, vertex of head, tegulae, 

 metathorax, and legs with patches of metallic blue ; tarsi orange ; 

 abdomen with dorsal yellow patch on 1st segment, paired yellow 

 spots on 2nd and sometimes on 3rd ; subdorsal and sublateral 

 series of blue spots ; yellowish-white lateral patches on 2nd 

 segment ; wings hyaline yellow, the veins and margins black. Fore 

 wing with two blue spots at base ; an orange subcostal streak and 



