190 SYNTOMID^. 



lateral series of blue points, a ventral white band on 1st segment. 

 Fore wing hyaline, with the veins and margins broadly black ; the 

 base black with blue point ; a discoidal black bar ; the terminal 

 band expanding towards apex. Hind wing black. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with large discoidal spot, some black suffusion 

 below end of cell and above vein 5 ; the terminal band broader, 

 with sinuous inner edge. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with the area below end of cell and the terminal 

 area black, with hyaline spots above veins 2, 3, 4 and 6. — Coll. 

 Staudinger, S. Paulo. 



Ab. 3. Fore wing with the hyaline patch below the cell reduced 

 to three antemedial spots, the spots above veins 2 and 6 absent ; 

 patches of metallic blue below an beyond end of cell. — Coll. 

 Staudinger, S. Paulo. 



Hah. Brazil, S. Paulo, 2 S ; Pekxt, Upper Amazons. Exj). 32 

 millim. Typef in Coll. Schaus. 



Sect. II. {Gymnelia). Hind wing of male normal. 



A. Abdomen yellow, with dorsal blue spots on medial seg- 



ments, the terminal segments blaek with blue bands... lyrcea. 



B. Abdomen with paired series of metallic blue-greeu spots. 



a. Abdomen with orange bands ; fore wing without blue 



discoidal spot, 

 a'. Abdomen witfh 1st segment white ; both wings with 



broad terminal black band latimarginata. 



ft'. Abdomen without white band on 1st segment; both 



wings with the termen narrowly black taos. 



b. Abdomen without orange bands ; fore wing with blue 



discoidal spot gemmifera. 



C. Abdomen orange-red, the base black. 



a. Wings with the basal area hyaline, the termen 



narrowly black xanthogastra. 



b. Wing with the basal area black, the termen broadly 



black torquata. 



D. Abdomen black, with orange spots huckleyi. 



E. Abdomen blue-black ; antenna; orange flamcornis, 



F. Abdomen greenish black ; antenna black, white towards 



tips herodes. 



* 388. Gymnelia lyrcea. (Plate VIT. fig. 9.) 



Homaocera lyrcea, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 375 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 132. 



(S . Head and thorax yellow and black : abdomen yellow, with 

 black bands expanding on 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments into dorsal 

 patches with metallic blue spots on them ; the terminal segments 

 black with blue bands ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins 

 narrowly black, some yellow at base. Fore wing with black fascia 

 on inner margin ; a black apical patch. Hind Aviug with black 

 patch at tornus. 



Hah. EcTJADOE, Intaj {BucMey). Exj). 38 millim. Typef in 

 Coll. Druce. 



