192 SYNTOMIDiE. 



spots on 3rd segment ; the ventral valve large and black ; wings 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing "with metallic 

 blue basal spot. Hind wing with the terminal band expanding 

 between veins 1 and 2, 



Fig. 90. — Gymnelia xanthogastra, 2- \- 



2 . Head and thorax black ; frons, vertex of head, and legs with 

 patches of metallic blue ; abdomen orange, the first two segments 

 black, with subdorsal patches of metallic blue on 2nd segment; 

 wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with 

 metallic blue spot at base. Hind wing with the terminal band 

 expanding between veins 1 and 2. 



Hah. Beazil, 1 S , Petropolis, 1 5 (Schaus), Rio Janeiro, 2 $ . 

 Rv2^., d 4-i, 5 46 millim. 



393. Gymnelia torquata. (Plate VII. fig. 16.) 



Gymnelia torquatus, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 377 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 136. 



S . Black ; antennge white at tips ; frons with two white spots ; 

 coxae and femora marked with white ; tibial with terminal white 

 points ; abdomen with the basal half black, the terminal half 

 scarlet. Fore Aviug •^rith the basal area, the veins, a discoidal spot, 

 and the margins broadly black ; the outer part of cell and the inter- 

 spaces below and beyond it occupied by hyaline patches, leaving the 

 terminal area and a large apical patch black. Hind wing with a 

 hyaline patch beyond the cell from below vein 2 to 7. 



Hah. Brazil, Petropolis, 1 S • Exj). 50 millim. Type f in 

 Coll. Druce. 



*394, Gymnelia bnckleyi. 



Homciocera hucJchyi, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 374, pi. 39. fig. 5 ; Kirbv, 

 Cat. Het. p. 132. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antennae towards tips, the 

 terminal part of tibise, and tarsi, white ; abdomen greenish black, 

 the 1st segment with two orange-red dorsal spots, the 4th with 

 lateral and sublateral bands, and the 5th and 6th with lateral spots. 

 Fore wing hyaline, the veins black ; the basal area black, with white 

 points at base, and extending along submedian fold to middle and on 

 inner margin to near tornus ; a large quadrate black discoidal patch ; 

 the apical area black with sinuous inner edge ; a terminal patch 



