196 STNTOMID^. 



Genus PHCENICOPROCTA, nom. noy. ^ 



Hyela, Wlk. i. 172 (1854), ncc Stepb.Lep. 1850 smguinea. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head ; 

 antennte of male with short branches dilated distally ; tibia? with the spurs 

 moderate; abdomen of male with ventral A'alve covering basal segments, the 

 terminal segment with lateral and anal tufts. Fore wing with veins 4, 5 from 

 angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 7,8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind 

 mng with the lower part of cell short ; veins 2 and 4 on a long stalk ; 3 and 5 

 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



Sect. I. Hind wing with the discocellulars oblique throughout ; fore wing with 

 vein 3 from well before angle of cell. 



A. Abdomen with the tufts on terminal segment orange. 



a. Abdomen with paired orange basal spots chrysorrhaea. 



b. Abdomen without orange basal spots mefachrysea. 



B. Abdomen with the tufts on terminal segment crimson, 



the spots at base blue vacillans. 



0. Abdomen with the tufts on terminal segment 



slightly tinged with crimson, no spots at base hmmot-rhoidalh, 



402, Phoenicoprocta chrysorrhcea, n. sp, 



cJ . Black ; antennae white at tips : frons, vertex of head, and 



tegulse with patches of me- 

 taiJic blue ; fore coxse white 

 and crimson ; abdomen with 

 dorsal blue spot and sub- 

 dorsal orange spots on 1st 

 segment ; the tufts on ter- 

 minal segment orano:e ; wings 



TT* Q*^ • 7 



, ? , , hj-aline, the veins and mar- 



gins rather broadly black. 

 Fore wing with black discoidal spot ; the terminal baud expanding 

 to apex. 



Bah. Colombia, Bogota, 1 S {Bucklexj), type, Exp. 34 miUim. 



*403. Phoenicoprocta metachrysea. (Plate VII, fig, 12,) 



Pkxnicuproda metachrysea, Druce, A. M. N. H, (7) i. p. 404 (1898). 



(5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black, frons and patagia with 

 patches of metallic blue ; fore coxse white ; abdomen with dorsal 

 and subdorsal scries of silvery blue spots, the subterminal segment 

 with orange band produced as subdorsal streaks to third segment, 

 anal tuft orange, the ventral valve with orange patch, the sub- 

 terminal segment edged with orange below ; wings hyaline, the 

 veins and margins rather broadly black. Fore wing with blue 

 point at base and discoidal black bar ; both wings with the terminal 

 band expanding towards apex. 



Hah. Cayenne, 1 J , type t in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 32 millim. 



Phomicoprocta chrysorrhcea, c? . 



