KUNOMIA. PHEIA. 



20» 



black, with short medial hyaline streak ; terminal band of both 

 wings expanding widely on apical area. 



Hah. Cuba. Exp. 26-28 millira. Type t eleyantula in Coll. 

 Staudinger. 



Genus PHEIA. ^ 



Pheia, Wlk. i. 146(1854) albisigna. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head, 

 the 3rd joint well developed ; tibiae with tiie spurs moderate ; abdomen of nuile 

 with small ventral valve. Foro wing with veins 4, 5 from angle of cell ; (i from 

 upper angle; 7, 8, P, 10 stalked; U from cell. Hind wing with the lower 

 part of cell very short, the discocellulars very oblique ; veins 2 and 4 on a 

 long stalk, 3 and 5 absent ; (>, 7 from upper angle. 



Sect. I. Antennae of male pectinate ; fore wing with vein 3 from before angle 

 of cell. 



A. Abdomen golden yellow with black bands. 



a. Abdomen with the black bands somewhat interrupted on 



3rd and 4th segments, the metallic spots small ; coxse 



and end of abdomen below black elegans. 



b. Abdomen with the medial bands complete, the metallic 



spots large ; coxae and extremity of abdomen below 



yellow gaudens. 



B. Abdomen black, with silvery green fasciae sperans. 



C. Abdomen black, with the anal tuft crimson hmmapera. 



419. Pheia elegans. 



Cosmosoma elegans, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 59, pi. 7. f. 13 (1884). 

 C'osmoso7na drticei, Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 14U (1892). 

 Cosmosoma cingla, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 227. 



Head black ; frons white, the vertex metallic blue ; thorax golden 

 yellow, tegulte and patagia outlined with black ; metathorax with 

 black and blue patch ; legs yellow and black ; abdomen golden 

 yellow, the terminal segments black ; a dorsal series of black marks, 

 a dorsal band on 2nd segment, blue subdorsal spots on 2nd and 

 3rd segments, and dorsal and subdorsal spots on terminal segments ; 

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

 yellow streak below costa to beyond middle, and yellow streaks 

 above base of inner margin and vein 1 ; the terminal band very 

 broad on apical area and expanding at vein 2. Hind wing with 

 the base of costa and inner margin yellow ; the terminal band 

 expanding at apex and tornus. 



Huh. Mexico, Jalapa (2'rujiUo), Vera Cruz (//. H. S)nith) ; 

 Guatemala, Vera Paz {Cliaminon), type; Costa Rica {Underwood); 

 Panama, Bugaba {Champion) — Godraan-Salvin Coll. ; Venezuela, 

 Aroa, type t cingla in Coll. 8chaus. Exp. 30 millim. 



*420. Pheia gaudens. 



Tacilosoma gaudens, Wlk. vii. 1G07 (1856) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 141. 

 c? Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow ; shaft of antenna? 



