204 SYNT0MIDJ5. 



black ; vertex of head black, with patches of metallic green scales ; 



tegulse and patagia outlined with black ; metathorax black ; patches 



of green scales on patagia and 

 metathorax ; abdomen with 

 black bands expanding into 

 dorsal triangular marks and 

 bearing dorsal and lateral series 

 of metallic green spots ; wings 

 hyaline, the veins and margins 

 Fig. 9Q.—Pheia (/audexs, (^ . i. black. Fore wing with yellow 



streak below costa to beyond 



middle and two yellow streaks above base of inner margin ; the 



terminal band expanding widely towards apex. Hind wing with 



some yellow at base, the terminal band expanding slightly towards 



apex. 



Hab. Venezdela, Area, Coll. Schaus ; Amazons, Para (Bates), 



1 cJ , type t in Mus. Oxon. E,V2). 30 millim. 



421. Pheia sperans. (Plate VII. fig. 23.) 



Pcecilosovia sperans, Wlk. vii. 1606 (185(5) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 140. 



5 . Black ; frons and vertex of head with patches of blue scales ; 

 tegulse, shoulders, meso- and metathorax with patches of white and 

 blue ; slight orange marks behind tegulse and on patagia ; abdomen 

 with dorsal, lateral, and ventral silvery green fasciae ; wings hyaline, 

 the veins and margins broadly blacli. Fore wing with large black 

 discoeellular patch, the terminal band expanding widely towards 

 apex. Hind wing with the terminal band expanding towards apex 

 and tornus. 



(S . With the terminal band of both wings narrower. 



Hab. Colombia, 1 5 ; Amazons (Bates), 1 §, type t in Mus. 

 Oxon. E.v/). 36 millim. 



422. Pheia hsemapera. (Plate VII. fig. 24.) 



Pheia htsmapcra, Schaus. J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 139 (1898). 



J . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tegulse with large crimson 

 spots ; coxse yellowish white ; abdomen with the anal tuft crimson, 

 the ventral valve and a patch beyond it white ; wings hyaline, the 

 veins and margins broadly black. Fore wing with wedge-shaped 

 discoidal patch from costal fascia ; the terminal band expanding 

 widely towards apex and at tornus, and the fascia on inner margin 

 expanding towards base. Hind wing with the terminal band 

 expanding towards apex and tornus. 



Hab. Brazil, Sta. Catharina, 1 J . Exp. 26 millim. Type t in 

 Coll. Schaus. 



