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SYNTOMID^. 



tegulae and patagia with crimson spots ; coxae and lateral patches on 

 thorax white ; abdomen with j-ellowish dorsal patch on 1st segment, 

 the 2nd and 3rd segments yellow at sides, white below ; wings 

 hyaline, the veins black, the margins rather broadly black. Fore 

 wing with discoidal black spot ; the terminal band broad on apical 

 area and at tornus. Hind wing with the terminal band widening 

 at apex and towards tornus. 



Hab. Honduras {Miller), type ; Amazons, Ega (Bates). Exp. 

 .32 millim. 



Genus MIMAGYRTA, nov. 



Type, M. pampa. 



Proboscis fullj^ developed ; pal]ji uptiinied, reaching vertex of head ; antenna; 

 -of female bipectinate, with short branches dilated at extremity and ending in a 

 bristle ; tibia with the spurs moderate ; abdomen with lateral tubei-cles at base. 

 Fore vdng with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 separate at origin ; 6 from 

 just below upper angle; 7, 8, 10, 11 stalked, 9 absent. Hind wing with the 

 lower part of cell short ; veins 2 and 4 on a long stalk, 3 from 2 ; 5 absent ; 6, 

 7 separate and parallel. 



^'I'o. Mimagyrta pampa. 



Metastatia pampa, Druce, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 284. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with blue ; palpi at 



base, sides of frons, and 

 stripes on coxas and femora 

 white ; abdomen with slight 

 subdorsal and broad ventral 

 white stripes. Fore wing 

 black, with patch of brilliant 

 blue on base of inner area ; 

 a triangular hyaline spot in 

 cell ; a streak below vein 2 

 and a triangular spot above 



base of vein 2 ; a curved fascia beyond the cell between veins 7 and 3. 



Hind wing suffused with brilliant blue ; a hyaline fascia from base 



below the cell and vein 2 extending above vein 4 and between 3 and 



4 to near term en. 



Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley), typef in Coll. Druce. 



Amazon, Tetie, 1 $ . ExjC). 38 millim. 



Fig. 98. — Mimagyrta pampa, cf. y. 



Genus LOXOPHLEBIA. 



Loxophlebia, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 381 (1876) 



Type. 



vesparis. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned ; antennae bipectinate, with short 

 branches ending in a bristle ; tibite with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with 

 vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from upper 

 angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the lower part of 

 fell very short; the discocellulars oblique throughout; veins 2 and 4 on a long 

 stalk ; 3 and 5 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



