258 STNT0MIDJ5. 



*55S. Pcecilosoma marginatum. (Plate IX. fig. 19.) 

 Cosmosoma marginatum, Wlk. vii. 1613 (1856) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 141. 



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

 thorax -with patches of metallic blue ; palpi at base, tcgulte, patagia, 

 pectus, and stripes on legs orange-red ; abdomen with dorsal series 

 of metallic blue sjoots and broad lateral orange-red fascife ; a small 

 ventral patch of red at base ; wings hyaline, the veins, and margins 

 broadlj', black. Fore wing with scarlet streak below costa ; a large 

 black discocellular patch ; the terminal band expanding widely 

 towards apex. Hind wing with slight red streak on inner margin ; 

 the terminal band expanding towards apex. 



Ilab. Amazons {Bates), 1 $ typef in Mus. Oxon. Eay. 30 

 millim. 



Genus MYSTROCNEME. 



Type. 



Mystrocneme, Herr.-Scbaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 419 (1856), non 



descr varipes. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of 

 head, the 3rd obtuse ; antennae bipectinate, witli moderate branches dilated at 

 extremity; hind tibite with the spurs very short. Fore wing with vein 3 from 

 near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; G from just below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 

 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 2 and 4 on a moderate stalk; 

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



Sect. I. Abdomen of male with rather narrow ventral valve, with tufts of hair 

 on each side of it; hind tibire of male very long and dilated, and with 

 broad shallow groove iVom middle to extremity ; fore wing with the area 

 below end of cell and terminal area from apex to median fold roughly 

 scaled on underside ; hind wing with the terminal half roughly scaled and 

 folded on underside. 



559. Mystrocneme varipes. 



Euchromia varipes, Wlk. i. 235 (1854); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 125. 

 Mystrocneme geminata, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 419 (1856). 



cJ . Black ; frons, shoulders, and coxse with white spots ; tegulae 

 and legs with metallic blue patches ; abdomen with dorsal and 



Fig. 113. — Mystrocneme varipes, (S . \. 



lateral white marks on 1st segment ; broad subdorsal golden-green 

 fasciae ; the ventral surface white. Fore wing with wedge-shaped 

 hyaline patches in and below cell ; a spot above vein 6 and two 

 between veins 3 and 5. Hind wing with hyaline point beyond 

 discoeellulars. 



Hab. Amazons, Para (Bates), 1 S type. Exj). 32 millim. 



