HOLOPH^A. 265 



Genus HOLOPH^A, nov. 



Type, H. lycone. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, slightly downrurved, extending well 

 beyond I'rons ; tibiae witti tbe spurs short; abdomen of male with small ventral 

 valve covering basal segment. Fore wing with veins 4, 5 from angle ; (') from 

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

 noi-mal ; veins 2 and 4 from angle ; 3 from 2 near margin ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle. 



Sect. I. Auteunreof male bipectinate, w^ith short branches dilated at extremity ; 

 of female biserrate. 



A. Thorax and first four segments of abdomen orange vesta. 



B. Thorax black. 



a. Shoulders and basal segment of abdomen with crimson 



spots lycone. 



b. Shoulders and sides of abdomen with orange stripes promcthm. 



c. Uniform blue, the tegulte and edges of patagia crimson, carulea. 



576. Holoplisea vesta. 



Hyda vesta, Miischl. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxvii. p. 637, pi. 8. f. 7 

 (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 147. 



Head black ; thorax and first four segments of abdomen orange- 

 red, the terminal segments black; patagia tipped with black; pectus 

 and legs black ; wings with the interspaces hjaline, the veins and 

 margins broadly black ; fore wing with diffused discoidal spot ; the 

 terminal band of both wings expanding widely on apical area. 



Hab. Cayenne, 1 c? , 1 $ ; Surinam. Exj). 26 millim. 



577. Holophsea lycone. 



Ichoria lycone, Druee, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 47, pi. 6. f. 9 ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 128. 



Elack-brown with a slight 

 purple shot ; frons and vertex 

 of head with some metallic 

 blue; crimson spots on shoul- 

 ders and a dorsal spot on 

 1st segment of abdomen; 

 wings uniform in colour. 

 Fig. 118.— Holop^csa lycune, S- \. Fore wing with vein 3 from 



well before angle of cell. 

 Hah. Costa Rica (liogers), 2 $ ; Panama (CJiawinon), 1 J , 1 2 

 type, Godman-Salviu Coll. Kvjj. 32 millim. 



578. Holophaea prometina. 



na, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het 

 d . Black ; an orange line behind the eyes and stripe on shoulders ; 



Thrinacia prometina, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 342, pi. 71. f. 13 



