266 STNTOMID^. 



abdomen with broad orange lateral fascite ; wings semihyaline 

 fuscous black. Fore wing with slight orange streak on base of costa, 

 vein 3 from near angle of cell, 



Hab. Mexico, Yera Cruz {Schumann), 1 S type, Godman- 

 Salvin Coll. Exp. 20 millim. 



*579. Holophaea ccerulea. (Plate X. fig. 3.) 



Holophcea ccerulea, Druee, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. -108 (1898). 



5 . Uniform brilliant deep blue ; tegulse and slight fringes to 

 patagia crimson. 



Hah. EcuADOE, 1 2 type t iu Mus. Oxon. E)jp. 30 millira. 



Sect. II. Antenna of male uniserrate. 



580. Holophaea ruatana. 



Thrinacia ruatana, Druce, Biol. Ceutr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 342, pi. 71. f. 17 



(1897). 



(5 . Fuscous black ; palpi orange at base ; back of head, neck, 



tegulae, and patagia orange ; 

 coxse whitish. Fore wing with 

 vein 3 from close to angle of 

 cell. 



Hah. Honduras, Ruatan I. 



(Gaumer), 1 J type, Godman- 



Fig. U9.—Holoph(ea ruafana, S ■ f- Salvin Coll. iJ.r/). 20 millim. 



Genus HYPATIA. 



Type. 



Hysia, Wlk. i. 172 (1854), nee Muls. Col. 1851 delecta. 



Hypatia, Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 147 (1892) delecta. 



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

 head, the 3rd joint obtuse ; antennae bipectinate, with moderate branches, in 

 female serrate ; tibite with the spurs minute. Fore wing with vein 3 from 

 well before angle of cell ; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from below ujiper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell long ; veins 2 and 4 

 from angle ; 3 from 2 just before margin ; 5 obsolescent from middle of disco- 

 cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



A. Thorax orange delecta. 



B. Thorax black, with white spots melaleuca. 



581. Hypatia delecta. 



Hysia delecta, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 396(1876); Kirbj, 



Cat. Het. p. 147. 

 Glauco2ns astyoche, Wlk. i. 173 (nee Geyer). 



cJ . Head and tegulse black ; frons white ; thorax orange above, 

 with white points at base of fore wings and behind tegulae ; black 



