HYPATIA. — PSILOPLEURA. 267 



below, with orange patches near neck ; coxa3 white ; abdomen blue- 

 black, with slight dorsal and lateral white stripes and a broad 



ventral stripe becoming spots 

 towards extremity. Fore wing 

 hj-aline, the veins black ; the costa 

 narrowly black ; a broad black 

 fascia on inuer margin and a 

 terminal band expanding to the 

 cell between vein 5 and costa. 

 Fig. 120.-Hyfatia delecta, S- \- Hind wing black, with white patch 



in end of cell. 

 Hah. Amazons, Para, 1 c5" (Bates), type. Exp. 26 millim. 



582. Hypatia melaleuca. 



Glavcopis melaleuca, Wlk. i. 173 (1854); Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 35, pi. 11. 

 f. 2 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 147. 



2 . Black ; tegulae, shoulders, meso- and metathorax with paired 

 white spots ; coxae white ; abdomen with whitish dorsal and lateral 

 bands ; a ventral band on first four segments and spot at extremitj'. 

 Fore wing hyaline, the veins black ; the costa narrowly black ; a 

 broad black fascia on inner margin ; a terminal black band ex- 

 panding to the cell between vein 5 and costa. Hind wing black, 

 with white patch in the cell and hyaline streak below it. 

 Hah. Amazons, Para, 1 5 (Bates), type, Exj). 26 millim. 



Genus PSILOPLEURA, uov. 



Type, P. vittata, Wlk. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd obtuse; 

 proboscis well de\ eloped ; antennae of male bipectinate, with moderate branches 

 dilated at extremity ; tibi:i3 with the spurs minute. Fore wing rather long and 

 narrow ; vein 3 from near angle of ceil ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below upper 

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

 from angle of cell or very shortly stalked ; 3 and 5 abseut ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle. 



A. Abdomen with lateral orange stripes. 



a. Ilind wing with the inuer area dark, orange at base, the 



base of costa orange below vittata. 



h. Hind wing with the inner area and base of costa below 



wjiitish 'polia. 



B. Abdomen without lateral orange stripes sanguipuncta. 



583. Psilopleura vittata. 



Theia vittata, Wlk. xxxi. 83 (1864) ; Druce, Biol. Ceutr.-Am., Het. i. 

 p. 61, pi. 7. f. 21 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 145. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown ; thorax with slight 

 orange dorsal stripe ; abdomen with broad lateral orange stripes. 

 Fore wing brown, with black streaks on the veins and in inter- 

 spaces ; a wedge-shaped hyaline patch in coll ; a large patch 



