284 STNTOMID^. 



above veins 2, 3, and 5. Hind wing with the fringe of hair on 

 inner area brownish. 



Hob. Colombia, S. Martin, Llanos of Rio Meta {Child). Exp. 

 48 millim. Type t in Coll. Druce. 



*627. Metaloha argante. (Plate X. fig. 13.) 



Calanotos argante, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xx. p. 301 (1897). 



(S . Black ; frous and tegulae with white points ; metathorax with 

 silvery blue patch ; fore coxae with patches of white ; legs streaked 

 with blue and white ; abdomen with silvery blue dorsal patch on 

 Ist segment and lateral tufts of ochreous hair ; the 2ud and 3rd 

 segments dorsally silvery blue with an ochreous suffusion, the other 

 segments with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral blue fasciae not reaching 

 extremity ; a white ventral fascia. Fore wing with blue fascia 

 below basal half of costa and patch below median nervure; an 

 elongate hyaline spot below middle of cell and rounded spot beyond 

 the cell. Hind wing with hyaline point beyond upper angle of 

 cell ; the inner area whitish, with ochreous fringes in fold and on 

 inner margin. Underside with silvery blue fasciae on fore wing 

 below costa and in and below cell, on hind wing, below costa and 

 on inner area, the fold above vein 2 golden yellow. 



§ . Abdomen with the green dorsal and lateral fasciae reaching 

 base. Fore wing with additional hyaline spots above veins 2 and 3 ; 

 hind wing with well-developed spot beyond cell. 



Hah. EcTJADOR, Sarayacu (Buckley). Exp. 42 millim. Type t 

 in Coll. Druce. 



Genus PSOLOPTERA. „ 



Type. 



Psoloptera, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 369 (1876) thoracica. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned and reaching Tertex of head ; 

 antennae bipectinate, with long branches ; tibiae with the spurs moderate. Fore 

 wing rather narrow ; vein 2 from long before angle of cell ; 3 from near angle ; 

 4, 5 somewhat approximated for a short distance ; 6 from just below upper 

 angle ; 7, 8, 9 staliied ; 10. 11 stalked. Hind wing with the cell normal; veins 

 2 and 4 from angle ; 3 from 2 near margin ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



A. Thorax crimson or scarlet above. 



a. Fore wing with the base scarlet basifulva. 



b. Fore wing with the base dark thoracica. 



B. Thorax blue-black leucosticta. 



C. Thorax black with green spots ; fore wing with the basal half 



green aurifera. 



628. Psoloptera basifulva. (Plate X. fig. 23.) 



Psoloptera basifulva, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 225. 



Psoloptera thoracica, Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Am., Het. i. p. 46 (part). 



S . Blue-black ; thorax scarlet ; legs black ; coxae with white 

 spots ; abdomen with two dorsal white points on 1st segment and 

 ventral white points. Fore wing with two basal white points, the 

 base scarlet with oblique outer edge. 



Bab. Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 3 J , Godman-Salvin Coll. ; 

 Peru, type t in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 38 millim. 



