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629. Psoloptera thoracica. 



Euchromia ihm-acica, Wlk. i. 243 (1854) ; Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 24, pi. 8. 

 f. 6 ; Driice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 40 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 127. 



Blue-black ; frons with a white bar ; vertex of head with two 



white spots ; thorax crimson 

 above ; coxae and extremity 

 of mid and hind femora with 

 white spots ; abdomen with 

 two white dorsal spots at 

 base. Fore wing with two 

 white spots at base. 

 Fig. 133.— Psoloptera thoracica, cT . \. Hah. Panama ( WalTcer), 



Godmau-Salvia Coll. ; Ecua- 

 dor ; Amazons, Ega {Bates), type. Exp. 34 millim. 



630. Psoloptera leucosticta. 



Glaucopis leucosticta, Hiibn. Samml. Ex. Schmett. i. (1827) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. 

 p. 127. 



Purplish black ; frons white above ; vertex of head and tegulae 

 with two white points ; sides of thorax and coxae with white spots ; 

 abdomen with two dorsal white spots on 1st segment ; some 

 diffused white on ventral surface. Fore wing with two white 

 points at base. 



Hah. Amazons, Para, Santarem (Bates), 3 J , 1 § . Exp. 36 

 millim. 



631. Psoloptera aurifera. 



Lcemocharis aurifera, Herr.-Schaif. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 252 (1854) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 126. 



S . Black-brovsoi ; antennae white at tips ; tegulae, patagia, acd 

 mesothorax with paired green spots ; abdomen with a pair of dorsal 

 green spots on 1st segment and dorsal and lateral golden-green 

 stripes on the other segments. Fore wing with the basal half 

 golden green. 



$ . Fore wing with small elongate white spot below middle of 

 cell and small round spot beyond upper angle or with obsolescent 

 spot below end of cell only. 



Hah. Brazil, Casa Branca, 2 $ . Exp. 50 millim. 



Genus EUEOTA. 



Type. 



Eurota,^\\.\. 180(18.54) picta. 



Endera, Wlk. i. 228 (1854) vulcanns. 



Fregclla, Wlk. i. 272 (1854) semiluna. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head ; antennai 

 with the medial part of shaft dilated, bipectinate, with moderate branches 

 dilated at extremity ; tibice with the spurs moderate ; build stout ; abdomen 



