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SYNTOMID^. 



Fig. 141.— Macrocneme niaja, c?. \. 



706, Macrocneme maja. 



ZygcRna maja, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 106 (1787) ; Kirby, Cat. Het, p. 128. 



Black ; antennae white at tips ; frons with two white points ; 

 tegulae with dorsal white point ; palpi at base, pectus, fore coxae in 



front, and base of femora 

 behind with white spots ; 

 abdomen with two dorsal 

 white points on 1st seg- 

 ment ; a lateral series of 

 white points and sub- 

 dorsal metallic green 

 fasciae ; a ventral series 

 of white points. Fore 

 wing with two white 

 points at base ; the outer half suffused with metallic blue-green 

 to near termen, and sometimes with streaks towards base below 

 median nervure and on inner margin. Hind wing with more or 

 less developed patch of blue-green on apical area. 

 Hah. Amazons, Para {Bates). Exp. 38 millim. 



B. Antennae of female minutely serrate. 



a. Hind tarsi with the terminal joints and fringe golden 



yellow. 

 «'. Abdomen of male with the ventral valve edged with 

 orange. 



d^. Tegulsfi with orange spots misitra. 



b^. Tegulfe without orange spots laciades. 



i'. Abdomen of male with the ventral valve edged with 

 white, 

 a^. Fore wing with medial blue streaks below costa 



and in cell auripes. 



b^. Fore wing with blue spot at base only, the apical 



area brownish jalapensis. 



c^. Abdomen without white on ventral valve ; fore wing 



with large patch of metallic green on diseal area ... chrysotarsia. 



b. Hind tarsi with the terminal joints fringed with white, 

 o'. Abdomen of male with the ventral vahe edged with 



white, followed by a paired series of while spots. 

 fl^. Abdomen suffused with golden green ; fore wing 



with large diseal green patch indiatincta. 



b^. Abdomen with dorsal and lateral green stripes. 

 a^. Fore wing with the costal half nearly all green, 



and a streak on vein 1 alesa. 



b^. Fore wing with green streaks in and above cell 



only vittata. 



b^. Abdomen without ventral white marks. 



a^. Fore wing suffused with metallic blue-green ex- 

 cept inner and terminal areas esmeraldn. 



b^. Fore wing with metallic blue spot at base only ... albitarsia. 

 c. Hind tarsi with the terminal joints black. 



a'. Fore wing with the terminal area white below hesione. 



bK Fore wing with the terminal area black below. 



a^. Fore wing with metallic blue streaks in and below 

 cell; abdomen of male with the ventral valve 



edged with white vigritarsia. 



b-. Fore wing uniform blue-black eucus. 



