.^iTHRTA. PARJETIIKIA. 'S5'6 



band expanding widely towards apex and enclosing small hyaline 

 spots above and beloAV vein 6, the band somewhat dentate towards 

 tornus. 



Bab. Amazons, Para. E.vp. 44 millim. Typet in Coll. Druco. 



776. .ffithria ocina. 



Eunomia ocina, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 379, pi. 39. f. 11 ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. 

 p. l.-)l. 

 S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi and basal joint of 

 antennte in front, cheeks, spots on shoulders, coxa; and stripes on 

 legs white ; metathorax with metallic blue patch ; abdomen dorsally 

 suffused with metallic blue at base ; dorsal and lateral series of white 

 spots : the anal tufts crimson and black ; the ventral surface white; 

 wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with the 

 base black, with metallic blue patch ; a discoidal bar ; the terminal 

 band expanding at tornus. Hind wing with discoidal black bar ; 

 the terminal black band expanding between veins 2 and 1. 



Hab. Bolivia {Bucl-leij), Songo, 1 $ . Exp. 44 millim. Typet 

 in Coll. Druce. 



777. .Slthria platyzona. 



Scytale j)laty:ona, Feld. Reis. Ism. pi. 102. f. 24 (1874) : Kirby. Cat. Het. 



p. 151. 



S . Head and thorax black ; frons and vertex of head metallic 



blue ; legs with patches of blue ; abdomen with the first and last 



three segments black, the four medial segments orange-yellow ; 



wings hyaline, the veins, and margins rather broadly, black. Eore 



wing with the base black, with blue spot on costa and its edge 



running obliquely to fascia on inner margin ; a discocellular black bar 



conjoined to the costal fascia ; the terminal band expanding widely on 



apical area and slightly at veip 2. Hind wing with the terminal 



band rather broad and expanding slightly to apex and below vein 2. 



Hah. Colombia, Cundinamarca. Ex]). 44 millim. 



*778. ^thria rubipectiis. (Plate XII. fig. 20.) 

 Mthria ruhipcctus, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 139 (1898). 

 J . Black ; palpi in front, frons, neck, and edges of patagia white ; 

 thorax metallic blue, pectus and coxaj crimson ; abdomen metallic 

 blue above, the anal tufts and ventral surface black ; wings hyaline, 

 the veins, and margins narrowly, black. Fore wing with the apical 

 area black, its inner edge dentate. 



Hab. Haiti. Exp. 26 millim. Type t in Coll. Schaus. 



Genus PAR-ffiTHRIA, nov. 



Type, P. friseriata. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, hardly reaching vertex of head ; 

 antennae of male bipectiuate, with nioclerate branches; tibia with the spur.s 

 moderate; abdomen with a little rough hair at base on dorsum. Fore wing 

 with veins 2, 3 on a long stalk ; 5 from well above angle of cell ; G from upper 

 angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell long: 

 vein 2 from long before angle; 3 from just before angle; 5 from just abo\e 

 angle ; 6, 7 shortly stalked 



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