354 SYNTOMID^. 



779. Parsethria triseriata. 



Gnoph(sla friseriata, Herr.-Scbalf. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 261 (1855) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 147. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; frons and cheeks white ; 

 vertex of head, meso- and metathorax, shoulders and patagia, 



pectus, coxae, and ends of femora 

 with white spots ; abdomen with 

 dorsal and lateral series of white 

 points and sublateral series of 

 spots. Fore wing hyaline, the 

 veins and margins broadly black ; 



Fig. m.-Parcethria triseHata, ^ . \. ^ ^^^^'^ P«^"^ ^^ ^^^^' *^^ terminal 



band expanding at tornus and 



towards apex. Hind wing black, with large basal hyaline patch 



below the cell and on inner margin. 



Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana; Sta. Catharina, 1 c? . Exjy. 32 



millim. 



Genus ARGYEOEIDES. 



Type. 



Argyroeides, Butl. Joiirn. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 403 (1876) uphion. 



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

 hipectinate, witb moderale branches ; tibise with the S))urs moderate ; abdouieH 

 with the 2nd segment laterally constricted ; the terminal segment with lateral 

 and medial tufts. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from 

 above angle; 6 from upper angle; 7,8,9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind 

 wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 usually from well above 

 angle ; the inner area forming a lobe clothed with hair. 



Sect. I. Hind wing with vein 6 from angle of cell. 



A. Hind wing with vein 5 from angle of cell. 



a. Abdomen with the terminal segments banded with red ... strigula. 



b. Abdomen with the terminal segments banded with orange, menephron, 



c. Abdomen blue-black, the ventral surface white ortona. 



780. Argyroeides strigula. (Plate XIII. fig. 2.) 



Argyroeides strigula, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 32 (1896). 



J . Head and thorax black ; palpi with end of 2nd joint, frons 

 below, basal joint of antennae in front, cheeks, patches on shoulders, 

 and coxae white ; frons above and vertex of head blue ; patagia 

 edged with orange-red above ; metathorax with yellow patch ; 

 abdomen blue-black, the constricted 2nd segment yellowish white, 

 the terminal segments with orange-red dorsal bands and yellowish- 

 white ventral bands. Fore wing yellowish hyaline, the veins and 

 margins narrowly black. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins 

 narrowly black ; the lobe and a small apical patch black. 



Hab. S. Brazil, Casa Branca, 2 S • Exji. 26 millim. Type t in 

 CoD. Druce. 



