ARUYKOEIDES. 357 



ou back of head ; palpi yellow, with black stripe on outer side ; 

 pectus, legs, and basal two-thirds of abdomen ochreous yellow, the 

 1st striped witli black ; tegular with three yellow spots ; patagia 

 with j'ellow stripe ; abdomen with interrupted dorsal yellow stripe 

 on first five segments, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments deep scarlet; 

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

 with the terminal band expanding towards apex, and the fascia on 

 inner margin widening to base. Hind Aving with the lobe dark 

 brown with pale point. 



Hah. Amazons, ilaranon R. Exp. 36 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



787. Argyroeides sanguinea. (Plate XIII. fig. 23.) 



Argyroeides sanc/uiiiea, Schaus, J. N. York Ent. Soc. iv. p. 132 (1896). 



Head and thorax black ; tegular white ; abdomen with dorsal 

 white patch on 1st segment and ventral patch on 2nd, the 3rd to 

 ^nal segments crimson above ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins 

 black. Fore wing with discocellular black bar ; the terminal band 

 -expanding into a patch at apex, and dentate at vein 2. Hind wing 

 with apical black patch ; the lobe on inner margin clothed with 

 black hair. 



Hah. Beazil, Paraiia, 1 S , Rio Grande do Sul, 1 $ (Jherinq). 

 ^a,y. 28 millim. Type t iu Coll. Schaus. 



*788. Argyroeides ceres. (Plate XIII. fig. 4.) 



Syntrkhura ceres, Driiee, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 283. 



J . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi in front, sides of 

 frons, neck, and patches on pectus and coxaj white ; thorax with 

 blue patch ; abdomen dorsally suff"used with blue ; a dorsal series 

 of white points, the first two segments white below, the two medial 

 .and anal segments with paired white spots ; wings hyaline, the 

 veins and margins black. Fore wing with white point at base ; 

 the inner area, and a terminal band, black, the latter expanding 

 towards apex ; a discoidal black bar. Hind wing with terminal 

 black band expanding widely towards apex and not reaching 

 tornus ; the lobe on inner area black. 



Hah. Be. Guiana, Essequibo R. ( Whitely). Exp. 32 millim. 

 Type tin Coll. Druce. 



*789. Argyroeides placida. (Plate XIII. fig. 24.) 

 Argyroeides placida, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xx. p. 304 (1897). 



S ' Head, tliorax, and abdomen black : frons, vertex of head, 

 tegulce, patagia, and legs with patches of blue ; pectus and coxtc 

 with white patches : abdomen with the constricted 2nd segment 

 narrowly white above, broadly below ; the terminal segments with 

 metallic blue dorsal bands ; wings hyaline, the veins, and margins 



