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Genus DESMIDOCNEMIS. 



Type. 



Desmidocnemis, Moscbl. Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 346 (1872) ... prittwitzi. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi uptui-ned, i-eaehing vertex of head ; antenna; 

 bipectinate, with moderate branches; tibiiB with the spurs short. Fore wing 

 broad ; vein o from well before angle of cell ; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from 

 upper angle; 7,8,9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell; the inner margin below with 

 short upturned hair. Hind wing short and narrow, the costa concave, the apex 

 acute ; the cell very long ; vein 2 from long before angle ; 3 and 4 absent ; the 

 disecceUulars very short ; 6, 7 on a long stalk. 



A. Pectus with crimson patches in front. 



a. Abdomen bine-black, white below thyria. 



h. Abdomen with lateral orange spots, the ventral surface 



orange hypochryseis, 



B. Pectus w ithont crimson patches ; abdomen black. 



a. Abdomen with lateral orange stripes prlttwitzi. 



b. Abdomen black, white below platylcuca. 



801. Desmidocnemis thyria. (Plate XIII. %. G.) 



Desmidoc7iemis thyria, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 207 (1898). 



S . Head and thorax black ; palpi in front and frons at side?.- 

 with white points ; pectus with crimson patches in front ; eoxse- 

 white ; abdomen blue-black, the ventral surface white except 

 towards extremity. Pore wing yellowish hyaline, the veins, and 

 margins narrowly, black ; the inner margin and costa from end of 

 cell to apex more broadly black. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, and 

 margins narrowly, black; the costa clothed with white hair to end 

 of cell, then rather broadly black. 



Hah. Ecuador, Balsapamba, type t in Coll. Druce ; Bolivia, 

 Chaco (Garleijp), 1 S • Exp. 28 raillim. 



802. Desmidocnemis hypochryseis, n. sp. (Plate XIII. fig. 27.) 



(5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black : palpi in front, frons, gulav 

 patches on tegulse and. fringes to patagia orange ; pectus with 

 crimson patches in front ; tarsi orange ; abdomen with lateral series 

 of orange spots and the ventral surface orange ; wings hyaline, the 

 veins, and margins narrowly, black. Fore wing with black fascia on 

 inner margin and on costa towards apex ; a discoidal point ; the 

 terminal band expanding slightly towards apex. Hind wing with 

 the costa white ; a subcostal black fascia narrowing to base ; cilia 

 orange ; underside with orange fascia on medial part of costa. 



Hah. Beazil, Casa Branca (Garhe), 1 (S type. Exj). 24 millim. 



*803. Desmidocnemis prittwitzi. 



Desmidocnemis prittwitzi, Moschl. Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 348 (1872) y 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 148. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antenmc with the basal 

 joint white below; palpi white below; hind tibiae yellowisli ; 

 abdomen with lateral orange stripes traversed by a fine black lin 



