366 SYNTOMID.E. 



fascia on costa and black streak below it ; the terminal band wide 

 at costa, narrowing to above tornus, its inner edge waved ; cilia 

 orange. 



Hob. Beazil, Theresopolis 1 S • Exp. 26 millim. Type t in Coll. 

 Schaus, 



809. Diptilon philocles. 



Syntrichura philocles, Druce, A. M. N. 11. (Q) xviii. p. 34 (1896) ; id. Biol. 

 Centr.-Aiu., Het. ii. p. ooO, pi. 72. f. 9. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; frons with lateral white 

 patches ; pectus with crimson patches in front ; abdomen with 

 lateral series of white spots nnd ventral bands. Fore wing 

 yellowish hyaline, the veins and margins black ; a black discoidal 

 band : the terminal band expanding from vein 5 to apex. Hind 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins black ; the costal area white, 

 witli black fascia below it on median nervure ; the terminal band 

 dentate and narrowing from costa to below vein 2. 



Hah. Panama, Chiriqui, 1 9 type t in Coll. Staudinger; Brazil, 

 Sao Paiilo, Casa Branca, 1 $ . Erp. 28 millim. 



B. Fore wing without upturnecl hair on inner margin below. 



810. Diptilon bivittata. 



Cosmosoma hivittata, Wlk. xxxi. 90 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 148. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown ; palpi, frons, and 

 gulte orange ; patagia streaked with orange ; abdomen Avith lateral 



and ventral orange fasciae. 

 Fore wing hyaline, the veins 

 and margins black ; orange 

 streaks at base below costa and 

 above inner margin ; a disco- 

 cellular black bar ; the ter- 

 minal band expanding towards 

 Y\g. rn .—Diptilon bivittata, S ■ \. costa. Hind wing orange, with 



black fascia from below middle 

 of costa and median nervure to termen, on which are irregular black 

 marks. 



Uah. Beazil, 3 cT , type. Exp. 26 millim. 



Genus SYNTRICHURA. 



Xjpe. 



Syntrichura, Butl. Journ. Linn. Sec, Zool. xii. p. 405 (1876) virens. 



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

 with the shaft dilated at middle and clothed with rough hair above, bipectinate, 

 with very short branches dilated at extremity and ending in a bristle; tibia; 

 with the spurs moderate ; abdomen with the 2ad and 3rd segments coastricted. 

 Fore wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; 4 absent ; .5 from far 

 above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 being given off near 

 apex at same point as 9 ; 11 from cell. Hind wing narrow, with the cell vei-y 

 lone ; vein 2 from well before angle ; 4 absent ; 3, 5 from angle ; 6 from well 

 below upper angle. 



