SYXilllCllUKA. — HEREA. 



367 



A. Protliovax with lateral ci-iuisoii patches; abdomen without 



white on constricted segments placida. 



B. Prothorax without crimson ; abdomen with dorsal white streak 



and lateral and ventral patch on constricted segments virens. 



811. Syntricliur a placida. 



Si/nfrkhura placida, Druce, Biol. CeuLr.-Am., Hot. i. p. G!>, pi. 7. f. 8 

 (1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 1.54. 



<J . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi whitisb in front ; 



frons with white points ; 

 ^ vertex of head and tegulas 

 ,^^^ shot with metallic blue 



#" green ; prothorax with lateral 



crimson patches ; winga hya- 

 ^ line, the veins, and margins 



narrowly, black. Fore wing 

 Fig. 178.— S/jvtrichvym placida, (S. \. with slender discoidal black 



bar conjoined to the costal 

 fascia. Hind wing with small apical black patch. 



Ilai Guatemala, Vera Paz, 1 <S {Champion), type, Godman- 

 .Salvin Joll. EA-p. 22 millim. 



1 812. Syntrichura virens. 



Si/] richura virens, Butl. Journ. Linu. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 405 (1876) ; 

 ■ liirby, Cat. Het. p. 1.54. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black suffused with metallic 

 blue-green ; abdomen with dorsal white streak and lateral and 

 ventral patch on the constricted segments ; wiugs hyaline, the veins 

 and margins black. Fore wing with discoidal black bar conjoined 

 to costal fascia ; the terminal band slightly expanding to costa. 

 Hind wing with apical black patch. 



Hab. Brazil, Sao Paulo, 1 2 h'V^- ^-^T- -*^ millim. 



Subsp. 1. reba, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 33 (1896) ; Biol. Centr- 

 Am., Het. ii. p. 350, pi. 72. f. 7. 



Pectus with crimson spots in front near neck. 



JIab. Paj^ama, Chiriqui ; Colombia, Bogota. Type t in CoU. 

 Staudiuger. 



Genus HEREA. 



Type. 



Herea, Wlk. i. 197 (1854) metaxaiithus. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head ; 

 antennai bipeetinate, with short branches dilated at extremity, the shaft dilated 

 at middle ; tibiaj with the spurs short ; abdomen with lateral tubercles on 1st 

 se<^iuent, the 2nd and 3rd segments constricted to a slender peduncle, then 

 suddenly expanding. Fore wing with vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4 absent ; 

 5 from well above angle ; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from 

 cell. Hind wing narrow ; vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; 3 and 5 from 

 angle ; 4 absent ; the discncellulars short ; 6, 7 stalked almost to apex. 



A. TeguliE black. 



"^ a. Terminal segments of abdomen orange-yellow mclaxanthus. 



b. Abdomen black, tlie ventral surface ora nge xanfhogastcr. 



B. TegnliB orange-fulvous ; abdomen black above ri/Jiceps. 



