378 SYISTTOMIDiE. 



840. Chrysostola moza. 



Argiiroeidea moza, Driice, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 32 (1896) ; Biol. Centr.- 

 Ain., Het. ii. ^. 349, pi. 72. f. 4. 



6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; sides of frons, points on 

 shoulders, metathorax, mid and hind coxae, and first joint of tarsi 

 white ; abdomen with the constricted 2nd segment white at sides 

 and below, the anal tuft crimson ; wings yellow hyaline, the veins 

 and margins black. Fore wing with subcostal crimson stripe ; a 

 black discoidal bar ; the terminal band expanding somewhat at 

 middle. Hind wing with the terminal band expanding slightly 

 towards apex. 



Hah. Panama, Chiriqui, 1 S . Exp. 32 millim. Type in Coll. 

 Staudinger. 



Genus ECDEMUS. 



Type. 



Ecdemus, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. i. pp. 22, 23 (1854) . hypoleuctis. 



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

 antennse bipeetinate, with moderate branches ; tibiiB with the spurs moderate. 

 Fore wing with the angle of cell produced upwards, the discocellulars short ; 

 veins 2, 3, 4 at long intervals before angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 

 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 2,3,4 at long intervals; 

 5 from angle ; the discocellulars short ; veins 6, 7 stalked almost to apex. 



841. Ecdemus hypoleucus. 



Ecdemus hypoleucus, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 420 (1854) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 139. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown ; palpi whitish below ; 



coxae and spots at end of mid and hind tibiae white ; abdomen white 



below to oth segment. Fore 

 wing hyaline, the veins, and 

 margins rather broadly, brown ; 

 the area between vein 5 and 

 costa brown. Hind wing hya- 

 line, the veins and margins 



¥ig. \Qb.— Ecdemus hypoleucus, S- \- brown; terminal band dentate 



towards tornus. 

 Hah. Brazil, Cameta ; Amazons, Rio Jutahi (Trail), 1 S- 



Exp. 24 millim. 



Genus AGUNAIX. 

 Type, A. lacrimans. 



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

 the 1st joint fringed with long hair ; antennte bipeetinate, with moderate 

 branches ; tibiae with the spurs moderate. Fore wing narrow, the costa 

 arched, the apex rounded ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from 

 angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 8, 9, 10, 11 from 7 at intervals. Hind 

 wing with vein 2 from close to angle of cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 6 from well 

 \ above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; the termen excised towards tornus. 



