414 



SYNTOMID^. 



bacd between autennge, two spots on back of head and neck 



orange ; tegulse edged with 

 orange, patagia with grey ; 

 legs streaked with grey ; ab- 

 domen bluish fuscous, grey'ish 

 fuscous below. Eore wing 

 dark olive-brown : the veins, 

 cell, and submedian inter- 

 space streaked with yellowish; 

 a large white patch on apical 



area. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and terminal area broadly and 



irregularly bluish fuscous. 



Hah. Be. Guiana ; SuKisAii ; Amazoxs, R. Jurua {Trail), 



Tapajos, Ega (Bates), type lacteinota. Exp. 34 millim. 



Fig. 2\-i.— Patreliura capi/s, ^ . 



Genus LYMIRE. 



Type. 



Lymirc, Wlk. ii. 489 ( 1854) ... melanocephala. 



Mallostcthus, Bull. Joiirn. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. j). 408 

 (1876) metamelas. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching above vertex of head ; 

 antennae of male bipectinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity ; tibiae 

 with the spurs moderate. Fore wing narrow ; vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 

 shortly stalked ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind 

 wing with vein 2 from long before angle of cell ; 3 from angle ; 4, 5 on a long 

 stalk ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 sometimes present as an aborted fragment 

 from upper angle. 



A. Fore wing black ; thorax wholly orange itieiamelas. 



B. Fore wing and thorax brown strigivenia. 



C. Fore wing grey or white ; thorax orange in front only. 



a. Fore wing grey, the costa whitish. 



«!. Abdomen yellow below melanocephala. 



b\ Abdomen whitish below edwardsi. 



b. Fore wing white, with dark-grey fascia on inner 



margin aVnpennis. 



920. Lymire metamelas. 



Glancopitf mdaiiielas. Wlk. i. 145 (1854) ; Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 39, pi. 7. 

 f. 10, Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 156. 



(5 . Black ; back of head 

 and thorax orange. Fore 

 wing with slight semihy aline 

 streaks in the interspaces. 

 Hind wing hyaline ; the 

 veins, termen, and vehole 

 inner area black. 



Ex^). 28 millim. 



Fig. 215. — Jjymire metavielas, ^ . \ 

 Hah. Amazous, Para (^Bates), 3 d , type 



