418 SYNTOMID^. 



black at extremity ; abdomen black with orange bands ; a dorsal 

 white patch on 1st segment, and ventral bands on 2nd and 3rd 

 segments. Fore wing deep red-brown, with white point at base of 

 costa. Hind wing orange, with red-brown terminal band wide at 

 costa, tapering to tornus, and with irregularly dentate inner edge. 



Hah. Haiti (Tweedie), 2 2 , type tibialis ; Venezuela, 2 5 • 

 Exp. 36 millim. Type in Mus. Copenhagen examined by Dr. Auri- 

 villius. 



928. Horama texana. 



CaMcarus texanus, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 184 (1867) ; Druce, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 49 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 129. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish ; antennae orange-yellow at 

 tips ; palpi, frous, and a spot between antennae yellow, the frons 

 with a black stripe ; tegulse and thorax with yellow spot, patagia 

 striped with yellow ; pectus black and orange, with yellow patches ; 

 fore and mid legs black, with orange stripes on outer side of tibiss 



Fig. 217. — Horama texana, (^ . }. 



and spots on fore coxoe ; hind tibiae with the basal half and tarsi 

 orange, the distal half of tibiaj black ; abdomen banded with orange, 

 the 1st segment with dorsal white patch, and the 2nd and 3rd with 

 ventral white bands. "Wings deep fuscous brown : fore wing with 

 white point at base of costa. 



Hah. Texas {Grote) ; Mexico, Jalapa (Hoege), Milpas (Forrer), 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Hondukas. Exp. 34 millim. 



B. {Phi/llo'cia). Antennae minutely serrate ; palpi with the 

 3rcl joint longer and porrect. 



a. Abdomen and hind tibia' orange and black oedippus. 



b. Abdomen and hind tibiit black and white. 



a^. Wings without hyaline streaks plumipes. 



b^. Wings with hyaline streaks below the cell pennipes. 



929. Horama cedippus. 



Mastigoccra cedippus, Boisd. Lep. Gnat. p. 81 (1870) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Het. i. p. 49, pi. fi. f. 19 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. ISO. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi below, spots on frons 

 and between antennae, antennae below and at tips yellow ; tegulae 

 with paired white points ; patagia, meso- and metathorax edged 

 with yellow ; neck, patches on pectus, coxae and fore and mid tibiae 

 and tarsi yellow; hind tibiae and tarsi yellow, the distalhalf of tibia3 



