PSKUDOSPHENOPTERA. 



-PSEUDOPOMPILIA. 



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metallic blue ; two blue points at base ; short hyaline streaks below 

 base of costa and median nervurc, and small spots above and below 



Fig. 225. — Tscudosphcnojptcra hamlis, (^ . \. 



vein 1. Hind wing with hyaline spot below base of cell, and short 

 streak on inner margin. 



Hah. Amazons, Ega (Bates), 1 $ type ; SaLo Paulo, 1 d , type 

 lanceolatus. Exp. 42 millim. 



Genus PSEUDOPOMPILIA, nov. 



Type, P. mimica. 



Proboscis fullj- developed ; palpi upturned, not reaching vertex of head, the 

 1st joint thickly clothed with long scales ; anteun;e of female with short branches 

 dilated at extremity ; tibia with the spurs short ; abdomen with the 1st and 

 2nd segments slightly constricted, the Ist witli lateral tubercles ; the terminal 

 segments tapering to a point, and with slight lateral tufts. Fore wing 

 very long and narrow, the costa arched beyond middle ; the termeu very 

 oblique ; vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 on a very long stalk ; 6 from upper 

 angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from long 

 before angle of cell ; 3 and 5 from angle and approximated for a short distance ; 

 4 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



*941. Pseudopompilia mimica. 



Pseudopompilia mimica, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 401 (1808). 



2 . Blue-black ; palpi whitish in front ; the minute maxillary 

 palpi fringed with yellow hair ; antennae with the basal half of shaft 



Fig. 226. — Pseudopompilia mimica, 5 • r • 



white above ; coxae with some white ; tarsi streaked with ochrcous 

 above, basal half of hind tibitc and spurs streaked with ochreous 

 below. Fore wing shot with brilliant blue ; a greenish silvery 

 patch at base of costa ; a slight rufous streak below base of cell, and 



