428 SYNTOMID^. 



patches of metallic green scales representing an antemedial band, 

 and a short postmedial streak below costa. Hind wing with hyaline 

 patches below the cell and on inner area ; a spot in end of cell and 

 two small spots beyond it. 



On the left side of type, veins 6 and 7 of fore wing are connected 

 at middle by a bar. 



Hah. Mexico, 1 S tj-pefin Mus. Oxon. Exp. 46 millim. 



946. Chlorostola corydon. 



Eupyra corydon, Druce, Bi(jl. Ceutr.- Am., Het. i. p. 44, pi. 6. f. 13 (1884) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 124. 



Black ; antennas white at tips ; two white points above each eye ; 

 tegulse with white dorsal and larger lateral points ; white spots on 

 shoulders ; slight white marks on vertex of thorax : coxae white ; 

 abdomen with dorsal white spots on 1st two segments, slight 

 subdorsal bluish-white marks on the other segments, and lateral 

 spots ; wings black. Fore wing with antemedial metallic green 



Fig. 228. — Chlorosostola corydon, (^ . \. 



band ; two slight hyaline streaks in middle of cell and a spot below 

 it ; two spots towards end of cell and a speck above base of vein 2 ; 

 a green mark on discoeeUulars ; a series of four hyaline spots 

 beyond the cell, with a diffused metallic green band beyond them 

 bent round below vein 3 to middle of inner margin. Hind wing 

 with hyaline patch in end of cell, another below it, and one on inner 

 area ; two conjoined spots beyond the cell. 



Hob. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), Orizaba; Guatemala, Vera Paz 

 (Champion), type, Godman-Salviu Coll. B,vp. 46 millim. 



Genus IXYLASIA. 



Type. 



Ixylasia, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 410 (1876) trogonoides. 



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

 bipectiuate, with moderate branches ; tibiae with the spurs moderate. Fore 

 wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper 

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

 2 from well before angle ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of disco- 

 cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



