468 STNTOMIDiE. 



and beyond the cell and lea vino: the inner and terminal areas broadly 

 black. Underside of fore winsj with oblique pale yellow band 

 across end of cell from subcostal nerviire to vein 2. 

 Hah. Venezuela, 1 5 type, Exp. 30 millim. 



Genus HYPERPHARA, nov. 



Type, H. junctura. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending about the length of head ; 

 antennae bipectinate, with moderate branches; tibiae with the spurs short. Fore 

 wing with v ^ins 3, 4, 5 separate at origin ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 

 strongly stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing wit'i the cell long ; vein 2 from long 

 before angle ; 3, 4 strongly stalked ; 5 from below angle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle. 



1036. Hyperphara junctnra. 



Melanchroia juncfura, Wlk. xxxi. 211 (1864). 



Microgiton cingulosus, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. ciii. f. 18 (1875). 



S . Black-brown ; head and thorax with some pale yellow hairs ; 



frons with white patches ; palpi and le^s streaked with white ; 



abdomen with slight quadrate subdorsal pale yellow patches on rach 



segment, the ventral surface 

 banded with white. Fore 

 wing with oblique yellow 

 bar across end of cell and 

 wedge-shaped spot above 

 base of vein 2. Hind wing 

 with yellow patch on middle 

 of costa ; a diffused streak 

 Fig. 26b.— Hyperphara junotura, cJ. j. in cell ; a slighter streak on 



inner area joining a short 



band on termen towards torn us. Underside of fore wing with some 



white at base ; hind wing yellowish white, with blackish apical area 



conjoined to a terminal patch. 



Hah. CoLOiiBiA, Bogota, 1 S type. Exp. 3-1 millim. 



Genus PARAS T ATI A, nov. 



Type, P. parnassia. 



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

 bipectinate, with moderate branches ; tibife with the spurs moderate ; abdomen 

 with lateral tubercles at base, tl;e terminal segment with lateral and anal tufts. 

 Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 6 sej^arate at origin ; 



6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1 stalked. Hind wing with vein 2 from 

 long before angle of cell ; 3 from well before angle ; 5 from well above angle ; 



7 from long before upper angle. 



* 1037. Parastatia parnassia. 



Marissa pai-nassia, Moschl. Vei-h. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxvii. p. 636, pi. 8. 

 f. 5 (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 147. 



d . Black ; palpi in front, frons at sides, basal joint of antennae 

 in front, gul«, spots on shoulders, patches on pectus, coxa3, and 



