AGYETA. — PHAEA. 473 



strongly incurved below cell, and the last dentate ; a semihyaline 

 white patch beyond the cell between veins 3 and 7, irrorated with 

 fuscous. Hind wing suffused with biilliant blue; a liyaline fascia 

 in, below, and beyond lower angle of cell. 



Hah. Brazil, Sta. Catharina, 1 J type. Exp. 36 millim. 



Genus PHARA. 



Type. 



Phara, Wlk. ii. 321 (1854) irivittata. 



O/ewa, Wlk. Char. Lep. Het p. 5 (18(39) nyctemeroides. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, downcurved, extending about the 

 length of head; anteni jb biped inate, with moderate brandies dilated at 

 extremity and ending in a bristle ; tibi;E with the spurs short. Fore wing long 

 and moderately bi'oad ; vein 3 from c4ose to angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; (j 

 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 

 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell, which is very long ; 6, 7 Irom upper angle, 



Sect. I. Hind wing of male with the tornus truncate and fringed with long hair, 



*1047. Phara flavicosta. 



Ecdemus flavicosta, Herr.-Schiiff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 421 (1855) ; Kirbv, 

 Cat. Het. p. 139. 



cf . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; shoulders with yellow 



fascia) ; the subterminal seg- 

 ment of abdomen with yellow 

 baud incomplete dorsally. 

 Fore wing luscous browu, 

 with the veins black ; a yellow 

 costal fascia extending to 

 three-fouiths from base; cilia 

 whitish at tips. Hind wing 



"Pig. im.—Fhara flavicosta, S ■ 1- ^'i^^ the basal two- thirds 



hyaline with black veins, the 

 outer third black ; the long hair at tornus brown. 



Hah. Brazil, Bio Grande do Sul. Exp. 24 millim. In Coll. 

 Schaus. 



Sect. II. Hind wing of male with the tornus normal. 



A. Hind wing with wedge-shaped white streak below 



middle of costa on underside irivittata. 



B. Hind wing with white streak on costa from ba*e to 



middle on underside nyctemeroides. 



1048. Pliaia trivittata. 



Dioptis trivittata, Wlk. ii. 322 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 180. 



cJ . Black-brown ; palpi at base and back of head crimson ; meta- 

 thorax with dorsal white stripe ; legs striped with white ; abdomen 

 shot with blue, a white dorsal stripe ; white lateral stripes from 



