4S0 



SJNTOMID^. 



to below lower angle, with three spots beyond the cell and three 

 between them and inner margin; three spots below costa before 



Fig. 265. — Neacerea maculosa, ^ . \. 



apex, and a terminal series. Hind wing whitish, with the inner 

 and termi.ial areas fnscous black. 



Huh. Amazjns, Para {Bates), 1 $ tj^pe. Exp. 40 millim. 



1060. Neacerea pusilla. (Plate XVI. fig. 23.) 



? Sphinx dares. Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 48. F (1775) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 175. 

 Acridopsis 2)usilla, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 44 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 165. 



2 . Head and thorax gre)^ marked with blackish ; back of head 

 with two crimson spots ; abdomen black, the ventral surface 

 crimson to near extremity. Fore wing violaceous grey, tinged in 

 parts with pale brown ; some black marks at base ; an antemedial 

 spot on costa and two small spots in submedian interspace ; a spot 

 in middle of cell and medial points above and below vein 1 ; two 

 spots in end of cell and a spot below angle; a series of spots 

 just beyond the cell, becoming short streaks beyond lower angle 

 and bent inwards below vein 2 ; a maculate baud from costa before 

 apex to vein 5 ; a terminal series of spots, the spot above vein 3 

 elongate. Hind wing hyaline, wdth the terminal area broadly 

 fuscous. 



Hab. Amazons, E,. Javary (Trail), 1 5 type. Ex2). 28 millim, 



1061. Neacerea albiventus. (Plate XVI. fig. 22.) 



Neacerea albiventus, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 406 (1S98). 



(5' . Head and thorax black ; palpi in front and frons white ; 

 streaks on patagia and a fine dorsal line on thorax white ; coxae 

 and stripes on legs white ; abdomen suffused with brilliant blue, 

 the ventral surface w^hite ; wings black. Fore wing with oblique 

 semihyaline white band across end of cell to vein 2 ; cilia white 

 at apex. Hind wing with the inner area semihyaline whitish ; cilia 

 white towards apex and tornus ; underside with white fascia 

 on basal half of costa, an apical patch and the inner area pure 

 white. 



Hab. Brazil, Minas Geraes, 2 cJ type t in Mus. Oxen., Rio 

 Janeiro, 1 J . Ex2^. 30 millim. 



