o32 SYNTOMIB.^?;. 



1175. Epectaptera discosticta, n. sp. (Plate XVII, fig. 21.) 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black, the two former largely suffused 

 with brilliant blue and rhe last with segmental lines ; fore legs 

 brownish on inner side. Fore wing with orange fascia below basal 

 part of cell and discoidal quadrate spot. Hind wing with large 

 orange patch in, below, and beyond end of cell extending to costa. 

 Underside of fore wing with the orange fascia conjoined to the 

 discoidal spot ; hind wing orange, with black fascia on basal part of 

 costa and terminal band, its inner edge angled at vein 4. 



Hab. Venezuela, Merida (HaJinel), 1 cJ type, 5 in Coll. Staud- 

 inger. Emjj., d 40, $ 42 millim. 



1176. Epectaptera laiidabilis. 



Aclytia laudabilis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (G) xviii. p. 35 (1896). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; frous, vertex of head, cheeks, 

 tcgulae, patagia, thorax, and legs with patches of metallic blue ; 



femora, tibiae, and tarsi 

 streaked with yellow ; ab- 

 domen with segmental blue 

 lines, the ventral surface 

 '■^ '^^~' ^ blue. Fore wing golden 



^s. brown suffused with fuscous, 



the veins black ; a blue point 

 Fig. 280.— Epectaptera laudabilis, (S . \. below base of costa and a 



round yellow spot below 

 base of cell. Hind wing with the basal area yellow, the median 

 nervure black ; the terminal half brownish black with the veins 

 black, its inner edge bent inwards below vein 5. Underside of 

 fore wing with the basal half yellow ; the costa and base of 

 cell fuscous ; hind wing with fuscous patch at base of costa ; both 

 wings with some blue at base of costa. 



Bah. Bolivia {Garlepp), 1 cJ , 1 2- Exp. 34 millim. Type t 

 in Coll. Druce. 



Genus PHILOROS. „ 



Type. 



Philoros, "Wlk. ii. 283 (1854) rubriceps. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 3rd joint porrect, 

 the 2nd joint with tuft of hair on upperside at extremity ; antennfe bipectinate, 

 with moderate branches ; female with the shaft eomewhat dilated at middle ; 

 tibiae with the spurs moderate ; abdomen with lateral tubercles on basal 

 segment. Fore wing rather narrow, vein 3 from near 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 long before angle ; 3, 4, 5 from close to angle ; 

 6, 7 from upper angle. 



A. Hind wing with white patches at apex and tornus ; anal tuft 



crimson laura. 



B. Hind wing without white patches; anal tuft black. 



a. Fore wing dark fuscous brown rubriceps. 



b. Fore wing pale brown, the veins blackish iiegle:ta. 



