PAEABLA.YIA. 



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Genus PARABLAVIA, nov. 



Tyi^e, P. sadima. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi minute ; antennae ciliated ; tibice witli tha 

 spurs minute ; abdomen rather roughly scaled. Fore wing long and narrow ; 

 vein 2 from middle of cell, currecl at base ; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 absent; 6 from 

 below upper angle; 7, 8 stalked ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing witli 

 vein 2 from towards end of cell ; 3, 4 eoinjident ; 5 absent ; (>, 7 shortly 

 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Fore wing with rein 9 stalked with 7, 8 ; 10 free. 



241. Parablavia xanthiira. 



Parahlavia xanthura, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soe. vii. p. 215 (1809). 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish tinged with grey, the 



back of head, front of tegnla^, 

 and anal tuft orange. Fore 

 wing pale grey-brown with a 

 cupreous tinge ; a yellowish - 

 white costal fascia, attenuate 

 to a point before apex, the 

 costal edge black towards 

 base. Hind wing fuscous 

 Fig. 70. — Parablavia xanthura, (^ . \. black. 



Hah. Brazil, Castro Paraiia 

 {Jones), 2 S • E.vj). 22 millira. Typo f in Coll. Schaus. 



Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 9 from 10, anastomosing with 8 to form 

 the areole. 



A. Fore wing with the costal edge black towards bass sadima. 



B. Fore wing with the costal edge not black towards base 'paliida. 



*242. Parablavia sadima. 



Lifhosia sadima, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 151 (189o). 



5 . Pale grey-brown ; vertex of head and extremity of abdomen 



slightly yellowish ; legs 

 tinged with fuscous. Fore 

 wing with the costal edge 

 fulvous, blackish towards 

 base ; a diflused whitish 

 fascia just below cost a. 

 Hind wing yellowish white, 

 ruore or less strongly tinged 

 with fuscous on costal area 

 and towards termeii. 



Fig. 71. — Parablavia sadima, (^ . 



Hah. Brazil, Castro Paraila {Jones), 5 6 , type t in Coll. Schaus. 

 £.•/». 2G-3U millim. 



