On some new Species of Sjntonaidae. 401 



LXTI — Descriptions of some new Species of Syntomidge, 

 chiefly in the Oxford Museum, By HERBERT DruCE, 

 F.L.S. &c. 



Pseudopompilia mimica^ sp. n. 



Female. — Primaries and secondaries brownish black : pri- 

 maries shot with greenish bhie beyond the cell and along the 

 inner margin ; a tuft of greenish-white scales at the base, 

 the fringe black : secondaries with a small semihyaline spot 

 at the base. The underside of both wings very similar to the 

 upperside ; the primaries with a reddish-brown streak at the 

 apex and along the inner margin. The head, collar, tegulae, 

 thorax, abdomen, and legs black ; the legs with a yellowish- 

 white streak on the upperside ; the antennae black, with the 

 shaft sordid white from the base to the middle. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hah. Amazons [in the Hope Collection , Mas. Oxford). 



This very remarkable species closely resembles Myrmecopsis 

 vespoj Herr.-Schaffer, also from the Amazon i-egion. 



Calonotos tripunctata, sp, n. 



Male. — Primaries and secondaries black ; a small green 

 spot at the base and a green streak partly along the costal 

 margin j an elongated white spot below the cell about the 

 middle of the wing, and a rather large round white spot at 

 the end of the cell nearer the apex : secondaries witli a white 

 spot on the middle of the costal margin. Underside very 

 similar to the upperside ; the costal margin of the secondaries 

 streaked with green at the base. The head, antennse, tegula, 

 thorax, abdomen, and legs black ; the abdomen striped from 

 the base to the anus witii three wide, greenish-white lines, 

 one down the middle, and one on each side. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hub. Trinidad [Lowsley, in Mas, Druce). 



Calonotos chryseis^ sp. n. 



Female. — Primaries above dark golden green ; underside 

 much paler, with the veins black : secondaries black, with a 

 few green scales in the cell ; underside pale green, with black 

 veins. Antenna and front of the head black, with two small 

 white spots between the eyes; palpi black. Collar golden 

 green, edged with black and three small white dots, one in 



