Species of Syntonud;c, NympbalidcT, ctr. 229 



Abdomen witli first segment aljove orange, becoming paler 

 at sides. A broad black dorsal fascia running down the 

 leniaining- segments, edged on the sides with orange seg- 

 mental bands and interspaces of Ijluisb scales, especially on the 

 sixth and seventh segments. Fore wing with a small bunch 

 of white scales at base. Costa yellowish, becoming orange 

 beyond the cell. Inner margin orange on basal half. Outer 

 margin black, the apex very broad, the remainder very 

 narrow. Wing-membrane yellow. Kind wing slightly less 

 yellow than fore wing. Inner margin rather broadly black, 

 outer margin narrow. 



E.vi)an.-e 25 mm. 



Hub. Colombia, Valparaiso. 



Mesothen demicostata, sp. n. 



Palpi black ; vertex of head metallic blue-green ; legs 

 orange. TeguIjB and patagia edged orange. Metathorax 

 and first five segments of abdomen with orange segmental 

 bands. Fore wing yellowish transparent. Costa on the 

 central area bright orange ; basally and on apical third black. 

 A|)ex rather narrowly black and outer margin very narrowly 

 black. Inner margin narrowly orange, except at base, which 

 is black. Hind wing yellowish transparent, with outer 

 margin narrowly black. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



IM>. W. Colombia (San Antonio), 5800 ft., Nov. 1907 

 (J/. G. Palmer). 



Rhyncopyga semirufa suhochrea^ subsp. n. 



Fore wing lighter, more ochreous than in semirvfa. No 

 dark discoidal mark and with the dark marginal band greatly 

 narrowed at torn us. Between di.scocellulars and marginal 

 band a broad ochreous shade. Hind wing paler than send- 

 rxifa and with a slightly narrower marginal band. Fore 

 wing below with distinct ochreous postdiscal band. 



Exi-ai se 26 mm. 



Hub. N. Peru, Iliver Tabaconas, 6000 ft. {A. E. §• /''. 

 Pralt), 1912. 



PSEUDODIPTEUA, gen. nov. 



Proboscis absent; palpi slightly downcurved ; anter.naj 

 bipectinate, with long blanches. Thorax and second seg- 

 nunt of abdomen clotiied with hair. Foiewing long; vein 3 

 long before end of cell; 4, 5 on a shoit stalk; 6 from middle 

 of cliscocellulars, curving down greatly towards vein 5; 7,8, 

 9, 10, aiid 11 stalked. Hind wing small, greatly cut away 



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