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spots, the terminal three segments above and four below orange- 

 red ; ventral valve edged with white and followed by a white band. 

 Fore wing yellowish li valine, the veins and margins broadly black ; 

 a large black discoidal lunnle ; a slight hyaline streak above vein 1 

 beyond middle ; the terminal band expanding widely towards apex. 

 Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black, the terminal band 

 expanding towards apex and tornns. 



Hab. Fr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni, type f $ in U.S. Xat. Mus. 

 Exp. 40 millim. 



*3U9 a. Autochloris mathani. 



Autochloris mathani, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 27 (1911), & xx. p. 471, 

 pi. xiv. f. 9. 



$ . Head and thorax black-brown, the vertex of head andtegnla? 

 with metallic blue patches ; some whitish on shoulders and pro- 

 thorax ; pectus with lateral white patches ; coxa? white ; abdomen 

 black with yellowish dorsal band on basal segment and metallic blue 

 bands on four medial segments, the extremity orange-red. Fore 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins black-brown ; a slight yellow 

 streak below costa to beyond middle and some yellow above base of 

 vein 1 ; a black discoidal bar ; the black on termen expanding 

 widely on apical area, and slightly at vein 12. Hind wing hyaline. 

 the veins, margins, and inner area black-brown ; the terminal band 

 expanding somewhat towards apex ; the underside with the cell and 

 costal area orange-yellow to beyond middle. 



Hab. Colombia, Oundinamarcha, Cananche {M. de Mathari), 

 type f $ in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 42 millim. 



371 a. Autcchloris xanthogastroides. (Plate V. fig. 15.) 



Bombiliodes xanthogastroides, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. ix. p. 40 (1901). 



5 . Head and thorax black ; antennae white at tips ; back of head 

 and teguhe metallic blue ; abdomen with the 1st three segments 

 above and the 1st four segments below black, the 2nd and 3rd with 

 lateral metallic blue patches and the 3rd with a few dorsal orange- 

 red scales, the rest of abdomen orange-red. Fore wing brownish 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black. Hind wing hyaline, the veins 

 and margins black, the terminal band expanding irregularly between 

 vein 2 and tornus. 



Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana (2>. Jones), 1 $. Exp. 46 millim. 

 Typef 2 in U.S. Nat. Mus. 



*374«. Autochloris simulans. (Plate V. fig. 10.) 



BombiUodes simulant, Druec. A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 157 (1909). 



J. Head and thorax black, the vertex of head metallic bun-. 

 shoulders, pectus at sides, and coxae with white patches ; abdomen 



