110 AMATTD.F,. 



with metallic blue ; abdomen orange, the basal segment yellow, 

 black segmental lines expanding into subdorsal patches with 

 metallic blue spots on them except on basal segment, sublateral 

 series of black patches with metallic blue spots on them, the ven- 

 tral surface yellow with black lines on 3rd and 4th segments, the 

 extremity black with sublateral orange spots. Fore wing yellowish 

 hyaline with a more orange tinge below costa and above inner mar- 

 gin to beyond middle ; the veins and margins narrowly black ; a 

 yellow spot at base of costa and three metallic blue points at base 

 of cell; the black on termen expanding on apical area. Hind wing 

 yellowish hyaline, the veins and margins black; the inner 

 margin fringed with orange hair ; a conical black patch on termen 

 between vein 2 and tornus ; the underside with the costa orange to 

 beyond middle. 



Hab. Peeu, Huancabamba, 1 $ type. Exp. 4G millim. 



390 c. Gymnelia beata, But!., trans, from Cosmosoma, no. 49G. 



* 390 d. Gymnelia hampsoni. (Plate Y. fig. 30.) 



Cosmosoma hampsoni, Klages, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 534 (1906). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen orange ; palpi and lower part 

 of frons yellower ; antenna? black, the basal joint yellow on inner 

 side, the vertex of head, tegula?, meso- and metathorax with paired 

 black spots with metallic blue centres ; patagia edged with black ; 

 shoulders with metallic blue spots ; pectus and legs orange-yellow, 

 the former with metallic blue patches, the fore coxa? whitish, the 

 tibiae with black stripes towards base usually with metallic blue 

 streaks on them ; abdomen orange with black segmental bands with 

 metallic blue subdorsal spots on them connected dorsally on basal 

 segments, the four basal segments narrowly whitish in front, the 

 medial segments usually with lateral black spots often enclosing 

 metallic blue spots, the ventral surface orange-yellow with silvery 

 white band just behind the valve. Fore wing hyaline yellow, the 

 veins and margins narrowly black ; a metallic blue spot at base ; 

 the black on termen expanding widely on apical area. Hind wing 

 hyaline yellow, the veins and margins narrowly black, the inner 

 area orange towards base, black towards tornus. 



2 . Fore coxa? not white ; abdomen without white band on 4th 

 segment ; fore wing with orange streak above base of inner 

 margin. 



Hab. Venezuela (Klages). Exp. 42 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. 



390 e. Gymnelia nigricornis, Fabr., trans, from Cosmosoma, 

 no. 497. 



