118 AMATID^. 



*390£. Gymnelia villia. (Plate V. fig. 31.) 



Cosmosoma villia, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xviii. p. 78 (190G), 



5 . Head and thorax yellow ; antennae fulvous ; palpi with 

 "brown points on 1st joint ; back of head with paired black patches ; 

 tegulae and patagia edged with black, the tegulse, pro- and meso- 

 thorax with paired black patches ; pectus with blackish and blue 

 spots at sides ; legs orange, the hind tibiae with black streaks ; 

 abdomen fulvous, the basal segments yellow edged with black, the 

 next three segments with yellow lines at hase and black tips, and 

 the 3rd, 1th, and 5th with blue subdorsal spots, the ventral surface 

 with the medial segments pale yellow. Fore wing hyaline, the 

 veins and margins narrowly black ; slight orange streaks below 

 costa and above inner margin to beyond middle. Hind wing 

 li valine, the veins and margins narrowly black, the costa yellowish 

 to beyond middle. 



llab. Peru, type f $ in Coll. Joicey. Exp. 38 millim. 



390 /. Gymnelia vesparia, Perty, trans, from Cosmosoma, 

 no. 537. 



*390 m. Gymnelia stuarti. 



Cosmosoma stuarti, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 34 (1911), & xx. p. 472, 

 pi. xiv. if. 47, 48. 



<$ . Head fulvous yellow, the base of antenna? and a band at 

 back of head black ; thorax black, the tegulse yellow with black 

 spots, the patagia with yellow streaks hooked at base, the dorsum 

 of thorax with pair of yellow streaks confluent on mesothorax, the 

 meta thorax with yellow patch; pectus yellow; legs fulvous yellow, 

 the fore and mid tarsi with slight black streaks towards extremities, 

 the mid and hind femora with small black spots at base, tbe mid 

 and bind tibia? with black streaks; abdomen with the three basal 

 segments banded black and yellow, the 3rd with subdorsal blue 

 spots on the black band, the terminal segments fulvous yellow with 

 subdorsal black and blue spots on 4th and 5th segments, the ventral 

 surface with the basal half pale yellow, the terminal half fulvous 

 yellow. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins black, a slight 

 yellow streak below costa and yellow fascia above basal half of 

 inner margin ; the black on termen expanding and with somewhat 

 dentate inner edge towards apex. Hind wing hyaline, the veins 

 and margins black ; the termen with wedge-shaped black patch at 

 submedian fold ; the underside with yellow r streak below costa. 



Ab. 1. Antenna? with the shafts wholly black above. 



Hab. Brazil, Amazons, Inquitos (Stuart), type f <$ in Coll. 

 Eothschild. Exp. 36-44 millim. 



390 n. Gymnelia sephela, Druce, trans, from Cosmosoma, 

 no. 498. 



390 o. Gymnelia cincta, Schaus, trans, from Cosmosoma, no. 489, 



