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wing hyaline with a yellowish tinge except below the cell, the veins, 

 margins, and inner area black; the black on termen expanding 

 si miewhat towards apex ; the underside with orange below costa to 

 beyond middle and in upper part of cell. 



Hah. Colombia, Muzo (FassI), type f $ in Coll. Dognin. 

 Exp. 12 niillim. 



391 e. Gymnelia nobilis. (Plate VI. fig. 4.) 



Cosmosoma nobilin, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 175 (1911). 



Head and thorax black, the frons, vertex of head and metathorax 

 with metallic blue patches ; legs streaked with metallic blue ; 

 abdomen black with metallic blue subdorsal spots on 1st segment 

 and patch on terminal segment, the intermediate segments with 

 yellow segmental lines and lateral blue bands, the ventral valve 

 with slight lateral white patches. Fore wing hyaline, the veins 

 black, the costal and inner margins with black fasciae, the base 

 black with metallic blue spots below costa and cell ; a black dis- 

 coidal patch conjoined to the costal area ; the terminal band 

 expanding widely on apical area and slightly below vein 3. Hind 

 wing hyaline, the veins black, the inner margin with black fascia, 

 the terminal band expanding on apical area. 



Hah. Costa Rica. Tuis {Schaus). 1 3 , 1 $,Sitio (Schaus), 

 2 3 , Juan Yinas (Schaus), 1 2 • Exp. 44 millim. 



*39iy. Gymnelia viridicingulata. 



Cosmosoma viridicingulatv^n, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 32 (1911), & xx. 

 p. 472, pi. xiv. f. 40. 



$ . Head and thorax black ; the frons and vertex of head suffused 

 with metallic blue, the former with two orange spots above,; antennas 

 with the basal joint white in front ; tegulae with orange band, the 

 patagia and dorsum of thorax with slight orange streaks and some 

 metallic blue; guhe orange ; fore coxae and the femora with some 

 metallic blue ; abdomen black-brown with orange bands on each 

 segment with metallic blue bands between them except at base, the 

 extremity orange, the ventral surface with the basal half white. 

 Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly brown ; some 

 metallic blue below base of cell ; the brown on termen expanding 

 slightly towards apex. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, margins, 

 and inner area brown ; the underside with whitish fascia in upper 

 part of cell. 



Hab. Ecuadoe, type f $ in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 30 millim. 



391y. Gymnelia peratea. (Plate VI. fig. 5.) 



Gymnelia peratea, Dogn. Ht-t. Nouv. Am. Sud, i. p. 3 (1910). 



3. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange; palpi black at tips; 

 antenna? black; tegulae with black band at base, the patagia with 



