122 AMATIDJE. 



black outer edge ; tarsi streaked with black; abdomen with black 

 band on 1st segment, subdorsal patches on 2nd segment and black 

 bands shot with brilliant blue on the other segments. Fore wing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black ; slight yellow streaks 

 below base of subcostal nervure and above vein 1 ; a small rounded 

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

 narrowly black ; the inner area black ; a small apical black patch ; 

 the underside with the base of costal area yellow. 



Hab. Colombia, San Antonio (Eassl), type t 6 in Coll. Doghin, 

 Monte Tolima (Eassl), 1 6 . Exp. 12 millim. 



*391 li. Gyninelia doncasteri. 



Gymnelvt doncasteri, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 28 (1911), & xx. p. 471, 

 pi. xiv. f. 17. 



§ . Head and thorax black ; palpi except at base and tips orange ; 

 frons orange with a black spot at middle ; tegulse orange with a 

 black band at middle ; patagia with wedge-shaped orange patches ; 

 dorsum of thorax with orange streak, the metathorax with orange 

 line ; pectus orange in front ; legs streaked black and orange, the 

 fore coxae with some white at sides ; abdomen black, with rather 

 narrow orange bands except on ventral surface, the terminal seg- 

 ments with metallic blue subdorsal and sublateral spots. Fore 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black ; some orange 

 scales at base of cell and a faint streak above base of inner margin ; 

 the terminal line expanding into a small patch at apex. Hind 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black, the inner area 

 black ; the underside with yellowish white streak in cell. 



Hab. Venezuela, Caracas, type t $ in Coll. llothschild. Exp. 

 32 millim. 



*391 i. Gyninelia ichneumonoides. 



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

 p. 472, pi. xiv. f. 46. 



$ . Head and thorax fulvous yellow, the upper side of shaft of 

 antenna?, spots on tegulse and patagia in front tinged with crimson ; 

 abdomen blackish, the basal segment fulvous yellow with a small 

 dorsal blackish spot at base, the three following segments with 

 fulvous yellow bands, the ventral surface with the basal half pale 

 yellow. Fore wing yellowish hyaline ; the veins fulvous yellow, 

 brown on terminal area ; the costal area and base of inner margin 

 crimson ; cilia brown. Hind wing yellowish hyaline ; the veins 

 fulvous yellow, brown on terminal area ; cilia brown ; the underside 

 with the costal area tinged with crimson. 



Hab. Bolivia, Sta. Cruz de la Sierra (Steinbacli), type f $ in 

 Coll. llothschild. Exp. 32 millim. 



