124 AMA.TLDJ3. 



series of metallic blue spots and subdorsal spots on basal segment, 

 some blue suffusion at sides except towards extremity. Fore wing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black, the latter rather broadly; a 

 black streak in submedian fold ; a blue point at base. Hind wing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black. 



Hah. S. Brazil, Sta. Catherina, 1 6 ; Paraguay, Puerto Ber- 

 toni (Schrottky), 2 J ; Argentina, Ha ut- Parana, San Ignacio 

 Missiones ( Wagner), type t 6 nigrivalvata in Coll. Dognin. 

 Exp. 34 millim. 



406a. Phoenicoprocta carnrinata. (Plate VI. fig. 9.) 

 BombiModes carminata, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 246 (1901). 



$ . Head and thorax black irrorated with metallic blue ; teguhe 

 except at middle and patagia except outer edge crimson ; palpi 

 crimson and white in front; pectus crimson with black and blue 

 patches at sides and some white on legs ; abdomen crimson with 

 blue-irrorated black dorsal fascia expanding intersegmentally and 

 ventral bands on terminal segments. Fore wing black irrorated 

 with metallic blue ; an antemedial hyaline spot in and below cell ; 

 a medial band from subcostal nervure to vein 1 and a postmedial 

 band from vein 7 to 2. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and a 

 terminal band broad towards apex and expanding irregularly below 

 vein 2 black, the inner margin crimson. 



Jlab. Bahamas, Nassau (Bonhote), 1 $ type. JE.rj). 32 millim. 



406 b. Phoenicoprocta biformata. (Plate YI. fig. 10.) 



Phoenicoprocta biformata, Gibbs, Entom. xlvii. p. 54 (1914). 



$ . Head black, the frons and vertex suffused with metallic 

 blue ; antenna; white before tips ; palpi orange in front at base ; 

 thorax scarlet, the tegula; at base and shoulders black ; pectus and 

 legs black, the former with some metallic blue at sides, the coxae 

 scarlet ; abdomen black tinged with blue and with metallic blue 

 dorsal and lateral stripes and subdorsal crimson streaks on basal 

 segment. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins rather broadly 

 black; a black discoidal spot conjoined to the costal fascia; the 

 terminal band expanding widely on apical area and below vein 2. 

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

 band expanding towards apex and below vein 2. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing wholly black. 



Ilab. Br. Honduras, Punta Gorda {Norton), 2 § type. Exp. 

 32 millim. 



407 a. Phoenicoprocta jamaicensis. (Plate YI. fig. 11.) 



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



Head and thorax black with some metallic blue scales ; 

 antennae white at tips ; teguhe and patagia with crimson and 

 white stripe ; legs with some metallic blue ; tarsi banded with 



