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*419 a. Pheia costalis. 



Pheia costalis, Koths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 29 (1911), & xr. p. 471, pi. xiv. 

 f. 20. 



<3 . Head black-brown, the frons and small spots behind antennae 

 white; thorax orange-yellow with a dorsal black streak, short 

 streaks at middle of upper edge of patagia, and small spots on 

 shoulders ; fore tibiae and tarsi streaked with black, the extremities 

 of mid and hind femora black, the mid tarsi towards extremities 

 and the hind tarsi towards base black ; abdomen orange-yellow 

 with dorsal series of black spots with some silvery blue on them, 

 the two terminal segments black with dorsal silvery blue spots, the 

 three medial segments with small lateral black spots. Fore wing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins blaek ; some yellow at base and a 

 fascia below costa to beyond middle ; some yellow on extremity of 

 median nervure and base of vein 2 ; the inner margin yellow from 

 before middle to near tornus ; the terminal black band expanding 

 widely on apical area and slightly below vein 2. Hind wing 

 hyaline, the veins, inner area and termen black, the cell and costa 

 yellow ; the terminal band expanding slightly towards apex ; 

 the cilia of inner margin yellow; the underside with the base 

 yellow. 



Hah. Bolivia, Yungas de la Paz (Garlepp), type f 6 in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 26 millim. 



*419 b. Pheia plebecula. (Plate Yl. fig. 14.) 



Cosmosoma plebecula, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvi. p. 22G (1902). 



S ■ Head black; thorax yellow with black patch on dorsum, 

 the legs black ; abdomen yellow with black dorsal patch on 2nd, 

 3rd, and 4th segments, the last two segments above and the last 

 three on ventral surface black. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and 

 margins blaek, the black expanding at base of costa and inner 

 margin, the terminal band expanding into an apical patch and at 

 tornus. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black, the 

 black on inner margin rather broad and on termen expanding into 

 an apical patch. 



Hah. Colombia, Popayan, type t <5 in Coll. Pognin. Exp. 

 24 millim. 



*420 a. Pheia mathona. 



Phacusa mathona, Dogn. Le Nat. (2) v. p. 125 (1S91) ; id. L6p. Loja, 

 p. 82, pi. 8. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 902. 



$. Head and thorax black-brown : palpi orange excepi at tips; 

 frons ringed with orange; guke orange; tegulae with orange 

 patches; patagia with orange points; meso- and metathorax with 

 paired orange points; pectus orange in front; legs streaked with 

 orange; abdomen black-brown witli lateral orange bands except 

 at extremity, formed of orange patches meeting dorsally on 2nd 



