MIMAGYRTA. 131 



*426ff. Mimagyrta abdominalis. (Plate VI. fig. 23.) 



Agijrta abdominalis, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 162 (1912). 



Head and thorax black-brown ; palpi with the extremity of 

 1st joint and the 2nd and 3rd joints in front white ; frons at sides 

 and basal joint of antenna? in front white ; tegulse dorsally and 

 prothorax with pairs of white points, the patagia towards extremities 

 and sides of metathorax with some white, the latter with blue dorsal 

 streak ; pectus mostly white, the coxas and streaks on legs white ; 

 abdomen black-brown, witli subdorsal white streaks except at 

 extremity, the ventral surface white. Fore wing black ; a metallic 

 blue streak below base of cell ; a wedge-shaped hyaline patch in 

 end of cell, a triangular patch above base of vein 2 and an oblique 

 streak below vein 2 ; an obliquely curved hyaline postmedial band 

 between veins 7 and 3, intersected by the black veins. Hind wing 

 black shot with blue ; a hyaline fascia in lower part of cell, below 

 the cell and beyond its lower extremity from base to near ternien 

 where its extremity is rounded ; the hair on inner margin white. 

 Underside of fore wing with some white at base; hind wing with 

 white streaks below base of costa and on subcostal nervure. 



JIab. Venezuela, Suapure; Fjr. Guiana, Kouroa R., Gordon- 

 ville ; Surinam, Berg-en-Daal ; Brazil, Amazons, R. Madeira, 

 Humavta (Hoffmanns), type f 6 , § in Coll. Rothschild. Exp., 

 d 28, $ 32 niillim. 



*I26 6. Mirnagyrta pulchella. (Plate VI. fig. 24.) 

 Mimagyrta pulchella, Klages, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 534 (1910). 



5 . Head and thorax black-brown ; palpi with white streaks in 

 front ; frons, streaks behind the antennae, spots on shoulders, and 

 paired spots on pro-, meso-, and metathorax white; tegulse edged 

 with white above and with some metallic blue scales, the patagia 

 with small whitish patches ; pectus and legs white, the latter 

 streaked with brown ; abdomen black-brown with subdorsal lines 

 and series of lateral patches whitish, the ventral surface white. 

 Fore wing black-brown ; a white point at base of subcostal nervure; 

 a yellow fascia below basal half of cell and some metallic blue at 

 base of inner margin ; an oblique medial yellow band from subcostal 

 nervure to submedian fold interrupted by black streaks on the 

 veins; an obliquely curved postmedial hand formed by hyaline 

 spots in the interspaces between veins 7 and 3. Hind wing black- 

 brown ; a yellow fascia below the cell from base to towards termen 

 where it extends to above vein 4 ; some metallic blue scales on 

 vein 1; the hair on inner margin white; the underside with 

 whitish streak on base of costal area and with yellowish mark 

 below the yellow fascia. 



Sab. Venezuela, Suapure {Klages). Exp. 3 1 millim. This 

 species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. 



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