182 AMATIDiE. 



*427«. Loxophlebia aurantiaca. (Plate VI. fig. 2o.) 



Loxophlebia aurantiaca, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 143. 



c? . Head black with two whitish points on frons above and two 

 behind antennte ; thorax orange with small black spot on prothorax 

 and slight dorsal streak ; pectus and legs black-brown with white 

 patches on the coxa* ; abdomen orange with black dorsal streak on 

 1st two segments and the two terminal segments black, the ventral 

 surface brown, the ventral valve fulvous orange edged with white. 

 Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins black-brown; the base 

 orange ; the terminal band expanding widely on apical area and 

 slightly at tornus. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins 

 black-broAvn. 



Hob. Brazil, Sao Paulo, type f 6 in Coll. D. Jones. Exp. 

 26 millim. 



*427 b. Loxophlebia brasiliensis. 



Cosmosoma brasiliense, Roths'. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 36 (1911), & xx. 

 p. 470, pi. xiii. f. 16. 



6 ■ Head black-brown; thorax orange-yellow; pectus except 

 just below wings and legs black-brown ; coxae white ; abdomen 

 orange-yellow, the two terminal segments and ventral surface 

 black-brown, the ventral valve white. Fore wing hyaline, the 

 veins and margins black-brown ; the base orange-yellow with 

 irregular outer edge ; a black-brown discoidal bar conjoined to the 

 costal area ; the terminal band expanding widely on apical area and 

 moderately below vein 2. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and 

 margins black-brown ; the base with some yellow ; the terminal 

 band expanding slightly towards apex ; the underside with the 

 basal costal area yellow. 



Hab. Brazil, Sta. Catherina, type t 6 in Coll. Rothschild. 

 K.rp. 24 millim. 



*427 c. Loxophlebia metamela. (Plate VI. fig. 26.) 



Loxophlebia metamela, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sud, iii. p. 3 (1911). 



c? . Head black-brown ; thorax orange ; legs brown ; abdomen 

 orange, the terminal segments brown, the ventral surface brown, 

 the ventral valve white tinged with yellow at sides at base. Fore 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins black-brown ; the base orange, 

 on inner area extending to before middle ; the terminal brown line 

 expanding into a large patch on apical area and a small patch at 

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

 extreme base with some yellow ; the terminal black line expanding 

 slightly towards apex ; the underside with the base yellow, the 

 upper extremity of cell filled in with black. 



Hub. S. Amebica, type f J in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 24 millim. 



