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lower angle, and a terminal Land expanding towards apex and 

 tornus, fuscous with a bronze tinge. 



Hah. Colombia, E. Cordova, Paelio (Fassl), type f 6 in Coll. 

 Dognin ; Bolivia, Tarija in Mus. Buenos Ayres. Exp. 38 

 inilliin. 



. 571. Pseudomya picta, insert (syn.) : — 

 Pseudomya trabea, Druce, A.M.N.H. (7) iii. p. 230 (1899). 



Ecuadob, Sarayacu (Buckley), type f 6 trabea in Coll. 

 Joi :ey. 



573. Pseudomya trigutta is a distinct species. 



*573 a. Pseudomya melanthus. 



Sphinx melanthus, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 367 c (1782). 



$> • Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; back of head, tegula?, 

 shoulders, and metathorax with paired crimson spots ; abdomen 

 with the 1st four segments ventrally white. Fore wing hyaline, 

 the veins and margins narrowly black; some black suffusion at 

 base and a broad rather diffused medial black band. Hind wing 

 with the basal half hyaline, the veins black, the terminal half 

 black. 



Hab. Tktxidad, Ariapite Valley in Coll. Rothschild ; Surinam, 

 Exp. 2S millim. 



*573a. Pseudomya nigrozona. (Plate IX. fig. 12.) 

 Pseudomya nigrozonv/m, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 187 (1905). 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black with a slight bluish gloss ; 

 fore coxae whitish in front ; ventral surface of abdomen whitish 

 with black segmental lines. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and 

 margins narrowly black; the basal area black except towards 

 costa ; the inner margin with black fascia to the broad black 

 medial band which expands on outer side below angle of cell. 

 Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black ; the 

 apical area black from costa just beyond middle to tennen at 

 vein 1, its inner edge somewhat dentate. 



llah. Fh. Guiana, St. Laurent Maroni, type f ? in U.S-. Nat. 

 Mus. Exp. 22 millim. 



570 a. Holcphsea cardinalis. 



Saurita cardinalis, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 37 (1911), & xx. p. 470, 

 pi. xiii. f. 32. 



S . Head and thorax deep crimson ; palpi, lower part of frons, 

 and antennae black ; pectus, legs, and abdomen black, the last with 

 a faint bluish gloss. Fore wing with the basal area deep crimson 

 to near middle, its outer edge oblique, the rest of wing black. 



