176 AMATID/E. 



Hind wing with the basal area dee]) crimson to near middle, its 

 outer edge oblique, the rest of wing black. 



Hab. Costa Eica, Carillo (Schaus), 1 d" • Exp. 30 millim. 

 Type f 6 in Coll. Rothschild. 



*57G b. Holoplisea gentilicia. (Plate IX. fig. 13.) 

 Holophsea gentilicia, Schaus, A.M. N.H. (8) vii. p. 178 (1911). 



6 ■ Head black-brown with the vertex scarlet ; thorax scarlet ; 

 pectus, legs, and abdomen black-brown. Fore- wing black-brown 

 with a scarlet patch at base with oblique outer edge. Hind wing 

 black-brown; the underside with some scarlet at base. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), tvpef d in U.S.Nat. 

 Mus. Exp. 32 millim. 



*577 a. Holophsea endoleuca. (Plate IX. fig. Id.) 



Holophsea endoleuca, Dog-n. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii. p. 214 (1909). 



$ . Head and thorax black, the frons, vertex of head, tegula?, 

 pro-, meso-, and metathorax with metallic blue patches ; shoulders 

 with crimson spots ; cox* with blue patches ; abdomen black with 

 dorsal crimson band at base and lateral and sublateral series 

 of metallic blue patches. Pore wing black-brown. Hind wing 

 black-brown, the inner area white except towards tornus, w r ith 

 slight black streak on base of vein 1. 



Hab. Columbia, type f $ in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 40 millim. 



*577 b. Holophsea melita. (Plate IX. fig. 15.) 



Holophsea melita, Druce, A.M. N.H. (7) iii. p. 230 (1899). 



S . Black-brown; frons with blue patch; shoulders with 

 crimson patches ; abdomen with dorsal crimson patch on 1st 

 segment and lateral series of blue-green patches becoming dorsal 

 bands on last two segments, the ventral surface yellowish white to 

 beyond middle. 



Hub. Ecuador, Chiguinda (BueUcy), type f <5 in Coll. 

 Joicey. Exp. 31 millim. 



577 c. Holophsea eurytorna, n. sp. (Plate IX. fig. 16.) 



Hind wing of male with the tornal area somewhat dilated- and 

 clothed with rough scales on underside. 



J . Head and thorax black-brown, the frons, vertex of head, 

 and metathorax with patches of metallic green, the shoulders with 

 crimson spots ; coxa? with some metallic green ; abdomen black- 

 brown with crimson patch at base of dorsum, lateral series of 

 metallic green bars and sublateral bars on basal segments. Wings 

 un if orm 1 ilack-brown . 



Hab. W. COLOMBIA, San Antonio {Palmer), 1 <$ type. Exp. 

 30 millim. 



