220 AMATTD.E. 



Genus HOMONEURONIA. 



Typo. 

 Homoneuronia, Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 174(1905) ... modesta. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to above vertex of head ; antennaa 

 of male bipectinate, the apex serrate ; tibias with the spurs short ; abdomen 

 with the 2nd segment constricted. Fore wing - with vein 2 from well before 

 angle of cell ; 4 absent ; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 

 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing with the cell extremely long; veins 2, 3 from 

 a point and meeting at termen. 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; the 

 inner area normal. 



In key differs from Mthria in the fore wing having vein 4 absent ; hind 

 wing with veins 2, 3 from a point and meeting at termen. 



*765 a. Homoneuronia modesta. 



Homoneuronia modesta, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 188 (1905). 



r? . Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with brilliant blue ; 

 palpi in front and sides of frons white ; gulae white ; coxie in 

 front and pectus at sides with white spots ; abdomen with the 

 constricted 2nd segment white at sides and below, followed bv a 

 ventral band on 3rd segment. Pore wing hyaline, the veins 

 and margins rather narrowly black ; some blue suffusion at base ; 



Fig. 31. — Homoneuronia modesta, rf , A. 



a black discoidal bar. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, costa and inner 

 margin black ; an apical black patch, rather wide at costa, narrowing 

 to a point at vein 1, its inner side slightly irregular. 



. Hab. Fjr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni, type f 6 in U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. Exp. 3d millim. 



*76Qa. JEthria sanctula. (Plate XL fig. 28.) 



JEthria sanctula, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sud, ii. p. 7 (1911). 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown, the last with the 

 terminal segments crimson. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and 

 margins black, the latter rather broadly, the fascia on inner margin 

 expanding at base ; a broad black discoidal bar confluent with the 

 black on costa ; the interspaces of terminal area with black streaks 

 to below vein 5 ; the terminal band expanding somewhat below 

 vein 2. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black, the 

 latter broadly ; the broad terminal band with its inner edge 

 incurved below vein 2. 



Hab. Brazil, Santos, type f <? in Coll. Dognin. E.rp. 

 40 millim. 



