242 AMATIDJE. 



interspaces below and beyond it semihvaline whitish. Underside 

 of both wings with some blue suffusion below basal half of costa. 



Hab. Brazil, Amazons, R. Madeira, Allianca (Hofmanns), 

 type f 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 30 millim. 



*858 a. Episcepsis clagesi. 



Episcepsis Tclagesi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 44 (1911), & xix. p. 375, 

 pi. iii. f. 7. 



S . Head and base of tegulae orange-yellow, the vertex of head 

 with black spot, the antennae black with the basal joint white in 

 front ; palpi and frons grey-brown, the latter with white spots at 

 sides ; thorax grey-brown ; coxae white ; femora and tibia: with 

 whitish streaks ; abdomen metallic blue with dorsal brown 

 patch on basal segments, the ventral surface white, dark brown at 

 extremity. Fore wing fuscous brown, the veins and submedian 

 fold streaked with grey ; a pure white apical patch. Hind wing 

 dark brown, the cell and area just below and beyond it semihvaline 

 whitish, the tuft in fold of inner area ochreous ; the underside white 

 with the margins broadly brown. 



Hab. Venezuela, San Esteban (Klages), type f 6 in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 32 millim. 



859 a. Episcepsis gnomoides. (Plate XIII. fig. 1.) 

 Episcepsis gnomoides, SchQ,us, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 190 (1910). 



c? . Head and thorax greyish brown ; palpi white in front ; the 

 upper part of frons with pair of white points, the back of head 

 with pair of crimson spots ; fore coxae white ; abdomen black with 

 lateral metallic blue patches and the terminal half with blue bands, 

 the ventral surface with the three basal segments white. Fore 

 wing grey-brown, the veins blackish. Hind wing blackish with 

 some semihyaline in, below, and just beyond the cell. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), 1 S . Exp. 34 

 millim. 



*859 b. Episcepsis phlebitis. (Plate XIII. fig. 2.) 



Episcepsis phlebitis, Dogn. Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxii. p. 2 (1913). 



3 . Head and thorax fuscous brown, the back of head with two 

 orange spots ; basal joint of antenna; white in front; palpi grey in 

 front ; patagia with grey streaks ; pectus with some whitish at sides ; 

 fore coxae with white patches ; the femora streaked with white ; 

 abdomen fuscous brown, the terminal half dorsally suffused with 

 metallic blue, the ventral surface white except at extremity. Fore 

 wing fuscous brown, the costal edge grey towards base, the veins, 

 discal fold in cell, and submedian fold streaked with grey ; cilia 

 white at tips towards apex. Hind wing black, the lower part of 

 cell and area just below it and beyond lower angle semihvaline 



