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Genus CERAMIDIODES, nov. 



Type, C. mathani. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle 

 of frons, the 3rd short ; antennae of male bipectinate with moderate branches 

 to three-fourths length, the apical part serrate ; tibiae smoothly scaled, the 

 spurs short ; abdomen slightly constricted at 2nd segment. Fore wing with 

 the costa highly arched towards apex which is rounded, the termen obliquely 

 curved ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; (5 from upper 

 angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell; male with a streak of androconia 

 below middle of costa and fringe of long hair on inner margin below. Hind 

 wing with vein 2 from near angle of cell; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 from above 

 angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7 from well before angle and strongly curved 

 upwards ; the costa highly arched and male with fringe of long hair from 

 middle of costa above. 



In key differs from Em-pyretima in the fore wing having vein 10 stalked 

 with 7, 8, 9 ; hind wing with vein 3 from the cell. 



*8S9 a. Ceramidiod.es mathani. 



Ceramidia mathani, Roths. Nov. Zool. xis. p. 153 (1912). 



<3 . Head, thorax, and base of abdomen black-brown with some 

 metallic green scales ; neck crimson at sides ; frons white ; palpi 

 white in front ; coxae white ; the rest of abdomen black-brown 

 with a golden cupreous gloss, lateral metallic green bars, and the 

 ventral surface white except at extremity. Fore wing black-brown, 

 some metallic green on costal area to beyond middle and along base 



Fig. 36. — Ceramidiodes mathani, j^. \, 



of vein 1. Hind wing black-brown with the costal area white. 

 Underside of fore wing with the area covered by the costal area of 

 hind wing white, the streak of androconia ochreous white, the rest 

 of wing suffused with metallic green except towards termen ; hind 

 wing with the basal half suffused with metallic green to below the 

 cell. 



Hah. Brazil, Amazons. Teffe (M, de Mathan), type f J in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 40 millim. 



