268 AMATID.E. 



Ab. 1. haitensis. Fore wing- slightly less tinged with brown ; 

 bind wing purer scarlet. — Haiti. 



llab. Bahamas, Abaco (Bonhofe), 1 5 , Nassau (Sir G. Carter), 

 2 § ; Cuba, 2^,1 2 , Holguin, type f rf , $ in Coll. Rothschild ; 

 Haiti, type f 5 haitensis in Coll. Rothschild, ( Tweedie) 1 6 , 

 2 2 . Exp. 44-36 minim. 



Page 121. Genus PSEUDOSPHENOPTERA, 



insert (syn.) :— Type 



Enioche, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 34 (1896) pitthea. 



940. Pseudosphenoptera basalis, insert (syn.):— 

 No. 386. Gymtielia pitthea. 



Dr. Staudinger received from two different collectors specimens 

 of pitthea taken in copula with banal is and the specimens described 

 under Enioche are all males whilst those under Pseudosphenoptera 

 are all females. The figure is that of the type lanceolatus whilst 

 basalis type has vein 5 of the hind wings from well above the angle 

 of cell. 



940<7. Pseudosphenoptera cocho, Schaus, trans, from 

 Gymiielia, no. 387. 



940 b. Pseudosphenoptera nephelophora, n. sp. 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 31.) 



Gymnelia cocho, ab. 1, Hmpsn. Cat. Lep. Phal. B.M. i. p. 190. 



S . Head and thorax black, the frons white, the vertex of head, 

 teguhw at base and patagia with metallic blue patches ; palpi, pectus 

 behind, and legs with some metallic blue ; hind coxae white ; 

 abdomen black with subdorsal metallic blue spots on two basal 

 segments, lateral spots on 3rd segment, diffused dorsal bands and 

 sublateral spots on terminal segments, the ventral surface with the 

 basal segment white. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins 

 rather broadly black ; the base black with two small metallic blue 

 spots below base of cell ; a large black discoidal spot conjoined to 

 the costal area ; some black suffusion below end of cell and above 

 vein 5 ; the terminal band broad with sinuous inner edge. H hid 

 wing with the costal area browner, the lobed inner area blackish. 



Hab. S. Bkazil, Sao Paulo, 1 d type. Exp. 38 millim. 



