PSEUDOSPHEXOPTERA. — IXY T.ASIA. 2G9 



940 c. Pseudosphenoptera chimaera. (Plate XIV. fig. 32.) 



Gymnelia corho, ab. 3, Hmpsn. Cat. Lep. Phal. B.M. i. p. 190. 

 Gyrrmelia chimaera, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 27 (1911), & xx. p. 471, 

 pi. xiv. f. 14. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown ; lower part of frons 

 whitish ; vertex of head, metathorax and pectus with metallic blue 

 patches ; hind cox;e white ; abdomen with silvery blue subdorsal spots 

 and slight dorsal streak on two basal segments, the three terminal 

 segments with small dorsal silvery blue spots, lateral series of silvery 

 blue spots, the ventral valve with white band at extremity. Fore 

 wing black-brown ; a silvery blue spot below base of cell ; a slight 

 hyaline streak below costa near base, a wedge-shaped hyaline ante- 

 medial spot in cell and small hyaline spots above and below sub- 

 median fold near base ; a metallic blue streak in upper extremity of 

 cell and above base of vein 6, and some metallic blue above bases 

 of veins 4, 3, 2. Hind wing black-brown. 



Hab. S. Brazil, Sao Paulo, in Mus. Berlin ; Peru, Carabaya, 

 It. Huacamayo, La Union (Oc/iCtuh j ti), type f 6 in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 32 millim. 



947 a. Ixylasia pyroproctis. (Plate XV. fig. 1.) 



Ixylasia pyroproctis, Druce, A. M. N. H., (7) xv. p. 462 (1905). 

 Ixylasia kelleri, Klages, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 550 (1906). 



J . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; teguhe, patagia, shoulders, 

 pro- and metathorax with slight blue-white spots, coxai white ; 

 abdomen with the three terminal segments orange-red, lateral and 

 sublateral series of white spots on the black segments and a dorsal 

 point on 1st segment, the tufts of hair pale brownish. Wings 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with the base 

 black ; slight black streaks in submedian and discal folds and on 

 terminal area above vein 6 ; a large black discoidal patch ; the 

 terminal band expanding slightly towards apex and below vein 2. 

 Hind wing with slight discoidal lunule, the terminal band expanding 

 on apical area and below vein 2 ; the underside with some white on 

 base of eosta. 



Hub. Venezuela, Cauia Valley (Klages), 1 3. Exp. 48 

 millim. 



94S a. Ixylasia semivitreata. 



m, Hmpsn. Cat. Lep. Phal. B.M. i. p. 

 reata, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p, 



Hub. Brazil, Rio .Janeiro (Fry), 1 <S type, lUumenau, 1 £ 



AutocMoris <tl mint, Hmpsn. Cat. Lep. Phal. B.M. i. p. 432 (nee Cl-am.). 

 Ixylasia semivitreata, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 429 (1905). 



