"DELPHYRE. 290 



*106l b. Delphyre pumila. (Plate XXU. fig. 3.) 

 Acjyrta birchi, pitmila, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 165 (1912). 



3- Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown glossed with blue ; 

 palpi at base and in front, frons, basal joint of antenna? in front, 

 and gulae white; patagia with white streaks ; shoulders and pectus 

 with white spots ; coxa? white ; fore legs white in front, the mid 

 and hind tibiae at extremities and the hind femora at extremities 

 and tibiae at base white ; ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore 

 wing black-brown ; some whitish iiToration on vein 1 before middle ; 

 an oblique semihyaline white band from subcostal nervure before end 

 of cell to vein 2, rounded below. Hind wing black-brown, the inner 

 area white except the termen, on underside extending to the termen 

 and cilia. 



Hab. Brazil, Amazons, R. Madeira, Allianca {Hoffmanns), 

 type f 3 in Coll. Rothschild, Calama. Exp. 24 millim. 



*1061 c. Delphyre bcettgeri. (Plate XVII. fig. 4.) 



Napata bcettgeri, Druce, A. M. N. H. (S) iii, p. 457 (1909). 



3 . Head and thorax black-brown, the back of head and neck 

 above crimson ; palpi with the 2nd joint white in front ; frons at 

 sides and basal joint of antennae in front with white spots; legs 

 streaked with white ; abdomen black suffused with metallic blue, 

 the ventral surface white. Fore wing black-brown with quadrate 

 hyaline spot in end of cell, spots beyond the cell above and below 

 vein 4, and round white apical spot. Hind wing black-brown with 

 triangular hyaline patch in lower part of cell and on the area below 

 it. 



Hab. Peri*, Huancabamba (Bcettycr), type f 3 in Coll. 

 Joicey. Exp. 38 millim. 



1061 d. Delphyre tetilla. (Plate XVII. fig. 5.) 



Neacerea tetilla, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Behj. xlii. p. 344 (1898). 

 Neacerea elegans, Lathy, Entom. xxxii. p. 119 (1899). 

 Helium bimaculata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 167 (1912). 



3. Head and thorax black; neck with crimson ring; palpi in 

 front, sides of frons, basal joint of antennas in front, coxae, and 

 stripes on femora white; abdomen black shot with brilliant 

 metallic blue, the ventral surface white. Fore wing black ; a 

 quadrate hyaline spot in end of cell and a bifid spot beyond the 

 cell above and below vein 4. Hind wing black with a hyaline 

 patch below the cell extending just into end of cell and beyond 

 lower angle and almost to inner margin. 



Hab. Colombia, Bogota, type f 6 bimaculata in Coll. Roth- 

 schild; Ectjadob, C. de Labonnefon, type f 3 in Coll. Dognin, 

 Banos, 1 3 type elegans, Exp. :Ji-oG millim. 



