PAEABLAVIA. 



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Genus PAEABLAVIA, nov. 



Type, P. sadima. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi minute ; antenna ciliated ; tibiae with tlie 

 spurs minute ; abdomen rather roughly scaled. Fore wing long and naiTow ; 

 vein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 absent ; 6 from 

 below upper angle; 7, 8 stalked; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with 

 vein 2 from towards end of cell ; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 shortly 

 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Fore wing with vein 9 stalked with 7, 8 ; 10 free. 



241. Parablavia xanthura. 



Parablavia xanthura, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 215 (1899). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish tinged with grey, the 



back of head, front of tegulae, 

 and anal tuft orange. Fore 

 wing pale grey-brown with a 

 cupreous tinge ; a yellowish- 

 white costal fascia, attenuate 

 to a point before apex, the 

 costal edge black towards 

 base. Hind wing fuscous 

 Fig. 70. — Farablavia xanthura, (^ . \, black. 



llah. Brazil, Castro Paraiia 

 (Jones), 2 J • Ea-jJ. 22 millim. Type f in Coll. Schaus. 



Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 9 from 10, anastomosing with 8 to form 

 the areole. 



A. Fore wing with the costal edge black towards base sadima. 



B. Fore wing with the costal edge not black towards base pallida. 



*242. Parablavia sadima. 



Lithosia sadima, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 151 (1896). 



S . Pale grey-brown ; vertex of head and extremity of abdomen 



slightly yellowish ; legs 

 tinged with fuscous. Fore 

 wing with the costal edge 

 fulvous, blackish towards 

 base ; a diffused whitish 

 fascia just below costa. 

 Hind wing yellowish white, 

 more or less strongly tinged 

 with fuscous on costal area 

 and towards terinen. 

 Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana {Jones), 5 c^ , type f in Coll. Schaus. 

 Ex_p. 26-30 millim. 



Fig. 71. — Parablavia sadima, (^ , 



