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Genus APISTOSIA. 



Type. 



Apisiosia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 163 (1827) judas. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, short; tibiae with the 

 spurs moderate; abdomen with rather prominent lateral tubercles on first 

 segment. Fore wing with vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique, 3 from well before 

 angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 

 to form the areole ; 11 curved. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 

 3, 4 from angle ; 6 absent ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Antennte of male bipectinate, the branches dilated at extremity. 



467. Apistosia judas. 



Apistosia judas, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. i. p. 13, ff. 51-52 (1827); 

 Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 286. 



S . Head and thorax orange-fulvous ; palpi, antennae, legs, and 

 abdomen brown with a blue shot. Fore wing dull bronze-green 

 with slight cupreous reflections ; terminal area bluish. Hind wing 

 brown. 



Fig. 146. — Apistosia Judas, J. {■ 



5 . Abdomen with paired orange sublateral spots on last segment. 



Hah. Guatemala,! S ; Honduras, 1 $; ^iCA.-RkGU&.{Belt), 1 $ ; 

 Panama (Chamjnon), 1 5 , Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp., d 46, 

 2 56 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male with bristles and cilia. 



A. Fore wing of male shorter than hind wing ; a fringe of long hair in lower 

 part of cell. 



*468. Apistosia phseoleuca. 



Apistosia pkceoleuca, Dognin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xliii. p. 132 (1899). 



Fig. U7.^ Apistosia pk<eoleuca, cJ, {. 

 S . White ; head and thorax tinged with fuscous ; antennae 



YOL. II. ft 



