342 



ARCTIADJ];. 



long and narrow ; vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique ; 3 from near angle ; 

 4, 5 from angle ; 6 fi-om upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free; 11 anasto- 

 mosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from 

 close to angle ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



719. Balbiira dorsisigna. 



Balhira dorsisiffna, Wlk. ii. 481 (1854); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. 

 p. 400. 



Dark greyish fuscous ; te- 



gulae, patagia, and thorax 



orange-red. Fore wing with 



orange-red patch at base not 



reaching costa ; blackish 



streaks on the veins, in cell, 



T-,. nic- 77 77 7 • • , , and submedian fold. 



Jbig. 245. — Balbura dorstsiqna, r^ . \. -, r^ 



^ i/ J u 1 jy^^^_ Honduras, 1 5 ; 



Panama, Bugaba {Champion)^ 3 J , 2 $, Godman-Salvin Coll.; 

 Venezuela, 3 c5' , 1 $ type. Eocp. 30 millim. 



Genus LITHOPHOCRIS, nov. 



Type, L. onethycdea. 



Proboscis fuUy developed ; palpi porrect, "not reaching as far as frons and 

 fringed with long scales; antennas of feiiiaile ciliated, the shaft with a fringe 

 of long scales above at middle ; tibite with the spars ?hort. Fore wing long 

 and narrow, the costa arched towards apex, which is rounded ; vein 2 from 

 towards angle of cell; 3 from befo''e angle; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below . 

 vipper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9; 10 free; 11 anastomosing 

 with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 3, 4, 5 from 

 angle ; 6, 7 stalked almost to termen ; 8 from beyond middle of celL 



A. Hind wing with hyaline patch in and below cell mefhyalea. 



B. Hind wing without hyaline patch jason. 



720. Lithoprocris methyalea., n. sp. 

 5 . Head, 



jFig. 24(3. — Lithoprocris methyaha, 5 . ■^. 

 Eab. BoLiYiA, Songo {Garlepp), 1 



thorax, and 

 fore wing deep metallic blue- 

 green ; abdomen and hind 

 wing deep metallic blue, the 

 latter with hyaline patch in 

 lower end of cell and below 

 the cell from base to beyond 

 middle, 

 type. Exp. 30 millim. 



*721. Lithoprocris jason. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 13.) 



Lithoprocris jason, Dognin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xliii. p. 133 (1899). 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen metallic blue. Pore wing golden 

 green, the base, costal area, and termen brilliant deep blue, the last 

 expanding towards apex. Hind wing greenish black. 



J:Jah. EcuADOE, Zamora, type f $ in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 26 

 millim. 



