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AECXIAD^. 



Genus XANTHOLOPHA, nov. 



Type, X. ptirpurasccns. 



Proboscis fiilly developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, not reaching vertex of 

 head'; antenna of male bipectinate, with moderate branches ending in a bristle ; 

 tibioj with the spurs moderate. Fore wing rather narrow ; vein 2 from beyond 

 middle of cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from just below 

 upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free, 11 curved and approximated to 12. 

 Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3, 4, b strongly stalked ; 

 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from before middle of cell. 



rSO, Xantholopha piirpurascens. 



Xantholopha jpurpurascens, Schaus, J. N. 



Fig. 268. — Xantholopha purpurascens, ^ . \. 

 Eccp. 28 millim. Type t in Coll. Schaus, 



Ent. Soc. vii. p. 216 (1899). 



S . ilead, thorax, and 

 fore wing black with a 

 purplish tinge ; palpi ex- 

 cept at tips, tegulae, and 

 throat orange ; abdomen 

 and hind wing black ; the 

 base of claspers orange. 



Hah. Brazil, Castro 

 Paraiia {Jones), 1 S . 



Genus PREPIELLA, nov. 



Type, P. hippona. 



Proboscis fuUy developed ; palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond frons or 

 obliquely upturned ; antennae ciliated or jjectinated ; tibia? with the spurs 

 moderate. Fore wing short and broad, the termen obliquely rounded ; vein 2 

 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from before angle ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from 

 below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free, 11 curved and approximated to 

 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; 3, 4 coincident or 

 stalked ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 on a long stalk ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 coincident ; male with the tornus lobed, 

 the termen dilated from vein 5 to submedian fold. 



A. Abdomen of male with lateral tufts of long hair from 3rd segment. 



751. Prepiella hippona. 



Odozana hippona, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 125 pi 12 f 15 

 (1885). 



S . Head, thorax, and fore wing dark brown, suffused with 



purple and cupreous; abdomen 

 orange-red, the lateral tufts 

 orange, the terminal segment 

 brown. Hind wing scarlet, 

 with dark brown apical patch. 

 Hah. Guatemala, Vera Paz 

 ( Champion), 2 c? type, Godman- 

 Salviu Coll. Eacp. 20 millim. 



Fig. 269. — Trepiella hippona, (^ . 



