PARAMYA. HOMCEOCERA. 165 



*327. Par amy a flavia. 



Paramya flavia, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 139 (1898). 

 S . Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow ; antennae black, 



white at tips ; palpi and legs 

 tinged with fuscous ; abdomen 

 with the terminal segments 

 black below ; wings hyaline, the 

 veins and margins narrowly fus- 

 cous. Fore wing with orange 

 patch on basal inner area, the 

 Fig. 78. — Parcmi/a flavia, (S . j- terminal band expanding to- 



wards apex. Hind wing with 

 orange patch at base of inner area, the rest of which is fuscous. 



Uab. Brazil, Castro Parana, type t in Coll. Schaus. E.vjp. 28 

 millim. 



*328. Paramya picta. (Plate VI. fig. 9.) 



Paramya picta, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 405 (1898). 



(5" . Head black ; thorax and abdomen orange ; extremity of 

 femora, tibise, and tarsi black ; abdomen with the last four segments 

 black ; slight white marks at sides, and the ventral surface white. 

 Fore wing orange, with wedge-shaped hyaline patch in cell, a fascia 

 below the cell, and patches in interspaces beyond the cell ; a large 

 black discoidal lunule, with black streaks on costa above it and 

 veins below it, aud patch on inner margin ; the apical area fuscous, 

 tinged with grey. Hind wing orange ; the apical area black. 



Hah. Cayenne, 1 S type t in Mus. Oxon. Exjp. 28 millim. 



329. Paramya chrysonota, n. sp. (Plate VII. fig. 3.) 



(5 . Black ; antennae white at tips ; frons and tegulae with blue 

 patches; meso- and metathorax with bluish-white patches; abdomen 

 with golden-green dorsal, lateral, and ventral fasciae. Fore wing 

 with elongate hyaline spot below middle of cell ; elongate spots above 

 veins 3 and 4, and more or less prominent specks above and below 

 6. Hind wing with hyaline spot below base of cell ; a small spot 

 above vein 2, and elongate spots above and below discal fold. 



Hah. Amazons, Itaituba, 1 S type. Exp. 34 millim. 



Genus HOMCEOCERA. 



Type. 



Homaocera, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 102. f. 26 (1874), non desci* crassa. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi usually porrect, reaching beyond the frons 

 and fringed with hair ; antennae with the medial part thickened ; head, thorax, 

 and 1st segment of abdomen clothed with thick woolly pile ; tibiae with the 

 spurs moderate ; abdomen of male with ventral valve covering basal segments. 

 Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper 

 angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the lower part of cell 

 very short ; veins 2 and 4 on a long stalk ; 3 and 5 absent, or 3 from 2 ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle. 



