LOXOPHLEBIA. 211 



*437. Loxophlebia asmodeus. (Plate VII. fig. 26.) 



Desmidomemis asmod'.m, Dinice, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 378 ; Kirbj, Oat. Het. 

 p. 148. 



d . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; coxae, stripes on legs and 

 ventral surface of abdomen orange ; wings hyaline, the veins and 

 margins narrowly black. Fore wing with some black at base of 

 inner area : the terminal line slightly expanding between veins 5 

 and 6 (which are approximated at extremity) and at apex. Hind 

 wing with the basal half of inner area orange, the terminal half 

 black above, wholly orange below. 



Ifab. EcuADOE, Sarayacu (Buckley). Exp. 30 millim. Type t in 

 Coll. Druce. 



*-l:38. Loxophlebia eumonides. (Plate VIII. fig. 2.) 



Desmidocnemis ctimo)iide>i, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 378; Kirbv, Cat. Het. 

 p. 148. 



(S . Head and thorax black ; fore coxae white ; abdomen blue- 

 black, with two dorsal white points on 2nd segment ; the ventral 

 surface white, except terminal segments, the anal tufts partly 

 orange ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black. 

 Fore wing with the base black with irregular outer edge ; an 

 irregular discoidal black patch conjoined to the costal area ; a black 

 bar betweeii the base of vein 2 and vein 1 ; the terminal band 

 expanding at tornus between veins 5 and 6, which are approxi- 

 mated at extremity and at apQx. Hind wing with the inner area 

 black. 



Hah. Ecuador, Chiguinda {BucMey). E,vp. 30 millim. Type "^ 

 in Coll. Druce. 



439. Loxophlebia triangulifera. 



SpJmioptera trianqulifera, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 102. f. 34 (1874); Kirbv. 

 Oat. Het. p. 126. 



2 . Black, frons metallic blue ; tegulae with white spots ; 

 shoulders with some blue scales ; coxae crimson ; metathorax with 

 blue and white spots ; abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of 

 metallic green spots. Fore wing with triangular hyaline spot below 

 base of cell, an elongate wedge-shaped spot in cell ; a small tri- 

 angular spot above vein 6. Hind wing with small hyaline spot 

 below base of cell. 



S . Fore wing without the hyaline spot above vein 6. 

 Rah. Venezuela, Aroa ; Amazons, 1 S type t in Coll. Bothschild ; 

 Sao Paulo, 1 J . Exp. 38 millim. 



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