NYRIDELA. LEUOOTMEMIS. 219^ 



palpi, head, tegulce, thorax above, and legs with patches of blue 

 scales ; fore coxae white ; abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of 

 metallic blue-green spots ; the ventral valve with white patches at 

 sides, and two white points beyond it ; wings hyaline, the veins and 

 margins rather broadly black. Fore wing with some metallic blue 

 at base ; an oblique medial black band from costa across disco- 

 cellulars to tornus ; tlie terminal band slightly dilated towards 

 apex. Hind wing with the terminal band slightly dilated towards 

 apex and tornus. 



2 ' Abdomen with sublateral scries of white spots. 



Hab. Cuba ; Colombia, Bogota (BacJch')/), 1 $ ; Beazil, 2 c? . 

 Kxy., d 44, 2 50 millim. 



Genus LEUCOTMEMIS. 



Type. 



Leucot'i/ieDus, Butl. Journ. Liun. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 391 (1876)... latilinea. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of 

 bead, the 3rd short; antennai ot male bipectinate, with moderate branches; 

 tibioB with the spurs minute. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 

 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the 

 lower part of cell short ; veins 2 and 4 stalked, 3 from 2 near margin, or 

 absent ; 5 obsolete ; 0, 7 from upper angle. 



Sect. I. Abdomen of male with ventral valve. 



459. Leucotmemis dorsalis. 



Glaucojpis dorsalis, Wlk. i. 177 (1854) ; Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 33, pi. 11. 

 f. 6 (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 145. 



Black-brown ; palpi orange ; patagia striped with orange ; legs 

 yellowish white and brown ; abdomen with broad lateral orange 

 fascia and orange below. Fore wing with hyaline streak in ceil 

 and elongate patch below cell ; a yellowish hyaline ])ostmedial 

 patch between veins 7 and 3, with the veins crossing it yellow. 

 Hind wing with the basal area orange, conjoined to a yellowish 

 hyaline patch beyond the cell, with the veins crossing it orange ; 

 the terminal black band expanding towards apex and tornus. 



Hah. Amazons, Santarem {Bc(iet<)^ 2 d" , 1 $ , type. Ea.y. 

 20 millim. 



Sect. II. Abdomen of male without ventral valve. 



A. Abdomen crimson, the terminal segments black. 



a. Abdomen with two small white dorsal marks on 



1st segment varipes. 



b. Abdomen with subdorsal series of opalescent spots. . margariphera. 



B. Abdomen black, with lateral crimson stripes yleurcBinata. 



C. Abdomeu without crimson markings. 



a. Abdomen orange, without segmental lines or dorsal 

 fascia; the terminal segments black, 

 a Wings with orange at base, and the veins on 

 hyaline area orange. 

 (P-. Patagia witli orange patches. 



o". Metallic blue spots on terminal segments of 



abdomen and at base of fore wing tenthrcdoides. 



