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MYXTOMlh.v:. 



(JiMius PCECILOSOMA, 



Type. 



Pcrcitom.ina, Uuhw. \vn. \y \'2*\ {\^'Ii) chri/BtM. 



AijmMhn, llubii. Zntr. Kx. S^-hiiHtt. iii. p. 10 (1H1.*7), in»n df»cr. ., eon$. 



rrt.b«»8«iH well <K'v«li>|K-(l ; palpi upturiuMl. nmoollily iirah-<l, iIjo 2iid joint 

 reacliing vrrti-x uf liia<l, tin* .'Inl ohtunr ; antriinii' hijMrtinati\ with inodemte 

 liniTU-litr* (Iilatid at cxtrrtiiilv and riidinjj in a l)ri»tl«*, nlmrlfr iii fcinnlr ; tibia 

 wiili tin" Hpurs iiuMKra'i'. Fore win;; wi;lir«*in'( fnnn Ivfort* ariylo of cell ; 

 4. T) fn.ni anj^lo ; t» Iri-ni wrll IvImw u|t|HT anfjlo ; 7, ^>, l*. H» j»tnlki-d. Hind 

 \\\\\^ Willi tlir Itwrr part of rill fii'-rt. tln« n]i|K-r diHriKTlJular oIiIkjiu' ; 2 and 

 4 «»n a li'iij; stalk ; .'l mvm ufl" l.oiii *J jtul U-fon* tlu« margin ; .'» atwcul ; C, 7 

 tVoni upprr anglo. 



«E(T. I. (I'j^ci/oSi'ina). Alxlomen t»f inulr will) clmmu-llod vontral valve covering 



bdMil i*<>pniont}». 



A. Thorax nbovc and bnwd iM-mn«'Ht of alKlonirn orangc-ri'd chrijnu. 



\\. Tliornx an<l l»:i>al •M'j;inrnt i.f aUlonuMt blai'k ( 9 > niifrrrimum. 



C. 'J horax «iiHnm' ami Itlark ; abdnnu-n orange, with black 



patcliCH and the exlnnnty block rusrbia. 



f).'-!. PcDcilosoma chrysis. 



Vaciln.omn rhri,M>^, Ilthn. Zutr. Kx. S.hnutt. ii. p. s. tV. -Jll. L'TJ (1827); 



Kirby, Cat. Het. n. I J.".. 

 l'o»ino»Lf,na mryairpiht, \\\i. xxxi. iKJ(lN'rl), Kirbv. Cat. Il.t. p. IJ.^. 



J. IMntk ; nnlonnii- wliitr nt tips; fion.**, vort«x ofhr.id, tcpultp, 



and juita^Mrt sj)otlcd with 

 luct.illic- Mile; lliorax 

 Hcarlft ; j)nta;;ia hi arlct 

 .iiid Muck ; n])domcn 

 witli ba.sal Hcarlet patch, 

 a dorsal Horirs of metal- 

 lic hhie hjiolH, and lateral 

 HtrirH on tin* la^nt three 

 «rj:niont.H, the ventral 

 valve ^\ith lateral white 

 xviiip'* hvalino, tlie vein.H and niarpiii.H !»lack. Fore wins; 



with the ternjinal hand praflnnlly widening to co.'^ta and dilated at 



torniis. Hind winp with the ternunal liand .slightly widening to 



costa. Fore win;; with di.Hcocelliilar hlack spot. 



Ilaf'. Amazon.s, Fjja, 1 (^ » I ? type mojasinla {Jiatfn), Exj}. 



-10 millim. 



Ill— Parci/osoma chn^rif, <^ . \. 



.5').'). Pa?cilosoma nigerrimum. ( Pl.it e IX. fi-:. 17.) 

 Ot,-mnclia ni^rrrima, Wlk. xxxi. t6 (INH); Kirby, Cat, Ilet. p. 134. 



$ . Read, thorax, and nbdomen black ; nntennrc w ith the 

 branches fulvous; vertex of bend and thorax with fiatchcH r.f 

 met;illi(' ]>luc: abdomen with subdorsal series of njtttillir blue sj>ot8, 

 the basal segments white below ; winj^s hyaline yellow ; the veins 



