HOLOPH^A. 265 



Genus HOLOPH^A, nov. 



Type, H. lycone. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porreet, slightly downrurved, extending well 

 beyond frons ; tibire Avith the spurs short; abdomen of male with small ventral 

 valve covering basal segment. Fore wing with veins 4, 5 from angle; 6 from 

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

 normal ; veins 2 and 4 from angle ; 3 from 2 near margin ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle. 



Sect. I. Antennte of male bipectinate, with short branches dilated at extremity ; 

 of female biserrate. 



A. Thorax and first four segments of abdomen orange vesta. 



B. Thorax black. 



a. Shoulders and basal segment of abdomen with crimson 



spots lycone. 



b. Shoulders and sides of abdomen with orange stripes jprometina. 



c. Uniform blue, the tegula and edges of patagia crimson, coerulea. 



576. Holophaea vesta. 



Hyi^ia vesta, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxvii. p. G37, pi. 8. f. 7 

 (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 147. 



Head black ; thorax and first four segments of abdomen orange- 

 red, the terminal segments black; patagia tipped ^rith black; pectus 

 and legs black ; wings with the interspaces hyaline, the veins and 

 margins broadly black ; fore wing Avith diffused discoidal spot ; the 

 terminal band of both wings expanding widely on apical area. 



Hah. Cayeijne, 1 (5* , 1 $ ; Surinam. Bay. 26 millim. 



577. Holophaea lycone. 



Ichoria lycone, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 47, pi. 6. f. 9; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 128. 



Black-brown with a slight 

 purple shot; frons and vertex 

 of head with some metallic 

 blue; crimson spots on shoul- 

 ders and a dorsal spot on 

 1st segment of abdomen ; 

 wings uniform in colour. 

 Fore wing with vein 3 from 

 well before angle of cell. 

 Hah. Costa Eica {Rogers), 2 $ ; Panama {Champion), 1 d, 1 $ 

 type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Bay. 32 millim. 



578. Holophaea prometina. 



Thrinaciaprometina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 342, pi. 71. f. 13 

 (loJ/ ). 



6 . Black ; an orange line behind the eyes and stripe on shoulders; 



