2^2 SyNTtiMID*. 



thorax fulvous oran^jo abovo, tho p;itagia bhi.k it ti[)^. Foro wing 

 with two ininuto wliito poiuU at base. 



Fig. rj*.». -ScfM potentut, S- \- 



Hah. Mexico, Jabipa {TmjiUo), I c^ ; Cosr\ llic a (Underwood), 

 I rf, (fodiniin-Silviu Coll. /vry>. ;i'*» millira. 



Sect. II. Hind wing with veina 2 »nd 4 frwm ctdl. 



624. Scena styx. 



Richromia sti/x, Wlk. i. 2»)l (lH.'»h. n.v' Fabr. . Kirby. Oat. II'»t. n. I I'J. 

 Scena propyUa, Drucf. A. M. N. H. («i) xiij. p. ITD (1HU4); Biol. Oontr. 

 Am.. Uet. ii. p. a^W. pi. 70. f. 2<J. 



Head and tliorax clothod with orani^c-red hair ; antenna) black; 

 tegula? with opalescent purple Hjwt.s ; hind tar.si white towards 

 extremity : abdomen black, with dorsal, lateral, and .nublateral seriei* 



/ 



Fig. V^y-Seetux sfyx. rf . {. 



of metallic blue 8pot5 ; winj^s black. Fore wing with metallic bluf 

 marks at base and on di.scocellulars. Underside with metallic blue 

 ^t^eak8 on the veins forming the cell of both wings and the base 

 of nervules. 



Huh. Mf.xico, 1 (^ , Jalapa, 1 r^ , type. Exp. 50 millini. Type t 

 propijlM in Coll. Druce. 



Genus MICRAGYRTA. ,^ 



Tjpe. 

 Micraffyrta, Bull. Oist. Ent. ii. p. 114 (1870) diminuta. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint long and 

 reaching vertex of head, the 3rd minute ; antennae of female bi.'wrrate, ending 

 in bristles; tibia; with the .spurs short. P'ore wing moderately broid ; vein ',^ 

 trora before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 

 10, 11 stalked. Hind vNing with veins 2 and 3 on a long stalk from angle of 

 cell ; 4 from angle; 5 obsolescent, from middle of dia^ocellulars ; fi, 7 stalked , 

 both wings with a veinlet in cell. 



