284 8YNT0MID.T:. 



above veins 2, 3, and 5. Hind wiii:; w iih iho trin.,'o of hair on 

 innor urea brownish. 



//fzA. C'oLoMiiiA, S. Martin, Llanos of iiio Mrta {Chill). Kcj>. 

 •i> uiilJim. Tvpf t in Coll. Drucr. 



•»il!7. Metaloba argante. (Plate X. fig. 1:5.) 

 Calanotos argante, Druco, A. M. N. II. \y*\ xx. j). .'5^»1 (IH'JT). 



cf . Ulaik ; frons and tiguhe wit li white points ; nu-tatborax with 

 BllvtTy blue i»ateb ; fore co.xic with Jjatches of white ; legs streake<l 

 with blue and white; abdomen with nilvery blue doi-sal i)atch on 

 Ist segment and lat<'ral tufts of ochrcous hair ; the L'nd and iird 

 segments dorsally silvery blue w ith an ochreoua sufTuHion, the other 

 segments with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral blue fascije not reaching 

 extremity : a white ventral fascia. Fore wing with blue fascia 

 below basal half of costa and patch below median nervure; an 

 elongate hyalin»' spot below middle of cell and rounded hpot beyond 

 the cell. Hind wing with hyaline jioint beyond upper angle of 

 cell ; the inner area whitish, with ochreous fringes in fold and on 

 inner margin. Underside with silvery blue fasciie on fore wing 

 below costa and in and below cell, on hind wing, below costa and 

 on inner area, the fold above vein 2 golden yellow. 



2 . Abdomen with the green dorsal and lateral fascia) reaching 

 base. Fore wing with additional hyaline sjK)t« abovo veins 2 and 3 ; 

 hind wing with well-develojH'd spot l>eyond cell. 



Il(if>. Kci'ADoK, Sarayacu { lluckUii). hhrp. 4'J millim. Type t 

 in Coll. Druce. 



Genu.. PSOLOPTERA. ^ 



Type. 



Psohpfeni, Bull. Joun). Linn. Soo.. Zool. xii. p. 360 (I87»)) thoracica, 



l*robosois well dcvelo|>ed ; palpi upturned and rcnching vertfX of hpad ; 

 antenna; bi|ioctinnte, with long branchesi ; tibicc with the npurs niodonitc. Fore 

 wing mlher narrow ; vein *J from long before angle of cell ; [S from near an^le ; 

 4, 5 somewhat approxiniatc<l for a (iliort distani-e ; from ju»t Iwluw upper 

 angle ; 7, 8, 1» ntalketl ; 10, 11 »talk»«d. Hind win^ with the cell n(»rnml ; vein* 

 li and 4 from angle ; 3 from 2 near margin ; 5 ab^Mit ; G, 7 from upper angle. 



A. Thorax crim.son or ecarlct abore. 



a. Kore wing with the bam; acarlet bcsifulva. 



b. Fore winu with the ba«c dark thoracica. 



B. Thorax hi ui^black Uucosticta. 



C. Thorax black witli green spota ; fore wing with the basal lialf 



green aunftra. 



628. Psoloptera basinilva. < Plato X. fig. 2:3.) 



Psohpfcra /xz^ft/M/M, Soljaus, P. Z. S. 18'J4. p. 22'». 



Psoloptera thorack'u, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 40 (part). 



c^ . Blue-black ; thorax scarlet ; legs black ; coxa) with white 

 spot* ; abdomen with two dorsal white points on 1st segment and 

 ventral white points. Fore wing with two basal white points, the 

 base scarlet with obli(jue outer edge. 



Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (CA«nj^>ion), 3 <5 , Godman-Salvin Coll.; 

 Peru, type t in Coll. Schaus. Kv/). oS milJim. 



