•t-'> 6YNT..MII».V.. 



•717. Macrocneme hesione. 



.V^^^,w ;;///,/ l,-^„.tu-, Druro, A. M. N. 11. it'.) ii. p. 'j:V.» (IKsh) , Hiol. Oiitr - 

 Am.. Hot. li p Xt7, i»l 71. ». .'{; Kirhv. Cat. Hrt. p. \J*,K 



9. JJliuk ; Jinal tuft ami ventral siirfaco of alxlotnen niolalli** 

 pn'on. I'oro \\'\\\i: purj»lish Mark ; tiTmin.il area ^n'\iftli, witli tlio 

 veins M.ick ; a uliitr jmint af l>as«'. Hind wini; black, the c«Mtal 

 arra ]»urplish, rnder.siilo of tort' wint,' with tin- trmiiiial urea 

 hr-Mully whito. 



f/af>. rANMi\, Cliiriqui (TnttMch). A'.ry*. .'M inillim. I > I"' ^ "» 

 Coll. Statirlin^fT. 



7i>. Macrocneme ni^ritarsia. u. ."^p. ( IMati- Xll. ti^'. 21.) 



M(uri-<-nntif Vif(uf,i, I)ni.v, Itiol. tVntr.-Ain.. Htt. i. p. |x i luv Wlk.). 



-r . Black ; antonnir whitr at tips ; frmis, vertex of head, to|^ila?, 

 slioulders, and meso- and met ithorax with l»hie and white spota : 

 pectus and lej:s with patclies of metallic hluo : fore coxa* and hano 

 (•f femora behind with white s]>otH : abdomen with dornal and lat<M'.il 

 blue ^triI)es; the ventr.il valve ed^e«l with white. Fore win^ with 

 a white poifit and f*ome blue marks at base ; blue strcak.s in, above, 

 and Ix'low coll. 



9. Abdomen with paired sublatcral wliite 8jM>tji on two medi.il 

 sef^mcntH. 



An. 1. \ fcmal*^ from Triniilad with white sublateril spots on 

 the foiir medial se^rnientn of a)>d.ini"n. 



Ihth. Mf.xKo, Tabasco (//. 11. Smith) \ i\v MY.WW.K {C hnmp'wn), 

 (i »dinan-Salvin ('<dl., 4 /f , 1 2 tyix.' ; Tki.nidvI), 1 2' ^'^'l>- 

 iW; n>illim. 



71!'. Macrocneme eacus. 



Sj./nv.r fonif, Stoll. Tnp. Kxoi. iv. pi. a.')7. H (17'^1). Kirbv. Cat. H.'» 



p. ilh; 



Ps/ht/oitit/a rrrav/i, ITiihn. ^ f rr. p. 124 n^27V 



Mnfifitp^era j)Ufi//a, IJutl. Juurn. Lmn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. .172 (1870); Kirhv, 

 Cut. Hot. p. l.'«». 



9. I^lne-black : smie bluish white at base of palpi, behind tho 

 ejTs, on tefnil.T and shoulders; jiectus and sides of abilomen with 

 some metallic blue scales. Fore winp with a white jioint at bjiae ; 

 the medial area suffused with bripht blue. 



If(tf>. SiRFNAM; Amazons, Para {li'itea), 2 9» t\ pt3 /msifftt. 

 K.rjt. 32 millim. 



Genus MYDROPASTEA. nov. 



Tvpe, 3/. aViir'mcfa. 



I'roboscis fully developed ; pnlpi upturned to just above vertex of head ; 

 antenna* of male bipectinale, with rather long branches; tibia- with the spurs 



