'M'J 



8YNT0MII) r 



h. Abcloimni %vitlK)Ul wllito sjk.Ih 1«-m.U t m- \<iii mi 



tmtcli ; tlio Miuk iimr^iuH and disroidnl patch 

 troad, no oningo ub*)Vi' inner margin of lure 

 wing fiiti/aiftia. 



7")!'. Trichura ccrberus. 



Sphirnx cerUruf, Pall. Sj.ir. Zo*.l. fju-o. ix. y. L'T. i»l. '2. f. H (1772) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Hit. |>. 151. 

 Zi,ff<tn(t catifia/o, Vixhr. Cicn. Ins. p 1*77 il777). 

 CtriO]>hora u>oj>hora, Ilcrr.-Sihnn'. A'i?M«crriir. Sohnictt. p. Wl, f . 2<M] ( 1 856). 



S. llrad, lliornx. ntul nbdonuii }»la(k : ]).ili>i in front and coxae 



uliitc; frons, vertex of head, 

 ti'j;uliC, Blroaks on patuf^a, 

 pateheft on mctathorax and 

 sides of thorax metallic pfccn; 

 f«hoiild«Tft and sicles of thorax 

 w ith yellow .spot.s ; ahdomcn 

 with (lorsal and lateral 8cric» 

 of metallic Mue-;,'r« (Ml Hj)otfl, 

 formin«: dorsal hands on 2nd 

 and iJrd scpments; u ventral 

 white ])atch at base and suh- 

 latrral series of white spots; 

 win^s hyaline, the veins and 

 margins hlaek. Fore wing 

 yellow h\ aline with discoidal 

 Idack har ; the terminal band 



oxpandinp sliphtly to eosta and b<'low vrin 2. Hind wing with 



apical hlaek patch ; the inner area hluck. 

 $ without white on palpi ond coxro. 

 Hah. TuiJfrPAn, 1 ^; Iti:\/ir., Sao Taulo and Hio .Iineiro, \ d ^ 



'^2 • ''-»7'm S l^^. ? 1* millim. 



75:^. Trichura melanosoma, n. sp. (Plate XII. tig. ').) 



(^ . Head, thorax, and ahdonun hlaek; frons, vertex of liead, 

 tegulir, mctathorax, coxir, and base of dorsum of a})domen with 

 patches of deep blue ; abdomen with sublateral white streaks on the 

 constricted 2nd segment ; wings hyaline yellow, the veins with 

 black scales, the margins rather narrowly black. Fore wing with 

 discoidal black bar ; the terminal band expanding into a large [)atch 

 towards apex and dentate below vein 2. Hind wing with tin- ter- 

 minal band expanding towards apex ; the inner area black. 



Hah. IhtA/iL, St. Catharina, 1 S type. Exp. 4n millim. 



7-">l. Trichura esmeralda. 



Glaucopise.^mnahh, Wlk. i. VM ( Xf^lA) ; I3nil. 111. Het. i. p. P/.), pi. 13. f . 1 1 ; 

 Druce, Biol. Ccntr.-Ara.. Het. i. p. fio, pi. 7. f. 4 ; Kirby, Cat. llet. p. I'A. 



cT . Head, thorax, and abdomen black; fron.>, vertex of head, 

 tegulap, streaks on patagia, and spots on thorax a})ove and at sides 

 metallic blue-green ; coxae white ; abdomen with metallic blue dorsal 



Fig. I GO. — Trichiirti crrhrrti*, rf . | 



