^ETHRTA. PARiETHKIA. 353 



band expanding widely towards apex and enclosing small hyaline 

 spots above and below vein 6, the band somewhat dentate towards 

 tornus. 



Hab, Amazons, Para. Ed-^). 44 millim. Typet in Coll. Druce. 



770. .ffithria ocina. 



Eunomiaocina, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 370, pi. 39. f. 11 ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. 

 p. 151. 



c^* . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi and basal joint of 

 antennpB in front, cheeks, spots on shoulders, cox^ne and stripes on 

 legs white ; metathorax with metallic blue patch ; abdomen dorsall}- 

 suffused with metallic blue at base ; dorsal and lateral series of white 

 spots ; the anal tufts crimsoii and black ; the ventral surface white; 

 wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with the 

 base black, with metallic blue patch ; a discoidal bar; the terminal 

 band expanding at tornus. Hind wing with discoidal black bar ; 

 the terminal black band expanding between veins 2 and 1. 



Hah. Bolivia (7?i(r/.-/<??/), 8ongo, 1 $ . Evy^. 44 millim. Typet 

 in Coll. Druce. 



777. ^thria platyzona. 



Scytale plafy^ona, Feld. Keis. Nov. pi. 102. f. 24(1874) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 151. 



(S . Head and thorax black ; frons and vertex of head metallic 

 blue ; legs with patches of blue ; abdomen with the first and last 

 three segments black, the four medial segments orange-yellow : 

 wings hyaline, the veins, and margins rather broadly, black. Fore 

 wing with the base black, with blue spot on costa and its edge 

 running obliquely to fascia on inner margin ; a diseocellular black bar 

 conjoined to the costal fascia ; the terminal band expanding widely on 

 apical area and slightly at vein 2. Hind wing with the terminal 

 band rather broad and expanding slightly to apex and below vein 2. 

 Hah, Colombia, Cundinamarca. Exp. 44 millim. 



*778. ^thria rubipectus. (Plate XII. fig. 20.) 



Mtkria rubipectus, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 139 (1898). 

 (^ . Elack ; palpi in front, frons, neck, and edges of patagia white ; 

 thorix metallic blue, pectus and coxge crimson ; abdomen metallic 

 blue above, the anal tufts and ventral surface black ; wings hyaline, 

 the veins, and margins narrowly, black. Fore wing with the apical 

 area black, its inner edge dentate. 



Hah. Haiti. Exp. 2Q millim. Type t in Coll. Schaus. 



Genus PAR^THRIA, nov. 



Type, P. triseriata. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, hardly reaching vertex of head ; 

 antennae of male bipectiuate, with moderate branches ; tibiae with the spurs 

 moderate ; abdomen with a little rough hair at base on dorsum. Fore wing 

 with veins 2, 3 on a long stalk ; 5 from well above angle of cell ; 6 from upper 

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

 vein 2 from long before angle; 3 from just before angle; 5 from just above 

 angle ; 6, 7 shortly stalked 



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