DESMIDOCNEMIS. 36e3 



Genus DESMIDOCNEMIS. 



Type. 



Desmidocnemis, Moscbl. Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 346 (1872) ... imttwitzi. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of liead ; antennae 

 bipectinate, vpitb moderate branches; tibice with the spurs short. Fore wing 

 broad ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from 

 upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell; the inner margin below with 

 short upturned hair. Hind wing short and narrow, the costa concave, the apex 

 acute ; the cell very long ; vein 2 from long before angle ; 3 and 4 absent ; the 

 discocellulars very short ; 6, 7 on a long stalk. 



A. Pectus with crimson patches in front. 



a. Abdomen blue-black, white below thi/ria. 



h. Abdomen with lateral orange spots, the ventral surface 



orange liT/pochryseis. 



B. Pectus without crimson patches ; abdomen black. 



a. Abdomen with lateral orange stripes pritfwitzi. 



b. Abdomen black, white below platijlcuca. 



801. Desmidocnemis thyria. (Plate XIII. fig. 6.) 

 Desmidocnemis th//ria, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 207 (1898). 



c? . Head and thorax black ; palpi in front and frons at sides 

 with white points ; pectus with crimson patches in front ; cox8& 

 white ; abdomen blue-black, the ventral surface white except 

 towards extremitj'. Eore wing yellowish hyaline, the veins, and 

 margins narrowly, black ; the inner margin and costa from end of 

 cell to apex more broadly black. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, and 

 margins narrowly, black ; the costa clothed with white hair to end 

 of cell, then rather broadly black. 



Hah. Ecuador, Balsapamba, type t in Coll. Diuce ; I^olivia, 

 Chaco {Garle}yp), 1 S • E.vp- -8 millim. 



802. Desmidocnemis hypochryseis, n. sp. (Plate XIII. fig. 27.) 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi in trout, frons, giilav 

 patches on tegulse and fringes to patagia orange ; pectus with 

 crimson patches in front ; tarsi orange ; abdomen with lateral series 

 of orange spots and the ventral surface orange ; wings hyaline, the 

 veins, and margins narrowly, black. Fore wing with black fascia on 

 inner margin and on costa towards apex ; a discoidal point ; the 

 terminal band expanding slightly towards apex. Hind wing with 

 the costa white ; a subcostal black fascia narrowing to base ; cilia 

 orange ; underside with orange fascia on medial part of costa. 



Hah. Brazil, Casa Branca {(rarhe)., 1 ^ type. Exp. 24 millim. 



*803. Desmidocnemis prittwitzi. 



Desmidocnemis frittwitzi, Moschl. Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 348 (1872) ;. 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 148. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antennae with the basal 

 joint white below ; palpi white below ; hind tibioe yellowish ; 

 abdomen with lateral orange stripes traversed by a fine black lin 



