365- 



806. Diptilon halterata. 



Zi/gana halterata, Fabr. Sjst. Ent. p. 5r)5 (1775) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 155. 

 Biptilon dieides, Prittw. Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxi. p. 350 (1870); Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 148. 



Black-brown ; ffiiifo orange 



Fig. Xlt^.—Biptilon halterata (^ . \. 

 in Coll. Staudiiiger ; Castro Parana 



coxtc white ; tibia) aud tarsi 

 brown and yellow ; abdomen 

 with segments 2, 3, 4 yellowish 

 white ; wings hyaline, the veins, 

 and margins narrowly, black. 

 Fore wdng with discoidal point 

 above origin of vein 5. Hind 

 wing wnth the inner area black, 

 wdth tufts of white hair. 



Hah. Brazil : Casa Branca, 

 1 S ; l^io Janeiro, type t dieides- 



. E.rp. 2G millim. 



Sect. II. Hind wings normal. 



A. Fore wing with upturned liair on underside of inner 

 margin. 



a. Abdomen with lateral spots and the ventral surface 



yellow, 

 ai. Fore wing with orange subcostal streak beyond 



middle chr^socraspi.s. 



h^ . Fore wing without orange subcostal streak doeri. 



b. Abdomen with lateral spots and ventral bands white, philocles. 



807. Diptilon chrysocraspis, n. sp. (Plate XIII. fig. 7.) 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tarsi orange ; abdomen 

 with some orange at sides and on ventral surface, sometimes forming 

 complete bands on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments ; wings hyaline, the 

 veins, and margins narrowly, black. Fore wing with orange sub- 

 costal streak beyond middle, the inner margin fulvous exce[tt 

 towards base ; the terminal band expanding towards a])ex. Hind wing 

 with the costa white ; a subcostal black streak narrowing to base. 



Hah. Bolivia, Chaco {Gavlepp), 1 6 type. Exp. 28 millim. 



808. Diptilon doeri. 

 Syntrichura doeri, Scbaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 276; id. Am. Lep. i^l. 1. f. 16. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black; palpi in front and frons 

 orange ; tegulse and patagia streaked with orange ; prothorax with 



lateral crimson patches ; coxae 

 and tarsi mostly orange ; ab- 

 domen with lateral series of 

 orange spots and the ventral 

 surface orange ; wings hyaline, 

 the veins and margins black. 

 Fore wing with black point at 

 Y\g. \1Q.~Diptilon doeri, (S. \. origin of vein 5; a black fascia 



on inner margin; the terminal 

 band expanding slightly towards apex. Hind wing with white 



