SYNTRICHURA.- 



-HEEEA. 367 



A. Prothorax with lateral crimson patches ; abdomen without 



white on constricted segments placida. 



B. Prothorax without crimson ; abd(nuen with dorsal white streak 



and lateral and ventral patch on constricted segments virens. 



811. Syntrichura placida. 



Syntrichitra placida, Druce, Biol. Oeutr.-Am., Ilet. i. \i. 06, pi. 7. f. 8 

 (1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 154. 



<5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi whitish in front ; 



frons with white points; 

 vertex of head and tegula3 

 shot with metallic blue- 

 ^ green ; prothorax with lateral 



crimson patches ; wings hya- 

 ^ line, the veins, and margins 



narrowly, black. Fore y^mg; 

 Y\g.l1^.~8yntrichura placida, ^ . \. with slender discoidal black 



bar conjoined to the costal 

 fascia. Hind wang with small apical black patch. 



Hah. Guatemala, Vera Paz, 1 cT (Chaminon), type, Godman- 

 Balvin Coll. Exp. 22 millim. 



812. Syntrichura virens. 



Syntrichura virens, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 405 (1876) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 154. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black suffused with metallic 

 blue-green ; abdomen with dorsal white streak and lateral and 

 ventral patch on the constricted segments ; wings hyaline, the veins 

 and margins black. Fore wing with discoidal black bar conjoined 

 to costal fascia ; the terminal band slightly expanding to costa. 

 Hind wing with apical black patch. 



Hah. Brazil, Sao Paulo, 1 5 type. Exp. 2Q millim. 



Subsp. 1. reha, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 33 (1896) ; Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Het. ii. p. 350, pi. 72. f. 7. 



Pectus with crimson spots in front near neck. 



Hah. Panama, Chiriqui ; Colombia, Bogota. Type t in Coll. 

 Staudinger. 



Genus HEREA. 



Type. 



Herea, Wlk. i. 197 (1854) metaxanthus. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head ; 

 antennae bipectinate, with short branches dilated at extremity, the shaft dilated 

 at middle ; tibiai with the spurs short ; abdomen with lateral tubercles on 1st 

 segment, the 2nd and 3rd segments constricted to a slender peduncle, then 

 suddenly expanding. Fore wing with vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4 absent ; 

 5 from well above angle; 6 from upper angle; 7,8,9, 10 stalked; 11 from 

 cell. Hind wing narrow ; vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; 3 and 5 from 

 angle ; 4 absent ; the discocellulars short ; 6, 7 stalked almost to apex. 



A. Tegulse black. 



a. Terminal segments of abdomen orange-yellow mcictxantJms. 



b. Abdomen black, tlie ventral surface oringe xanthoy aster. 



B. Tegvdaa orange-fulvous ; abdomen black above ricjiveps. 



