TKICHODESllA. COEEUEA. 453 



*1001. Trichodesma oWiqua. (Plate XV. fig. 18.) 



Trichodesma ohliqua, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 140 (1898). 



S . Black-brown ; j)alpi whitish in front ; frons whitish, orange 

 above ; tegulae in front and shoulders orange ; legs streaked with 

 white ; abdomen with segmental orange rings, the ventral surface 

 white. Fore wing with fine orange streaks on base of subcostal 

 nervure and vein 1 ; an oblique postmedial orange band across end 

 of cell from below costa to vein 2. Hind wing with broad orange 

 fascia in and below cell from base to beyond end of cell. 



Hah, Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 S type t in Coll. Schaus. Exj). 34 

 millim. 



1002. Trichodesma uniformis, n. sp. (Plate XY. fig. 19.) 



5 . Pale yellow-brown ; palpi at base, frons, basal joints of an- 

 tennae, marks behind eyes, and throat crimson; abdomen fuscous, 

 with lateral lines towards extremity, the anal tufts and segmental 

 lines on ventral surface crimson. Fore wing thinly scaled. Hind 

 wing paler. 



Hah. Brazil, Petropolis {Boer), 1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim. 



Genus COREURA. 



Type. 



■Coreura, Wlk. xxxi. 142(1864) euchromoides. 



Fseudocharidea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 353 



(1897) eion. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, straight ; antenna bipectinate, with 

 moderate branches dilated at extremity ; tibia with tlie spurs short ; head and 

 thorax clothed with woolly hair. Fore wing broad, vein 3 from angle of cell ; 

 4 from just above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 

 usually from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 from well 

 above angle ; 7 from before upper angle. 



Sect. I, Fore wing of male with streaks denuded of scales above and below vein 

 5 ; veins 5 and 6 becoming coincident after half their length ; 1 1 stalked 

 with 7, 8, 9, 10, and the costa somewhat lobed at middle; palpi not 

 extending beyond frons ; female with vein 5 of fore wing aborted, as a 

 short spur from well above angle of cell ; 1 1 from cell ; hind wing with 

 vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars ; palpi extending about 

 length of head. 



A. Wings with crimson markings. 



a. Tegula3 crimson euchromioides. 



b. Tegulse dark li/slmachides. 



B. Wings with orange markings eion. 



1003. Coreura euchromioides. 



Coreiira euchromioides, Wlk. xxxi. 142 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 189. 



cJ . Palpi except 3rd joint, head, neck, and tegulae crimson ; 

 thorax and abdomen blue-black. Fore wing black with slight blue 

 tinge, especially at base of inner margin ; a rather narrow oblique 

 crimson band from costa beyond middle, where it expands to termen 

 just above tornus. Hind wing brilliant blue, the termen black. 



