MEVANIA. MICROGITOl^. 



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Genus MEVANIA. 



Type. 



Mevania, Wlk. ii. 442 (1854) quadricolor. 



Proboscis fully develuped ; palpi upfcuraed to vertex of head ; antennae of 

 male bipectinate, with moderate branches, of female with short branches dilated 

 at extremity and ending in a bristle ; tibiae with the spurs moderate. Fore wing 

 rather short and broad ; the cell broad at extremity, and vein 3 from below angle 

 of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 7, 

 8, 9 from a point towards apex. Hind wing with the cell very long ; vein 2 from 

 long before angle ; 3 from near angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



1034. Mevania quadricolor. 



Mevania quadricolor, Wlk. ii. 443 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 163. 



Black-brown ; palpi at base and neck orange ; basal joint of 

 antennae white in front in male ; head and thorax with patches of 



metallic blue ; legs striped 

 with white ; abdomen witii 

 a metallic blue band on 

 each segment, whitish be- 

 low. Fore wing with some 

 metallic green at base; a 

 yellow medial band narrow- 

 ing towards and not quite 

 reaching costa or inner 

 margin. Hind wing with 

 some blue at base of median nervure ; an oblique yellow patch from 

 middle of costa to beyond lower angle of cell. 



Hah. Ecuador, 1 S ; Veistezuela, 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim. 



Fig. 2b^.— Mevania quadricolor, (^. 



Genus MICEOGITON. ^^ ^ 



Microgiton, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 103 (1875), non descr suhrnacida. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, extending well beyond 

 frons ; antenna? of female biserrate, with moderate branches ; tibiae with the 

 spurs minute. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 separate at origin ; 6 from well 

 below angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9, 10 strongly stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 the cell long ; vein 2 from long before angle ; 3, 4 strongly stalked ; 5 from well 

 above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



1035. Microgiton submacula. 



Virbia submacida, Wlk. ii. 472 (1854). 



Microgiton selene, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 103. f. 17 (1875). 



$ . Black-brown ; coxao and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. 



Fig. 254. — Microgiton suhmacula, 2 • x* 



Fore wing with the veins streaked with yellowish. Hind wing with 

 pale yellow patch on basal two-thirds, extending from costa below 



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