AGTRTA. PHAEA. 473 



strongly incurved below cell, and the last dentate ; a semihyaline 

 white patch beyond the cell between veins 3 and 7, irrorated with 

 fuscous. Hind wing suffused with brilliant blue; a hyaliue fascia 

 in, below, and beyond lower angle of cell. 



Hah. Brazil, Sta. Catharina, I S type. Exp. 36 millim. 



Genus PHARA. 



Type. 



Phara, Wlk. ii. 521 (1854) trivittata. 



Olina, Wlk. Char. Lep. Het p. 5 (18G0) 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, downcurved, extending about the 

 length of head ; anteni se bipeclinate, with moderate brandies dilated at 

 extremity and ending in a bristle ; tibiuo with the spurs short. Fore wing long 

 and moderately broad ; vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle; 6 

 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 

 3, 4, 5 Irom angle of cell, which is very long ; 6, 7 Irom upper angle, 



Sect. I. Hind wing of male with the tornus truncate and fringed with long 



1047. Phara flavicosta. 



Ecdcmus flavicosta, Herr.-Schiilf. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 421 (1855); Kirbv, 

 Cat. Het. p. 139. 



cf . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; shoulders with yellow 



fascia? ; the subterininal seg- 

 ment ot abdomen with yellow 

 band incomplete dorsally. 

 Eore wing luscous brown, 

 with the veins black ; a yellow 

 costal fascia extending to 

 three-fourths from base ; cilia 

 whitish at tips. Hind wing 

 F\g. 2b^.— Phara flavicosta, (S . \. with the basal two-thirds 



hyaline with black veins, the 

 outer third black ; the long hair at tornus brown. 



Hah. Brazil, Bio Grande do Sul. Exp. 24 millim. In Coll. 

 Schaus. 



Sect. II. Hind wing of male with the tornus normal. 



A. Hind wing with wedge-shaped white streak below 



middle of costa on underside trivittata. 



B. Hind wing with white streak on costa from base to 



middle on underside nyctemeroides. 



1048. Phara trivittata. 



Dioptis trivittata, Wlk. ii. 322 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 180. 



(5 . Black-brown ; palpi at base and back of head crimson ; meta- 

 thorax with dorsal white stripe ; legs striped with white ; abdomen 

 shot with blue, a white dorsal stripe ; white lateral stripes from 



