PHILOEOS. HYALEUCEREA. 533 



1177. Philoros lanra, n. sp. (Plate XYII. fig. 23.) 



Dull black; palpi at base, back of head, neck, and anal tuft crimson ; 

 palpi in front, frons, coxdg, and stripes on legs white ; abdomen tinged 

 with blue and with white ventral stripe. Pore wing with slight 

 yellowish streak on inner margin ; the cilia tipped with white 

 except at middle. Hind wing shot with blue ; an apical white 

 patch ; the termen and inner margin white towards tornus. 



Hab. Bolivia, Bueyes (GarlejJj))-, 2 c? , type; 2 i^ Coll. Staud- 

 inger. Exp. 38 millim. 



1178. Philoros ruhriceps. 



Ctenucha rubriceps, W\k. ii. 283(1854); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 



i. p. 82, pi. 9. f. 8 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 176. 

 Ctenucha opaca, Boisd. Lep. Guat. p. 84 (1870) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 176. 

 Ctenucha scepsifo7V7iis, H. Edw. Ent. Am. iii. p. 91 (1887). 



Head and thorax fuscous brown ; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, 



throat, and vertex of head 

 scarlet ; frons and abdomen 

 shot with blue. Fore 

 wing fuscous brown ; the 

 veins darker. Hind wing 

 shot with blue ; cilia of 

 both wings often white at 

 tips, or towards tornus only. 

 Fig. 281.— Philoros rtibriceps, cS' f- Ab. 1. ojmcci. Palpi, 



throat, and vertex of head 

 fulvous orange.— Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Uruguay. 



Bab. Mexico (ff. Edwards), 1 $, Jalapa (Trujillo, Hoege), 

 Orizaba {Godman, Eliues), Vera Cruz {H. H. Smith), Coatepec 

 (Brooks); Gfatejiala (Champion); Costa Eica (Underwood): 

 Godman-Salvin Coll.; Colombia; Venezuela, type; Beazil, Sao 

 Paulo (Jones), Rio Janeiro ; Uefguat (Berg). Exp. 30-34 millim. 



1179. PMloros neglecta. 



Tipidodes neglecta, Boisd. Voy. Astr., Lep. p. 195, pi. 3. f. 8 (1832) ; Burm. 

 Descr. Eep. Arg. v. p. 383; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 176. 



Head and thorax brown and fuscous ; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, 

 throat, and vertex of head orange ; abdomen black, shot with blue 

 above. Pore wing pale brown, sometimes whitish, the veins black- 

 brown ; cilia often whitish at tips, especially towards tornus. 

 Hind wing semihyaline fuscous tinged with blue ; cilia whitish at 

 apex and below middle. 



Hab. Perf, Arica, Callao (J. J. Walker). Exp. 36-40 millim. 



Genus HYALEUCEREA. ^ 



Hyaleucerca, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xv. p. 399 (1875) erythrotelus. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head; antenna 

 bipectinate, with moderate branches; tibire with the spurs moderate ; abdomen 

 dorsally clothed with rough hair at base. Fore wing long and narrow, the 



