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1381. Elysius soteria. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 10.) 



MazcBras soteria, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) v. p. 509 (1900). 



S . Deep red-brown ; head, tegulae, and front of thorax dull 

 crimson ; 3rd joint of palpi, lower part of f rons, antennae, and spots 

 on tegulae blackish ; pectus, coxae, and femora above crimson ; 

 abdomen orange, the hair at base crimson ; dorsal and lateral series 

 of black spots, the ventral surface brown. Fore wing with the base 

 of inner margin crimson ; cilia jellow-brown at tips. Hind wing 

 whitish, the veins and margins tinged with crimson, the inner area 

 broadly so. 



9 . Hind wing uniform pale crimson. 



Hab. AuGENiiNA, 1 S . J^^cp. 51 millim. Type f in Coll. 

 Druce. 



*1382. Elysius thrailkilli. 



Ammalo thmilkllli, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 280; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Het. ii. p. 369, pi. 74. f. 21. 



2 . Head and thorax dark brown ; palpi behind and vertex of 

 head reddish brown ; tegulae with black points ; patagia with black 

 patches ; abdomen dull red with dorsal black bands, the ventral 

 surface brown. Tore wing dark brown mottled with pale brown. 

 Hind wing ochreous tinged with crimson. 



Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, 1 $ type f in Coll. Schaus. Ex]). 6U 

 millim. 



1383. Elysius ochrota, n. sp. (Plate XXXYIII. fig. 3.) 



S . Head and thorax ochreous yellow tinged with brown ; palpi 

 brown at sides ; tibiae and tarsi brown ; abdomen with dorsal black 

 bands. Fore wing ochreous yellow, slightly tinged with brown on 

 terminal area. Hind wing yellowish white, thinly scaled, tho 

 terminal area tinged with brown. 



Hab. EoLiviA, Chaco, 1 (S type. Exp. 60 millim. 



*1384. Elysius cingulata. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 13.) 

 Halesidota cingulata, Wlk. vii. 1710 (1856) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 211. 



Head and thorax crimson and orange ; palpi black at tips ; 

 antenna) brown ; patagia and metathorax with blackish spots ; 

 tibiae and tarsi black ; abdomen orange, clothed with crimson hair 

 towards base and with black dorsal bauds, the ventral surface 

 brown. Fore wing brown obscurely mottled with red ; a short 

 crimson fascia at base of inner margin ; some orange and crimson 

 marks at base followed by an oblique band from costa to vein 1 

 with waved edges ; a spot in end of cell and one below vein 2 ; a 

 point or patch beyond discocellulars ; a rather obscure subterminal 

 series of spots, those above veins 5 and 7 displaced inwards. Hind 



