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27. DlOPTIS PARTITA. 



Nigra; caput et thorax albo guttata; palpi pedesque subtus albi ; 

 pectoris laiera lutea ; abdomen subtus testaceum, vitta nigra ; 

 alee lacteo-limpidce, iridescentes, nigro marginatce ; anticce luteo 

 ex parte marginatce, apicibus late nigris fasciam obliquam al- 

 bum nigro venosam amplectentibus ; posticce vitta lata postica 

 lutea. 



Black. Head and thorax in front with white dots. Palpi and 

 legs white heneath. Pectus luteous on each side. Abdomen testa- 

 ceous beneath, with a black middle stripe. Wings hyaline, with a 

 slightly opaline hue, with black borders. Fore wings partly bordered 

 with luteous, which by the hind angle forms a short stripe like that 

 of the hind wings ; apical third part black including an oblique 

 white band which is divided by black veins. Hind wings with a 

 broad luteous hind border. Length of the body b\ lines; of the 

 wings 17 lines. 



o. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



28. Dioptis Ergolis. 



Niger ; thorax et alarum anticarum costa apud dimidium. basale et 

 fascia brevia obliqua rufa ; alee anticce disco basali subhya- 

 lino, fascia abbreviata obliqua subapicali alba. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 

 b — d. Jamaica. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Group 12. LOCHA. 



Fotm. Corpus cylindricum, lineare, gracillimum, longitudine 

 mediocri. Palpi ascendentes, subarcuati, capite breviores; articulus 

 3us coiricus, minimus, 2i quadrario non longior. Antennae gracil- 

 limee, vix pectir.atae. Pedes gracillimi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor parvis. Alae hyalinae, latae, non longae, venis inferioribus 

 tribus; posticae abdomen facile superantes. 



Fein. Body cylindrical, linear, very slender, moderately long. 

 Palpi ascending, slightly curved, shorter than the head ; third joint 

 conical, very small, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae more slender, and much more minutely pecti- 

 nated than in the preceding group. Abdomen not extending near 

 so far as the hind wings. Legs very slender ; hind tibiae with four 

 small spurs. Wings hyaline, broad, not long ; discal areolet with 

 three inferior veins in each wing. 



