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PHEIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
elegans. 
costalis . 
gaudens. 
flavidncta. 
xanthozona* 
sperans. 
liacmato- 
sticta. 
pyrania. 
haemapera. 
discophora. 
normally distended, but is entirely covered by the inner margin of the forewing; the lower median vein and 
lower radial are standing on a long footstalk, the upper median vein and middle radial are absent, and the 
upper radial vein and the subcostal rise in common from the upper cell-end. On the forewing the middle radial 
vein, in contrast with Loxophlebia, rises from the lower cell-angle. 
Ph. elegans Druce (= drucei Kirby , cingla Schaus) (12 d). Wings faintly yellowish hyaline, veins 
and margins black; the black border of the distal margin grows particularly broader at the apex of the forewing 
and projects somewhat inward on the lower median vein. A costal stripe as far as the apical spot, and spots 
at the base of the inner margin and vein 1 are orange-yellow. The palpi being yellow at the base are black. 
The forehead covered with white hair, vertex black with metallic-blue scales. Collar and shoulder-covers orange- 
yellow margined by black, metathorax with a large, metallic-blue spot. Abdomen orange-yellow, the 3 last 
segments black, triangular black dorsal spots with metallic-blue scales, blue subdorsal spots on the 2nd and 
3rd segments. Legs yellow and black, antennae black. Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela. 
Ph. costalis Rothsch. (12 d) distantly resembles Ph. elegans, but it is much smaller and neater, of 
a more slender structure. Body orange; the forehead is silvery white, palpi and antennae black; thorax black- 
spotted; abdomen above with a series of black median spots, the last two segments quite black with blue-grey 
spots. The wings are hyaline, at the base and four fifths of the costal margin orange, as well as at the inner 
margin; margins and apical spots for the rest black; the inner-marginal area of the hindwing black with orange- 
yellow hair. Prom Bolivia, taken at an altitude of 1000 m. 
Ph. gaudens Whr. (12 d) likewise resembles elegans, but it has an orange-yellow head, with a black 
vertex spotted in a metallic green. The orange-yellow abdomen exhibits black transverse bands which are 
dorsally expanded to triangular spots and exhibit dorsal and lat eral, large, met allic-green spots. Hips and 
abdominal end beneath yellow, in elegans black. Venezuela, Amazon (Para), Peru. 
Ph. flavicinda Dogn. (26 k). Body black; palpi yellow with a black terminal joint, collar orange- 
yellow, a transverse streak between the antennae and shoulder-covers with single, whitish hairs; metathorax 
with an orange-yellow transverse band. The abdominal rings show above small white dorsal spots; the first 
rings exhibit a yellow lateral band, the following ones an orange lateral spot each; venter black, with yellow- 
white rings, ventral valve yellow. Hindlegs quite yellow, the forelegs black and yellow. At the base of the 
hyaline forewing is a white spot, costa yellow. Argentina (Tucuman). 
Ph. xanthozona Dogn. (12 c), a very small, insignificant species from French Guiana, has a black- 
brown body. The forehead is white; collar and shoulder-covers orange, bordered by black. The 3 first abdominal 
rings are above and on the sides orange-yellow, beneath white. Hips white. The wings are hyaline, in an oblique 
exposure to light strongly iridescent, with black veins and margins; median and apical spots of the forewing 
very extensive. The specimen before me was taken in February. 
Ph. sperans Whr. (12 e) is one of the largest species; the body is black; forehead and vertex blue- 
spotted, on the collar, shoulders, meso- and metathorax there are white and blue spots; on the shoulder-covers 
indistinct orange spots. The abdomen exhibits dorsally, laterally and ventrally stripes of silvery-green spots. 
The wings are hyaline with broad black veins and margins; on the forewing a large black median and apical 
spot. Colombia; Amazon-District. 
Ph. haematosticta Jones (12 d) has a black-brown body. Thorax and forehips white-spotted, middle 
and hindhips entirely white. Collar and shoulders red-spotted. The 3 first abdominal segments on the ventral 
side white. Antennae black, only beneath near the tips white. The hyaline wings are rather broadly margined 
by black; in the black base of the forewing there is an elliptic red spot; apical spot extraordinarily broad. South 
Brazil (Parana; Santos). 
Ph. pyrania Dogn. (12 d) is a small insignificant species with a black body. On the forehead two 
white spots, the base of the shoulder-covers red, also in the posterior half of the collar there are single, inter¬ 
spersed, red scales. Hips and underside of the first abdominal rings in the £ white, in the $ black. The hyaline 
wings have black veins and broad black margins, very extensive discoidal and apical spots. French Guiana, 
March and September. 
Ph. haemapera Schaus (12 e) from Brazil (Sa. Catharina) is a smaller species with a deep velvety- 
black body, only the collar and the extremest end of the abdomen exhibit carmine spots. Wings hyaline with 
broad black margins and discoidal spots. The hips and the ventral side of the first abdominal rings are yellowish- 
white. 
Ph. discophora Dogn. is a small species with an expanse of the wings of 24 mm; body black, on the 
shoulder-covers, thorax and first abdominal ring orange-spotted; narrow angular indentations on the other 
rings and the ventral side are orange-yellow; tarsi orange-striped, the posterior ones quite orange. The hyaline 
wings are distinguished by a very large black, orange-dusted discal spot; subcostal orange. Colombia. 
