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LOXOPHLEBIA. By Dr. M. Dkaudt. 
broieas. L. broteas Schaus (12 e). The head is black, forehead white, proboscis and palpal base orange; the 
black antennae have white tips. Collar and shoulder-covers are carmine, thorax black. The black abdomen 
exhibits on the 1st ring subdorsal white spots and lateral carmine macular stripes not reaching the abdominal 
end. Ventral valve orange. Hips, tibiae orange except the base and tarsi. The wings are hyaline, the broad 
distal margins black. A subcostal stripe orange; the veins are behind the cell orange coloured. Brazil (Sa. 
Catharina). 
splendens. L. splendens Mdschl. (12 f). Black; palpal base and proboscis orange, forehead white; collar narrowly 
bordered by orange, shoulder-covers orange; abdomen with orange stripes not extending as far as the end; 
the first segment exhibits dorsally two white dots. Ventral valve orange. Hips and tarsi yellow and white. 
The wings are hyaline with an orange-yellow basal spot; margins, median and apical spots black; the veins 
behind the cell partly orange-yellow, the same on the hindwings. Cayenne. 
cinctata. L. cinctata Hmps. Head black with a white forehead; front side of the palpi, the basal joints of the 
antennae and neck yellow; thorax yellow, the larger half of the shoulder-covers and a broad dorsal stripe black; 
abdomen likewise yellow with a black median stripe, on the 2nd and 3rd rings black bands, the 3 last segments 
blue-black. On the hyaline forewings the base, a costal stripe and the radial veins are yellow, the other veins, 
margins, the apical spot and transverse vein black; also on the hindwings the base and the veins between the 
cell and margin are yellow. Expanse of wings: 28 mm. Venezuela. 
urantiaca. L. aurantiaca Jones. Head, palpi and antennae are black; hips white; collar, thorax and abdomen 
orange; a black median line on the thorax and the 2 first abdominal rings; the 3 last segments black. The wings 
hyaline, narrowly bordered by black-brown, broadly at the apex; base orange, on the cell-fold in the marginal 
area a black stripe. Expanse of wings: 23 mm. South East Brazil. 
egregia. L. egregia Schaus. Head black, forehead white, as well as a spot on the vertex. Body red, middle 
of the thorax and the dorsum of the 3 first segments and the whole last segment black. Hips and inner side 
of the legs yellowish-pink; the base of the forewing and the proximal margin of the hindwing red. Expanse 
of the wings: 21 mm. Costa Rica. 
fininigra. L. fininigra Kaye (12 f). Head black with fine white dots above and below the base of the antennae; 
antennae black, before the tips white; palpi black, at the ends of the joints whitish-curled. Thorax and abdomen 
above orange; the 3 last segments black with a posteriorly, metallic-green reflection; underside quite black, 
the large ventral valve silvery white. The base of the hyaline wings is extensively orange, the veins and margins 
narrow black, of the same colour is the extensive apical spot and a spot below the lower median vein. Described 
from South Brazil (Santos). — Before me there is from the Coll. Seitz a whole series of specimens taken by 
him in Santos in November. In some specimens there is a black dorsal line to be seen, reaching differently 
far anteriorly from the hindmost black segments, though always leaving the first ring orange; it may be deno- 
dorsilineata. minated dorsilineata form. nov. (12 f). 
metamela. . L. metamela Dogn. Whether and to what extent this species having remained unknown to me is to 
be united with the preceding, I cannot tell. The short description coincides, except the palpi which are stated 
here to be ,,black, while the two first joints are yellow“. South America (where?). 
pyrgion. L. pyrgion Druce (12 f). Head black; forehead, tips of antennae and 2 dots on the vertex white; thorax 
orange; abdomen black with broad orange lateral stripes, the 3 last rings quite blue-black; venter whitish. Wings 
hyaline with black veins and margins; the base of the forewings, as well as a part of the subcosta and of the 
inner margin orange. Panama; French Guiana. 
assecla. L. assecla spec. nov. (12 f) greatly approximates the preceding species; it differs by the broader shape 
of the wings; the stouter structure and more extensive black colour. Head and antennae are quite black; collar 
and shoulder-covers orange, the latter at the apex black; thorax anteriorly black, only the metathorax orange. 
Abdomen black-brown, orange-yellow lateral stripes reach from the base only as far as the 3rd segment. The 
wings are hyaline with narrow black margins; on the base of the inner-margin lies an elliptic, orange-yellow 
spot. Apical spot very broad black. Santos (South Brazil). Type in Coll. Seitz. 
imitata. L. imitata Druce (12 f) is smaller than the preceding and differs by its quite orange-red abdomen 
exhibiting only on the dorsum a black median stripe which seems more or less broken up into spots; abdominal 
apex black. Base of the wings without any orange colouring. Expanse of wings: 24 mm. Guatemala; Honduras. 
diaphana. L. diaphana Sepp (= discifera Wh\, bura Btlr., albifrons Mdschl.) (12 g). Body black-brown; collar 
orange, shoulder-covers inside bordered by orange; forehead and hips white. The abdomen exhibits broad 
orange-yellow lateral stripes; the ventral valve is yellow. The wings are hyaline, strongly iridescent with black 
veins, margins, median and apical spots. Guiana to the Amazon. — The larva is yellowish with a brown head 
and brown subdorsal stripes, thinly haired with hair-t-ufts on the 1st, 4th and 10th segments, between the two 
latter with thick and short hair-brushes; it lives on Serjania or Paullinia. 
mconspi- 
cuata. 
brown. 
L. inconspicuata Kaye (12 g) has a brick-red thorax and shoulder-covers, the rest of the body is black- 
at. the abdomen white sublateral lines, From British Guiana to Matto-Grosso. 
