LOXOPHLEBIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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L. crocata H.-Schdff. (12 g). Body black, forehead white, collar, shoulder-covers and thorax red- crocata. 
spotted. Forehips white. The 1st abdominal ring exhibits subdorsal grey-white stripes, the 3rd and 4th orange- 
red spots. In the the spots of the collar are whitish, the spots of the thorax are absent; ventral valve white. 
Wings hyaline, veins and margins black, at the base there are subcostally and above the inner-margin small 
red stripes; the former are absent in the Cayenne, Rio de Janeiro. 
L. flavinigra Jones. Body yellow; terminal joint of the palpus and distal side, vertex, posterior half flavinigra. 
of the collar, a stripe on the shoulder-covers and a median stripe above the thorax and abdomen black. Anal 
tuft black, subdorsally yellow; the last 3 rings beneath black, which colour extends sublaterally in front as 
far as the 4th segment. The base of the hyaline, black-bordered wings is yellow, outside black. Expanse of 
wings: £ 22, $ 21 mm. Castro (Parana). 
L. chrysobasis Dogn. (12 g). Head black, upper half of the forehead white, palpi black, at the base chry sobasis. 
and below yellow, antennae black. Collar and shoulder-covers orange, the latter outside bordered by black; 
thorax black, at the sides yellow. Abdomen orange-yellow with a black median line, the four last rings unicolo- 
rously black with a blue lustre. Legs orange, middle and hind-hips blackish. Wings hyaline, base of both pair 
of wings and a subcostal stripe orange-yellow; proximal and distal margins black; broad apical spots. From 
Colombia and French Guiana. 
L. masa Druce' (12 g). Body black; anterior side of the palpi, forehead and neck white; shoulders mam. 
and metathorax with orange-red spots. Tarsi white; base of the abdomen with white lateral spots. Expanse 
of wings: 20 mm. Mexico (Tabasco); Honduras. 
L. austera spec. nov. (12 g) is completely sooty blackish-brown on the whole body and thereby very austera. 
easily recognizable. Only on the head behind the base of the antennae a small whitish dot. The wings are 
hyaline with narrow, blackish-brown margins, a black apical spot and a slight expansion below the lower median 
vein. Described according to a female taken by Dr. Seitz in Santos. Type in the Coll. Seitz. 
L. geminata Schaus. Body black; forehips white; ventral valve ochreous-yellow; in the neck two geminata. 
dark red spots. The wings hyaline with black veins, margins, apical spots and a transverse-vein spot. Expanse 
of wings: 18 mm. French Guiana. 
L. peralta Schaus. Thorax and abdomen are more blue-black than in the preceding, head and base peralta. 
of abdomen more brown. Forehead with white scales; on the shoulder-covers a large carmine spot, the 2 spots 
of the neck being absent. All the rest as in geminata. Expanse of wings: 26 mm. Costa Rica (Tuis). 
L. klagesi Bothsch. (12 g) is a very variable species. The body is black; the forehead white as well klagesi. 
as the base of the collar, the shoulder-covers at the base carmine; the first abdominal ring is white, the second 
exhibits subdorsal isabel-coloured longitudinal streaks; the whitish ventral valve is uncommonly large and 
extends as far as the penultimate segment . Forehips and tarsi white, middle and hind legs on the inside white. 
Wings without any peculiarities. — In a $ before me from Guiana the white basal spot is reduced to two sub¬ 
dorsal longitudinal spots; the white spots may also be altogether absent, and on the other hand, there may 
occur yet red subdorsal spots on the 3rd and 4th segments. Widely distributed in Venezuela and Guiana, found 
also in Trinidad. It is possible that the Pheia bisigna having been described 2 months before by Kaye, which 
I only know from the description, is identical with it; then the name would have to be altered into: Loxophlebia 
bisigna. 
L. crusmatica Dogn. has a black body posteriorly with a green reflection; forehead and tips of antennae crusmatica. 
white; shoulder red-spotted. On the first abdominal rings there are 3 subdorsal white spots. Hips and the 
ventral valve covering two thirds of the venter white. Wings hyaline, somewhat iridescent, bordered by black 
with a large apical spot and a 4-cornered spot at the inner angle. French Guiana in August. The species may 
also belong to the preceding. 
L. rufescens Rothsch. (12 g) has a white forehead and black vertex; the antennae are black, at the rufescens. 
tips white; thorax and abdomen are bright orange-red; the first segment black with subdorsal, isabel-coloured 
longitudinal spots; underside of the venter black, ventral valve white, uncommonly large. Forehips white, 
legs for the rest black. The wings are hyaline with an orange-coloured base of the forewings; margins, apex 
and median spot black. Only 1 S from Venezuela known. 
L. semiflava Rothsch. (12 h). Head and thorax are black; the forehead white; antennae black, at semiflava. 
the tips white; base of the shoulder-covers orange-spotted; the abdomen is unicolorously orange-yellow. The 
large ventral valve is brown. The legs are black-brown, forehips and inside of the hind tarsi white. The wings 
hyaline with narrow black margins and a somewhat broader apical spot. Described according to 2 SS from 
Venezuela. 
L. cosmosomoides Rothsch. (12 h) looks like a Cosmosonia from the stibostictum- group. Head and cosmoso- 
antennae black, palpi yellow; thorax black, a spot on the shoulders and metathorax orange-yellow; abdomen 
orange-yellow, 6th and 7th segments black. Forehips reddish-yellow, legs yellow, on the outside of the 
