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LOXOPHLEBIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
postflavia. 
vcsparis. 
albicincta. 
socorrensis. 
asmodeus. 
par ca¬ 
se nia- 
malticincta 
eumonides. 
triangu- 
lifera. 
tibiae black. The wings are hyaline with extensive apical and inner-angular spots; costal margin of the forewing 
at the base hyaline, then black. The radial veins and the first median vein of the forewing, those of the hindwing 
all orange-yellow. Surinam. 
L. postflavia Druce (12 h) is one of the largest species, easily recognizable by the black abdomen being 
orange-yellow at the 4 last segments. The other part of the body is one-coloured black, only the forehead, anterior 
and posterior hips are white. The wings are hyaline with a black base and black margins being somewhat 
expanded at the apex of the forewing. Cayenne. 
L. vesparis Btlr. (12 h). The head is orange, on the forehead and vertex black and with metallic-blue 
spots; thorax black and orange. The abdomen is orange, with black and metallic-blue bands, the last segments 
quite black and blue. The wings are hyaline, very finely bordered by black, slightly broader at the apex. The 
base is slightly tinged orange; the inner-margin of the hindwing likewise orange, towards the anal angle 
with black hair. The $ has a black central spot and a greater expansion of the black colour at the apex and 
below the lower median vein. Known from Peru, Bolivia and Colombia. 
L. albicincta Dogn. Body black, anterior body intermixed with single whitish hairs; the 2nd abdominal 
ring exhibits dorsally a tuft of long white hair, the other rings are yellowish-white, beneath purely white-curled. 
The hyaline wings exhibit a fine black border being somewhat thickened on the two upper radial veins and 
in the apex; also the lower half of the transverse vein is black and thickened; proximal margin of the hindwing 
covered with long black and white hair. Expanse of wings: 26 mm. Peru (Cuzco). 
L. socorrensis Dogn. The abdomen, being above cpiite unicolorously blue-black and exhibiting only 
on the second ring 2 subdorsal white spots, distinguishes the species from the preceding; the underside is blue- 
black; finely white-curled. Anal hairing ochreous yellow; legs black, at the joints white. Colombia (Monte 
Socorro). 
L. asmodeus Druce (12 h) looks exteriorly like a small Gymnelia. The body is black-brown; hips, 
stripes on the legs and the ventral side of the abdomen are orange. The hyaline wings exhibit very fine black 
margins; the basal half of the proximal margin of the hindwing is orange; the upper radial veins of the forewing 
approximate each other very much towards the margin, between them the black distal margin projects some¬ 
what inside. Described from Ecuador, a $ before me originates from the Colombian West Cordilleras (Monte 
Socorro, 3500 m) and was taken in July. 
L. parca spec. nov. (12 h) approximates the preceding species and differs by only half the size and a 
much greater prominence of the black colour. The head is black, except a crescentiform, yellowish-white spot 
below the base of the antennae. The basal half of the very short palpi is orange, the terminal joint black. Thorax 
predominantly black. Abdomen above and laterally black with orange-yellow segmental indentations which, 
however, are interrupted on the dorsum by black with the exception of the first (being besides more whitish) 
and third segments. The first ring exhibits a yellow lateral spot; the ventral side is in front quite yellowish- 
white, posteriorly blackish-curled. Legs black; tibiae and tarsi beneath yellowish. The wings are hyaline, 
narrowly margined by black, the forewings with a yellowish-brown subcostal stripe. Described according 
to a $ from Colombia (Quindiu Pass, 2300 m). Type in the Coll. Seitz. 
L. senta spec. nov. (12 h) greatly approximates the preceding species; it is somewhat larger, has longer 
and narrower wings; the discocellular is placed more obliquely and the middle radial vein rises nearer to the 
lower one than in the preceding. Very characteristic is the peculiarly bristly scaling of the large, brown median 
spots. The black-brown body is more intensely spotted orange-yellow, otherwise in the same way as in parca. 
On the under surface the costal margin and median spot of the forewing are bright orange; the legs are quite 
orange, only the forelegs with a blackish hue at the femora and tibiae. Described according to 3 $$ from 
Colombia; type in the Coll. Seitz. 
L. multicincta Dogn., based upon a $ and a damaged <J, is likewise nearly allied to the preceding 
species, particularly parca. From the latter it deviates by its quite white ventral side, yellowish white hips 
and the yellow abdominal rings being, however, dorsally not interrupted by black, also the abdominal apex 
is yellow; the thorax exhibits 3 pair of yellow spots. Expanse of wings: 22 mm. Quindiu Pass (2400 m) in 
September. 
L. eumonides Druce (12 h) approximates the preceding species and differs above all by its white 
forehips and ventral side. The abdomen is more blue-black with 2 white dots on the 2nd segment. Base and 
margins of the wings are much broader black. The forewing shows a large black central spot and a black transverse 
spot between the middle of the inner-marginal vein and the base of the lower median vein. The inner-marginal 
part of the hindwing is black. Ecuador. 
L. triangulifera Fldr. (12 i) is quite differently coloured and resembles in some way Leucotmemis nexa 
by the black wings being provided with single, small hyaline spots. Black, forehead and shoulders with metallic- 
blue scales, shoulder-covers white-spotted; hips red; metathorax blue and white spotted; the abdomen exhibits 
dorsal and lateral rows of metallic-green spots. The forewings exhibit triangular hyaline spots below the base 
of the cell and in the cell, as well as in the £ above the upper radial, the latter being absent in the <J; hindwings 
with a small hyaline spot below the base of the cell. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Venezuela; Amazon. 
