diminuta. 
nana. 
argante. 
basifulva. 
thoracica. 
leucosticta. 
aurifera 
96 MICRAGYRTA; METALOBA; PSOLOPTERA; EUROTA. By Dr. M. Drattdt. 
45. Genus: Micragyrta Btlr. 
Proboscis well developed; the slender palpi are erect and extend with their 2nd joints beyond the vertex, 
the 3 rd joint being very small. Tibiae with short spurs. The veins of the forewings differ from those of the 
allied genera by the two uppermost subcostal veins rising from the cell on a joint footstalk, whereas the three 
lower ones are separately petioled. On the hindwings both the median veins stand on a long footstalk; the 
lower radial vein comes from the lower cell-angle. The subcostal vein and the uppermost radial vein are likewise 
petioled. 
M. diminuta Wkr. (= gavisa Wkr.) (15 1). The only species known hitherto most strikingly copies 
small Agxyrta- species and also Mimagyrta pampa (12 k). The body is black with a blue lustre extending to the 
basal halves of the wings. The wings exhibit hyaline spots arranged exactly like in pampa. Forehead white. 
Expanse of wings: 30—34 mm. Amazon (Para). 
46. Genus: Metaloba Hmps. 
In their exterior, the two species remind us of the genus Calonotos from which they differ by the short- 
petioled 2 uppermost subcostal veins of the forewing, by the much shorter cell of the hindwing, as well as by 
the petioled subcostal vein and 1st radial vein. In the $ the costal vein is rudimentary; the proximal margin 
exhibits an oval, lobular appendage containing in a fold thick woolly hair. 
M. nana Druce (15 1). Black; palpal base, forehead and collar, and at the sides of the first abdominal 
ring with white dots. The abdomen exhibits yellow-golden, dorsal and lateral longitudinal stripes. On the 
black forewings there are below the middle of the cell one, behind the cell 3 hyaline spots in both sexes. The 
appendage of the hindwing is black with brown hair. Colombia. 
M. argante Druce (15 m) differs from nana by metallic green longitudinal stripes on the abdomen. 
The forewings exhibit only one round hyaline spot behind the cell in the $, whereas the $ exhibits three, 
like nana in both sexes. The appendage in the is whitish with ochreous yellow hair. Expanse of wings: 
42 mm. Ecuador. 
47. Genus: I*soloptera Btlr. 
Differing from the preceding genus by the unpetioled subcostal vein and uppermost radial vein on the 
hindwing, and by the absence of appendage of the proximal margin. The rudimentary costal vein is absent, too. 
On the forewing the first median vein distinctly rises below the lower cell-angle; the two lower radial veins 
run for some distance near each other, the upper radial vein comes from below the upper cell-angle. The sub¬ 
costal veins rise on 2 petioles, as in the preceding. 
P. basifulva Schaus (= thoracica Druce) (15 m) differs from the following species by its larger size, 
somewhat narrower wings and the more orange-red colour of the thorax, which also extends to the base of 
the wings. From Panama, also from Peru. 
P. thoracica Wkr. (15 m) has wings of a deep indigoblue lustre, a dark carmine thorax, and white 
dots on the vertex, shoulders and first abdominal ring. Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador, East Colombia, Amazon, 
Peru. 
P. leucosticta Hbn. (15 m) differs from the preceding by the black colour of the thorax; the first 
abdominal ring exhibits two white dorsal spots. Venezuela, Guiana, Amazon, Trinidad. 
P. aurifera H.-Schaff. (151, m) is considerably larger than the preceding. Blackish-brown, tips of 
the antennae white. Collar, shoulder-covers, mesothorax and first abdominal ring with green spots, the other 
rings show dorsal and lateral golden-green stripes. The blackish-brown forewings are in the basal halves golden- 
green and exhibit in the $ small white spots below the middle of the cell and behind the upper cell-angle, or 
only on either of them. Expanse of wings: 50 mm. Amazon (Sao Paulo). 
48. Genus: (Eurota Wkr. 
This genus contains a number of rather variegated species the exterior of which reminds us of the Indo- 
Australian Euchromia. The squat abdomen exhibits on the segments lateral short hair. The antennae are 
thickened in the middle part of the shaft. The neuration does not exhibit any characteristic marks. 
