PubL 3. V. 1915. MEVANIA; PARASTATIA. By Dr. M. Drattdt. 161 
135. Genus: Mevania Wkr. 
Distinguished from the preceding by the lower radial veins of the forewing rising unpetioled, whereas 
the upper one comes from far below the upper cell-angle; on the hindwings, the upper median vein comes from 
below the lower cell-angle which sends forth both the lower radial veins. Female antennae doubly short-combed. 
M. quadricolor Wkr. (23 k). Blackish-brown; palpal base and neck orange; head and thorax spotted 
metallic blue. Abdomen with blue transverse bands, beneath whitish. The foreAvings are metallic green at 
the base; the centre is crossed by a broad, yellow transverse band. Hindwing with a yellow oblicpie spot from 
the costal centre to behind the loAver cell-angle; base of the median blue. Expanse of wings: 36 mm. Venezuela; 
Ecuador. 
136. Genus: Paramevania gen. nov. 
It forms the transition betAveen Mevania and Parastalia, to the latter of which it is closely allied in the 
veins. Siphon well developed. Palpi slender, erect, projecting beyond the vertex. Antennae doubly combed with 
rather short dents; tibiae with rather long spurs, base of abdomen roughly haired. On the forewings, the lower 
median vein rises from behind the middle of the median, the upper one before the loAver cell-angle, from which 
the 2 lower radial veins proceed on very short pedicle. The upper radial vein comes from far below the upper 
cell-angle, the 1st subcostal freely from the cell. Cell of the hindwing rather long, the 1st median vein from 
beloAv the lower cell-angle, the middle radial vein, being proximally strongly curved, above it. The subcostal 
vein rises before the upper cell-angle. 
P. inconspicua spec. nov. (23 k) is a unicolorously dull greyish-brown insect. Neck, throat and 
base of palpi orange-yelloAv. The first abdominal rings above with a slight slate-blue lustre. At the cell-encl, 
an entirely faded, darker median band crosses the forewing from the costa to the proximal margin. The hindwings 
are of a somewhat greyer tinge with a very feeble purple lustre. Expanse of Avings: 29 mm. A $ from Bang- 
Haas, the patria not being stated. 
137. Genus: Microgiton Fldr. 
Very near to Mevania ; palpi longer and more slender, more porrect; tibiae with very short spurs. 
Female antennae doubly serrate-dentate. On the forewings, the upper median vein and the 2 lower radial 
veins are all separated. On the hindwings, the 1st median and the 3rd radial veins rise on a joint pedicle from 
the lower cell-angle, the middle radial vein proceeds above it. 
M. submacula Wkr. (= selene Fldr.) (13 k). Blackish-brown; hips and venter whitish. Veins of the 
foreAAungs striped yellowish. Hindwings light yellow, the distal and proximal margins broadly black. Expanse 
of wings: 30 mm. Venezuela; Colombia; Amazon. 
138 Genus: Myparpliara Hmps. 
Differs from the preceding merely by the uppermost radial vein of the foreAving rising from the upper 
cell-angle. Male antennae doubly combed. 
H. junctura Wkr. (= cingulosus Fldr.) (23 k). Body blackish-brown, anteriorly with single, light 
yellow hairs; forehead spotted white. The abdomen exhibits square, light yelloAv, small subdorsal spot; the 
venter is banded Avhite. At the cell-end the foreAving exhibits a yellow oblique spot. Hindwings with yellow 
stripe-shapecl spots at the costa, in the ceil and at the proximal margin. Expanse of wings: 34 mm. Colombia. 
139.Genus: Parastatia Hmps. 
Siphon well developed; the erect palpi reach the vertex; antennae doubly combed. Abdomen on the 
last segments laterally and at the end with hair-tufts. On the foreAvings, the 1st median vein and the two loAver 
radials rise all separated. The upper radial comes from beloAv the upper cell-angle; all the subcostal veins rise 
on a joint pedicle. On the hindwings, all the veins rise separated; the subcostal vein proceeds far before the 
upper cell-angle. 
P. parnassia Moschl. (23 k) has a black body with a deep blue lustre. Front of the palpi, sides of 
the forehead, throat and spots on the shoulders, chest, hips and legs white. The abdomen is spotted white above, 
laterally and sublaterally; the anal tuft carmine. Forewings hyaline with broad black margins, apical spot and 
discal band being fused AA'itli an inner-angular spot; in the broadly blackish-blue base of the proximal margin 
there is a whitish-blue spot. Hindwings hyaline with black veins, a black spot in the base of the cell, and a 
brightly lustrous blue border. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Surinam. 
quadricolor. 
incon¬ 
spicua. 
submacula . 
junctura. 
parnassia. 
VI 
21 
