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Show 1894.] ON NEW HETEROCERA FROM TROPICAL AMERICA. 225 3. On new Species of Heterocera from Tropical America. By W . SCHAUS, F.Z.S. [Received February 9, 1894.] Pam. SYNTOMID^E. 1. PSOLOPTERA BASIFULVA, sp. nOV. Antennae black. Head, thorax, and base of wings reddish ; the wings otherwise and abdomen black, slightly tinged with dark blue ; a small white lateral spot at the base of the abdomen. Exp. 32 millim. Hab. Peru. Obs. Allied to P. thoracica, Wlk., but differs in the reddish base of the wings. 2. HOMffiOCERA CINCTA, Sp. nOV. Antennae black, tipped with white. Head black, frons white. Collar black, a central orange spot and lateral metallic blue spot. Thorax black; patagia orange, margined with black. Abdomen dorsally with first segment yellow, otherwise black with metallic blue transverse lines, orange between the segments ; anus orange ; underneath black with some transverse white marks. Legs black. Primaries hyaline ; the veins black, except the costal vein, which is reddish brown; an orange streak at the base above the submedian vein and another below it; the inner and outer margins narrowly black, the apex broadly black; a narrow black discal line. Secondaries hyaline, the outer margin finely black, the inner margin and anal angle broadly black. Exp. 28 millim. Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. 3. SPHECOSOMA SIMILE, sp. nov. Antennae yellow, the tips black. Head yellow, a black spot posteriorly. Collar yellow, edged with black. Thorax yellow, the patagia inwardly edged with black. Abdomen yellow, with dorsally six broad black transverse bands. Legs yellow. Wings yellowish hyaline ; the subcostal and median veins yellowish, the other veins black; the fringe blackish ; a small black border at the apex of the primaries. Exp. 26 millim. Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. Obs. Very closely allied to S. arctata, Walk. 4. GYMNELIA AROA, sp. nov. Antennae black. Head and thorax black; a few dark bluish scales on the collar. Abdomen black ; a subdorsal dark blue line, interrupted posteriorly on each segment; lateral orange streaks between the segments, and a lateral row of blue spots ; underneath an outer row of yellow spots. Legs black; fore coxae white. |
