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HETEROCERA. 
9. Charidea ira. (Tab. LX XII. fig. 15.) 
Charidea ira, Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xviii. p. 34 (July 1896) °. 
Male. Primaries deep black, edged at the base on the inner margin with a metallic blue streak ; a wide bright 
carmine band extends from the base to the end of the cell and then to the anal angle; the inner margin 
of the wing black; secondaries black, with the apex bright carmine; the fringes of both wings black ; 
the underside very much as above: head, thorax, and abdomen bright metallic-blue, the thorax clothed 
with black hairs and the abdomen banded with black; antenne and palpi black. Expanse 1,4, inch. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Trétsch, in mus. Staudinger '). 
A very distinct species, not closely allied to any other known to me. It differs from 
all the allied forms in its very much narrower primaries. 
PSEUDOCHARIDEA (to follow the genus Charidea, I. p. 72). 
Pseudocharidea, Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xviii. p. 85 (July 1896). 
Allied to Charidea, from which it differs in the primaries being broader, the costal 
margin considerably arched about the middle, and the apex more rounded, and by 
having two brands on the underside close to the costal margin nearest the apex. The 
secondaries are very similar to those of Charidea, but are more rounded at the apex. 
‘The antenne are rather long and slightly pectinated. In all other respects it is very 
similar to Charidea. 
1. Pseudocharidea eion. (Tab. LXXII. fig. 26, 3.) 
Pseudocharidea eion, Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xviii. p. 86 (July 1896) °. 
Male. Primaries deep black, streaked with metallic blue at the base and on the costal margin; a wide orange- 
yellow band crosses the wing about the middle, extending from the costal margin almost to the anal 
angle; the fringe black; secondaries black, shot with bright metallic blue from the base; the outer 
margin from the apex to the anal angle broadly bordered with orange-yellow ; the fringe yellow; the 
" underside very similar to the upperside, but with rather more blue on the wings: head black, with a 
white dot on each side, the collar streaked with blue; tegule black, edged with metallic blue; thorax 
and abdomen bright metallic blue, the abdomen with a black line on each side, the underside of the 
thorax white; antenns black; legs slightly metallic blue-black. Expanse 1? inch. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Tritsch, in mus. Staudinger '). 
METRIOPHYLA (I. p. 73). 
Metriophyla apicalis (I. p. 73). 
To the localities given, add :—Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith) ; Costa 
Rica, Santa Clara Valley 1200 feet (Zurcher). 
The specimens from San Gerénimo, Guatemala, prove to be females of UY. alpha, 
Druce; this locality must therefore be transferred to that species, which follows 
MM. apicalis in the earlier part of this work. 
_ 8. Metriophyla lelex. 
Heliura lelex, Druce, P. Z. 8. 1890, p. 495 (¢ 2)". 
Hab. Muxico, Morelos (coll. Schaus).—Kcuapor '. 
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