286 LEPIDOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Wings moderately broad; antennae moderately pectinated. 



2. C. rubriceps Walker, 283. 



Dark brown, black beneath. Head and palpi towards the base 

 clothed with bright red hairs. "Wings fringed with white. . Fore 

 wings with blackish veins. Hind wings bluish-black. Abdomen 

 of the < sericeous green above. 



New Grenada. 



WALKEK. 



Wings moderately broad; post-apical nervule interior to apical 



nervulet. 



3. C. venosa Walker, 284. 



Dark brown, black beneath. Head above, prothorax beneath, 

 clothed with bright red hairs in the , and with yellow hairs in 

 the 9. Face dark blue. Palpi blackish, base bright red. Pa- 

 tagia and tegulse in front striped with yellow, the latter likewise 

 on the superior edge. Wings fringed with white. Fore wings 

 with four yellowish-white stripes ; the first costal, second on the 

 subcosto-inferior nervule, third on the median vein, extended to 

 the two middle branches ; fourth on the submedian vein. Hind 

 wings and abdomen of the J* dark bluish-black, of the 9 blackish. 



Mexico, Texas. Capt. Pope's collection. Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. 



CLEMENS. 



4. C. ruficeps Walker, 284. 



Blue. Head above and thorax in front beneath clothed with 

 crimson hairs. Palpi black, with crimson hairs towards the base. 

 Thorax with a lappet on each side and a white spot on each 

 shoulder. Legs white beneath. Wings blackish-brown, blue at 

 the base. Fore wings with a white costa and a white interrupted 

 stripe extending from the base to near two-thirds of the length in 

 the disk. Hind wings with a white discal stripe tapering from the 

 base to half the length. 



Mexico. 



WALKER. 



