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111. Belemnia mygdou marthae subspec. nov. 



cj. Differs from mygdoii m>/gdon by the crimson bar on underside of forewing 

 beyond cell being present on the niipersidc. Three of the 8 ? ? only show a few 

 crimson scales on the upperside. 



Hah. Onaca, Santa Martha, :Jii(i(i ft., wet season, October — November I'.Mil 

 (Engelke). 



3 c?c?,8 ? ?. 



112. Diospage semimarginata spec. nov. 



i. Pectus, legs, and frons silvery metallic green-blue; collar, centre of vertex, 

 and base of tegulae metallic green ; rest of tegulae, patagia, and thorax metallic 

 bronze-green with black margins ; abdomen black, banded with silvery metallic 



blue. Forewing : basal third obliquely metallic bronze-green, rest of wing black, 



a metallic bine dot at apex of cell, a dull crimson patch beyond cell between 4 and '.). 



Hindwing black, base brilliant metallic blue, cilia of outer margin pink, a 



longitudinal narrow patch of dull crimson in centre of outer margin. Underside of 

 both wings black, basal third brilliant silvery green-bine, crimson patch on fore- 

 wing darker and brighter, outer margin of hindwini? broadly crimson, beyond 

 cell of both wings some irregular metallic green-blue splashes ; underside of 

 abdomen crimson except two basal segments. 



Length of forewing : 22 mm. 



Hab. Paramba, Ecuador, 3500 ft. (^V. Rosenberg). 



2cJc?. 



113. Diospage steinbachi spec. nov. 



S. Pectus and frons silvery metallic blue-green ; thorax black, with six or 

 eight metallic greenish spots ; abdomen black, the iirst three segments broadly, 



the next narrowly, banded with metallic green-blue. Forewing black, basal third 



metallic bronze-green ; an indistinct dull crimson spot in cell, a dull glaucous 



crimson band beyond cell between veins 9 and 4. -Hindwing black, basal tliird 



dee]) metallic blue. Underside of both wings black, basal fourth metallic blue, 

 a large discal irregular patch on forewing and a subterrainal patch on hindwing rosy 

 crimson. Underside of central abdominal segments crimson. 



Length of forewing : 23 mm. 



Hab. Buenavista, East Bolivia, 750 m., August I'JOd — April UMI7, and 

 Province Sara, Department Santa Cruz de la Sierra, February— April 1904 

 (J. Steinbach). 



5 S<S. 



114. Diospage violitincta spec. nov. 



S . Pectus metallic blue : head, thorax, and abdomen deep velvety black. 



Forewing : basal half metallic copper-colour, washed with purple, rest black with a 



very slight coppery sheen in certain liglits. Hindwing velvety black, base metallic 



purple. Underside of both wings black, with a dark olive oily green sheen, basal 

 two-thirds of forewing and costal two-thirds of hindwing bright metallic purple-blue. 

 Underside of abdomen pale brick red, two basal and terminal segments black. 



Length of forewing : 26 mm. 



Bab. Corinto, Uauca Valley, May — July 1900 (Payne & Brinkley). 



