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58. Ag-yrta nitens sp. nov. 



(?. Pectus .and underside of abdomen white ; antennae black ; head bkie 



with white spot on frons ; thorax and abdomen brilliant deep bine. Forewing 



brilliant deep bine, basal above vein 1 and below snbcostal hyaline ; a h3'aline 

 oblique patch reaching from snbcosta at apex of cell almost to termen at 

 vein 3. Hindwing hyaline, with veins and wide border brilliant deep blue. 



5 has dark portions black glossed with deep blae. 



Length of forewing: <? 20 mm., ? 19 mm. 



Hab. ('ananche, Cnndinaraarca, Colombia, Jnly 1903 (M. de Mathan) (type); 

 Bogota; Paramba, Ecuador, 35UU ft., April 1897, dry season (W. H. Rosenberg); 

 Poznzn, Department Hnannco, Pern (Hoffmanns). 



59. Agyrta acutipennis sp. nov. 



?. Similar to above, but apex of forewing drawn out to a sharp jwint. 

 Pectus sooty black ; underside of abdomen brownish orange ; head, thorax, and 



abdomen bright purple-bine. Forewing bright purple-blue, changing more 



blackish in some lights, a hyaline streak in cell and a large one below median vein 

 from base two-thirds along vein 1, a transverse hyaline postiliscal patch from 



subcosta at apox of cell to termen at vein 2. Hindwing hyaline with black 



veins and a broad deep blue border. 



Length of forewing : 21 mm. 



Hab. Bogota, Colombia, 1898. 



60. Agyrta ockendeni sp. nov. 



?. Allied to ahclominalis. Pectus sooty black; underside of abdomen white 

 with median dark band ; antennae black ; head, thorax, and abdomen glittering 



blue. Forewing, basal two-fifths glittering bine, rest sooty black glossed with 



dark blue, a liyaiine streak in cell and a much larger and longer one below 

 median vein, an oblique h^valine band from subcosta at apex of cell almost to 



termen at vein 3. Hindwing sooty black glossed with dark bine, abdominal 



area glitterino: blue, a median hyaline band from base almost to termen. 



Length of forewing : 17 mm. 



TIab. La Union to Santo Domingo, Caraba3-a, Pern, 2000 — 6500 ft., January 1905 

 (wet season) (G. Ockenden). 



61. Agyrta pulchriformis sp. nov. 



cj. Pectus and underside of alidomen greyish white ; head black with white 

 frontal patch ; antennae black ; thorax and abdomen blue, patagia pale bluish 



grey. Forewing black slightly glossed with blue, a large hyaline patch above 



vein 1 for four-fifths its length, an oblicjue postdiscal hyaline patch from subcosta 



almost to termen above vein 4. Hindwing hyaline with black border glossed 



with blue and strongly dilated at abdominal area and ajtex. 



Length of forewing : 14 mm. 



JIab. La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Peru, September 19U4, 31<)0 ft. (dry season) 

 (G. Ockenden). 



