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the costa, which is partly whitish, thickly and irregularly marked in the 

 disk with black spots and dots; two red spots at the base, and four 

 of various size, forming a band beyond the middle ; apical part brown, 

 with many small whitish spots. Hind wings white, vitreous, grayish 

 towards the tips ; veins black. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 20 

 lines. 



Valley of the Amazon. 



Genus POIOCERA, DeLaporle. 



POIOCERA SPEBABILIS. 



Nigra ; caput et thorax testaceo marginata ; ahdomen Icete rufum, vitta 



lata dorsali nigra ; pedes rufi ; alee anticcE luteo notatm, venis 



venulisque viridibus, triente apicali vitrea rdgro venosa ; posticce 



venis ex parte cyaneo-viridibus et ramosis, triente obliqua apicali 



vitrea nigra venQsa. 



Black. Head and thorax with testaceous borders. Abdomen bright 



red, with a broad black dorsal stripe. Legs mostly red, Fore wings with 



various luteous marks, which are largest and most distinct along the costa ; 



veins and veinlets green, irregular ; apical third part vitreous, with black 



and regular veins and veinlets. Hind wings obliquely vitreous, and with 



black veins for more than one-third of the surface from the tips; veins 



elsewhere partly black, partly bluish green and ramose. Length of the 



body 8. lines; of the wings 26 lines. 



Colombia. 



PoiOCERA QUADRICOLOR. 



Mas. Viridis ; vertex testaceus ; frons nigra, nitens, subpunctata ; tho- 

 rax subcarinatus ; prothorax guttis octo nigris ; mesothorax rufo 

 strigalus, vitta media liturisque sex nigris; abdomen nigrum apice 

 viride, subtus testaceum apice nigrum ; alee anticce nigrce venulis 

 viridibus liturisque nonnullis subvitreis, apices versus vitrece nigra 

 vcnoscB; posticce vitrece, basi margineque intcriore nigris. 

 Male. Green, paler beneath. Head testaceous on the vertex and 

 about the eyes ; front black, shining, very minutely punctured ; borders 

 and middle line pale green, the former not elevated ; three indistinct ridges 



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