286 LEPIDOPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 



Wings moderately broad; antennce moderately pectinated. 



2. C. rubricepa 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 J" sericeous green above. 



New Grenada. 



Walker. 



Wings moderately broad; post-ajncol nervule interior to apical 

 nervidet. 



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

 tagia and tegulas 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 subraedian vein. Hind 

 wings and abdomen of the J" dark bluish-black, of the ? 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 irw 

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

 base to half the length. 



Mexico. 



Walkeb. 



