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  ERYCINIDiE. 
  — 
  LEPRICORNIS. 
  

  

  irrorated 
  on 
  both 
  edges 
  by 
  blue 
  scales 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  streaks 
  of 
  pale 
  blue 
  

   towards 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  bright 
  

   shining 
  blue 
  streaks 
  between 
  the 
  veins 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  just 
  before 
  

   the 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  streaks 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  are 
  nearly 
  linear, 
  but 
  become 
  

   wider 
  towards 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Valdevia, 
  Colombia 
  (Pratt). 
  

  

  In 
  Mr. 
  Grose-Smith's 
  Collection. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  SYMMACHIA. 
  Hubn. 
  

  

  I.— 
  SYMMACHIA 
  MIRON. 
  Figs. 
  17, 
  18. 
  

  

  Symmachia 
  Miron, 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith, 
  "Annals 
  and 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist.," 
  

   Ser. 
  7, 
  Vol. 
  II., 
  p. 
  71 
  (July, 
  1898). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  S. 
  Jugurtha, 
  Stgr., 
  

   but 
  the 
  semi-hyaline 
  yellow 
  space 
  beyond 
  the 
  black 
  bar 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  is 
  

   widest 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  margin, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  narrowest, 
  beyond 
  which 
  are 
  five 
  

   semi-hyaline 
  elongate 
  white 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  disc, 
  the 
  uppermost 
  and 
  lowest 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  minute 
  ; 
  the 
  orange-rufous 
  bar 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  is 
  wider 
  and 
  

   more 
  elongate. 
  The 
  posterior 
  wings 
  are 
  orange-rufous, 
  bordered 
  all 
  round 
  

   rather 
  narrowly 
  by 
  black. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  upperside, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  inner 
  

   marginal 
  rufous 
  band 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  pale 
  buff 
  streak. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  

   black, 
  with 
  a 
  triangular 
  spot 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  two 
  subcostal 
  spots 
  on 
  

   the 
  disc, 
  another 
  elongate 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  a 
  broad, 
  more 
  elongate 
  

   streak 
  near 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  two 
  spots 
  above 
  the 
  anal 
  

   angle 
  ; 
  an 
  elongate 
  bar 
  across 
  the 
  median 
  nervules 
  before 
  the 
  margin, 
  and 
  a 
  

   minute 
  subapical 
  spot, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  shining 
  pale 
  stramineous 
  ; 
  palpi 
  black, 
  

   front 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  orange-rufous 
  ; 
  thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  black 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle, 
  bordered 
  by 
  orange-rufous, 
  with 
  stramineous 
  rings 
  underneath. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ecuador 
  (Buckley). 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  remarkable 
  insect 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  it 
  is 
  nearest 
  to 
  S. 
  Accusatrix, 
  Westwood. 
  

  

  