330 MTHOSIAD.E. 



*1618 a. Diospage steinbachi. 



Diospage steinbachi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvi. p. 295 (1909), & xviii. pi. 4. 

 f. 13. 



J . Head and thorax black ; metallic blue spots at sides of 

 1'rons, between antennae, on inner and miter edge of tegulae and on 

 prothorax, the dorsum of thorax and patagia tinged with metallic 

 gold ; pectus with metallic blue spots, the legs streaked with 

 ochreous and the hind tibiae with metallic blue; abdomen black 

 with metallic blue subdorsal spots on four basal segments and 

 a lateral series of spots, the ventral surface crimson except at 

 base and extremity with metallic blue sublateral spots on two 

 basal segments. Fore wing black, the interspaces of basal half 

 suffused with metallic gold; an obsolescent crimson spot in end 

 of cell; a postmedial oblique golden bar from vein 7 to below 4. 

 Hind wing black with some metallic blue at base produced as 

 streaks on median nervure and vein 1. Underside of fore wing 

 with irregular U-shaped crimson mark in. beyond, and below the 

 cell; hind wing with lunulate crimson subterminal hand between 

 veins b' and 2. 



Hob. Bolivia, Sara Prov., Sta. Cruz de la Sierra (Steinbach), 

 type f o in Coll. Rothschild, Buenavista. Exp. 48 millim. 



*1619 a. Diospage semimarginata. (Plate L VII. fig. 13.) 

 Diospage semimarginata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvi. p. 295 (1900). 



c? . Head and thorax black; the Urons and patches on vertex 

 of head and teguhe and streaks Oil thorax metallic blue, the 

 patagia with golden streaks ; patches on pectus and streaks on 

 legs metallic blue; abdomen black with metallic blue sen-mental 

 lines and slight dorsal golden marks, the ventral surface crimson 

 except at base and extremity and with sublateral blue-green 

 marks at base. Pore wing black, the basal area suffused with 

 metallic gold in the interspaces except at costa and inner margin, 

 its outer cA>j;i' oblique and extending below costa to middle ; 

 metallic blue points at base of vein 1 and lower angle of cell ; 

 an oblique crimson postmedial bar between veins 7 and 3. Hind 

 wing Mack with some metallic blue at base produced as 

 streaks on median nervure and vein 1 ; the termen with some 

 crimson at apex and a narrow band between veins •") and I ; the 

 underside with metallic blue spots at angles of cell and crimson 

 terminal band from apex to vein 1 with waved inner edge. 



II, ih. Ecuador, Paramba (Rosenberg), t \ j > ■ in Coll. 



Rothschild. Exp. I ! '> millim. 



L620«. Diospage carilla. (Plate LVII. fig. 14.) 

 Diospage carilla, Schaus, A. M. \\ II. (8) vi. \*. 106 (1910). 



<j. Head and thorax black, the Irons, vertex and back of head. 

 tegulae, and patagia with patches of brilliani metallic blue, the 



