430 



PSYCHE. 



[November — December 1S90. 



Front and a narrow line around the eves white 

 Antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen black. 

 Primaries black, with the lower third of the 

 wing almost to the outer margin densely 

 covered with blue scales. There are besides 

 three small blue spots on the cell near the 

 base, and two at the end of the cell pupilled 

 with white. Beyond these a few scatter- 

 ing blue scales. Secondaries black laved 

 -with blue upon the discal area. There 

 are two small v.hite spots at the point 

 where the longest of the two tails joins the 

 outer margin, and at the indentation of the 

 inner margin just above the anal lobe there 

 is a white spot. Underside. The ground 

 color is deep cadmium orange. The fringes 

 are black. The wings are ornamented with 

 silvered spots bordered with black, and dis- 

 posed as follows : — Upon the anterior wing, 

 a round spot upon the cell near the base, fol- 

 lowed by a figure 8 spot on the middle and a 

 long spot at the end of the cell; beyond this 

 near the costa three small spots closely clus- 

 tered, below these a larger oval spot, and 

 between the median nerviiles at their origin 

 two small spots the border of the lower one 

 of which fuses with the border suirounding 

 the very large spot which covers almost the 

 entire inner margin of the wing: there ai'e 

 six small submarginal spots, three near the 

 apex, and three near the inner angle of the 

 wing; — upon the postei-ior wing a small spot 

 upon the costa at the base, a round spot in 

 the cell and two oval spots which coalesce at 

 the end and a small oval spot below the cell, 

 beyond these a curved series of six spots, of 

 which the third is very small and the last 

 geminate situated below the first median ner- 

 vule ; upon the inner margin about the mid- 

 dle is a round spot succeeded by an oblique 

 bar having at its outer extremity a small 

 spot, this is succeeded by another shorter bar, 

 at the end of which is a short curved series 

 of three small spots. Just above the anal lobe 

 there is a small triangular mark. The anal 

 lobe is black, ornamented with two silvery 

 blue spots. Tails black narrowly tipped with 



white. Underside of the palpi orange, legs 

 and abdomen black ringed with white. Ex- 

 panse of wings 36 mm. 



Type $ in author's collection. 



24 A. ARCENTKOLA Sp. noV. 



Allied to the preceding species. Upper- 

 side: — Antennae, head, thorax, and abdo- 

 men black. Wings brilliant greenish blue, 

 with the costa and apical third of the prima- 

 ries and costal and inner margins of the sec- 

 ondaries broadly black. Anal lobe black 

 minutely spotted and margined with white. 

 Tails black tipped with white. Underside: — 

 Ground color rich maroon, shading upon the 

 inner margin of tlie primaries into fuscous. 

 The spots are located as in the preceding 

 species but with certain marked differences. 

 1st, They are all smaller, more sharply de- 

 fined, and less disposed to fuse. 2ndly, Upon 

 the anterior wing the three clustered spots 

 are succeeded by a long silvery bar extending 

 outwardly toward the margin, instead of by 

 an oval spot. 3rdlv, The spots of the secon- 

 daries ai-e more numerous and their disposi- 

 tion is slightly different. 4thly. The sub- 

 marginal series of spots *on both wings is 

 composed of almost obsolete grayish points 

 witliout any apparent trace of silvery pupiil- 

 lation in the specimens I have seen. Ex- 

 panse of wings 23mm. 



Type $ in author's collection. 



2c;. A. CKUSTAlilA, sp. HOV. 



Upperside : — Head and body black. Wings 

 morpho-blue, the costa and apical third of the 

 primaries and anal lobe of the secondaries 

 black. Underside : — The ground color of the 

 wings is pale stramineous. The fringes are 

 very narrowly black checked with the ground 

 color. There is a double marginal line of 

 fuscous upon both wings. The spots are sil- 

 very copper bordered with reddish gray. 

 Upon the primaries these spots are arranged 



