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nearly straight band crossing the wing from a point near tlie an- 

 terior margin, about one-third its length from the base of the wing, 

 and terminating on the posterior margin, about the same relative 

 distance from the posterior angle. This band only reaches the 

 costal nervure, showing beyond a mere speck of the crimson 

 colour ; below with brilliant steel-blue reflections, crossed with 

 black nervures, and leaving a black band at the base, and another 

 of the same colour, nearly corresponding in position with the 

 crimson band, on the upper side. Posterior wings subtrigonate, 

 terminated with a short, somewhat sharply pointed, diverging tail, 

 with a straight uniform crimson band of about half the width of 

 the band of the anterior wings, and arising immediately below it, 

 and thence running nearly parallel to the outer margin to a short 

 distance beyond the apex of the abdomen, where it terminates on 

 the disc of the wing. A little above this point, on the inner 

 margin of the wing, is a small crimson spot. At the base of the 

 tail, running across the narrow portion of the wing, is a row of 

 three minute blue spots. The tail has two broadish teeth on the 

 inner margin, with white specks in the indentures, and there are 

 three white specks on the outer margin of the w ing. The under- 

 side of the posterior wings have the same brilliant blue reflections 

 as on the anterior wings, with a black band crossing them, nearly 

 corresponding with the crimson band on the upperside, and also 

 a little within the inner margin a large round crimson spot, just 

 behind the termination of the abdomen, and a small white spot on 

 the same margin at the base of the tail. 



Expansion of wings 2 inches. 



Inhabits New Grenada.. 



In the Collection of Mr. Hewitson. 



This is the largest species of the section, and with very dis- 

 tinctly marked characters. The specimen in Mr. Hewitson's Col- 

 lection is a male. 



Erycina Ellas, W. W. Saunders. (PI. XI. fig. 11.) 



Anterior wings rather pointed, and rounded on the exterior 

 margin ; above purplish black, with a narrow nearly straight 

 crimson band crossing the wing from a point nearly central on the 

 anterior margin to a point also nearly central on the posterior 

 margin, and also with an ill-defined bluish line-like curved band 

 between the crimson band and the exterior margin, running 

 nearly midway between them ; below velvety black, with two 

 bright steel blue shining bands, which change to vivid green in 



