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of thorax with metallic blue spots ; abdomen with lateral series of 

 blue spots. Fore wing with blue spots at base and on discocellulars ; 

 a crimson streak below basal half of costa ; a slight mark in cell ; 

 streaks below vein 2 and above vein 1 to near termen, the latter 

 not reaching base ; a broad oblique yellow band beyond the cell 

 from vein 7 to just below 3 near termen. 



Hah. Brazil, Sao Paulo, 1 S type. Exp. 70 millim. 



B. Iliud wing ol" male without fringes of hair on upperside. 



684. Histiaea imaon, n. sp. (Plato XI. fig. 13.) 



S . Black-brown ; back of head, teguhe, and metathorax with 

 metallic blue spots ; abdomen with dorsal and subdorsal metallic 

 blue patches, the terminal half entirely blue. Fore wing with two 

 blue points at base and two on discocellulars; almost obsolete crimson 

 fasciae below costa and median nervure and above vein 1 ; an 

 oblique orange band beyond the cell from below costa to vein 3 

 near termen. Hind wing with crimson subterminal point above 

 vein 2. Underside with the subcostal fascia of fore wing prominent ; 

 hind wing with spots above veins 2 and 4 and below G. 



Hab. Amazons, Surimaya, 1 S type. Ea'j). 60 millim. 



Sect. II. Hind wing of male with vein 6 from upper angle ; no rough hair on 

 hind wing above, or on vein 1 of fore wing below. 



A. Abdomen with the first two segments yellow above. 



a. Fore wing with the two lower yellow spots of the 



maculate band beyond the cell displaced outwai'ds 



towards termen meldolce. 



b. Fore wing with the four yellow spots beyond the cell 



forming a regular oblique yellow band bellatrix. 



B. Abdomen with three yellow bands on basal segments 



interrupted dorsally cepheiis. 



C. Abdomen with yellow bands on 2nd and 3rd segments boliviana. 



D. Abdomen witliout yellow on basal segments. 



a. Fore wing with more or less developed crimson markings. 

 a}. Fore wing with oblique orange band beyond cell. 



a'-. Fore wing with two crnnson fascia in submedian 



interspace; abdomen blue except at base mao7i. 



b'^. Fore wing with curved crimson fascia in submedian 



interspace amasonica. 



c^. Fore wing with crimson spots in cell and below 

 base of vein 2 ; a slight streak below base of 



median nervure and a fascia above vein 1 proserpina. 



b^. Fore wing with obscure grey band beyond cell glaiicozona, 



b. Fore wing without crimson markings Una. 



685. Histisea meldolae. 



HisticBa meldola, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 302 (1876) ; Druce, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 42, pi. 6. f. 14 ; Waterh. Aid, pi. (i3 ; Kirby, 

 Oat. Het. p. 120. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; frons, vertex of head, tegula). 



