POLIOPASTEA. , 337 



(S . Head and thorax blue-black ; 1st joint of palpi, frons, and 

 tep;ultiD -with paired bhiisb-wliitc points ; fore coxa; with bluish- 

 white patches ; bind tibi* with the tufts ochreous ; abdomen with 

 bluish-white dorsal segmental points, all except 1st segment with 

 dorsal bands of naked ochreous membrane; a lateral series of 

 bluish-white points. Fore wing black suffused with deep green. 

 Hind wing blue-black, with wcdge-sliaped hyaline patch below the 

 cell, bidentate at extremity. 



Hab. Venezuela, Merida. E.vp. 54 millim. Typof in Coll. 

 Dognin. 



Sect. II. Hind legs of male nonnal. 



A. Wings greenisli, with the veins blue viridis. 



B. Wings unilbrm dark leaden grey. 



a. Abdomen with metallic green on ventral valve and white 



spot behind it ; cilia white at tips plumhea. 



h. Abdon:en coucolorous below; antennae white at tips obscura. 



*742. Poliopastea viridis. (Plate XII. fig. 27.) 



CMoropsinus viridis, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 380 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 156. 



S . Head and thorax black ; 2nd joint of palpi, coxaj, and 1st 

 joint of tarsi with white points ; abdomen dark blue-grey, with 

 ventral series of white points ; wings grey suffused with iridescent 

 greenish, the veins with dark blue. Fore wing with white point at 

 base of costa. 



Hah. EcTJADOB, Chiguinda (BucJdey). Exp. 44 millim. Typef 

 in Coll. Druce. 



743. Poliopastea plumbea, n. sp. (Plate XII. fig. 26.) 



(^ . Dark leaden grey ; frons, vertex of head, tegulae, patagia, 

 and legs with patches of metallic blue ; abdomen with dorsal and 

 lateral series of metallic blue spots ; the veutral valve blue edged 

 with white, and with white patch behind it. Fore wing with blue 

 spot at base ; the cilia white towards tornus. Hind wing with the 

 cilia white. 



Hab. Lr. Amazons, Parantins (Austen), 1 J type. Exp. 26 

 millim. 



744. Poliopastea obscura. 



Tipidodes obscura, Wallengr. Wien. Ent. Mou. iv. p. 40(1860) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 129. 

 CMoropsinus nox, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 208 (1898). 



O^ M 



Fig. 157.— Foliopastea obscura, cf . \- 

 S . Dark leaden grey ; antennae white at tips ; tegula), shoulders, 



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