ANDROCHARTA. 391 



868. Androoliarta rubricincta. (Plate XIV. fig. 13.) 



Char idea rabricincta, Burra. Descr. Rep. Arg. v. p. 38 » (1878); Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 123. 

 Androcharta leechi, Druce, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 283. 



6 . Black-brown; 1st joint of palpi, vertex of head, and tegulae 

 ■with patches of metallic blue ; patagia and fore coxoe with white 

 patches ; abdomen blue-black ; the 1st segment with crimson dorsal 

 patch, the 2nd with dorsal band and lateral spots, and the others 

 with dorsal bands ; slight dorsal and subdorsal series of blue points. 

 Fore wing with blue spot at base of costa and point on discocellulars ; 

 a white spot below middle of cell and point towards end of it ; 

 white spots between veins 3 and 5. Hind wing fuscous, with 

 elliptical white patch on terminal area ; underside brown, with 

 white spot below end of cell : veins 1—5 moderately distorted and 

 curved. 



Hah. Amazons (Leech), type leechi f in Coll. Druce ; Argentina, 

 Goya {Perrins), 1 J . E.iy. 44 millim. 



869. Androcharta meones. 



Sphinx meones, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 325. E (1780) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 174. 

 Glaucopis compfa, Sepp, Surin. Vlind. i. p. 81, pi. 37 (1848). 

 Charidea meonioides, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. i. f. 237 (1854). 



S . Black-brown ; 1st joint of palpi, frons, vertex of head, tegulae, 

 patagia, metathorax, and legs with patches of metallic blue ; patagia 

 and fore coxas with white patches ; abdomen with dorsal crimson 

 spots on first two segments, a subdorsal series of metallic blue patches, 

 and three sublateial crimson spots. Fore wing with blue marks at 

 base ; two fine crimson streaks below costa reaching beyond middle, 

 conjoined at extremity, and the upper not reaching base; two sliort 

 streaks below base of median ncrvure ; a small hyaline spot towards 

 end of cell ; two blue points on discocellulars ; three hyaline spots 



Fig. Y^S. -Androcharta meones, (J. 



beyond the cell between veins 6 and 3, increasing in size towards 

 vein 3 ; traces of a patch of white scales sometimes present below 

 middle of cell. Hind wing white. Underside of fore wing with 

 large white patch below the cell : hind wing black, with some 

 blue scales in base of cell and white patch l)elow the cell ; veins 1-5 

 greatly distorted and curved. 



$ . Abdomen with complete dorsal series of crimson spots ; fore 



