392 SYNTOMIDiE. 



wing with hyaline spot below middle of cell ; hind wing black, with 

 hyaline fascia below the cell bent up beyond it to upper angle ; a 

 patch of metallic blue at tornus. 



Hah. Colombia, Bogota {Bucldeij), 1 $ , 8ta. Marta {Bouchard), 

 1 d 1 $ ; SuEiNAJi. Exp. 38-52 millim. 



870. Androcharta cassotis. 



Androcharta cassotis, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 382, pi. 40. f. 11 ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 174. 



S . Black ; frons, tegulee, mctathoras, and legs with brilliant blue 

 spots : abdomen with subdorsal and sublateral series of blue spots. 

 Fore wing with blue point at base ; a slight subcostal crimson 

 streak, a streak in distal half of cell, abisinuate streak in submedian 

 interspace almost reaching termen, and traces of a streak above 

 inner margin ; blue points at angles of cell ; a broad oblique orange 

 postmedial band from below costa to vein 3. Hind wing greyish, 

 the inner area black ; underside with some blue in cell ; veins 1-5 

 slightly distorted and curved. 



5 . Fore wing without the red streaks in cell, the basal part of 

 submedian streak obsolete ; hind wing with crimson patch beyond 

 the cell between veins 2 and G ; vein 7 bifurcates towards apex. 



Bab. Ecuador {BucMey), typef in Coll. Druce; Amazons, Hual- 

 laga, 1 d 1 $ . Exp. 6 44, $ 56 millim. 



871. Androcharta diversipennis. 



Euchromia diversipennis, Wlk. i. 225 (1854) ; But!. 111. Het. i. p. 48. pi. 10. 



f. 9 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 174. 

 Androcharta hrasilicnsis, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 427 (1876) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 174. 

 Androcharta parviptnnis, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 427 (1876) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 174. 

 Androcharta claripennis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 46 ; Kirby, Oat. 



Het. p. 174. 



cJ . Black-brown ; 1st joint of palpi, frons, vertex of head, tegulse, 

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

 coxse with white patches ; abdomen blue-black, with dorsal crimson 

 spots on first two segments ; a subdorsal series of metallic blue 

 patches, sublateral crimson points on first three segments and blue 

 points on terminal segments. Fore wing with blue points at base ; 

 two fine crimson streaks below costa to beyond middle, conjoined 

 towards extremity, and the upper not reaching base ; two short 

 streaks below base of median nervure ; a wedge-shaped hyaline spot 

 towards end of cell ; two blue points on discoceUulars ; three hyaline 

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

 towards vein 3, and sometimes with small spot above vein 6, always 

 present on underside. Hind wing white, with the costal area fuscous 

 narrowing to apex ; underside brown, with blue spot in base of cell 

 and white spot below the cell ; veins 1-5 greatly distorted and 

 curved. 



