434 STNTOMID^. 



white bands. Fore wing with the interspaces of basal half metallic 

 green ; a subquadrate hyaline spot in end of cell and a rounded spot 

 above middle of vein 2 ; greenish streaks in interspaces of terminal 

 area above vein 3. Hind wing slightly suffused with blue ; small 

 white spots above and below vein 2, the former often obsolete. 

 Underside almost entirely suffused with blue ; hind wing with white 

 spot in end of cell. 



Hah. Bolivia, Chaco {Oarlejjp), 1 $ type. Exjj. 44 millim. 



956. Eupyra imperialis. 



Eupyra imperialis, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 54 ( 1853) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 124. 

 Chrysocale floreUa, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) sii. p. 227 (1873); Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 124. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black suffused with cupreous green ; 

 tegulae with white spots ; abdomen with sublateral whitish spots. 

 Fore wing black suffused with cupreous metallic green, leaving a 

 black fascia on inner margin expanding at middle into a spot above 

 vein 1 ; a black patch in end of cell with a large hyaline spot 



Fig. 235. — Eitjpyra im/perialis, (^ . {. 



on it ; the veins and terminal area black. Hind Aving black slightly 

 irrorated with green ; a hyaline spot in end of cell and green spot 

 beyond it ; underside metallic green. 



Hab. Venezuela ; Peru, Huasampella, 9000 ft. ( Whitely), 1 S , 

 i^^e florella. E,vp. 42 millim. 



Subsp. 1. ducalis, Maasen, Stiibel's Beise S. Amer. p. 43(1890); Xirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 124. 



Hind wing without the hyaline spot in end of cell. Fore wing 

 without the black fascia and spot on inner area ; the green extending 

 nearly to term en ; the spot in cell larger. 



Hab. Colombia, 1 $ . 



Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 10 from the cell. 



A. Fore wiug with hyaline medial and postmedial spots. 



a. Abdomen with dorsal series of white spots : fore wing 



with subterminal hyaline spots between veins 3 and .5. sages. 



b. Abdomen without dorsal series of white spots ; fore wing 



~ without subterminal liyaline spots between veins 3 and 5. sarama. 



B. Fore wiug with small hyaline spot in end of cell and traces 



of a point beyond the cell consors. 



C Wings without hyaline spots psittacus. 



