CYANOPKPLA. 445 



to near middle of tornus. Hind wing with the ba?al area shot with 

 bhie ; au obsolescent crimson spot bcjond cell, and a short streak 

 on vein 1 below end of cell, both prominent on underside and with 

 an additional spot in end of cell : cilia tipped with white in places ; 

 veins 3, 4 ver}' shortl}- stalked ; in an aberrant specimen the cell 

 is rather shorter, vein 5 from just above angle, and 3, 4 on a long 

 stalk. 



5 with blue patches on fore coxae. 



Hah. Venezuela, 1 J 2 5 , type. EA-p., 6 46, 5 52 millim. 



■Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the fascia below cell broad and regular, 

 usually no trace of the crimson streak below costa ; underside of 

 hind wing without the spot in cell ; a diffused blue spot along median 

 nervure. 



Bah. Mexico, Tabasco {H. H. ISmith) ; Guatemala (Champio7i) ; 

 Costa Rica ; Panama (liihhe) : Godman-Salvin Coll. Ed-p. 40- 

 56 millim. 



978. Cyanopepla jiicunda. 



Euchrnmiajumnda, Wlk. i. 21() (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Ifet. p. 162. 

 Charklca fastuosa, Menetr. Cat. Lep. Petersb. ii. p. 143, pi. 14. f. 8 (1857]*, 

 nee Wlk. 



S . Black ; head, teguhe, patagia, thorax, and legs with patches- 

 of metallic blue ; coxae with white patches ; abdomen banded with 

 metallic blue. Fore wing with metallic Ijlue streaks at base, in cell, 

 and on inner margin ; a bright crimson streak in submedian interspace 

 extending to beyond middle and expanding somewhat towards ex- 

 tremity ; an oblique crimson band from below costa beyond middle to 

 near middle of termen. Hind wing with diifused metallic blue streaks 

 on median nervure, vein 1, and on inner margin to beyond middle. 

 Underside of fore wing \^ith diffused metallic blue along median 

 nervure, the crimson fascia reduced to a spot below end of cell ; hind 

 wing suffused with blue to near termen, leaving the apical area black 

 with a blue spot. 



5 without white on coxa; : the blue on underside reduced to 

 streaks. 



Hab. Brazil, Theresopolis ( Warrii), Fspiritu Santo, Rio Janeiro', 

 type. Exp. 36 millim. 



979. Cyanopepla griseldis. 



Charidea griscldis, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 72, pi. 8. f. 21 (1884> 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 162. 



S . Black ; head, tegnhe, patagia, shoulders, thorax, and legs 

 with patches of metallic blue , patagia w ith curved crimson stripes ;. 

 coxae white; abdomen with slight segmental l>lue rings; wings very 

 slightly shot with blue. Fore wing with very broad crimson fascia 

 from just below costa to vein 1, its upper edge curving to its extremity 

 on terminal area above vein 3, its lower edge excised towards 

 extremity and indented at vein 2 ; cilia white at apex and above 

 tornus. Hind wing with the cilia white at apex. Underside \\ith 



