448 STNTOMIDJE. 



*985. Cyanopepla amata. (Plate XV, fig. 27.) 



Charidea amata, Druce, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 494; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 161. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black, mostly suffused with 

 brilliant blue ; coste, stripes on legs, and a ventral stripe on 

 abdomen white. Fore wing with blue spot on base of costa and a 

 large patch below base of cell ; a crimson patch in, below, and beyond 

 lower end of cell. Hind wing brilliant metallic blue, the apical area 

 black ; a crimson snbterminal patch beyond lower angle of cell. 

 Underside of fore wing with the crimson patch filling the whole end 

 of cell, 



S . Hind wing with the crimson patch almost obsolete on 

 upperside. 



Hah. Colombia {Carder). Type t 5 in Coll, Druce, S in Coll. 

 Stau dinger, Exp. 42 millim. 



986, Cyanopepla hurama. 



Charidea hurama, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. sii. p. 416 (1876) ; id 111. 



Het. i. p. 42, pi. IS. f. 8 ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 162. 

 Charidea mbgloriosa. Stand. Deutsche Eat. Zeit., Lep, vii. p. 83 (1894). 



S . Black-brown ; head, tegulae, patagia, thorax, and legs with 

 patches of metallic blue-green ; fore coxse white ; abdomen suffused 

 and banded with blue. Fore wdng with short metallic blue streaks 

 at base below origin of vein 2 and beyond upper and lower angles 

 of cell ; an elliptical crimson spot below base of cell, an oblique 

 crimson bar beyond the cell from above vein 5 to below vein 4, and 

 sometimes a slight streak in end of cell ; cilia usually yellowish 

 white. Hind wing suffused with brilliant blue, the cilia yellowish 

 white. Underside with metallic blue in and below cell and on 

 hind wing except terminal area. 



$ with blue patch on coxae ; a more prominent crimson patch 

 in end of cell of fore wing, and only a little blue at base of wings 

 on underside. 



Ab, 1, subf/loriosa. Fore wing with more or less developed 

 postmedial series of silvery green streaks in the interspaces. 



Hah. EcxjADOK, 3 d , 4 $ , type ; Bolivia ; Amazons. Exp. 

 44 millim. Type t subgloriosa in Coll. Staudinger, 



*987. Cyanopepla pretiosa. 



Charidea pretiosa, Burm. Descr. Rep. Arg., Atlas, p. 59 (1880); Kirby,. 

 Cat. Het. p. 162. 



Black-brown ; head, thorax, abdomen, and legs sufi'used with 

 metallic blue ; fore legs with the coxse, femora, and tibise white on 

 inner side. Fore wing with some blue patches on basal half ; 

 crimson spots in and below base of cell, and an oblique spot beyond 

 lower angle of cell. Hind wing sufi'used with brilliant blue ; cilia 

 of both wings white. 



Hah. Argentina, Tucuman, Exp. 42 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



