206 ARCTIAD^. 



A. Fore wing with the ground-colour black. 



a. Fore wing with orange fascia below base of cell chigidnda. 



h. Fore wing without orange fascia below the cell ccBrulescens. 



B. Fore wing orange-yellow with the costal edge black nigrilinea. 



1606, Heliactinidia chiguinda. 



Bepara chiguinda, Druce, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 524, pi. 32. f. 10 ; Kirbj, Cat. 

 Het. p. 400. 



d" , Black-brown ; patagia and coxae with orange patches ; abdo- 

 men with lateral orange patches. Fore wing with orange fascia 

 below the cell to origin of vein 2 ; a postmedial erect orange band 



from just below costa to 

 vein 1 near tornus, its 

 inner edge indented at 

 lower angle of cell. Hind 

 wing orange, with the 

 . -J costal to middle of cell 



and terminal areas black- 

 brown ; more or less de- 

 Yig. 111. —Heliactinidia chiguinda, S- \. veloped black streaks in 



submedian fold and on 

 inner area ; an orange fascia on costa to beyond middle, sometimes 

 connected at extremity with the orange area. 



Hah. Ecuador, Chiguinda {Buckley), 3 J . Krp. 30 millim. 

 Type t in Coll. Druce. 



1607. Heliactinidia caerulescens, n. sp. (Plate XLII. fig. 5.) 



2 . Black, shot wnth brilliant blue. Fore wing with broad 

 curved orange-yellow medial band, emitting a tooth on outer side 

 between veins 2, 3 ending in a point before termen. Hind wing 

 with orange-yellow medial band broader than on fore wing, emitting 

 a tooth on outer side between veins 2 and 5 and ending obtusely 

 before termen. 



Bab. Colombia, Bogota ( Vergara), 1 $ type. Exp. 44 millim. 



1608. Heliactinidia nigrilinea. (Plate XLII. fig. 23.) 



Spiris nigrilinea, Wlk. vii. 1G78 (1856) ; Kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 344. 



Orange-yellow ; palpi at tips and antennae black ; tibiae and tarsi 

 fuscous. Fore wing with narrow black costal fascia. 



Hab. Brazil (Dohrn), 1 c? , Espiritu Santo, 1 5 , Leopoldville, 

 1 5 . Ex2). 42 millim. Type t in Mus. Oxon. 



Genus CYANARCTIA, nov. 



Type, C. dama. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending about the length of liead ; 

 antennas of male bipectiuate with moderate branches ; tibiae with the spurs 

 moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from above 

 angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from 

 middle of cell. 



