BELEMNIA. 209 



1612. Beleinnia inaurata. 



Sphinx inaurata, Siilzer, Gesch. Ins. p. 151, pi. '20. f. 4 (1776) ; Kirbv, C-it. 



Het. p. 170. 

 Zi/fimna en/x, Rnem. Gen. Ins. p1. 20. f. 4 (1785), nee Fabr. 

 Jielcmnia 7ovi.% But!. A. M. N. H. (4) xv. p. 331) (1875) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.- 



Am., Het. i. p. 78, pi. 8. f. 22 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 170. 



Black ; head, thorax, and legs spotted with metallic blue ; coxa? 

 with yellowish marks ; abdomen with dorsal metallic silvery bhio 

 spots almost met by subdorsal bands, the three terminal segments* 

 with complete bands, the ventral surface with part of the 2nd, the 

 3rd, 4th, 5th, and (Jth segments crimson. Fore ^v'iIlg with the base 

 silvery blue, then golden green to middle, with idack streaks on the 

 veins and in the folds, the outer edge of this area oblique ; an 

 oblique crimson baud beyond the cell from below costa to above 

 vein 3, its edges rather irregular and varpng considerably in size. 

 Hind wing often with some blue below submedian fold ; ciliu of 



Fig. 120. — Belemnia inaurata, cT . 



1 

 1- 



both wings white at tips. Underside of fore wing with silvery 

 blue patch in and below cell and spot at upper angle before the 

 crimson band ; hind wing with the basal area blue except inner 

 margin, two spots at angle of cell. 



Bab. Mexico, Misantla {Trujillo), 1 S; Gtiatemala, Vera Paz 

 {Champion), 5 6 ; Hondxjkas {Blancaneaux), 2 c? , Godman-Salvin 

 Coll. ; Panama, Veragua (Salvin), 8 J , type jovis. Exp. 50-52 

 millim. 



Subsp. 1. rezia, Druce, A. M. X. H. (6) xviii. p. 38 (189fi). 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and base of fore wing with the markings 

 golden green, the postmedial crimson band broader with straighter 

 edges, rounded below and extending to vein 3 ; cilia only white 

 towards apex of fore wing. 



Hah. Colombia (Kalbreyer), 1 c? , Bogota ( Vergara), 1 J . Type t 

 in Coll. Druce. 



1013. Belemnia ochriplaga, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 8.) 



S . Black ; head and thorax spotted with metallic blue-green: 

 coxaj, femora, and tibia? with whitish patches ; abdomen with dorsal 

 and liiteral series of metallic blue-green spots, the lateral spots largo 

 on ist lour segments, then reduced to points, the ventral surface 

 with part of the 2nd, the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th segments crimson, 

 expanding into subdorsal triangular patches on the 4th, 5t]i, and 0th 



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