BELEiMXIA. — DIOSrAGE. 211 



with black streaks on the veins and in folds, the outer edge of the 

 golden area ohlique ; cilia of bolh wings white at tips. Underside 

 of fore wing silvery metallic blue to just beyond cell except on costal 

 and inner areas ; hind wing with the basal half silvery blue, its 

 outer edge sinuous and produced to beyond angles of cell. 



Hah. Ecuador, Faramba {Uoseiiberr/), 2 d type. Exy. 44 miUim. 



1617. Belemnia alpha. 



Mctriophyla alpha, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 73, pi. 8. f. 24 

 (1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 1G4. 



Black ; head, thorax, and legs largely marked with metallic blue ; 

 abdomen with lateral metallic blue patches at base and narrow 

 segmental bands. Fore wing suffused with dark sap-green ; some 

 blue streaks at base ; the apical area black, with ochreous white 

 apical patch. Hind wing shot with blue; some metallic blue streaks 

 at base below the cell, the termen whitish with larger patch at apex ; 

 cilia white. Underside of both wings with metallic blue streaks afc 

 base and small spots at angles of cell ; the apex of lore wing and 

 termen of hind wing pure white. 



Hah. Panama, Chiriqui (Chamjno^i), 2 d type, Godman-Salvin 

 Coll. E.iy. 42 miUim. 



Genus DIOSPAGE. ^ 



Type. 



B'mpage, Wlk. i. 212 (1854) rhehus. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, not reaching vertex of bead; 

 antennic of female bipectinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity ; 

 tibiae with the spurs moderate, mid and hind' tibiae spined ; abdomen with 

 lateral tubercles at base. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 from angle; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind 

 wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 

 8 from middle of cell. 



A. Underside of fore wing with crimson U-shaped postmedial 



band, of hind wing with subterminal band splendcns. 



B. Underside with crimson postmedial band to fore wing and' 



terminal band to hind wing. 



a. Fore wing with postmedial crimson band on upperside... ch.n/mbasis. 



h. Fore wing without postmedial crimson band on u^jperside. clcam. 



C. Underside of wings without crimson rhcbtis. 



1618. Diospage splendens. (Plate XLIII. fig. 10.) 

 Belemnia splendens, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xv. p. 44 (1895). 



5 . Black ; head, tegula), and legs marked with silvery metallic 

 green ; thorax with golden-green ; abdomen with lateral siivery 

 blue patcbes, leaving a dorsal black fasciti. the ventral surface with 

 crimson Ijands on 3rd to 0th segments. Fore wing with the basal 

 half suffused with golden-green, with black streaks on the veins and 

 in interspaces; a crimson spot in cell just beyond middle ; a pink 

 postmedial band from vein 7 to 3, oblique to vein 3, tlieu curved, 



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