8 CHARACTERS OF UNDESCR1BED 



smooth, slender, porrect, extending somewhat beyond the head ; 

 third joint conical, very minute, not more than one-sixth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae stout, rather short. Abdomen 

 cylindrical, not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, 

 slender ; spurs long. Fore wings long, slightly rounded at the tips ; 

 costa slightly rounded ; exterior border rounded, rather oblique. 



The type of this genus is L. melaxantha (Eucyane melaxantha, 

 C. L. H. ii. 363). 



9. LAMA TEIFERA. Fcem. Nigra, alis anticis vitta antemedia 

 nigro venosa apice obliqua strigaque exteriore lata obliqua luteis, alis 

 posticis vitta lata lutea. 



Female. Black. Proboscis brown. Wings blue. Fore wings 

 with a luteous stripe extending from the base to about half the 

 length, oblique along its outer border, with black veins, and bordered 

 in front and behind with black ; a broad exterior oblique luteous 

 streak parallel to the outer border of the luteous stripe. Hind wings 

 with a broad luteous streak extending from the base to three-fourths 

 of the length. Length of the body b lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Espirito Santo. 



10. EUSCHEMA AURISTRIGA. Mas. Saturate purpurea, corpore 

 cinereo-luteo, palpis porrectis caput sat superantibus articulo 3o 

 lineari 2i dimidio longiore, antennis nigro pectinatis, abdomiuis late- 

 ribus ventreque ochraceis fasciculo apicali minimo, tibiis posticis dila- 

 tatis dense fasciculatis, alis anticis angustis fascia antemedia lata 

 abbreviata aurato-fiavo. 



Male. Dark purple. Body cinereous-luteous. Palpi porrect, 

 extending rather beyond the head ; third joint slender, linear, 

 rounded at the tip, more than half the length of the second. An- 

 tennse pectinated ; branches black, of moderate length. Abdomen a 

 little shorter than the interior border of the hind wings, ochraceous 

 on each side and beneath, where it is woolly ; apical tuft very small. 

 Legs cinereous ; hind tibia3 dilated and thickly tufted. Fore wings 

 narrow, with a broad antemedial gilded yellow band, which is abbre- 

 viated at each end ; exterior border slightly rounded, very oblique. 

 Length of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



11. VITESSA TBiPLAGA. Mas. Purpureo-nigra, capite supra 

 flavo, palpis porrectis lanceolatis caput longe superantibus articulo 

 2o subtus albo strigato 3o longi-conico, thorace ochraceo, abdomine 

 alas posticas longe superante fasciculo apicali nigricante-cinereo, alis 

 anticis plaga basali ochracea maculis duabus flavis magnis transverse 

 elongatis la antemedia 2 a subapicali. 



