25G AECTIAD.E. 



Sect. II. Ilind winp; with Teins 4, 5 and G, 7 from cell ; male with tlie 

 abdoineii not clotlitd witli very loug hair. 



A. Fore coxoE crimson terminalis. 



E. Fore coxtt black azteca. 



537. Protosia terminalis. 



Apidomi terminalh, AVlk. ii. 478 (18.54) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. i. 



p. IL'I, ami ii. p. ;5'J4 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 178. 

 Cfcniicha pyi-rhuura, Hiilst, UuU. Brook. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 77, pi. 4, f. 4 



(1881); kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 178. 

 Ctenucha vutiva, II. Edw. Pap. iv. p. 13 (1884). 

 Stirarctia bolteri, H. Edw. Pap. ir. p. 121 (1884). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with brilliant blue: fore 

 coxa?, teguhf, shoulders, and anal tuft scarlet, the last white at 



Fig. 172. — Protosia terminalis, c?. [. 



extremity in female. Fore wing black shot with bronze-green ; 

 cilia white. Hind wing black shot with blue. 



Hah. Mexico, 1 $ type, {Schumann) 1 (S , Cueruavaca (Morelos), 

 1 2 , Oodmau-Salvin Coll. Exp. 46 millim. 



538. Protosia azteca. 



Ctenucha azteca, Scbaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 278; Druce, Biol. Centr.-im., 

 Het. ii. p. 360, pi. 73. f. 2. 



2 . Head and thorax black-brown with a bluish gloss ; tegulae 

 and shoulders orange ; abdomen blue-black, with the anal tuft 

 orange. Fore wing brown with a greenish gloss ; an orange spot 

 at base of costa. Hind wing blue-black. 



J . Teguloc, shoulders, anal tuft, and spot at base of costa of 

 fore wing crimson ; cilia of fore wing white. 



Ilah. Mexico, Mexico city, type in Coll. Schaus, Durango city 

 {Btcker), 1 5 > Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 38 millim. 



Genus AGRISIUS. 



Type. 



yigrimis, Wlk. iii. 723 (1855) guthvUta. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, the 3rd joint long and 

 reaching well above vertex of head ; antcnn;i; of male fasciculate ; tibiuj with 

 the spurs moilerate. Fore wing ratlier narrow; vein 2 from well beyond 

 middle of cell ; 3 from near angle ; 5 from above angle ; (5 from angle ; i), 10 

 stalked, anastomosing willi )S whifh arise? from 7 to form the areole ; 11 free. 

 Hind wirg with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3, 4 from angle; 5 from 

 above angle ; 6, 7 from upper augle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



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