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38. Milionia iciUeyensis, sp. n. 

 (PI. Vlll. fig. 8.) 



Allied to diva, Koths. 



S ' Upperside. — Fore wing \\\{\\ an abbreviated transverse 

 red band which does not quite reach U|)per ed<;e ot" cell and 

 crosses it pruxinially of veins 2 and 3, part witiiin the cell 

 narrowest, outer edge evenly curved, inner edge curved out- 

 ^vards in lower median space. Hind wing with a streak of 

 dark metallic blue along lower edge of cell and one along 

 submedian, as in diva. Both wings with a deep blue gloss. 



Underside of fore wing with the red band reduced to a 

 routided spot reaching vein 2, and a minute spot in cell above 

 origin of 2 ; a metallic greenish-blue patch from subcostal 

 to just below vein 2, tilling outer end of cell, the base of 3, 

 and inner half of 2 ; metallic greenish-blue streaks at base, 

 one on costa, two within cell. Hind wing with metallic 

 greenish-blue basal costal streak, and one along lower edge 

 of cell. Hind wing and apical area of fore wing suffused 

 with tieep blue. 



Length of fore wing 20 mm. 



One example, 6(>U0 feet, Wandammen Mtns., Nov. 



39. Euhordeta mars, sp. n. 

 (PI. Vlll. fig. 9, c?.) 



Allied to aceriia, Jord., and to ruhroplayata, B. -Baker. 



(J ? . Upperside. — I'ore wing with a red transverse band 

 which is narrower than in either of the allied forms, being 

 reduced proximally. Hind wing with a small yellow or 

 reddish costal stripe placed near the apex and varying in 

 size. Both wings black with a deep blue gloss, which is 

 more intense over basal area of hind winu'. 



Underside of fore wing as in rubroplagata, but with a 

 narrow stripe. Hind wing as in accrita, but with a narrower 

 yellow band, which is typically not entire, but broken on 

 the costa, its anterior end more widely separated from tiie 

 basal streak than in rubroplagata. Both wings with a deep 

 blue gloss which is more mtense over basal area of hind wing. 



Two ? ? have the band on the hind wing entire as in 

 aceriia, and in one (^ and three $ ? the band is much less 

 widely interrupted than is typically the case. 



Length of lore wing, (^ $ , 17-21 mm. 



9 J c? , 8 ? ? , 3000-4000 feet, Wandammen Mtns., Nov. 



