Il6 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



SUB-FAMILY I. CHARIDEIN^. 



The Charideina are a group of Moths resembling Zygcem'dce, 

 with which, indeed, they are connected through the Anti- 

 chlorina; but they are stouter, shorter, and more pubescent 

 Moths, with more rounded wings, which are generally adorned 

 with bright colours. Most of the species inhabit Central and 

 South America, though some few are African, and one or two 

 occur in the East Indies and Australia. 



GENUS CYANOPEPLA. 



Euchromia, Group 7, Automolis, Walker, List Lepid. Ins Brit. 



Mus. i. p. 213 (1854). 

 Cyanopepla, Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 186^, 



p. 545 (1861). 

 Charidea, Butler (nee Dalman), Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond Zool. 



xii. p. 415, pi. 29, fig. ii (neuration) (1876). 



This genus, which is one of the largest of the Sub-family, 

 contains a considerable number of very pretty little species, 

 which are mostly black, more or less glossed with metallic 

 blue, and marked with red spots and borders. The names 

 Automolis and Charidea are more properly applicable to other 

 genera. 



CYANOPEPLA CINCTIPENNIS. 



(Plate LXXXIL Fig. 6.) 



Charidea rinctipennis, Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xxxi. 

 p. 97 (1864). 



This species, from Bogota, expands two inches. 



"Female. Brilliant green. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 shorter than the breadth of the head. Antennae black, very 

 slightly pectinated. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 



