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on the hind border of each segment. Legs partly black. 

 Wings black, streaked with bright blue towards the base. 

 Fore-wings with an oblique and slightly curved orange band in 

 the middle ; its hind end contiguous to the orange band near 

 the tips of the hind-wings in the male ; borders of the hind- 

 wings of the male with orange spots. Length of the body, 

 from six to seven lines ; of the wings, from twenty-three to 

 twenty-four lines " ( Walker). 



GENUS SANGALA. 

 Sangala^ Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 384 (1854). 



Antennae pectinated in the male, and serrated in the female. 

 Palpi shorter than the head ; third joint pointed, shorter than 

 the second. Body moderately slender, abdomen not longer 

 than the hind-wings. Legs slender, hind tibiae with two pairs 

 of spurs. Wings broad, entire, black, with brilliant blue or green 

 reflections, and red spots ; hind-wings with three sub-median 

 nervures. 



A beautiful and easily recognised South American genus. 



SANGALA GLORIOSA. 

 (Plate CXLfX.y Fig. 2.) 



Sangala gloriosa. Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 384, 

 no. i (1854). 



This Moth was first described from Bogota. 



" Black. Abdomen bluish-black. Wings with bright deep 

 blue or green reflections. Fore-wings with a large transverse 

 oblong crimson spot near each tip. Length of the body, seven 

 lines; of the wings, twenty lines " (Walker). 



