24 ZYG.ENID^. 



beyond the cell ; base golden green, becoming reddish towards costa ; disk golden green, 

 becoming reddish cupreous at its lower extremity, divided from the basal area by a narrow 

 black band ; a central subcostal green streak ; base with a few white hair-like scales ; antennae 

 and prothorax greenish; abdomen with two whitish spots at the base, an ill-defined dorsal 

 interrupted line of metallic green, and a confused lateral series of black and white tufts of 

 hair. Wings below dull purplish black : primaries with hyaline spots as above ; basal area 

 streaked with blue ; a large subapical golden-green patch : secondaries with the costa, in- 

 ternal area, and a large subapical spot blue-green. Body below sprinkled with green and 

 white scales. Expanse of wing 2 inches 2 lines. 

 Bogota. 



Eupyra plebeia. (Plate X. fig. 5.) 



Eupyra plebeia, Herrich-Sehaffer, Aussl. Schmctt. i. pi. 13. fig. 56. 



Euchromiu (Chrysoeale) opulenta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Iht. i. p. 210. n. 6 (1S54). 



Primaries golden green, cupreous on the disk ; outer margin, an elongate spot in the 

 cell, from which a perpendicular line runs to inner margin, black : secondaries blue-black, 

 brown towards the base. Body as in the preceding species. Wings below golden green, the 

 margins dark^brown ; secondaries with the discocellulars and a recurrent streak within the cell 

 black. Expanse of wings 1 inch 10 lines to 2 inches 2 lines. 



Venezuela {Dyson). 



TRICHELA, Hvrrkh-Schaffer. 

 Trichela tolumnensis. (Plate XIII. fig. 10.) 



Trichela tolumnensis, Herrich-Schaffi /•, Aussl. ScJimett. i. pi. 13. fig. 53. 

 Kuchroruia (Enope) hirsuta, Walker, Cut. Lep. Het. i. p. 208. n. 4 (1854). 



Black. Wings greenish, with apical fringes white : primaries with a basal subcostal 

 stramineous litura; a broad irregular hyaline yellow band, interrupted by the submedian and 

 median nervures, the median branches, and radials : secondaries with the basicostal ana 

 cream-coloured ; abdominal area brown, with a hyaline white submedian streak ; disk hyaline 

 yellow, interrupted by the nervures. Body densely covered with hair; antennae white to- 

 wards the tips ; legs varied with white. Expanse of wings 2 inches. 



Bogota? 



PSOLOPTERA, Butlt r. 



Psoloptera thoracica. (Plate VIII. fig. 0.) 



Euchromia (Autoehloris) fchorai tea, Walker, cm. /.,,,. Wet. i. p. 213. n. 7(i (1854). 

 Psoloptera thoracica, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soe., /mil. vol. xii. p. 369. no. 1 (l^r,) 



Wings black with purple reflections; a white dot at base of primaries. Head brown, 



