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Trichura esmeralda. (Plate XIII. fig. 11.) 

 Glaucopis (Trichura) esmeralda, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 104. n. 93 (1854). 



Wings hyaline white; veins, margins, a disco-cellular litura on primaries, and the apex of 

 secondaries, black ; base, veins at base, and basal half of inner margin of primaries, ochreous. 

 Body black-brown, spotted with metallic green; base of abdomen white at the sides: body 

 below brown, pectus spotted with green; front and bind trochanters, base of venter, and two 

 lateral subbasal spots, white; femora streaked with blue. Expanse of wings 1 inch G lines. 



Honduras {Dyson). 



HEREA, Walker. 

 Herea metaxanthus. (Plate XII. fig. 7.) 

 Glaucopis (Herea) metaxanthus, Walker, Cat. Lep. Hot. i. p. 198. n. 100(1854). 



Wings hyaline white ; the veins and margins black : head and thorax black ; abdomen 

 orange ; the base, anus, and a longitudinal dorsal line, black ; scape of antennae white ; venter 

 ochreous; preanal segment cream-colour ; anal segment cream-colour in front, black behind. 

 Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Para (Bates). 



Herea ruficeps. (Plate XIII. fig. 4.) 



Glaucopis (Herea) ruficeps, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 19S. n. 101 (1S54). 

 Herea ruficeps, Walker, I. c. vii. p. 1620 (1856). 



Wings hyaline white; the veins, margins, and generally a discocellular line in primaries, 

 black. Body bronzy brown ; head and collar rust-red : body below dark brown ; hinder 

 portion of metathorax and base of abdomen white. Expanse of wings 11 to 12 lines. 



Para, and Tapajos [not Santarcm] (Bates). 



The example from Tapajos is the one figured. 



MALLOSTETHUS, Butler. 

 Mallostethus metainelas. (Plate VII. fig. 10.) 

 Glaucopis (Pseudorcya) metamelas, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 145. n. 8 (1854). 



Primaries blackish subhyaline ; the base, internal area, margins, and veins, black : secon- 

 daries hyaline white; the veins, borders, and internal area, black. Head and thorax deep 

 ochreous; abdomen black: body below black; collar deep ochreous; anterior trochanters 

 spotted with sordid white. Expanse of wings 1 inch 1 line. 



Para. (Grahame and Bates). 



