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PIONIA, Walker. 

 Pionia lycoides. (Plate VIII. fig. 10.) 

 Euchromia (Pionia) lycoides, Wallcer, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 25G. n. 07 (1854), 



Primaries black, the base and a broad irregular band beyond the middle ochreous : 

 secondaries greyish hyaline, with the veins and diffused borders dark brown ; two oblong 

 ocbreous costal spots. Body black, ochreous at the sides ; basal half of palpi, coxae, distal half 

 of trochanters, basal half of venter, and a central streak connected therewith, ochreous ; joints 

 of palpi and legs whitish. Expanse of wings 1 inch 10 lines. 



Venezuela {Dyson); Eio Janeiro. 



P0MP0ST0LA, Hilbner. 

 Poinpostola vicaria. (Plate X. fig. 4.) 

 Euchromia (Poinpostola) vicaria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 207. n. 2 (1854). 



Wings purplish brown : primaries with an interno-mediau cuneiform patch towards the 

 base, and a postmedian spot, deep orange ; base of costa green : secondaries with the basal 

 area orange. Body black -brown ; frons, collar, teguke, and a central spot on prothorax, 

 glittering metallic blue-green ; middle of meso- and metathorax and front margins of the 

 abdominal segments, golden green ; body below purplish black, sides of pectus metallic green ; 

 trochanters and a spot on the hind tibiae white; upper margins of second and third femora 

 and underside of the tibiae, testaceous. Expanse of wings 1 inch 5 lines. 



Ashanti; Sierra Leone {Foxcroft). 



RHIPHA, Walker. 

 Rkipha strigosa. (Plate IX. fig. 12.) 

 Euchromia (Rhipha) strigosa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 273. n. 128 (1854). 



Black : wings blue-black : primaries with the nervures at the base, a longitudinal streak 

 in the cell, and five parallel streaks (the first and fifth broad and wedge-shaped) from the 

 upper radial nervure to the inner margin : secondaries with the central area greyish. Head and 

 collar spotted with white; tegulse white, with black margins ; metathorax with a central white 

 spot ; abdomen with four golden-yellow spots on each side. Wings below blue-black, nervures 

 and fringe brown : primaries with all the white streaks, excepting the uppermost on the disk, 

 obsolete : secondaries with a trifid white streak below the cell : palpi fringed with white at the 

 base ; legs white below the knees ; anterior trochanters orange ; venter ochreous, black at the 

 sides. Expanse of wings 1 inch 9 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. 



Eucyrta subulifera of Felder seems to be a variety of this species, in which the white 

 patch on the under surface of secondaries appears above. 



