204 AMATID.F.. 



*G89 b. Histicea hoffinannsi. 



Histixea hoffmannsi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 39 (1911), & xx. p 470, 

 pi. xiii. f. 22. 



6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown ; tegula?, metathorax, and 

 coxae with metallic blue spots ; abdomen with lateral series of slight 

 metallic blue spots. Fore wing dark brown ; a metallic blue spot 

 below base of cell ; a crimson streak below antemedial part of costa, 

 a wedge-shaped patch in cell, and two fascia? in submedian interspace 

 from near base to near termen, the upper fascia arched ; a broad 

 oblique postmedial yellow band from below costa to vein 3 near 

 termen ; an oblique metallic blue striga on lower discocellular. 

 Hind wing dark brown ; an orange-yellow patch on terminal area 

 between vein 6 and submedian fold with irregular inner edge. 



Sab. Braztl, Amazons, K. Madeira, Humayta {Hoffmanns), 

 type f <S in Coll. Rothschild. JS.rj). 64 millim. 



695 a. Macrocneme aurifera, n. sp. (Plate XI. fig. 2.) 



2 ■ Head and thorax black with patches of metallic green, the 

 antenna? white at tips, the frons with lateral white spots, the 

 dorsum of tegulae with pair of white points ; palpi at base, pectus 

 and coxa? with white spots ; the fore and mid tibia? streaked with 

 metallic green, the hair at extremity of hind tarsi white ; abdomen 

 black suffused with metallic green, subdorsal white spots on basal 

 segment, lateral spots on 1st two segments, sublateral spots on 

 1st segment, and ventral spots on the other segments. Fore wing 

 black suffused with brilliant metallic blue to termen except towards 

 apex, leaving an oblique black fascia on inner basal area with a 

 golden fascia above it. Hind wing black with a patch of brilliant 

 metallic blue beyond lower angle of cell. Underside of fore wing 

 suffused with brilliant metallic blue to submedian fold, extending 

 to beyond upper angle of cell and below vein 3 to near termen ; 

 hind wing with white point at base, the costal area and upper part 

 of cell metallic blue and the interspaces beyond and below end of 

 cell with patches of blue. 



Hab. Peru, La Merced (Watkins), 1 $ type. E.rp. 40 millim. 



*696fl. Macrocneme ccerulescens. (Plate XL fig. 3.) 



Macrocneme ewrulenreng, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1. p. 180 (1906). 



Black ; antenna? white at tips ; frons at side, base of palpi, 

 tegula?, fore and hind coxa?, and pectus at sides with white points ; 

 thorax with brilliant blue above ; abdomen suffused with brilliant 

 blue above with subdorsal and sublateral white points on 1st 

 segment; the hind tarsi with the fringe at extremity white. Fore 

 winy; with white point at base of costa ; two brilliant blue sublwisal 

 spots; a medial brilliant blue band occupying about one fourth of 





