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dark red-brown with dorsal crimson spots on four basal segments, 

 subdorsal metallic blue spots on all except basal segment, and 

 lateral crimson spots at base. Fore wing red-brown ; a white spot 

 at base of costa followed by a metallic blue spot below the costa ; a 

 crimson streak below the costa from near base to beyond middle ; two 

 short subbasal crimson streaks below the cell ; a small hyaline spot in 

 upper part of cell towards extremity and two metallic blue discoidal 

 points ; small hyaline postmedial spots above and below vein 6, a 

 larger spot below vein 5 and large spot below vein 4. Hind wing 

 white, tbe base and costal area to near apex red-brown ; the under- 

 side red-brown, with some metallic biue in base of cell and a wedge- 

 shaped white patch below the cell. 



2 . Abdomen with crimson dorsal spots on seven segments and 

 sublateral crimson spots on 2nd to 4th segments ; fore wing with 

 elliptical hyaline spot below middle of cell; hind wing red-brown 

 with hyaline patch below and beyond end of cell. 



Hub. Venezuela, Ciudad Bolivar {Klages), type t 6 , 2 in Coll. 

 Rothschild, Esteban Valley, Las (juiguas, 1 d , 1 2 • Exp. rf 38, 

 2 42 millixu. 



*871 a. Androcharta hoffmannsi. (Plate XIII. fig. 7.) 



Androcharta hoffmannsi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 151 (1912). 



d . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown ; frons with some 

 metallic blue ; back of head with pair of metallic blue spots ; 

 teguke and metathorax with blue spots, the patagia with blue 

 streaks; fore coxae with white patches; abdomen with dorsal 

 crimson streak on two basal segments, subdorsal white spots at base, 

 blue spots on 2nd to 6th segments, dorsal blue spot on penultimate 

 segment, lateral crimson streaks on 2nd and 3rd segments and 

 suDlateral series of blue spots. Fore wing black-brown; subbasal 

 metallic blue spots below tbe costa and cell ; a blue streak in middle 

 of cell followed by a semielliptical hyaline spot in upper part of 

 cell and two blue discoidal spots, tbe upperspot rather wedge-shaped ; 

 an oblique elliptical hyaline spot below middle of cell and a large 

 rounded postmedial patch from discal fold to vein 3 intersected by 

 dark streaks on veins -3 and 4. Hind wing with the base and costal 

 area to beyond middle red-brown ; a white patch below and beyond 

 end of cell and the rest of inner area and the terminal area grey ; 

 the underside red-brown, witli some metallic blue in base of cell and 

 white patch below and beyond end of cell. 



2 . Hind wing with the marginal areas black-brown with some 

 metallic blue on inner area. 



ILifh. Beazil, Amazons, R. Madeira, Humavta i. Hoffmanns); 

 type -f d , 2 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. d 44, $ 4(3 millim. 



S72. Androcharta stretchi, insert : — 

 Androcharta giganteum, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) iii. p. 230 (1899) ■ 

 for the subspecies. 



Amazons, R. Napo ( Whiteley\ type + in Coll. Joicey. 



