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fronSj vertex of head, tegulae, shoulders, prothorax, and base of 

 abdomen with metallic green patches ; neck crimson at sides and with 

 white spots behind; palpi with white spots on basal joint; fore 

 coxae white at base; the rest of abdomen dark-brown with a golden 

 cupreous gloss and sublateral white fascia? to middle followed by 

 spots on two following segments. Fore wing black-brown suffused 

 with metallic green. Hind wing black-brown, the costal half paler 

 brown. Underside of fore wing black-brown suffused with metallic 

 green, the area covered by the costal area of hind wing brown with 

 some whitish above, the streak of androconia below middle of costa 

 oehreous; hind wins;- dark brown, the basal half suffused with 

 metallic green to just below the cell. 



Hah. Bolivia. Java. Sta. Cruz de la Sierra (Steinbach), type f 

 cS in Coll. Rothschild, Buenavista. Exj). 38 millim. 



884 a. Aniycles affinis. (Plate XIII. fig. 28.) 



Amycles affinis, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 153 (1912), 



S ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown, antenna? with the 

 shaft metallic green above except towards extremity ; fore coxa? and 

 the basal joint of tarsi white ; abdomen with white marks behind the 

 lateral tubercles, the ventral surface with the two basal segments 

 white. Fore wing dark red-brown, the apical area from end of cell 

 and down to vein 2 semihyaline yellowish white shading to brownish. 

 Hind wing dark red-brown, the costal half whitish, the inner area with 

 semihyaline white streaks above and below vein 1 to beyond middle. 

 Underside of fore wing with the area covered by the costal area of 

 hind wing white, the streak of androconia below middle of costa 

 oehreous white ; hind wing red-brown except the streaks on inner 

 area, the basal half of costal area tinged with metallic green. 



Huh. Venezuela, Caura R,, La Union (Klor/es), 6 6 , Maripa, La 

 Vuelta, Suapure. Merida, Mechisera (Briceno). Exp. 30 millim. 

 Type t in Coll. Rothschild. 



*884 h. Amycles tenebrosa. (Plate XIII. fig. 29.) 



Amycles tenebrosa, Koths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 154 (1912). 



<S . Head and thorax black-brown ; antenna? with the shaft tinged 

 with metallic green above except towards tips ; fore coxa- and 1st 

 joint of tarsi white; abdomen black-brown with a slight metallic 

 green tinge, the ventral surface with the basal segment white. 

 Fore wing black-brown shading to red-brown, the apical area semi- 

 hyaline down to vein 2. Hind wing black-brown, the costal half 

 white, the inner area with hyaline streaks above and below vein 1 

 to middle. Underside of fore wing with the area covered by the 

 costal area of hind wing white, the streak of androconia below- 

 middle of costa oehreous white ; hind wing black-brown except the 

 hyaline streaks. 



Sab. Venezuela, Caracas, tvpef 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 

 32 millim. 



