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10G9 h. Heliura postccerulea. (Plate XVII. fig. 29.) 



Eucereon postcoeruleum, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 171 (1912). 



6 ■ Head, thorax, ami abdomen black, the back of head with 

 conjoined crimson spots, the base of tegulaB, stripes on shoulders 

 and patagia, and a small mark on metatliorax grey ; coxae crimson. 

 the fore femora, streaked with white ; abdomen with a slight bluish 

 gloss, the ventral surface fuscous brown. Fore wing greenish blue, 

 the costa and subcostal and median nervures streaked with black ; 

 the base of inner margin black emitting a short streak below vein 1 

 and an oblique streak above vein 1 towards an obliquely curved 

 line from middle of submedian fold to middle of inner margin ; a 

 round black spot in middle of cell ; a broad black band from costa 

 above end of cell to terminal part of inner margin, its outer edge 

 excurved at vein 5 ; a postmedial black patch from costa to vein 5, 

 only separated by a faint curved greenish line from the black 

 terminal area which is angled inwards at vein 5, narrows to a point 

 at vein . 3, then forms two diffused spots towards tornus. Hind 

 wing greenish bine, the inner margin black ; the apical area black, 

 then the termen narrowly black to tornus ; the underside with the 

 costal area black. 



Hab. Venezuela, Caura R., La Vuelta, Maripa ; Br. G-tjiana, 

 R. Demerara ; Brazil, Amazons, Para {Bates), 1 3 , R. Madeira, 

 Allianea {Hoffmanns), type f J in Coll. Rothschild, Calama. 

 Exp, 31 millim. 



*1089 /. Heliura amazonica. (Plate XVII. fig. 30.) 



Eucereon maricum, amazonicum, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 171 (1912). 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown, the back of head 

 with two conjoined yellow spots, the metatliorax with yellow patch ; 

 tegulse whitish at base, the shoulders with slight whitish marks, the 

 patagia with whitish stripes ; fore coxae and the pectus ventrally 

 yellowish white, the femora streaked with wdiite ; ventral surface of 

 abdomen greyish brown. Fore wing white with a greenish blue 

 tinge, the veins of basal half streaked with black; the costa black 

 towards base with a yellow spot at base ; a black streak from base 

 of vein 1 to middle of submedian fold, then recurved to inner 

 margin well before middle ; the medial part of costa black ; a 

 round black spot in middle of cell ; a black bar in end of cell, 

 spots beyond the cell, above bases of veins 6, 4, 3, two spots above 

 vein 2, two in submedian fold, and an elongate mark on terminal part 

 of inner margin ; a yellow mark on costa beyond middle, followed by 

 a conical black patch from costa to vein .">, winch is separated by a 

 curved greenish line from confluent blackish patches on terminal 

 area extending from apex to vein 3. Hind wing blue-white, the 

 veins and inner margin black ; the terminal area black, extending 

 on apical area to the cell, then with diffused irregular inner edge. 



