372 AMATIDJE. 



*1157 b.. Ctenucha popayana. (Plate XXI. fig. 14.) 



Ctenucha popayana, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sucl, ii. p. 12 (1911). 



<$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown suffused with brilliant 

 metallic blue ; irons and basal joint of antennae in front white ; 

 pectus in front, ooxa? and femora and tibiae below white ; abdomen 

 with the ventral surface white except towards extremity. Fore 

 wing black-brown, the basal area suffused with brilliant metallic 

 blue ; a broad oblique yellow band from just below middle of costa 

 to inner margin towards tornus, its edges slightly sinuous. Hind 

 wing black-brown, the basal half and inner area suffused with 

 brilliant metallic blue ; a large oblique conical yellow patch from 

 costa beyond middle to below vein 3. Underside of fore wing with 

 the basal area suffused with white and tinged with metallic blue, 

 some metallic blue beyond the postmedial yellow band ; hind wing 

 with the basal half and inner area suffused with white tinged with 

 metallic blue. 



9 . Underside of wings without the white and blue suffusion. 

 Hah. Colombia, Popayan, type f <S , § in Coll. Dognin. E.cp. 

 6 34, $ 38 millim. 



*1157 c. Ctenucha mennisata. (Plate XXI. fig. 15.) 

 Ctenucha mennisata, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xliv. p. 213 (1900). 



6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with blue ; some 

 white hair at back of head and base of abdomen, the rest of abdo- 

 men with some yellow hair ; palpi, frons, pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen white. Fore wing black-brown, the inner area 

 shot with blue ; an orange patch from close to base to beyond 

 middle and from just below costa to vein 1, the subcostal and 

 median nervures streaked with black. Hind wing black-brown 

 shot with blue ; the coital area white to beyond middle, tinged with 

 yellow at extremity. Underside of fore wing with some white 

 below basal part of costa, on inner area and on veins 3, 4, 5 ; hind 

 wing white with apical black patch with some yellow before it 

 balow costa. 



Hab. Bolivia, Yungas, type t 6 Ul Coll. Dognin. Exp. 30 

 millim. 



1157 d. Ctenucha albipars. (Plate XXI. fig. 16.) 



Ctenucha albipars, Hmpsn, A. M. N, H. (7) viii. p, 175 (1901). 



J . Dull black ; frons, vertex of head, and metathorax with 

 patches of brilliant blue; abdomen dorsally shot with blue, a white 

 patch at base of ventral surface. Fore wing with medial orange- 

 yellow band sometimes not quite reaching costa or inner margin. 

 Hind wing white, the terminal third black, expanding somewhat 

 towards costa. Underside of hind wing with bluish fuscous patch 

 on costa near base followed by a yellow patch. 



