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wings with a narrow, central, oblique crimson band ; apex white- 

 tipped. Body brilliant metallic green; fringe white-flecked at 

 apex and near anal angle ; wings below nearly as above ; the hind 

 wings with two red points placed obliquely immediately beyond 

 green area. Body— thorax brownish, legs streaked with white ; ab- 

 domen with central scarlet band, surrounded with brown, and inter- 

 rupted by whitish annulations. 

 Expanse of wings 2 inches 5 lines. 



Hab. Venezuela {Dyson). g M 



Allied to E. glauca of Cramer, from Surinam, but perfectly di- 

 stinct. The nearest approach to the type form in the British Museum 

 is an example from Ega, with red-tinted white band in front win<*s ; 

 but even in this example the band of hind wings is different in form 

 and position. 



Genus Ph^egorista. 

 Phjegorista similis, Walker. 



" c? • Wings above crimson ; front wings with apical area dark 

 brown, a subapical fasciole, a spot near the anal angle, and the in- 

 ternervular fringes white. Hind wings with moderately broad dark- 

 brown outer margin; fringe white-spotted. Thorax dark brown, 

 white-streaked ; antennae dark brown ; base of the abdomen orange, 

 apex orange-tinted, central portion black, with white annulations. 

 .Below nearly as above. 



Expanse of wings 2 inches 1 1 lines. 



Hab. Fantee, Cape Coast (Ussher). Coll. Swanzy. 



Ihis is doubtless an imitation of Atelis helcita of Linnseus 

 which it closely resembles. The female is described by Mr. Walker. ' 



Genus Dirphia*. 



DlRPHIA VENATA, n. Sp. 



Wings above smoky brown ; the internal area of front wings and 

 the whole of the hind wings (excepting the margin) in male whitish 

 brown ; nervures blackish, especially in front wings ; a large rounded 

 black spot at end of hind-wing cell. Body above smoky brown • 

 metathorax of male clothed with lighter hairs ; antennas ferrugi- 

 nous ; wings below more uniform in colour, the markings scarcely 

 defined. Body below dark smoky brown. 



Expanse of wings : rf 4 inches," § 4 inches 4 lines. 



Hub. Buenos Ayres {Burmeister). B.M. 



u T ™ S 5? ndsome s P ecies is nearl y all ied to a female insect deseribed 

 by Mr. Walker as that sex of Heliconisa impar; its natural position 

 m the genus is probably near D. ursina. I would propose for the 

 female placed with H. impar the name of Dirphia lancea. 



-r, * t tM ™ -f H 6 ^?^ has been characterized and figured by Blake (Proc. 

 pandora ' * ** * ™" g6nU8 8nd Species under the nau "> of Coloradia 



