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green spots on each segmental band ; coxae below with large elliptical 

 metallic blue-green spots : segments of abdomen edged with brown 

 in the male : wings pale yellowish hyaline, veins and outer margin 

 black ; apex of primaries and a triangular spot at anal angle of secon- 

 daries black : expanse of wings 34 to 36 millims. 

 Santa Martha {Bouchard). Type, B.M, 



I liave named this very beautiful species after my friend and 

 brother lepidopterist E.. H. Stretch, Esq., of San Eraneisco. 



4. H. BEATA, n. sp. 



Allied to H. scintillans, but differing as follows : — all the yellow bands, 

 spots, and other markings on the body replaced by rusty-red ones, 

 the basal segments of the abdomen below sordid white; apical black 

 patch on primaries narrower, and border of outer margin rather wider : 

 expanse of wings 36 millims. 



Santa Martha {Bouchard). Type, B.M. 



5. H. SCINTILLANS = LBemocharis scintillans, Herr.-Sch. Auss. Schm. 

 fig. 244. 



Glaucopis (Poecilosoma) flavitarsis, WalJcer, L. H. i. p. 158. 

 Venezuela {Dyson). B.M. 



6. H. GEMMiFERA = Glaucopis (Gymneha) gemmifera, JVclJcer, Lep. 

 Het. i. p. 152. 



Venezuela {Dyson). Type, B.M. 



7. H. MELAS=Sphinx melas, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 45. f. G. 

 Surinam. 



Walker's var. ? does not belong to tlie genus. 



8. H. Salvini, n. sp. 



Frons red-brown behind palpi, metallic green above; crest black ; back 

 of head black, with two large metallic-green spots ; antennse black, 

 encircled with whitish at their origin, collar metallic green ; ptery- 

 godes black, with a broad internal metallic-green border; thorax 

 black, a lai-ge bifid green spot in front, and two similarly coloured 

 spots behind ; abdomen black, with a lateral decreasing series of me- 

 tallic green interrupted bands, front margins of first two or three seg- 

 ments very narrowly edged with testaceous, anal segments deep 

 orange : wings testaceous hyaline, veins black, primaries with base, a 

 broad apical patch, the apical half of costa, outer and inner margins 

 black, a bifid metallic green spot at base ; secondaries with the mar- 

 gins and a spot at anal angle black ; body below black ; coxae and 

 trochanters and the inner margin of femora of front legs snow-white, 

 front margins of tibiae and hind margins of femora of second and third 

 pairs metallic green ; tarsi brown : abdomen with a broad semicircular 



