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Genus DIP-ffiNA. 



Type. 



Dipana, Wlk. i. 257 (1854) acharon. 



Zygcenopsis, Feld. Eeis. Nov. p. 10 (1874), non descr contenta. 



Proboscis fully deyeloped ; palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, the 

 2nd joint fringed with hair in front ; antennee with bristles and cilia, the shaft 

 fringed with scales above from one-fourth to three-fourths ; tibiffi with the 

 spurs short. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa arched towards apex which 

 is rounded ; vein 2 from towards angle of coll ; 3 from before angle ; 5 from 

 above angle : 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10 free; 11 anasto- 

 mosing with 12 ; male with a fringe of long hair on medial part of inner 

 margin. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 3 from close to 

 angle ; 4, 5 from angle, or 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from beyond 

 middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Antenna with the shaft dilated at middle and with a long fringe of 

 scales in both sexes, 



A. Hind wing of male with elliptical patch of androeonia in end of cell. 



722. Dipsena acharon. 



Euchromia acharoji, Wlk. i. 258 (1851), neo Fabr. 

 Euohromiafemoginosa, Wlk. i. 259 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 173. 

 Anycles rhoiura, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 425 (1876); Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 173. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen shot with blue and purple, the 

 last three segments of abdomen scarlet on dorsum, the anal tuft 



onlj' scarlet below. Pore wing 

 purple, the costa narrowly and 

 the inner area broadly suffused 

 with deep metallic blue-green. 

 Hind wing hyaline; the patch 

 at end of cell buff; the ter- 

 minal area purplish blue, nar- 

 rowing to apex. 

 Yig. 2^1. -Dipcem acharon, S. h ^^ Abdomen with less 



scarlet on dorsum at extremity ; hind wing with the terminal area 

 broadly purple throughout. 



Hah. Amazons, Para {Bates), 2 c? , 4 $ , type and type ferruginosa. 

 Exp. 30 millim, 



B. {Zygmnopsis.) Hind wing without patch of androeonia. 



723. Dipaena contenta. 



Euchromia contenta, Wlk. i. 258 (1854) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 172. 

 DipcB7ia lateralis, Wlk. vii. 1634 (1856). 



Zygcenopsis squamicornis, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 102. f. 19 (1874); Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 127. 



(5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with purple ; abdomen 



