218 8V.NroMII).K. 



OcnusNYRIDELA. 



Tjpe. 



JSf/ritlela, Lucis. Sai;r»'s Hint. Cula, Iin. p. CnW) (18.'»7) chcUciope. 



Mochloptera, Hull. J.ijrn. Linn. J<oc., Zool. xii. p. a^«i (187G)... chalciojte. 



Prolx)8.Ms will (lfVi'l)|HHl , prilpi upiurnetl. the 2i»(l joint rwicliing rcrtex of 

 liead. iho ;irtl joint (*!iort unci Uunl . antvniui' l»i|Kviiniito, with short bmnchejt 

 • lilatisl nt fxtri'iiiify :iiul iMuliii;,' \x\ u bristlo; libm- with thr Hpurn short, 

 ab«h»m«'ii of iiiaK' with ventral \u:vo i*ovfrui|{ ImihjiI iM-f;iiit'nt.t. Fon* wiiij» with 

 vein '2 from n.'.ir an^li' of cfll and down.-urviul ; .;. 4. Ti wrll hrpuratisl nt 

 origin; (i from upp«r nnjjh' . 7. H. U. 10 Bliilkcxl ; 11 from c-oll. Hind winn 

 with Ihi' low.T part .if tho it«ll \t>r_v short, tho di»coc«llularH angled jiwl above 

 Mjetliun nrrvurf . wwxa 2 and I on a long »lnlk ; .'i and 5 abM»nt ; t», 7 from 

 upper angle. 



A. Anti'nna* wholly y«'llow xanthoeera. 



B. Anteni.a; black, the tipw yellow chalciope. 



4.')7. Nyridela xanthoeera. 



fiymru/iit j-./m/^/hva/, \V1L mi. 1(J<»;j (^l.V.r,, Uriux', Iliol. Conlr.-Am., 

 Ilet. i. p. M , Kirby. Cut. Het. p. HO. 



c{ . H»' id, thora.x, and ulilonu ii hhuk ; antenna^ pair yellow; 

 palpi, lu-ad, thorax al)ovo. and Irps with putihi-.s of nu'tallic blue ; 

 alxloiiH'ii with .sli;;hi nirtallii- bluo dorwal and latenJ series of spots ; 

 tho ventral valve edged with white and followed by two whitf 





Fig. 104. — Syridf la xanthoeera, ^. \. 



spots and a sublateral pair : win^s hyaliiu*, the vein.s and niargin.n 

 rather broadly blaek. Fore wing with some blue at bjuso ; an 

 obli«]ue blaek band from costa acros.s discocellulars to torn us ; the 

 terminal band e.xpanding nlightly to ttj)ex. Hind wing with the 

 terminal band expanding below vein 2. 



2 . Abdomen with two pairs of sublateral while spotn. 



JIah. Mkxu'o, Jalapa {Trujillo), Vera Cruz ( //. //. SuiiUi); 

 (JrATKM.\L.\ {Chamjiion, Hodri'/ufz) ; Costa. Kit a {UutUriuood) -, 

 Panama, Chiri(|ui, Uodman-Salvin Coll. Kxjk 44 millim, Typet 

 in Muij. Oxon. 



45S. Nyridela chalciope. 



Isauthrrnf cha 'ci'>pf, Hubn. Zutr. Ex. Sthniclt. iii. p. \Hi, II. 4<»W, 47<) > i^'Jl ) , 



Kirby, C.it. Hot. p. 13'.). 

 Cilaucopis acrosantha, Pertj, Del. Aiiiiu. Art. p. 15<), pi. 31. f. 4 (1834); 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 13U. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antcnnie yellow at tips ; 



