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whole band absent ; the three medial segments of abdomen with 

 ventral Avhite bands, the last often incomplete. Pore wing usually 

 with one or two white points at base and sometimes slight hyaline 

 streaks below the costa and in cell ; a white or pale yellow spot 

 below base of cell ; a spot in end of cell with another below it, and 

 series of four spots beyond the cell, the one below vein 6 often 

 minute. Hind wing with hyaline basal patch consisting of three 

 streaks and a curved series of three or four spots beyond the cell 

 varying in size. 



Ab. 1. angasi : abdomen with the ventral bands absent. 



Ab. 2. spiracula : wings with all the markings much reduced ; 

 fore wing without the spots in cell or below vein 6 ; hind wing 

 without the spot above vein 5. 



Ab. 3. vidua : fore wing with the spot below middle of cell still 

 more reduced ; hind wing without the spot below vein 2. 



Hah. Mexico, type niveifascia^ Cordova {Rilmeli) ; Bahamas 

 {Chamberlain)', Cuba; Santa Lucia, Dominica (Eliott); Baebados 

 (Frampton). E.rp. 44 millim. Typef angasi in Coll. Druce. 



678. Syntomeida vulcana. 



Syntomeida vulcana, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) iv. p. 83 (1889) ; Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 333, pi. 70. f. 25 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 123. 



2 . Blue-black ; sides of thorax and hind coxse spotted with 

 white ; abdomen Avith white dorsal point and subdorsal spots on 

 1st segment; sublatcral white spots on three medial segments. 

 Fore wing with white spots at base of costa ; a yellowish-white 

 spot below base of cell and a point in middle of cell. Hind wing 

 with hyaline basal patch. 



Ifah. Mexico, Guerrero {H. II. SrnitJi), 2000 ft., 1 $ type, 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. Ea'j). 54 millim. 



Sect. II. Abdomen of male without ventral valve. 



A. Abdomen black, with six orange bands ipomecs. 



B. Abdomenblue-green, the last two segments crimson-red, white 



dorsal spots on basal segment and lateral spots on medial 

 segments epilais, 



679. Syntomeida ipomeae. 



Glaucopis ipomecB, Harris, Am. J. Sci. xxxvi. p. 316 (1839) ; Kirby, Oat. 



Het. p. 123. 

 Euchromia ferox, Wlk. i. 223 (1854) ; Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 23, pi. 10. 



f. 7. 

 Glaucopis eicterpe, Herr.-Scbaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 430 (1856). 



Head and thorax blue-black ; tegulse, shoulders, vertex, and sides 

 of thorax with orange patches ; coxae orange ; abdomen with 

 broad orange bands on each segment ; wings metallic blue-black. 

 Fore wing with orange point at base ; small yellowish-white spots 



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