312 hv:«TuMii)^. 



mctathoiiix, and sides of thorax with metallic Miio spots ; jmta^iii 

 with larj;*' pair yellow i)atclu'a ; foro coxie pale yell<»w ; a)Kl<»meii 

 with the lii-st two se^^nunts pale yellow, tiie others with Hubdorsal 

 series of hlue s|H)ts, the first tliree sepnunts yellow l»elow. Foro 

 win^ hlaek ; two crimson streaks below eosta joiniriij at middle ; a 

 yellow wed.L:e-sh:iiK.'<l mark in base of cell ami spot in end of it ; 

 two broad crimson faseiie in submedian interspace, one below vein I 

 and the upju-rmost narrowing' lulow vein 'J, aliove which is a short 

 crimson streak ; two metallic blue sjx)ts on discocellulurs ; a series 

 of four yellow spots beyond the cell, the two lower nearer tho 

 termen, tbe upjier often small or absent. Hind w in^ with a broad 

 crimson fascia below the cell eonjoiruHl to four sjmts beyond it ; 

 the inner area yellow. 



J/dh. Panama, C'hiri<jui {Chauipion), (Jodman-Salvin Coll.; 

 Vk.n'kzukla ; TkimI)ai>, type. Kvj». ot-Tli millim. 



CiSi). Histiaea bellatrix. 



Euchromia /W/«/njr. Wlk. i. JIT ^\^\); L'ull. 111. lln. i. p. 21. pi. 8. i.%\ 



Kirby. Cut. Hti. p. lLl>. 

 Ilijiiitta cu!i>mf>itr, Ilutl. .lotmi. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii. p. 3<»2 (1H70); Kirby, 



Cat. lift. p. v:^). 



TTead, thorax, and abdomen black-brown ; frons, vertex of head, 

 and te^ulie with metallic blue spots ; jiatagia and ftire coxie with 

 pale yellow patches ; sides ot thorax and 1« K^ with patches of blue ; 

 abdomen with the lirst two segments pale y< Uow, followed by a 

 lateral series of blue Hi>ots ; the tirst three H<>,'ments, and sometimes 

 part of the 4th. yellow below. Fore wing with metallic blue spots 

 at base and on the discocellulars ; a crimson streak below basal 

 two-thirds of costa ; a wedge-shaped yellow spot in base of cell and 

 quadrate spot in end of it ; a crimson fascia in submedian inter- 

 space arched at base ; a crimson streak alxne medial part of inner 

 margin ; an obli«|ue maculate yellow fascia beyond the cell l)etwcen 

 veins 7 and ii. Hind wing witli a })road crimson fascia beyond the 

 cell usually conjoined to a maculate band l>eyond it ; the inner area 

 yellow except at termen. 



The typical form has the crimson fascia below cell of fore wing 

 narrow and arche<l throughout, the fascia above inner margin 

 narrow ; the oblique band beyond the cell narrow, on one side of 

 one specimen reduced to the two lower sjK)ts. 



Al). 1. (ohmih'up. Fore wing with the postnudial ])and broad; 

 hind wiug with the crimson fascia below the cell not conjoined to 

 the j)ostmodial band, the yellow on inner area reduced. 



Ab. -. i'ore wing with the fascia in submedian interspace very 

 broad, contracting below vein 2, the fascia above inner margin and 

 markings of both wings lai^e. 



Uah, CoLosiniA, type coJomhitp^ Bogota {Buckhii^ Verfjara) ; 

 Venezuela, type. Area. Krp. 00-08 millim. 



