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SYNTOMIH.^: 



8('p:mcnt with jiairrd (lorRnl and lateral wliite spots, tho L'nd with 

 lateral aiul sublateral spots, and tho two followin<? with viwitral 

 spots. Fcire wirij^ with white point at hase of costa ; some metallic 

 hlue-^'reon .streaks at Itase, sometimes joined h«'lt)W me(lian nervuro 

 and on innermar^'in to the central hand, which is usuallv hroad and 

 comj)()sed (d' (•••njoined fasciie hut snnu'times of short well separated 

 streaks. Hind wini: often with a j)at<h of metallic hluo (►n disk. 



Ah. 1. j\rr>(i. Ahdomen sutrused with I'lin' : fore wing with oidy 

 a sliglit (»bli<|uo Idack hand hrlow the cell hetween hasal and medial 

 blue areas. — Kspiritii Santo, Brazil, 1 9 <yi><^'' 



Ah. 2. Hind tarsi \\ith the fringe of scales entirtdv white. — 

 Peru, ('..ll. Sehaus. 



Hah. Mkvko, Vera Cru/ ( //. //. S„tith, Sclnnniinny dodmnn). 

 Tabasco ( //. //. Smith); IIondiuas ( Hhinranaiti^v) \ Ouathmali 

 (Chamjtiou) '. Costa Hica {Jio'/n-s^ Uwhriionil) \ IVvnama, C'hiricjui 

 (Uif>U\ ('h(tinftion), 'ral>oga I^•l. (./. ./. Wdllrr), (lodman-Salvin 

 ('oil.; CoLoMitiA; Vi:xK/rKr.A ; Si kivam : Huazil, Kspiritu Santo, 

 Para {BaUn) ; rEKU. Exp, 4<»- 12 millim. 



r.r»7. Macrocneme cupreipeunis. (Plate XI. fig. 1.').) 



Macrocncnu cuprtiixunU, Wlk. vii. iJUili ^IBTHij ; Kirby, Cat. Hct. p. llM». 



9 . Plack, uniformly suffused with golden cupreous green ; 

 ontenmr white at tips; frons with two white points, teguhe with 

 white dorsal ])oint ; base of ]>alj>i, fore coxie, and base of femora 

 behind spotted with white: abd<>nieii with two dorsal white points 

 on 1st segment ; two ventral white j)oints on L^nd segment below 

 followed by a medial series. Koro wing with white jMjint at base. 



Ifdh. ignotus. 1 9 type. E.vp. HJ millim. 



(;0>. Macrocneme adonis. 



Afacrocnrme adoniA, Dnice, Biol. Ccntr.-Am., lift. i. p. \^, pi. (J. f. l»j 

 (18,S4); Kirby. Cat. llet. p. ll.'O. 



Black; antenna; white at tips; j)ali>i at hase, frons, teguke, 

 shoulders, pectus, and fore coxic w ith paired white points ; thorax 

 suflfused with metallic blue ; abdomen suffused with golden green, 

 the Ist segment with paired dorsal and lateral white points, the 

 2nd segment with lateral and sublateral points, and the next two 

 segments with ventral j)oints. Fore wing with oblique basal patch 

 of metallic green and a streak on medial part of inner margin ; the 

 area from middle to near termen suffused with metallic blue. 

 Hind wing with more or less developed patch of metallic blue. 



Ab. 1. The specimen, tigured from Chiritjui, has no blue on apical 

 area of fore wing, and a black streak from it to discocellulars. 



Hah. Mexico, Cordova {liihneli), Jalapa {TrujUlo), Yucatan 

 ( Gaumer) ; Guatem.^la {liodriyuez)^ Vera Paz {Champion) ; Panama, 

 Chiriqui (Champioit), type, Godman-Salvin Coll. I'J:rj>. 4n millim. 



