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coxae, and patches on hind femora white ; tibiae streaked with blue ; 

 abdomen metallic blue, the first two segments and the ventral 

 surface white to near extremity; anal tuft black; wings suffused 

 with silvery blue scales. Hind wing with hyaline patch below the 

 cell. 



Hah. Ecuador, Chimbo. Eivp. 46 millim. Type t in Coll. 

 Schaus. 



*724. Mydropastea bacchans. 



FMpyra hacchans, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 274 ; & Am. Lep. pi. 1. f. 5. 



c^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antennae white at tips ; 

 basal joints of antennae, back of head, tegulae, shoulders, and meta- 

 thorax with white points; legs streaked with blue; tarsi white 

 towards extremity ; abdomen with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral 

 series of white and blue points, except towards base. Fore wing 

 black suffused with golden green except the terminal area ; a white 

 point at base. Hind wing black, with small green patch beyond 

 lower angle of cell. 



Hah. Peru. Exp. 46 millim. Type t in Coll. Schaus. 



*725. Mydropastea aurata. 



Eupijra aurata, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 273 ; & Am. Lep. pi. 1. f. 8. 



9 • Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; frons, back of head, 

 tegulae, and shoulders with white points : metathorax with pale 

 golden patch ; coxae and hind tibiae with white patches ; abdomen 

 with whitish subdorsal spots on first two segments, the others with 

 yellow patches ; a sublateral scries of yellowish-white spots, the 

 ventral surface yellow ; wings suffused with golden yellow. 

 Hah. Peru. Exp. 46 millim. Type f in Coll. Schaus. 



Genus CHRYSOCALE. 



Tjpe. 

 Ckrysocale, Wlk. i. 208 (1854) ignita. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head, 

 the 2nd joint hairy; antennse of luale with long branches, of female short, 

 dilated at extremity and ending in a bristle, the shaft somewhat dilated 

 beyond middle ; head and thorax clothed with long hair ; tibise with the spurs 

 moderate ; abdomen clothed with hair at base and with lateral tufts towards 

 extremity. Fore wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 separate at 

 origin ; 5 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 the lower part of cell moderate ; vein 3 from 2 near margin ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle. 



Sect. I. Hind wing with veins 2 and 4 strongly stalked, 



A. Fore and hind wings with hyaline spots, 



a. Tegula; and patagia with white spots ; fore wing with 



hyaline spot in middle of cell principalis, 



h. Tegulai and patagia without spots; fore wing without 



hyaline spot in middle of cell regalis. 



B. Fore and hind wings without hyaline spots plebeia. 



