POLIOPASTKA. 337 



(S . Head and thorax blue-black ; 1st joint of palpi, frons, and 

 tegulse with paired bluish-white points ; fore coxjc with bluish- 

 white patches ; hind tibia) with the tufts ochreous ; abdomen with 

 bluish-white dorsal segmental points, all except 1st segment with 

 dorsal bands of naked ochreous membrane; a lateral series of 

 bluish-white points. Fore wing black suffused with deep green. 

 Hind wing blue-black, with wedge-shaped hyaline patch below the 

 cell, bidentate at extremity. 



Hab. Venezuela, Merida. E.vp. 54 millira. Typef in ColL 

 Doguin. 



Sect. II. Hind legs of male nonnal. 



A. Wings greenisli, with the veins blue viridis. 



B. Wings uniform dark lenden grey. 



a. Abdomen with metaUic green on ventral valve and white 



spot, behind it ; cilia wliite at tips phimbea. 



b. Abdomen coucolorous below ; antennae white at tips obscura. 



*742. Poliopastea viridis. (Plate XII. fig. 27.) 



CMoropsinus viridis, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 380 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 156. 



(S . Head and thorax black ; 2nd joint of palpi, coxijd, and 1st 

 joint of tarsi with white points ; abdomen dark blue-grey, with 

 ventral series of white points ; wings grey suffused with iridescent 

 greenish, the veins with dark blue. Fore wing with white point at 

 base of costa. 



Hah. EcTJADOE, Chigninda {Bucldeij). Eocp. 44 millim. Typef 

 in Coll. Druce. 



743. Poliopastea plumbea, n. sp. (Plate XII. fig. 26.) 



J . Dark leaden grey ; frons, vertex of head, tegulse, patagia, 

 and legs with patches of metallic blue ; abdomen with dorsal and 

 lateral series of metallic blue spots ; the ventral valve blue edged 

 with white, and with white patch behind it. Fore wing with blue 

 spot at base ; the cilia white towards tornus. Hind wing with the 

 cilia white. 



Hah. Lr. Amazons, Parantins {Austen), 1 cS type. Exp. 26 

 millim. 



744. Poliopastea obscura. 



Tipulodcs obscura, Walleugr. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 40 (1860) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 129. 

 Chloroi>sinus nox, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 208 (1898). 



Fig. 157. — Poliopastea obscura, (^ . \. 



cJ . Dark leaden grey ; antennae white at tips ; tegulse, shoulders, 

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