;i84 



8VNT«»MII'.r 



853. Pterygoptenis clavipennis. 



Ptert/qoptn-vii clirijennis, Uutl. J.»urn. Liiiii. Sue, Zuol. xii. |). 411 (l>*7«'o ; 

 Kirbv, Cut. ll.t. p. i:.8. 



cf. l{luo-])la(k ; antdinin oninpo at tij.s; h'nd BufTuscd witli 

 inctallic Muc ; liirid conu' with wliitisli |»:itclirs; jildonicn with Korno 

 nu'tallif ^Tt'cii at hase and on hides. Fore winj; witli soint? mchdlic 

 green on l)ase and extremity of median nervuro and on hase of 



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Fig. 19-J.- i ;. 



•u» da J ijten ui*, (^ . \. 



vein 1 ; the area from base to middle of vein 1, to 1 eyond lower 

 angle of cell and the ro.stal ana •:rnui>h. leaving (he terminal 

 area irregularly hrowrj. Hind wing hlue-hlack, the eostal area and 

 veins ]»rilliant metallic grt-eii. rnd('r>i<le hIioI witli metallic green, 

 except tlie interspaces of ttrniinal ana. 



Hah. iJiuziL, Kspiritu Santo, 1 ,{ ty|e. KrjK IS niillim. 



•S5L Pterygoptenis caeruleus, n. sp. 



Pteri,gt'pfrru}i rlmt/u-nnis, Pruro, Ihol. Ccntr.-Am. 

 f.ll(9)(ncoBull.). 



Hit. ii. p. M.'Sl, j.l. 



Black ; antenna* with the hranchesof terminal two-thirds orange, 

 the shalt hlack above to nearmiddh*; head, metathorax, and legs 

 Bhot with brilliant metallic blue ; hind coxit with browni^h-whito 

 patches ; abd« nun with home blue on basal 8c;4ment8 and Hubdorsal 

 blue fascia* ; the 1st segment with two Idue-edgrd whitish ventral 

 spots. Fore wing blue-black, the terminal ana brown : a metallic 

 blue spot at liase and streak on end of median n«rvure. Jlind wing 

 Iflack ; the aj)ical part of co:-tal area blue. I'nderside of both wings 

 with the veins bourjding the cell and rising from it streaked with 

 metallic blue ; male with the tuft of hair at baj^e of hind wing 

 brown. 



JJit/>. Mkxico, Jalapa, Orizaba. Aay>., cf 52, $ 5G millim. 

 Type tin Cidl. Schaus. 



Genus EPISCEPSIS. 

 Epu<ccpsis, Bull. 111. Het. i. p. 49 (1877) 



Type. 

 venata. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upttinird to just above vertex of head ; 

 antenna; liipectinate, with short branches dil;ife 1 at extreii it> and ending in a 

 bristle; tibia; with the spurs short; abdomen dorsally clothed with long hair 



