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2 . Abdomen with complete dorsal series of crimson spots. Fore 

 wing with large hyaline spot below middle of cell. Hind wing 

 brown, with hyaline fascia below the cell bent up beyond it to upper 

 angle. 



Ab. 1, c? . claripennis : fore wing with two small hyaline spots 

 below the cell beyond the crimson streaks. 



Ab. 2, $ . hrasiliensis : fore wing without the hyaline spot above 

 vein 5. 



Ab. 3. Pore wing without crimson fasciae ; abdomen of 6 

 without sublateral crimson spots, of $ with only two dorsal spots. 



Hah. Brazil, type hrasiliensis, Amazons, Pupunha, Eio Jutahi 

 {Trail), type S daripennis, Ega, Tapajos (Bates), type, Sao Paulo ; 

 Peru (Degand). Exp. 44 millim. 



872. Androcharta stretchi. 



Androcharta stretchii, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 427 (1876) ; 111. 

 Het. i. p. 48, pi. 18. f. 7 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 174. 



<S . Black; 1st joint of palpi, frons, vertex of head, tegulge, 

 patagia, metathorax, and legs with patches of metallic blue ; fore 

 coxjB with Avhite patches ; abdomen with subdorsal series of metallic 

 blue patches and sublateral points. Pore wing w^ith blue points at 

 base ; a short blue streak below base of median nervure and traces 

 of a crimson one ; a blue streak in cell and on median nervure and 

 a band on discocellulars ; a quadrate hyaline spot in the cell ; an 

 oblique white spot below middle of cell ; three hyaline patches 

 beyond the cell between veins and 3, and a small spot above 

 vein 6. Hind wing white. Underside of fore wing wdth large 

 white patch below the cell ; hind wing with blue streak in cell ; 

 diffused white below the cell, some white on veins, and the termen 

 white ; veins 1-5 greatly distorted and curved. 



5 . Pore wing with large hyaline spot below origin of vein 2 ; 

 hind wing with hyaline fascia below and beyond cell 



Hah. Up. Amazoi^s, Iquitos, 1 $ ; Peru {Degand), 1 S type. 

 Exp. 50 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Pore wing with scarlet fasciae below costa to beyond 

 middle and below base of cell, the spot below vein 2 obsolete ; 

 abdomen with lateral crimson spots on three basal segments. 



Hah. Uruguay, 1 S . 



Genus ERIPHIOIDES. 



Type. 



Eriphioides, Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 159 (1892), non descr ustulata. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, reaching beyond the frons, which is 

 surrounded by rough hair, the 2nd joint fringed with hair ; antenna bipectinate, 

 with short branches dilated at extremity, the medial part of shaft dilated, the 

 terminal part simple ; tibite with the spurs moderate ; abdomen with lateral 

 tubercles on 1st segment and lateral anal tufts. Fore wing long and narrow ; 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell and approximated to 2 towards termen ; 4, 5 

 from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind 

 wing with the cell very long ; veins 2 and 3 from angle ; 4 absent ; 5 curved 



