1591 -VNTOMini:. 



from bolow miiltUe uf iliiL'oi'iMnmr.H ; 7 in malo inucli curvtHl Irom well belorL* 

 jvnglc of L't'll, ill ffiii ilo iVoiu aiigk* ; the c »sih vory liiglily arohiHl in malo, the 

 roslal area ot' hiuil win;,' ,i')ovo anil inner ar.-a of tore wing bolow olollioil with 

 silky 8Cile."<, atnl with fringed of long hair on mo.lial part of iunor margin and 



COStJ*. 



A. AlxloiMon with snblitoral white s|)ot on Ith hogniont. 



a. Palpi with the Ut joint white; ba«-k of ho id crimson; 



jHvtns with white pat<-hes tractipenni^. 



ft. No whitr on jmlpi or jx'otufi, or crimnon on back of head ; 



tnid anil hind ouxa5 white aurinamttuig. 



U. Abdomen without white spot on 4th j^jgment usliUata. 



>7.'5. Eriphioide3 tractipennis. 



F.riphia tt-ncliptnni*, h\\\\. Journ. Linn. S(H'., Z«»oI. xii. p. 414 (1S7<1); 

 Druco, IJiol. Centr.-Ani., llel. i. p. <»'.>, pi. 7. f. 1*7 ; Kirov, Cat. Hot. 

 p. l.VA 



Dark rod-brown ; p ilpi whilo at bist> ; back of liead, neck, and 

 jjiitidKii on shoulders scarlet : tej^uhc, MJionldrnj, and motathorax 

 witli cupreous-«;rcon patcben ; |)«ctus and fore coxio with white 

 |Kitchert; abdomen witli dorsal and snbdorsal series of cnprcoiis- 

 groen 8|K)t-s ; sublateral wliito patches on first tljreo se^nientii, and 

 H dpot on Itli sr^nient. Tore winj; with the veins ]>lackish ; tlie 

 costal area of bind winij abos'o and the inner area of foro winj^ 

 I'oviTed by the C"»sfal lobe (d' hind winj^, whitisli ; patches of metallic 

 pre'^n on underside on disk of fore win-; and on basal costal area of 

 hind win^?. 



Haft. XicAnviiV V, Chontales(,/<(»<xo/i), type : (iuatkmala; ['anamv 

 i^Chnuipion)^ (itxlman-Salvin Coll. Airyi. Mi niillim. 



4. Eriphioides surinameusis. 



tlrii>hui nuri lift mr litis. M.>*chl. Verb. z<>ol.-bot. <fe>. Wion, xxvii, p. 640, 



pi. 8. ff. 11. 11 a {\f<:i) ; Kirby. Cat. Hot. p. \'0. 

 Kriphia tracfipriiiii.-(, Drui-c, Biol. Centr.-Ain., Ibt. i. p. •'»'.> ipart), nee 



Butl. 



cT . lilack-brown ; patches of scarlet behind neck atid on front of 

 pectus ; patches of metallic green on head, te^ulx, shoulders, and 

 metathorax, and of white on coxie : alxlomjn with dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal series of cupreou>-.trreen spots ; sublateral wliitc j)atche8 on 

 first three semnenls and a spot on 4th segment; the costal area 

 of hind wing above anil the inner area of fore wing below covered 

 by the costal 1 jbe of hind wing, whitish; metallic green patches 

 on underside on disk of fore wing and basal costal area of hind 

 wing. 



Jldh. Panama {Chamj^lni, Rihbc\ 2 J, Godman-Salvin Coll.; 

 Colombia, Bogota (Stevens), 1 cS - Cayenne, typct in Coll. Staud- 

 inger. E.rp. 42 millira. 



