442 SYNloMID-t. 



Muo ; K'^s striped with bluo : fore coxod nnd a stripo on I'oinorii 

 white. AlKlomcri ))la(k, l)!iiuk'(l with brilliant metallic blue. Foro 

 winp; blark-brown, with nu'lallic bhu' H|u»t at base of eosta a»id 

 streak on ])asal halt" of inner niar:,Mn ; a crimson sj)«)t })elow base of 

 cell : cilia ullowish at tips. Hind win-^ black-brown shot with 

 purple ; a terminal crimson bainl (toiu just below apex to ubovo 

 tornus. Underside with the basal halt" of both winj^s shot with 

 brilliant metallic blut>. 



J/iifi. ('oi.oMiii.v. h\vj>, \'J millim. T\ pe t in Coll. Druce. 



J'Tl. Cyanopepla ciiictipennis. ( Plate XV. fig. 5.) 



ChiirUl'ii .iH'nj:ntii>, Wlk. \\\i. i». '.i? 0.'^«'»h; Kirby, Cut. llet. p. Hil. 

 Chdruloi (ucla.H, DriKv. A. M. N. H. (•») xviii. p. .Sf) (JSIH)). 



cT . Black ; liead, tei^uhe, pata^ia, and le^'s with patches of metallic 

 blue-green : eoxie white ; abdonu-n with broad blue-green bands on 

 each segment, the ventral surface with a narrow white stripe. Foro 

 wing with a short crimson streak below base of cell ; traces of the 

 crim.son ot underside showing in and })elow cud of c(dl ; tlie eosta 

 and cilia «»range-yellow. Hind wing shot with brilliant blue ; a 

 crimson pateh with irregular inner edge on terminal area from below 

 apex to below vein 1' ; cilia orange-yellow. CndtTside with some 

 metallic blue at base of each wing; fore wing with a large crimson 

 patch in and ImIow end of cell ; veins :i, 4 sometimes separate at 

 origin. 



$ with metallic green patch on fore coxa*. 



J/af>. Colombia, liogota, 1^,1 9 tyjio. /•>/>., rf4(>, 9 44 millim. 



Subsj). 1. 9« 'A'^it^ crimson patch on umlerside of fore wing 

 reduced to obst descent spots in and below end of cell or in end of 

 cell only : the yellow on eosta and cilia more or less reduced, tho 

 cilia sometimes entirely dark ; hind wing with the crimson terminal 

 patch much reduced, often to spots separated by the dark veins. 



Huh. VA:v\mu{IiucUrif%'^ 9. 



!»72. Cyanopepla micana. 



Charidea tnirmis, Hfrr.-Scluiir. Aiissoriur. Schinelt. f. 23,'} (1854) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Hot. p. I<i2. 

 Charidfa fuhjnt.'^, Herr.-SchafT. Ausdercur. Schmctt. f. 2M {X&'A) ; Kirby, 



Cat, Ilct. p. 102. 



(^ . ful'/rug. lilack-brown ; head, tegulje, patagia, thorax, and 

 legs with patches of metallic blue-green ; fore coxa? and a 8trii>e on 

 legs white : .ibdomen with segmental blue-^reen rings. Fore wing 

 "with met:dlic blue-green at base, and streak on basal part of inner 

 margin ; a )>right crimson wedge-shape<^l spot below base of cell ; 

 two spots beyond lower angle of cell, between veins ii and 5. Hind 

 wing brilliant blue ; a terminal bright crimson band from Ijclow 

 apex, narrowing to near tornus. Underside of both wings with the 

 basal two-thirds metallic blue except on eosta ; cilia of both wings 

 ■white at ti]>s. 



Ab. 1. I-'ore wing with an obsolescent crimson streak in lower 

 end of cell. 



