CYAN-OPEPLA. 443 



2 . Fore wing with crimson streak in lower end of cell ; under- 

 side of both wings with slight metallic blue marks at base ; fore 

 wing with crimson patch in and below end of cell confluent with 

 the spots beyond. 



Ab. 2. micans. Eore wing with the markings orange. 



Hah. Colombia, 3 c? 4 $ ; Venezuela. Eoop, 44 millim. 

 Types t micans- Siud fulgens in Coll. Staudinger. 



973. Cyanopepla fastuosa. 



Euchromia fastuosa, Wlk. i. 215 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p, 161. 

 Charidea ficlgida, Herr.-Scbaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 235 (1854). 



S . Fuscous brown ; head, tegulae, patagia, thorax, and legs with 

 patches of metallic blue-green ; fore cox^e white : abdomen suffused 

 and banded with metallic blue, the bands narrowing on ventral sur- 

 face. Fore wing with some metallic blue at base, and short streak 

 on inner margin ; crimson spots below base and in end of cell ; cilia 

 whitish at apex *and towards tornus. Hind wing shot with brilliant 

 blue ; the terminal area with a crimson patch from below apex 

 where it is wide, narrowing to a point above tornus. Underside of 

 fore wing brilliant metallic blue below the cell, in basal part of cell, 

 and beyond upper angle ; a more or less obsolescent crimson spot 

 beyond lower angle of cell ; hind wing brilliant metallic blue. 



2 . Fore coxae with blue patch ; abdomen without ventral bands ; 

 wings with the metallic blue on underside reduced. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the crimson spot beyond the cell appearing 

 on upperside. — Beazil. 



Hah. Jamaica, 1 cT , 1 $ type ; Venezuela ; Brazil (Dohrn)^ 

 1 c? 1 $. J^^p., 6 42, 2 44 millim. Type f /zt^r/w^a in Coll. 

 Staudinger. 



974. Cyanopepla aloiizo. 



Charidea alonzo, Butl. Jouru. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 415 (1876) ; id. 111. 



Het. i. p. 42, pi. 10. f. 11 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 161. 

 Charidea imogena, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 415 (1876) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 161. 



S . Fuscous brown ; head, tegulse, patagia, thorax, and legs with 

 patches of metallic blue-green ; fore coxtc white ; abdomen suffused 

 and banded with metallic blue. Fore wing with metallic green 

 streak below base of costa and on inner margin ; crimson spots 

 below base and in end of cell ; a more or less obsolescent oblique 

 crimson bar beyond the cell between veins 7 and 3 ; cilia white at 

 tips. Hind wing shot with brilliant blue ; a crimson patch on ter- 

 minal area from below costa narrowing to above tornus, its inner 

 edge irregular. Underside with metallic blue in and below cell and 

 below upper angle of fore wing and on hind wing ; the oblique bar 

 prominent. 



5 with blue patch on fore coxae and the metallic blue on under- 

 side of wings reduced. 



Hah. Colombia, Bogota (Vergara), 1 2 ; Venezuela, 2 $ , type; 

 Peru, type imogena, Callao (J. J. WalJcer). Exp. 46 millim. 



