CYANOTErLA. 445* 



to near middle of tornus. Hind wing with the basal area shot with 

 blue ; an obsolescent crimson spot beyond cell, and a short streak 

 on vein 1 below end of cell, both prominent on underside and with 

 an additional spot in end of cell ; cilia tipped with white in places ; 

 veins 3, 4 very shortly stalked ; in an aberrant specimen the cell 

 is rather shorter, vein 5 from just above angle, and 3, 4 on a long, 

 stalk. 



2 with blue patches on fore coxae. 



Hah. Venezuela, 1 c? 2 5 , type. Exp., cS 46, $ 52 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the fascia below cell broad and regular, 

 usually no trace of the crimson streak below costa ; underside of 

 hind wing without the spot in cell ; a diifused blue spot along median 

 nervure. 



Hah. Mexico, Tabasco {H. H. Smith) ; Gtuatemala {Champion) ; 

 Costa Rica ; Panama (Ribhe) : Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 40- 

 56 millim. 



978. Cyanopepla jucunda. 



Euchroonia jucunda, Wlk. i. 210 (1854); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 162. 

 Charidea fastnosa, Menetr. Cat. Lep. Petersb. ii. p. 143, pi. 14. f. 8 (1857\ 

 nee Wlk. 



^ . Black ; head, tegulse, patagia, thorax, and legs with patches 

 of metallic blue ; coxae with white patches ; abdomen banded with 

 metallic blue. Fore wing with metallic blue streaks at base, in cell, 

 and on inner margin ; a bright crimson streak in submedian interspace 

 extending to beyond middle and expanding somewhat towards ex- 

 tremity ; an oblique crimson band from below costa beyond middle to 

 near middle of termen. Hind wing with diffused metallic blue streaks 

 on median nervure, vein 1, and on inner margin to beyond middle. 

 Underside of fore wing with diffused metallic blue along median 

 nervure, the crimson fascia reduced to a spot below end of cell ; hind 

 ' wing suffused with blue to near termen, leaving the apical area black 

 with a blue spot. 



2 without white on coxae ; the blue on underside reduced to 

 streaks. 



Hah. Beaztl, Theresopolis (Wariy), Espiritu Santo, Eio Janeiro^ 

 type. Exp. 36 millim. 



979. Cyanopepla griseldis. 



Charidea griseldis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 72, pi. 8. f. 21 (1884) 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 162. 



c^" . Black ; head, tegulae, patagia, shoulders, thorax, and legs 

 with patches of metallic blue , patagia with curved crimson stripes ; 

 coxae white ; abdomen with slight segmental blue rings ; v^ ings very 

 slightly shot with blue. Fore wing with very broad crimson fascia 

 from just below costa to vein 1, its upper edge curving to its extremity 

 on terminal area above vein 3, its lower edge excised towards 

 extremity and indented at vein 2 ; cilia white at apex and above 

 tornus. Hind wing with the cilia white at apex. Underside with 



