472 SYNToMIDi:. 



frons, coxir, and stripr's on lo^ white. Foro \\iu<^ liluc-hlnck, tlu- 

 innor arr.i br();i(]ly hrilliaiit blue ; a lar^o hyulinc patrli forim'd )»y 

 trianjxular p.itclu's in riid (»f cfll and alxive vein 1\ ami an oblitjuo 

 Btrrak below vi'in L' extending; nearly to terniiii. Hind wing 

 brilliant l>lue. 



//(if>. rciADoi:. Hulsapamba. K.i/>. '.U\ niilliin. Type t in Coll. 

 Druco. 



*l<>-n. Agyrta pandemia. (Plate X\l. lii; 20.) 



Aifi/rta pandrmia, Hru.'.'. P. A S l*^ '.•.*{. p. L^-J. 



(^ . Head, tborax, and alidotnen black, suftn>^ed witb )»lue; palpi 

 in front , hides (»f Irons, ami stripes on Ici^s wbite ; abdomen with 

 the ventral surface white. Fore wim; black, with brilliant mi'tallic 

 blue streaks on median nervure and inner mar;;in to ln'yond middle ; 

 an oblicpie semihyaline white band from upper anj^lo of ccdl to 

 vein J. Hind wing sutfu.seil with brilliant blur; a hyaline streak 

 in l(»wer part of cell, and a fascia below the cell from base to bew.ml 

 lower angle ; veins I, '> from a ]>oint. 



If<tf>. Amvzons, Para, tyiK* t in Coll. Dnice. H.vp. '.V2 millim. 



•I'M.'. Agyrta porphyria. 



Bomht/.T j^orphfjHa, Stoll, Pap. Kx«.t. iv. pi. oi»7. K (1782); Kirby, Cat. 



Hot. n. HUJ. 

 CiTi^daha cn/p(aUura, Wlk. rii. Ul'A) ( IH:aV) ■ Kirby, Cat. Hot. p. »M. 



lilack, suffu.sed with blue; p.ilpi in front and cox.t white; bead 

 and thor.ix with patches of nutallic blue ; abdomen with dorsal 

 and lateral metallic blue lines, the ventral surface white. Fore 

 wing with metallic blue fascia in submedi in inter>])ace extending 

 to near termen, interrupted at miildle or redufrd to basnl portion; 

 a scmitriantrular hyaline white patch beyond discocrllulars, and two 

 patches between vein.s ',\ and '>. Hind wing usually with tine 

 metallic blue streaks on median norvure and bases of veins 2, ^i, 4, 

 the latter sometimes with traces of white patches between thrm, 

 which are more prominent on underside; cilia of both wings white 

 at apex. 



I/ah. Amazons, Para. K.i'p. \^ millim. Typo t crtjptoUnca in 

 Mu9. Oxon. 



Subsp. 1. Fore wing with blue streak below cell extending to 

 near tornns ; hind win:; with slight hyaline streak below cell. — 

 Reyes {i<tuart). Coll. liothschild. 



104(). Argyrta albisparsa, n. sp. (Plate XVI. tig. 20.) 



(5. Head and thorax black, irroratod with white; neck orange; 

 abdomen suffused with brilliant blue, slight dorsal and broad ventral 

 white stripes. Fore wing black with ditfused white scales, some of 

 which form very obscure antcmedial, medial, and subtcrminal white 

 lines, the first strongly excurved on median nervure, the 2nfi 



