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SYNTMMin.K. 



an.l p.t.pia v<hvd ^^ith wl.it.; h'.'s stnpec wilh wl.ile ; .hdo ur 

 black tiM^'M with blue. Foiv win^' pule ycllow-brmvn the mecl.;tn 

 nerviire Zu\ vri.is 1 to 7 Htreaked vsith white ; nh.t while at tipH ; 

 abdomen bliir-bhu-k, the eilia white. . 



JIah. liKv/iL, Sfio Paulo (./o».5); AwoKNTiNv ( /^</v/)- /•'••V'"'* 

 42 niillim. Type + in Mus. Oxoii. 



1 n;.'). Ctenucha venosa. 



pi. i. f. 12; Dnico. Biol. Centr.-Am.. Ilet. i. p. 82; Kirln.Cnt. Iltl. 



cZ.!^t cre^uaua, On-t.. P.w. Knt. Soo. Phil. ii. p. (U. pi. S. f. ^V 

 (^IHUi) ; Kirby, Cat. Hot. p. 1 m . 

 Hia.l thorax, and abdomen black hhot with blue; pali-i yellow 

 and red'at base : vertex of head and netk scarlet, sometime.s oranj^e ; 

 „ata.M;i ed-ed with white or oranf;e. Fore winj: ^'reyi.sh or brownish 

 bl ,(k blue at ba.se, with line or rather broad «tnpes on vein 1, 

 median nervure, and vein.s I, H, T., wbieh may be oran,^e-rcd 

 yellow, or almost white ; csta white, yellow toward.s ba.se. I nid 

 winj: black shot with blue ; cilia of both wings white except at 



"'y/llr r S \ Texas, (Jrotc and ZellerCdls.; Mkxico(.Vo,vmom, 

 Forrer do.lwun, Brooks^ Khn-^. N"">/'. IHchanUon, Schumnuu)', 



( Chmnjnon ) : (Jodman-Salvin C oil. ; \ k>»:zvki.a. A.ry,. 3S millim. 

 Subnp. 1. Vertex of head black ; neck and base of palpi scarlet 

 or yellowish. —Kt I ADOH {IiuikU>(), 4 S - 



•11«',0. Ctenucha sanguinaria. 



acucha sau^uina.ui, Stretch. Rep. Chief oJ^EnKinecr«. 1878. App SS. 

 p. ia^8. pi.' 2. fig. 2 ; Kirby. Cat. Hot. p. 1h. 

 Head and thorax black; Ut joint of palpi, some hairs of 2nd 

 ioint vertex of head, stripes on shoulders, and neck scarlet ; pataf^a 

 blue,' with black and a tew scarlet hairs; metathorax blue; pale 

 Doints at end of tibiie and femora ; abdomen deep blue. l'/>re wing 

 black with some blue at base ; the costa median nervii re veins 4, .i, 1 

 to near termen scarlet. Hind ^vinp deep blue ; cdia of both winps 

 white. Underside shot with blue ; fore wing with pale patch below 

 base of median nervure. ^ 



JIal'. V. S. A., Western States, hrp. iy'J miliim. 



1107. Ctenucha ruficeps. 



Cte.ucha ruficeps, Wlk. li. -^4 U.>o4) ;Druoo. B.ul. Centr.-Am.. Uct. >. 

 p. 82, pi. \y f. 8 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 1<8. 

 ^ Black-brown ; frons, thorax, and abdomen suffused with 

 metailic green ; vertex of head and neck crimson ; fore coxae and 



