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1612. Belemnia inaurata. 



Sphinx inaurata, Sulzer, Gesch, Ins. p. 151, pi. 20. f. 4 (1776) ; Kirby, Oat. 



Het. p. 170. 

 Zi/gana eryx, Eoem. Gen. Ins. pi. 20. f. 4 (1785), nee Fabr. 

 Belemnia 'jovls, Butl. A. M. N. II. (4) xv. p. 33'J (1875) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.- 



Am., Het. i. p. 78, pi. 8. f. 22 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 170. 



Black ; head, thorax, and legs spotted with metallic blue ; coxae 

 with yellowish marks ; abdomen with dorsal metallic silvery blue 

 spots almost met by subdorsal bands, the three terminal segments 

 with complete bands, the ventral surface with part of the 2nd, the 

 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th segments crimson. Fore wing with the base 

 silvery blue, then golden green to middle, with black streaks on the 

 veins and in the folds, the outer edge of this area oblique ; an 

 oblique crimson band beyond the cell from below costa to above 

 vein 3, its edges rather irregular and varying considerably in size. 

 Hind wing often with some blue below submedian fold ; cilia of 



Fig. 120. — Belemnia inaurata, (^ . \. 



hoth wiag« white at tips. Underside of fore wing with silvery- 

 blue patch in and below cell and spot at upper angle before the 

 crimson band ; hind wing with the basal area blue except inner 

 margin, two spots at angle of cell. 



Hah. Mexico, Misantla (Trujillo), 1 J ; Guatemala, Vera Paz 

 (Chatnpion), 5 cS ; Hondtjras {Blancaneaux), 2 S , Godman-Salvin 

 Coll. ; Panama, Veragua (Salvin), 8 c^" , type jovis. Exp. 50-52 

 millim. 



Subsp. 1. rezia, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 38 (1896). 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and base of fore wing with the markings 

 golden green, the postmedial crimson band broader with straighter 

 edges, rounded below and extending to vein 3 ; cilia only white 

 towards apex of fore wing. 



Hab. Colombia (Kalbreyer), 1 (S , Bogota ( Vergara), 1 S • Type t 

 in Coll. Druce. 



1613. Belemnia ochriplaga, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 8.) 



S . Black ; head and thorax spotted with metallic blue-green: 

 coxae, femora, and tibiae with whitish patches ; abdomen with dorsal 

 and lateral series of metallic bine-green spots, the lateral spots large 

 on 1st four segments, then reduced to points, the ventral surface 

 with part of the 2nd, the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th segments crimson, 

 expanding into subdorsal triangular patches on the 4th, 5th, and 6th 



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