214 ARCTIAD^. 



defined streak on inner area ; an oblique crimson bar from middle 

 of costa to just below the cell, and a band from costa beyond middle 

 to just below vein 3 near termen. Hind wing with broad metallic 

 blue streak in and below cell and on inner area to near termen. 

 Underside of fore wing suffused with metallic blue in and beyond 

 cell to beyond extremity ; hind wing with short blue streaks on 

 costal area ; a curved maculate postmedial band joining the long 

 streaks on inner area. 



Hah. Colombia, 1 cS , Bogota, type f in Coll. Druce Exp. 48 millim . 



1623. Belemniastis trotschi. 



Belemnia trotschi, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xyiii. p. 37 (1896) ; id. Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Het. ii. p. 357, pi. 72. ff. 25, 27. 



2 . Black ; head, thorax, and legs with silvery blue markings ; 

 abdomen with lateral silvery blue segmental lines, ventral surface 

 with the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th segments crimson. Fore wing 



■Fig. 122. — Belemniastis trotschi, (^ . \. 



with the basal half golden-green, its outer edge rather oblique ; a 

 broad oblique orange band beyond the cell from below costa to 

 vein 2 near termen. Hind wing suffused with brilliant metallic 

 blue below costa and above inner margin to beyond middle, between 

 median nervules to near termen. 



c5' . Hind wing with the blue confined to basal area. 



Hah. CosTA IliCA (TrotscJi), 1 $ type ; Panama, Chiriqui. 

 Exp. 58 millim. 



1624. Belemniastis vhiteleyi. (Plate XLIII. fig. 15.) 



Belejnnia whitelcyi, Druce, Ent. M. Mag. xxv. p. 62 (1888) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 170. 



Black ; head and thorax spotted with silvery metallic blue 

 and marked with golden -green ; legs striped with blue, coxae with 

 whitish patches ; abdomen with golden-green dorsal stripe and 

 lateral silvery metallic blue bands, ventral surface with the 3rd, 

 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th segments crimson. Fore wing with golden- 

 green patch on basal half from below costa to vein 1, the veins and 

 folds streaked with black ; an oblique ochreous-white band beyond 

 the cell from vein 7 to 3 expanding and rounded below, the veins 

 crossing it black. Hind wing shot with brilliant metallic blue to 



