1874 CATALOGUE OF 



ESTHEMA MIMICA. 



Fcem. Atra ; caput albo quadripunctatum ; palpi albo vittati; 

 abdomen subtus album ; pedes albo vittati ; alee anticce punctis 

 basalibus et costalibus, strigis tribus posticis fasciaque sub- 

 apicali brevi latissima albis ; posticce fascia submarginali e 

 strigis albis. 



Female. Deep blue. Head with two white points on each 

 side. Proboscis black. Palpi white-striped, not rising higher than 

 the vertex ; third joint linear, not more than one-third of the length 

 of the second. Antennae smooth. Abdomen white beneath, shorter 

 than the interior border of the hind wings. Legs white-striped. 

 Fore wings with two white points at the base, and witb four diffuse 

 white points near the middle of the costa ; a short and very broad 

 white band near the tip ; three white streaks between the band and 

 the interior angle. Hind wings with a submarginal band of white 

 streaks. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 34 lines. 



This may be the female of E. speciosa. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



ESTHEMA PLAGIFERA. 



plagifera, Feld. Wien. Ent. Mon. vi. 230. 

 Rio Negro, Brazil. 



Genus EUCYANE, C. L. H. 361. 

 Alytarchia, p., Wlgn. Wien. Eat. Mon. vii. 147. 



EUCYANE URAXOPHILA. 



Mas et fcem. Atra; oculi albo cincti; abdomen cyaneo univitta- 

 tum, albo bivittatum; pedes cyaneo vittati; alee anticce linea 

 subcostali brevi strigaque media transversa eyaneis, fasciis 

 duabus vitreis abbreviatis cyaneo jnarginatis ; posticce intrece, 

 atro late marginatce, vitta apud marginem interiorem alba y 

 venis cyaneo marginatis. Mas. — Antennce sat late pectinate. 

 Fcem. — Antennce subpectinatce. 



Male and female. Deep black. Head white about the eyes. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex ; 



