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longitudinal vein, without, however, reaching the margin of the 

 wing ; the small crossvein lies exactly upon its external limit ; 

 the internal one is always sinuate in the vicinity of the fifth 

 longitudinal vein ; the third and fourth bands are connected at 

 the anterior margin in such a manner, that the hyaline space 

 between them reaches either exactly as far as the second longi- 

 tudinal vein, or goes very little beyond this vein ; the third band, 

 which is nearly straight and rather perpendicular, runs over the 

 posterior crossvein and almost reaches the posterior margin of the 

 wing; the fourth crossband is of considerable breadth, reaches 

 as far as the fourth longitudinal vein and is continued even 

 beyond it, in the shape of a gray shadow; the second half of 

 the last section of the fourth longitudinal vein is very gently 

 curved anteriorly, so that it converges towards the third longitu- 

 dinal vein, without approaching it, however, to any considerable 

 extent. 



Bab. Cuba (Gundlach). 



9. E. Thomae Loew. % 9 .—(Tab. IX, f. 14.) Laete chalybea, niti- 

 dissima, alarum fasciis nigris quatuor subintegris, ultimis tribus latis. 



Bright steel-blue, very shining ; wings with four • black crossbands, the 

 last three of which are broad. Long. corp. 0.14 — 0.15 ; long. al. 0.14 

 —0.15. 



Syn. E. ThomcB Loew, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. XI, p. 306, Tab. II, f 14. 



Yery like the preceding species, although very probably a 

 distinct one, notwithstanding the great resemblance in all the 

 plastic characters. The differences are the following : the whole 

 coloring of the body is of a lighter and more brilliant steel-blue, 

 which often verges on violet in the middle of the abdomen. The 

 thoracic dorsum is much less pollinose. The second crossband 

 of the wings is broader, approaches more the posterior margin 

 of the wings, and is not sinuate on its inner side in the vicinity 

 of the fifth longitudinal vein. The third crossband is much 

 broader than in E. annonse, especially its anterior portion ; the 

 fourth band crosses the fourth longitudinal vein a little, or else 

 the gray shadow beyond the end of this vein is somewhat darker. 



Hab. St. Thomas (Westermann). 



10. E. abdominalis Loew. % 9.— (Tab. IX, f. 15.) Chalybeo- 

 nigra, abdominis basi sordide lutea, alarum fasciis nigris quatuor 

 integris, ultimis dnabus ad costam anguste cohaerentibus. 



