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ocbraceous in front. Pectus ochraceous on each side. Abdomen 

 dark blue. Wings narrow. Fore wings slightly powdered with 

 dark cinereous in front. Hind wings vitreous, white, with a bluish 

 black stripe along the exterior border ; veins black. Length of the 

 body 5 — b\ Hues; of the wings 14 — 15 lines. 



Most allied to P. metamelas, from which it differs by the black 

 colour of the hind part of the thorax and by the more entirely vitreous 

 hind wings. 



a — c. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus ACLYTIA. 



ACLYTIA BUPRESTOIDES. 



Mas. Obscure cyanea ; palpi ascendentes, subarcuatce, articulo 2o 

 intus albo, So longi-conico ; antenna subpectinatce, ventre basi 

 apiceque albo ; tibiarum calcaria alba ; alee anticce angustce, 

 puncto discali atomisque exterioribus albis ; posticce nigrce, 

 vitta alba iridescente semihyalince. 



Male. Dark blue. Palpi ascending, slightly curved, not rising 

 higher than the vertex ; second joint white on the inner side ; third 

 elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. Antenna? 

 slightly pectinated. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind 

 wings, white beneath at the base and at the tip. Legs smooth, 

 slender ; spurs of the hind tibiae white, rather long. Wings narrow. 

 Fore wings with a white discal point beyond the middle ; space from 

 thence to the exterior border powdered with white. Hind wings 

 black, with a white iridescent semihyaline stripe, which extends 

 from the interior border to nearly three-fourths of the length ; fringe 

 with a whitish line at the base. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



Most allied to A. flavigutta, but the fore wings are but little 

 longer than the hind wings. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



ACLYTIA TKOGONOIDES. 



Mas. Aira, crassa, caput guttis duabus albis ; palpi guttis duabus 

 basalibus albis; antennce subpectinatce, apice albce ; thorax 

 guttis sex albis ; abdomen vittis duabus latissimis auratis 

 fasciculisque duobus basalibus penicillatis cinereis ; alee anticce 

 dimidio basalt antice viridi ; posticce vitta lata vitrea. 



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