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crimson slightly curved and oblique band, which approaches but 

 does not join the hind end of the exterior border, and is dilated near 

 the costa. Hind wings deep blue ; underside with a crimson band 

 on the exterior border. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



a, b, Bogota, New Grenada. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus BEPAKA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi crassi, 

 porrecti, squamosi, vix angulati, caput longe superantes ; articulus 

 3us longi-conicus, 2o non brevior. Antennae valida?, glabra?. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas sat superans. Pedes laeves, robusti, breviusculi; 

 tibia? postica? calcaribus quatuor brevissimis. Ala? elongatse, sat 

 angusta? ; antica? apice subrotundata?, margine exteriore subconvexo 

 perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi porrect, 

 squamous, very stout, extending much beyond the head ; third 

 joint lanceolate, hardly decumbent, about half the length of the 

 second, with which it hardly forms an angle. Antenna? stout, 

 smooth. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth, stout, rather short ; hind tibia? with four very short 

 spurs. Wings elongate, rather narrow. Fore wings slightly 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. 



Bepara egaca. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca, subtus cinereo-fusca ; alee postica plaga exte- 

 riore magna flava. 



Male. Blackish brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Hind wings 

 with a large yellow patch, which extends to the costa and nearly to 

 the fore part of the exterior border. Length of the body 6 lines"; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a, 6. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Bepara ? sublata. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; palpi validly oblique ascendentes, articulo 

 So conico ; antenna glabra ; pedes antici femoribus libiisque 

 dense fimbriatis ; alee anticce plaga subtus magna flava ; pos- 

 ticceflavce, margine lato cupreo-fusco. 



