146 CATALOGUE OF 



Fain. DIOPTID^l. 



Genus PHELLOE. 



Phelloe munda. 



Mas. Cyanea aut atra ; caput postice ochraceum, facia alba; 

 palpi albo vittati, ad caput applicati, verticem attingentes, 

 articulo So minimo ; antennae longce, pubescentes, basi alba; 

 thorax antice ochraceus ; abdomen alas posticas plus dimidio 

 superans, lineis duabus later alibus ventreque albis ; pedes subtus 

 albi ; alee anticce strigis duabus basalibus cyaneis, macula 

 exteriore magna elongata obliqua alba ; posiica? striga discali 

 vitrea, 



Male. Deep blue, appearing deep black in some aspects. 

 Head ochraceous behind ; face white. Palpi striped with white, 

 closely applied to the head, ascending to the vertex between the 

 antenna? ; third joint extremely short. Antennae long, slender, 

 pubescent, white at the base. Thorax with the fore border ochra- 

 ceous. Abdomen extending for much more than half its length 

 beyond the hind wings, with a white line along each side ; under 

 side white. Legs white beneath. Fore wings with two bright 

 blue streaks at the base, and with a large oblique white elongate- 

 oval spot in the disk beyond the middle ; fringe white at the tip of 

 the wing. Hind wings black or bright blue, according to the aspect 

 in which they are seen, with a vitreous streak in the disk. Length 

 of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



This species is included with P. glaucaspis in the description of 

 the latter, Cat. Lep. Het. ii. 320. 



a, b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Phelloe decoeata. 



Fcem. Cyanea aut nigra ; caput antice album, postice ochraceum ; 

 antennce verticem fere attingentes, articulo \o pallide fiavo, 

 3o conico minimo ; thorax antice ochraceus ; pectus album ; 

 abdomen alas posticas super an s, subtus album ; pedes subtus 

 albi; ala antics macula exteriore fusiformi magna obliqua 

 alba semihyalina ; posticus strig a lata alba semihyalina basi 

 attenuata. 



