148 CATALOGUE OF 



Female, Bright blue or deep black. Head white in front, 

 beneath and about the eyes. Palpi porreet, extending a little 

 beyond the head ; third joint minute. Antennae serrated. Abdo- 

 men extending for half its length beyond the hind wings, white 

 beneath. Wings blackish blue, bright blue towards the base. Fore 

 wings with a broad whitish vitreous discal stripe, which widens from 

 near the base to three-fourths of the length, and is interrupted by a 

 broad oblique band. Hind wings with a whitish vitreous stripe, 

 which extends from the base nearly to the exterior border. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus LAURONA. 



Laurona subafflicta. 



Fcem. Nigra; caput apud oculos alba ; antennce subserratce, sub- 

 setulosce ; abdomen alas posticas non super am ; alee latce^ 

 cinerece, vitrece, nigro marginatce, venis nigro submarginatis ; 

 anticce spatio apicali nigro plagam albam magnam obliquam 

 includente. 



Female. Black. Head white about the eyes. Antennas 

 minutely serrated and setulose. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Wings broad, vitreous, cinereous, bordered with 

 black ; veins slightly bordered with black. Fore wings with the 

 apical third part black, including a large white oblique patch. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



Laurona rufilinea. 



Fcem. Nigra; caput apud oculos albidum; palpi porrecti, caput 

 superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; antennae serratce ; pectus 

 albidum, lateribus ochraceis ; abdomen alas posticas superans, 

 subtus albidum fusco vittatum ; alee anticce linea submarginali 

 ochracea interrupta, striga exteriore alba lata obliqua. 



Female. Black. Head whitish about the eyes. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, porreet, extending somewhat beyond the head ; third joint 

 lanceolate, about half the length of the second. Antennae serrated. 

 Pectus whitish, ochraceous on each side. Abdomen extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings ; under side whitish, with a brown 

 stripe. Legs whitish beneath. Fore wings with a submarginal 



