178 CATALOGUE OF 



varium; abdomen luteum, segmentis purpureo marginatis, 

 subtus album; alee sublus cyanece ; anticce gutta basali alba, 

 fasciis quatuor obliquis maeularibus, la 2aque luteis, Sa 4aque 

 albis ; postiece purpurea, nigro marginatm, basi margineque 

 exteriore maculisque quatuor luteis, vitta lanceolata lineaque 

 purpureis. 



Female. Blackish red, with a purple tinge. Head white in 

 front Palpi white beneath. Antennae blue, slightly pectinated. 

 Thorax with six white dots, of which two form an interrupted band 

 in front, one is on the tip of each of the tegulae, and two are more 

 hindward; scutellum bordered with white towards its tip. Pectus 

 blue, partly purple. Abdomen luteous ; fore borders of the seg- 

 ments purple; under side and legs white. Wings bright blue 

 beneath. Fore wings with a white basal dot and with four oblique 

 macular bands ; first and second bands composed of luteous spots ; 

 third and fourth of white spots. Hind wings purple, irregularly 

 black along the exterior border, luteous towards the base and along 

 the interior border, and along the adjoining part of the exterior 

 border; a purple lanceolate stripe and a purple line near the inte- 

 rior border; four elongated luteous spots in the purple part, one 

 in front, the other three more hindward. Length of the body 

 9 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



In Mr. Norris' collection. 



Fam. CHEYSAUGIDjE. 



Genus LYCES. 



Lyces etebusialis. 



Mas et foam. Atra ; palpi porrecti, caput superantes, articulo So 

 conico ; antenna? maris subpectinatce, fcem. subsetulosce ; abdo- 

 men alas postieas longe superans ; ala antiea? longa, fascia lata 

 fiava subobliqua subabbreviata fere elliptica ; postica flavce ; 

 margine lato nigro. 



Male and female. Deep black. Palpi porrect, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head, but shorter than its breadth ; third joint 

 conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae slightly pectinated in the male, minutely setulose in the 

 female. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 long. Fore wings with a broad bright yellow nearly elliptical 

 slightly oblique and abbreviated band, which is opposite the interior 



