1376 CATALOGUE OF 



Erilusa CYANEA. 



Mas. Lcele cyanea ; oculi ochraceo cincti ; palpi ochracei^ apice 

 nigricantes ; pectus ochraceum ; alee nigrce, cyaneo purpureoque 

 niientes ; anticce plaga o,lba magna ohliqua fere hyalina ; pos- 

 ticus albidce,fere hyalince, nigro latissime marginatce. 



Female. Bright metallic-blue. Head behind and about the 

 eyes, palpi and pectus ochvaceous. Palpi blackish towards the tips, 

 not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint extremely small. An- 

 tennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending for nearly half its 

 length beyond the hind wings; under side and legs silvery cinereous. 

 Wings black, with blue and purple reflections. Fore wings slightly 

 acute, with a large oblique white nearly hyaline patch in the disk. 

 Hind wings whitish, nearly hyaline, very iridescent, very broadly 

 bordered with black. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 

 17 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Ekilusa dioptalis. 



Fcern. Lcete cyanea; caput postice ochraceum; oculi argenteo 

 cincti ; palpi argenteo lineati ; thorax antice ochraceus ; alee 

 nigrce, cyaneo purpureoque nitentes ; anticce strigis duabus 

 albis latissimis, la brevissima ; posticce vitta alba lata fere 

 hyalina. 



Female. Bright metallic-blue. Head silvery about the eyes ; 

 hind part and fore border of the thorax ochraceous. Palpi black, 

 with a silvery line above, not rising so high as the vertex. Antennae 

 very minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending much beyond the 

 hind wings ; under side, pectus and legs silvery cinereous. Wings 

 black, with azure and purple reflections. Fore wings slightly acute, 

 with two oblique white nearly hyaline very broad streaks in the 

 disk ; first streak very short, intersected. Hind wings with a broad 

 white nearly hyaline stripe in the disk. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



