LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1377 



Erilusa CCELIVITTA. 



Mas. JLcete cyanea ; caput postice ochraceum ; oculi argenteo 

 cincti; palpi nigri, argenteo lineati ; thorax antice ochraceus ; 

 al(E nigrce, purpareo nitentes, vitta lata fere hyalina. 



Male. Bright metallic-blue. Head silvery about the eyes. 

 Hind part and fore bonier of the thorax oehraceous. Palpi black, 

 squamous, with a silvery line above, rising a little higher than the 

 vertex ; third joint conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae pubescent. Abdomen extending very much 

 beyond the hind wings; under side, pectus and legs silvery cine- 

 reous ; apical tuft dingy whitish. Wings black, with purple 

 reflections, and with a broad nearly hyaline stripe, which has azure 

 reflections, and is most complete in the hind wings. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



fit. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Erilusa dioptoides. 



Foam. Purpurea ; palpi breves, basi albidi ; antennce pubescentes ; 

 abdomen cinereo-cyaneum ; alee amplce*, cyaneo et purpureo 

 micantes ; anticce striga basali cinerea semihyalina, maculis 

 duabus strigaque exterior e lata albis semihyalinis ; posticce 

 vittis cinereis semihyalinis. 



Female. Metallic-purple. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 white. Palpi whitish towards the base, not rising so high as the 

 vertex. Antennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen cinereous-blue, 

 extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Wings ample, with 

 bright blue and purple reflections, the former hue on the semihyaline 

 parts. Fore wings acute, with a cinereous semihyaline streak pro- 

 ceeding from the base, with two small white semihyaline spots, and 

 with an exterior broad oblique white semihyaline streak ; first spot 

 in front of the base of the fourth inferior vein ; second very near the 

 first, and between the third and fourth inferior veins. Hind wings 

 with cinereous semihyaline stripes between the veins. Length of 

 the body 8 — 8 J lines; of the wings 18 — 19 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by R. Graham, Esq. 



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