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ee. Black ; abdomen luteous. metaxanthup. 



eee. Black ; head red. ruficeps. 



eeee. Black. tarsalis. 



eeeee. Dark blue. semibyalina. 



Group 1. NOETHIA. 



Corpus breve, latum. Palpi breves ; articulus 3us parvus, 

 conicus. Alae anticae latae ; areola discalis lata, venulas quatuor 

 anticas emitteus, venula apicali fere recta ; plica discalis omriino 

 distincta ; vena subcostalis furcas duas emittens. Tibiae anticas non 

 dentatae ; posticae calcaribus mediis nullis, apicalibus parvis. 



Male. Body short, broad. Palpi short; third joint small, co- 

 nical. Antennas a little longer than the body, thickly but not deeply 

 plumose beneath. Wings broad. Fore wings long, full twice the 

 length of the hind wings ; discal areolet broad, its apical veinlet al- 

 most straight; discal fold distinct along its whole length. Abdomen 

 short, nearly linear, narrower than the thorax. Legs rather stout ; 

 fore tibiae not dentate beneath ; hind tibiae with no middle spurs, 

 their apical pair small. 



Fern. Antennae stout, pectinated beneath to the tips. Legs 

 slender. 



Very distinct from all the following groups on account of the 

 fore branches of the subcostal vein. 



1. Glaucopis nigkigemma. 



Mas. Nigra ; capite, antennis, thorace antico pectoreque cyaneis ; 

 abdomen apicem versus cwpreum et aureo-viride ; alee anticce 

 cinereo-hyalince nigro marginatce et fasciatce ; posticce nigrce 

 viridi-squamosce macula subapicali cinereo-hyalina. 



Male. Black. Head, antennae, fore part of thorax and pectus 

 bright blue or green. Proboscis testaceous. Fore wings grayish 

 hyaline, black at the base where there are a few green scales, and 

 with a black border ; a black mark across the tip of the discal areo- 

 let. Hind wings black, mostly covered beneath with green scales ; 

 a grayish hyaline spot near the tip. Abdomen cupreous and golden- 

 green above near the tip which is clothed with pale testaceous hairs. 

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



a. North China. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



