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the scutelluin. Fore wings bright lurid, with a slender black 

 border, excepting the front between the base and the tip of the 

 discal areolet, across whose tip there is a black mark with a blue 

 disk ; border broad at the tips. Hind wings with a very slight lurid 

 tinge; borders black; a blue stripe beneath in front. Abdomen 

 golden-green above with the exception of the sides, the borders of 

 the segments, and a dorsal stripe, on which are two patches of red 

 hairs ; base clothed with red hairs ; under side with a row of green 

 spots along each side, and a band of red hairs across the middle. 

 Legs partly blue ; coxae, femora and fore tibiae partly clothed with 

 red hairs. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 25 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



20. Glaucopis completa. 



Mas. Atra, brevis, fusiformis; caput albo notatum, postice 

 cyaneum ; thorax maculis duabus anticis cyaneis duabusque 

 lateralibus albis ; pectus albo maculatum ; abdomen basi albo 

 fasciatum, lateribus cyaneo varium maculisque transversis rufis 

 bivittatum, apice rufum, subtus fasciis testaceis ; alcelimpidce, 

 apicibus marginibusque posticis nigris, anticce nigro sub- 

 fascial, 



Male. Deep black, short, broad, fusiform. Head marked with 

 white, blue behind. Palpi rather long, slightly curved ; third joint 

 not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 rather deeply pectinated. Thorax with two blue spots in front and 

 with a white spot on each side. Pectus with white spots. Wings 

 limpid, with opaline lustre and with broad black hind borders ; tips 

 black for one-fifth of the length. Fore wings broad, with a curved 

 black mark on the tip of the discal areolet ; discal fold distinct 

 along the whole length ; veins strongly marked. Abdomen sub fusi- 

 form, with a very broad white band at the base partly blue, and with 

 a row of transverse red spots along each side ; tip red ; under side 

 with a very broad angular white band near the base and with testa- 

 ceous bands from thence to the tip. Legs stout ; middle and apical 

 spurs of the hind tibiae rather short. Length of the body 5£ lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



