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27. Glaucopis yaria. 



Xigro-fusca ; caput cyaneo maeulatum ; antenna; lutece basi nigri- 

 cantcs ; abdomen t guttis purpureis bivittatum. basi flam 

 bifasciatum, subtus albo maeulatum ; alee flavescente-hyalina , 

 apicibus marginibusquc posticis nigris, his luteo strigatis ; 

 femora purpureo notata ; tarsi lutei. 



Brownish black. Head with a blue spot on the vertex. 

 Antenna? luteous, blackish above towards the base. Wings yellowish 

 hyaline ; veins luteous ; tips and hind borders black ; a blue dot on 

 the base of each fore wing ; a broad short luteous black-bordered 

 stripe along tbe hind border from the base of each fore wing. 

 Abdomen with a row of purple dots along each side; at the base two 

 interrupted yellow bands and behind them a white dot on each side; 

 under side with three white spots on each side. Femora with 

 purple marks ; tarsi luteous. Length of the body 7J lines ; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



Var. Q. Abdomen beneath with a white band instead of the two 

 spots nearest the base. 



a, b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



28. Glalcopis Porphvrius. 



Lutea : antenna pectinate; thorax nigro sexvittatus, antice nigro 

 unifaseiatus purpureoque biguttatus ; abdomen nigrum, e guttis 

 p u r pu r ei s trivittatum, luteo fasciatum, subtus album; alee 

 flavescente-hyalina: \ antica nmrgine postico luteo vittato. 



Sphinx adscita Porphyria. Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 227, pi. 397, f. E. 

 Centronia Porphyria, H'ubn. Verz, Schmett. 122, 1325. 



Surinam. 



Luteous. Proboscis black. Palpi curved, rather long ; third 

 joint very minute. Antenna? moderately pectinated beneath to tive- 

 sixths of the length. Thorax with a biack band in front, on which 

 are two purple dots, and with six black stripes, the two middle 

 stripes much interrupted and forming four spots on the disk ; a 

 purple dot on each hinder spot. Wings yellowish hyaline ; reins 

 luteous : transverse veinlets of the discal areolet forming a hardly 

 obtuse angle: tips and hind borders black ; a purple dot on the base 

 of each fore wing : a broad short luleous black-bordered stripe along 



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