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Deep black. Head bright blue in front. Thorax bright crim- 

 son, which hue extends over the base of the wings and along part of 

 the borders, and forms a spot at the tip of the discal areolet in the 

 fore wings. A blue dot on each shoulder. Wings limpid; a black 

 stripe extending along the borders which are not occupied by the 

 red hue, and very broad at the tips of the fore wings. Abdomen 

 crimson at the base, with three rows of blue spots; the middle row 

 slight. Legs testaceous. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 18 — 20 lines. 



Var. /3. Smaller. Red spot on the fore wings much narrower. 



a. Venezuela. From M. Becker's collection. 



b, c. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection, 

 d, e. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



49. Glaucopis impar. 



Nigra; caput antice cyaneum ; thorax luteus, fascia antica inter- 

 rupta cyanea; abdomen basi luteum cyaneo bimaculatum, apice 

 e maculis cyaneis trivittatum ; alee limpida? nigro marginatce, 

 anticce nigro subfascialce ; pedes testacei. 



Black. Head bright blue in front. Thorax luteous, which hue 

 slightly extends over the basal part of the borders of the wings ; an 

 interrupted blue band in front of the thorax. Wings limpid ; a 

 black stripe extending along the borders, and very broad at the tips 

 of the fore wings ; a large slightly curved black spot at the tip of 

 the discal areolet. Abdomen luteous at the base, near which are 

 two dorsal blue spots ; three rows of blue spots at the tip. Legs 

 dark testaceous. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



a, b. Mexico. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



50. Glaucopis Tyrrhene. 



Aurantiaca ; caput cyaneum ; antennce nigrce ; abdomen vittis 

 duabus (in loem. interrupts) apicequce cyaneis ; alee limpidce, 

 basi aurantiaca apice ferruginea, maris antica macula discali 

 aurantiaca. 



Euchromia Tyrrhene, Hlibn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 23, 242, f. 483, 

 484. 



a — e. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



/, g. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



h, i. ? From Mr. Argent's collection. 



