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53. Glaucopis centralis. 



Nigra, gracilis, sublinearis, cyaneo varia ; antenna pectinata ; 

 thoracis latera lutea ; abdomen e maculis cyaneis bivittatum; 

 alee limpida basi lutea apice et postice fusco marginata, antica 

 luteo fasciatce. 



Black, slender, nearly linear. Head mostly blue. Palpi 

 slender, rather long, slightly curved; third joint nearly half the 

 length of the second.' Antennae moderately pectinated. Thorax 

 mostly blue in front and on the scutellum and beneath, luteous on 

 each side. Wings limpid, brown along the hind borders and on 

 one-fourth of the length from the tips, luteous towards the base as 

 are also the veins. Fore wings with the usual luteous band which 

 is dilated and luteous behind the discal areolet; discal fold not 

 apparent in the discal areolet but very distinct beyond it. Hind 

 border of the hind wings broader than that of the fore wings. Ab- 

 domen with a row of blue spots on each side. Fore tibiae hardly 

 dentated beneath ; middle and apical spurs of hind tibiae very smalh 

 Length of the body 4£ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Johnson's collection. 



54. Glaucopis festiva. 



Fcem. Cyanea aut viridis, linearis, sat brevis ; proboscis, palpi et 

 antenna nigra; antenna subpectinata, apice alba; thorax 

 ferrugineus, luteo bimaculatus et bivittatus ; abdomen nigrum, 

 e maculis cyaneis bivittatum ; ala limpidce testaceo submargi- 

 nata, antica lata nigro inter rupte fasciata. 



Fern. Bright metallic blue or green, according to the reflection, 

 linear, rather short. Proboscis, palpi and antennae black. Palpi 

 nearly straight, rather long ; third joint moderately long, about half 

 the length of the second. Antennae minutely pectinated, white above 

 towards the tips. Thorax ferruginous, with two luteous spots in 

 front, and with a luteous stripe on each side. Pectus partly ferru- 

 ginous. Wings limpid. Fore wings broad, testaceous at the base 

 and along most of the fore border and partly so along half of the 

 hind border, black at the tips for one-fourth of the length and with 

 black hind borders ; a black band across the middle, interrupted on 

 part of the median vein and of the fourth inferior veinlet; veins 

 black, testaceous at the base ; discal fold not apparent on the discal 

 areolet but distinct beyond it. Hind wings with the base, the fore 

 border and the veins testaceous ; tips and hind borders black. 



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