194 LEPIDOPTERA HETEKOCERA. 



South America. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c. Pernambuco. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



d. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



e. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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93. Glaucopis Esmekalda. 



Atra ; caput, thorax anticus vittceque tres dorsales viridia ; abdo- 

 men viridumicante bifasciatum et e maculis trivittatum, basi 

 subtus albo ; alee limpida, nigro vix marginatce. 



Deep black. Head, fore part of thorax, and three dorsal stripes 

 bright green ; the middle stripe interrupted and dilated into bands 

 on the hinder part of the thorax. Wings quite limpid ; veins black, 

 tawny towards the base ; borders and tip of the discal areolet hardly 

 coloured with black, except the hinder angle of the fore wings and 

 the tips of the hind wings. Abdomen adorned with brilliant green, 

 which forms two bands near the base and three rows of spots from 

 thence to the tip ; under side white on the contracted part and with 

 two white spots behind it. Length of the body 9 lines; of the 

 wing 18 lines. 



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



94. Glaucopis Melas. 



Sphinx adscita Melas, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. 71, pi. 45, f. G. 

 Isanthrene Melas, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 125, 1359. 



Surinam. 



Var. ? Atra ; caput, antenna palpique lutea ; antenna fere ad apices 

 pectinatce ; thorax luteo varius ; pectus cyaneum ; abdomen 

 subfusiforme, basi subcontr actum, fasciis maculisque luteis, 

 maculis lateralibus viridi-cyaneis, vitta apicali aurata, ventre 

 basi albo ; alee luteo-hyalince, nigro ad partem marginatce ; 

 pedes lutei, nigro varii. 



Deep black. Head luteous, black on the hinder part of the 

 vertex. Palpi luteous, curved, rather long ; third joint very minute. 

 Antennae pectinated nearly to the tips. Four spots in front of the 

 thorax, four streaks on the disk and scutellum luteous. Pectus blue 



