218 LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 



and is connected with a large red spot in the disk. Abdomen 

 blackish brown, with a broad yellow band at the base, and with a 

 row of blue dots along each side ; under side yellow except near the 

 tip. Legs blackish brown ; tarsi testaceous beneath at the tips. 

 Length of the body 8—10 lines ; of the wings 25 — 32 lines. 



Var. . Yellow band on the fore wings forming four yellow 

 spots ; four red stripes, the costal one extending nearly to the tip. 



Var. y. Yellow band on the fore wings forming three spots. 



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

 d. e. Venezuela. From M. Becker's collection. 



21. EUCHROMIA ALBIPLAGA. 



Nigra; caput, thoracis vittce tres dorsales et pars antica, abdomi- 

 nisque vittce tres e maculis cyaneo-viridia ; palpi subtus albi; 

 antennce supra cyanece, basi albce ; abdomen subtus albofasci- 

 atum ; alee apice albce maculis subtus cyaneis aut viridibus ; 

 anticce cyaneo bivittatce ; posticce albo marginatce. 



Black. Head, fore part of thorax, three dorsal stripes, and 

 three rows of spots on the abdomen brilliant blue-green. Palpi 

 white beneath. Antennae blue above, white at the base. Abdomen 

 with a broad white stripe beneath. Legs mostly white beneath. 

 Wings with white tips ; under side with blue or green spots. Fore 

 wings with two blue stripes which extend from the base to the mid- 

 dle, the front one interrupted. Hind wings with a white hind 

 border. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 18 — 20 lines. 



Var. . Fore stripe of the wings obsolete except at the base and 

 at the tip. 



a. ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. ? Presented by E. Douhleday, Esq. 



c. d. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 

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



Group 8. PHALANNA. 



Corpus angustum, cylindricum. Antennae plus minusve pecti- 

 natae. Abdomen post alas posticas longe productum. Alse longae, 

 angustae, maculis opacis aut limpidis. Pedes sat longi ; tibiae 

 anticae non dentatae ; posterioves tibiis parviusculis. 



Euchromia p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 121. 



