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mosae, Abdomen longum, lineare. Alae longae. angustae, plerumque 

 opacae. Pedes sat longi ; tibia? anticae subtus canalieulatae ; poste- 

 riores calcaribus parviusculis. 



Euchromia, p., Hubn. 



Male. Body cylindrical, slender. Palpi very hairy at the base, 

 moderately long ; tbird joint small, conical at the tip, not more than 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae rather deeply 

 plumose. Wings long and narrow, mostly opaque ; discal areolet- 

 veinlet forming a right angle ; discal fold distinct along the whole 

 length. Abdomen long, linear; appendages small. Legs mode- 

 rately long ; fore tibiae furrowed beneath ; middle and apical spurs 

 of the hind tibiae rather small. 



31. EUCHROMIA FEROX. 



Mas. Purpurea; caput aurantiaco fas datum ; antenna? cyanea* 

 apice albce ; thorax aurantiacus, viltis duabus maculaque scu- 

 tellari purpureis ; pectoris latera aurantiaco bivittata ; ab- 

 dominis segmenta fasciis utrinque connexis aurantiacis ; alee 

 antica cyaneo-vi rides, marginibus posticis purpureis, maculis 

 duabus stngaque brevissima flavo-albis ; postic a? purpurea? cya- 

 neo-viridi varia?, striga lata basali postica alba. 



Male. Dark purple. Head with tawny hairs in front and with 

 a short orange band behind. Palpi with black hairs towards the 

 base. Antennae dark blue, white above towards the tips. Thorax 

 orange with two purple stripes, and on the scutellum a purple spot, 

 connected with the stripe on each side. Pectus with two oblique 

 orange streaks on each side. Fore wings dark bluish green, purple 

 along the hind borders, with two small yellowish white spots between 

 the first and third inferior veinlets, and with a very short yellowish 

 white streak before the middle of the discal areolet, and only visible 

 beneath. Hind wings purple, partly bluish green, with a broad 

 white streak near the base and towards the hind border. Abdominal 

 segments above and beneath with orange bands which are connected 

 on each side ; appendages testaceous. Legs bluish purple ; coxae 

 beneath with orange tomentum, which also appears, but much more 

 slightly, on the femora. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 22 lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



