LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEBA. 235 



Sphinx Zygaena Phlegmon, GmeL ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2393, 116. 

 Calonotos Phlegmon, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 123, 1327. 



Surinam. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Santarem, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



55. ElTCHROlVlIA VARIPES. 



Mas. Atra ; caput album, postice aureo-viride ; antenna sat late 

 pectinata? ; thorax aureo-viridi quadrimaculatus alboque bi- 

 maculatus ; pectus fu scum ; abdomen aureo-viridi bivittatum, 

 basi albo fasciatum, subtus disco albo ; alee nigra, anticce lata 

 maculis quatuor discalibus limpidis strigis semihyalinis macu- 

 lisque aureo-viridibus, nonnullis basalibus, posticce gutta media 

 limpida ; pedes graciles, aureo-viridi varii, femoribus tibiisque 

 posticis supra albis, tibiis posticis apices versus dilatatis et 

 sulcatis. 



Deep hlack. Head white above and in front, golden green 

 behind. Palpi rather long, hardly curved; third joint about one- 

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

 nated. Thorax with four golden green spots, two in front and one 

 near the base of each hind wing ; a w 7 hite spot by the base of each 

 fore wing. Pectus brown. Wings black. Fore wings broad, with 

 some semihyaline streaks and golden green marks at the base ; two 

 large oblong hardly divided limpid spots in the disk, the fore one 

 occupying the discal areolet ; two smaller limpid spots nearer the 

 tip, the hind one semidivided. Hind wings with a limpid dot in the 

 middle. Abdomen with a white band at the base and with two 

 golden green stripes which are united at the tip ; under side with a 

 tuft of white hairs on each side at the base and with a white disk. 

 Legs slender, partly golden green ; fore tibiae dentate beneath ; hind 

 femora and hind tibiae white above; hind tibiae dilated and channelled 

 along half the length from the tips. Length of the body 5 lines ; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



56. Euchromia Cassandra. 



Nigra ; abdomen utrinque maculis quinque caruleis ; ano,orebasique 

 femorum abdominisque coccineis. 



