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70. EUCHROMIA THORACICA. 



Albo guttata ; caput nigrum ; thorax rufus ; abdomen cyaneum, 

 subtus e guttis albis univittatum ; alee cyanea, basi albo gut- 

 tata ; pedes nigri, tibiis basi subtus coxisque albo guttatis. 



Head, thorax, and base of the abdomen with white dots. Head 

 black. Thorax very bright red. Wings dark blue, with white dots 

 at the base. Abdomen dark blue, with a row of white dots beneath. 

 Legs black ; tibiae at the base beneath and coxae with white dots. 

 Length of the body A\ lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



71. EUCHROMIA CONCISA. 



Mas. Nigra, angusta, linearis ; caput et thorax ochraceo-hirta ; 

 caput piceum ; antennae pectinatce, apice serrata ; abdomen 

 longum ; ala? nigra?, perangusta ; coxa anticce fulva. 



Male. Black, narrow, linear. Head piceous. Palpi rather 

 long, slightly curved ; third joint about one-fourth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae moderately pectinated, serrated towards the 

 tips. Head and thorax with orange-tawny hairs. Wings black, 

 very narrow ; discal areolet-veinlet forming an acute angle ; discai 

 streak distinct along the whole length. Abdomen long. Fore coxae 

 tawny ; fore tibiae with a long tooth beneath ; hind legs long, their 

 tibiae with long middle and apical spurs. Length of the body 3^ 

 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a, b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



72. Euchromia Halys. 



Violaceo-fusca ; alee anticce fusca? fascia media flava ; postica lim- 

 pidafusco late marginata. 



Sphinx adscita Halys, Cram. Pap. Exot. \v. 129, pi. 357, f. C. 

 Aclytia Halys, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 123, 1337. 



Surinam. 



Y2 



