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88. EUCHROMIA BASALIS. 



Nigra; thorax cyaneo alboque maculatus ; abdomen cyaneo trivit- 

 latum maculis basalibus albis, subtus e guttis albis bivittatum 

 fasciaque basali alba; ala nigra maculis basalibus limpidis, 

 anticce apud discum cyanea ; tarsi fulvi, basi nigri. 



Black. Front of head white with purple lustre. Palpi with 

 bluish scales. Antennae black. Thorax with blue and white spots. 

 Wings black, with limpid spots at the base ; disk of the fore wings 

 blue ; hind wings blue in front beneath. Abdomen above with white 

 dots at the base, and with three blue stripes ; under side with a white 

 band at the base, and with two rows of white dots. Legs with blue 

 scales ; tarsi tawny, black towards the base. Length of the body 7 

 lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



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



89. Euchromta Lades. 



Atra ; ala anticce puncto basali flavo ; abdomen maculis transversis 

 fiavis ; pedes postici elongati. 



Zygaena Ladis, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 165, 47 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 107, 5S ; 



Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 404, 63. 

 Sphinx adscita Lades, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. 131, pi. 83, f. E. 

 Sphinx Zygaena Ladis, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2399, 152. 

 Macrocneme Lades, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 124, 1342. 



Surinam. 



90. EUCHROMIA CHRYSITIS. 



Nigra, viridi-aurato micans ; caput et thorax anticus albo guttata ; 

 antenna nigra, apice intus albida ; abdomen auratum, viridi 

 et rufescente micans, basi nigrum albo quadriguttatum ; alee 

 nigra, antica basi fasciaque auratis ; pedes postici tibiis tar - 

 sisque depressis dilatatis plumosis. 



Glaucopis chrysitis, Guer. Icon. Regne Anim. Ins. Texte, 502. 



Campeachy Bay. 



Group 21. H OR AMI A. 



Vix metallicolor. Corpus gracile. Antennae subserratae, apud 

 medium dilatatae et fusiformes. Alae angustae, opacae, immaculatae. 



