258 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



lating on the hind border, not angular. Legs slender, of moderate 

 length; hind tibiae with short spurs. 



100. EUCHROMIA ACHARON ? 



Cyanea ; alee fuscce ; anus rufus. 



Zygaena Acharon, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 166,51 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 107,64 ; 



EnL Syst. iii. 1, 406, 79. 

 Sphinx Zygaena Acharon ? Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat L 5, 2400, 157. 

 New Holland ? 



Var ? Purpurea ; palpi nigri ; antennae cyaneee ; alee anticce pur- 

 pur eo-cuprece ; posticce subcinerece marginibus subpurpureis ; 

 abdomen lateribus subtusque cyaneum, apice rufum; pedes 

 cyaneo viridique varii.] 



Body purple. Antennae blue. Palpi black. Fore wings pur- 

 plish cupreous. Hind wings gray, with a purplish tinge along the 

 border. Abdomen blue on each side and beneath, brilliant red at 

 the tip. Legs purple, tinged with blue and green. Length of the 

 body 3^—4 lines; of the wings 13 — 14 lines. 



a — d. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



101. EUCHROMIA CONTENTA. 



Mas. Cyaneo-purpurea, sublinearis ; palpi albidi apice nigri ; 

 antennce nigrce, dense plurnosce, apice nudce ; abdomen rufum, 

 lateribus ventreque cyaneo -pur pur eis, apice rufo-hirtum ; alee 

 anticce subpurpureo cupreo -fuscce ; posticce cinereo-fuscce api- 

 cibus marginibusque posticis cyaneo -pur pur eis. 



Male. Bluish purple, nearly linear. Palpi whitish, with black 

 tips, moderately long, nearly straight ; third joint very small, not 

 more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae black, 

 thickly plumose, bare towards the tips. Wings moderately long, 

 rather broad. Fore wings dark cupreous brown, with a slight pur- 

 plish tinge, paler towards the tips. Hind wings grayish brown, 

 bluish purple at the tips and along the hind borders. Abdomen 

 bright red, rather short, bluish purple on each side and beneath ; 

 tip clothed with bright red hairs. Legs rather slender; fore tibiae 



