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1. Heteropan SCINTILLANS. 



Glaucescens ; corpus sabtus auratum ; antenna cyanece ; pedes tes- 

 tacei ; alee anticce marginibus cyaneo-micantibus, costa subtus 

 chalylea ; posticce chalybeo varice. 



Brownish lilac colour. Body gilded beneath. Antennas blue- 

 Legs testaceous. Fore wings with brilliant blue borders ; costa cha- 

 lybeous beneath. Hind wings chalybeous beneath in front and 

 along the border, and with a chalybeous streak in the disk. Length 

 oi' the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by K. Templeton, Esq. 



Genus 62. SERIPHA. 



Mas. Corpus breve, gracile. Palpi robusti, capite valde bre- 

 viores ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae valid®, corporis dimidio 

 vix longiores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes gra= 

 cillimi; tibiae non calcaratae. Alae breves, mediocriter latae ; anticae 

 ad costam vix convexae, postice vix angulatae, apice obtusae venis 

 tribus inferioribus basi approximatis. 



Male. Body short, slender. Palpi stout, much shorter than 

 the head ; third joint very small. Antennae stout, little more than 

 half the length of the body. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs very slender ; tibiae without spurs. Wings short, 

 moderately broad. Fore wings almost straight in front, hardly an- 

 gular behind, obtuse at the tips; three inferior veins, near together 

 at the base. 



1. SERIPHA C&LICOLOR. 



Ccerulea. 



Body, antennae, palpi, legs and wings sky blue. Proboscis pi- 

 ceous. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a — d. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 63. HERPA. 



Corpus fere cylindrieum, sat validum, longitudine mediocri. 

 Palpi capite multo breviores; articulus 2us lo paullo longior; 3us 



