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ZYG^NIDJE. 
beyond the cell ; base golden green^ becoming reddisli towards costa ; disk golden green, 
becoming reddish cupreous at its lower extremity, divided from the basal area by a narrow 
black band ; a central subcostal green streak ; base with a few white hair-like scales ; antennse 
and prothorax greenish ; abdomen with two whitish spots at the base, an ill-defined dorsal 
interrupted line of metallic green, and a confused lateral series of black and white tufts of 
hair. Wings below dull purplish black : primaries with hyaline spots as above ; basal area 
streaked with blue ; a large subapical golden-green patch : secondaries with the costa, in- 
ternal area, and a large subapical spot blue-green. Body below sprinkled with green and 
white scales. Expanse of wing 2 inches 2 lines. 
Bogota. 
Eupyra plebeia. (Plate X. fig. 5.) 
Eupyra plebeia, Herrich-Scliaffer, Aiissl. Schmetf. i. pi. 13. fig. 56. 
Euchromia (Chrysocale) opiilenta, Waller, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 210. n. 6 (1854). 
Primaries golden green, cupreous on the disk ; outer margin, an elongate spot in the 
cell, from which a perpendicular line runs to inner margin, black : secondaries blue-black, 
brown towards the base. Body as in the preceding species. Wings below golden green, the 
margins dark^brown ; secondaries with the discocellulars and a recurrent streak within the cell 
black. Expanse of wings 1 inch 10 lines to 2 inches 2 lines. 
Venezuela [Dyson). 
TRICHELA, Herrich-Schaffer. 
Trichela tolumnensis. (Plate XIII. fig. 10.) 
Trichela tolumnensis, Hernch-ScJiiiffer, Aussh ScJimeit. i. pi. 13. fig. 53. 
Euchromia (Enope) hirsuta, Wall-er, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 208. n. 4 (1854). 
Black. Wings greenish, with apical fringes white : primaries with a basal subcostal 
stramineoiTS litura ; a broad irregxilar hyaline yellow band, interrupted by the submedian and 
median nervures, the median branches, and radials : secondai'ies with the basicostal area 
cream-coloured ; abdominal area brown, with a hyaline white submedian streak ; disk hyaline 
yellow, interrupted by the nervures. Body densely covered with hair; antennse white to- 
wards the tips ; legs varied with white. Expanse of wings 2 inches. 
Bogota ? 
PSOLOPTERA, Butler. 
Psoloptera thoracica. (Plate VIII. fig. 6.) 
Euchromia (Autochloris) thoracica, Wallcer, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 243. n. 70 (1854). 
Psoloptera thoracica, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xii. p. 369. no. 1 (1876). 
Wings black with purple reflections ; a white dot at base of primaries. Head brown. 
