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CATALOGUE OF 
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PCECILOSOMA PHERES. 
g. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
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PCECILOSOMA MULT1CINCTA. 
b. St. Domingo. From M. Salle’s collection. 
c. St. Domingo. From Mr. Stevens 5 collection. 
PCECILOSOMA SPERANS. 
Fcem. Atra; caput supra cyaneum ; antennce apices versus alb(E ,* 
thorax viltis quatuor cupreis unaque cyanea ; abdomen cyaneo 
trivittatum ; coxa antic ce subtus rosea ; ala limpid a, mar gi- 
nibus laiis apicibusque nigris , antica macula discali nigra . 
Female. Deep black. Head pale blue above. Antennae 
white above towards the tips. Thorax pale blue on each side 
in front, with an interrupted pale blue stripe, and with four inter- 
rupted and less distinct cupreous stripes. Abdomen with three pale 
blue stripes. Fore coxae rosy red beneath. Wings limpid, with 
black veins and rather broad black borders, which are dilated at the 
tips. Fore wings with a large black spot at the tip of the discal 
are ole t, which character especially distinguishes this species from 
P. Pheres. Length of the body lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
Valley of the Amazon. In Mr. Saunders 5 collection. 
PCECILOSOMA INSPERATA. 
Fcem. Atra ; caput antice cyaneum , apud oculos album ; an- 
tenna apices versus alba ,* thorax maculis duabus anticis una- 
que postica cyaneo-viridibus ; abdomen viridi trivittatum , 
coxa antica subtus rosea ; ala nigricantes, antica discis sub- 
cinereis macula nigra , postica discis limpidis. 
Female. Deep black. Head deep blue above. Antennae 
white above towards the tips. Thorax with a deep blue spot on 
each side in front, and another on the scutellum. Abdomen with 
three pale blue stripes, the middle stripe macular. Fore coxae rosy 
red beneath. Wings black, with grayish hyaline disks, which blend 
with the black part in the fore wings ; the latter have a large black 
