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CYANOPEPLA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
band. The black hindwings, being likewise blue at the base, exhibit at the border a large, irregular, scarlet 
spot. Body metallic bluish-green with an extraordinarily intense lustre. Forehips white. On the under surface 
of the wings the metallic bluish-green is much more extensive than above. Distributed from Mexico (Orizaba, 
costaricen- Vera Cruz, Cordoba) through Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama as far as Venezuela. — ab. costari- 
sts. cens j s Bruce (22 h) occurring in Costa Rica and Panama (Chiriqui), has a yellowish-red, not scarlet marginal 
spot of the hindwing. 
xenodice. C. xenodice Druce (22 h). Blackish-brown; anterior body and legs spotted metallic green, abdomen 
finely curled green. Forewing at the costal base with a green dot; behind the cell there is a large, orange spot. 
pdllescens. Hindwings suffused with blue, with a triangular orange spot behind the cell. Costa Rica. — In ab. pallescens 
ab. nov. (= ab. 1. Hmps.) the orange spots are much lighter. 
submacula. C. submacula Whr. (22 h) is distinguished by yellow spots being more or less tinted orange-red at 
the margins: a stripe below the cell and a transverse band behind the cell. On the black hindwings suffused 
with blue, behind and below the cell, one small red spot each shines through, being beneath large and distinct. 
Venezuela. — Whereas the name-type has the costal margin carmine in the basal half, in Central American 
borealis, specimens: — subsp. borealis Rothsch. this costal margin is generally blackish-brown; the red submedian band 
is much broader, the hindwings are not spotted red, and the body is much more extensively suffused with a 
bluish-green silvery colour. Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama. 
melinda. C. melinda Dyar. Black; on the thorax and abdomen suffused with bluish-green, also on head, palpi 
and legs; hips, tibiae, tarsi and venter dusted with white. Forewings with a metallic blue dot at the costal 
base and a similar stripe in the submedian area; from the cell-encl, a carmine band runs to the proximal angle, 
and a smaller oblique spot is situate towards the apex between the middle radial and the lowest subcostal vein. 
Hindwing in the basal two thirds of a bluish-green lustre with a round, red spot before the margin between 
the lower median and lower radial vein, being intersected in black by the upper median vein. Expanse of wings: 
41 mm. Brazil (Petropolis). The description runs very similarly to that of Napata banghaasi (21 d) described 
by me, which, however, is surely a Napata, so that- the name Melinda must perhaps be placed there. 
jucunda. C. jucunda Whr. (= fastuosa Men.) (22 h) is much smaller than the preceding, on the forewings 
the same markings, but the spots are unicolorously carmine. The hindwings are of a more intense blue lustre 
and do not exhibit any red spots at all. Distributed from Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. 
griseldis. C. griseldis Druce (22 k) differs greatly from all the other species by almost entirely red forewings 
and entirely black hindwings. Fringes at the apices of the wings white. Mexico. 
bella. C. bella Guer. (= cruenta Clem., haematodes Bsd.). The nomenclatural type is a rare form with orange- 
yellow spots on the forewings; a long spot extends through the cell, one part being also yet situate below the 
median, another oval spot is behind the cell; in the type these spots are connected, and as often as not separated. 
On vein 1 and at the proximal margin there extends one metallic blue stripe each. The hindwings are entirely 
black, at the base suffused with metallic bluish-green. The whole body and the under surface are of a magnificent 
(jloriosa. metallic blue. In the $ the blue is very much less extensive. — gloriosa Whr. (22 i) is the most common form. 
bivulnerata. in which the spots of the forewings are scarlet and separated. — In bivulnerata Grote a. Rob. the cellular spot 
cximia. is much broader; — and in eximia Bsd. the two red spots are combined to one. — The species and its forms 
fly in Mexico, British Honduras, and Guatemala. 
julia. C. julia Druce (22 i), on the black wings, being striped metallic blue towards the base, shows a 
broad carmine, oblique postdiscal band; the blue hindwings are bordered with black, the fringes at the apex 
white. Fr'om Peru, Brazil, and Paraguay. 
orbona. C. orbona Druce (22 i). Black. Head, thorax and legs spotted metallic blue; abdomen dorsally and 
laterally striped blue, beneath white. On the forewings the costal base is striped blue; behind the cell is a 
broad, orange oblique band from the subcosta to the margin above the lower median vein. Expanse 
of wings: 44 mm. Sa. Catharina; Argentina. 
imperialis. C. imperialis Druce (22 i). Body black with a brilliant blue lustre. Forewings blackish-brown; bluish- 
green are: a dot at the costal base, a stripe above the inner-marginal vein, and a shorter one at the base of 
the proximal margin; a large, carmine oblique spot extends from the subcosta behind the cell to the proximal 
angle. Hindwings of a brilliant blue with a black apex. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Ecuador. 
beata. C. beata Rothsch. is distinguished by very narrow wings. The body is lustrous metallic blue. Forewings 
black with a blue subcostal stripe; a long, carmine, cuneiform spot extends from the base to the margin between 
the inner-marginal vein and the median. Hindwings black with a carmine apical spot. Expanse of wings: 28 
to 32 mm. Panama (Chiriqui). 
Phoenicia. C. Phoenicia Hmps. (22 k). This pretty species, being on both wings marked with one very large, 
red spot each, is unmistakable. It seems only to fly in Brazil. 
