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dux. 
superba. 
micilia. 
clnena. 
garleppi. 
flavitincta. 
auxo. 
bifasciata. 
klagesi. 
abdomi¬ 
nal is. 
ockendeni. 
semihya- 
lina. 
monoplaga. 
AGYRTA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
140. Genus : Agyrta Hbn. 
The species look like the Euagra- species and are discernible bv the unpet ioled course of the two lower 
radial veins of the hind wing. On the forewing, the lower radials do not rise from the same place, but separately, 
the upper one from below the upper cell-angle, the 3rd subcostal vein rising nearer to the margin than the 5th. 
A. dux Wkr. (= aestiva Bilr., phylla Druce) (24 a) is one of the largest species, black with a deep 
blue lustre and large hyaline spots, one of which on the forewing extends from the base almost to the proximal 
angle. Palpal base and sides of the neck are carmine. Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, and Sa. 
Lucia, also from Santos. — In superba Druce the hyaline spot of the hindwing is narrower, the part in the 
cell being absent altogether. 
A. micilia Cr. (24a) is smaller than the preceding and the proximal hyaline spot is shortened, 
does not extend as far as the base, but only to a little behind the rife of the lower median vein; the subapical 
hyaline spot only extends down as far as the 3rd radial. Widely distributed, from Panama; Guiana; Brazil, 
Ecuador. 
A. chena Druce (23 k) has a black head, palp ,1 base and vertex are carmine. The inner-marginal 
area of the forewing is blue, on vein 1 striped white. The hyaline spot comprises the lower cell-end, a narrow, 
small stripe below the lower median vein and a larger spot above it: a subapical hyaline spot is between the 
radial veins. From the Amazon. — The Bolivian form: garleppi Rothsch. (= ab. 1. Hmps.) is distinguished 
by somewhat larger hyaline spots, particularly the submedian spot extending to the base of the forewing, the 
light blue stripe on the inner-marginal vein being longer and broader, too. 
A. flavitincta Hmps. (24 a), by the arrangement of the spots of the forewing, entirely resembles 
chena garleppi, but the spots are tinged yellow, the whole animal being larger and the hindwings of a more 
radiant light blue. Bolivia. 
A. auxo L. (24 a). Black, suffused with blue. The 1st palpal joint and the vertex carmine; forehead 
white. Thorax and legs striped white. Abdomen with dorsal and lateral white stripes and with a white underside. 
Forewings black, below the base of the cell blue, the inner-marginal vein striped white. From the middle of 
the cell above the lower median vein to near the distal margin there extends a cuneiform, hyaline oblique spot; 
above it is an elliptic, white oblique spot. Hindwings at the proximal margin whitish with a hyaline stripe 
below the cell almost as far as the border. Expanse of wings: 36 mm. Venezuela; Surinam; Para. 
A. bifasciata Rothsch. Head blackish-brown, laterally white, vertex and neck scarlet. Thorax and 
abdomen blackish-brown, suffused with a lilac-blue, and with white median and lateral lines. Forewings sooty 
blackish-brown; the proximal half of the inner-marginal vein striped lavencler-grey. The middle of the cell 
is crossed by an oblique hyaline band from the subcosta to two thirds of the length of the lower median vein; 
a similar band is behind the cell between the radial veins. Hindwings brownish-black, suffused with blue, 
with a median hyaline band. Length of forewings: 19 mm. British Guiana. 
A. klagesi Rothsch. Head blue, vertex and antennae black. Thorax velvety, on the collar and shoulder- 
covers lustrous bluish-green spots. Chest snow-white. Abdomen black, dorsally bluish-grey, laterally spotted 
bluish-green. Forewings velvety black, on the subcosta and inner-marginal vein towards the base striped bluish- 
green; at the cell-end there is a white, diaphanous, oblique spot extending from the subcosta to 3 / i of the length 
of the lower median vein; at the apex a white spot. The $ has shorter and more obtuse wings. Length of forewings: 
^ 19 mm, $ 17,5 mm. Venezuela. 
A. abdominalis Rothsch. Head and thorax black with white dots, abdomen suffused with blue, with 
greyish-white subdorsal lines, beneath white. Forewings black with a broad, lustrous blue longitudinal band 
above the inner-marginal vein, a hyaline spot in the cell and a larger one below the median; behind the cell 
is a hyaline oblique spot extending from the subcosta to the border on the 1st median vein. Hindwings black 
with a lustrous blue proximal margin and hyaline discal band. Length of forewings: c? 15 mm, ^ 17 mm. Guiana; 
Venezuela. 
A. ockendeni Rothsch. looks very much like abdominalis on the wings. The whole body, however, 
is above unicolorously lustrous blue; beneath the chest is sooty black, the venter white with a dark median 
band. The basal part of the forewing is more extensively radiant blue, the hindwings, beside the brilliantly 
metallic blue inner-marginal area, all over covered with blue. Length of forewings: 17 mm. Peru. 
A. semihyalina Rothsch. Body sooty black, on the forehead and vertex, dollar and shoulder-covers 
spotted white; abdomen with dorsal and sublateral white stripes. Forewings sooty black with a broad, semi- 
diaphanous white band above the inner-marginal vein to 3 / 5 of its length, and an oblique, semi-diaphanous 
postdiscal spot extending from the subcosta to the upper median vein at the border. Hindwing black with 
a very broad, semi-diaphanous, white median band. Length of forewings: 16 mm. Amazon. 
A. monoplaga Druce (24 a) is easily recognizable by the very large hyaline spot of the hind wing, 
filling up the distal two thirds of the cell and expanding above and below the lower median vein; there is no 
subapical hyaline spot. The hindwings are blue without any hyaline spots. Palpal base, throat, and vertex 
carmine. Ecuador. 
