Seitz:

M. indistincta Btlr. (= splendida Btlr., cyllarus Druce) (17 c) differs from the species with white tarsi of the lades-group by the posterior tibiae being set with hair only on one side (above); the forewings, being suffused with bluish-green, have a black basal part; only the extreme base shows two fine, metallic blue dots. The fringes are coloured white at the proximal angle of all the wings. The abdomen is suffused with green, not striped. Widely distributed from Panama to Brazil. — hampsoni Schrottky (= indistincta ab. 1. Hmps.) has quite black fringes, and the golden green colour of the forewings is more extensive, particularly at the proximal margin. Paraguay.




Cat. Lep. Ph. Brit. Mus. Vol. 1

7l2. Macrocneme indistincta.
Macroeneme indistincta, Butl, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii. p. 71 (1876);
Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 120.
Macrocneme sp" ndida. Butl. Journ. Linn, Soc., Zool. xii p. 371 (1876) ;
Kirby, Cat. Het. p 129.
Maecrocneme cyllarua, Druce, A. M. N. + (6) XViil. Pp: 29 (1896) ; Biol.
Centr.-Am., Het. ti. p 334), pl. 71. {.. 2.

Male. Palpi in front white; patagia with white streaks, fore cox
with white patches ; ventral valve edged with white; cilia white
towards tornus of each wing.


Female Black; antenne white at tips; frons, back of head, tegule,
shoulders, and vertex of thorax with blue and white spots; vertex
of head, pectus, and legs with patches of metallic green; base of
femora with white spots behind: hind tarsi with the fringe on
terminal segments white ; abdomen suffused with golden green; a
sublateral series of white spots on last five segments. Fore wing
with white point and metallic blue-green marks at base; green
streaks in, above, below, and beyond cell and on vein 1.

Ab. 1. Rio Grande do Sul. 1d with the green suffusion on fore
wing more extensive, especially on inner area ; cilia not white.

Hab. Paxama, Chiriqui (Champion), type + eyllarus in Coll.
Staudinger; Cotompra, Santa Marta (Bouchard), 2 3 , type splendida;
Amazons, Para (Bates), 1 female type. Exp. 40 millim.
This may be a brightly marked form of vittata.




Schaus, 1901; Jl N.Y. ent Soc. 9: 41

Macrocneme sura.
Falpi and legs black, suffused with metallic blue scales. Hind tarsi tipped with white. Head black ; frons with two large white spots, and two smaller under an- tennae. Collar black with two small blue and white spots. Thorax black ; patagise with a small blue and white spot anteriorly. Abdomen metallic green above, black underneath ; the ventral valve green and followed by two ventral rows of white spots. Primaries : a basal band, and the outer margin broadly black, otherwise shot with dull metallic blue green. Secondaries black. Underneath wings black, shot with dull green to beyond cell. Expanse, 35 mm.



Butler, 1876; J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 12 (60-62): 371
5.  M.  ESMERALDA,  n.  sp.
Body  blaekish-brown,  frons  metallic  blue,  white  on  each  side ;  crest  and hind  margins  of  eyes  blue-spotted,  three  metallic  green  spots  on  the thorax,  abdomen  with  a  dorsal  streak  and  a  lateral  macular  line  of metallic  green,  also  a  lateral  ventral  streak  of  white,  basal  segment below  green  :  primaries  above  metallic  green,  base,  inner  margin,  and outer  margin  dark  brown,  a  black  streak  in  the  cell  ;  secondaries blue-black :  wings  below  dark  brown,  primaries  with  discoidal  area metallic  green ;  secondaries  with  costal  area  to  second  third  of  wing metallic  green  :  expanse  of  wings  31  millims.
Ega  ( B ates) .  Typ 3,  B . M .

6.  M.   INDISTINCTA,  n.  Sp.
Allied  to  the  preceding  species,  but  with  distinct  Avhite  spots  on  the shoulders  ,  abdomen  bronzy  greenish,  the  metallic  green  streaks  ill- defined  ;  lateral  stripes  of  white  spots  below  well  defined,  three  basal segments  below  metallic  green ;  primaries  with  the  brown  border  of outer  margin  broader  :  expanse  of  wings  37  millims.
Para  {Bates).  Type,  B.M.