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Show 302 MR. H. DRUCE ON NEW [Mar. 28, brown. Secondaries white, bordered with blackish brown, the fringes alternately white and black. Underside : primaries similar to the upperside, but with a white spot at the apex. Secondaries white, clouded with brown; the veins dark brown. Antennae black ; front of head yellow ; head, thorax, and abdomen greyish black. Underside of abdomen and legs white. Expanse ly3g- inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. B.). A very distinct species, allied to N. pania, Druce. NIPTERIA CLYTIA, sp. n. (Plate XXI. fig. 1.) Mcde. Primaries dusky hyaline ; the costal margin, a wide band crossing the wing beyond the middle, the apex and inner margin all black. A wide white band crosses the wing near the apex from the costal to the outer margin above the anal angle. Secondaries dusky hyaline; the apex, outer and inner margin bordered with black; the fringes of both wings black. Underside: primaries similar to the upperside, but with the costal margin aud apex reddish brown. Secondaries with the costal margin, apex, outer and inner margins broadly bordered with reddish brown; the veins all black ; a reddish-brown streak extends from the base through the middle of the cell to the outer margin, and a rather wide submarginal band of white extends from near the apex almost to the anal angle, but not quite reaching it. Antennae, palpi, head, thorax, abdomen, and legs black; front of head, collar, and a spot on each of the tegulae white ; the underside of the abdomen white, with a black line down the middle. The female very similar to the male. Expanse, S $ > 2\ inches. Hab. Ecuador, Intaj (Buckley, Mus. B.). A fine species, allied to Nipteria (Genusa) albifascia, Mssn., specimens of which are in m y collection from Bolivia. FULGURODES, Guen. FULGURODES PANOPEA, Sp. n. Male. Primaries white, dusky brown along the costal margin, and crossed by five waved pale brown lines, the first two near tbe base, the third and fourth beyond the middle close together, the fifth submarginal and does not reach the apex. Secondaries white; a rather wide pale brown submarginal line extends from the apex to the anal angle, above which are two short waved brown lines, partly crossing the wing. The marginal line of both wings brown; the fringe white ; underside similar to the upperside, but with all the lines very indistinct. Antennae black, tipped with white ; palpi black ; head, thorax, and tegulae greyish brown ; abdomen white, each segment edged with dark brown ; legs white. Expanse 2\ inches. Hab. Ecuador, Intaj (Buckley, Mus. B.). |