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Show 278 MR. w. S C H A U S O N N E W [Apr. 5, white, slightly hyaline, the apex broadly, the outer margin faintly, clouded with black ; underneath the same, with a long black spot on the costal margin. Antennae black, with a broad white space near the base and also near the tip. Head white. Thorax white, spotted with black. Abdomen above brown, the last three segments yellow with subdorsal black spots ; underneath white. Anus black. Expanse 32 m m. Hab. Peru. CTENUCHA AZTECA, sp. nov. Primaries brownish green. Secondaries bluish black. Fringes on all the wings white. Head and thorax black, collar crimson. Abdomen dark metallic blue. Anus crimson. Expanse 38 m m. Hab. City of Mexico. Very closely allied to Apistosia terminalis, Walker. THEAGES VESTALIS, sp. nov. White ; wings semihyaline, slightly iridescent. Expanse 22 m m. Hab. Peru. EUCEREON LADAS, sp. nov. Male. Primaries grey; the veins, a median and a marginal angulated band, some streaks between the veins on the extreme margin, and a few shades at the base of the wings dark brown; there is a minute spot in the middle of the cell connected with a similar spot at the end of the cell by a fine black line. Secondaries dark brown. Head and thorax grey, with brown spots on the collar. Abdomen brown dorsally, the last three segments yellow ; underneath two white streaks. The female is paler on the primaries, and the secondaries are greyish with darker margins. Expanse 28 m m. Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. AMAXIA HEBE, sp. nov. Male. Primaries above pale yellow, a large purplish-brown spot broadly bordered with roseate occupying the base of the wings for one third from the base along the subcostal vein, and the entire inner margin, except a small yellow spot about the middle of the inner margin. At the apices two small brownish spots surrounded by roseate. The intermediate yellow space with widely separated and very small indistinct pinkish spots. Secondaries above slightly hyaline, rose colour, whitish along the costal margin. Underneath whitish, the base of the primaries roseate, the apical spots smaller than on the upperside. Head yellow above, crimson underneath. Collar yellow, thorax and abdomen dorsally crimson ; underneath whitish. Expanse 33 m m. Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. |