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Show 1892.] SPECIES OF LEPtDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 287 and submedian veins, and an oblong subapical yellow spot; apices faintly tipped with white. Secondaries yellow ; the outer margin broadly black ; the costal margin yellow; a subcostal ill-defined black band from the base to the apex. Body black ; abdomen laterally yellow, underneath white. Expanse 31 m m. Hab. Peru. Closely allied to Flavinia isis, Hiibner, but has broader margins to the secondaries and is a smaller insect. FLAVINIA CHIBCHA, sp. nov. Primaries above black ; an oblong yellow spot at the base confined within the median and submedian veins; an elongated subapical yellow spot. Secondaries yellow ; the outer margin broadly black, but abruptly narrowing near the anal angle; the costal margin yellow, in most specimens with a black line from the base to the apex ; underneath the same, but the black marginal border of the secondaries ceases abruptly before reaching the anal angle. Thorax black ;*tegula3 orange. Abdomen black dorsally; a yellow stripe laterally; white underneath. Expanse 25 m m. Hab. Peru. MENNIS SCEATA, sp. nov. Primaries orange; the costa finely, the inner margin narrowly, the apex broadly, and the outer margin black, all the veins finely black. Secondaries black, slightly greyish along the inner margin. Head, thorax, and abdomen black. Expanse 25 m m. Hab. Peru. MENNIS CYTHEREA, sp. nov. Wings above orange-red ; all the veins black; the apex and outer margins of the primaries narrowly black; the costal margin of the secondaries broadly black. Fringe black. Body black. Expanse 23 m m. Hab. Peru. MENNIS UNA, sp. nov. Red; the costal and outer margins narrowly black on the primaries ; also a few- black specks on the veins near the apex. Secondaries with only the outer margins black. Expanse 22 m m. Hab. Petropolis. NELO LIPPA, sp. nov. Primaries above brownish black; a broad orange-red median band from the costa to the submedian vein; underneath dark grey ; a large orange spot at the disk. Secondaries above brownish black, 20* |