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Show 520 MR. H. DRUCE OF N E W HETEROCERA. [Ma y ^9, and abdomen black, the abdomen speckled with golden-yellow scales ; antennae and legs black ; wings below black, tipped and speckled with bright green. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Philippine Islands, Luzon (Semper). This fine species is very distinct from any with which I am acquainted, its nearest ally being M. splendens, Butler, from Madagascar. PERICOPID^E. EUCYANE, Hiibner. EUCYANE CHILDON, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. fig. 4.) Primaries (3) bluish black, much shot with dark blue from the base to about the middle; a wide orange-coloured band crossing the wing from the costal margin to the anal angle, but not quite reaching the inner margin : secondaries rich bluish black, almost black at the apex. Head and thorax black; abdomen above deep glossy blue, below dark chrome-yellow ; antennae black; legs brownish black. Wings below the same as above, with a submarginal row of bluish-white spots, small in the male but distinct and well defined in the female : in all other respects the female is the same as the male, but slightly larger. Expanse, 3 lf> 2 2 inches. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). This handsome species reminds me of Agarista lethe, Felder. Mr. Buckley obtained a fine series of specimens of this insect. EUCYANE PHLEGON, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. fig. 5.) Primaries(8) deep black, shot with dark blue, crossed beyond the middle by a bright carmine band; secondaries deep glossy blue-black. Head, thorax, and abdomen black, shot with dark blue ; underside the same as above. Antennae and legs black. The sexes are alike. Expanse 3 2, $ 2 ^ inches. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). This beautiful species is most nearly allied to E.jucunda, Felder, from which it is at once distinguished by the absence of the red spot on the secondaries, and the much less bright blue colour of the wings. EUCYANE CHESALON, sp. n. Primaries brownish black, crossed by a carmine band; the nerves pale brown; secondaries very dark brown, almost black in some lights. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown ; antennae and legs black. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). ^ The primaries of this species are coloured almost the same as E. arnica, Cr., but the entire absence of the red marginal band on the secondaries at once shows that it is a very distinct species. |