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Show 524 MR. H. DRUCE ON NEW HETEROCERA. [May 19, antennae, and palpi black ; thorax and abdomen dusky yellow; legs pale brown. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). A pretty little species, not nearly allied to any with which I am acquainted. P T Y C H O G L E N E , Felder. P T Y C H O G L E N E SPLENDIDA, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. fig. 8.) Primaries very bright green shot with blue, almost metallic, the costal and outer margins narrowly bordered with black ; secondaries black, semihyaliue. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright metallic green; antennae black, tipped with white ; legs black shot with green. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Chiguinda (Buckley). One of the most beautiful species brought home by Mr. Buckley, to some extent reminding m e of Inopsis catoxantha, Felder. I place this species in the genus Ptychoglene with considerable doubt. EUDULE, Hiibner. EUDULE SICELIDES, Sp. n. Primaries and secondaries uniform dark red, with the outer margins of both wings narrowly bordered with black. Head and thorax red ; abdomen black ; antennae, palpi, and legs black ; the underside of the wings the same as above, but rather paler in colour. Expanse l-Jjj inch. Hab. Bolivia (Buckley). This species is allied to E. sanguinea, Butler ; but it is a larger insect, darker in colour, without any red on the abdomen, which is quite black below instead of whity brown. EUDULE TRITONIA, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. fig. 9.) Primaries and secondaries orange-yellow ; primaries thickly spotted with greenish-black dots, and a series of short streaks of the same colour along the outer margin, in some specimens more distinct than in others : secondaries with a marginal and submarginal row of minute greenish-black dots, a short black streak on the inner margin about the middle, and a black dot at the end of the cell. Head, thorax, abdomen, and antennae black, the abdomen banded with white ; the legs brownish black. Expanse 1 inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). A very beautiful little species, quite distinct from any other with which I am acquainted. MELAMERIDTE. BEPARA, Walker. BEPARA CHIGUINDA, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. fig. 10.) Primaries brownish black, crossed beyond the cell by a narrow |