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Show 1885.] MR. H. DRUCE ON NEW HETEROCERA. 529 FLAVINiA, Walker. F L A V I N I A C Y R E N E , sp. n. Form of F. postica. Primaries longer and slightly narrower, the citron-yellow band formed into a large round spot near the apex: secondaries citron-yellow, with the outer margins bordered with black from the apex to anal angle round to the base, thus differing from F. postica. Head, thorax, and upper side of abdomen black ; sides and underside pale yellow; collar bright yellow ; antennae and legs black. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Bolivia (Buckley). FLAVINIA ROXANA, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. fig. 19.) Form of F. lata, from which it differs in being bright red instead of yellow; the black band crossing the primaries is narrower and more oblique ; the large spot near the apex is rounder. The head, thorax, and abdomen are all black, and not striped with yellow as in F. lata ; antennae black. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. East Peru, valley of the Cosnipata (Whitely). This species is very distinct from all the others in the genus, being at once distinguished by its bright red colour. FLAVINIA OPS, sp. n. Form of F. lata, from which it differs in wanting the black band across the primaries ; in the specimens before me it is only a black y-shaped mark extending from the costal margin across the end of the cell; in this species the black outer borders of the secondaries are only about half the width of those in F. lata. Expanse \\ inch. Hab. New Grenada. Two examples of this species are in the British-Museum collection from the same locality. MICROPUS, Hiibner. M I C R O P U S E L E G A N S , sp. n. (Plate XXXII. fig. 20.) Primaries bright yellow, with the costal, apex, and outer margins bordered with black, the black border at the apex not being more than half the width it is in M. longalis : secondaries bright yellow, with the apex and outer margin narrowly bordered with black. Head, antennae, and front of thorax black ; thorax and abdomen yellow ; the anus aud two last segments black ; the underside of the abdomen dusky white. Expanse If inch. Hab. Ecuador, Intaj (Buckley). This species is allied to M. longalis, from which it is at once distinguished by its larger size and narrow black borders to the wings. |