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Show 1885.] MR. H. DRUCE ON NEW HETEROCERA. 533 NELO VELITERNA, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 9.) Size and form of N. chrysomela. Primaries brownish black with a central orange-red patch, almost the same as in N. chrysomela; secondaries uniform dark brown. Underside of primaries the same as above, but the red colour of the patch not quite so bright; secondaries uniform glossy brown, with the nerves all black. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen black ; tegulae reddish. Expanse 1 inch. Hab. Ecuador : Chiguinda, Intaj, Sarayacu (Buckley); Colombia : Fusagusuga, Pacho, Tolima (Chapman). This pretty little species is allied to N. chrysomela, but can at once be distinguished from that insect by its dark-brown secondaries, instead of bright orange as in that species. NELO SPLENDENS, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 11.) Primaries dark brown, with a large round patch of orange-red in the middle, also the base and half the costal margin narrowly streaked with red ; on the underside bright orange-red, with the apex, outer and inner margins bordered with golden brown : secondaries uniform dark brown; on the underside golden brown, with the nerves black. Head, antennae, and thorax black; abdomen black above, but lighter on the underside ; legs black. Expanse If inch. Hab. Ecuador (Buckley). This fine species is most nearly allied to N. fustina, but very distinct. NELO FUSTINA, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 10.) Primaries dark brown, with a very narrow streak from the base halfway along the costal margin brick-red ; a narrow band near the apex, much rounded on the outer edge, dull brick-red; secondaries uniform dark brown: underside the same as above, but lighter in colour, and all the nerves black. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen dark brown ; legs black. Expanse 1^ inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). This species can easily be distinguished from all its allies by its very dull colouring, and by the very different position of the red markings on the primaries. NELO PATERNA, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 12.) Primaries dark blue-black, with a short orange-coloured band at the end of the cell, not reaching the costal or inner margin ; in some lights the orange-coloured band is glossed with pinkish blue. Underside sooty black, with the band longer and broader; secondaries uniform dark blue-black ; on the underside brownish black, with all the nerves black. Head, thorax, abdomen, antennae, and legs dull black. Expanse If inch. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1885, No. XXXV. 35 |