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Show 1885.] MR. H. D R U C E O N N E W HETEROCERA. 535 black, a small white hyaline spot close to the apex. Head, thorax, and antennae black ; abdomen brownish black shot with blue, with a narrow white line on either side ; the underside white ; legs dusky white. Expanse If inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). PSEUDEBESSA. PSEUDEBESSA CASSANDRA, Sp. n. Primaries black, with the base shot with bright blue; from the base to beyond the middle, at the end of the cell and reaching almost to the anal angle, a large elongated whitish hyaline spot; the apex narrowly bordered with white : secondaries whitish hyaline, broadly margined with black, shot with brilliant blue. Head, antennae, and legs black ; thorax and abdomen black, glossed with bright blue. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). This beautiful little species is very distinct from all others with which I am acquainted. PSEUDEBESSA CARESA, sp. n. Primaries dull black, with a central round white spot, and a white streak near the base on the inner margin : secondaries whitish hyaline, broadly bordered with black. Head and palpi bright orange-yellow ; thorax black ; abdomen and legs brownish black ; antennae black. Expanse 1^ inch. Hab. East Peru ( Whitely). A dull-coloured little species, but very distinct. Family E U S C H E M I D ^ E . PH.EOCHL.ENA, Hiibn. PH.EOCHL.ENA INARIA, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 16.) Primaries deep black, with an elongated streak from the base near the inner margin to about the middle, and a small oval spot near the apex creamy white : secondaries creamy white, broadly bordered with black; the underside the same as above. Head black with the front and sides yellowish white; thorax black, with a central yellow line ; tegulae white. Abdomen black above, with a central white line from the base almost reaching the anus, and a narrow deep yellow line on either side ; on the underside creamy white. Antennae and legs black. Expanse 1 inch. Hab. Ecuador: Intaj, Sarayacu (Buckley). In form this species resembles P. sohtucis, Butler. |
