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Show 1883.] ZYCENIDnE AND ARCTIIDHE. 3/3 the cell and one below nearer the base ; secondaries hyaline, the outer and inner margin broadly black: head and thorax black; abdomen bright greenish blue, the base and sides of abdomen white ; legs black ; antennae black. Expanse If inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley) ; Colombia, Antioqua (Salmon). A beautiful species, allied to E. salmoni. The specimens from Antioqua are rather more highly coloured than the type. CALONOTOS, Hiibner. CALONOTOS SANDION, n. sp. Wings hyaline; primaries-the costal apex, outer and inner margins broadly black; a wide black band crossing the wing from the costal margin to near the anal angle; the veins all black: secondaries black, the base and a small spot near the apex hyaline: head, antennae, and thorax black; abdomen greenish black, the sides greenish white ; legs black. Expanse 2 inches. Hab. Colombia, Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). Of this fine species I have only received a single specimen ; it is allied to C. almon, Cramer. CALONOTOS FLAVICORNIS, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 3.) Wings black; primaries crossed by two hyaline bands, the first about the middle, the second beyond nearer the apex, the nerves all black ; secondaries hyaline, the inner and outer margins broadly black: head and thorax black; abdomen bright greenish blue ; legs black ; antennae pale chrome-yellow. Expanse 2 inches. Hab. Colombia, Antioqua (Salmon). A beautiful species, easily distinguished from all others by its pale yellow antennas. I have also specimens of it from Ecuador sent by Mr. Buckley. ISANTHRENE, Hiibner. ISANTHRENE EUSEBIA, n. Sp. Wings hyaline ; primaries shaded with rich orange-yellow at the base and along the costal aud inner margins, the outer margin and veins black, widened at the apex into a black spot; secondaries with the outer margin slightly black, widest at the anal angle : body yellow, banded with bluish black, the bands almost divided in the middle, forming spots ; antennae black, slightly yellowish at the tips; legs yellow. Expanse 1% inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). This beautiful species comes nearest Isanthrene craboniformis, Staudinger. |