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Show 1883.] ZYGHENIDJE AND ARCTIIDHE. 375 H O M O E O C E R A LYRCEA, n. sp. Wings pale hyaline, yellowish at the base, veins all black, the apex of the primaries slightly black ; head and thorax black, spotted with yellow ; abdomen black, banded with blue and yellow; antennae black; legs yellow. Expanse li inch. Hab. Ecuador, Intaj (Buckley). This species resembles to some extent Homoeocera ozora, but is very distinct, the colour of the body being quite different. ERRUCA, Walker. E R R U C A LYCOPOLIS, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 7 ) Wings yellowish hyaline; primaries with the costal and inner margins pale yellow, the veins all yellow, except close to the outer margin they are slightly dusky, all the outer margins slightly bordered with black : head and thorax black, spotted with blue ; abdomen black, banded with yellow, and a series of blue spots down the middle enclosing two small yellow dots; antennae yellow, rather dusky at the base. Expanse 1-^ inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). ERRUCA PHYLEIS, n. sp. Wings hyaline ; primaries with the costal half rich golden yellow, the outer margin slightly bordered with brown; secondaries-the outer margin black, widest at the anal angle: head, thorax, and abdomen brownish black, a narrow cream-coloured band crossing the abdomen near the base of the thorax, and a bluish-grey line on each side ; antennae yellow; legs black, with the tarsi light yellow. Expanse If inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). This species is allied to Erruca aierrima, Walker, but can easily be distinguished from that species by the much narrower black margins to all the wings and the yellow on the primaries. ERRUCA SEPHELA, n. sp. Wings yellowish hyaline ; primaries-the costal and inner margins yellow, the outer margin black, widest at the apex ; secondaries-the outer margin black, the inner margin yellow: head, thorax, and abdomen yellow, banded with black; antennae and legs yellow. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). This species is most nearly allied to Erruca hilaris, Walker, but is very distinct. SPHECOSOMA, Butler. SPHECOSOMA SURRENTUM, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 8.) Wings dusky hyaline, outer margins and veins all black; head |