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Show 1883.J ZYGHENID^E AND ARCTIID.E. 381 C H A R I D E A JULIA, n. sp. Primaries black, shot with bright blue at the base, a rose-coloured band crossing the wings from the costal margin to the anal angle ; secondaries bright blue, the apex slightly black : head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with blue ; antennae and legs black. Expanse 1£ inch. Hab. East Peru, Chanchamayo (H. Whitely). A beautiful species, allied to C. impericdis. CHARIDEA BUCKLEYI, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 4.) Primaries rich brown, a red spot and a few green dots close to the base, the fringe pale yellow; secondaries blackish brown, crossed from the apex to near the inner margin by a carmine band divided into spots by the black nerves, the fringe yellow ; head, thorax, and abdomen black; the abdomen crossed by a series of bright green bands; antennae and legs black; the underside the same as above, with the addition of a red spot at the end of the cell of the primaries. The female the same as the male, only with more red on the hind wings. Expanse 2 inches. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). A very distinct species, not nearly allied to any with which I am acquainted. CHARIDEA BERTHA, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 1.) Primaries brown, with a small red streak at the base; secondaries deep blue, the outer margin shaded with brown, a large carmine spot on the costal margin close to the apex: head, thorax, antennae, and legs black banded with bright green; underside brown, both wings crossed by a central carmine band, the base slightly blue. The female only differs from the male in having more red on the hind wing. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). CHARIDEA PERILLA, n. sp. Primaries brown, a red spot at the base, and one beyond the cell near the apex ; secondaries bright carmine, the outer and inner margins dark brown: head and thorax black shaded with blue; abdomen bright blue; underside brown; underside of wings bright carmine, slightly margined with brown. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). This species is allied to C. bertha, but differs from it and all species known to me. CHARIDEA CHLOE, n. sp. Primaries brown, the fringe yellow; secondaries brown, with a small red spot close to the apex ; the fringe yellow : underside the same as above, except that all the wings are shot with green close to PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1883, No. XXVI. 26 |