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Show 1890.] ON LEPIDOPTERA FROM CENTRAL AND S. AMKRICA. 493 4. Descriptions of new Species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Central and South America. By H E R B E R T D R U C E, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. [Received June 17, 1890.] (Plates XLII. & XLIIL) The new species now described from Central America will be figured in the ' Biologia Centrali-Americana.' The types of those from South America are all in m y own collection. Fam. ZYG^NID._B. HI6TIOEA, Walk. HISTIOEA BOLIVIANA, sp. n. Primaries very dark brown, streaked from the base with carmine, below which the wing is pale yellowish brown; a spot in the cell and a band of four spots beyond the cell, the first and second large, the other two small, all pale ochraceous yellow; a spot at the base of the wing and two minute streaks at the end of the cell bright metallic blue. Secondaries bright rose-carmine, with the costal margin, apex, and outer margin very dark brown. The head, thorax, and abdomen black. The head, collar, base of the thorax, and side3 of the abdomen spotted with bright metallic blue ; the second and third segments of the abdomen pale primrose-yellow; the antennae, palpi, and legs blackish brown. Expanse 2J inches. Hab. Bolivia (Mus. Druce). A fine distinct insect, not closely allied to any other species of histioea known to me. EDPYRA, Herrich-Schaffer. ETTPYRA GIGANTEA, sp. n. Primaries bronzy green, black at the end of the cell; an elongated streak at the base of cell, below which is a large round spot, a round dot at the end of the cell and two just beyond, the three almost forming a triangle, below which is a large round spot, all hyaline white. Secondaries black, shaded with bronzy green round the outer margin from the apex to the anal angle; a large oval-shaped hyaline spot close to the base, beyond which nearer the apex is a band of three hyaline spots. The head, thorax, and abdomen dark bronzy green ; the abdomen crossed at the base by a white band ; the antennae and legs black. Expanse 2$ inches. Hab. Interior of Colombia (Mus. Druce). A fine species, allied to E. salmoni, Druce. MACROCNEME, Hiibner. M A C R O C N E M E ALESA, sp. n. Primaries black, glossed with bright green from the base to beyond the middle; secondaries black. The head, thorax, and abdomen black |