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Show 1890.] CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. 499 sides with yellow. The sexes are alike, the only difference being that the antennae of the male are pectinated, those of the female simple. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Arce, Mus. Druce); Ecuador, Intaj (Buckley, Mus. Druce). FLAVINIA LEMONIA, sp. n. (Plate XLII. fig. 8.) Primaries black, with a wide central yellow streak extending from the base to the end of the cell. Secondaries bright yellow, broadly bordered with black. The head, thorax, abdomen, and legs black. Sexes are alike, excepting the antennae of the male are pectinated, those of the female simple. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Chiguinda (Buckley, Mus. Druce). DEVARA, Walk. D E V A R A LASSIPPA, sp. n. (Plate XLII. fig. 13.) Primaries with the basal half of the wing bright chrome-yellow, the costal and the apical half brownish black, with a large oval cream-coloured spot nearest the apex. Secondaries chrome-yellow, broadly bordered with black from the apex to the anal angie. The head, antennae, and palpi black; the thorax, tegulae, abdomen, and legs chrome-yellow, the anus tipped with black. The underside of the wings the same as above, but paler in colour. Expanse 1-^ inch. Hab. Colombia, Bogota {Mus. Druce). This species is allied to Devara onoba, Druce. MICROGITON, Feld. MlCROGlTON LARISSA, sp. n. Primaries brownish black, crossed in the middle from the costal to the inner margin with a wide cream-coloured band. Secondaries cream-coloured, dusky at the base and broadly bordered with black from the apex to the anal angle. The head, tegulae, and abdomen bright metallic green, the collar orange; the thorax, antennae, and palpi dark brown, the legs cream-colour. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. Druce). MICROGITON LATONA, sp. n. Primaries and secondaries black, both wings broadly banded in the middle wdth dark yellow, the band on the secondaries not reaching the outer margin, a small metallic blue spot at the base of the primaries ; the underside the same as above excepting that tbe base of both the wings is bright blue, and a large blue spot beyond the orange band on the primaries. The head, thorax, and abdomen black, the abdomen banded with metallic green ; tbe collar orange; the antennae, palpi, and legs black. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Intaj (Buckley, Mus. Druce). MICROGITON ALEA, sp. n. Primaries pale yellow', wi^h the apex, outer and inner margins |