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Show •r»00 MR. H. DRUCE ON LEPIDOPTERA F R O vi [June 17, broadly bordered with black, a black streak extending from the base along the costal margin to about the middle. Secondaries yellow, bordered with black along the costal margin, the apex and outer margin, to the anal angle. The underside the same as above but considerably paler in colour. The head and thorax brownish black ; the abdomen black, striped with yellow, the underside yellowish white ; antennae and palpi black, the legs yellow. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. Druce). PANIASIS, gen. nov. The thorax and abdomen slender, the abdomen extending slightly beyond the wings ; the head small, the palpi very minute; proboscis rather long, slender ; antennae one third the length of the wing, very deeply pectinated ; the legs slender. Primaries long, narrow at the base, broad and much rounded at the apex, the costal margin straight; secondaries rather long, rounded at the apex and anal angle. PANIASIS ALEOPETRA, sp. n. (Plate XLII. fig. 9.) Primaries and secondaries uniformly dark glossy blue, almost black at the apex of the primaries, which are crossed from the costal to the outer margin by a white band which is slightly hyaline, the band does not extend to either of the margins ; a semihyaline round spot close to the base ; the fringe of both wings bluish black. The head, antennae, and palpi black; the collar and front of the thorax orange-yellow ; the thorax and abdomen dark glossy blue, the anus and legs black. Expanse 1^ inch. Hab. Interior of Colombia (Mus. Druce). Fam. LIPARID-E. GENUSSA, Walk. GENUSSA ALTABA, sp. n. Primaries and secondaries semihyaline white, the costal apex, outer and inner margins bordered with greyish black ; a streak at the end of the cell and the veins greyish black ; the underside the same as above. The head, thorax, and abdomen white, the anus dusky white ; antennae black, legs white. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. Druce). This species is allied to Oenussa celerenaria, Walk. EACLES, Hiibn. EACLES LEONA, sp. n. Primaries greyish brown ; three spots close to the base, one in the cell, and two elongated streaks at the end of the cell, a row of oval-shaped spots crossing the wing beyond the middle from the costal to the inner margin, and a marginal row of elongated streaks extending from the apex to the anal angle, all creamy white. Secondaries greyish brown, the basal half of the wing and a marginal row |