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Show 504 MR. H. D R U C E ON LEPIDOPTERA F R O M [June 17, from the apex to the anal angle. Secondaries palo reddish with a white streak at the apex ; the fringe of both wings brown. The underside of both wings pale brown, with a slight reddish tinge. The head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown; antennae, palpi, and legs greyish brown. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador (Buckley, Mus. Druce). This insect is not nearly allied to any species known to me. HYDRIAS AMPIRA, sp. n. (Plate XLII. fig. 14.) Primaries silvery white; a large spot at the base, one at the apex, and one beyond and below cell nearest the anal angle and the outer margin all reddish brown; two small spots at the end of the cell and two narrow waved lines black. Secondaries reddish brown, with the apical half of the wing silvery white ; a submarginal waved black line extends from the apex to near the anal angle. The underside of both wings reddish brown ; the apex of the secondaries slightly greyish. The head, thorax, abdomen, antennae, palpi, and legs reddish brown. Expanse If inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. Druce). A very fine insect, quite distinct from any other known to me. HYDRIAS AMIDA, sp. n. (Plate XLII. fig. 15.) Male. Primaries pale fawn-colour ; a wide white band edged with black crosses the wing about the middle from the costal to the inner margin, and a faint submarginal line extends from the apex to the anal angle. Secondaries pale fawn-colour; the costal margin broadly bordered with greyish-white irrorated fawn-coloured scales. The underside of both wings uniformly pale whitish fawn-colour. The head and thorax greyish ; the antennae, palpi, abdomen, and legs fawn-colour. The female the same as the male, but larger, and with all the markings more distinct. Expanse, J 1| inch, $ 2\ inches. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. Druce). This species differs from all the species of Hydrias known to me in having the wide white band across the primaries. HYDRIAS LECCA, sp. n. Primaries and secondaries almost uniform pale brown, slightly darkest along the costal margin of the former; primaries with a large triangular white spot close to the base; the fringe pale brown; the underside the same as above, but without the white triangular spot. The head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown; the antennas black. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. Druce). APATELODES, Packard. APATELODES ANAVA, sp. n. Primaries pale fawn-colour, crossed from the costal to the inner margin with three dark-brown bands, edged on the outer side with |