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Show 284 MR. W. SCHAUS O N N E W [Apr. 5, to nearly the outer margin on both the primaries and secondaries, the former having also a transverse subapical orange spot. Head and thorax black. Tegulae orange. Abdomen black, orange laterally. Expanse 35 m m . Hab. Peru. ARDONEA METALL1CA, Sp. nOV. Primaries above greenish black. Secondaries metallic blue. Underneath all the wings metallic bluish green. Head and thorax black. Abdomen dark green. Expanse 30 m m . Hab. Peru. EUDULE VENATA, Sp. nOV. Wings orange-red ; the primaries with the apex and outer margin black; the subcostal and median veins black; a black streak in the cell, and a long black streak below the median vein ; a transverse subapical black line from the costa to the middle of the outer margin. Secondaries with the apex broadly black ; the outer margin narrowly black. Body orange. Expanse 20 m m. Hab. Peru. EUDULE AURATA, Sp. nOV. Primaries above golden yellow ; the subcostal vein and base of median vein black ; a large dusky circle on the outer half of the wing connected by a dusky line with the inner angle. Secondaries above golden yellow ; an irregular dusky line starting from the base and following the contour of the wing to the anal angle. Underneath the wings are yellow, the costal margin of the primaries black. Body yellow. Expanse 25 m m. Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Very similar to Eudule citrosa, Hiibner, which differs in having all the veins along the outer margins black. Fam. MELAMERID^E. VlRBIA VARIANS, Sp. nOV. Primaries above brown; at the base a broad but short longitudinal streak, and beyond this a white spot. Sometimes the spot is absent and at other times absorbed by the longitudinal streak. Secondaries above orange, with broad black costal and outer margins. Underneath the wings are orange, with the costal and outer margins broadly brown. Head and thorax brown. Body orange, black subdorsally and below. Expanse 31 m m . Hab. Peru. Allied to Virbia brevilinea, Walker. |