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Show 286 MR. W . SCHAUS ON N E W [Apr. 5, by black and the yellow margin of the secondaries is very indistinct. The abdomen is also black underneath. Expanse 29 m m. Sab. Peru. DARNA INCA, sp. nov. Male. Primaries above velvety black, shaded with metallic blue at the base and alona;the inner margin; a broad orange band crosses the wing from the middle of the costal margin to nearly the inner angle ; underneath as on the upper surface, the inner margin, how-ever, denuded of scales. Secondaries above having the anterior half denuded, greyish, with the male sexual gland ; posterior half black; along the inner margin bluish ; underneath pale metallic green, the outer margin black. Body metallic blue. The female differs in having the secondaries black, and the metallic colour of the inner margins more extended. Expanse 35 m m. Hab. Peru. FLAVINIA DUBIA, sp. nov. Primaries black, a large yellow space at the base confined within the subcostal and submedian veins ; a large subapical elongated yellow sput. Secondaries yellow, with all the margins black. Underside the same. Body black ; thorax and abdomen laterally yellow. Expanse 34 m m. Hab. Corcovado, Rio Janeiro. FLAVINIA DARNA, sp. nov. Very similar to Flavinia dubia, Schaus; the subapical spot smaller in proportion, and it is easily recognized from that species by its smaller size and white abdomen underneath. Expanse 22 m m. Hab. Novo Friburgo, Brazil. FLAVINIA JANEIRA, sp. nov. Primaries above black, a long yellow spot at the base confiued within the median and submedian veins ; a subapical roundish yellow spot; the extreme apex white. Secondaries yellow with black margins, except the base of the inner and costal margins; underneath the same. Boly black; collar yellow. Abdomen with a lateral yellow stripe and underneath white. Expanse 34 m m. Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Most nearly allied to Flavinia approximans, Walker, but differs in the white apices of the primaries, and the costal margins of the secondaries, which in F. approximans are broadly black, with a short yellow basal streak. FLAVINIA QUICHA, sp. nov. Primaries black; a basal oblong spot confined within the median |