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Show 1893.] SPECIES OE LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 287 long, the cell short, the costal margin convex, tbe apex pointed, the anal angle rounded. Type: Neozatrephes telesilla. NEOZATREPHES TELESILLA, sp. n. (Plate XIX. fig. 5.) Male. Primaries pale semihyaline brown, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by five indistinct bands of orange-yellow spots, the fourth and fifth very indistinct; a white line extends from the apex to the anal angle and then along the inner margin to the base of the wing; the fringe brown. Secondaries semihyaline pinkish white, darkest along the costal margin. Head and antennae orange ; thorax brown. Abdomen on the upperside red, underside yellow, with tbe three anal segments white ; anal tuft orange ; legs reddish orange. Expanse If inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. D.). This species is quite distinct from any known to m e ; the exceedingly short cell of the primaries at once separates it from all allied forms. E U C E R E O N , Hiibn. E U C E E E O N CHALCODON, sp. n. (Plate X I X . fig. 6.) Primaries dark brown; the veins and several fine lines crossing the wing from the costal to the inner margin pale fawn-colour, the first line zigzag near the base, the second about the middle of the cell, the third beyond, but joining the second line below the cell and then extending to the inner margin, forming a large brown spot about the middle of the wing; a marginal row of pale ring-shaped markings extending from apex to the anal angle ; the fringe brown and fawn-coloured. Underside dark brown, with a spot about the middle of the costal margin and a narrow band near the apex greyish white. Secondaries semihyaline white, with the apex, outer margin, and anal angle clouded with brown. The head, thorax, collar, tegulae, and base of the abdomen dark brown ; a large white spot on the base of the thorax; the abdomen bright red, above the underside and the anal segment brownish black; the antennae and fore legs pale greyish fawn-colour ; the hind legs dark brown. Expanse 2 inches. Hab. S.E. BrazU, Petropolis (Mus. B.). I am indebted to the kindness of Lord Walsingham for the pleasure of describing this distinct species and for adding the specimen to m y collection. T H Y S A N O P R Y M N A , Butl. T H Y S A N O P R Y M N A CEPIANA, sp. n. Primaries greyish brown, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by three darker brown bands, the first near the base, the second, the widest, about the middle, the third submarginal. Secondaries hyaline, the veins and the outer margin blackish 20* |
