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296 MR. H. DRUCE ON N E W [Mar. 28, ASTYOCHIA, Druce. ASTYOCHIA PALLENE, Sp. n. Male. Primaries and secondaries white, very slightly hyaline; the veins of both wings pale brown; the fringes white. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs white ; antennae dark brown. Expanse ly1^ inch. Hab. British Guiana (Whitely, Mus. B.). ASTYOCHIA PAULINA, sp. n. Male. Primaries hyaline grey, crossed about the middle by a wide whitish hyaline band, beyond which on the costal margin close to the apex a second band partly crosses the wing. Second­aries whitish hyaline; the costal, outer and inner margins broadly bordered with pale grey. Antennae black ; head, thorax, abdomen, and legs greyish black. Expanse ly inch. Hab. Ecuador, Intaj and Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. B). POLYPCETES, Druce. POLYPCETES COLANA, Sp. n. Male. Primaries dark brown ; the veins and a large round spot at the apex yellow. Secondaries white, broadly bordered with black from the apex to the anal angle; the inner margin grey. Underside very similar to the upperside, but the base of the primaries white. The head, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs black. Expanse ly1^ inch. Hab. East Peru (Whitely, Mus. B.). Allied to Polypcetes erymas, Druce. POLYPCSTES CLETOR, Sp. n. Male. Primaries and secondaries black. Primaries crossed about the middle from the costal to the inner margin by a wide white band; the veins and a small spot on the outer margin nearest the apex yellow; the fringes of both wings black. The head, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs black. Expanse ly inch. Hab. Ecuador (Buckley, Mus. B.). Allied to P. deldon, Druce. GONORA, Walker. G O N O R A PAPHIA, sp. n. (Plate X X . fig. 14.) Male. Primaries and secondaries blue-black, both wings with a wide submarginal whitish hyaline band, crossed by the black veins ; the fringes black. Underside the same as above. Tbe head, antennae, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs black. The front of the thorax, a small spot at the base of the tegulae, and the underside of the abdomen white. Expanse 2| inches.