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Show 1893.] SPECIES OE LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 301 NIPTERIA CLETAGORA, sp. n. Male. Primaries pale fawn-colour, slightly hyaline and crossed from the costal to the inner margin by three very indistinct brown lines. Secondaries creamy white, the fringe dark fawn-colour. Underside very similar to the upperside, but the lines on the primaries are more distinct. Antennae black. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs dark fawn-colour. Expanse If inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. B.), Loja (Coll. Bognin). A small species allied to A. diaphanata, Dognin. NIPTERIA PHOCUS A, sp. n. Male. Primaries and secondaries whitish hyaline, the veins black. Primaries : the costal margin, apex, and outer margiu black; a black line crosses the wing beyond the middle from the costal to the anal angle. Secondaries bordered with black from the apex to the anal angle and crossed beyond the middle by a narrow black line. Antennae black. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs greyish black ; tegulae greyish white. Expanse If inch. Hab. S. Brazil, Porto Eeal (Mus. B.). This species is not closely allied to any known to me. NIPTERIA CLEONA, sp. n. Male. Primaries slate-colour, crossed about the middle from the costal to the inner margin oy a wide white band. Secondaries white, broadly bordered from the apex to the anal angle with slate-colour, the fringe of both wings slate-colour. Underside : primaries pale brown, the white band very similar to the upperside, the outer margin from the apex to the anal angle whitish. Secondaries uniformly pale brown. Antennas blackish brown. Head, thorax, and abdomen slate-colour; legs greyish brown. Expanse 1^ inch. Hab. Ecuador, Intaj (Buckley, Mus. B.). Very distinct from any species known to me. NIPTERIA PANIA, sp. n. (Plate XX. fig. 12.) Male. Primaries white, the costal margin and the apical half of the wing black. Secondaries white, the costal, outer and inner margins broadly bordered with black, the fringes of both wings black. Underside almost identical with the upperside, excepting that the primaries have a large white spot at the apex. Antennae, head, thorax, abdomen, and legs black. Expanse 1^ inch. Hab. Ecuador, Intaj (Buckley, Mus. B.). A small species, allied to N. cleona, Druce. NIPTERIA PANTHEA, sp. n. Male. Primaries white, the apex broadly bordered wdth blackish PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1893, No. XXI. 21 |