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Show 1893.] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 309 outer margin bordered with black ; the fringe of both wings black. Underside very similar to the upperside, but with the base of the primaries white. The head, antennae, palpi, thorax, and legs greyish black; underside of the abdomen white. Female almost identical with the male. Expanse, <$ $ > 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Intaj, Chiguinda (Buckley, Mus. B.). TROCHIODES CREUSA, sp.n. (Plate XXI. figs. 16, 17.) Male. Primaries and secondaries black ; a faint greyish band extends from the base to the end of the cell, and a narrow yellowish-white line partly crosses tbe wing near the apex. Secondaries slightly greyish near the base ; the fringe of both wings black. Underside : primaries very similar to the upperside, but with the markings much more distinct. Secondaries white, broadly bordered with black. Head, antennae, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs black ; the collar orange. Expanse ly inch. Hab. Colombia, Antioquia (Salmon, Mus. B.). TROCHIODES POLYMELA, sp. n. (Plate XXI. fig. 18.) Primaries blackish brown, paler at the base; a wide white band crosses tbe wing beyond the middle from the costal margin almost to the anal angle. Secondaries blackish brown, crossed from the apex to the inner margin by a wide white band. Underside similar to the upperside, but much whiter ; the fringe of both wings black. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen black. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. B.). Allied to T. plagia, Druce, but quite distinct. TROCHIODES CORMASA, sp. n. (Plate XXI. figs. 19, 20.) Female. Primaries black, with a large oval-shaped creamy white mark on the inner margin, extending from the base almost to the anal angle. Secondaries creamy white, bordered with black from the apex to the anal angle; the fringe of both wings alternately white and black. Underside: primaries rich purplish brown, streaked with yellow at the base ; a rather wide, short, white band partly crosses the wing from about the middle of the costal margin; a submarginal waved yellow line extends from near the apex to the anal angle. Secondaries creamy white, the apex and outer margin bordered with purplish brown; two small yellow spots close to the apex. Head, antennae, palpi, and thorax black ; collar and tegulae white; abdomen and legs creamy white. Expanse 1T \ inch. Hab. Ecuador, Chiguinda (Buckley, Mus. B.). A beautiful species, very distinct from any other known to me. TROCHIODES CONIADES, sp. n. (Plate XXI. fig. 21.) Male. Primaries brownish black, white from the base to beyond the middle of the inner margin; the fringe black. Secondaries |
