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margins ; ]ia,tagia and tliorax orange, latter with broad central sooty stripe ; abdomen 

 black, dorsal and subdorsal metallic bine jiatclies on last four segments, large 

 latero-snbdorsal patches of orange on second segment and smaller ones on third ; 



antennae black. Forewing orange, a wide brown-black marginal band expanding 



broadly at terraen and narrowing sharply from centre to base of inner margin. 

 Hindwing, costal half orange, lower lialf brown-black. 



Length of forewiug : 20'5 mm. 



Hah. San Esteban, Venezuela, Jane 1909 (S. M. Klages). 



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With this new species came 25 cJcJ of .1. latania Drnce. 



3. Automolis pseudoguapisa sp. nov. 



?. Closely allied to (jaa/iisa Schans. Pectns and coxae metallic blue; palpi 

 brown-black ; legs, tarsi orange, tibiae brown-black ; bead black, blue spots on 

 frons and vertex, minute orange spots at base of antennae ; antennae black ; 

 tegulae and jiatagia orange with broad brown-black borders ; thorax brown-black ; 

 abdomen Idack with dorsal and lateral blue ])atche5, underside of abdomen black 

 witli subdorsal orange patches ou first three segments. Forewing dark purple- 

 brown, nervnres pale earth-brown, an oblique orange streak from base of vein 1 

 to base of vein 2 and a very indistinct orange-brown patcdi between veins 5 and 6- 

 Hindwing deep pnrple-brovvn, an orange rather narrow band runs from base of wing 

 through cell two-thirds across the wing. 



i. Pectus deep blue ; forelegs, tarsi and tibiae orange, coxae black-brown 

 with orange patch on inner side at base ; palpi and antennae black-brown ; head 

 black, a bine patcli on frous and vertex, orange spot at base of antennae larger 

 than in ?, tegnlae and patagia more orange, i.e. with narrower dark borders; 

 abdomen with subdorsal yellow patches, which in two specimens are almost 



obsolete. Forewing dark purple-brown with yellowish nervnres, an orange 



obliipie band crosses the wing from just before base of vein 1 to middle of vein 6. 

 Hindwing, costal half dark yellow with central dark stigma, tornal half dark brown. 



Length of forewing: ? 23-5 mm. ; 3 17 — 22 mm. 



Uab. San Esteban, Venezuela, June 1909 (S. M. Klages). 



10 ^^,2 ? ? (? type). 



4. Neritos syntomoides sp. nov. 



cj. This remarkable little insect is almost an exact mimic of the Syntomid 

 Loxophkhia hemileuca Butl. Pectus, coxae and tibiae pale yellow ; tarsi pale 

 brown; jialpi brown ; head black; shoulder-patches orange, rest of thorax black; 



abdomen deep orange, last segment black; antennae brown tipped with white. • 



Forewing black, a large ovate orange patch below cell reaching from median 

 nervure to inner margin, a white wedge-shaped patch in cell, and a large buff 

 patch beyond cell reaching from vein 3 to subcostal nervure ; termeu narrowly 

 white. Hindwing, basal two-tiiirds orange, marginal tliird black. 



Length of forewiug : 125 mm. 



Uab. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, .lune 1005 (S. M. Klages). 



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Li my former articles on .\rcfiuiiae 1 described two insects as llaliaidota 

 wallieri and //. ivalkeri major. II. waUieri is true cuteimlata Hiibn. The origin of 



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