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the wing pale ocbreous, with dark iiervures auJ a dark streak iu the 

 middle of the cell. Beneath : the same, but the black borders have 

 all pale ocbreous streaks running between the nervures to the margin. 

 Body and antennae black. 

 Guatemala.* 



32. — ACE^A LEUCOMELAS. 



Expans. 3" 5'". Glossy slaty-black. Fore-wing Avitli three large 

 pale ocbreous spots in the middle, situated in the end of the cell and in 

 the spaces before and behind the first median branch nervule. Beneath : 

 pale ochreous, nervures and streaks between them dusky. Fore-wing 

 with a very large central ochreous space clear of dusky streaks, base of 

 the wing black ; outer edge of the central ochreous space bordered with 

 black. Body and antennte black. 



Guatemala ; many examples. 



33. — ACE^A NOX. 



Expans. 3" 5'". Glossy greenish or bluish-black. Beneath : black ; 

 fore- wing with a large triangular sub-basal spot, pale ochreous ; a 

 smaller spot of same hue near the base of the hind-wing. 



Guatemala ; many examples. 



DESCKIPTIONS OF THE BRITISH SPECIES OF STENUS. 

 BY E. C. EYE. 

 CConUnued from page 43.) 

 (Abdomen margined ; elytra unspotted.) 



ii. legs more or less light in colour, never entirely black. 



SPECITLATOE, Boisduvol et Lac, Erichson. 2\ lin. Dull black, 

 winged. Palpi clear testaceous ; sometimes darker at the tip, through 

 the internal fluids collecting at the apex in drying. Antennae fuscous, 

 with the two basal joints shining black. Head gently hollowed. 

 Thorax obsoletely channelled. Elytra robust ; as long as, if not longer 



* Acriea equatoria. Expans. 1" 8'" — 2" 0'". Pale dusky-brown. Fore-wing with a large triangular 

 sub-basal spot (divided by the dusky nervures and a dark spot across the middle of the cell), and a 

 broadish belt, distant from the apex, pale ochreous, semi-transparent. Hind-wing with a broad dusky 

 brown border, emitting long thin sti-eaks between the nervures ; rest of the wing pale ochreous, serai- 

 transparent, nervures dusky, a short streak within the cell, and a zigzag line across the disk (sometimes 

 obsolete) dusky. Beneath : the same, except that all the borders are pale ochreous, and have black 

 streaks between the nervures. 



Western side of Chiraborazo ; altitude of 3-4000 feet. Taken by Mr. Spruce. It is curious that 

 nearly every species found in these remarkable elevated valleys are dwarfed in size compai-ed with the 

 same or closely allied species of other regions of Tropical America. 



