some Central and South AmcricaAi Erycinidx. 541 



parvis obscuris et griseis dense notatis ; corpore supra nigro, coccineo 

 late cincto. 



Hah. Lower Amazons, Santarem {H. H. Smith). 



Closely allied to 31. debilis, Bates, from the Tapajos, 

 but differently shaped, and with the patches on the upper- 

 side of both wings red. One specimen. 



Lasaia MERITA, sp. n. (Plate XXII, fig. 9, f.) 



^. Alis glauco-viiidibus, auticis lineis angustis transversis in 

 area costali, fasciis duabus subiuarginalibus exterioribus ad costam 

 latioribus, et margine externo anguste, nigris ; posticis punctis in 

 serie subniarginali et margine exteriore anguste quoque nigris ; 

 subtus griseis, macuHs inarginem externum versus sicut supra, 

 anticis dimidio basali pallide fuscis Hneis transversis obscure notatis, 

 posticis dimidio basali lineis obscuris reticulars ; ciliis nigris et 

 albis. 



Hah. Bolivia, Coroico, 6,500 ft. {Garlciyp), Chairo 

 {BucUcy). 



This is a form of the very variable and widely distributed 

 L, meris, Cram., but the wings are less spotted, both above 

 and beneath, the basal half of the under-side is more 

 reticulate, and the distal portion (the apical angle of the 

 primaries excepted) is principally grey. Three specimens, 

 two of which were sent me under the MS. name of L. 

 mcrita by Dr. Staudinger. 



Lasaia oileus, sp. n. (Plate XXII, figs. 10, f ; 11, ^.) 



(^ . Alis pallide fuscis, punctis obscuris dense notatis, niarginibus 

 externis (prtesertim in posticis) argenteo-cseruleo irregulariter notatis, 

 anticis punctis duobus in costam ultra cellulam albis ; subtus 

 fuseis, griseo et albo dense variegatis ; ciliis alterne fuscis et albis ; 

 antennis albo annulatis. 



9. Mari similis, sed brunnescentiore, luagis maculato et colore 

 metallico fere obsoleto ; subtus alis brunneis albo variegatis. 



Hah. Paraguay (Pcrrcns). 



The above description is taken from two males and one 

 female from Paraguay, and I have another male labelled 

 Cayenne, but this locality is probably incorrect. L. oileus 

 seems to agree sufficiently well with Z. mxris, Cram., to 

 be included in the same genus, though it is much smaller 

 than any of the other described species. It is also some- 

 what like Calydna cuthria, Doubl. ( = 6'. micra, Bates), 

 from the Amazons. 



