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red-brown, the abdominal area paler, a central white 

 band crossing the wing from the apex to near the inner 

 margin ; body with thorax pale brown, abdomen white, 

 palpi yellow. 



Expanse of wings, 1 inch, 7 lines. 



ffab. — Venezuela. Coll. Kaden in Coll. Druce. 



Nearly allied to C. Calvina of Hewitson. 



2. Carystus Jabesa, n. sp. 



Wings above, black; front-wings with a central elon- 

 gate white point ; hind-wings with a central white spot, 

 terminating at the abdominal margin in a perpendicular 

 white streak ; body greenish-brown. Wings below, red- 

 dish-brown ; front- wings with the central point continued 

 in a line to the submedian nervure ; hind- wings with a 

 broad central yellowish-white band, marked near the 

 abdominal margin with a black point and triangular spot ; 

 body pale brown. 



Expanse of wings, 1 inch, 2 lines. 

 ■ Hab. — Tocantins River. Coll. Druce. 



We have a species allied to the above in the British 

 Museum, from Para. 



3. Carystus Jeconia, n. sp. 



Wings above, black-brown ; front-wings with a bright 

 yellow sub-median band, beginning at second median 

 branch, and following the median nervure to base ; hind- 

 wings with the entire central area bright yellow; fringe 

 of outer margin orange, of inner margin yellow; body 

 greenish -brown, densely covered with yellow hairs. 

 Front-wings below, black-brown, the base, apex, and a 

 large central pyriform spot, yellow; hind-wings yellow: 

 body yellow. 



Expanse of wings, 1 inch, 5 lines. 



Hab. — ^Venezuela. Coll. Druce. 



4. Carystus Canente, n. sp. 



Hesperia Canente, Herri ch- Schaflfer, in litt. 



Wings above, as in C. Lucas, Fabr. ; below, front- wings 

 with a yellow spot uniting hyaline spots to costa, outer 



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