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XVI. — Descriptions of some new Species of Heterocera , chiefly 

 from Tropical South America. By Herbeet DrUCE, 

 F.L.S. &c. 



Fam. Syntomidae. 



Mesothen doris, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, collar, tegulse, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 pale yellow ; antennge black ; palpi pale yellow, with black 

 tips ; abdomen with a central row of black spots. Primaries 

 hyaline, the costal margin pale yellow, the veius at the base 

 yellow beyond and tlie margins of the wing black : second- 

 aries hyaline, the veins and margins black, the fringe black. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Bab. Colombia, Monte del Edna, 5000 feet {AIus. Bruce). 



Subfam. Abctin^. 

 Metarctia palcBmon, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, collar, tegulse, thorax, and abdomen chrome- 

 yellow ; antennae and anus blackish brown ; legs chrome- 

 yellow. Primaries hyaline, the basal half of the wing chrome- 

 yellow, the veins, the costal margin at the apex, and the 

 fringe black : secondaries chrome-yellow, bordered with black 

 at the apex and partly round the outer margin. Underside 

 very similar to the upperside. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Hah. West Africa, Bitji, Ja River, Cameroons, 2000 feet 

 {Mus, Bruce). 



[Automolis ■pinon, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, antennce, collar, tegulse, and thorax 

 yellowish grey ; abdomen pinkish yellow ; the underside 

 and legs pale yellow. Primaries bright pink ; a large round 

 yellow spot at the end of the cell and an oval-shaped yellow 

 spot on the inner margin near the base ; the outer margin 

 from the apex nearly to the anal angle broadly bright yellow : 

 secondaries pale yellow. Underside as above, but rather 

 deeper in colour. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hah. South Brazil, Alto da Serra Santos, 2600 feet (^Mus. 

 Bruce). 



Allied to Automolis roseofasciata, Druce. 



