new Species of Heterocera, 145 



hairs on the inner margin. Underside : both wings sordid 

 white. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. S.E. Peru, Santo Domingo, 6000 feet {Mus. Druce). 



Psilagon melita, sp. n. 



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

 legs yellowish green ; underside of the abdomen white ; 

 antennae brown. Primaries greenish grey; a reddish-brown 

 bciud extends from the middle of the inner margin up to the 

 median vein, where it divides and forms a Y-sliaped mark 

 extending to the costal margin ; a submarginal row of white 

 spots with black points from the apex to the anal angle ; 

 the fringes reddish brown : secondaries white, the fringe 

 white. Underside of both wings white ; the costal margin 

 of the primaries yellowish. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. S.E. Peru, Santo Domingo, 6000 feet (Mus. Druce). 



Urgerda chaon^ sp. n. 



Male. — Head, palpi, collar, tegulse, and thoi-ax pale 

 brownish green, thickly irrorated with yellowish hairs ; 

 antennae pale brown ; abdomen reddish brown ; anus 

 greenish. Primaries pale brown, thickly irrorated with 

 black and green scales; two small white spots at the end 

 of the cell and a submarginal row of whitish dots ex- 

 tending from the apex to the anal angle ; the marginal line 

 black : secondaries reddish brown, palest at the base. Under- 

 side of primaries reddish brown, of the secondaries cream- 

 colour. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hah. W. Colombia, San Antonio, 5800 feet ; S.E. Peru, 

 Santo Domingo, 6000 feet {Mus. Druce). 



Urgerda luceria, sp. n. 



Male. — Green; antennte brown; collar grey, edged with 

 black and white ; tegulse and thorax green; abdomen and 

 legs pale brown. Primaries grey, irrorated with black 

 scales ; the subcostal vein green ; a green band crossing the 

 wing near the base, a second green band, edged with black 

 on the inner side, beyond the cell, crossing the wing from 

 the costal to the inner margin ; a submarginal row of black 

 points extending from the apex to the anal angle ; the fringe 

 dark grey : secondaries greyish brown. Underside of both 



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