Mr. H. Druce on new Species of Evatina. 97 
XVI.—Descriptions of new Species of Eratina from Tropical 
South America. By Herpert Drucs, F.L.S. &e. 
LATELY having had occasion to arrange the genus Hratina 
and allied groups for the ‘ Biologia,’ I find that [ havea large 
number of undescribed species in my collection from various 
localities in tropical South America, many of them from 
Keuador collected by the late Mr. Buckley, to which are 
added those received from other collectors during the past few 
years. The species have all been compared with the types in 
the National Museum and those in the Saunders collection now 
in the Oxford Museum. 
I believe it will be necessary to divide the genus at some 
' future time when more material is available for examination ; 
but at present many of the species are so rare that it is 
impossible to do so. 
Eratina artemisia, sp. n. 
Male.—Primaries dark brown, the basal half the palest ; 
curved white band crosses the wing beyond the middle i 
similar in shape to one crossing the primaries in 4. undulata, 
but considerably wider: secondaries dusky white, broadly 
bordered with blackish brown, the fringe black, with four 
white spots on the outer side and one on the inner margin 
just above the anal angle. The underside of the primaries 
pale yellowish brown, with the line crossing the wing much 
more extended, reaching from the costal margin to the inner 
co) < . 
margin close to the anal angle; a large silky white patch 
fo) 
extends from the base nearly to the white line; a small white 
line at the end of the cell and a round white spot in the cell 
nearer the base: secondaries greyish white, trorated with 
yellowish-brown scales, the outer margin broadly bordered 
with yellowish brown; the fringes as above. The head, 
antenne, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, the latter banded 
with fine white lines, the anal tuft yellow; the legs, under- 
side of the thorax, and abdomen greyish white. 
Female.—Primaries very like those of the male, but shaded 
with reddish brown on each side of the white line and broadly 
on the inner margin: the secondaries differ from those of the 
male in being almost uniformly dusky brown, with a very 
faint, zigzag, greyish-white line extending from the costal 
margin to the inner margin. The underside is very similar 
to the male, but considerably more red in colour. 
Expanse, ¢ 12, 2 2 inches. 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. ix. 
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