Mr. H. Druce on some new Heterocera. 213 



thorax, and legs chrome-yellow ; abJoaieii purple-black ; 

 the anus chrome-yellow. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Hah. New Guinea, Port Moresby {Mus. Druce). 



Darantasia ccerulescens, sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries bright glossy blue-black, the base and a 

 rather wide band beyond the cell chrome-yellow ; the fringe 

 black : secondaries black, with a large central, round, chrome- 

 yellow spot. The head, thorax, and anal segments of the 

 abdomen chrome-yellow ; the antennae black, tipped with 

 yellow ; the abdomen black. 



Expanse 1^^ inch. 



Hab. Ferguson Island {Afus. Druce). 



Fam. MelameridaB. 

 Mennis striata, sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries chrome-yellow, tlie apex broadly black, 

 streaked with yellow ; a band of four black spots cross the 

 wing about the middle from the costal to the inner margin: 

 secondaries chrome-yellow, the apex and outer margin spotted 

 with black. The head and antennse black, the front of the 

 head and collar white ; thorax chrome-yellow ; abdomen 

 black, banded with white ; legs black. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Hab. Ecuador, Angamarca {Mus. Druce). 



Mennis arnica, sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries semihyaline yellow, the apex black, 

 enclosing a rather large oval-shaped white spot, below which 

 are two white streaks : secondaries semihyaline yellow, 

 narrowly edged with black from the apex to the anal angle. 

 The head, antennee, and palpi black ; the thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs yellow. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu {Mus. Druce). 



Ephialtias batifica, sp. n. 



Primaries black, shot with rich dark blue to beyond the 

 middle ; a narrow pale yellow band crosses the wing beyond 

 the cell from the costal margin to the anal angle; the fringe 

 black : secondaries dark glossy blue, the apex and outer 

 margin edged with black. The head, autennge, and thorax 



