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NERITOS CHRYSOZONA, new species. 



Palpi blackish, yellow in front. Head yellow; a black spot on 

 frons and on vertex. Collar yellow, spotted with black. Thorax and 

 abdomen black above; abdomen ventrally grey. Primaries brown 

 black; the veins paler; a broad yellow band from middle of costal 

 margin to inner margin before angle. Secondaries black, a broad 

 j^ellow streak from base to near outer margin on vein 2. 



E,epanse. — 25 mm. 



ILihltat. — Maroni River, French Guiana. 



Type.—Q2X. No. 8621, U.S.N.M. 



NERITOS PROPH.(EA, new species. 



Palpi and head mottled light and dark brown; some crimson on 

 head behind. Thorax dark violaceous brown. Abdomen above red; 

 the last three segments brown. Primaries brown, darkest at base. 

 Secondaries brown, irrorated thinly with blue black; inner margin 

 broadly orange red. 



ExjMnse. — 27 mm. 



Halntat. — St. Laurent, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



Tijpe.—Q%.i. No. 8622, U.S.N.M. 



NERITOS SANGUIDORSIA, new species. 



Head and thorax crimson. Abdomen blue-black above. Wings 

 black; a crimson spot at base of primaries. Underneath lilacine 

 brown. 



E-rpanse. — 19 mm. 



llahhtat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



Type.— Cat No. 8623, U.S.N.M. 



Genus AEMILIA Kirby. 

 AEMILIA MELANCHRA, new species. 



Body dark brown; a whitish spot on vertex, and a similar subdorsal 

 spot on abdomen at base. Primaries dark brown, irrorated with still 

 darker striae; a large space at end of cell, the outer margin broadly 

 from vein Y, and inner margin narrowly violaceous black. Secondaries 

 dirty white, the margins shaded with brown. Underneath: primaries 

 browni; some white at base; a black shade at end of cell. Secondaries 

 whiter than above; the costal margin broadly brown, the outer margin 

 narrowly so. 



Erpmise. — 38 nnu. 



Halritat. — Carabaya, Peru. 



Ti/pe.—Ca,t. No. 8624, U.S.N.M. 



