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Illndtouig. — With three large blood-red costal blotches giving rise 

 to two thick curved lines attenuated in middle, and a broad marginal 

 band; base of wing marked also slight)}^ with red; fringe yellow with 

 a blood-red patch at middle. 



Under side dull red; forewing with anal region yellow and upper 

 half of fringe; hindwing with base and two narrow bands 3'ellow; 

 fringe 3'ellow except at middle. Collar, vertex, antenna?, face, and 

 palpi deep red; shoulders, thorax, and basal half of patagia yellow; 

 tips of patagia red; dorsum red with a yellow stripe down the middle; 

 under side of abdomen and legs yellow; legs externalh' rosy. 



Expanse of wings. — 11 mm. 



Locality. — Cayenne, French Guiana; June, 1904. 



Ty2)e.—Q2X. No. 9273, U.S.N.iM. 



TRICENTRA CONSEQUENS, new species. 



Forewing. — Bright brick-red, along the costa and toward apex lilac- 

 gray; the costa with brown dusting; lines red-brown; first near base 

 strongh" outcurved in cell before the cell spot, which consists of two 

 partially confluent silver}^ white dots followed immediately b}' a quad- 

 rate deep red-brown patch; outer and submarginal lines parallel to each 

 other, outcurved to submedian fold; hind margin yellow, more })roadly 

 above middle, preceded b}- a purplish brown band, which is itself 

 broader above middle; fringe yellow. 



Tllndining. — Wholly ])rick-red, with similar markings; the brown 

 band before the yellow hind margin of uniform width. 



Under side pale pink, darker toward margin, with the outer line 

 darker; fringes and hind margins pale yellow. 



Head dark brown; thorax and abdomen bright brick-red. 



Expanse of wings. — 17 nun . 



Locality. — Cayenne, French (Juiana; 2 males, January, 1904. 



Type.—C'At. No. 9274, U.S.N.M. 



TRICENTRA FLAVISTIGMA, new species. 



Forewing. — Uniform dark violet; the fringe and extreme hind mar- 

 gin yellow; the extremity of the violet area crenulate from vein to 

 vein and touching margin at v^ein 3; three dark waved cross lines, the 

 inner simply curved, the outer two incurved below middle; cell spot a 

 long oval, yellow, edged with red; costal edge narrowly white. 



IIin(hini\g. — Like forewing. 



Under side duller; the yellow cell marks plainer. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings; vertex and 

 antennal shaft snow-white. 



Expanse of icings. — 18 mm. 



Locality. — Rockstone, Essequibo, British Guiana, September, 1904. 



ryjPt-.— Cat. No. 9275, U.S.N.M. 



