Species of Heterocer a. 45 



spots, which become indistinct near the anal angle. Head, 

 aiitennee, and palpi black ; collar black, spotted with metallic 

 green ; thorax black, striped with metallic green ; abdomen 

 bright metallic blue, with a narrow black line dovyn the 

 middle from the base to the apex, the underside bright 

 carmine. Underside : both wings black, shot with bright 

 blue at the base; primaries with a wide U-shaped carmine 

 mark in the middle of the wing, but not touching either 

 margin ; secondaries broadlj banded on the outer margin with 

 carmine. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hob. Bolivia {Miis. Druce). 



Arctiidge. 



Ischnognatha striata^ sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries brownisli black, the veins yellow ; a wide 

 pale yellow band crosses the wing beyond the middle from 

 the costal margin to the anal angle : secondaries bright 

 yellow, broadly bordered with black on the costal, outer, and 

 inner margins. Head yellow ; thorax and abdomen black, 

 front of the thorax and sides of the abdomen banded with 

 yellow ; underside of the abdomen yellow ; anus, antenni«, 

 and legs black. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hab. Costa Rica. 



Cratoplastis romula, sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries greyish black, the veins sliglitly paler 

 near the base ; a large oval semihyaline white spot at the end 

 of the cell ; the fringe dark grey : secondaries semihyaline 

 white, broadly bordered with bluish black on the costal mar- 

 gin, at the apex, outer and inner margin. Head and anus 

 bright orange ; antennge, thorax, and abdomen greyish black ; 

 a greyish-white line extends from the base of the abdomen 

 almost to the anus ; legs greyish black. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. Costa liica. 



Eacereon darantasia^ sp. n. 



Female. — Primaries dark brown ; the veins, a line beyond 

 the cell, and a waved submarginal line pale brown ; a whitish 

 spot in the middle of the cell; the fringe dark brown: 

 secondaries dusky semihyaline from the base to about the 



