new Species of Heterocera. 301 



Scotura avara, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs black ; 

 front of head and tegulae greyish ; a white line extends down 

 the middle of the abdomen from the base almost to the anus ; 

 the underside white. Primaries black, the veins white from 

 the base to the middle ; a wide white band crosses the wing 

 about the middle, but does not quite reach the costal margin : 

 secondaries semihyaline white, broadly bordered with black 

 at the apex and round the outer margin. The underside very 

 similar to the upperside, the secondaries with a white spot at 

 the apex. 



Expanse 1^- inch. 



Hah. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mas. Druce). 



Fam. Dioptid.se. 



Polypcetes cistrina, sp. n. 



Male. — Head and antenna? black, underside of the head 

 yellow ; thorax and tegulae brown, the latter edged with 

 white; a yellow spot on the base of the tegulae; abdomen 

 black, grey at the base and white on the underside; legs 

 black. Primaries brown, the veins and a spot on the outer 

 margin near the apex yellow; a rather wide white band 

 partly crosses the wing from about the middle of the costal 

 margin : secondaries white, broadly bordered with black at 



e apex and round i 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Bab. Ecuador, Chiguinda (Buckley, Mus. Druce). 



Polypcetes mirma, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antenna?, thorax, tegula?, abdomen, and legs 

 black, the underside of the abdomen white. Primaries from 

 the base to about the middle white, but slightly dusky close 

 to the base ; the outer half of the wing black ; a small streak 

 at the end of the cell and two small spots close to the apex 

 white : secondaries white, broadly bordered with black. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Bah. Bolivia (Garlepp, Mus. Druce). 



Astyocliia dolens, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antenna?, thorax, tegulae, abdomen, and legs 

 black. Primaries semihyaline black, darkest along the costal 

 margin, at the end of the cell, and at the apex ; a whitish 



