new Species of Heterocera. 231 



with white. Primaries brownish black, seniihyalinc from 

 the base to about the michllc; a small metallic blue dot close 

 to tiie base : secondaries black. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



llab. Amazons {Leech, Mus. Druce). 



Acli/tia pydna, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennte, tegulaj, and thorax dark brown, 

 front of head and coxjb white; a yellow spot on each side of 

 the head; abdomen above bright metallic blue, the sides dark 

 brown, the underside white ; legs dark brown. Primaries 

 dark brown, the veins near the base yellowish ; a bright 

 yellow band crosses the wing beyond the middle from the 

 costal almost to the inner margin : secondaries black, with a 

 hyaline streak from the base almost to the outer margin. 



Expanse 1;^ inch. 



Hah. Ecuador, Sarayacu [Buckley , Mus. Druce). 



Eucereon mizar, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, collar, and teguUe brownish white ; an- 

 tennas black ; thorax and abdomen dark brown, the two anal 

 segments orange: the underside banded with white. Pri- 

 maries greyish white, shaded with brown, the veins all dark 

 brown : secondaries dark brown, palest at the base. 



Expanse H inch. 



}lab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (^Buckley, Mus. Druce). 



Fam. Zygaenidae. 



Procris (?) chalestra, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antenna, thorax, abdomen, and legs bluish 

 black. Primaries semihyaline black, darkest at the base : 

 secondaries hyaline, broadly black at the apex and round the 

 outer margin. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Uab. Costa Rica {Van Patten, Mus. Druce). 



Zygtena murcena, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, antenna, and thorax black; collar and 

 tegulge I ale yellow ; abdomen bright red above the anal 

 segment : underside and legs black. Primaries black ; a 

 large pale yellow spot close to the base, a round yellow 

 spot in the form of a triangle about the middle of the wing, and 

 an elongated yellow spot on the outer margin : secondaries 



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