On some new Heterocera from Tropical A merica. 299 



extending to below anterior border of eye ; scales on cheek in 

 4 series. Dorsal XVI 12, orii^inating above opercular cleft; 

 spines gradually increasing in length to the last, which 

 nieasures ^ length of head ; soft dorsal j)ointed, middle rays 

 longest, produced, nearly as long as head. Pectoral a little 

 shorter than head. Ventral with produced inner ray, reacliing 

 middle of anal. Anal VI 9; spines and soft rays as in the 

 dorsal. Caudal rounded. Scales 31 ^; lat. 1. jy. Reddisli 

 brown, with a large black blotch on each side between the 

 two lateral lines, below the middle of the dorsal fin. 



'J'otal length IGO milliin. 



Two specimens. 



XXIX. — Descriptions of some new Species of Heterocera from 

 Tropical America. By Herbert Druce, F.L.S. &c. 



Fam. Ag^aristidaB. 



Ortlna volupia, sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries black, crossed beyond the middle by a 

 narrow cream-coloured band, which does not reach either 

 margin : secondaries chrome-yellow, bordered with black, 

 widest near the anal angle, the inner margin clothed with 

 black hairs. Underside very similar to the upperside, but 

 the band crossing the primaries wider and with a yellow 

 streak extending from tiie base to the end of the cell. The 

 head, antennaj, legs, and thorax black ; the abdomen yellow, 

 with a central black line extending from the base to the anus ; 

 the anus and anal segments on the underside black. 



Expanse 2j inches. 



Hah. Ecuador, St. Lusia {Mus. Druce). 



This species is allied to 0. prrrfectus, Druce, which has 

 the primaries entirely black. 



Orthi'a elapheholia^ sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries deep black, crossed beyond the middle by 

 a narrow chrome-yellow band that does not reach either 

 margin, the fringe black : secondaries deep black, witli a 

 large central lobe-shaped yellow spot extending from the 

 base. The head, antennae, thorax, upper and underside of 

 the abdomen, and the legs black ; the collar and sides of the 

 abdomen chrome-yellow, the anus black. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



Hob. Ecuador, Intaj [Buckley ^ Mus. Druce). 



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