Mr. A. (r. l^utlcr (»/4 now Specits of Lepiilif/ttcra. 2H') 



Tl»i.s is tlu' most hiilliaiit s|K'cit.'s <it' tlio ici'inis ; anil I 

 wonder that Mr. Ilewit.son, who has tlu' insect iu his collec- 

 tion, has not loni,' since clescribtnl it. 



IIETKKOCKUA. 



Family Arctiidae, Leach. 



Subfai 11 i 1}' PEiuvupiix.i:. 

 Genus Esthe.ma, lluljuer. 

 1. Esthema llrnona, n. sj). 



Alir supra viriili-tneriilea? : antic;o iiigresceiites, apice eiliis lacteis ; 

 fascia deceininaciilari postniedia arcuata deoresoente alba : posticae 

 sejie luarularum septoni discalium albarum ; ciliis alhis, in medio 

 fusceseeutibus : corpus ciuruleo-viridc, autennis iiijj^ris. 



Wx subtus clariores, area basali nitide virides, alitei' uigne vires- 

 ceiites, albo fasciata; : corpus viride, podibus ciuj^'ulisquo abdo- 

 minalibus ])artini albis. 



Kxp. alar. unc. 2. lin. 8. 



Ilab. Bo<i^otd. Coll. Saunders. 



2. Esthema Euploeodes^ n. sp. 



Ahc supra nigra; : antica; punctis duobus mediis costalibua cocruleis ; 

 serie subterniiiiali macularura novem albis, (juatuor quarum su- 

 jierioribus oblicjue subapicalibus, aliis subnuirginalibus : ])ostica; 

 virescentes, maciilis septeni siibmarginalibus triangularibus in- 

 trorsum griseo caudatis : corpus thorace nigro, albo punetato ; 

 abdorainc ca^ruleo-vHridi ad basin nodulis duobus viridibus. 



Ala; subtus nigerrima; : antica; velut supra maculata) : postic.c striis 

 duabus subcostalibus basalibus cajruleis, stria sesquialtera dis- 

 coidea et octo discalibus albis, apud apicem maculifoi-niilius : 

 coii^us tborace einerco, albo maculate ; pedibus albo niarginatis ; 

 abdomine lacteo. 



Exp. alar. unc. 2, lin. 11. 



Ilab. Colombia [Chesterton). Coll. Saundei'S. 



3. Esthema Uraneides^ n. sp. 



$ . Ala;- hyalinae, marginibua venis(jue nigris : antica; area apicali 

 nigra ; fascia subaidcali decrescentc quadrimaculari alba, byalina : 

 corpus supra cinercum ; thorace fuscescente, albo punetato ; ab- 

 domine stria dorsali albida ; subtus thorace fuscescente, albo 

 striate ; abdomine sordide albo. 



Exp. alar. unc. 2, lin. 5. 



Ilah. Cayenne. Coll. Saunders. 



Resembles the female of Uraneis hi/ah'na and J-,i/mnas 

 Jesse. 



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