Species of Tleterocera. 45 



spots, which brconic imli.stnict near tlie anal anghj. Head, 

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

 green ; thorax black, striped with metallic green ; abdomen 

 bright metallic blue, with a narrow black line down the 

 middle from the base to the apex, the underside bright 

 carmine. Underside: both wings black, sliot with bright 

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

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

 margin ; secondaries broadly banded on the outer margin with 

 carmine. 



l'iXj)anse 2 inches. 



Il'th. Bolivia {Mus. Druce). 



Arctiidae. 



Ischnognatha striata, sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries brownish 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 ; aims, antennae, 

 and legs black. 



Expanse If inch. 



JJdh. 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 ; antcnna3, 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. 



Ilab. Costa Rica. 



Eucereon darantasia, sp. n. 



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

 the cell, and a waved sul)marginal line pale brown ; a whitish 

 spot in the mi<ldle of the cell ; the Iringe dark brown : 

 secondaries dusky semihyaline from the base to about the 



