THE ANNALS 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



[EIGHTH SERIES.] 

 No. 18. JU^E 1909. 



LX. — Descriptions of some new Species of Heterocera, chieflif 

 from Tropical South America. By HERBERT DrUCE, 

 F.L.S. &c. 



Fam. SyntomidaB. 



Bomhiliodes simidans, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, palpi, anteunse, collar, tegulae, thorax, and 

 abdomen black, the sides of the abdomen green, the base of 

 the abdomen white ; legs black, spotted with white. Pri- 

 maries black, the cell and a streak below the cell hyaline, the 

 fringe black : secondaries black, hyaline at the base. The 

 underside of both wings the same as above. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. Cayenne {Mus. Druce). 



Napata baettgen, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, palpi, and antennas black, front of head 

 spotted with white ; collar bright carmine ; tegulae and 

 thorax black ; abdomen metallic blue ; the underside of the 

 thorax and abdomen white ; legs black. Primaries black, 

 the apex white ; a large square hyaline spot at the end of 

 the cell and two hyaline spots beyond the cell nearest the 

 anal angle; the fringe at the apex white, on the outer margin 



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