374 MR. H. DRTJCE ON NEW [JunC 5, 



IsANTHRENE THYESTES, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 4.) 



Wings hyaline, with the veins and outer margins black ; head and 

 thorax brownish black banded with yellow ; abdomen yellow, 

 crossed close to the base by a black band, the three last segments 

 bright carmine ; antennae, legs, and underside of abdomen carmine, 

 also the costal margin of the primaries. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hab. Ecuador, St. Lucia (Wolf). 



This fine species is quite distinct from any that I am acquainted 

 with, and has not any near ally. 



IsANTHRENE TOLOSA, n. Sp. 



Wings hyahne ; primaries with the costal and inner margins 

 yellowish brown, outer margin and veins all black ; secondaries with 

 the outer margin black : head and front of thorax dark blue ; thorax 

 black ; abdomen black, crossed at the base with a cream-coloured 

 band ; in some lights the abdomen is shot with bright blue ; antennae 

 black at the base, brownish yellow near the tip. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. Ecuador, Intaj {Buckley). 



This species resembles Gymnelia completa, Walker, to some extent, 

 the black outer margins of the wings being very much narrower. 



HoMCEOCERA, Felder, 



HoM(EOCERA ozoRA, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 6.) 



Wings hyaline, the base, outer margin, and veins black; head, 

 thorax, and abdomen greenish black, the abdomen crossed by two 

 orange-red bands, the first close to the base, the second beyond the 

 middle ; antennae black, tipped with white. 



Expanse \\ inch. \ 



Hab. Colombia, Antioqua (Salmon). 



This beautiful species is closely allied to Homceoeera cressa, 

 Felder, from which it differs chiefly in tlie bands across the ab- 

 domen. 



HoMCEOCERA BUCKLEYi, u. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 5.) 



Wings hyaline ; primaries — the base, a large square- shaped spot at 

 the end of the cell, the apex, and a small spot close to the anal 

 angle, the nerves, and outer margin all black ; two small white spots 

 close to the base : secondaries — the outer and inner margins black : 

 head, thorax, and abdomen greenish black, two orange-red spots 

 bordered with white on the inner side close to the base of the 

 thorax, and a row of orange-red spots on each side ; antennae black, 

 whitish at the tips ; legs black ; tarsi white. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. Ecuador, Intaj {Buckley). 



This fine species is very distinct from any described, difi'ering from 

 all that I am acquainted with. 



