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ChARIDEA JULIA, n. sp. 



Primaries black, shot with bright blue at the base, a rose-coloured 

 baud crossing the wings from the costal margin to the anal angle ; 

 secondaries bright blue, tlie apex slightly black : head, thorax, and 

 abdomen black shot with blue ; antennae and legs black. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. East Peru, Chanchamayo (//. Whitely). 



A beautiful species, allied to C imperialis. 



Charidea buckleyi, u. sp. (Plate XL. fig. A.) 



Primaries rich brown, a red spot and a few green dots close to the 

 base, the fringe pale yellow; secondaries blackish brown, crossed 

 from the apex to near the inner margin by a carmine band divided 

 into spots by the black nerves, the fringe yellow ; head, thorax, 

 and abdomen blaok ; the abdomen crossed by a series of bright 

 green bands ; antennae and legs black ; the underside the same as 

 above, with the addition of a red spot at the end of the cell of the 

 primaries. The female the same as the male, only with more red 

 on the hind wings. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu {Buckley). 



A very distinct species, not nearly allied to any with which I am 

 acquainted. 



Charidea bertha, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 1.) 



Primaries brown, with a small red streak at the base ; secondaries 

 deep blue, the outer margin shaded with brown, a large carmine 

 spot on the costal margin close to the apex : head, thorax, antennae, 

 and legs black banded with bright green ; underside brown, both 

 wings crossed by a central carmine band, the base slightly blue. 

 The female only differs from the male in having more red on the 

 hind wing. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu {Buckley). 



Charidea perilla, n. sp. 



Primaries brown, a red spot at the base, and one beyond the cell 

 near the apex ; secondaries bright carmine, the outer and inner mar- 

 gins dark brown : head and thorax black shaded with blue ; abdo- 

 men bright blue ; underside brown ; underside of wings bright 

 carmine, slightly margined with brown. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). 



This species is allied to C. bertha, but differs from it and all 

 species known to me. 



Charidea chloe, n. sp. 



Primaries brown, the fringe yellow ; secondaries brown, with a 

 small red spot close to the apex ; the fringe yellow : underside the 

 same as above, except that all the wings are shot with green close to 



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