1883. J ZYG^NIDjE AND ARCTIID^. 381 



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, the apex slightly black : head, thorax, and 

 abdomen black shot with blue ; antennae and legs black. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hub. East Peru, Chanchamayo {H. Whitehj) . 



A beautiful species, allied to G. imperialis. 



Charidea btjckleyi, u. sp. (Plate XX. fig. 4.) 



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

 base, the fringe pale yellow; secondaries blackish browu, 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 black ; the abdomen crossed by a series of bright 

 green bands ; antenna 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 j abdo- 

 men bright blue ; underside brown ; underside of wings bright 

 carmine, slightly margined with brown. 



Expanse Ig inch. 



Had. 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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