1892.] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 277 



ACLYTIA HECALE, Sp. nOV. 



Primaries dull black, faintly hyaline in the disk and darkest on 

 the margins and at the end of the cell. Secondaries hyaline, with a 

 broad black margin. Antennae, head, and thorax black ; two 

 crimson spots behind the antennae. Abdomen black, with a lateral 

 band of metallic blue. Base of all the legs bright crimson. 



Expanse 39 mm. $ . 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Charidea inachia, sp, nov. 



Female. Primaries above velvety black, with a large orange 

 space extending in its anterior portion from the base along the 

 subcostal vein to beyond the cell, and posteriorly along the sub- 

 median vein to close upon the inner angle, and divided by two black 

 lines, one just below the median vein, the other just above the 

 submedian ; a small black transverse mark at the end of the cell. 

 Secondaries velvety black. Underneath black, with a large trian- 

 gular orange spot on the primaries. Head and thorax black. 

 Abdomen above steel-blue, with tvi^o black dorsal lines ; underneath 

 black. 



Expanse 33 mm. 



Hah. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Metriophyla LENA, sp. nov. 



Primaries above velvety black, fringe white ; the basal third of 

 the costal margin narrowly white. Secondaries above black, glossed 

 with dark blue ; the outer margin narrowly, the apex broadly, white. 

 Underneath : wings black, glossed with dark blue ; the apices and 

 outer margins white. Antennae black. Head crimson. Frons 

 white. Thorax black, with a white spot on either side. Abdomen 

 black above, tinged with dark blue ; underneath black, with a white 

 ventral line. Anus crimson. Legs black exteriorly, white inwardly. 



Expanse 36 mm. 



Hab. Peru. 



AXJTOMOLIS ELISSA, sp. nOV. 



Wings pale yellow, secondaries slightly hyaline. Head orange. 

 Collar and thorax yellow. Abdomen dorsally black, except fourth 

 and fifth segments, which are orange with two black subdorsal spots ; 

 abdomen laterally and underneath orange, with three lateral black 

 spots on the third, fourth, and fifth segments. 



Expanse 54 mm. 5 . 



Hab. Eio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Galethajlea peruviana, sp. nov. 



Male. Primaries above white, shaded with greenish grey ; along 

 the costal margin five large irregular black spots, also three similar 

 spots on the inner margin and three small black spots on the outer 

 margin ; underneath the spots are suffused and occupy nearly the 

 entire wing, forming a broad submarginal band. Secondaries above 



