1892.] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 285 



ViRBIA PARVA, Sp. DOV. 



Primaries above brown ; underneath orange, with brown margins, 

 the outer being the broadest. Secondaries above black ; a broad 

 orange band from the base to nearly the outer margin, just below 

 the apex ; the inner margin and anal angle narrowly orange ; under- 

 neath the same as above. Head and thorax brown. Abdomen 

 black dorsally, orange laterally, white underneath. 



Expanse 25 mm. 



Hab. Peru. 



Allied to Virbia minuta, Felder. 



Lyces maera, sp. nov. 



Primaries above black ; a transverse orange band from the middle 

 of the costal margin to the inner angle ; underneath black, the trans- 

 verse band much broader, and two greyish streaks at the base of the 

 wing. Secondaries above orange ; the costal margin narrowly, the 

 outer and inner margins very broadly black ; underneath the same, 

 except that the inner margin is also orange, and there is a white 

 streak on the costal margin at its base. Head and thorax black. 

 Abdomen black dorsally ; laterally a narrow yellow streak ; under- 

 neath white. 



Expanse 38 mm. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



SCEA SOLARIS, Sp. nOV. 



Primaries black ; a large yellow space extending from the base to 

 close to the centre of the outer margin, this space follows anteriorly 

 along the costa to beyond the cell, and then crosses the wing 

 obliquely ; the veins and a conspicuous streak in the cell are also 

 black- Secondaries black ; a yellow streak beginning towards the 

 end of the cell and extending beyond it. Underside the same as the 

 upper. Body dull black. 



Expanse 33 mm. 



Sab. Peru. 



Gangamela aymara, sp. nov. 



Male. Primaries above bright yellow : the base black ; the 

 costal and subcostal veins finely black ; the apex and outer margin 

 broadly black ; the inner margin narrowly black and glossed with 

 dark blue; underneath similar, except that a portion of the base and 

 inner margin are pearl-white instead of black and there is no blue 

 gloss. Secondaries above black, glossed with blue at the base; 

 yellow towards the apex, which is itself black ; underneath pearl- 

 white ; the costal margin yellow ; the apex narrowly black. Head 

 black, frons white. Thorax dark blue. Abdomen above blue, with 

 a subdorsal yellow line ; underneath white. 



Expanse 24 mm. 



The female has the primaries above as in the male. The secon- 

 daries above are entirely dull black, glossed with blue at the base 

 and along the inner margin ; underneath the pearly white is replaced 



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