290 • MR. H. DEUCE OK NEW [Mar. 28, 



Deyaea chepta, sp. n. (Plate XIX. fig. 10.) 



Male. Primaries deep black, with a small white streak extending 

 from the base, about halfway across the wing. Secondaries white, 

 very broadly bordered with black from the apex to the anal angle ; 

 the fringes of both wings black. Head, antennae, and palpi black ; 

 collar white ; abdomen black, spotted with white on each side ; 

 legs greyish black. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hah. Bolivia {Mm. D.). 



Allied to I), charisia, Druce, and D. siibsericea, I'eld., but differs 

 greatly from either of them. 



Nelo, Walk. 

 Nelo toxicrata, sp. n. (Plate XIX. figs. 11, 12.) 



Male. Upperside similar to N. philodamea, Druce, but rather 

 brighter in colour; on the underside it differs from that species in 

 having a large orange-yellow spot on the primaries, beyond the 

 middle ; in all other respects the two species are almost iden- 

 tical. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Rah. Peru (Mns. D.). 



Earn. DiopTiDiE. 



Latjeon, "Walk. 



Laueon choma, sp. n. 



Female. Primaries black, hyaline from the base to about the 

 middle ; the costal margin yellowish at the base ; the inner margin 

 orange-yellow from the base to the anal angle ; and two spots on 

 the outer margin orange-yellow, joining a narrow white band that 

 crosses the ^ving from the costal to the outer margin. Secondaries 

 hyaline ; the veins all black ; the apex bordered with black ; the 

 outer margin broadly banded with orange-yellow. The fringes of 

 both wings greyish black ; the underside similar to the upperside, 

 but -oithout the orange-yellow on the inner mai-gin of the primaries. 

 Head, palpi, and antennae black ; thorax orange-yellow ; abdomen 

 brownish black, with a bluish-white line down the middle ; the 

 underside greyish white ; the legs black. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hah. Ecuador, Intaj (Buchley, Mus. D.). 



A distinct species, not closely allied to any known to me. 



Latieon osiba, sp. n. (Plate XIX. fig. 13.) 



Male. Primaries black ; a wide streak extending from the base 

 to beyond the middle, whitish hyaline ; the costal streaked with 

 orange-yellow from the base nearly to the apex ; part of the inner 

 margin and the anal angle bordered ^^ ith orange-yellow ; a 

 naiTOw white band crosses the wing near the apex, but does not 

 touch either margin. Secondaries whitish hyaline ; the apex and 



