1893.] SPECIES or lepidoptera heteeoceea. 307 



Heteeusia placu-la, sp. n. (Plate XXI. figs. TO, 11.) 



Male. Primaries dark orange-red ; the base, inner margin, a 

 band crossing the wing beyond the middle, and the outer margin 

 from the apex to the anal angle black. Secondaries black, with a 

 wide submarginal orange-red band extending from the costal 

 margin near the apex to the anal angle ; the fringe of both wings 

 orange-red. Underside : primaries verv similar to the upperside, 

 but considerably paler in colour, and with the costal margin and 

 the apex shaded with reddish brown. Secondaries pale yellow, 

 crossed from the costal to the inner margin by two bands of 

 reddish brown ; the outer margin reddish brown ; a row of metallic 

 silver spots extends round the outer margin from the apex to the 

 anal angle ; two metallic silver straight lines extend from the base 

 to the outer margin, the first along the inner margin, the second 

 right across the middle of the wing. The head, palpi, thorax, aud 

 abdomen black, the anal tuft and underside of the abdomen orange- 

 red ; legs reddish brown. Antennae on the upperside alternately 

 blacl; and wliite, on the underside black. 



Expanse f inch. 



Hah. Ecuador, Chiguinda {Buckley, Miis, D.). 



A beautiful little species, aUied to S. chrysopterata, Snellen, 

 from Colombia. 



HETEEUSLi PiXAEA, sp. n. (Plate XXI. figs. 12, ] 3 cJ > 14 $ .) 



Male. Primaries red ; the base, inner margin, a line crossing the 

 wing beyond the middle from the costal to the inner margin all 

 black ; the outer margin broadly bordered with black from the 

 apex to the anal angle. Secondaries red ; the base, inner aud 

 outer margin black ; the fringe of both wings reddish. Underside : 

 primaries very simOar to the upperside, but paler in colour ; the 

 apex brown. Secondaries brown, crossed about the middle by 

 two reddish-brown bauds. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 black ; underside of abdomen and anus reddish brown ; legs brown. 



Female. Very similar to the male, but without the black band 

 crossing the primaries ; it is also paler on the underside. 



Expanse, d' 2 , 1 inch. 



Hah. Ecuador, Chiguinda (Buckley, Mus. D.). 



AUied to S. placilla, Druce, but very distinct on the underside- 



Heteeusia cosas, sp. n. (Plate XXI. fig. 4.) 



Primaries and secondaries black, slightly greyish at the base of 

 both wings. Primaries crossed from the costal margin almost to 

 the anal angle by a wide white band ; the fringe of both wings 

 black. Underside very similar to the upperside, but very much 

 greyer in coloiu". Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen black ; 

 legs and the underside of the abdomen dark grey. 



Expanse I^q- inch. 



Hah. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. J).). 



A small species, allied to S. dispilata, Snellen. 



