510 MR. H. DRTJCE ON LEPTDOPTERA FROM [June 1", 



a row of aubmarginal minute black dots ; the fringe olive-brown. 

 Secondaries dark brown, palest at the base ; the fringe pale greyish 

 brown. Underside : primaries pale brown, with a marginal row of 

 black dots near the apex. Secondaries greyish brown, broadly 

 bordered with darker brown round the outer margin. The head, 

 thorax, and anus olive-green ; the antennae and abdomen on the 

 upperside dark brown, the latter on tlie underside pale greyish 

 brown : the legs pale greyish brown ; the palpi olive-green, the 

 terminal joint black. The female the same as the male, but larger, 

 and rather paler in colour. Expanse, c? 1^ inch, $ 1| inch. 



Hah. Panama, Chiriqui (Trotsch, Mus. Staudtnijer). 



A very distinct species, allied to Edema pulchra, Butl., from the 

 Amazons. 



Edema alata, sp. n. 



Male. Primaries very pale greyish fawn-colour, speckled along the 

 costal margin and beyond the cell with small brown streaks ; a row 

 of very minute brown spots crosses the wing from the apex to about 

 the middle of the inner margin ; several black dots close to the 

 base. Secondaries greyish white, darkest at the apex and round the 

 outer margin. The underside as above, but paler, and with the spots 

 on the primaries entirely absent. The head, thorax, abdomeu, and 

 legs pale fawn-colour; the antennae darker brown. Expanse 1§ 

 inch. 



Hah. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Trotsch, Mus. Staudiiif/er). 



One specimen in Dr. Staudinger's collection, very distinct from 

 anything I have seen. 



Q^DEMASiA, Packard. 



(EdEMASIA (?) ALCIMEDE, sp. n. 



3fale. Primaries dark brown, with a reddish-brown spot and two 

 yellow lines close to the base ; a greyish-white row of spots crosses 

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

 and a submarginal row of greyish spots with black points extending 

 from the apex to the anal angle ; the fringe dark brown. Secon- 

 daries uniformly dark brown, the fringe rather paler. The under- 

 side brown, with the costal margin of both the wings and the fringe 

 yellowish. The head and collar, the thorax and iipperside of the 

 abdomen dark brown ; the tegulse golden brown ; antennae dark 

 brown ; the underside of the abdomen and legs pale yellowish white. 



Female. Considerably larger than the male, and much duller in 

 colour, without the grejdsh line on the primaries ; the base of the 

 wing much paler in colour and without the yellow lines ; the under- 

 side of a more uniform dusky brown colour. Expanse, c? I4 inch, 

 2 1| inch. 



Hah. Panama : Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 3000 ieet (Champion); 

 Chiriqui (Ribhe, cJ $ Mus. Staudinger) ; Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, 

 2 Mus. Bruce). 



A very distinct species, of which both sexes are in Dr. Staudinger's 

 collection. Mr. Champion captured a specimen on the Volcan de 



