284 MR. w. scHAus ON NEW [A-pr. 5, 



to nearly the outer margin on both the primaries and secondaries, 

 the former having also a transverse subapical orange spot. Head 

 and thorax black. Tegulse orange. Abdomen black, orange laterally. 



Expanse 35 mm. 



Hab. Peru. 



Ardonea metallica, sp. nov. 



Primaries above greenish black. Secondaries metallic blue. 

 Underneath all the wings metallic bluish green. Head and thorax 

 black. Abdomen dark green. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



Hab. Peru. 



EUDULE VENATA, Sp. UOV. 



Wings orange-red ; the primaries with the apex and outer margin 

 black ; the subcostal and median veins black ; a black streak in the 

 cell, and a long black streak below the median vein ; a transverse 

 subapical black line from the costa to the middle of the outer margin. 

 Secondaries with the apex broadly black ; the outer margin narrowly 

 black. Body orange. 



Expanse 20 mm. 



Hab. Peru. 



EuDULE AURATA, Sp. nOV. 



Primaries above golden yellow ; the subcostal vein and base of 

 median vein black ; a large dusky circle on the outer half of the 

 wing connected by a dusky line with the inner angle. Secondaries 

 above golden yellow ; an irregular dusky line starting from the 

 base and following the contour of the wing to the anal angle. Under- 

 neath the wings are yellow, the costal margin of the primaries 

 black. Body yellow. 



Expanse 25 mm. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Very similar to Eudule citrosa, Hiibner, which differs in having 

 all the veins along the outer margins black. 



Fam. Melamerid^e. 



VlRBIA VARIANS, Sp, UOV, 



Primaries above brown ; at the base a broad but short longitudinal 

 streak, and beyond this a white spot. Sometimes the sf)ot is absent 

 and at other times absorbed by the longitudinal streak. Secondaries 

 above orange, with broad black costal and outer margins. Under- 

 neath the wings are orange, with the costal and outer margins 

 broadly brown. Head and thorax brown. Body orange, black sub- 

 dorsally and below. 



Expanse 31 mm. 



Hab. Peru. 



Allied to Virbia brevilinea, Walker. 



