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and submedian veins, and an oblong sub apical yellow spot; apices 

 faintly tipped with white. Secondaries yellow ; the outer margin 

 broadly black ; the costal margin yellow ; a subcostal ill-defined 

 black band from the base to the apex. Body black ; abdomen 

 laterally yellow, underneath white. 



Expanse 31 mm. 



Hab. Peru. 



Closely allied to Flavinia isis, Hiibner, but has broader margins 

 to the secondaries and is a smaller insect. 



Flavinia chibcha, sp. nov. 



Primaries above black ; an oblong yellow spot at the base confined 

 within the median and submedian veins ; an elongated subapical 

 yellow spot. Secondaries yellow ; the outer margin broadly black, 

 but abruptly narrowing near the anal angle ; the costal margin 

 yellow, in most specimens with a black line from the base to the 

 apex ; underneath the same, but the black marginal border of the 

 secondaries ceases abruptly before reaching the anal angle. Thorax 

 black ; tegulse orange. Abdomen black dorsally ; a yellow stripe 

 laterally ; white underneath. 



Expanse 25 mm. 



Hab. Peru. 



Mennis sceata, sp. nov. 



Primaries orange ; the costa finely, the inner margin narrowly, 

 the apex broadly, and the outer margin black, all the veins finely 

 black. Secondaries black, slightly greyish along the inner margin. 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen black. 



Expanse 25 mm. 



Hab. Peru. 



Mennis cytherea, sp. nov. 



Wings above orange-red ; all the veins black ; the apex and outer 

 margins of the primaries narrowly black ; the costal margin of the 

 secondaries broadly black. Fringe black. Body black. 



Expanse 23 mm. 



Hab. Peru. 



Mennis una, sp. nov. 



Red ; the costal and outer margins narrowly black on the pri- 

 maries ; also a few black specks on the veins near the apex. 

 Secondaries with only the outer margins black. 



Expanse 22 mm. 



Hab. Petropolis. 



Nelo lippa, sp. nov. 



Primaries above brownish black ; a broad orange-red median 

 baud from the costa to the submedian vein ; underneath dark grey ; 

 a large orange spot at the disk. Secondaries above brownish black, 



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