282 MB. u. DKLXE ON >-Ew [Mar. 28, 



Agtbta pandemia, sp. n. 



Male. Primaries black, tlie veins shot with bright blue near the 

 base ; a wide white band partly crosses the wing beyond the 

 middle, from the costal margin to near the apex, but not reaching 

 it. .Secondaries hyaline ; the costal margin, apex, and outer 

 margin black shot with blue, the inner margin deep blue. The 

 underside very similar to the upperside, but paler in colour. The 

 head, antennae, palpi, and thorax black ; abdomen blue-black, the 

 underside grepsh white. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. Lower Amazons, Para (2Ius. D.). 



Agteta phylla, sp. n. (Plate XIX. fig. 1.) 



Male. Primaries and secondaries hyaline ; the veins black. 

 Primaries crossed beyond the middle from the costal margin to the 

 outer margin, above the anal angle, by a -nnde black band ; the 

 costal margin, apex, outer and inner margins bordered with black, 

 shot with dark blue. Secondaries bordered with black on the 

 costal margin, apex, and outer margin ; the fringes of both wings 

 black. Underside very similar to the upperside, with the costal 

 margin of both wings edged with white. Antennae black ; palpi 

 black, white on the underside ; front of the head white, the under- 

 side of the head bright red ; thorax and tegulaj black ; abdomen 

 dark blue, with a narrow white line extending from the base to the 

 anus ; underside of the abdomen and the legs white. 



Expanse Ij inch. 



Hah. Ecuador, Santa Lucia ( Wolf, Mus. D.). 



Allied to A. micilia, Cram., but very distinct. 



Ichoeia, Butl. 



ICHOEIA CHALCOMEDUSA, sp. n. 



Primaries deep black, slightly shot ^ith green at the base. 

 Secondaries hyaline; the apex and outer margin edged with black, 

 the fringes of both wings black. Palpi, thorax, and legs black. 

 The head and a large spot at the base of the thorax bright metallic 

 blue. The abdomen greenish black. Antennae black, tipped with 

 white. 



Expanse l-j*^;- inch. 



Hah. S. Brazil, Porto Eeal (Mus. D.). 



Allied to Ichoria tricincta, H.-S., but very distinct. 



Aegteoeides, Butl. 



ArGYEOEIDES (?) OETOXA, sp. n. 



Primaries and secondaries whitish hyaline ; the veins brownish 

 black, excepting at the base of the primaries, where they are pale 

 yellow. Primaries : the apex, outer and inner margins, bordered 

 with brownish black, widest at the apex. Secondaries with only 

 the marginal line black; the fringes of both wings black, the 



