1S93.] SPECIES OP LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 305 



yellowish white. The legs above dark browu, on the underside 

 yellowish Avhite, 



Expanse Ij inch. 



Hah. Bolivia {Buckley, Mus. D.). 



"Very distinct from any species kuowu to me. 



Heterusia conna, sp. n. (Plate XXI. fig. 3.) 



Male. Primaries black ; the veins at the base yellow, a wide 

 orange-yellow band crosses the wing beyond the middle from the 

 costal margin to the aual angle, which it does not quite reach. 

 Secondaries black, Mith a large central elongated white spot ; the 

 fringe of both wings black. Underside very similar to the upper- 

 side, but with more white on the secondaries. Head, autenuie, 

 thorax, abdomen, and legs blaclc. 



Female identical wnth the male. 



Expanse l^'^j- inch. 



Hah. Ecuador, Chiguinda, Intaj (BucJcley, Mus. D.). 



Heterusia placida, sp. n. (Plate XXI. figs. 5, 6.) 



Mule. Primaries and secondaries dark orange-yellow. Primaries : 

 the base browu, and crossed from the costal to the inner margin 

 by three waved black bands, the first two near the base, the third 

 beyond the middle ; the apex and outer margin broadly bordered 

 with black. Secondaries : the veins, costal margin, apex, outer 

 margin, and a submarginal line all black ; the fringes of both 

 wings yellowish brow"n. Underside : primaries bright yellow ; the 

 costal margin and apex reddish browu, irrorated with grey scales, 

 three narrow bands, pai'tly crossiug the w ing, and the outer margin 

 black. Secondaries grey, thickly irrorated with small reddish- 

 brown scales ; a spot on the inner margin and the apical part of the 

 wing dark browu. Head, antennaj, palpi, thorax, aud abdomen 

 black ; the underside of the abdomen and legs greyish brov\u. 



Expanse l^^ij inch. 



Huh. Ecuador, Chig-uinda {Bucldey, Mus. D.). 



On the upperside this species slightly resembles S. stoltzman- 

 naria, Oberth., but on the underside it is veiy different. 



Heterusia comaxa, sp. n. (Plate XXI. fig. 7.) 



Male. Primaries and secondaries dark orauge-brown. Primaries 

 crossed from the costal to the inner margin by four black bands, 

 the first aud second narrow near the base, the third aud fourth wide 

 and joined together near the anal angle, forming a large IJ-^l'^H't^'tl 

 mark, from wliich tMo short bauds extend to the iiuier margin ; tlie 

 outrr margin from the apex to the anal angle broadly bordered with 

 black ; the fringe alternately white and black. Secondaries : the 

 veins, a submarginal waved hue, and the outer margin from the 

 apex to the anal angle black ; the fringe yellow and black. 

 Undtu'side: primaries bright yellow, with the black lines as above; 

 the costal margin and the apex greyish brown. Secondaries 



