ARCTIID.E. 7 



Underneath black, with a large triangular orange spot on the primaries. Head and 

 thorax black. Abdomen above steel-blue, with two black dorsal lines ; underneath 

 black. 



Expanse 33 millim. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Metriophyla lena. (Tab. I. fig. 24.) 



Metriopkyla lena, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 277. 



Primaries above velvety black, fringe white ; the basal third of the costal margin 

 narrowly white. Secondaries above black, glossed with dark blue ; the outer margin 

 narrowly, the apex broadly, white. Underneath : wings black, glossed with dark blue ; 

 the apices and outer margins white. Antennae black. Head crimson. Frons white. 

 Thorax black, with a white spot on either side. Abdomen black above, tinged with 

 dark blue ; underneath black, with a white ventral line. Anus crimson. Legs black 

 exteriorly, white inwardly. 



Expanse 36 millim. 



Hab. Peru. 



Heliura venata. (Tab. I. fig. 20.) 



$ . Episcepsis venata, Butler, 111. Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 49, t. 16. f. 7. 

 cf . Heliura alia, Schaus, Ent. Amer. v. p. 90. 



Male. Primaries dull brown and apparently slightly transparent, so that all the veins 

 and nervules are distinctly marked in a darker shade of brown. Base of wings, a spot 

 at the end of the cell, the apices, the outer margins, and a blotch at the internal angle 

 also of a darker shade. Secondaries whitish towards the base, otherwise brown-black ; 

 a tuft of white hairs in anal fold. Wings underneath dull black, with all the veins and 

 nervules distinctly showing. Antennae black. Head brown, with two bright red spots 

 behind the antennae. Thorax brown, underneath a crimson spot. Abdomen dorsally 

 metallic blue, with narrow black transverse bands between the segments, and a tuft of 

 long brown hairs dorsally on first three segments. On abdomen underneath a large 

 white spot. 



Expanse 30 millim. One male. 



Hab. Paso de San Juan, Mexico. 



Euplesia elissa. (Tab. I. fig. 21.) 



Automolis elissa, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 277. 



Wings pale yellow, secondaries slightly hyaline. Head orange. Collar and thorax 

 yellow. Abdomen dorsally black, except fourth and fifth segments, which are orange 



