10 AMEEICAN LEPIDOPTEEA. 



Secondaries roseate, fringe yellow. Head yellow. Thorax brownish. Abdomen 

 fawn-colour. 



Expanse 39 millim. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Idalus ortus. (Tab. II. fig. 1.) 



Idalus ortus, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 279. 



Female. White, the disk of the primaries slightly iridescent, a few black specks at 

 the base of the primaries, and some short black marks just beyond the cell, a con- 

 spicuous black dot near the outer margin below the apex. Head and thorax white, 

 pinkish between the antennae. Abdomen white, dorsally shaded with pink. 



Expanse 37 millim. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Eucereon clementsi, sp. nov. (Tab. I. fig. 25.) 



Primaries above black, at the base three small pinkish spots, an extrabasal transverse 

 angular pink line, some irregular pinkish marks in the cell, an outer irregular trans- 

 verse pink band, divided in its anterior portion by a black streak, a submarginal row 

 of angular pink streaks, and a marginal pink line broken by the veins. Secondaries 

 above smoky black, with the disk whitish hyaline. Underneath the primaries are dull 

 black with a few pinkish shades below the costa, and the outer line is represented by a 

 few pinkish spots. Antennae black ; head black ; a crimson line behind the head. 

 Thorax black, with a red spot posteriorly. Abdomen above crimson, except the first 

 segments subdorsally and the anus, which are black ; abdomen laterally black, ventrally 

 crimson. Legs black, spotted with red. 



Expanse 35 millim. 



Hab. St. Lucia, W.I. 



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I have named this species after Mr. W. G. Clements, of Rochester, to whom I am 

 indebted for a very fine specimen. 



Eucereon ladas. (Tab. I. fig. 26.) 



Eucereon ladas, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 278. 



Male. Primaries grey ; the veins, a median and a marginal angulated band, some 

 streaks between the veins on the extreme margin, and a few shades at the base of the 

 wings dark brown ; there is a minute spot in the middle of the cell connected with a 

 similar spot at the end of the cell by a fine black line. Secondaries dark brown. 

 Head and thorax grey, with brown spots on the collar. Abdomen brown dorsally, the 

 last three segments yellow ; underneath two white streaks. 



