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margin at its base. Head and thorax black. Abdomen black dorsally ; laterally a 

 narrow yellow streak ; underneath white. 

 Expanse 38 millim. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Gangamela aymara. (Tab. II. fig. 9, ?.) 



Gangamela aymara, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 285. 



Male. Primaries above bright yellow ; the base black ; the costal and subcostal veins 

 finely black ; the apex and outer margin broadly black ; the inner margin narrowly 

 black and glossed with dark blue : underneath similar, except that a portion of the 

 base and inner margin are pearl-white instead of black and there is no blue gloss. 

 Secondaries above black, glossed with blue at the base ; yellow towards the apex, which 

 is itself black : underneath pearl-white ; the costal margin yellow ; the apex narrowly 

 black. Head black ; irons white. Thorax dark blue. Abdomen above blue, with a 

 subdorsal yellow line ; underneath white. 



Expanse 24 millim. 



The female has the primaries above as in the male. The secondaries above are 

 entirely dull black, glossed with blue at the base and along the inner margin ; under- 

 neath the pearly white is replaced by black and the yellow margin of the secondaries 

 is very indistinct. The abdomen is also black underneath. 



Expanse 29 millim. 



Hab. Peru. 



Scea Solaris. (Tab. II. fig. 14.) 



Scea Solaris, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 285. 



Primaries black ; a large yellow space extending from the base to close to the centre 

 of the outer margin ; this space follows anteriorly along the costa to beyond the cell, 

 and then crosses the wing obliquely ; the veins and a conspicuous streak in the cell 

 are also black. Secondaries black ; a yellow streak beginning towards the end of the 

 cell and extending beyond it. Underside the same as the upper. Body dull black. 



Expanse 33 millim. 



Hab. Peru. 



Darna inca. (Tab. II. fig. 10.) 



Dama inca, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 286. 



Male. Primaries above velvety black, shaded with metallic blue at the base and 

 along the inner margin ; a broad orange band crosses the wing from the middle of the 

 costal margin to nearly the inner angle : underneath as on the upper surface, the inner 

 margin, however, denuded of scales. Secondaries above having the anterior half 



