18 AMERICAN LEP1D0PTERA. 



of the primaries, and the costal margins of the secondaries, which in F. approocimcms 

 are broadly black, with a short yellow basal streak. 



Cyllopoda quicha. (Tab. II. fig. 23.) 



Flavinia quicha, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 286. 



Primaries black ; a basal oblong spot confined within the median and submedian veins, 

 and an oblong subapical yellow spot ; apices faintly tipped with white. Secondaries 

 yellow ; the outer margin broadly black ; the costal margin yellow ; a subcostal ill- 

 defined black band from the base to the apex. Body black. Abdomen laterally yellow, 

 underneath white. 



Expanse 31 millim. 



Hab. Peru. 



Closely allied to Flavinia ids, Hubner, but has broader margins to the secondaries 

 and is a smaller insect. 



Cyllopoda chibcha. (Tab. II. fig. 21 .) 



Flavinia chibcha, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 287. 



Primaries above black ; an oblong yellow spot at the base confined within the 

 median and submedian veins ; an elongated subapical yellow spot. Secondaries 

 yellow ; the outer margin broadly black, but abruptly narrowing near the anal angle ; 

 the costal margin yellow, in most specimens with a black line from the base to the 

 apex ; underneath the same, but the black marginal border of the secondaries ceases 

 abruptly before reaching the anal angle. Thorax black ; tegulee orange. Abdomen 

 black dorsally ; a yellow stripe laterally ; white underneath. 



Expanse 25 millim. 



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Hab. Peru. 



Fam. MELAMERID-E. 

 Mennis sceata. (Tab. II. fig. ll.) 



Mentiis sceata, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 287. 



Primaries orange ; the costa finely, the inner margin narrowly, the apex broadly, and 

 the outer margin black, all the veins finely black. Secondaries black, slightly greyish 

 along the inner margin. Head, thorax, and abdomen black. 



Expanse 25 millim. 



Hab. Peru. 



