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NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE.
Vol. XL, 1904.

NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE

H Jouvnal of Zooloo^

IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRING MUSEUM.

EDITED BY

The Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D.,
Dr. ERNST HARTERT, and Db. K. JORDAN.

Vol. XI., 1904.

(WITH TWENTY-ONE PLATES.)

Issued at the Zoological Museum, Thing.

PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON & VINEY, Ld., LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

1904.

COI^TENTS OF VOLUME XI.

GENERAL SUBJECTS.

PAGES

See Introduction to the article on the Birds of the South-West Islands . 17-1 — 176

MAMMALIA.

1. On a collection of Mammals made by Mr. J. T. Tunney in Arnhem Land,

Northern Territory of South Australia. Oldfield Thomas . . 222 — 229

2. On' a new Eock-Wallaby from North-West Australia. Oldfield Thomas 365—366

3. Notes on the specimens of Wild Asses in English Collections. E.

Lydekker 583—596

4. New species of Pterojms, Mus, and I'ojoiiomi/s from the Australian Kcgion.

Oldfield Thomas 597 GOO

AVES.

1. The Birds of the South-West Islands Wetter, Roma, Kisser, Letti, and Moa.

Ernst IIartert ........... 174 221

2. Beobachtungen auf Tenerife. Rudolf von Thannee .... 430 — 434

3. Miscellanea Ornithologica. Part I. Ernst IIartert .... 456 — 460

COLEOPTERA.

1. Some now Oriental Anthribidae. Karl Jordan ..... 230 237

2. Some new African Anthribidae. Karl Jordan. ..... 238 241

3. American Anthribidae. Karl Jordan 242 309

4. Some new Afi'ican Cerambycidae. Karl Jordan 364 — 365

5. Some new ('oleoptera collected by the Rev. Henri A. Junod in Shilouvane,

near Leydsdorp, in the Transvaal. L. Pbhinguey .... 448 — 451

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LEPIDOPTERA.

PAGES

1. New American Thyrididae, Uraniidae and Geometridae. W. Warren 1 — 173

2. Lepidoptera from British New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. S. ileek. Walter

Rothschild 310—322

3. On a lai-ge colleetiou of Rhopalocera from the shoics of the Victoria Nyanza.

S. A. Neave 323—363

4. A new form of Frotlioe from the Solomon Islands. Walter Rothschild . 366

5. New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea. G. T. Bethune Baker . 367 — 429

6. New Sphiiigidae. Walter Rothschild 435 UO

. 441—447

451

. 452—455
idae, from the Aethiopian

7. Some new Moths. Karl Jordan

8. A new African Melanitis. Walter Rothschild

9. New forms of Butterflies. Walter Rothschild

10. New Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae and Geomeir

Region. W. Warren 461—482

11. New Thyrididae and Geometridae from the Oriental Regions. W. Warren 483 — 492

12. New American Thyrididae, Uraniulae and Geovietridae. W. Warren . 493 — 582

13. Two new Satamiidae. Walter Rothschild 601

14. A new subspecies of Troides vicioriae. Walter Rothschild .... 654

SIPHONAPTERA.

1. Further contributions to the knowledge of the Sipfionaptera. N. C'.

Rothschild 602 — 653

LIST OF PLATES IN VOLUME XI.

Plate I. Photographs of African Butterflies.

II. 'I

■Three-colour photographs of Papuan Lepidoptera.

J Lithographic Plates of the Structure of Siphonaptera. (By Karl Jordan.)

„ in.

„ IV.

v.;

„ VI. Photographs of Papuan Lepidoptera.

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IX.

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„ XXI. Coloured plate of Miei-ogoura meeJci, a remarkable new genus of Ground-
Pigeon from the Solomon Islands. (By J. G. Keulemans.)

Various species of Wild Ass. (By J. Smit.)

ERRATA.

Page 610, line 2 from bottom, read C. H. B. Grant; also on pages GU, 012, 636, 637,

638, 639, 647, 648.

top, „ Suricata.

bottom, ., Olomys hrantsii ; also on pages 630 and 638.

top, „ Sucre.

bottom, ,, Altodon albiventer.

top, ,. Graphiurus ocularis.

bottom, „ Peromyscus.

,, „ Macroscelides prohoacideus.

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, 617,

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, 643,

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NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE,

Vol. XI. MARCH, 10U4. No. 1.

NEW AMEEICAN Til YB IB ID AH, VBANIIDAE, AND
GE03IETBIDAE.

By W. warren, M.A., F.E.S.

Family TUYRIDIDAE.

1. Siculodes triumphans spec. nov.

Forcicinq : satiny white ; costal area olive grey, obliquely striated with dull
reddish brown, and marked in the apical half by four oblique oblong red-brown
patches ; basal half of wing with velvety black transverse striae between the
veins, coalescing into a blotch between median and snbmediau veins : an oblique
broad velvety black bar from before middle of inner margin, tinged with reddish
below subcostal vein ; between the veins this bar is marked by yellowish white
horizontal streaks, and beyond cell by a round white spot which nearly interrupts
it ; at three-fonrths of inner margin another black bar reaching vein 4; before the
anal angle a series of black spots, separated by the pale veins and above vein 2
becoming bifid, reaching as far as vein 6; apical area filled with fine transverse brown
y-shaped streaks between the veins ; marginal area tinged with rosy ; marginal
line diffuse, bright rosy, with black spots at the vein-ends, running out through
the pale yellow fringe.

Hindivinq : with rather regular olive fuscous transverse streaks between the
veins ; a largish round fuscous spot above anal angle ; a submarginal row of six
blackish spots between the veins ; marginal line and fringe as in forewing.

Underside similar ; but the subcostal vein of forewing marked with a narrow
line of silvery scales, and the co.stal edge of hindwing with numerous reddish
fuscous striae.

Head, shoulders, and base of patagia brown ; thorax and abdomen white, the
segments of the latter marked with black at base.

Expanse of wings : 54 mm.

1 ¥ from Santo Domingo, Garabaya, S.E. Peru, 6U(I(I ft., November 1001,
wet season (Ockenden).

A beautiful species, in many respects resembling pulchelloides Pag., but much
larger, and distinguished at once by the yellow fringes and rosy marginal line.

2. Zeuzerodes subfulvata sjiec. uov.

Foreicinq : dingy grey, ochreous-tiuged, covered with dense transverse fuscous
striae, without any distinct lines or markings ; fringe dark fuscous.

Hindiving : similar; traces of a dark postmedian band formed of three or

four dark lines.

I

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Underside similar ; but tiie anal angle of hindwing has the gronnd colour
dnll fiilvons, and tlie costa of forewing from middle to apex is liriglit coppery
orange, forming a blotch before apex.

Head, thorax, and abdomen all dark i'uscons.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 ? from Bulim, N.W. Ecnador, 160 ft., January liiid (Flemming & Miketta).

The costa of forewing is strongly insinuate in middle ; the hindmargin of
hindwing nearly straight.

Closely resembling Z. nigrato AVarr. from the Amaznns, and Z. cermnalis Pag.
from Pern, but ajiparently distinct.

Family URANllDAE.

Si'BFAMiLY EPIPLEMINAE.

3. Epiplema commixtata spec. uov.

Forewing: dark vinous grey, mnch speckled with black, es]iecially towards
base ; the veins generally paler grey, black-speckled ; costa with fine blackish
striae ; central fascia funnel-shaped, twice as broad on costa as on inner margin,
suffused with vinous and brownish black along its edges ; the inner edge curved
above from one-third of costa to near middle of inner margin, its lower half
vertical ; the outer edge nearly vertical, slightly curved below costa ; a red-brown
black-edged blotch before the excision of hindmargin, with a smaller one above
and below it ; a slight snbmarginal shade, marked on costa and at anal angle ;
fringe reddish grey, preceded by a blackish line along the excision.

Iliiidicing : with the central fascia broader, its edges curved, the outer followed
by a pale ochreous line ; fringe reddish grey, greyer along base, preceded by a
distinct black si)ot between veins 3 and 4.

Underside dull red-brown, thickly speckled and striated with black, the
veins pale.

Face and palpi blackish ; thorax and abdomen like wings ; vertex, antennae,
and anal tuft of S bright jiale ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

2 c?c?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, Oarabaya, 8.E. Peru, 6U00 ft., November and
December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

Distinguished by the ochreous vertex and antennae.

4. Epiplema pallifrons spec. nov.

Forewing: pale brown, tinged with lilaciue, much mottled and speckled
with darker ; costa to first line broadly pale ochreous, with dark dots, beyond
speckled dark brown and ochreous ; the first line, from one-third of costa to
one-third of inner margin, is sharply angled on vein 4 in the middle of the
wing, finely edged inwardly with pale, broadly outwardly with brown ; outer
line from nearly two-thirds of costa, below which it is bent outwards, angled on
veins G and 4, then inwardly curved to inner margin before anal angle, with
the edging of inner line reversed ; a brown snbmarginal line i)arallel to hind-
margin, thickened somewhat before the excision, and ending in a black blotch
which occupies the anal lobe ; marginal line finely pale ; fringe brown with the
tips paler, lilack at anal lobe.

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Ilimlwing : with the veins from base finely pale ochreous ; a bluntly angieil
outer line finely pale, broadly edged internally with brown ; the basal area within
it below the median pale ochreous, mottled transversely with brown ; above the
median a pale olive-brown streak from base along lower half of cell ; the upper
half marked with alternate oblique streaks of brown and whitish ochreous ;
marginal area brown and ochreous, containing a conspicuous white patch beyond
angle of outer line ; marginal line fine, white, preceded by an olive-brown, inwardly
black-edged narrow band, broadly interrupted at vein 5 and narrowly on vein 4
by whitish streaks.

Underside of forewing yellowish ochreous, black-sj>eckled ; a smoky brown-
black cloud before hindmargin from anal angle hardly reaching costa, and a
slight dark blotch before excision : hindwing pale ochreous with brown speckles,
darker between the teeth.

Face and palpi black above, ochreous below ; vertex, collar, shoulders, and
antennae bright pale ochreous ; thorax, patagia, and abdomen greyish brown, the
segmental rings narrowly pale ; abdomen beneath and legs ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6UU0 ft., November lOUl,
wet season (Ockenden).

Forewing with apex depressed ; hindmargin concave from 7 to 4, straight
from 4 to 3, concave above and below vein 2, the anal angle strongly lobed,
and the inner margin very sinuous, fringed throughout with long fine pale hairs ;
hindwing with costa twice excised, veins 4 and 7 with long curved tails.

Distinguished at once by the wholly pale ochreous vertex and [jrothorax.

5. Epiplema rectilinea spec. nov.

Forewing : red-brown, speckled with black ; the veins pale grey, black-
speckled ; first line from one-fourth of costa, oblique outwards to median vein,
where it is bluntly angled, then oblique inwards, bent on vein 2, to one-third
of inner margin, black-brown ; second line from quite two-thirds of costa nearly
straight to three-fourths of inner margin ; the sjiace between the lines darker
brown, especially on inner margin and towards outer line; the base of wing also
darker ; an indistinct darker patch on hindmargin between veins 4 and 6 ; fringe
red-brown, darker above the middle of wing.

lliiidwiny : with the two lines curved ; the space between rather darker from
costa to vein 2 ; an obscurely marked submarginal series of dark specks ; fringe
as in forewing.

Underside dull wood-brown, with transverse dark striae ; basal half of
forewing and outer line darker.

Face and palpi black-brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen like wings, but
the abdomen greyer.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

2 (Jc? from Santo Domingo, (Jarabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., December IUdI,
■wet season (Ockenden).

The hindmargin of i'orewing very slightly excised, the teeth at veins 4 and 7
scarcely visible ; in the hindwing vein 7 is strongly toothed, bnt the tooth at
vein 4 and the excision between are both inconspicuous. Antennae liroken.

(4 )

6. Epiplema rostrifera s]iec. nov.

Fomriiiq: wood-brown, tiufred and striated with darlv brown; lines black-
brown ; first, from one-fourth of costa, obliquely curved to median vein, then
vertical ; outer line at two-thirds, finely edged with pale, vertical to the median
vein, where it is outwardly toothed, then concave to three-fourths of inner margin;
a dark brown blotch before the marginal excision edged by a black bow-shaped
lino ; fringe brown, with a jialer basal line.

Ilimlirituj : with basal area jialer, but marked witli darker below the median
vein, tlio course of which is denoted by ferruginous scales; first line acutely
bidentate ; second line, finely edged with pale, sinuous from costa to median
vein, where it forms a sharj) angle, then obliquely bowed to inner margin ; the
included space darker ; a large black sjiot with a ])ale dash above it on margin
between veins :H and 4, surrounded by ferruginous scales and preceded by a
patch of dark metallic scales ; fringe dark brown with a pale lustrous line at
base ; a largish black cell-s])ot.

Underside paler, with dark speckles and suffusion.

Face and palpi black-brown ; thorax and abdomen coucolorous with wings ;
antennae and anal tuft of S ochreous.

Expanse of wings : c? 20 mm. ; ? 22 mm.

3 c?c?, 2 ? ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November
and December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

In the forewing the apex is truncate ; the hindmargin from 7 to 6 is
vertical, then slightly excised to 4, and thence straight, but not very oblique to
anal angle ; in the hindwing the teeth at veins 4 and 7 are acute and prominent ;
there is also a tooth at apex, and a slight one at the end of vein 6. The ? is
somewhat paler than the S .

7. Epiplema scabra si)ec. nov.

ForeiriiKj : brick-red, overlaid with lilac-grey scales, and dusted with darker,
the ground colour thereby assuming a very mottled appearance ; between the
outer and snbmarginal lines, reaching from costa to median vein is a hoary
white space partly tinged with grey and with some dark grey speckling, and
two oblique dark grey costal streaks ; along the hindmargin a series of red
lunnles, edged by an indistinct snbmarginal line, the two before the excision
swelling out into a large bilobed blotch encroaching on the white .apical space ;
the two ordinary lines are reddish and obscure ; first from one-third of costa,
running outwards and bent in cell, then vertical and irregular to middle of
inner margin ; the outer at two-thirds is mainly vertical, but angled outward
on veins (i and 4, then concave ; marginal line grey ; fringe rufous, varied with
lilac-grey.

Hindwiny : like forewing, with a broad central band, slightly darker red,
and edged outwardly by a paler line, bluntly rounded on vein 4 ; basal and
costal areas jialer ; a dark sjiot below lower tooth : veins towards hindmargin
jiale, with black speckles.

Underside brick-red, coarsely black-sj)eckled and striated : the forewing with
all the three margins broadly grey and the fringe briglit rufous ; the hindwing
less broadly grey-edged,

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Face and palpi black ; vertex and base of antennae dull rufous, rest of
antennae grey ; shoulders find patagia pale, whitish grey ; thorax and abdomen
darker grey.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 ? Santo Domingo, t'arabaya, S.E. Peru, 6uu0 ft., November lyul, wet
season (Ockenden).

Forewing with apex truncate, hindmargin vertical from vein 7 to 0, both
being slightly toothed, deeply excised to 4, which is strongly toothed, then
oblique and crenulate to anal angle which is shortly lobed, the inner margin
shallowly excised before it.

Hindwing with costa sinuate, strongly shouldered at apex, and produced at
vein 7 ; 7, 6, and 4, all toothed; otherwise the margin is more or less straight
from 7 to anal angle.

8. Epiplema vulpecula spec. nov.

Foreicing : pale brick-red ; the black-speckled costa and edges of central
fascia tinged with pale grey ; all the veins greyish and conspicuously marked
with blackish dots ; lines much as in E. scabra, described above ; marginal
lunnles very obscure; the outer line followed above middle by a narrow lilac-
grey fascia ; fringe rufous (worn).

Hindwing : like forewing, with the central fascia very indistinct, but marked
on inner margin by a pale blotch ; a brown-black submarginal spi>t below lower
tooth.

Underside of forewing fulvous ochreous, coarsely black-speckled, the costal
and hindmargins paler, less fulvous ; hindwing paler, with only the hindmargins
fnlvous, containing a blackish submarginal cloud towards anal angle.

Face and palpi black ; vertex and antennae pale rufous ochreous ; shoulders,
patagia, thorax, and abdomen grey, the abdomen tinged with rufous.

Expanse of wings : 3U mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Caraba}'a, S. E. Peru, 6000 ft., December 1901, wet
season (Ockenden).

Evidently closely allied to E. scabra, and also to E. draco AVarr. from Bolivia,
the outline of the wings being the same in all three species.

9. Hemioplisis? alternata spec. nov.

Foreioiiig : dull purplish grey, darker towards inner and hindmargins ; an
obscure dark transverse shade near base; first line from one-third of inner
margin, straight and oblique towards apex, acutely angled on vein 4 and re-
tracted to costa ; a curved line from middle of inner margin, concave outwards,
angled on vein 7 and retracted to costa ; a dark slightly sinuous submarginal
line, bent to costa before apex ; before this line, which is followed by a dark
cloud, an oblique cloudy shade slopes towards apex, becoming obsolete above
middle ; fringe concolorous.

Hindwing : with basal grey area crossed by two straight parallel dark lines ;
outer half of wing coarsely and closely speckled with black, the ground colour
towards hindmargin becoming fulvous.

Under.-iide of forewing sprinkled with ferruginous and fulvous, the hind-
margin grey beyond the dark submarginal line : hindwing dull whitish grey,
sjieckled with darker, and tinted with fnlvous towards margin.

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Face and palpi lilack : tlmnix ami alxlomen purplish grey.

Expanse of wings : 22 miu.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabava, S.E. Pern, OOOD ft., January lt)ii2,
wet season (Ockenden).

Probably not really referable to IlemiojAisis : tlie costa is arched and
the a|icx bluut, the hindniargin being shortly truncate to vein 7, which
minutely projects in i)lace of the true apex, the hindmargin thence being
sinuate; the hindmargin of hindwing likewise projects, but very bluntly, at
veiu 7. The nenration is normal : vein 5 from nj)per end of discocellular ;
C and 7 stalked ; 8 and 9 stalked.

10. Hemioplisis metallica spec. nov.

Foreiiinq : dark chocolate brown, covered with exceedingly fine bluisli
grey striatious ; the lines very indistinct, dark brown, edged by a very fine
line of bluish grey scales ; first from one-third of costa to about one-fourth
of inner margin, broadly outcnrved in the middle of the wing ; second from
three-fifths of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, similarly ontcurved between
veins 4 and 6 ; marginal area below middle lightened by broader bluish white
striae, with a round white spot on each side of vein 3, one obliquely below
the other ; fringe dark brown ; veins towards margin deep ferrnginous.

Hiiuhcing : with the two lines, antemedian and postmedian, near together,
the space between them sliglitly darker; costal area dull greyish ochreous ;
the ferruginous veins ending in a deep ferruginous marginal line, preceded by
a broad line of plumbeous scales cut up into dashes by the veins ; between
veins 3 and 4 before the hindmargin a boss of j)lumbeons scales edged with
black and flanked by very fine black and yellow striae ; fringe dark.

Underside dull grey brown ; costal area of forewing diffusedly ochreous ;
the snbapical hindmargin dark-brown ; the two submarginal spots white.

Face and palpi dark brown, ochreous beneath ; antennae ochreous, the shaft
narrowly grey above; vertex, thorax, and abdomen brown with grey dusting;
abdomen below ochreous ; legs ochreous and grey.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 ? from Trinidad.

Differs somewhat from the other species ; the hindmargin of forewing, after
the inflection below the shortly falcate apex, is strongly gibbons throughout ;
on the other hand the hindmargin of hindwing is nearly straiglit, the apical
angle rounded, the anal angle sharply rectangular ; the palpi are quite short.

11. Leuconotha persordida spec. nov.

Forewing : dull dirty grey ; all the veins blackish ; faint traces of a
smoky dark antemedian and postmedian shade ; fringe grey.

Jihulwiiig : similar, the veins equally dark ; cell-spot plainer.

Underside with the veins finer; a small black spot before margin of fore-
wing between veins 6 and 7.

Face, palpi, vertex, and anal tufts, wliite ; thorax and abdomen grey ;
shoulders and patagia sometimes (piite ]>alc.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

3 <Jc? from C'hnlnmani, Bolivia, 20UK m., December, beginning of wet
season (Simons).

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Lophotosoma gen. nov.

cJ. Forewing shaped as in Thj/xanocraspeda : hindwiiig- triangular, the
hindmargin nearly straight, irregularly waved, the abdominal margin swollen,
lobed and contorted beneath at anal angle, the hollow beneath lined with
rongh scales ; costal margin bisinuate.

Penultimate segment of abdomen armed with lateral tufts of hair, erect
and meeting above the dorsum. Neuration of Epiplenui.

Type : LopJiotosoma vstanalis spec. nov.

12. Lophotosoma ustanalis spec. nov.

Forewinq : lavender grey, speckled with black and sufl'nsed with darker gre
in places, and varied with vinous red streaks between the veins ; an oblique
red line from costa at one-third to median vein appears to form with an
inwardly oblique red line from two-thirds a costal triangle; in the dark grey
hiudmargin three short red streaks between the veins precede the excision ; and
there are traces of a series of dark spots forming a submarginal line, ending in
a dark grey patch at anal angle.

Hindwinq : ferruginous red, black-speckled; a central fascia witli darker
edges ; a black dot before hiudmargin between veins 3 and 4, and a black patch
at anal angle, as if it had been burned.

Underside of forewing reddish, streaked with black, the basal area blackish;
of hindwing grey, tinged with reddish towards apex only.

Face and palpi black ; vertex reddish ; thorax and abdomen grey; the
tui'ts on abdomen pale ochreous.

Expanse of wings : ^2 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., December I90l,
wet season (Ockenden).

The uniqne specimen is somewhat worn and the fringes are destroyed ;
but the lobed hiudwiug and pale abdominal tuft will serve to distinguish it.

Morphomima gen. nov.

Forewiiui : with costa curved throughout ; apex produced, subfalcate ;
hiudmargin oblique, with a faint bulge at middle.

Hindwing : with aj)ex squared ; hiudmargin straight to vein 4, slightly
toothed at veins 2, 3, 4, excised below 2 ; tiie inner margin short. Palpi
slender, porrect, reaching well in front of face ; antennae of S thick, with close
curved serrate teeth, as in Goelura.

Neuration: forewing, cell less than half of wing; discocellular obliijue
inwards; the subcostal and median veins inflexed towards end, the latter
strongly ; first and second median uervules short-stalked from the bend, third
from the upturned end ; 5 from just below upper angle of cell ; 6, 7 stalked
from the angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 free; hindwing of <? : cell very short,
the subcostal vein arched ; vein 7 before end, o from near upper end of the
oblique discocellular ; 3, 4, from the lower end of cell, 2 shortly before end.

Type : Morphomima fukitacta spec. nov.

Agrees with Coel/ini Warr. in structure of antennae and in character of
markings, and with Mdi'ab'i ^\'lk. in sliape of wings.

( 8 ;

lo. Morphomiina fulvitacta spei'. uov.

Indistinguishable from Coflnromima x/i/j/'asciata, except liy tiio i)reseiice of
some fulvous scaling below costa at tlie angulation of the outer line. The
difference in the antennal structure will separate it from snbfasciatn as well as
the contour of the hindwings, which is that of Si/M/ria.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 <J from Colombia.

Neodirades geu. uov.

Differs from Diiw/t's, the Old-World genus, in the foUowing points :— vein
11 of Ibrewing rises far back near base and anastomoses strongly with 12;
vein 5 from just above middle of discocellular ; vein 1 is swollen and bent near
base, with a small fovea below the bend in both sexes. In the hiudwing the
inner margin of the J is folded and furrowed, but lacks the pencil of iiairs.

Tyjie : yendir(i(li:-< spiirrnta s])ec. nov.

14. Neodirades spurcata sjicc. nov.

Forewing : greyish white, coarsely black-speckled ; a darker central fascia
with curved edges, twice as broad on costa as on inner margin, limited by a
paler, more whitish, area ; an interrupted blackish streak from apex to anal
angle ; a dark marginal line ; fringe dark.

Hiwhcinij : similar in ? ; in the S the whole wing above vein 5 is white,
crossed by a dark outer line ; the inner marginal lialf being mnch blacker.

Underside dark grey, paler in hindwing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish.

Expanse of wings : S 17 mm. ; ? 19 mm.

A pair from 8anto Domingo, Carabaya, !S.E. Pern, OOiiO ft., November 1001,
wet season (Ockenden).

Saccoploca gen. nov.

i. Fori'iriixj : ample, triangular; costa faintly curved, becoming strongly
convex at aj)ex ; apex dejiressed, minutely acute ; liindmiirgin long, incurved just
below apex, then slightly oblique and convex ; anal angle rounded ; inner margin
convex, about as long as outer margin. In the ? of the type-species the
hindmargin of forewing is excised between veins 4 and 7.

Uin<hnmj : with ai)ical angle rounded, anal angle rectangular ; inner margin
in S largely folded over underneath, concealing a mass of flocculent scales ; the
whole of the outer margin up to the fringes clad beneath with rough mealy scales ;
a semi-transparent fovea at base of cell. In the ? the hindwings are simple.
Palpi i)orrect, not reaching beyond face ; third segment slender, distinct ; antennae
subserratc, laterally flattened in the cj, lamellate in the ¥ ; tongue and frenulum
present.

Neuratiou : forewing, cell not half as long as wing ; discocellular vertical ;
first median at two-thirds, second at five-sixths ; vein 5 from upper angle of cell ;
6, 7 stalked from the same point ; 8, 9 stalked from two-thirds, Hi just before
them; 11 from one-third, bent up towards 12; hindwing with 3, 4, and 0, 7
stalked.

Tyj)e : Saccoploca eacisa spec. nov.

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15. Saccoploca consimilis spec. nov.

The S S ot this species are exceedingly like those of S. excixii, hut smaller;
the forewing is narrower, slightly more falcate, and the hindmargin more oblique
and sinuous ; the cross-lines finer on both wings ; the anal segment of tiie abdomen
is ochraceous, and on the underside the hindwiug is often ochraceous towards
the hindmargin. In the ? the hindmargin of forewing resembles that of the tj,
having no trace of excision ; the ochraceous tint of the nnderside is still more
noticeable than in e.vcisa.

Expanse of wings : c? 30 — 35 mm. ; ? 35 mm.

5 c?c?, 5 ? ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GOOO ft., November
and December I'.H)], wet season (Ockenden).

I'i. Saccoploca excisa spec. nov.

(J. Foreicinq : dark brownish purple, when fresh thickly dusted with fine
bluish white scales, which are densest along inner edge of central area,
towards the anal angle, and along the veins towards hindmargin ; lines deeper
purple ; first from one-fourth of costa, oblique outward, roundly bent in cell, then
jiarallel to hindmargin to inner margin at one-third, emitting sharp spurs
outwards on the folds ; outer line from three-fourth.s of costa to two-thirds of
inner margin, parallel throughout to hindmargin, but faintly bent outward on
the median vein, finely edged with a bluish white line ; an oblique purple
shade from just before apex to vein 4, then retracted towards margin and
becoming obsolete ; fringe purple.

Ilindicing : with costal region pale pinkish ochreous, the rest purjile-brown,
powdered with white scales towards anal angle, with the two lines running only
across the cell.

Underside dull cinereons, with transverse darker striae towards costa ; costal
area of forewing, especially towards apex, ochraceous ; fringe of hindwiug
ochraceous ; the rest of the rough hair grey ; scales within the fold ochraceous.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pnrple-brown.

The ? of this species has the hindmargin of the forewing excised between
veins 7 and 4, and in general appearance is much browner, less purple, than
the 3, the underside of both wings being bright ochraceous with dense brown
striations ; on the upperside the bluish white scales are denser towards the ends
of the veins and along the marginal line.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

T c?<?, 3 ? ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pom, OOiiO ft., November
and December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

Thysanocraspeda gen. nov.
This name is proposed for a group of South American Epiplcminac, of which
the 6 3 have a spreading pencil of hairs from the abdominal margin of the
hindwiug. At the base of the cell of the same wing is a small fovea-like
semi-transparent spot. The space between the median vein and vein 1 is com-
pressed, forming a furrow beneath. This furrow in most cases bears patches
of rough mealy scales. In the forewing the hindmargin is bluntly toothed at
veins 4 and 7, with a slight excision between; the hindwiug is strongly toothed
at vein 7, and very sliglitly toothed at vein 4. Nenration as in Epiplema.

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Type : Thi/sanocraspeda semicastanea spec, no v.

Kro.tin orhodontariii Siicll. iiiiist lie referivd here. The sironp seems largely
developed in .S.E. Peru.

IT. Thysanocraspeda g^eminipuncta spec. nov.

Fomrinq : pinkish brown, with a few blackish speckles; the central fascia
tinned with olive-brown ; its inner edge, dark brown, runs from one-third of
costa to one-third of inner margin, strongly but bluntly angled on the median
vein ; onter edge from two-thirds of costa is angled above the middle, then
incurved, ajiproaching the inner edge on the submedian fold, then again outcurved ;
both are marked above the .submedian vein by an oblong velvety black blotch,
and some smaller black spots below it ; a dark clond at anal angle ; a thick
velvety black line before the excision of forewing, with a black spot above it ;
fringe brown, marked with black at the base beyond the black line.

IliiidiiiKg : darker red-brown, the base and -inner margin to vein 2 piidiish
ochreons ; the central fascia darker, with its blackish edges rnnning through to
inner margin, each with a blackish spot on vein 2.

Underside of forewing duller red, with dark transverse striae and traces of
the lines : hindwing grey, reddish only along costal third ; the furrow, as in
T. sqiifimiplnga, containing an oval patch of rough ferruginous sc^alcs followed
by patches of rongh grey scales, which also cover vein 2 ; the tuft of hair on
inner margin yellow.

Face and palpi blackish ; verte.'c, thorax, and abdomen pinkish ochreons.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

3 cJc?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OOOU ft., November and
December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

18. Thysanocraspeda inornata spec. nov.

Foretcing : uniform dark grey, speckled with darker ; a brown lunulate mark
inwardly black-edged before the excision of hindmargin ; in the ? specimen there
are traces of a slightly darker central fascia, the outer edge of which is nearly
vertical and toothed on the median vein, and the inner edge curved; fringe grey,
darker along the excision. Anal angle with a patch of rongh scales which extend
linearly along the snbmedian vein and vein 2, which is deflected.

Ilinilwing : wholly dark grey.

Underside paler grey ; the furrow of hindwing and the space below vein 2
thickly beset with rough grey scales ; the tuft on inner margin pale yellow.
Face and palpi black ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen grey ; anal tuft of 6 whitish.

Expanse of wings : 2i) — 22 mm.

3 cJ (J, 1 ? , from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GOUii ft., November
1901, wet season (Ockenden).

!'■'. Thysanocraspeda semicastanea spec. nov.

Foretving : of the same size and shape as the next species, Th. squamiplaga,
bnt.with the ground colour brighter, more lilac-grey ; the markings paler chestnut,
nnt niixi'd with blackish scales; the central I'ascia more vertical, twice as broad

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in the narrowest part, the basal indentatii>a being' less j)roiiounce(l, anil the outer
edge nearly vertical or slightly bent on the median vein ; much less interrupted
l)y the ground colour towards costa; the marginal chestnut patch much larger ;
no bed of rough scales at the anal angle, but the space beyond central fascia
traversed throughout by a darker grey diffuse shade.

Ilindwing : as in s/jimniiplar/a, but the two teeth more strongly marked,
the lower one, at vein 4, with a black dot at its base ; the tuft of hair on
inner margin concolorous grey, not yellow ; the fringe grey to vi-in 2, above it
chestnut.

Underside dark grey, black-speckled, on the forewing tinged with reddish ;
the furrow of bindwing without abnormal scales, the cell with no basal fovea.
Head and palpi l)lack ; thorax and abdomen pale grey.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm. *

4 J'cf, 5 ? ?, from Santo Domingo, C'arabaya, S.E. Peru, November and
December 1901, wet season, 6000 ft. (Ockenden).

20. Thysanocraspeda squamiplaga spec. nov.

Fcireirinq : pale slaty grey, with a few blackish speckles ; the markings dark
chestnut ; central fascia broadest on costa, narrowest below the middle ; the inner
edge strongly incurved in middle, running from about cme-third of co.sta to one-
third of inner margin, the outer bluntly angled on veins 6 and 4, then concave ;
in the lower half of this fascia the chestnut is mixed with black, and in the
upper half more or less overrun by the grey of the ground colour ; a large rounded
chestnut patch on hiudmargin from vein G to 4, or below 4, with a small patch
above (J ; a small bed of rough, semi-erect, dark grey woolly hairs at anal angle ;
fringe chestnut.

Ilindwing : with basal area and inner margin, as far as median vein and
vein 2, grey, the rest dark chestnut ; the central baud slightly darker and mixed
with blackish, edged outwardly by a somewhat paler line, bent outwards at middle ;
fringe dark chestnut from apex to vein 2, then yellowish ; tuft of the inner margin
bright, yellow.

Underside dull grey, speckled with black ; the fringes reddish ; the furrow
between vein 1 and the submedian fold with a large oval patch of mealy, rust-
coloured scales, followed towards margin by rough mealy grey scales, which
also extend along the submedian fold itself.

Head and palpi black ; thorax and abdomen grey.

Expanse of wings : 25 mm.

2 c?t? from Santo Domingo, Oarabaya, S.E. Peru, November and December
1901, wet season (Ockenden).

Forewing bluntly angled at veins 4 and '7, with a shallow concavity between ;
hiudwing strongly toothed at vein 7, slightly at vein 4, the anal angle rounded ;
costa sinuous, the basal shoulder rough-haired ; the base of cell with a small
oval semihyaline spot. Antennae with close curved clavate teeth. The species
agrees in many points, especially in the yellow tuft of hiudwing, with E. ocho-
dontaria Snell. ; but as that writer makes no mention of the rough scales on
forewing above and hiudwing below, nor of the basal fovea, 1 am ol)liged to
consider it distinct.

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Family GEOMETEWAE.
SriiFAMiLY OENOCHROMINAE.

Entogonia gen. nov.

Foreicing : triangular ; cosfa nearly straight, dejjressed at apex ; hinilraargin
olili(|ue, hardly curved ; inner margin somewjiat convex.

Iliitihrinq : with rounded hindniargin : both angles well marked, tlie apical
rounded, the anal rectangular ; inner margin at two-hi'ths with an angular fringed
projection.

Abdomen (<?) short, not nearly reaching anal angle of hindwing ; antennae
ciliated ; palpi porrect, second segment thick, rough-scaled, terminal segment
small, depressed ; tongue present ; frenulum very fine ; hindtibiae dilated, with
a large pencil of hairs and four spurs.

Xeuration : forewing, cell half as long as wing ; discocellnlar slightly concave
outwards ; first median nervnie just beyond middle, second near before third ;
radials normal; T, 8, !i. 111 stalked from well before end of cell ; 11 out of 12,
anastomosing with 8, 0, 10 : hindwing, discocellnlar oblique, the radial from
the centre; costal approximating to subcostal shortly near base; veins 3 and 7
before angles of cell.

Type : Entogonia schistacea spec. nov.

21. Entogonia schistacea spec. uov.

Forewing : pale slate-colour ; the lines pale ; first very indistinct, from
one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, curved, plainer below middle ;
second at two-thirds, roundly bent outwards beyond cell, then jiarallel to hind-
margin ; a faint pale cell-spot ; a faint waved whitish submargiual line ; fringe
concolorons, with a very fine black basal line, thickened into dots between veins
towards apex.

Hindicing : with j'ostmedian and submargiual lines, both more distinct ;
the black basal fringe line preceded by a whitish line.

Underside paler, the markings faintly showing through : cell-sjiots dark,
indistinct.

Head and palpi dark brown ; thorax and abdomen like wings.

Expanse of wings : 3() mm.

1 t? from San Ernesto, Bolivia, lnOO m., August, iSeptember I'.Miii (Simons).

Leucoreas gen. nov.

Forewing: ample; costa slightly curved ; hiudmargin hardly oblique.

Hindwing : ample ; hiudmargin curved ; both angles prominent, rounded.

Antennae simple, snbserrate, pubescent ; palpi short and stout ; forehead
protuberant ; tongue and frenulum both well developed ; hindtibia with four
spurs.

Neuration : forewing, cell nearly half as long as wing ; discocellnlar oblique,
concave ; first median nervule just beyond middle, second at seven-eighths ; radials
normal ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked from the bend in subcostal ; 11 free, anastomosing with
12, 111 anastomosing witli ll.iind again willi S, '.) : hindwing, costal and subcostal

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approximating shortly, but not tonchiug near base, 7 from before end of cell ;
radial from centre of discocellnlar ; medians as in forewing ; inner margin between
vein 1 and the submedian fold containing a furrow lined with rows of hairs.
T}pe : Leucoreas rhodosticta spec. nov.

22. Leucoreas rhodosticta spec. nov.

FoiriciiKj : glossy white, with three straight pale brown bauds crossing the
wing ; first from one-third of costa to beyond middle of inner margin ; second from
about two-thirds of costa to three-fourths of inner margin ; third from five-sixths
of costa to just before anal angle ; fringe white.

Uindwiny : with two bands, median and submarginal, starting from vein 6,
and curving into inner margin above anal angle.

Underside of forewing with the two outer lines represented by rosy spots
on the veins, the inner faint, the outer with the spots large and distinct ; base
of cell and costal area tinged with rosy : hindwing with the outer line of spots
and the hairs of the fold on the inner margin rosy.

Collar, vertex, face, and the fore-femora deep rosy ; face below white ; palpi
dark fuscous ; foretibiae and -tarsi dark fuscous with the joints white ; thorax,
abdomen, and other legs white.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

2 (? tj from Chulumaui, Bolivia, 20(J0 m., January 19til, wet season (Simons).

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Garabaya, S.E. Peru, 6U(I(.) ft., January 1002,
wet season (Ockenden).

23. Pycnoneura turpis spec. nov.

Forewiny : dull iron-grey ; two transverse bauds dnll olive-brown, edged
on both sides by a whitish Innulate line, which in fresh specimens is probably
silvery ; the first near base, ontcurved ; the second at two-thirds, sinuous, incurved
beyond cell and again on the submedian fold ; the marginal area beyond it dull
bmwnisb, except at costa and on inner margin ; submarginal line indistinct,
whitish towards costa, darker below; fringe brown with base a little paler; a
round brownish discal spot.

Hindwing : with the second band central ; the apex only brownish ; the
submarginal line pale, but obscure, throughout.

Underside dull cinereous.

Head and palpi black-brown ; thorax and abdomen like wings ; abdomen below
pale brownish.

Exjianse of wings : 44 mm.

1 (? from San Ernesto, Bolivia, liJOO m., August — September 1900 (Simons).

This species, both as regards shape of wings and markings, might well be
identical with Layy/Ye f."* dentilineata Wlk. s.xvi. 1486 from Rio Janeiro, the type
of which, from the Fry Collection, should be in the Oxford Museum, but which
was not identified by Mr. Scliaus (cf. Pr. Z. S. IS'.IC. p. (Ud) ; but Walker says
that the antennae of liis insect are rather broadly pectinated, whereas the antennae
of the present species are shortly ciliated. It would seem that Walker had more
than one specimen before him, as he gives the expanse of wings 16 to 18 lines.

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SuHFAMii.Y MECOC'EKATINAE.

24. Phellinodes interrupta spec. nov.

Like P. hcdijlaria Gneu. ami conifera Warr., but the large white triangiilui-
spot broken up by the fnscous shading into a double costal flattened blotch and
a white blotch below it ; the costa from base whitish, becoming broadly white
at middle.

E.xpanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 ? from S. Javier, R. Cachabi, ICciiador (Flemmiug and Miketta).

25. Phellinodes obstructa spec. nov.

Tiiis sj)ecics is likewise closely related to I', hedylaria Guen., but the large
white triangular blotch is still further reduced than in P. interrupta, and forms
merely a flattened costal mark ; costal edge narrowly white, and forming a second
flattened whitish blotch in the middle of wing ; the outer margins of both wings
darker.

E.xpanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 S from Pambilar, Ecnador (Flemming and Miketta).

26. Phellinodes uniformis spec. nov.

Foreu-ing : brownish grey, rippled with darker ; the costal area of the same
tint thronghoilt as the rest of wing ; before the reddish brown apical area a crescent
of three small white spots, the middle one only slightly larger than the other
two, roughly lunate.

Iliiidu-ing : browidsh grey, with slight striation.

Underside like upper ; the a])ical area paler, especially externally.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like \vings.

Expanse of wangs : 42 mm.

1 S from 1{. Napo, E. Ecnador, February 19Ui) (Haensch *)

Subfamily CYLLOFODINAE.
27. Campylona contingens spec. nov.

Foreu-ing: rather deep yellow; the costa and apical half of wing lilack ;
the yellow basal area forming a triangle touching inner margin ; apical area
containing two yellow blotches ; the first elongate, just beyond middle, almost
touching costa and rounded before anal angle ; the second, seniilnnate, towards
apex, its ends equally distant from costa and hindmargin ; fringe black.

llindicing : yellow, with a broadish black marginal border from costa befoie
apex to anal angle, somewhat bulging in middle of wing.

Underside the same.

Face and palpi below yellow, above black ; vertex, shoulders, and patagia
black, with the centre of first and bases of the two last yellow ; abdomen yellow,
with black dorsal and fine lateral lines, all plain oidy towards anal extremity;
abdomen beneath and legs yellow ; forelegs fuscous in front.

Exjjanse of wings : 39 mm.

• The part of Ecuador east of the Amies is, on a map issued by the Peruvian Governmenl,
marked as belonging to Peru as far north as the Rio Yapura.

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1 ? from Coca, E. Ecuador, 260 lu., March 19(10 (Haenscli).

Differs from Cumjji/lona soUldcis Butler {Fkacochlacnci) iu not having the
inner margin of forewings black, herein agreeing with the type species hicolor
Moeschl.

28. Cyllopoda angustistriga spec. uov.

Differs from osiri» Cram., to which it is most nearly allied, in having the pale
blotch on inner margin of forewing, which usually reaches to the median vein,
reduced to a narrow streak, limited above by the submedian ; in the hindwing,
on the other hand, it is the dark border running from ape.x to anal angle which
is narrower than in os/'ris.

Expanse of wings : 36 mm.

1 ? from Chirimayo, S.E. Peru, 1000 lu., July I'JOl, dry season (Ockeuden),
ti/pe ; 1 (J from the river Slucuri, S.E. Peru, June 1901, dry season, 2500 ft.
(Ockenden).

29. Cyllopoda chibcha ab. cuneifera nov.

In this form of ddbcha Schaus, the marginal border of tlie hindwings, which
in typical specimens is simply notched at vein 2, is produced along that veiu
towards lower angle of cell as a sharp-pointed tooth.

1 $ from Sapncay, near Villa Rica, Paraguay, July 19o2 (Foster), tijpe ;
1 $ from Ynngas, Bolivia, November 1901, end of dry season, ]2(J0 m. (Simons).

3(t. Darna rubriplaga spec. nov.

Forewing : deep brown-black, the margins darker-scaled ; an elongated liright
red blotch beyond the cell, its upper edge curved but not ([uite touching the co<ta,
the lower edge straight, ending in a blunt point towards hindmargiu, rounded
basewards ; the space beneath it and below median vein paler brown; fringe
concolorous.

Hindwiiuj : with margins dark brown, the centre paler, containing an elongated
blotch of black scales.

Underside of forewing with the red patch rounder, reaching below vein 3 ;
the area below the median to vein 2 lustrous ; of hindwing grey-brown, darker
along the margins.

Head, thorax, and abdomen velvety blackish, the last with a lateral blue
sheen including the anal segment.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 <? from Rosario, St. Inez, E. Ecuador, 1250 m., April 1899 (Haensch).

31. Darna volitans sjicc. nov.

Fori'iciiH/ : velvety brown-black in the apical and inner-marginal areas, the
rest of the wing deep yellow ; the edge of the yellow area runs from three-fifths
of costa obliquely towards the end of vein 2, before which it is bluntly angled,
running basewards nearly to the origin of vein 1, then sinuous and more or less
parallel to costa to near the base of inner margin ; its costal margin is narrowly
black ; fringe black.

Hindwing : smoky black ; the costal half purplish grey and semidiaphanons,
containing an oval dull pink patch, in the centre of whicii lies an elongate jiatch
of brown scales.

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Underside as upjier : inner ninrijin of tbrowiiig jialc ami blurred ; the black
less deep and with u bluish tin^e.

Head and thorax deep black ; abdomen and legs dull black.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

4 (?(? from Chanchamayo, Pern, January to August I'.inl (Hoffmanns).

32. Ephialtias fornax ami ab. latimargo nov.

Lyces fornux Druce, Pr. Z. S. 1885. p. o2o. i. 32. fig. 11.

Of five e.xampies, apparently of this species, two are id from I'ai/.a, Ecuador,
dated January 1900, three are ? ? from Rosario, St. Inez, E. Ecuador, dated April
and November 189!(. These two Sd are as large as the ? ?, and differ as follows :
the oblii|ue yellow band in the forewing of the ? ? is straight with a slight
protuberance outwardly above its lower end ; in the c? S this baud is sinuous
and without the protuberance. In the hindwiug the black marginal border is
twice as wide as in the SS, and the j'ellow area in consecjuence twice as narrow ;
its inner edge is irregularly jagged in the cJc?, and evenly undulated in the ? ¥.
The antennae of the c? c? are pectinated. In his description of j'ornox, which
he referred to Lycea, the c? t? of which genus should have simple antennae, Druce
says that the ? ? are larger than the 3S (4.5 and 39 mm.), but that except
in point of size they are similar. If this be correct, the two S S from Baiza must
be at least an aberration, and may be a distinct species. At present they may
be left as ab. latimargo.

33. Euchontha commixta spec. nov.

Foreiviny : dark olive-brown ; the veins paler ; a dull partially scaled hyaline
blotch lying beyond cell and before the middle of wing between the subcostal and
median veins, traversed by the two swollen radials ; a small white spot before apex,
crossed by veins 6 and T ; fringe dark brown .

Hindwing : white, with a uniformly broad black marginal border ; the base
narrowly smoky grey.

Underside of forewing blacker; both white spots larger; the median one
reaching to base of wing ; costal area white at base ; hindwing as above.

Palpi black externally, white inside, the second joint yellow ; face white
at top and in middle, black between and below ; vertex black with a pale spot
behind ; thorax black with a white streak along middle ; jiatagia black with
an orange lateral spot at base ; abdomen cinereous, the basal segments whitish
on dorsum only ; abdomen below and legs internally white ; legs externally
blackish.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 (? from Ujiper Toro Uiver, La Merced, Peru, Augnst to September I9il(),
30UO m. (Simons).

34. Euchontha memor spec. nov.

Forewhiy : brown-black ; all the veins slightly paler ; a broad obli(juu white
fascia from subcostal vein before middle of wing to vein 1 before anal angle ; a
small white snbapical spot crossed by vein 7 ; fringe brown-black.

Hindwimj : dull olive grey-brown, the apex fuscous, the costal margin
whitish ; the veins pale.

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luidei'sido similar, but ])aler, especially in the hiiiilwing.

Palpi extenially black, internally whitish ; face white at middle with a black
liar above and below ; vertex and thorax blackish ; abdomen cinereous ; au orange
spot near base of forewing on patagia.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 d from (Jhanchamayci, January — August 1001 (Hoffmanns).

(tkxls Hemigymnodes W'arr., Xoi-. Zool. i. p. 377 (1894).

This genus, which seems most nearly allied to Tithraiistes, would be l)etter
placrd in the Ci/llojwdinaf than in the Orthostij'inaf. In the hiudwing the
costal and suiicostal veins anastomose near base at a point, and are not united,
as stated in the original description, by a bar. In tlie forewing veins 7, 8, 9
are stalked from close to end of cell, 10 and 11 are stalked also, and 10 anastomoses
with 7, 8, 9. The antennae are subserrate, with short fascicles of curled cilia.

Josia erectistria spec. uov.

Fariuciiu/ : velvety brown-black, with an elongated broad yellow streak from
base of inner margin, parallel to costa throughout, and ending its own width
where widest before hindmargin ; slightly constricted before end in the ?, much
narrowed and ending in a blunt point directed towards apex in the <S, so that the
costal margin ajipears much broader ; fringe brown.

Himhciiii/ : yellow, with the costa narrowly and the hindmargin more broadly
black, especially in the (?.

Underside similar, the edges of the yellow markings more concise ; in the ?
the costal vein of hindwing is marked with brown scales ; in the c? the subcostal
vein bears a black blotch at its end, and vein 7 is blackish.
Head, thorax, and abdomen brown-black.
Expanse of wings : c? 46 mm., ? 52 mm.

3??,2(?(J:2?? from Bafios, E. Ecuador, September 1899, t)/i>e ; the 2 c?c?
and the other ? from Balzapamba, E. Ecuador, 750 m., March 1899 (Haensch).

Allied to .7. ahiata Druce. In the <S the forewing has no distinct anal angle,
the inner margin being convex, and forming one curve with the hindmargin ;
the hindwing has the costa strongly arched, and the apex bluntly pointed instead
of well rounded as in the ¥ .

36. Josia longistria spec. nov.

Fiiirwim/ : brown-black, with an elongated central yellow stripe, starting at
base from between snbmedian vein and subcostal, widening slightly to end of
cell, where it is notched and narrowed, and ^ending in a point on vein 4 well
before hindmargin ; fringe grey-brown.

Ilinthring : yellow, with the custa and hindmargin narrowly black, broader
towards apex and before anal angle.

Underside like upper.

Head and thorax brown-black : abdomen paler, cinereous.

Exj)anse of wings : 44 mm.

I ? from Baiza, E. Ecuador, January 1900 (Haensch).

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37. Josia vulturata sijec. ikiv.

Forewing : browu-black, with u hirgo orauge blotcli in sliajie somethiiii;- like
the head of a vultnre, bounded above from near base to middle by the costal
vein, whence the outside edge rnns somewhat jagged obliquely outwards to
two-thirds of vein 2, where it is shortly curved downwards, forming a beak,
and then rurves inwards to base of median vein ; tlic subcostal vein shortly
brown at base.

Jlimlviiui : blacker: the orange area confined t(i a small blotch close to base
between inner margin and median vein, running out ahmg the latter for one-third
of wing.

Underside simihir, Imt the space lieiow the orange Jiatcii on forewing shot
with deej) i>uri)le.

Head, thorax, abdomen, legs, and antennae all black.

In the ? the orange patch of forewing is larger in every way ; starting from
beyond middle of costa, curving at vein 3, and running inwards iarther from
the median, and in the hindwing running to the end of cell, of which it tills
n]i the lower half

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

1 S Upper River Toro, La Merced, Pern, August, September l',»()l, 30fJ0 m.
(Simons), t>/pe; 1 (f, 1 ?, C'hanchamayo, Jannarv — August lOol (Hoffmanns).
In the orange marking of forewing it is a remarkable mimic of Dnnid volitans
from the same locality.

3s. Phaeochlaena bialbifera spec. nov.

Forocing : black-brown; the veins yellow; a broad white band from before
middle of custa to vein 1 a little before anal angle ; a small yellow spot close
before hindmargin above vein 5 ; fringe black. In the 6 the band is only half
as wide, much constricted on the subcostal vein, and reaches submedian fold
only, and the yellow dot is hardly shown.

Hind wing: with the centre white, rounded at extremity towards middle nf
hindmargin and at base embracing two-thirds of costa : the margins black, the
inner broadest, the hindmargin at middle narrowest.

Underside like upper ; base of forewing streaked with white, the hindwing
with the wliole inner margin white.

Face and paljii black above, white beneath ; shoulders and palagia black,
varied with yellowish at their base ; abdomen dark ciiirreous almve, white below.

Expanse of wings : 3U mm.

It?,]?, from Hosario, St. Inez, E. Ecuador, I'J.JD m., November IMJI)
(Haensch).

30. Polypoetes picaria spec. nov.

Forewing : black, all tlie veins yellowish ; longitudinal semiliyaline white
streaks in basal half of cell and below median vein, tliis latter reaching beyond
half the length of wing and sharply bilobed at e.xtremity ; a subquadrate blotch
beyond cell, its outside edge curved, and a small spot before apex, both white ;
the s]iace beyond each of the longitudinal streaks and all the margins deeper
black.

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llhirlwitig : smoky blackish, the liiiidraargin deep black; an oblong white
blotch beyond cell preceding the dark marginal border ; fringe, as on forewing,
black.

Underside the same, bnt the white blotches dnller ; in the hindwing the
smoky black of the npperside is smoky white.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black, abdomen whitish beneath ; basal joint of
palpi and front edge of patagia bright orange.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

2 SS, \ ?, from Marcapata, E. Pern, 10,800 ft. (Ockeuden).

4H. Scea semifulva spec. nov.

Forewiiu/ : dull orange in basal half, dusted with very tine narrow dark
scales ; costa, inner margin, veins, and outer half of wing purplish grey.

Tlimlwing : uniform pur])lish-grey ; fringes of both wings concolorous.

Underside similar, but the veins not dark.

Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs, all purplish grey.

Expanse of wings : 39 mm.

2 ? ¥ from Guaranda, E. Ecuador, May J.sOO (Haensch).

Nearest to cleonica Drnce, from which it is distinguished by the purplish
grey coloration, which reaches to middle of costa and to two-thirds of inner marsrin.

41. Stenoplastis spumata sjiec. mi v.

Like S. auranticu Druce, but with an aggregation of white sc.iles beyond
cell and along submedian fold, hardly forming a spot or blotch.

The hindmargin of hindwing from apex to middle straight, and appearing
bluntly angled at vein 4.

1 c? from Chulumaui, Bolivia, 2000 m., January 1001, wet season (Simons).

This seems to be a form intermediate between aarantica Druce and ciiiguUna
Urnce.

Subfamily GEOMETRINAE.
42. Aplodes punctata spec. nov.

Forewing: pale yellowish green, with the fringe green; the lines marked
by white dots on the veins ; first at one-fourth, the second at five-sixths; no
cell-spot.

Hindwing: the same, but with a slightly darker green cell-sjjot.

Underside pale whitish green, the forewing flushed with jiale yellowish rufous.

Face and palpi reddish brown; vertex and shaft of antennae white; thorax
and abdomen pale green.

Expanse of wings : 2o mm.

2 t?c? from U])per Park, Jamaica.

Hindwing broad, the hindmargin rounded, but with a slight bend, not an
angle, in the middle ; frenulum very small and fine.

The second of these two exarajtles is grey or green, with the lines faintly
paler between the dots, and edged conversely with deeper greeu. These insects
were labelled ^V. paularia Moeschl., but Moeschler, in his description of his
im-ect, says the wings are green without any markings, and the head green.

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4:i. Comibaena flavidisca sjilt. nov.

Forewinq : deep frrceii abuve tlic nunliaii and vein ;i, below these smoky
lirick-rod, dusted with lilackish, and with traces of hUick markings ; these are a
small blotch at base, a thick line at one-tiiird, concave inwards, a similar line
at two-thirds, concave ontwards and emitting outwards two strong teeth, and a
blotch at anal angle ; cell-spot fine, blackish ; fringe with basal half deep green,
apical half jialer, from anal angle to vein 3 blackish ; a black dash at apex.

lliiKhcimi : pale golden yellow; the base brick-red witli an outwardly
concave dark edge ; just before middle a velvety black dentate-lnnulate line,
joined to basal patch liy dark scales along the veins and below the median edged
with brick-red scales; a strongly dentate ]iostmeiliau line followed by a jiale
snnfl'-coloured belt, and below the median also preceded by a smoky brick-red
cloud; marginal bonier blackish mixed with vinous red scales; fringe blackish
with jiale apices.

Underside of forewing like upper, but the green paler, the custal edge fusnous ;
inner marsjin grey and black, without any red scales : hindwing smoky white
with greenish black marginal border, the markings of upperside showing through ;
fringe as above.

Paljii ochreous ; face and vertex snow-white ; collar yelloiv (perhaps faded) ;
jiatagia green ; thorax and abdomen yellow ochreous ; forelegs whitish, fuscous
in front.

Expanse of wings : 'Z~t mm.

3 c?<? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, .S.E. I'cru, (iiioii ft., Novi'mber and
December lliOl, wet season (Ockenden).

Manifestly allied to Icpidarin Moesclil. I'rom Surinam and subxcri/jfa Warr.
from Venezuela, with each of which it agrees in certain points ; the white black-
bordered underside of hindwing will serve at once to distinguish it.

44. Drucia latimargo spec. nov.

Forewing: very ])ale green, serai-transparent; ochreous along costa, with the
costal edge brownish; a small dark cell-sjiot ; iiindmargin red-brown (pale red
with dark brown striae becoming conflueut) ; the markings as in asmurci Driice,
bnt exaggerated, much broader throughout, the green sinus in middle narrower
and not approximating to hindmargin, the blotch at anal augle reaching nearly
to middle of inner margin and tnuching lower angle of cell : fringe yellowish,
mottled with red.

llirubriw/ : with hindmargin >iniilarl\ broadened, the red-lmiwu edged with
yellow, and the narrow sinus wholly yellow.

Underside whitish green, with blurred red bhitclies.

Face and palpi dull red ; vertex, thorax, and patagia green ; abdomen red-
brown, with shining dorsal crests.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 6 from Santo Hoiningo, t'arabaya, S.l'>. Peru, December I'.tol, wet season
(Uckcnden),

4o. Gelasma stigmatica sjx'c. nov.
Forewing: dull grey-green; two waved darkei' lines, the first from one-fourth
of costa to one-thiid of inner margin, the outer at three-fourths ])rojecting on

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veins 3 and 4, then incurved ; si>ace between tlie lines darker green, especially
towards the lines, which are outwardly edged with paler ; costa strigulated with
black-brown ; a black-brown lunulate marginal line ; fringe green ; cell-spot very
large, black-brown.

Ilindwinq : similar: the cell-spot still larger, elongate.

Underside pale green with the eell-spot showing Ihrougli.

Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; verte.\ white.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

Several i$ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, (lono ft., May 19U2,
dry season (( Jckenden).

Hyalorrhoe gen. nov.

Allied to ProIii/JatK Schaus, the costal vein of hindwing not anastomosing
with subcostal, except at a point.

Foreu'ing : with hindmargiu obliipie, faintly curved.

Hindwing : with liindraargin strongly crenulate, with a deeper sinns between
veins 4 and 0.

Antennae of S bipectinate : of ? thickened, with short, close, clavate teeth;
palpi slender, porrect, the terminal segment bent downwards, in ? very long,
longer than second segment.

Tongue and frenulum invisible.

Neuration : forewing, cell more than half as long as wing ; discocellular
concave ; first median nervule at five-eighths, second at seven-eighths, where the
median is iubent ; vein 5 from above middle of discocellular ; Ti stalked with
7, ID, s, 1) ; 11 anastomosing strongly with VI ; hindwing, costal touching subcostal
at a point ; 6, 7 long-stalked.

Type : Ilyalorrhoi} stiginatica spec. nov.

Hi/data malina Butler also belongs here.

46. Hyalorrhoe stigmatica spec. nov.

Forewing : very pale whitish green, with the costa, lines, and cell-spot darker ;
basal line thick, waved ; antemedian, postmediau, and submarginal all wavy and
dentate ; cell-spot very much darker and large ; fringe pale green.

Ilindwivjj : with antemedian line and a small dark cell-spot ; the rest as in
forewing.

Underside whitish, with the darker markings, especially tlie cell-spot of
forewing, showing through.

Thorax, face, and abdomen jiale green ; vertex and shaft of antennae white.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

1 ¥ from Costa Rica, I.'iiiO m. (Marc de Mathan).

47. Lissochlora flavilimes spec. nov.

Forewing : apple-green ; the costa finely pale ; fringe lemon-yellow, with a
marginal band of lemon-yellow of the same width as the fringe, the limit of the
gieen area marked with a few reddish scales towards anal angle ; a pink spot
at apex.

Hindwing: the same, but without any pink apical siiot ; tlie green area
distinctly edged with purplish.

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Umlei'sido very ]ialo whitish green, tlie forewiiiir witli u riuldy tinge.

Face ami ]iiil])i whitish green, edged with reddish ; verti'x and Irase ol'
antennae snow-white : a tine red line between antennae : tliorax and alidmuen
grecnisii, forelegs reddish in front.

Kxpanse of wings : I'J mm.

1 S from Sauto Domingo, C'arabaya, ^.E. Peru, OOiitj ft., November I'-tii],
wet season (Ockendeu).

A mtich-worii ?, apparently of this species, from the same locality, in
31. Uognin's collection, expands 30 mm., and has a distinct dark cell-spot in
each wing.

Lophochorista gen. uov.

Foreiciiig : costa straight, becoming convex towards ajiex, which is bhint
and rectangular ; liindmargiu bent at vein 4.

IlinduiiKj : with Lindmargin crenulate, and more deeply sinuate between
veins 4 and (i, which end in more prominent teeth.

Antennae of S bipectinate for two-thirds, the outer series of pectinations
twice the length of the inner; palpi porrect, bnt (juite short, not reaching in front
of face ; tongue weak ; frenulum present ; hindtibia flattened, and fringed, with
two spurs.

Neuration : forewing, cell nearly half as long as wing ; discocellular sinuous,
vertical above, then incurved and oblique below; tirst median at three-fourths,
second and third together from lower end of cell ; 5 from above the middle of
discocellular ; 0 stalked with 10, 7, 8, 9 ; 11 free : hindwiug, costal and sub-
costal anastomosing along second fourth of cell ; •>, 7 long stalked ; first median
at four-fifths.

Thorax and abdomen rough-scaled ; metathorax thickly tufted : first four
dorsal segments with rough curled tufts. Scaling fine and sparse : wings
semi-transparent.

Type : Lophochorixtu calliope Druce (Bac/ieosjjila).

Allied to Jli/ilafa ; distinguished by the crests of dorsum.

4s. MelocHora intermedia spec. nov.

Agrees with M. trimacidatu Warr. in having the lines deep green, not brown,
as iu M. neis Driice ; the bluisli lustre before the first line and after the second
and along the inner margin is also present; fringe with a black spot at apex ;
but the hindwing is wholly without thejthree black spots of trimactilntd ; on the
underside, the dark clouding is like that of .1/. nci« Druce rather than that of
trimaculata -j'^ihe submarginal and iunermarginal black shades coalescing into a
rectangular blotch, and the hindwing being crossed by two broad distinct dark
bands ; the green of the hindwing is much paler, while the forewing is brighter.

Expanse of wings : 13!* mm.

1 <S . Peru. The angulation iu the middle of the hindmargin of forewing is
very slight ;, herein also it agrees better with //i>i.s than triindciildtn.

4'.). Miantonota decorata spec. nov.
Forewing: dull green ; costa paler, the costal edge narrowly white, shortly
underlined with reddish at base and before apex ; lines whitish, very fine and
slender; first from one-fifth of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, angled on

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nKMliaii vein ; second from one-tliinl of costa to three-fifths of inner margin,
ncarh- parallel to hindmargin ; botli lines faint below costa, slightl\- waved
towards inner margin, sometimes with faint teeth at the veins ; a broad deep
jiink marginal line, interrn|)te(l by pule sjiots at the ends of the veins ; fringe
yellowish, with distinct fan-shaped checpierings of pink beyond veins ; eell-spot
small and dark.

Ilindwing : with both lines curved, the outer distinctly \m\t in miildle ;
cell-spot minute ; fringe and marginal line as in forewing.

Underside paler green; costa of forewing yellow; the pink and yellow tints
of the margin duller.

Face and palpi tinged with reddish ; face with a white lateral spot on each
side at middle ; vertex and fillet wliite, the vertex behind with a fine red line ;
antennae white with a reddish tinge : shonlders, patagia, and thorax green, like
wings ; abdomen like face, ochreous strongly rufons-tinged, the segments deeper
rufous in front and at sides, the basal segments therefore with obscure paler
triangular blotches ; forelegs reddish in front.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 S from Hnatnxco, Vera (.!ruz.

5ii. Neocrasis heterograpta spec. nov.

Forewinq : apple-green, passing into yellow-green before a dull chocolate-
brown marginal shade ; inner and outer lines very tine, white ; the inner curved
from one-fifth of costa to one-third of inner margin, the outer from two-thirds of
eosta, bent on vein 0, then obli(iuely sinuous inwards to three-fifths of inner
margin, api)roxiniating to inner line ; the inc'luded space below the median vein
filled up with white scales ; marginal line chocolate-brown, preceded below middle
by an asliy brown shade ; fringe with basal half brown, outer half white, spotted
witii brown beyond veins 7, 4, and IS.

Ilinihriixi : similar; the space between the two white lines narrower at costa
and filled with white scales in costal third only ; veins 5, 6, and 7 narrowly white ;
marginal line preceded by the ashy brown shade throughout the wing.

Underside whitish, only the costal half of forewing being green ; fringe as
above, preceded by a slight cloud only in upper half of each wing, below the
middle by indistinct lunules.

Face, palpi, vertex, and antennae dull reddish, face and palpi below ochreous ;
shonlders and i)atagia bright green ; thorax and abdomen yellowish green passing
into ochreous ; the second and fifth segments of iibdomen marked witli ashy brown.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

2 (Jc? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.K. Pern, GOoil ft., November I'.kH,
wet season (Ockenden).

The character of the markings and scaling is decidedly difterent from that of
N. obscurata Warr., the type of the genus, and vein 6 of hindwings is toothed ;
but it may be referred here for the present.

Neonemoria gen. nov

Forewing : elongate ; costa straight, becoming convex only before apex, which
is produced but depressed ; hindniargin oliliijue, hardly curved.
Ilindunny : with well nmnded hiiidniurgin.

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Anteuiiiic (J) siibsorralc, ciliated, the scgmoiits witli aiigiihir edges: iial]ii
jwrrect, short, not reacliing beyond face, tliird segment small; tongne and iicnnlnni
jireseiit ; liindtibia (if cT dilated, witli jiencil of luiii-s iiilei-iially and a jimccss
externally, withont s|iiirs.

Xenration : forewing, cell half as long as wing ; discocellnlar nearly vertical,
somewhat more obliiiue below ; first median nervnie at two-thirds, secmid at
eleven-twelfths, where the median vein is inflected : lower radial froju ii little
above middle of discocellnlar ; nj)|)er from upper angle of cell, the subcostal vein
deflected from the origin of veins 7, s, '.) ; li) close before them, 11 atone-half:
Iti anastomosing with 11 and again with S, 1), forming a long double areole ;
hindwing, costal merely tnnching snlicostal near base ; (i ami 7 stalked ; the rest
as in forewings.

Type : Hironi'iiioria /duna spec. nov.

I cannot fairly refer this sjiecies to any existing geiuis.

•"il. Neonemoria plana spec. nov.

I'oreirinif : very pale green (jierhaps faded); fringe coneolorons.

Ilindwing : the same : no markings on either wing.

Underside yellower : the costa of forewing broadly rosy to apex.

Face and palpi losy above, ]iale green below: vertex white; i-i>llar red;
thorax and abdomen coneolorons with wings ; antennae reddish beneath ; I'ondegs
reddish iu front.

Expanse of wings : 2'Z mm.

1 c? from r'himate, Bolivia, September lOoil (Simons).

5~'. Oospila atroviridis sjiec. nov

Forewing: semi-transparent grass-green: the costa narrowly black-brown:
cell-spot obli(piely oval, black-brown, on the lower half of discocellnlar ; a broad
black-brown marginal border, round-edged between the veins, starting from vein 7,
narrowed between veins 3 and 4, and enclosing there on liindmargia a green
lunnle; marginal line black-brown; fringe rather jjaler, bnt dark beyond the
veins ; the dark margin is very finely overlaid with jiale scales.

Ilindwimj : with the marginal border not so broad, and from almvi' vein 4
to below vein 15 obsolete : a small black-brown cell-spot at lower end of disco,
cellular, and a whitish raised one at u])per end ; fringe as in forewing.

Underside opalescent whitish green, the forewing tinged with dull I'osy ;
the black margin with diffnse edges ; cell-spots black.

l'"ace, ])alpi, antennae, and legs dull vinous red ; vertex, thorax, and ]iatagia
green; abdomen black and vinous, with three metallic-tinLicd raised crests;
abdomen beneath yellowish, tinged with red.

Expanse of wings : 3.') mm.

1 (J from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (liiiio ft., December I'lOl,
wet season (Ockenden).

Paraplodes gen. nov.

Forewing : narrower and more elongate than in Ajilailen ; costa curved
throughout ; hindmargin obliquely curved.

Ilindwing : narrow; hindmargin curved : inner margin long ; anal angle well
marked ; a])ical angle rounded.

Aiiteiiuae (?) broken, but tliickcued at base; palpi loiii;', as in S'/i/c/ilora, tlie
third segment snbspatnlate, as long as second ; no tongue or i'renuluiD visible ; legs
long and slender ; hindtibae with terminal spurs only.

Neiiration : forewing, cell half as long as wing: discooellular vertical above,
oliliqne below; first median ncrvulo at two-thirds, second at eight-ninths, the
median nervnle thence inflected; lower radial above middle of discocellular ;
njijier from ujijier end of cell ; 7, ll>, 0, S, long-stalked from end of cell ; 11
anastomosing with 12 ; hindwing, costal anastomosing strongly with subcostal
throughout the middle half of cell ; ('>, 7 on very long stalk ; first median at
three-fourths, second at eleven-twelfths.

Type : Paraplodes aurata spec. nov.

The genus agrees with AploJca and Si/ncldoni in the anastomosis of tlie
costal and subcostal of hindwings, but differs in ncnration and the sjiurs of
the hindtibiae.

The type species is without markings of any kind.

5:?. Paraplodes aurata spec. nov.

Forciriiiii : yellowish green, without any markings, fringe coucolonms.
lliiKhciiKj : the same.
Underside similar.

Face, palpi, verte.x, thora.x, and alidomen concolnrous ; fillet and base of
antennae snow-white.

Expanse of wings : 10 mm.

1 ? from Pambilar, Ecuador (Flemmiug & Miketta).

o4. Racheospila dependens spec. nov.

Fiirewiiiii : pale green ; the markings dull brown-red ; costal streak broad,
with lower edge diffuse, costal edge from near base to before apex snow-white ;
cell-spot large, oval, joined to the costal streak ; a slight projection before it
and a tooth at three-fourths indicate the commencement of two faint dentate
cross-lines, slightly paler than the ground colour and edged narrowly with
deeper ; marginal border formed of contiguous lunules with well-detined edge,
that at anal angle swollen into a blotch; fringe rufous, darker beyond veins.

Hindwing : with large cell-spot and marginal border swollen snbapically;
the two transverse lines distinct, the inner margin marked diffusedly with red
lictween them.

Underside pale green, with all red markings less defined ; base of fringe
greenish.

Palpi externally and ujjjier half of face bright red, lower half of face green
(or green mixed witli red) ; vertex and antennae white ; collar red ; shoulders
and patagia green ; thorax and abdomen red, the latter with three white ilorsal
spots.

Expanse of wings : J, 22 mm. ; ?, 2r, mm.

1 <?, 2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (iiiiiii ft., November,
December liMJl, wet season (Ockentlen).

Distinguished from leucoceniria Snell. by the absence of any yellow edging,
by the large cell-spots, and in p;irticid;ir by the absence of the hirge white
metathoraeic blotc^h.

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55. Racheospila molliculata s])cc. iiov.

Forewiiig : semi-tianspareiit, pale dull green, wiih all markings dark or
liright red — viz., the costa, cell-spot, two cross-lines, and the marginal line; the
lines marked by vein-spots, being the teeth of the denticnlate lines; cell-s]Mit
large; iVinge whitish.

lliniltcing : the same.

Underside glossy pale green; cell-spot, outer and marginal lines, and base of
costa ferruginons.

Face and paljii reddish above, paler beneath ; vertex white ; collar reddish ;
thorax green; abdojuen with the dorsum reddish, a large white spot on the
second and fourth segments ; antennae reddish-tinged.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

'66 from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, (iiioil ft., January 11HI2,
wet season (Ockenden).

Nearest to R. jnirpiu-eoviridis Warr., but the wings are still more transparent,
and the markings rust-eoloured instead of violet.

50. Racheospila promontoria spec. nov.

ForeiL'i iiq : bright green: the marginal blotches flesh-colnnr, edgeil with red-
brown ; a large semicircular a]iical blotch nearly reaching vein 4, containing
some brown dashes and speckles ; a large irregular blotch at anal angle, narrow
from vein 3 to 2, reaching along inner margin to middle and truncated on median
vein between veins 2 and 3, contiguous to a large oval grey-brown discal spot ;
on the inner margin the centre of this blotch is separated from the outside
portions by brown curved shades, the inner being the termination of the second line ;
inner line close to base and outer line at two-thirds, darker green, dentate-luunlate,
indistinct, but each marked below costa by some red-brown scales ; costa 2*le
yellowish, the edge white ; marginal line red-brown, subcrenulate ; fringe
tlesh-colour.

llimliring : with the apical blotch sinuous, reaching from middle of costa
nearly to vein 4 ; the anal blotch tlatter above, being limited by vein 2, not
touching the discal spot, which is smaller, and continued as a narrow dark-
brown shade along inner margin to base, where there is a brown spot ; fringe
and marginal line as in forewing.

Underside whitish green, with only the ajiical blotches marked, tliat of the
ffirewing distinct, broadly red-brown, whitish towards a[iex only, that of the hind-
wing in<listinet ; cell-spot of ftiruwing brown ; costa yellowish.

Face, palpi, and front of forelegs dark brown; vertex and shaft of antennae
white ; collar and shoulders yellowish ; patagia green ; thorax and abdomen flesh-
colour; the latter with white jiatihes on second and fourth segments, and smaller
jiale marks on third and fifth ; abdomen beneath, legs, and pectus whitish.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

4 c?cJ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 8.E. Pern. <iiiii() ft., December litol,
wet season (Ockenden).

The paljii are somewhat abnormal, being roughly and thickly scaled, and
short, the basal segment white beneath, the tlurd hidden in the hairy scales of the
second, which arc red-brown.

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•")7. Tachyphyle subaurata spec. iiov.

Fon'icinci : dull olive-grceii, the costal t'd.i^'e bej'oud middle bluish white:
a very obscure darker green curved line from one-fourth of costa to one-third
of inner margin : a straight oblique line from three-fourths of inner margin
towards apex, outwardlj- edged with bluish ; fringe whitish green, with a dark-
dash at apex ; cell-spot small, black.

llindwing : with the obli(jne line continued across wing a little lievoiid
middle ; cell-spot black ; fringe whitish green.

Underside paler green, the cell and subcostal area bevond deep yellow, the
veins beyond cell also yellow : hindwing with a dark Idotch from lower end of
cell to vein 1.

Face, vertex, and palpi white, sides of face aud tips of palpi with reddish
scales ; thorax and patagia green ; abdomen yellowish.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

'I Si from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (iiMlU ft., December I'.iiil,
•launary 1902, wet season (Ockendeu).

Distingnislied from its allies by the markings of the underside.

Subfamily STERRHINAE.
58. Anisodes aurantiata spec. nov.

Foreicing : deep yellow, with orange-red speckles and striae, becoming con-
fluent in places; basal and outer line marked by black dots on veins; the first
near base, marked by dots on the folds as well as the veins ; the outer from
four-fifths of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, curved i>arallel to hind-
margin, the dots on the folds displaced somewhat basewards ; cell-spot minute,
snow-white, in a black ring; median shade thick and diffuse, formed of densely
aggregated orange-red scales, and traversed by a fine dark grey zigzag line,
sinuous, from three-fifths of costa to middle of inner margin ; submargiual line
indicated by a deeper sliade of orange-red preceding it, darker, being mixed with
blackish scales, beyond cell and between veins 2 aud 3; a row of distinct black
marginal spots ; fringe deep yellow, spotted with orange-red.

lliiulinng: like forewing ; the cell-spot darker, with grey centre.

Underside yellow, with the speckling and lines dull red.

Head, tliorax, and abdomen deep yellow varied with orange-red ; abdomen
below aud legs yellowish ochreous ; hindtibia with a yellow tuft of hairs from base,
and with terminaJl spurs only.

Exjianse of wings : 31 mm.

2 c?(?, 2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Caraijaya, S.E. Peru, OoiM) ft., Novemlier
lOiil, wet season (Ockenden).

A brighter aud gayer insect than usual in the genus. The ¥ shows less
of the yellow ground colour, being more thickly striated with orange-red, anil
in one case suft'used with Iirown.

f>'i. Anisodes bipunctata^siiec. nov.

Closely allied to A. nehaliijin-n JJutler from the Amazons, but without any

distinct dark cloud ou tbe bindmargin of the wings, the forewing, however,

being well marked, with the two black spots which in nehiiligera precede the

marginal cloud ; (he hindwing is likewise devoid of the large grey shade from

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the base to beyond tliu luitldle of wing-; cell-spots of both wings transversely
linear ; ochreous, dark-edged inwardly on forewiug ; silvery white, dark-edged
ontwanlly on hindwiiig.

Face, lialj)i, and vertex dull brown above, paler belnw ; thorax anil basal
segments of abdomen fiiscons reddish ; rest of abdomen paler grey.

ITindtibiae of S with a single median and two terminal spnrs.

lv\])anse of wings : 3o mm. ; nfljidii/era Butler is rather larger.

1 c?, 1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 8.E. Peru, 'iniiii ff., November,
December lOiiI, wet season (Ockemlen).

"0. Anisodes flavidiscata spec. nov.

FnmriiKj : dark brownish tawii-culour, striated and tinged with darker, with
almost identical markings with (ilbijuipillntd Warr. ; liut tiie large wliite cell-spot
is black-edged.

llimhviiig : cell-spot wiiite, black-edged, with a disc of pale yellow raised
scales surrounded externally by a crescent of black scales.

Underside rosy, ])aler in the hiudwing, with the lines and eell-sj)ots showing
through.

Face and ])alpi dull reddish; tillet narrowly whitish: vertex, tiiorax, and
abdomen like wings ; abdomen laterally and beneath ]iale.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 i from Hnatuxco, Vera Cruz, tifpe.

1 ¥ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OOoiJ ft., November 10(Jl,
wet season (Oekenden).

The ? is somewhat redder above and greyer beneath.

111. Auisodes hieroglypMca spec. nov.

Foieiving : yellowish straw-colour, finely dusted with dark scales ; the
markings fine and concise, purplish black ; the costa to near middle, a straight
oblique line from three-fourths of costa to middle of inner margin, a slender
outcurvcd line from costa jnst beyond it, a curved line on discocellular, vein 4
tlironghont, and the inner halves of veins •"> and 6, all purjilish black ; the
discocellular beyond the black line and the centre of the streak at base of
vein 4 are filled with lilac-grey scales ; beyond the curved outer line are two
short spurs, one below the other above vein 4 ; below the median this outer
line is marked only by dark vein-points, like the inner line, which starts from
a small projection half-way beneath the costal streak ; marginal points very
minute ; fringe concolorous, except where cut by the purple line above vein 4.

llindiriiiy : in the main similar, but the oblii[ue line of forewing is sharply
angled outward on vein 5 and then passes, as it were, beneath the lines on
vein 4 to middle of inner margin, an extra spur being thrown off from bottom
of discocellular to one-fourth of inner margin ; a short purplish streak at base ;
the streak on vein 4 forks before margin, and then runs out crescent-shaped
on each side of the deep excision beyond cell into the fringe.

Cnderside speckled with j)nr]}le; the cell-si)0ts, the dots of the outer and
marginal lines and the purple spots in fringe shown in both wings ; the
forewing also has a streak above vein 4 and the upper half of the oblique
line purple, and the base of cell spotted with rosy purple.

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Head, thorax, and abilomcn straw-colour ; ]ial[u above and externally reildish ;
top of head dark ; a ring behind vertex, centre of thorax, base of patag'ia, a lateral
line on thorax, and a line across base of metathorax pnrple ; abdomen beneath and
legs straw-colour ; antennae straw-colour, the shaft dotted with red.

Expanse of wings : 30 min.

I (i from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6ihmi ft., May I'.H'V,', dry
season (Ockenden).

A remarkable-looking insect. The hindtibia luis three spurs, as in J'i/ioraca.

ti~. Anisodes imparistigma sj

siiec. nov.

ForciriiKj : jiale stone-colour, dusteil with olive-tinged grey and rufous
scales ; the costa darker, with olive-grey striations ; the lines olive-tinged ;
first line at one-fourth, vertical, but curved outwards above and below the
median vein, and marked by dark vein-dots ; outer line lunnlate-deutate at
three-fourths, obli([ue to vein G, vertical to 4, then incurved, marked by dots
on the veins, and followed by au olive shade, which is more prominent beyond
cell and on submedian fold, preceding a pale snbmarginal line ; a row of dark
spots just before the margin ; fringe concolorous ; cell-spot large, a brick-red
aunulus, with pale centre ; it is followed by a sinuous diffuse olive median shade.

lliiidicini/ : as forewing, but the cell-sjiot is much larger, round, and coal-black.

Underside greenish ochi-eons, with greenish grey striae, and both cell-spots
distinct.

Palpi externally and face brown ; vertex white ; thorax and abdomen oclircous,
speckled with olive.

Ex])anse of wings : :J'.i mm.

1 (J from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, Gtiuo ft., November l'.»ul,
wet season (Ockenden).

The example described was probalily much greener when fresh; the distinct
cell-spots will serve to distinguish it.

03. Anisodes magnidiscata spec. nov.

ForeiriiHi : dull reddish fawn-colour, sjjeckled with pale grey, especially along
the veins ; costal edge pale ochreous ; the lines marked by shades slightly doej)er
than the ground colour; the median from two-thirds of costa, bent inwards
beneath the cell-spot, which is of moderate size, greyish white, with darker
edging : the outer line nearer hindmargin than usual, marked by dark vein-
dashes tip]ied with grey externally ; no distinct margiiuxl spots ; fringe con-
colorous.

HiiKhniiy : like forewing, but witbont basal line, and the cell-spot a very
large grey circle with faintly darker edge, and containing an inner dark grey ring.

Underside dull reddish, much paler in hindwing ; forewing with costa
fulvous-tinged ; a white cell-spot, and reddish median shade and outer line ;
also slight reddish marginal Innules : hindwing with the same markings but
fainter ; the large discal spot only showing through.

Face and jial])i externally dull dark reddish ; vertex and anlcniuie white ;
thorax and abdomen like winus : the atuil segments and underside of alidomeu

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oclireous ; hind feiunr ami liiisul half of tiM:i fringod whh ihiU ochivous hairs : tliu
tibia with terminal spurs only.

E.\]ianse of wings : 4n nuu.

] 6 from Charaiilaya, Bolivia, l:iOo ni., Jnne IDOl (Simons), /yy>e ; 1 <? from
C'huliiniani, Bolivia, 2uimi m., llecemhcr, beginning of wet season (Simons).

0-1. Anisodes mediolineata spee. uov.

Foreifini/ : i)ale wooil-c<ilour, densely speckled with black, and faintly tinged
with vinous, the costal edge and fringe of inner and outer margins being bright
vinous ; basal and outer lines marked by dark sjiots on veins, faintly connected
in jdaces by a thickening of the dark atoms, which do not form a distinct line ;
first curved from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; the outer at
five-sixths, curving parallel to hindmargin ; median shade represented by a thick
vinous brown line from two-thirds of costa to two-tliirds of inner margin, faintly
sinuate ; cell-sj)ot hardly visible, formed of a few dark scales; a row of minute
dark marginal dots.

HiiiiliciiKj : like forewing ; the median line a little curved : cell-spot like that
of forewing, sometimes with a few whitish scales intermixed.

Underside paler, the speckles and striations deep rosy ; base of costa of
forewing broadly deep rosy ; outer line in both wings marked by dots ; a tine
marginal line : median shade very thick at costa of forewing, gradually thinning
to inner margin of hindwing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; pal})i externally, u]j])er half of face,
antennal shaft, collar, and basal half of dorsum deep rosy ; anal segments of
abdomen paler.

Exjianse of wings : 44 mm.

~ i i from Santo Domingo, Caraba) a, S.E. Tern, (ioiMJ ft., November and
December lUDl, wet season (Ockenden).

Closely allied to ^1. aspeni Warr. and rkodostigmn ^\'arr.

li.j. Anisodes ochricomata spec. nov.

Foreiriny : flesh-coloured ochreous, finely speckled with reddish atoms, which
along the costa become ])uri)lish ; spots of the lines dull reddish, slightly connected
Ihy a grey shade ; basal line with spots on the folds as well as the veins ; a zigzag
obscure grey median shade beyond the cell-spot, which is small and white within
a dark ring; submarginal line scarcely exjiressed, with obscure grey lunules
jireceding it ; marginal spots reddish between the veins, with minute dots at
their ends ; fringe concolorous.

HiiKhriny : similar, without first line.

Underside very jiale ))iidiish oclireous, with little sjieckling ; the outer and
marginal line of points reddish.

Head, thorax, anil abilomen like wings ; jialj)! externally rosy ; lace didl
brownish. Hind femur and tibia with a fringe of ochreous hairs ; the tibia with
terminal spurs only.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

] (? from Onaca, Santa Marta, .June — August (Engelke).

An inconspicuous-looking insect, but distinguished by the ochicous fringe of
the hiudlesr.

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Oil. Anisodes pintada uli. punctulosa nov.

This form difters from the tyj>e of pintn(hi Dogn, in having all the vein-dots
exaggerated, much larger and black-brown ; the basal line showing six sjwts, one
on each fold, and one subcostal nearer the base, in addition to the three on the
veins ; moreover, the Innular shade preceding the snbmarginal line has the apex
of the lunnles strongly black-brown, except between veins 3 and 4, and 0 and 7.

The underside remains typical.

I S from Chnhiniani, Bolivia, ^.'iino m., December, beginning of the wet season
(8imons).

I have also seen i S of this form from l'(i[iayan, Colombia.

')7. Anisodes rhodostig^ma spec. nov.

Exceedingly like .1. aaijenx Warr., from Po2)ayan, Colomliia, but with entirely
ditferent cell-spots. In aspera these are pure white, edged with red, small in the
forewiugs, large and distinct in the bindwings. In rhodostigma the cell-mark
of forewings is a rosy point, and in the bindwings a red oval with the centre
obscurely paler. As in aspvra, the wings above have no marginal line, but beneath
a continuous row of marginal lunules.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

3 (?c? from Chuluraani, Bolivia, 2(_MM.l m., January lOi.H, wet season (Simons).

68. Anisodes subaenescens sj)ec. nov.

Foirwituj : deep ferruginous brown ; the costa and lines deeper ; first at one-
fonrtli, curved, marked obscurely with darker spots on veins on its inner edge ;
median shade ontcurved above middle round the cell-spot which is minute, but
snow-white ; outer line at three-fourths, marked on its outer edge by blackish
spots on veins ; snbmarginal line very obscure, slightly paler and preceded by a
darker shade ; marginal spots obscurely dark ferruginous ; fringe deep ferruginous
in basal half, the apical half paler ; veins throughout olive-grey, speckled with
dark.

lllmlu'ing : similar, but without basal shade ; the minute white cell-s]iot with
a dark cloud above it.

Underside of forewing dull red, thickly striated with fuscous ; the lines dark
fuscous; cell-spot wliitish, dark-edged ; hiudwing brassy yellowish, redder towards
hindmargin, and striated with fuscous along costa and hindmargin ; the lines as in
forewing.

Face, paljii above, and collar deep brown-red; antennae black ; vertex, thorax,
and basal segment of abdomen bright reddish fulvous ; abdomen dark fuscons,
with reddish scales along middle of dorsum : abdomen beneatli like base of hind-
wings ; hind femur and tibia tinged with reddish grey hairs.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 6 from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, CiiOo ft.. May XWvl, dry
sciison (Ockenden).

This sj)ecies conies near A./e.rrngiiKda A\'arr., from I'aramba, Ecuador, but is
smaller and darker.

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'■)'•'. Anisodes torsivena s]pec. nov.

Foreicing : monse-colour ; tbe liiii-s raarkeil by Mack sjiots ; tUu first dose
to liase, with spots on tin- lolds as well as tlie veins, connected by a very fine
line ; outer line near hinilnuirgin, indented lieyoiid cell and on submedian told,
the spots similarly connected ; black marginal spots between veins, and dots at
their ends ; fringe jialer, slightly reildisli : an indistinct central shade : cell-spot
white : costa slightly striated with ilurk.

llimliriiuj : like lore wing ; (he basal line present; cell-spot white witii a
black ring.

Underside of forewing vinons, tlie inner margin wliite and glossy ; cell-spot
and (inter line marked : hindwing jialcr, witli similar markings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; jialfii externally bright rosy ; anal
segments and underside of abdomen oehrcnus.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 S from (Jharaplaya, Bolivia, l:^i"i m., .Inne I'.'nl (Sinidiis).

The nenration of this insect is abnormal : cell about half the length of wing
and wide; the median and subcostal divergent at base; discocellular vertical;
veins 2, !3, from near together at two-tliirds ; veins o, (i, and a fold above cell bent
downwards beyond it, somewhat as in the Old-World genus Mvnotrojilif ; the hind-
margin sliglitly excised between 4 and 0; veins 7, 8, 9, in, 11 stalked from middle
of cell ; hindwing nnrmal.

TO. Calyptocome conversa sjiec. nov.

Forewini/ : pale olive ochreons ; tbe lines rosy, diffuse: a patch of rosy
scales at base, a curved basal and median rosy shade, these two close together,
and with the basal patch giving a reddish tinge to the whole basal half of wing ;
a narrow outer and broader submarginal shade, both sinuous, the latter nearly
touching hindmargin below the middle; marginal line rosy ; fringe brownish olive
and rosy.

IlinduHiiy : with a basal spot ol' red scales and three fasciae, antemedian.
jiostraedian, and submarginal ; marginal line and fringe as in forewing.

Underside of forewing suffused with rosy, excejil inner margin, which, like
the whole of the hindwing, is whitish.

Face, jialpi, forelegs, and antennae red ; thorax and abdomen olive ochreons,
dusted with dull red scales ; antennae above annulated, reddish and ]:ale ocdireous.

Expanse of wings : 15 mm.

1 ($ from Bartiea, British (Juiana, May I'.Mil.

This species is the converse of pliorcaria Guen., roxfoliea ^\'arr., and others,
tli(' ground cdlour here being olive with the bands rosy, instead of the groinid
being jiniplisli with the bauds pale.

71. Calyptocome fragmentata sjiec. nov.

I'oreiciiiij : pale stone-colonr, dusted with tine black scales; the costa deep
rosy : wings crossed by three interrupted broad olive-ochrcous bands, edged with
black scales ; one near base, obscure ; the postniedian and sidiniarginal both inter-
rupted between veins 4 and li and airain on submedian fold, and so con.s"istin"'
each of three (piadrati' laterally dark-edged blotches — at costa, below nu'dian, and

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aliove iutier margin ; cell-sijot a triangular space of same colour touching costa
and placed in an obscure median shade; marginal line deep pnrple ; fringe stone-
colour, tinged with rosy.

Hiiidwinq : with median, ])ostraedian, and suliniarginal similarly fdlcmrcd ban<ls,
but narrower ; fringe and marginal line as in (brewing.

Underside pale greenish white, costal half of forewiug suffused with rosy.

Face, vertex, palpi, antennae, and front of forelegs deep red : thorax and
abdomen like wings.

Expanse of wings : 18 mm.

2 ? ¥ from Bartica, British Guiana, May I'.tOl.

72. Caljrptocome inornata spec. nov.

Forewim/ : pale greenish ochreuus, dusted in jiarts with dark scales ; a dark
cell-spot, a very indistinct, interrupted, brown subterminal line, and a row of
black marginal Innules ; fringe coucolorous.

Hindwing : the same.

Underside flushed throughout, especially in forewiug, with reddish ; the
markings reddish, cell-spots, outer lines, and marginal Innules.

Face and palpi black-brown ; vertex white ; thorax and abdomen like wings.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

1 ? from Suapure, Caura R., Venezuela, October 1900 (Klages).

The insect differs much in outward appearance from the other species of the
genus, but as it agrees with the ? ? of the genus in having a single middle spur
on the hindtibiae I place it here for the present. I have seen a S from the
same locality, which at the time I passed over as an abnormally coloured a-nd
little marked example of C. unifonnata. Warr.

"i'i. Craspedia atridiscata sjiec. nov.

Foremny : pale grey, washed with flesh-colour, and dusted with black atoms ;
the lines blackish, liut somewhat ill-defined ; first from one-sixth of costa, out-
curved above median and marked by black dots on subcostal and median veins,
then strongly oblique to near base ; median shade broad, dark grey, from two-thirds
of costa, ontcurved above, then oblique to middle of inner margin ; outer line at
five-sixths, fine, parallel to median shade, and marked by black points on veins,
reaching inner margin at three-fourths ; followed by an obscure darker shade ;
a series of marginal dark dots ; a triangular grey cloud on hindmargin below
a])ex, produced obliquely across outer line to join median shade beyond cell ;
cell-s]iot a small lilack ring with white centre ; fringe worn.

llindwivg : basal half whitish, without flesh-coloured tint ; a straight black
antemedian, and slightly curved median line ; between them a large oval black
cell-sjjot with pale central dot ; the rest as in forewiug.

Underside dull flesh-coloured grey, speckled with darker in forewiug, much
paler in hindwing ; cell-spots distinct ; the lines indicated, but obscurelv.

Face and palpi black-brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen flesh-coloured
grey; front of collar dark grey; segmental rings of abdomen blackisli.

Exj)anse of wings : 30 mm.

] c? from ("hnlumani, Bolivia, 2000 m., December, wi'I season (Simons).

Not nearly allied to any known Craspedia.

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T4. Craspedia conduplicata spec. nov.

Forewiixj: ulialk-white, dusted sjiiirsely with coarse blaik atoms; the costal
area with fine fuscons speckling; the lines black, Innulate-dentate, and all donble ;
outer line at two-thirds, the two arms diverging towards costa, the outer marked
by two dark wedge-shaped marks on veins (>, 7 ; snlimarginal line with the outer
arm close to margin and somewhat obscured ; marginal line black, swollen into
black triangles between the veins ; fringe white. The basal half seems to have
lost its markings ; but from traces along inner margin I am led to believe that
there is a donble inner line at one-third, and jirobably a blaek cell-spot.

Ilindwiny : with the outer lines as in forewing ; the branches of tlie median
line farther apart, the inner one semicircnlarly curved inwards and embracing
the distinct black cell-spot.

Underside white, tinged with dull grey towards base and costa of forewing ;
the markings showing through only.

Face and palpi dark brown above, whitish below ; collar light brown ; vertex
white ; thorax and abdomen white with coarse dark speckles.

Expanse of wings : 27 mm.

I 6 from Sau Ernesto, Bolivia, loOU m., August, Septemlier I'.HMI (Simons).

Distinguished from ehia-neata Gnen. and its allies by the much larger size.

76. Craspedia deaurata spec. nov.

Forewing: dull greyish yellow; markings very obscure; traces of a curved
line near base, an oblique slightly deeper yellow shade beyond middle, and a
very fine denticulated brownish outer line ; fringe coucolorous ; cell-spot oval,
brown, distinct.

Hi ml icing : the same.

Underside dnll yellow ; costa of forewing dull reddish near base only ; a
dark marginal line to both wings ; cell-spots obsolete.

Face and palpi black-brown ; vertex pale ; thorax and abdomen dull yellow.

Expanse of wings : Ki mm.

1 6 from Salidero, N.W. Ecuador, 3.ii) ft., February I'.MiI (Flemming and
Miketta).

Shorter and broader in the wing than C. ram Warr., and i|uife ditferent in
colour ; antennae with long fascicles of cilia.

7(1. Craspedia dorsinigrata spec. nov.

Fori'irinq : ochreous, finely black-sjieckled ; the lines pale brownish, diffuse
and broad ; first lino obscure, curved at one-fourth ; median shade very broad,
oblique from before middle of inner margin towards apex, obsolete above vein 6 ;
o.\terior line very fine, touching the inner submarginal shade and marked by
distinct black spots on the veins ; marginal dots black ; cell-spot blackish ;
fringe concolorons.

lliiidwing : with the shade antemedian, preceding the cell-spot; outer line
well separated from submarginal.

Underside paler, with tiie cell-sjiots and outer line distinct; costal half of
forew ing grey-tinged.

Face and jialpi brown iibove, ochreous below ; vertex whitish ; collar brown :

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thorax and abdomen like winas : abdonieu in the tJ with five bhick sjiots on
dorsum.

Expanse of wings : 3(3 mm.

2 <?(?, 2 ? ?, from Santo Domingo, (ianibayn. S.E. Pern, 60U() ft., November
1901, wet season (Ockendeu).

Wings narrow and elongate ; hindwings with distinct tooth at middle of
hindmargin, convex above, concave below. Like nnpariata. Giien., but larger.

77. Craspedia internexata spec. nov.

ForewliKj : lione-colour, with slight blackish dusting; the markings ochraceons;
basal line obscure, bent below costa, then oblitpie ; median shade from below costa
at two-thirds to middle of inner margin, preceded by a distinct black cell-spot ;
the exterior line and the inner of the two subterminal shades both lunnlate-dentate
and coalescing to form a fascia, insinuate beyond cell and in submediau interval,
connected below costa and below median by ochreous streaks with the median
shade ; marginal area ochreons, leaving the submargiual line broad and well
marked, consisting of irregular lunate patches ; marginal spots black, distinct,
each preceded by a small pale space ; fringe bone-colonr.

Hindwinq : with the median shade of forewing produced as a straight ochreous
antemedian band, followed by the black cell-spot; the rest as in forewing; the
band formed by the two connected lines much swollen towards costa.

Underside paler ; cell-spots and marginal spots in both wings ; the fascia
shown only in the forewing, fuscous-tinged at inner margin.

Face, vertex, thorax, and abdomen all pale ; palpi externally and front of
forelegs dark fuscons.

Expanse of wings : 21 mm.

1 ? from Salidero, N.W. Ecuador, 350 ft., February 11)01 (Flemming and
Miketta).

This seems distinct from the other species with white face ; the hindmargin
of hiadwing is very visibly angled at middle, and crenulate ou each side.

'><. Craspedia trias spec, nov., and ab. tincta nov.

Forewing : pale ochreons, somewhat thickly dusted with black atoms ; the
lines ochraceons ; first at one-fourth, outcurved to the submediau fold, then
vertical ; median parallel to it, ontcurved round the black cell-spot ; outer line
at (juite three-fourths, oblique outwards to vein 6, there acutely angled and
obli(piely incurved to 4, where, after a blunter angle, it is again oblique inwards,
dentate-lunulate to inner margin ; the two submargiual shades quite narrow, and
irregular, the inner one ajiproaching outer line at 6, the outer running close to
hindmargin : marginal dark dots small ; fringe ochreons, without dots.

Uimlwing : similar, but without basal line, the median line antemedian.

Underside jiale ochreous, dusted with grey in forewing : cell-spots distinct,
black ; outer line of forewing only plain.

Head, face, thorax, and abdomen all ochreous, the last dusted with dark scales :
l)alpi externally and front of forelegs dark fuscous.

Exj)anse of wings : 22 mm.

Very much like C. approhatu Warr., with which and atomarm ^V'arr., it agrees
in t'.ie pale face ; but distinguished by the course and shape of the outer line.

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1 S from C'liiilmuuni, Hulivia, ^(IW lu., .fiuiuary I'.ml, wet season (Simons),
l>/pe; 1 ? from Bartica, British Guiana, May 19Ul. and 1 ?, Bnlim, N.W.
Eeuador, 100 ft., Jannary 19(11 (Flemming- & Miketta).

In this type form the lines are clear ami distinct, lieiiig deeper coloured
than the pale ochreous ground. In a second tS , however, from R. Inambari,
E. Pern, 1000 m., July 1900, rainy season (Simons), which may be called
ab; tincta, this is not the case, as the whole surface of the wings is suffused
with the dee])er tint, to the obliteration of the lines, except the snbmarginal,
wliich is of the usual pale ochreous tint; in this form the space bctwei'ii outer
and snbmarginal lines beyond cell and on submedian fold is tilled iiii with a
patch of brownish scales, and the marginal dots arc larger.

79. Craspedia tryg'odata spec. nov.

ForficiiKj : pale stone-grey, dnstcd with olive-green scales ; these are especially
thick along costa and hindmargin ; the lines dark olive-green ; first thick, from
one-fourth of costa, beut outwards in cell before the distinct black cell-spot, then
obliipie to near base of inner margin ; median line fine, dentate-lnnulate, from
two-thirds of costa to before middle of inner margin, bent outwards between
veins 6 and 3 ; outer line at five-sixths, close to margin, Innulate-dentate,
insinnate at costa, beyond cell, and in snbmedian interval, and in the sinuses
marked thicker, closely followed by an olive shade, most conspicuous in tlie
siiuises ; dark green marginal spots between the veins and minute dots beyond
the veins in the fringe, which is concolorous.

Hiniliriny : the same, without basal line.

Underside paler, subiridesccnt ; forewing tinged with rosy-grey ; the external
markings distinct, brownish olive ; marginal line continuous.

Face and palpi dull rosy above, pale below ; thorax and abdomen like wings.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

3 cJ(J from Cliulumani, Bolivia, 2()00 m., January 1901, wet season
(Simons).

Wings elongate ; apex prominent ; hindmargin oblique, in hindwing crenulate ;
antennae with long fascicles of cilia.

80. Dichromatopodia distans spec. nov.

Forewing: dingy red-brown, tinged with darker; the lines ochreous with
the brown scales deeper on each side of them ; first line at one-third, bent on
sid)costal vein, then straight, slightly oblicpie inwards ; outer line at four-fifths,
much nearer the margin than in siyiUuta Wlk., outcurved from custii, then
l)arallel to margin ; a diffuse brown cell-spot, immediately followed by a darker
median shade ; a dark marginal line interrupted by the veins ; fringe concolorous.

Hindwing : similar, but without inner line.

Underside straw-colour, pink-tinged ; costa of forewing, outer line and
marginal area beyond it, and the cell-spot rosy. Hindwing with cell-spot and
outer line rosy; the margin only tinged with that colour.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings; anal segment and underside of abdomen
ochreous ; face deep-red above, whitish below.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 cJ from Onaca, Sta. Marta, June to August (Engelke) : also from Maraval.

Distinguished by the nearness of the outer line to the hindmargin.

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81. Haemalea atridiscata spec. uov.

Forewi)!!/ : cream-colonr, dusted with lilaok specks; costa dull red-brown,
widening towards apex ; the lines all dili'iise and obscure, olive-oclircous,
thickened towards costa ; first at one-fourth, cnrved ; median ontcnrved round
the cell to submedian vein, then curved outwards, subdentate ; outer line at
three-fourths, oblique to vein 0, strong!}- insinuate beyond cell, then oblique,
marked with black dashes on veins, and a larger black spot on vein 5,
denticulate ; two sinuous sulimarginal shades ; marginal line dark olive, fine ;
fringe dull-red ; cell-mark large and prominent, forming a thick black vertical
blotch on discocellular.

Hindiring : without basal line, the other four curved and very indistinct ; a
minute black cell-dot ; fringe red.

Underside cream-colour ; costa of forewing, fringe, and middle and outer
line of forewing dull red ; forewing sutfused towards base w^ith pale brownish.

Face and palpi black-brown above, wliitish below ; vertex white ; collar
brown ; tliorax and abdomen cream-colour, the latter with a dorsal row of
dark spots.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

2 c?(?, 2 ? ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GOOO ft., November,
December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

Distinguished from //. rinocinctata Guen., which otherwise it resembles, by
the quite difterent cell-spot of forewing.

82. Heterephyra pustulata spec. dov.

Fcii-eiriixi : deep yellow ; the lines dark grey ; first at one-fourth, outcurved
above and below the median vein ; median and outer parallel to each other, at one-
half and two-thirds, dentate-lunnlate, insinuate beyond cell, incurved below middle
and again insinuate on submedian fold ; a snbmarginal row of spots between the
veins, the two beyond cell and in the submedian interspace swollen into black
blotches ; beyond these close before margin a row of brown markings on the
veins ; a row of black marginal luuules ; fringe coucolorons ; cell-spot large,
leaden-grey with black edge.

IJiti'liciiui : like forewing, but without basal line ; the centre of cell-spot ])alcr ;
an additional l)lack lilotch in submargiual line at apex.

Underside like upi)er, but the markings less distinct.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; abdomen with third segment blackish;
face grey ; abdomen beneath and legs yellowish.

Expanse of wings : .35 mm.

2 ? ¥ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, .S.E. Peru, OOim.) ft., January 1902, wet
season (Ockenden).

83. Lipomelia scintillans spec. uov.

■Rer

ForeiciiKj : pale ochreons, glistening, appearing shagreeued with darl
costal edge at base reddish ; no distinct lines visible in the 3, except at costa,
where they are reddish, at about one-half and th ree- fourths ; in the ? ?, which
are slightly darker (one especially), the lines are plain and leaden-coloured ; the
first from middle ol' cnstii, \u middle of iimcr margin, slightly elbowed outwards

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on meJiau vein ; the oiitt'i- ubliqne outwanls and augled on vein (3, tlieu irregularly
waved and dentate, parallel to hindiuargin; traces of a moilian line near beyond
tlie first ; fringe coneolorous.

lliiKlwing : with a darker cell-spot, and traces of a curved outer line in
the ? only.

Underside pale and glossy ; costa of f(jrewing rosy.

Face and palpi above, front of forelegs, and antennae red; face iuu] palpi
below, thorax and abdomen ochreons, like wings.

Expanse of wings : 16 mm.

1 (?, 3 ? ? from Bartica, British Guiana, April, May lOnl.

A very distinct insect, though of obscure a])peavance.

n4. Lipomelia subfuscata spec, no v.

Forewiny : dull greenish opaline, with a slight rosy tinge, and speckled with
black; cell-spot white, crescent-shaped, occupying the middle half of discocellular,
not touching vein 4 or (i ; onter line darker, distinctly lunulate-dentate, the teeth
acutely pointed outwards, the lunules inwards, from three-fourtlis of costa to
three-fourths of inner margin ; indistinct traces of a dark inner line at one-third,
and a median deutate-lnnulate line between ; marginal area deeper, and with a
dull smoky blotch at anal angle ; fringe ])inkish greeu.

Hindwhig : with basal third coneolorous with forewing, the rest dull rosy;
cell-spot black, occupying the upper half of discocellular, broader above, where
it touches the snbco.stal vein, which, as well as vein 7, is marked with black
scales ; outer line from costa to vein 6 black, strongly dentate-lunulate, obsolescent
below ; the lunules followed by two black sj)ots ; the whole apical angle tinged
with brown, containing two black marginal liuiules one ou each side of vein 7 ;
fringe rosy.

Underside pale greenish opaline, the costii of forewing rosy ; anal angle of
forewing marked by a large smoky-black blotch reaching vein 4, there becoming
submarginal and dull rosy, thinning out towards costa ; a similar but smaller
blotch at apical angle of hindwing ; fringe dark beyond the blotches.

Thorax and alidomen coneolorous with wings ; vertex, face, and ]i:ilpi dull
reddish.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

2, S S from Chimate, Bolivia, 70U m., September I'.Jiin (Simons).

Neither specimen is in good condition, as far as the forewings are concerned,
and the markings, except the outer line, are very obscure; possildy, when fresh,
these wings are rosier in colour. It comes nearest to L. subtincta Warr.

85. Odontoptila marginata spec. nov.
ForeiriiH/ : bone-colour, dusted with tine purplish brown scales; the costa
diffusely, the hindmargin beyond outer line to below apex concisely, purjilish
brown ; first line marked by black spots on veins, at one-third, angled in cell
before a small dark cell-spot, which is followed by a faint median shade parallel
to first line : outer line black, sinuous, j)arallel to hindmargin, interruj)ted above
vein (I and there marked by vein spots, and retracted to costa at tiiree-fourths ;
submarginal line pale, broken into spots, bisecting the dark marginal area, the
njiper edge of which runs obliijuely into apex ; marginal line black ; fringe with
pale base and tips, and broad brown middle Hue, mottled darker beyond veins.

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Hindwing : with basal two-thirds bone-colour dusted with darker, an atite-
mediau shade preceding cell-spot ; outer line piinctnlate ; marginal area as in
forewing, but not so dark.

Underside the same, but paler and (hiller.

Head and thorax purplish black ; abdomen l)rowa with black dorsal screak ;
vertex and antennae snow-white.

Expanse of wings : 19 mm.

1 <J from Chulnmani, Bolivia, 200(.i m., December, beginning of wet season
(Simons). Near O. bninnea Warr. from Brazil.

86. Pigia semicostata spec. nov.

Forewing : white, the markings gre}' ; costa finely grey, more broadly towards
apex, before which there are four oblique fuscous streaks, representing the com-
mencement of as many lines ; a curved grey iimer line, very indistinct ; a dift'nse
straight oblique median shade from before middle of inner margin towards apex,
retracted to first costal spot at vein 6, darker marked on veins ; outer line dentate-
lunulate, from two-thirds of inner margin, marked by black dashes on tlie veins,
also retracted at vein 0 to the second costal spot ; two snbmarginal diffuse dark
grey wavy shades, curving inwards to the first and second spots, these also some-
times marked with dark lines on the veins ; a series of black marginal dashes ;
fringe white, with darker basal line ; cell-spot small, blackish.

Uimhrimj : with all four lines diffnse and dentate, and parallel to each other.

Underside dull whitish, the forewing stained with grey.

Face, palpi, and vertex black ; collar pale brown ; shoulders and patagia wliite ;
abdomen white, tinged with grey.

Expanse of wings : t?, 22 mm. ; ? , 24 mm.

1 cJ, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, C'arabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November 1001,
wet season (Ockenden). Both ground colour and markings are paler in the cf
than in the ? .

Pseudasellodes gen. nov.

Foreiring: with costa straiglit, but strongly convex before apex, which is
subfalcate ; hindmargin with a small tooth at vein 7, and two teeth at veins 3 and 4,
above and below which the margin is concave.

Ilinihriiifi : fully developed ; both angles well marked ; a strong tooth at
end of vein (!, and a smaller one at vein 4, the margin between strongly excised.

Antennae of S subserrate witii very long ciliations ; palpi quite short ; tongue
and frenulum present ; hindlegs of S aborted.

Neuration : forewing, cell about half as long as wing ; discocellnlar oblique ;
first median nervule at one half, second well before end of cell ; lower radial from
upper fonrth of discocellnlar, upper from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked from before
end of cell, 10 and 11 stalked from middle. Hi anastomosing with 8,9; hindwing
() and 7 stalked ; radial from centre of discocellnlar ; vein 2 absent, or with basal
fourth only developed.

Type P. comtellata spec. nov.

DifJers from Axi'Uoilen in the hindwing of 6 being not aborted and contorted
along innrr margin and anal angle.

S7. Pseudasellodes constellata spec. nov.

Foreiviiiij : \m\V, diistfil with diirk scales, aud tinned in places witli browuish
red ; costal area from near base to near apex greyish ocbreons ; central area
oecnpied by a large triangular h.valine space, separated into two parts by a narrow
curved dentated belt of ground colour ; the inner part occupying the outer half
of cell and the space immediately beyond the discocellular, between the subcostal
and median veins ; the outer part is transverse in direction with curved edges,
reaching from vein 8 to 2, the veins crossing it scaled ; below the inner blotch lying
on vein 2 is a smaller 8-shaped hyaline spot ; the inner line, slightly deeper
than the ground colour, starts from costa near base, running parallel to inner
margin, and edging tlie pale costal streak, and is then vertically sinuate to inner
margin, angled outward on submedian vein ; the submarginal line is fine, irregularly
waved and bent, forming two rounded lobes on veins 3 and 4 filled np with yellow,
and running in obliquely to inner margin before anal angle; it is preceded by
a darker cloud with dentate edges, in which the veins show pale, which runs
obliquely to inner margin beyond middle ; marginal line red-brown : fringe red-
brown at the teeth, white between.

Ilimlwing : with an irregular trilobed hyaline blotch at and beyond end of
cell with two smaller spots contiguous, below median and above subcostal vein ;
three smaller isolated spots before postmedian line, one on each side of vein 6,
the third on vein 2 ; also two minute spots at base ; postmedian and submarginal
lines close together, the former obsctire, the latter Innulate-deutate and distinct ;
marginal area from ape.K to tooth at vein 0 filled up with deeper red.

Underside glancons grey, the marginal areas alone reddish-tinged.

Vertex, antennae, face, and nuder-surface of jialpi white ; palpi fuscous above ;
thorax and abdomen reddish, like wings.

Expanse of wings : 4i.) — 44 mm.

4 J cJ from Peru.

88. Ptychopoda curtaria spec. nov.

Faretviiuj -. rather glossy ochreous, with excessively minute ilark dusting ;
crossed by five hardly darker waved bands, which can only be detected in certain
lights : anteraedian, median, postmedian, and two submarginal : a small round
black cell-spot ; a row of marginal dots, exceedingly minute, at the ends of the
i-eins ; fringe pale ochreous.

llindwimj : without first line.

Underside ochreous, the bauds showing only on the i'orewing ; cell-sjiots large,
black.

Thorax and abdomen concolorons with wings ; vertex paler ; face and pal])i
brown-black.

Expanse of wings : 12 mm.

1 cJ from Jamaica (Taylor).

SO. Ptychopoda griseocostata spec. nov.
Forewing : blood-red, speckled with yellow ; costa from base to beyond middle
broadly dull pale grey, edged below with a streak of dull black ; costa towards
apex narrowly yellow ; hindmargin narrowly yellow, excejit at apex and middle,
where the blooil-red ground colour runs through into the vellow fringe.-

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HinihciiKi : with a large silver}- wliite cell-spot ; fringe yellow.
Underside of l)oth wings dull red ; fringe j-ellow.

Head and palpi dee]) red ; shoulders silvery whitish ; tlmrax and alidmneii red
like wings.

Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

2 cJ(? from Bnlim, Ecuador, February I'tnl, 160 ft. (Flemming & Miketta).

On. Ptychopoda inanis spec. nov.

Foreu'bui : jiale stone-colour, thickly dusted with greyish ochreons scales ;
the lines very obscure, waved, greyish ochreons ; the first from costa at one-third
to inner margin at one-third, strongly angled in cell in midwing, before the
distinct small black cell-spot, then oblique ; the cell-spot at quite three-fifths
of tlie wing, followed by three lines jiarallel to hiiidmargin, corresponding to
the nsnal median, outer, and subterminal ; slightly darker marginal dashes ; fringe
jjaler, with small dark dots at base beyond the veins.

llindwing : similar, but without a basal line.

Underside of hiiidwing like upper; of forewing thickly suffused with fuscous
grey ; cell-spots and outer line indicated.

Vertex, thorax, and abdomen concolorons with wings : face and ]ialpi dark
brown.

Expanse of wings ; 13 mm.

1 S from Jamaica.

TJie whole insect has a dusty look, owing to the coarseness of the dark
scales.

'••1. Ptychopoda lignicolor spec. nov.

Forewing : uniform pale wood-colour, undnsted except along costa, which
is broadly speckled with dark grey atoms ; the lines pale brown ; first at one-
third, nearly vertical, but slightly bent outwards at the median vein ; second
line faint, from two-thirds of costa to middle of inner margin, ontcurved above
and incurved below middle, vertical from submedian fold ; outer line at five-sixths,
parallel to hindmargin, and marked darker on costa ; a fine dark marginal line ;
fringe concolorons, with brown spots in middle beyond the vein-ends ; cell-
spot brown.

JIi>i(limng : without first line.

Underside of forewing whitish, suffused except along inner margin with
iron grey ; the veins, cell-spot, outer and marginal lines blackish ; costal edge
and fringe yellow, the latter witii the dark sjwts large and prominent. llindwing
without dark suffusion.

Head brown-black ; thorax and abdomen concolorons with wings.

E.xpause of wings : 17 mm.

1 ? from Popayan, Colombia (Lehmann).

The hindmargin of forewing is slightly, of hindwing deeply inbent between
veins 4 and 0. Easily distinguished by its unusual colour.

'■•2. Ptychopoda nepticulata spec. nov.

Foreiviiig : pale grey, dusted with darker grey ; the lines dark grey : the
basal and median starting from large black costal spots, both angled in cell
then oblique inwards ; the basal area as far as the median line darker than the

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rest of wing : outer line at tliroo-i'oiirtlis, indented beyond cell and on snb-
niedian fold ; the area between it and median line jjaler ; siibniariiiiial line ]iale.
sinuous lietween j>:re_v shades, that whieh ])re<'edes it lieing more prominent and
forming a narrow baud : fringe grey, with large lihuk dots at base ; cell-sjiot
blaok, at three-fifths of wing.

Jlii/flwint/ : the same, but without basal line, luid nidy the basal tliinl, as
far as the antemedian line, darker than rest of wing.

Underside dull grey. Face and palpi blaekish ; thorax and abdiunrn grey.

Expanse of wings : lu mm.

1 6 from Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, July 1898 (S. Klages).

Quite the smallest member of the family ; the forewing is elongate and
narrow.

!13. Ptychopoda nigricosta spee. nov.

Fomriiii/ : yellow, with four rosy waved obliiiue shades, all with dentate
elges, and insinuate inwards in and beyond cell and across submediau fold ; cell-spot
and a fine marginal line also rosy ; fringe yellow ; oosta blackish throughout.

IlimlioiiHi : with three similar lines ; the base of both wings rosy.

Underside duller ; the costal area more broadly blackish.

Face, palpi, and verte.K black-brown ; thora.x and abdomen yellow ; front
and sides of shoulders shining white.

Expanse of wings : 10 mm.

2 (?(J from Sauto Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (itiOti ft., November l'.)ol,
wet season (Ockenden).

Like P. quadrinthrata Warr., but distinguished by the blaekisli, not rosy,
costa.

94. Semaeopus signifer sjiec. nov.

Forewing : greyish oehreous, dusted with very minute reddish scales, the
costal region broadly greyer without the oehreous tint ; lines very pale brownish :
basal line at one-fourth, a little outcurved above and below median, and' slightly
darker dotted on veins ; median shade dentate-lunulate, oblique from three-
fourths of costa to middle of inner margin ; outer line near hindmargin, marked
by distinct brown-black spots on veins ; hindmargin slightly crenulate ; fringe
concolorous, with minute reddish dots at base beyond the veins ; cell-si)ot reddish-
brown.

Ilindicing : without basal line ; median shade, outcurved round the cell-sjiot,
which is a black ring with a red streak across it ; the rest as in forewing.

Underside glossy ochreons ; the forewing only dusted with grey towards
base ; cell-spot and median shade marked only on forewing ; outer line and a
black marginal line on both wings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; palpi externally and upper third of
fa(U' dark purple ; tuft of hindlegs large, oehreous, concealing a smaller rosy tuft.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 S from ("haraplaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., June 1901 (Simons).

Differs from true tSfrn'teopiis in having sessile fascicles of cilia instead of
]iectinations.

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95. Zeuctoneura subviridis spec. nov.

Foreivinq : dull greenish ochreous ; iiiiier line at one-fourth and niediun
from one-half of costa, both obscurely marked, bent in middle of wing-, tlicu
(ililiiine inwards; outer line at three-fourths, blackish, sinuous, incnrved beyond
cell and on snbmedian fold, followed at anal angle by a dark blotch ; marginal
line slightly darker ; fringe dull green, mottled with darker beyond veins.

Hind winy : with obscure antemediaa and outer lines, and a small black
cell-dot.

Underside much paler, ochreous slightly green-tinged ; forewiug rosy along
costa and veins ; base of forewing grey ; a blackish median line, and thick
black outer sinuous line, the black running out along the veins ; marginal line
lilack ; fringe ochreous, mottled with black. Hindwing with small cell-spot and
thick black outer line, followed by a blotch at apex.

Head black ; thorax and abdomen like wings.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

3 cJ(?, 2 ? ?, from Santo Domingo, L!araba3'a, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., January
1902, wet season (Oekenden).

The black of the outer lines below shows through in parts on the upjierside.

SuBKAMiLY HYDRIOMENINAE.
Anapalta gen. nov.
Agreeing with Epirrlioe in ueuration ; distinguished by the palpi and
antennae ; the palpi are npcurved or porrect in front of face, the third segment
erect ; the antennae are lamellate, and quite simple, without even short ciliations.
Type : Anapalta acerbafa Feld.
(Juite a large number of S. American species will be found referable liere.

90. Anapalta caliginosa.

Hammaptera caliginosa Warn, xVor. Zool.vn. p. 177, $ (IIUM)).

This species, described from a ? only, was doubtfully referred to llnmmapti-ra.
The insect proves, however, not to belong to that genus ; the inner margin of
the hindwing of the c? is simple. The SS are, as a rule, paler than the ¥ ?,
and more brightly coloured ; the pale cream-coloured band before central fascia
sometimes becomes olive-green, like the band following the fascia, while tlie
central area is varied with brown and olive-green ; all the lines are more
distinct ; the hindwing is glossy white, with the inner marginal area greyish
olive ; no darker marginal border, but on the inner margin above anal angle are
•the commencements of two blackish lines, which in some instances can be traced
across the wing as curved grey lines.

6 (Jc? from Charaplaya, Bolivia, June 1901, 1300 m. (Simons).

97. Anapalta infundibulata ab. vinosata nov.

Differs from tlie ordinary form of Guenee's species in having the basal two-
thirds of forewiug sufi'used with vinous red, the central fascia being entire fniui
costa to inner margin; the outer-; third is whitish grey, with all the markings
very concisely and clearly expressed.

In the hindwing and underside it agrees with the type-form.

1 S Irimi ( 'hiincliamayo, .lune to August 1901 (HoH'manns).

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08. Anapalta perdecora s]rc. imv.
Foren'ihy : crciini-white, tinged with biifl', and in the basiil and niaririnai
areas suffused witli violet-grey ; lines slender, waved, all lilaek towards eosta :
extreme base grey ; basal patch small, buff, edged by a black line and crossed
by two lines wliieh are black only at extremities : band between basal j)atch
and central fascia suffused with violet-grey as far as subcostal vein only, traversed
liy wavy Hues, varied with grey and whitisli ; central fascia pale butt', its edges
deeper, the cross-lines black only on costa, central si)ace paler still, with a
black cell-sjiot ; outer edge dark nearly across wing, indented beyond cell and
forming two blunt, strong teeth between veins 2 and 4 ; marginal area below
subcostal vein tinged witli violet-grey, with two or three waved and dentate dark
lines most distinct in upper half; submarginal line yellow, only ]ilain beyond
cell, where it is represented by two or three yellow liuuihir sjxits in the grey
tint, lost below middle in tlie yellow marginal space; apical blotch yellow;
black marginal huudes, interrupted at vein-ends, and i)artialiy interrupted each
in middle ; fringe j)ale violet-grey, chequered with darker.

lUiiilwiiHi : white with a very faint yellow tinge ; slight dark marginal lunules
and marks of lines along inner margin.

Underside pale yellowish ; all the markings of forewing jiurplish grey ;
subbasal area with grey suffusion ; outer edge of central fascia with three thick
linos ; band beyond it pale ; apical area grey, with ajiex yellowish white : none
of the markings reaching inner margin. Hindwing without markings, but the
lines are indicated faintly on costa ; cell-spots in both wings.

Head, collar, and shoulders yellow : thorax, patagia, and back of abdomen
jinrple-grey, the last sometimes varied with yellow : underside of abdomen and
the legs yellowish ; jialpi externally purplish.

Expanse of wings : lis mm.

3 cJc? from Chulumani, Bolivia, 2ii(M( m., January I'.Hil, wet season (Simons)

'.I'.'. Anapalta roseoliva spec. nov.
Fori'iriiiti : cream-colour, suffused with jiale green and rosy; the basal patch,
the limiting bands of the central fascia, and the marginal area olive-green ; basal
jiatch small, with three black dots on its costal edge, followed by a curved baud
of ground colour narrowed at inner margin, the centre of which is dusted with
rosy scales; the curved green inner band of central fascia is edged inwardly
with velvety black, which fills up the whole band below the median and a great
jiart of it above ; outer green band Ijroader, edged outwardly by a black liue,
which is sinuous outwardly from two-thirds of costa to vein 4, below 4 forming
the usual jirominent tooth and four smaller Innulate ones below it, but scarcely
edged with black ; middle space of the ground colour dusted with reddish, and
ccuitaining a dark linear cell-mark ; beyond the fascia is a white line, followed
by an area of rosy scales mixed with olive-green, and sometimes grey, towards
costa, and bounded by the very indistinctly marked Innulate submarginal line,
beyond which the margin is entirely green ; pairs of small black spots at tiie
vein-ends ; fringe pale green, with dark chequering beyond veins : nil the lines
are marked with blac'k on costa.

Ilhiiliriiui : cream-colour, without markings, slightly tingfd with olive and
rosv along liinduiiiri.'in ; traces of two dark lines on inner niariiin above anal angle.

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Underside creaiu-colour, washed with olive ; cell-spots and outer line dark^
the latter followed first hy a pale band and then by a ditiiise darker one, expanding
into a dark fuscous blotch below costa of forewing, tonching margin below (>
and leaving the apex pale.

Head, thorax, and abdomen cream-colour, olive-tinged in jilaces : patagia
rosy ; abdomen witb a pair of l)lack streaks on each segment. Furelegs and
middle legs with the tibiae and tarsi mottled blackish and ochreons.

Exjianse of wings : ^.'(i mm.

4 d d from Charaplaya, liolivia,, 13no m., June I'.iol (SimonsJ.

liio. Anapalta sombrera sjiec. nov.

Forciriiii/ : dull greenish brown, coarsely dusted with dark scales ; crossed
by a succession of waved blackish lines, darker and plainer on costa ; the limits
of the basal area and central fascia cannot be well defined, the ground colour being
uniform throughout ; the central area is rather darker browu than the rest of
the wing, and the black c<'ll-spot stands iu a darker band between two lines ;
a paler band at three-fourths is followed by a darker shade partially connected
with hindmargin ; a broken black marginal line ; fringe mottled with black
beyond veins.

Hindiciiiy : dull brown, overlaid with rough dark scales, without any
markings.

Underside dull greyish cinereous ; costal area to middle and a broad ]iost-
median band dull luteous. Hindwing dnll luteous speckled with fuscous, and
with dull fuscous marginal border ; dark cell-spots (m both wings.

Head and thorax concolorous with forewing, abdomen with hindwing.

Expanse of wings : 25 mm.

1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6Uim) ft., .January 19u3, wet
season (Ockenden).

A very dull and ill-marked insect, perhaps abnormally so.

101. Anapalta violetta spec. nov.

Fori'iruii/ : basal patch, central fascia, and marginal area dingy olive-green
edged and crossed by black wavy lines ; spaces between basal patch and central
fascia and between this and submarginal line pale violet ; the costal portions
of these also olive-green with dark streaks ; the area around the black cell-mark
in the fascia sometimes violet ; pairs of black sjDOts along margin at tije vein-
ends ; fringe olive, dark-che'piered beyond veins, and spotted with white at apex
and between veins 3 and 4.

Ilin-lwinij : olive-grey or olive-ochreous, when fresh with traces of slightly
darker postmedian and submarginal bauds, edged with jiaier ; marginal sjmts
smaller ; fringe pale.

Underside pale ochreous, suffused, especially in the forewings, with violet-
grey : ail the markings dark grey, tinged in parts with greenish.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous ; metathoraoic tults blackish ;
dorsal segments of abdomen edged with black.

Expanse of wings : 26 — 28 mm.

0 c?<? from (Jharaplaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., June lUOl (Simons).

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Anisolasia gpu. nov.

Forewing : costa soiucwliat slioukleied at base, and strongly convex before
ajiex ; ajiex ]iroiniiiciit : hiinlmargin olili(nie, very faintly sinuous; inner margin
convex.

HinduiiKj : with apex rounded ; hindniargin nearly straight from vein 0
to anal angle, which is square.

Antennae of i plumose, the pectinations une(inal, those on the ontside
much longer than the inside row, but all very long, fine, and ciliated; the longest
of the outer series about one-fourth as long as the shaft itself; forehead produced
below : palpi porrect, rough-haired ; tongue and frenulum present.

Neuration as in Xnnthorhoc, but the lower radial of forewing rising distinctly
above the middle of discocellular.

Type : Anisolasia napaxsa Dogn. {Catacli/xme).

The type sj)ecies is of small size and delicate structure, somewhat resembling
the group of smaller South American species of Coeiiocalpe, apricata, emanata, etc.

102. Diactinia albinodosa spec, nov

Fun'H'itig : dark olive-fuscous ; the lines and some of tlic veins jnire white ;
the median vein and basal pt)rtions of the three median nervulcs white ; a
straight oblique white line near base, followed l)y a curved line, outbent above
and below median, the two forming roughly the letter B ; a black heart-
shaped discal mark edged with white, its upper edge connected by a white streak
above vein 6 with the broad white outer line, which runs from two-thirds of
costa to three-fourths of inner margin forming a prominent blunt angle
between veins 3 and 4; just before this are two waved brownish lines separated
by darker fuscous ; submarginal line waved, white, interrupted by the veins,
which towards the hiudmargin are all dull ferruginous, and ]ireceded and followed
by blackish blotches between the veins ; marginal line uf double black dashes ;
fringe olive-fuscous with darker dividing lino, the whole concisely cut beyond the
veins by fine pencils of white.

llinduing : white, slightly grey-tinged ; a dark discal spot and traces of
two lines, postmedian and submarginal, distinct only on inner margin; paired
black marginal dashes ; fringe white.

Underside of forewing dull olive-grey, becoming fuscous towards apex and
hindmargin ; a dark cell-sjiot ; outer and submarginal Hues, and the dashes in
fringe white. Iliudwing whitish, dusted with grey ; a dark cell-spot ; a whiter
postmedian baud, angled in middle, and slightly edged with darker, especially
on the veins basewards.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark olive-fuscous, in places mixed with pale
scales ; vertex and collar whitish ; tijjs of jiatagia dull ferruginous ; abdomen
with a white band at base and the segments whitish.

Exjianse of wings : 42 mm.

1 $ from Pern.

103. Dolichopyge canisparsa spec. nov.
Foriwimj : white, thickly dusted and tinged in piarts with grey ; basal pati'li
edged by a curved blackish line, the extreme base darker grey ; it is followed
by a narrow curved jiale grey baud witli dark line along middle; inner edge of

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central fascia marked by a thick curved velvety blackish baud, the outer edge
from costa at three-fifths, oblique to vein 0, there rounded and vertical to
vein 4, then incurved and lunulate to two-thirds of inner margin ; this edge is
margined with black inwardly from costa to vein 4 only, most thickly between
4 and (i ; it is followed by a white line, and a grey black-edged band ;
ajjical portion of wing brown and grey mixed; submarginal line very obscure;
an interrupted black marginal line ; fringe white chequered with grey, the basal
half more distinct ; the white ground colour is strongest at middle of central
fascia, and is extended to hindmargin more or less between veins 2 and 4,
jiartially obliterating the dark markings.

Hiiii/winy : whitish, with traces of grey lines along inner margin; a grey
cell-spot, and fine indistinct submarginal grey line ; fringe white, chequered with
grey only in basal half; marginal line blackish, interrupted.

Underside of forewing dull-grey, of hindwing whitish, grey-speckled ; the
markings indistinct.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey.

Expanse of wings : 'Zb mm.

1 ? from Ecuador.

104. Dolichopyge fulvistriga spec. uov.

Forewing : wood-brown, speckled and suft'nsed with grey ; a fulvous streak
along subcostal vein from base to near apex ; basal patch grey-brown speckled
with whitish, edged by a curved dark line, and traversed by two lines ; inner
edge of central fascia at one-third, thick, black ; curved outwards and indistinct
on costa, straight and obli(pie inwards from subcostal to submedian fold, then
again bent inwards ; from this line above the median vein a sinuous line runs to
middle of inner margin, the space within it grey ; onter edge of fascia oblique
to vein 4, and slightly protuberant at 0, then oblique inwards, edged inwardly
with blackish in u])pcr half, and with two dark wavy lines across it ; cell-spot
linear, black ; pale liand beyond the fascia whitish at costa with a dark centre ;
submarginal line whitish, interrupted, preceded by a large dark blotch on costa
and a smaller one beyond cell and above inner margin ; fringe grey, chequered
with darker.

Ilindwiiif/ : grey, darker along hindmargin, with traces of a 2)ale submarginal
line, and dark beginnings of lines along inner margin ; cell-spot black.

Underside grey in the forewing ; the commencement of lines on costa blackish,
with pale intervals ; a broad snbajiical cloud; cell-spot black. Hindwing whitish
speckled with black, and with all the lines blackish.

Face and vertex whitish; shoulders and patagia mixed, black and white;
abdomen cinereous, tinged with brown, and with a silvery white basal ring.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 (? from Chulumani, Bolivia, 2000 m., January I'JOl, wet season (Simons).

105. Erebochlora ruficostaria spec, uov., and ab. pernigrata nov.

Forewing : deep purple, crossed by irregular waved lunulate-dentate olive-green

bands ; the costa with a very broad smooth pale liver-coloured stripe ; of tiie

bands two are close to base ; three are median, the second and third of these

sometimes partially obsolete; and two postmedian, of which the first is curved

below till' median, oblique and broad above, and the second sinuous tVoni apex
to anal angle ; along the cell and above the median vein these green bands tend to
become laterally confluent, and in one of the two exara])les form a pale green
horizontal stripe from base to hiudmargin ; marginal oval green spots between
the veins ; fringe deep purple, except at extreme apex ; fringe along inner nuirgin
bright vinous-red.

Hiniliciiiii : white, with a broad black border round hiudmargin, containing
a small white spot before and a larger one at apex; inner margin narrowly black ;
an irregular white blotch between veins 3 and 4 beyond the dark line that forms
the inner edge of the marginal border; fringe black with white marginal dashes
at base between the veins ; the fringe round ajiex white.

Underside of forewing black, with three dull white streaks from base, one
along costa, leaving the costal edge black, the second along lower half of cell,
the third along snbmedian fold and inner margin, running to hiudmargin, and
crossed at three-fourths by a blackish shade ; an oblique white streak from costal
vein at two-thirds to vein 3 ; a white ajiical triangle. Underside of hindwing white,
with black marginal border, interrupted externally at apex, and internally at
anal angle, with white.

Head, collar, shoulders, and basal fourth of antennae concolorous with costal
streak ; patagia pale green at base, blackish green beyond ; thorax and abdomen
blackish green, the thorax and basal segment of abdomen with reddish scales
intermixed ; abdomen at sides and beneath dull cream-colour ; legs fuscous, with
pale joints ; forelegs in front bright red.

Expanse of wings : 00 mm.

2 c? c? from Peru.

A form occurs, apparently of this same species, in which the costal streak
is bright rufous, instead of liver-colour ; above the median vein and along vein 4
a continuous pale greenish white streak runs from base to margin ; and the whole
hindwing above is black, except the small ajiical spot ; underneath the cxamjiles
are quite typical. For this aberration 1 propose the name peniiiinita.

1 i from Santo Domingo, Uarabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., January l'J03, wet
season (Ockenden).

l'»6. Erebochlora sublactea spec. nov.

Forewing: deep blackish greeu, crossed by dull olive-green bands; basal
patch olive-green edged with dark green scales ; inner edge of central fascia
straight, dentate wavy, from two-fifths of costa to middle of inner margin ; the
broad space between it and basal patch dull green, the edging finely whitish,
and the centre darker tinged, also with a waved pale edging ; outer edge of central
fascia oblique outwards from three-fifths of costa, slightly indented beyond cell,
forming two rounded projecting teeth between veins 2 and 4, then incurved and
wavy to three-fourths of inuer margin ; towards costa this is also edged with
white ; the fascia is followed by a narrow dull greeu band ; submargiual line
wavy, bluish white, indented beyond cell, followed by irregular wedge-shaped
dark green i)atches between the veins, and preceded lieneath costa by a triangular
blotch of three blackish green lines ; a Hue of blackish marginal lunules between
the veins ; fringe blackish.

Hindirhiij : velvety brown with a dark rufous tinge ; fringe the same.

Underside dull blackish fuscous, the basal third of forewing and the whole

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of the liiiidwiog-, except a segment across hiiidmargin, bluish white. The hind-
wing with distinct small black cell-mark on upper third of discucellular.

Head and vertex reddish, perhaps faded ; patagia olive-green ; thorax and
basal segments of abdomen dark green mixed with rufous ; rest of abdomen
blackish green ; abdomen and legs beneath pale.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 S from Peru.

loT. Eriopygidia engelkei spec. uov.

Foi-ewing : i)ale olive-green, slightly fulvous-tinged, especially at base and
along costal region ; the lines and bands darker green ; basal patch edged by a
thick diffuse dark green shade, angled on median vein, ending in a fulvous blotch
on inner margin, with a similar more obscure line within it ; central fascia
narrow, dark olive-green edged with blackish ; both edges strongly waved, deeply
insinuate in cell, and less so on submedian fold ; cell-spot black, large, and linear ;
the pale bands on each side of central fascia paler green without central lines ;
submarginal line dentate, pale green with a darker olive-green shade on each
side, the teeth outwardly edged with velvety black wedge-shaped spots, produced
as lines to the black marginal line, the preceding shade edged with black only
at costa ; fringe fulvous olive, chequered with dark beyond veins ; all the lines
thicker and blacker, and the intervals paler, towards costa.

Hiiidwing : small, fulvous orange, with the costal region bmadly pale olive
and the liindmargin slightly olive-tinged ; fringe fulvous.

Underside of both wings uniform gilded yellow ; outer margin of forewiug
tinged with olive ; cell-spot of forewing linear, brown.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green, the dorsum tinged with fulvous ; palpi
externally and legs yellow.

Exjiause of wings : 37 mm.

1 S from Onaca, Sta. Marta, Juno to August (Engelke).

Distinguished by the fulvous hindwing and fulvous tinge on forewing, as
well as by the gilded uniform under surface, and comparative smallness of the
hindwing.

lu8. Eriopygidia locuples spec. nov.
Forewing : a mixture of olive-green aud rich deep vinous red, the olive
ground colour showing only in the cross-lines ; hrst line nearly straight from
one-third of costa to near middle of inner margin, narrow and bright at costa,
irregularly crenulate on each edge below, curving round at inner margin and
running into the outer line ; this rises at three-fifths of costa, runs obliijuely
outward.s to vein 0, narrow aud bright pale ochreous, followed below costa liy
two olive-green wavy lines which take its place below (J, forming a sinus beyond
cell, then a bidendate projection between 2 and 4, finally running obliquely waved
inwards to meet the inner line ; submarginal line waved, finely olive-green, some
of the lunules edged by bright jiale ochreous ; an oblique olive-green apical
streak ; the basal patch aud central fascia are edged and crossed by deep blackish
waved lines, among which can be seen in certain lights some waved dark green
shades ; across the basal patch an obscure pale green curved line ; deep black
marginal lunules between the veins ; fringe vinous red, with a darker dividing

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line and mottlings bi'voud veins : bovoud the cell iuid liflow the ol)li<|nc apical
streak the snbinargiiial line is iuteiTU]ited by a triangle of rich deep vinous red.

llhnlivhq : black, with the a]iical third from near base of costa to hiudraargiii
at vein 4 deep orange-red ; fringe orange-red at base throughout, the onter half
dark grey, becoming blacker towards anal angle.

Underside of forewing coppery red, with a black triangnlar blntch on inner
margin below the median lionnded by the outer line, with black jirojections
from its n[)iier edge, the inner being tiic cell-spot; two slight blackish costal
streaks before ai)ex, and a slight jiale s])ot at outer line ; marginal Innules finely
black ; fringe iu basal half deep black, coppery beyond with black mottlings.
Hindwing almost wholly brown-bhick, the cop])er ground colour ouly showing as
striae : cell-spot, central curved line, submargiual line, and marginal shade blacker.

Pulpi, head, and thorax vinous-red and black ; abdomen black ; j)ectus,
alidomen beneath, and femora coppery red ; outside of legs and tarsi sjiotted,
red and black.

Expanse of wings ; 39 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Caraljaya, S.E. Peru, linon ft., November lunl, wet
season (Ockenden).

Nearest to /•-'. scmirnLid Warr., but of a totally dili'erent shade of colouring.

lo'J. Eriopygidia rufivena spec. uov.

Forewing: olive-green varied with deeper green; tlie edges of the basal
patch and central fascia and the submargiual line greenish white ; edge of basal
jiatch from costa close to base to one-fifth of inner margin, ])rece<led by dark
green shading ; inner edge of central fascia from nearly one-third of costa,
outwardly obliiiue and projecting slightly iu ceil and forming a beak below
median on vein ~' : outer edge from nearly two-thirds of costa, projecting bluntly
at veins fi iunl 4, inangulate between, lumilate and oblique inwards below, joining
inner eilge above n)iddle of inner margin ; the fascia deep green on each edge,
slightly ]ialer at middle, with traces of a dark line beyond the obscure cell-sjiot ;
band before central fascia darkest at middle, this dark middle ])art angled
parallel to the edge, and faintly jjaler-scaled along its margins ; band beyond
fascia pale olive-green, its lunules paler-edged ; submargiual luuules filled up
with deep green, except those beyond cell, which are interrujited by a blackish
green blotch externally : marginal lunules blackish green with whitish bases,
generally united by dark streaks with the dark edging of the lunules of sub-
marginal line; a slight pale green streak from below apex to submargiual line;
fringe olive-green, the tips jialer, and mottled with dark beyond veins.

lliiKiiciiKj : olive black-brown, the ends of the veins and the basal half of
frinj:c deep red, the red numing uj) blotch-like along veins 7 and IS; the post-
median line marked by doulile red spots across veins 2, 3, 4.

Underside of both wings uniform fulvous ; costa of both wings, inner margin
of hindwing and fringes olive-green ; a slightly paler shade marks the edge of
central fascia ; apex of forewing olive ocbreous.

Head and thorax olive-green mixed with darker shades ; face paler ; palpi
externally olive ; abdomen greenish ochreous like the underside aiid legs.

Exjianse of wings : 3(i mm.

~ i6 from Santo Domingo, C^arabaya, S.E. Peru, (iooii ft., .laniiary l'.Mi:i, wet
reason (Ockenden).

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Near to E. mi/iosa Dogn. ; iu his description of Cidaria Jiatolimbarioidcs
M. Dognin mentions one example differing from the rest of his siJecimcns in
having wholly dark hindwings with orange apex, which must be very near the
present species.

110. Hammaptera aeruginata spec, no v.

Forewing : whitish, suffused throughout with dull rust-colonr, tlie only pale
spaces being the slender edges of the subbasal band, the postniediau baud, and
the submarginal line. The markings are exactly as iu H. constricta AVarr. from
Argentina ; the lines of the central fascia alone are dark marked, and tliL-se chiefly
on the veins, but all the lines are marked by a black costal spot ; iu the shade
l)receding the submarginal line the lunules beyond cell are conspicuous, being filled
in with blackish ; the lines and shades of the ajiical quadrate patch (in this case of
the same tint as the rest of the wing) are continued through to inner margin ; in
constricta the anal space is clear white.

Underside yellowish white, with the same markings as in constricta.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings, the segments of the last
with dark pale-edged rings.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 i from Chnlumani, Bolivia, 200U m., January lOol, wet season (Simons).

This may be a local form of H. constricta, but it is very distinct in appearance.

111. Hammaptera apicata spec. nov.

Forewing : whitish, tinged with flesh-colour, especially along costa : the mark-
ings fuscous ; basal patch small, its edge vertical, with three blackish lines ; band
before central fascia broad, with an obscure grey-edged middle space ; central fascia
of nearly even width throughout, the outer edge angled on veins 6 and 4, insinuate
beyond cell and on submedian fold ; its edges consisting of three black lines each,
distinct above median vein, and containing a black cell-spot ; lower part of fascia
filled up with fuscous, which sometimes extends to costa also ; the pale band
beyond it traversed by a darker line, edged at costa by a dark oblique line, and
followed by two more, which are often fused together; the whole apical space
forming a sulKjnadrate dark patch to vein 4, through which the jtale waved sub-
marginal line and an oblique apical streak are visible ; marginal area below 4 with
the markings more or less obsolete, being traceable only iu very good examples :
pairs of marginal spots at vein-ends ; fringe flesh-coloured ochreous, varied with
dark grey.

Ilindu-ing : flesh-coloured ochreous, slightly grey -tinged, with obscure traces
of grey marginal border and postmedian line and cell-spot; marginal spots as in
forewing ; fringe ochreous.

Underside with a s(iuare black apical blotch on forewing, the apex itsell
remaining ochreous ; the outline of central fascia grey above the median vein ;
cell- spot plain. Hindwiug with narrow grey submarginal baud, indented grey
postmedian line, and dark cell-spot ; basal area to postmedian line tinged with grey.

Face and vertex ochreous ; thorax and abdomen much suffnsed with fuscous ;
segments of abdomen with dark bands ; [lalpi ochreous with fuscous tips ; legs
ochreous, the fore- and midtarsi blackisli-spotted.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

-(?(?,! ?, from Sapucay, near Villa Kica, Paraguay, July lUnl (Foster).

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112. Hammaptera cacuminata >i])oc. nov.

Foreivinq : wliitish, tinged with olive-grey, the lines in<li;itinct and lilurred,
all marked by blaek costal spots ; basal area sufl'used with a deeper green tinge,
extending partially along costal portion of central area ; basal patch edged by an
olive-green shade, and crossed by one or two darker lines ; the band beyond also
snftnsed with olive ; inner edge of central fascia slightly indented at middle, onter
oblicine ontwards and forming two projecting teeth between veins 2 and 4, the ends
of which stand ont velvety black from the ])ale ochreons green fascia ; cell-spot
dark, fbllow'ed by a cross-line which is black at costa ; apical area occupied by
a ilnll binrred brownish olive sulu^nadrate blotch, reaching vein 4; the sub-
marginal line regularly waved and pale, the space before it i)ale brown in the
patch and greenish beyond, greenish white on both sides below vein 4 ; the
lunulcs beyond cell edged on both sides with black ; band between central fascia
and apical blotch whitish to vein 4 ; marginal black spots in j)airs ; fringe ochreous
with dark mottliugs beyond veins; all the lines darker along inner margin.

lUiulir'nuj : dirty ochreons, paler towards ape.'i ; two indistinct darker lines
above anal angle ; marginal spots distinct ; friuge ochreous, tinged with grey
towards anal angle.

Underside pale ochreous, with black markings ; outer half of central fascia
black to vein 2 ; a deep black marginal border, interrupted between veins 3 and 4,
then fading ont, the extreme apex ochreous ; fringe ochreous, marked with
blackish. Hiudwing with black border throughout ; a postmedian line, obli(|ue
from middle of costa to below vein 4, thence waved, parallel and close to marginal
border to inner margin; the enclosed area black-speckled, with black cell-spot;
fringe ochreons.

Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 37 mm.

2 ?¥ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (iOKO ft., November I'.iol,
wet season (Ockenden).

Delated to //. cocama Schaus, possibly a form of the ? of that species.

ll;'>. Hammaptera nigi'olineata spec. nov.

Forcwimj : yellow ochreous, with the lines slightly deeper yellow; the edges
of the markings black ; basal patch with an obscure dark edge, sinuous ; inner
edge of 'central fascia finely black thronghont and waved, jiarallel to basal line;
outer edge obliipie outwards, angled below vein 4, strongly marked above middle,
obsolete below, the traversing lines marked by black dots on costa and with black
shading on and below submedian vein ; three black lines from costa, not reaching
vein (i, before submarginal line, which is whitish and hmulate, the lunnles jireceded
by a series of black spots, that between veins 4 and 5 conspicuous, and followed by
wedge-shaped black marks reaching hindmargiu ; marginal black spots in i]airs ;
fringe ochreous.

Ilinihcitig : suffused with dirty grey to an indistinct submarginal line, followed
by a jialer band: marginal border blackish, extending partially along the fold of
inner margin ; marginal dark spots and fringe as in forewing.

Underside of forewing with black marginal band, broad at costa, wliere it leaves
the apex ochreous, narrowing and fading out below vein 4 ; edges of central fascia

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showiug through only : hiiulwing with grey margin showing ji.ale spots between
veins ; a snbmargiual grey shade and the fold grey-tinged.

Head, jialpi, thorax, and abdomen ail yellow ochreons ; legs ochrrons yellow,
the forctarsi faintly grey-spotted.

Expanse of wings : 3.T ram.

1 c? from Sapncay, near Villa Uica, Paraguay, July IfH.il (Foster).

114. Hammaptera subalbata spec. nov.

Foi'ewiny : flesh-coloured browu, tinged with olive and sometimes darkened with
fuscous suifusion ; middle third of wing occupied by a dark blackish brown fascia
crossed by several waved lines and containing the obscure cell-spot ; this fascia has its
inner edge formedof three curves concave basewards, the middle one large, stretching
from fold to fold ; all the lines basewards parallel to it — viz., the edges of a curved
dark band and the lines in the pale bands on each side of it ; the basal patch quite
small, witli three dark lines : the bands preceding and following cejitral fascia more
tinged with green ; submargiiial line close to margin, formed by the intcrrujited
jiale ends of the usual lunnles, jn-eceded by three waved dark luuulate lines : i)airs of
semiconfluent black dots along margin at the vein-ends ; fringe concolorous with
dark mottliugs.

Ilimhviiiq : smoky brown-black ; the fringe the same.

Underside of forewing smoky blackish, the basal two-fifths whitish ; a pale
bent band beyond central fascia and pale spots at apex and below vein 4. Hindwings
bluish white, with a black blotch from apex to vein 4, a blackish smear at anal
angle, and blackish fringe.

Head and thorax pinkish brown ; palpi externally, tips of i>atagia, and
metathoracic tufts dark ; abdomen brown with black segmental rings, sometimes
confluent. Underside of abdomen and legs ochreons.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

2 (S 6 from Charaplaya, Bolivia, 130i) m., June lOUl (Simons).

Easily distinguished by the remarkable white underside of wings, excessively
like that of Erebocldora subladea Warr.

ll-i. Hydriomena ochreiplagfa sjiec. nov.

Fon'wiiKj : dull olive ; the rows of spots dark olive-fuscous ; all the spots finely
but roughly edged with pale red-speckled ochreons, whereby the whole wing assumes
a slightly reddish tint. The rows of spots are six in number : the first basal, hardly
interru])ted ; second, antemedian, of three spots, a large double one in cell and
beneath it, and irregular truncated ones above costal and below submedian vein
respectively ; third median, double towards costa, consisting of two irregularly shaped
costal spots, pointed towards each other, a small blotch in cell, and a large
elongated blotch beyond cell, the latter connected below cell with the outer of two
curved and angled blotches in submedian interval, which unite to form a square
blotch on inner margin ; fourth postmedian, slightly curved and waved, the sjiots
Innate and coalescent ; fifth submarginal, of rounded and irregular sjiots, j)artially
contiguous, the two beyond cell being smaller, those above and below them largest ;
sixth marginal, formed of more or less diamond-shaped blotches touching dark
marks at the vein-ends, an<l enclosing pale flattened ovals before the fringe, which is

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olive : a pale yellnwisb ocbreous elongated blotch occupies two-tbiids of the lon-er
half of cell.

llimlwinq : gloss}' grey, with traces of a darker iiostniediati shade and darker
margin ; fringe grey.

Underside of forewing fuscons-olive, with the costal region broadly reddish and
the costal marks of n]iperside reproduced, the series of spots being all faintly
discernible. Hindwing dull reddish, speckled with olive fuscous, with diffuse central
shade, distinct postmcdian Innulate line, and outer maruin broadly fuscous.

Abdomen concolorous with hindwing ; thorax, shoulders, face, and terminal
segment of palpi reddish and pale; vertex, collar, and patagia dark olive, the same
colour as the sjiots ; front of forelegs red.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 c? frdui Popayan, ( 'olombia (Lehmann).

Hypolepis gen. nov.

An iiffshoot of I'fuiliofles. The abdomen of the c? beneath is furnished with a
double row of large spatulate scales meeting keelwise along the middle, from
between which arises a long double curved pencil of hairs, or thick tufts oi
huir. The hindwing bears a partially scaled furrow along the submedian fold.
Lastly the nenration differs : the discocellular of the hindwing i.s not biangulate,
but vertical above and oblique below, the radial rising from above tlie centre. The
antennae arc thickened, subserrate, the teeth clavate.

Type : lliijioli-jiin strigosa spec. nov.

110. Hypolepis albistriga spec. nov.
Fore/ri//(/ : dark brown ; the lines and all the veins (except vein .5) whilisii
ochreous ; basal line vertical, below middle curved outwards ; inner line straight
and broad, from middle of costa to just before middle of inner margin, closely
preceded from subcostal vein by a narrower slightly waved line ; outer line double,
at three-fourths, ontcurved between vein 7 and the submedian fold, both arms
somewhat crinkled ; submarginal line irregularly zigzag, forked below apex, all
but touching outer line on vein 5; a marginal line of whitish scales ; fringe
dark i>rown, cheijuered with whitish between the veins.

Ilixdiring : whitish ochreous, darker along hindmargiu : fringe ochreous,
chcpiered with black beyond veins, and with a dark fine line along base.

Underside pale blurred grey ; a broad submarginal streak and veins G and T
narrowly orange-red ; apical area dusted with i)ale ochreous ; inner and outer lines
jiale, the latter dark-edged towards costa; fringe ochreous with velvety black
mottliiigs beyond veins. Hindwing whitish, mottled with brown ; a brown ])ost-
median waved line, costal and subcostal veins orange ; fringe yellow, with black
line along base.

Face brown ; vertex ochreous ; shoulders and jiatagia brown with ochreous
tips ; abdomen ochreous, brown along dorsum, with the segmental divisions
ochreous ; legs brown, speckled with ochreous ; scales beneath abdomen and the
tufts ochreous ; (palpi broken).
Expanse of wings : 2(i mm.

1 6 from Santo Domingo, Carabava, S.Fl Peru, (iOoti ft,, November I'.'nI. wet
sensOD (Ockenden).

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117. Hypolepis castanea spec. nov.

Forewing : dark chestnut-brown ; the basal patch, central fascia, and marginal
area darker, more fnscons-tinged ; all tliese darker areas edged by white lines,
traversed eacii by a black thread ; edge of basal patch cnrved and waved ; inner
edge of central fascia waved; onter line lunnlate-dentate, the teeth pointing base-
wards, indented beyond cell and on snbmedian fold ; a dark linear cell-mark ;
snbmarginal line, sometimes obscnre, forming the limit of a large triangnlar dark
patch between ape.K and vein 4 and lunnlate-dentate thence to anal angle; fringe
chequered, dark and light brown.

Hindwing : dark fuscous brown ; the cell-spot dark ; fringe ]iale, with dark
spots.

Underside of forewing dnll brownish grey ; costal edge dotted with dark ; an
orange subcostal streak ; cell-spot dark ; markings partly showing through.
Hindwing paler, with brownish striae; a dark cell-spot, and traces of a dark
postmedian line.

Head, thorax, and abdomen chestnut-brown ; antennae dark fuscous : abdominal
scales and tufts ochreous.

E.xpanse of wings : 3i) mm.

■3 cJc?, 4 ? ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, Novemlier, Dc'cember
1901 (Ockenden).

1 1 s. Hypolepis conspersata spec nov.

Forewing : dnll brown, with darker, more fuscous, markings ; basal patch
small, fnscons, edged by a white, black-liordered, nearly vertical line; central
fascia fuscous, edged on each side by a white Innnlar line traversed by a black
one, the outer edge more or less parallel to hindmargin and indented beyond cell;
cell-sjKit obscure, blackish ; space between basal patch and central fascia and that
beyond onter band occupied by brown shades ; a black sharply lunulate snbmarginal
line, the lunules above vein 4 partially filknl in with black ; an interrupted black
marginal line ; fringe yellowish, mottled with dark ; the wing, and esjiecially the
marginal third, is thickly covered with minute pale and dark striae.

Hindwiiig : dull brown, paler towards base, with obscurely darker postmedian
and snbmarginal lines from inner margin ; cell-spot dark ; fringe pale yellow,
with dark mottling.

Underside of forewing cinereous, dappled with yellowish; an orange subcostal
streak ; cell-spot dark, followed by a pale ()atch ; hindmargin above middle
darker. Hindwing yellowish, striated with brown, with two slightly miirked lines ;
cell-spot linear, conspicuous.

Head, thorax, and abdomen fnscons brown.

Expanse of wings : 2!) mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, &>W ft., May IW)2, dry
season (Ockenden).

Very near to H. castanea and sonlida, but apparently distinct.

119. Hypolepis plumbesceus spec. nov.
Forewing : pale leaden grey, glossy ; the basal patch, central fascia, and
marginal area somewhat darker, decidedly darker along the edges, where they
are mixed with brown, and all edged with a p;iler line ; biisal patch suudl, its

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edge wavy, vertical; iuner edge of central fascia, sinuous, vertical, at oue-third ;
outer edge from two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, projecting at
veins 0 and 4, insinuate between and on submediau fold ; marginal area above
vein 4 mucli darker, forming a large triangular projection beyond cell ami a smaller
rounded one above vein 6 ; antemarginal space pale )'ellow with a darker yellow
shade down it ; three pale grey streaks on costa before aj)ex ; fringe yellow and
grey ; costa finely dotted with yellow.

Ilindwinij : pale yellowish, tinged with pale grey, excejit along a bniinl
postmedian curved band ; cell-spot faint ; fringe yellowish.

Underside pale leaden grey ; costa dotted with yellow ; an orange subcostal
streak from base to ajiex"; the apical veins orange; an obliijuc pale straw-coloured
outer band; cell-spot black; fringe yellow, dotted with grey. Hiiidwing whitish,
striated with grey ; a blackish cell-spot and broken postmedian liue, followed by
a )>road yellowish band ; veins and fringe yellow.

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish ; face brownish grey ; tibi.ie and tarsi of
fore ;iiid middle legs brown-speckled.

Expanse of wings : $ 22 mm. ; ? :.'0 mm.

1 i^'i ? ?, from Santo Domingo, Curabaj-a, S.E. Peru, liniin ft., .lauuary
VMvl, wet season (Ockeuden).

r^iJ. Hypolepis prunicolor spec. nov.

Foren'inji : dark violet-grey, tlie markings deep purple-brown, narrowly and
obscurely edged with golden yellow scales; basal patch quite small, purple-brown;
followed by a broad baud of the ground colour, the centre of which is occupied by
a dark band marked by a deep blotch on costa and iuuer margin but interrupted
in middle ; all these dark markings edged with deep yellow scales ; central fascia
with inner edge straight and oblique from just before middle of costa to before
middle of inner margin, its outer edge diffuse, projecting on vein 0 and at middle,
from two-thirds of costa to just beyond middle of iuner margin, where the fiiscia
is narrow ; the inner half of the fascia only purple-browu ; beyond the second
band of ground colour the outer line is waved and partially lunulate ; submarginal
line lunulate, the lunules filled uj) with purple-brown, that beyoud cell large and
coalescing with the lunule of outer line; fringe yellow, with j)urple-brown mottling
beyond veins.

Hindtrivff : wholly dark brownish fuscous.

Underside of forewing purplish grey, the costa speckled with dee]) yellow ;
a dull orange subcostal streak. Hindwing yellowish, with long dull purjilish grey
striae ; a postmedian band and hiudmarginal border purplish grey ; cell-spot
linear, velvety black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish brown ; ji.-dpi deej) dull yellow ; abdomen
beneath and legs dull yellow ; foretibiae and tarsi mottled i)urplisli and yellow.

Exi)anse of wings : 23 mm.

1 (S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (iOOO ft., November lUUl,
wet season (Ockeuden).

I'^'l. Hypolepis sordida spec. nov.
This species is very near to //. rfisfanea Wan-., but <litt'ers in the following
jioiiits. The red-brown tinge of cdstanen is reiilai-ed by dark fuscous ; tlie inner
edge of central fascia is less acutely angled at mediiin, the uiijier half being more

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vertical ; the onter edge of central ftiscia is nearer the hiodmargin, the ilonble
white line following it plainer, more evenly cnrvcd, not so sinuous ; the triangular
dark subapical blotch larger, its aj)ex reaching outer line. These differences
a])pear to be constant in the two forms. The hindwing of the c? has a similar
hyaline space near base below submedian fold to that shown in caxtanea.

1 c?, 2 ?? from Santo Domingo, (!arabaya, S.E. Pern, fiOOi) ft., Jannary
1902, wet season (Oclienden) ; of tlie same size as caManPn and taken at tlic
same time and jilace.

122. Hypolepis sti'ig^osa spec. nov.

Fnri^irhu} : velvety brown; the custa dotted with orange, the veins marked
with (bill orange, vein 4 with bright orange, with a short oblique white dash
from its base into the cell ; basal and inner lines straight, double, pale grey,
with a dark central line, meeting on inner margin and forming a rough V ; outer
line double, from three-fourths of costa, slightly bulged beyond cell, then waved
inward to two-thirds of inner margin ; submarginal line also double, its arms
rising, one before, the other at the apex, coalescing with each other and touching
the outer line beyond cell, then rnnning out, and forming a sharp tooth on hind-
margin at vein 4, thence Innulate and sharply dentate to anal angle ; fringe
black-brown, with orange spots at base at the vein-ends, and also mottled with
orange.

Uiruhciny : black-brown, with a deep black celI-s[)ot ; fringe mottleil, lilack
and dull yellow.

Underside of forewing dull blurred grey ; a broad orange subcostal streak,
and the veins towards margin irregularly orange ; cell-spot and two subcostal
marks towards hindmargin black. Hindwing with the costal and subcostal veins
orange, the disc sprinkled with white scales ; cell-spot, a waved post-median
line, and indistinct submarginal line black ; fringe of both wings mottled, black
and orange.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown-black ; palpi internally yellow ;
antennae yellow, sjwtted with black ; legs fuscous and orange ; spatulate scales of
abdomen beneath fuscous and dull yellow, the tufts of hair black.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 (?, 3;??, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, lioiio ft., November
1001, wet season (Ockenden).

Tiie ? ? are slightly paler, with the veins less distinctly marked.

12:5. Lampropteryx trilineata spec. nov.

Forewing : asliy grey, with a slight slate-coloured tinge ; a small dark basal
patch ; central third of wing occupied by a slaty grey fascia, edged by thick
wavy black lines, and traversed at middle by another similar, all three swollen
on costa and thicker above middle, the outer one only slightly prominent at
vein 4 ; followed by a pale band with central grey line ; the marginal area
brownish grey with a fine pale waved submarginal line, preceded on costa by
a dark blotch ; a distinct marginal black line, interrupted at the veins ; fringe
rufous grey, with faint mottlings ; cell-spot small, black, on median line.

Ifini/iring: dull grey, with the lines of forewing rejiroduced, but very faint.

Underside jialer grey ; fdrewiiig with four black costal s])ots, one near base,

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aiul oiu> at the ctuniueiicciueiit of c:icli (if the Hues, except the fir.<t of the fascia :
ei'll-s]iots, outer, and siiliiuargiual lines marked in both wings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey.

Kxpanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 t? from South Park, Colorado, Angnst lOul (Oslar).

A very well marked insect, but 1 cannot find any (lescri|itiiiii of it ; it may,
liowever, be an extreme individual of the N. Anicri(;in form of nhniKaria II. S.,
d('scrib(>d by Packard as Cirlnria viqrqf(is.ciiifa.

124. Oligopleura biplagiata spec. nov.

Nearest to 0. aiibieata Feld. and its al)erratiou dicersicolor AVarr., which I
am now inclined to regard as itself a distinct species, inasmuch as the numerous
examjiles which I have seen since the original description are all constant, and
show no evidence of intermediate variation. In i/ivcn<icolor the olive-greenish
ground colour is divided at the middle of the central fascia by a broad ochreous
baud running through from costa to inner margin. In the present species the
ground colour is olive-green as in aulaeata, and the outer markings agree with
that sjiecies ; but there are two pale ochreous patches, one occupying the basal
area, the other on inner margin just before middle, and ending at the median vein ;
between these two patches is a fascia of five dark lines more or less filled up with
olive-green ; the outer three of tbeje lines are oblique and straight, running
through from costa to inner margin : the inner two are curved outwards slightly
and interrupted above the median by an extension of the pale basal patch along
the costa ; there is also a small pale space in lower half of cell before the discal
spot. The rest as in aulaeata.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 ? from Marcapata, E. Pern, 45n0 ft.

Paromala gen. nov.

Forewing : triangular ; costa nearly straight ; apex acute ; hindmargin
obliijnely curved.

Ilimliriny : elongate, as long as forewing ; the apex extending well beyond
tl>e anal angle of forewing ; hindmargin curved.

Forehead produced below and scaled ; 2)alpi rough-haired, long, porrect
dccnmbeut ; tongue and frenulum present ; antennae (?) filiform.

Neuration : forewing, cell half as long as wing; discocellular oblique below ;
first median ncrvule at fonr-fifths, second close before third : radials normal ;
7, 8, 9 stalked. In anastomosing with 11 and again with 8, ',), forming a donble
areole, which is elongate, both 10 aud 11 rising far back : hiudwing, costal
anastomosing with subcostal to near end of cell ; 6 aud 7 long stalked ; discocellular
biangulate, the radial from the lower, outward angle.

The disproportionate sine of the hindwing will sufticiently characterise the
genus.

T_N pe : Paromala elongata spec. nov.

1~5. Paromala elongata spec. nov.
Forewing: whitish grey, very thickly but finely speckled with dark atoms;
no distinct markings ; but the antemedian and postmedian lines are indicated
b\ dark dots on veins, the former curved at one-third, the hitler oblii|iii', paruliel

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to hindmargiu, at two-thirds ; fringe coucolorous, beyond a hardly darker marginal
line ; cell-spot small.

Ilindwiny : whiter, with hardly any dusting ; a postmedian line of dots.

Underside dark grey, S2)eckled with fuscous ; cell-spots and outer lines marked,
the latter very distinct in the hindwing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen jjale grey.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

1 ? from Ecuador.

120. Perizoma amplata spec. nov.

Forewing : dull wood-brown, in ])laees fuscous ; the lines paler, slender ;
basal patch small, fuscous, edged by a curved pale line ; a similarly curved pale
line from one-fourth of costa to near middle of inner margin forms the inner edge
of tlie central area ; outer line from two-thirds of costa, outcurved to vein 4,
then incurved, dentate inwards on the veins, and vertical from vein 2 to inner
margin shortly before anal angle ; the inner half of the median area, broadly
above middle and narrowly below, fuscous edged with darker ; the outer line
is traversed by a darker thread ; marginal area fuscous brown, from apex to
outer line at vein 0 black, containing a snbmarginal line marked by black wedge-
sliaped marks tipped with white, and joined by fine black dashes with the black
marginal line, which is interrupted by pale spots at the vein-ends ; fringe witli
the inner half dark brown, the outer paler ; cell-spot small, black.

JliiKlivinfi : dull smoky brown, with a darker marginal border ; fringe pale
dotted with darker.

Underside of forewing dull brown, with cell-spot, outer line, and a narrow
black lilotch on costa before apex ; a snbmarginal row of white dots. Hindwing
speckled with darker, with cell-spot, dark waved postmedian line, and snbmarginal
row of white spots; patches of black scales along the submedian fold; the inner
margin itself whitish, with its fringe pale brown.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous brown, S2ieckled with paler ; the
segmental rings of abdomen pale ; legs blackish.

Expanse of wings : 2(3 mm.

0 cJc?, 2 ? ¥, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 feet, November,
December IDOl, January 1902, wet season (Ockenden).

127. Perizoma aureoviridis spec. nov.
Forewing : yellowish green, shading into slate-colour towards hindraargin ;
the markings olive-fuscons ; a curved band close to base, narrowed to a point
on inner margin ; second band siunons, at one-third, forming the inner edge of
the central fascia ; third at two-thirds, bidentate outwards between 6 and 7, the
teeth small, and again between 2 and 4, the teeth broad ; this outer band mixed
with brownish and filac grey, and containing two inner lines, the innermost distinct,
dark olive ; it is followed by a pale green band with two brownish lines through
it, marked on costa close to central fascia with pale yellow ; snbmarginal line
regularly lumdate, pale yellowish green, the lunules partially filled up with
greenish, and followed by paler green streaks to hindmargiu; the lunule between
veins 3 and 4 ferrnginous : pairs of dark green marginal dashes at the vein-ends ;
fringe pale greenish, with two dark green lines, and mottled with darker beyond
veins ; cell-spot minute : space between basal jiatch and central fascia with its

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inner halt' lilac-giTv, the ouIit halt" of the pale-green ground colnnr witli two darker
linos.

fliiidiiiiui : greenish erenm-colonr, bluish green along hiiulmargin ; traces
of two or three cnrved lines only distinct on inner margin ; fringe greenish white.

Un(lersi<l(' of forewing mealy green, with the lines of the onter band marked ;
marginal area paler green ; fringe green witli dark mottluigs; of hindwing yellowish
green, rather glossy ; the cell-spot and outer line darker.

Head, ]ialpi, and vertex ])ale mealy green ; thorax mixed with darker green ;
abihimen greyish ochreous with traces of jiairs of dark sjiots along dorsum ; fore
and middle legs very dark green, with the joints pale : hindlegs jialer grei-n.

Exjianse of wings : 32 — 34 mm.

2 SS from Marcapata, E. Peru, 10,800 ft. (( )ckend.'ii).

A reniai-kably coloured insect when fresh.

128. Perizoma mirifica spec. nov.

Fon'ir/iif/ : pearl-grey; basal ])atc,h and central fascia dark reddish fuscoris ;
the space between dark grey, crossed by lines of orange, grey, and red-brown ;
the inner edge of the central fascia waved and curved outwards, the outer edge
from a little beyond middle of costa, slightly bisinuate in cell and on submedian
fold, and jirojecting between ; towards the onter edge the fascia is deepest, towards
the inner edge it is varied with orange scales ; beyond it is a pale-grey belt,
containing three darker grey lines, the first narrow, the second broader and
irregular, the outermost lunulate ; then come three dentate lines, gilded yellow,
separate above but coalescing towards inner margin, the last being the submarginal
line, with its teeth in the upper half of wing filled in with blackish ; the costal
region from outer line to apex gilded yellow ; marginal area dark grey ; fringe
dark grey, with some gilded yellow scales along base and obscure dark marginal
sjiots.

Ilinditiiiy : dark grey ; fringe and marginal sjjots as in forewing.

Underside of forewing dark grey to onter line, then paler, darkening again
towards hindmargin ; costal area broadly brown with yellow freckling ; a dark
cell-spot; a large vinous-red subaj)ical blotch. Hindwing vinous-red, speckled
with grey and yellow, greyer beyond median line ; cell-spot dark.

Palpi and vertex fuscous ; face whitish grey ; thorax, patagia, and basal
segments of abdomen red-brown, varied with orange ; rest of abdomen grey.

Exjianse of wings : 3o mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, t'arabaya, S.E. Tcru, onoii fci4, Novenibev lool, wot
season (Ockenden).

An unusually marked sjiecies.

Phlebosphales gen. nov.

Apparently a development of Anticlea.

Forewitu/ : elongate ; costa slightly cnrved ; ajiex prominent : hindmargin
oblitiuely curved ; inner margin very convex, almost lobed in the centre.

Hindwing : with both angles and the hindmargin well rounded.

Palpi long, porrect, drooping ; laterally flattened, mugh-hairod beneath,
resembling those of .1. (inillnta Dogn. ; antennae ligulate, lamellato ; tongue
and IVenuliim jirosont ; anal tufts of the S largelv developed.

Neiii-iition : forewing, cell not li:ilf as long as wing lielow, only a quarter
as long above, the discocellular therefore long and oblique; first median nervule
at two-thirds, second and third from the lower angle ; lower radial from the
middle of discocellular, upper from the bent-down end of subcostal ; the stalk
of veins 10 and II rising near base, that of 7, 8, 9 shortly beyond, and slightly curved
ujiwards, the subcostal being then deflexed ; between 6 and the stalk of 7, 8, 9,
the wing membrane is puckered and contorted, mostly scaleless, vein 6 partially
crossing it ; 10 anastomoses with 8, 9, forming a single areole : hindwing normal ;
discocellular angnlate, the radial from the lower outward angulation.

Type : Fhlcbospl/ales c/i;/i'/la;/ spec. nov.

12'.>. Phlebosphales engelkei spec. nov.

ForeiciiKj : whitish, overlaid with grey and fuscons scales; the course of
the subcostal vein, the edge of the inner margin, and the submarginal line tinged
with ]tale brown ; above the subcostal vein the dark lines and paler intervals
are clearly marked along the costa ; below it across the wing the markings are
indistinct ; there appear to be two narrow dark lines near base, then a dark grey
band containing the blackish cell-mark : beyond this, at the middle of wing
another single dark line, followed by a dark band, narrow at costa and protruding
in middle of wing towards hindmargin ; submarginal line close to margin,
irregularly dentate, crossing a whitish patch below vein 4 ; a marginal line
of black dashes, with white dots at the vein-ends ; fringe dark brown. The scaling
generally is glossy.

lliiuhripg : dull slaty grey, with dark eeli-sput, and marginal spots as in
forewing.

Underside dull slaty grey, paler in hindwing.

Head and thorax damaged, abdomen cinereous.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 <i from Onaca, Sta. Marta, June to August (Engelke).

The condition of the unique specimen prevents a more accurate descrijition.

130. Psaliodes acutangula spec. nov.
ForewiiK) : plum-colour ; the lines yellow ochreous, sliarp and straight : first
close to base, oittwardly edged with dark vinous ; second from one-third of costa
to two-fifths of inner margin, nearly straight, and oblique inwards ; outer line from
three-fourths of costa, oblique inwards to vein 6, then running outwards for the
same distance along vein 0, very acutely angled towards apex, and oblique inwards
to four-fifths of inner margin ; the central fascia along each of its edges is broadly
vinous ; cell-spot dark ; the marginal vein.s are darker, very minutely dotted
with pale ; fringe plum-colour, with yellow dots at the vein-ends at base ; costa
finely dotted with yellowish.

IliiuliciiK/ : pinky yellow, becoming plum-colour towards hindmargin ; a broad
d;irk-edged yellow postmedian baud, angled at vein (J and thrown back to costa
as a large lunule ; cell-spot linear, blackish ; fringe dark grey.

Underside reddish, the lines all deep yellow.

Head, thorax, and basal segments of abdomen ]ilum-colour ; rest of alidomen
cinereous.

Expanse of wings : 2'i mm.

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1 (J, 2 ? ? , from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. IVm'ii, riOnii iect, Nuvc'iuln'r,
December lOu], wet season (Ockeiuleii).

This species is very near Ahjdda lignosata Wik. which is a true Fsa/io(/i>s;
as is likewise Snellen's species endotrichiata, wrongly referred by him to Gueu6e's
Eunomid genns Ci/clomiu ; and the same applies to Doguin's Ci/clomia mnijin-
patpata.

131. Psaliodes albidulata spec. nov.

Fordoing : cream-white ; the markings olive fuscous, all oiore or less broken
np by the paler ground colour, but darker along costa ; basal jjatch edged by a
thick line obli(jne inwards ; the i)ale band between it and central fascia occni)i('d
by an inwardly obli'jne dark band, the edges remaining jiale ; central fascia narrow,
oblique inwards to before middle of inner margin, its outer edge insinnate beyond
cell and on snbmedian fold, projecting between ; beyond the ])ale band following it
is a double line, of which the outer arm is thick and lunnhite ; subnuirginal line
broad, insinnate beyond cell, where it almost iuterrnpts the lunnlatc shade ;
marginal area consisting of large luunles, that beyond cell twice as large as the
others ; a fine dark marginal line ; fringe cream-colour mottled with fuscous ;
cell-spot small in the central fascia.

Ilimhrimj : tinged with ochrcons grey, with a central, double submarginal,
and a marginal band dark grey ; marginal line dark ; fringe ochreous.

Underside duller, with similar markings ; forewing with a deep yellow sub-
costal streak ; veins 6, 7 and the stalk of 8, 9, 10 also yellow. Hiudwing with the
veins yellow ; the ground colour pale ochreous with fuscous striae and speckles ;
a i)aler band between a dark postmedian and submarginal line ; cell-spots distinct
in both wings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, tinged with I'nscoiis ; patagia ami
shoulders fnscons, with the tips ochreous ; tarsi externally spotted fuscous and
ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

2 cJt? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, (innii ft., December I'.iOl —
January 1902, wet season (Ockendeu).

132. Psaliodes aurativena spec. nov.

Forewing : with base, central fascia, and marginal blotches dark ))nrplish
brown ; the median vein and its branches, the submediau, and veins o, 6, 7 bi'duiily
yellow ; intervals white, tinged with yellow, all the paler areas thickly freckled
with brown ; edge of basal patch sinuous, followed by a sinuous white line ;
central fascia with both edges Innulate between veins, the outer acutely so, jircceded
by a Innulate, white, brown-edged line, and followed by two acutely denfati',
brown-edged white lines; the baud between basal area and central fascia yellowish,
marked with fnscons striae on costa at its middle ; submarginal line white,
irregnlar and broken up : an irregularly lobed triangular purple-brown blotch from
apex to vein 4, and a large blotch at anal angle ; the submarginal line is j)recedcd
by an indistinct series of brown wedge-shaped marks ; the central fascia is
interrupted by the yellow median vein and marked with white above it : fringe
brown, with yellow dashes between the veins.

1 Hud wing : dark grey, ])aler towards base, with a dark cell-spot; fringe
yellow, mottled with black.

(6.3)

Underside of forewing gre}', browner towards apex and speckled with yellow;
costal area broadly yellow, the costal edge brown-spotted ; all the veins yellowish.
Hindwing white, striated with brown ; all the veins deep yellow ; the cell-spot
dark brown.

Face and palpi olive-fnscous ; vertex, thorax, edges of shonlders and patagia,
and dorsal segments of abdomen yellowish ; base of shoulders and patagia fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 30 ram.

4 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Ciarabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November I'.tol,
wet season (Ockenden).

These are probably lli/poh'jn.-i, but in the uljseiice of a cJ I leave them in
Psaliodes for the present.

133. Psaliodes citrinata spec, no v.

Furi'wiiKj : straw-colour ; the markings dark brownish fuscous ; the lines
white and pale yellow ; the veins yellowish ; basal patch edged by a broadish
black-brown band ; central fascia narrow, sinuous, from middle of costa to before
middle of inner margin, both edges lunulate, the inner irregular, bulged towards
base below the median vein ; pale space preceding it correspondingly enlarged
above the median, its edges white, the centre yellow, limited by pale-brown scales
and with some central fuscous scales on costa ; outer edge followed by a white and
then a yellow line of equal width separated by a pale-brown line, the yellow
succeeded by a fuscous shade forming luuules or wedges between the veins edged
by the whitish submarginal line ; a pale oblique space from apex ; a large fuscous-
brown triangular blotch from apex to vein -i, and a double lunulate brown blotcli
at anal angle, the luuule between 3 and 4 remaining pale with dark outline ;
marginal line brown ; fringe yellow, mottled with dark brown ; in the fuscous
central fascia, l>iiig on the median vein, is an elongate yellowish-white blotch
below the obscure dark cell-spot.

lliiKhdiuj : grey-brown, with brown cell-sjiot and an indistinct brown median
line ; the marginal border darker : fringe pale with dark brown mottliugs.

Underside of forewing dull grey, the costal area yellowish, with darker
speckling ; a yellowish outer line and pale streak from apex ; cell-spot black ;
fringe yellow, mottled with brown. Hindwing, yellowish straw-colour, sparsely
striated with brown ; a brown cell-spot and three brown median spots indicating
a central line.

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish ; base of shoulders and patagia browjiislj.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domiugo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, ilinio ft., December I'.Jiil, wet
season (Ockenden).

Distinguished by the sinuous central fascia with its pale spot, au<l by the
lemon-yellow bands.

134. Psaliodes clathrata spec. nov.

Forewing : satiny white ; a costal streak, the veins, and fringes yellow ; tbe
costal edge minutely speckled with brown ; a line of brown speckles along subcostal
vein to beyond middle, sometimes slight ; the lines red-brown, the inner and ant(^-
mediau lines vertical, at one-fifth and two-tifths respectively ; the inner fine, with
a large tooth outwards along submedian fold, the second mucli thicker, with, a

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brown blotch externally on subiueiliau fold : median line double, sinuate, from two-
thirds of costa to middle of inner margin ; the inner arm red-lirown, thickened in
cell and on snbmedian fold, connected with antemedian Hue by a line along tiic
cell-fold, the outer arm ]]aler aud fiuer, distinctly anil regularly luunlati'-dcutate ;
exterior line parallel to hindmargiu, crenulate, also double, the inner arm darker ;
submargiual line formed by a series of brown Innulate marks, that beyond cell
large, reaching exterior line and connected with median line by a red-brown streak
along vein 5 ; slight lines of brown dots along hindmargin, and sometimes along
the yellow veins ; fringe finely intersected by brown beyond veins.

Ilindwing : with very faint cell-spot, middle and outer curved lines, aud slight
brown marginal line before the yellow fringes.

Underside of forewiug yellow, with the markings faint aud liluned ; of
Ilindwing white, with tlie markings brown and clear.

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish : the head parts, shoulders, and patagia
somewhat deejier.

Ex])anse of wings : 28 — 3U mm.

4 ? ? from Santo Domingo, C'arabaya, fS.E. Peru, OmiO ft., .January l'.)0-', wet
season (Ockendeu).

13.J. Psaliodes fractilinea spec. nov.

Forewiug: violet-grej'-brown ; the lines black-brown: veins towards hind-
margin dotted with dark and light scales ; costal area in apical half of wing
broadly whitish ; tirst line oblique inwards, from one-fourth of costa to one-sixth of
inner margin, the included basal area wholly violet-grey ; second line, parallel to
first, from middle of costa to two-fifths of inner margin, forming three slight curves
concave outwards, interrupted on subcostal vein, the violet-grey space between the
lines becoming whitish along first line, with a fine line from inner margin ; space
immediately beyond second line below subcostal vein broadly white, containing
a fine dark wavy line ; outer line from nearly three-fourths of costa, oblique
outwards at first, then nearly vertical, and again from vein 5 to outer margin below
vein 4 oblique, this lower portion followed by a dead-white streak, containing two
tine dark lines ; the whole of the marginal half violet-brown, deepening towards
margin, containing two horizontal velvety black streaks, one wedge-shaped, from
end of cell to outer line between veins 4 and 5, the other above snbmedian fold ;
fringe brown, speckled with white in places, wholly white at vein 4.

Jlimlwiny : dingy white, with slight cell-spot and traces of the commencement
iif dark postmedian and submarginal lines on inner margin ; fringe concolorous^
with dark mottlings at the ends of veins.

Underside of forewiug dull grey, with a slight violet tinge ; two bi'oad oblii|ue
dark shades near base ; a dark waved postmedian line, vanishing below middh' ;
costal edge dotted black and white ; veins towards apex the same ; fringe black-
brown, mottled with white between veins above vein 3. Hindwing paler, faintly
freckled ; cell-s])ot, dentate postmedian line, and base of fringe black.

Palpi very long, white, outwar.lly towards base sprinkled with fuscons : face
white, varied with blackish ; collar white, tipjicd with dark ; shoulders and patagia
white with brown lateral patches; thorax and basal segment of abdomen wiiite,
divided by a black ring ; rest of abdomen violet-grey ; anal hairs oclireous ; pectus
and all the femora yellow ; rest of legs black, thickly speckled with oclireous.

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Expanse of winofs : 3i) mm.

1 r?, 1 ?, from Sauto Domingo, (.'arabaya, S.E. Pern, HiiOO ft., November,
December 1901, wet season (Oclceuilen).
This species stands quite h)- itself.

136. Psaliodes ignivenata .spec, no v.

Forewimj : dark brown ; the lines white ; the subcostal vein broadly, the
median and all the veins in the marginal half of wins; fiery red ; the costal edge
brown, with pale dots showing the commencement of tlie lines ; basal line marked
only by a spot at base of cell and a fine line below the median vein ; inner line
broad, obliipiely sinnons from upper margin of cell, its upper part with some grey
scales on it ; outer line, narrower, from costa at nearly three-fourths, strongly
ontcurved between veins 7 and 3, insinuate between 3 and 2, and again outcurved
in submedian interval ; an obliipre white dash on the lower arm of discocelliilar ;
the outer line is followed by two fine lunulate lines ; submarginal line lunnlate,
preceded and followed by dark brown shading ; an oblique white streak from ajiex
and some white spots between veins just before the margin, those between 1 and 2
and 3 and 4 larger ; all the outer lines are interrupted by the red veins ; fringe
glossy whitish, with black chequerings at the veins.

Ilindwinii : dnll dark grey, with a dark cell-spot, a dark median line outcurved
at middle, and dark marginal shade ; fringe as in forewing.

Underside of forewing blurred grey ; a broad subcostal orange-red streak, and
the apical veins orange ; the cell-mark and the outer lines beneath the costa white.
Hindwing white, striated with grey; the base of costa orange; cell-sjwt, a curved
median line, and macular submarginal shade darker.

Palpi, head, thorax, and abdomen above fiery red, the thorax varied with dark ;
segmental rings of abdomen whitish.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 c?, 1 5 , from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 60Ui_i ft., December 1001,
wet season (Ockenden).

13T. Psaliodes inferna spec. nov.

Forewinij : dark lirown-blaek ; costa minutely dotted with white; the lines
white; first narrow, obliquely curved, close to base; second, much broader, yellowish
white, from below one-third of costa to one-third of inner margin, edged outwardly
with black, and emitting a pale tooth inwardly along the median vein towards
first line ; outer line slender, from two-thirds of costa, slightly oblique inwards
to vein 6, then outwards to vein 4, below which it is obsolete ; a few pah^
submarginal scales between veins 3 and 4 ; fringe coucolorous, witli some pale
scales along base, and a white patch between 3 and 4.

Ilindtcinq : entirely smoky brown-black ; fringe chequered with darker.

Underside of forewing lavender-grey ; costa speckled black and white ; a
bright orange subcostal streak ; second and outer line both showing whitish ;
a submarginal whitish-edged black blotch from the costa, approaching outer line
at vein 4 ; fringe dark grey, with a white blotcli between 3 and 4. Hindwing,
whitish, freckled with grey ; a large brown cell-spot, a brown blotch below it on
submedian fohl, and a thick brown wavy postmedian line ; fringe chequered, dark

and light.

5

( r,6 )

Head, tlionix, aiid abdomoii brown, varied witli pale scales.
Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, UUUO ft., December lUUl,
wet season (Ockeuden).

138. Psaliodes miniata spec. nov. and ab. fuscata nov. and pallida nov.

Forein'/'!/ : with the base and central fascia cojjpery brown ; a broad subcostal
streak bright coppery red; tlie costal edge dotted with black and ochreons ;
basal patch edged by a straight dark line, mixed with a few white scales ; band
between base and central fascia bright cojipery red with its centre fnscons ;
central fascia edged with white black-edged lunules ; its outer edge indented
below costa, angled on vein (i, and forming a beak-like projection on vein 4, then
concave to inner margin, followed by a broadish coppery-red line ; submarginal
line very obscure, marked only on costa and above anal angle ; cell-spot blackish,
indistinct ; marginal line black ; fringe white, cherjuered with black.

Ilinilicing : dull coppery red, with a broad fuscous median baud, edged
externally with whitish ; a dark cell-spot ; marginal area darker ; fringe as in
forewing.

Underside of both wings coppery- red ; markings of forewing distinct towards
hindraargin. Hindwing with black cell-spot and distinct black-brown median
shade edged with white.

Head and palpi ochreons : thorax and patagia coppery ; abdomen dark
cinereous.

Expanse of wings : <?, 17 mm. ; ? , 24 mm.

1 (?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (iUUO ft., November,
December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

In the S ; which is considerably smaller than the ?, the paler markings are
attenuated, the upper half of the outer edge of central fiiscia is more vertical,
and the projection at middle less prominent. In another <?, however, which
must be referred to the same species, the red markings are inconspicuous, and
the white markings even more prominent than iu the typical ? ; in this case the
edging of the outer half of central fascia below costa consists of two vertical
white streaks, oue obliquely below the other, and the hindwing and underside
are almost wholly dark fnscons. For this form I propose the name fuscata.

A second ? differs so much that it may be another sj>ecies, though for the
present I shall sejiarate it only as ab. pallida. In this the red is deeper and
the fuscous markings blacker, the white markings clearer and more defined ; the
lower half of central fascia also much narrower ; the fringe is white, with black
base, but witliont dark mottlings. The hindwing is grey, with darker grey central
line and marginal border. I'eneath, the forewing is dull dark grey, witli the
white edgings showing, and only a faint tinge of reddish ; the hindwing much
speckled with brownish red and white, and all the markings hidden.

l^i'-'. Psaliodes nexilinea spec. nov.

Forewing: straw-colour; the median vein and its branches and the submedian
pale ferrnginnns ; the lines darker ferrnginous ; a fine slightly curved line near
base ; an obli(|ne fniniel-shajied narrow fi^scia at middle, its edges and narrower
part below the median darker ferruginous ; a sinuous submarginal line, Innulate

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below middle ; a triangular ferrnginons-edged patch on liiiidmargiii from apex to
vein 4, its apex connected by a ferrnginons streak with the central fascia on vein 4 ;
some faint striae above anal angle ; fringe straw-colour, with sharply marked
black-brown dashes at the ends of the veins.

Hiiuhvimj : straw-colour, slightly rust-culonred along hindmargin, with traces
of median and postmedian lines on inner margin ; fringe pale, uumottled.

Underside with the markings of forewing pale rusty ; costal half of sub-
marginal line and oblique line from apex dark brown, as are the marginal line
and spots on fringe ; costal edge dotted brown and yellow. Hindwing yellow with
rusty striae and indications of two curved lines.

Head, thorax, and abdomen straw-colour, with faint rust-coloured scales.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

2 ? ¥ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (iuQij ft., November,
December I'JOl, wet season (Ockenden).

140. Psaliodes nictitans spec. nov.

Forewing : straw-colour, the markings fulvous ; the median and its branches
fnlvous ; costal vein orange-red ; the costal edge with dark-brown striae ; basal
line outwardly oblique, brown, the basal area straw-colour below median, fnlvous
above ; central fascia with inner edge concave basewards, the outer concave
outwards to vein 6, there acutely angled and sinuous to inner margin, where the
fascia is only half as wide as on costa ; it is filled up with deep fnlvous, darker
at its edges, except a pale blotch at end of cell containing the distinct black
cell-spot, and towards the costa it is striated with paler ; a fulvous oblique streak
from apex and a diffuse subapical cloud join the angle of central fascia and appear
to form part of it ; marginal area with a double submarginal sinuous line and a
marginal shade, all fulvous ; the baud before central fascia is traversed by two
curved fulvous streaks ; fringe pale, mottled with black at the vein-ends.

Himhrnng : pale straw-colour, with a postmedian fulvous line and slight
cell-spot.

Underside of forewing with the subcostal and median veins and sinuous outer
line orange fulvous ; the transverse markings on costa and in cell olive brownish.
Hindwing with orange-red centnil line.

Head, thorax, and abdomen straw-colour ; palpi externally brownish.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, Oi.ioi.i ft., November lliiil,
wet season (Ockenden).

141. Psaliodes ossicolor spec. nov.

Forewing : bone-colour, the markings olive-brown or olive-i'uscou.s ; the costa
fuscous for two-thirds ; an olive-fnscous inwardly oblique line close to base, widened
at costa ; an inwardly oblique fuscous fascia from beyond middle of costa to
middle of inner margin, its inner edge indented below costa, its outer bulged a
middle, more or less interrupted from fold to fold by the pale ground colour ;
an indistinct outer line of a few striae ; marginal area with two fuscous blotches ;
one triangular from apex to vein 4, the point of the triangle reaching submarginal
line on vein 5, the other smaller at anal angle ; fringe bone-colour, with fuscous
mottlings.

HindwitKj : with the apex and hindmargin slightly grey-tinged,

( 'iS )

Umlerisiile of forewiiig dull gi'e\'-bi-o\vu, the siiliiipii-il area ochveons ; a
liroad orange snljcostal streak, and the upper veins yellow ; fringe yellowish, with
fiifcons cheqneriii<rs. Ilindwing lione-colour, witli fnscous striae along inner- and
hindniargin, and a narrow central line.

Head, thorax, and abdomen bone-colour ; antennae fuscons.

Expanse of wings : 23 mm.

^ (?(?, 4 ? ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (inuo ft., November
10(1], wet season (Ockcnden).

In the paler examples the markings are pale olive-brown, and tlie striae
move numerous.

142. Psaliodes pervasata spec. nov.

Forcwing : coslal area vinous brown, striated with yellowish ; the area between
veins 2 and 3 and half of that between 3 and 4 vinous brown, the three median
nervules marked with black and light dots ; the markings velvety blackish ; the
lines liright cream-colour ; a thin obscure sinnons basal line ; an oblicjue broad
cream-coloured band from below middle of costa to before middle of inner margin,
with two waved dark lines down it ; the sjiace between it and l]asal line below
the median black-brown, its outer edge also above the median, and forming an
acute angle outwards in cell, with a pale spot in cell before it ; central fascia
black-brown from subcostal to below vein 4 and again below vein 2, where it is
much narrower : it is edged outwardly by a broad cream-coloured line, then a
fine dark line, and another fine cream-coloured line ; snbmarginal line cream-
coloured, lunulate, meeting an oblique pale streak from apex, which edges an
irregular velvety-black triangular blotch ; the snbmarginal line has its pale lunules
filled 1'.]) with black, and on vein 4 forms a beak-like projection towards hind-
margin ; both the central fascia and the j)ale lines edging it are interrnjited by
the vinous-brown space above vein 2 ; fringe mottled cream-colour and black.

Hiiidwinff : dull grey, darker towards hindmargin, with a dark cell-spot and
fine black crcnulate marginal line ; fringe straw-colour, with black dashes beyond
the veins.

Underside of forewiug dull grey, with the pale markings showing through in
]rlaces; costal area broadly yellow with grey striations ; apical area darker grey
with pale striae, the apical veins yellow ; fringe mottled yellow and black. Hind-
wiug white, with strong brown striations and indications of two lines ; the cell-sjiot
brown; base of costa and subcostal area beyond broadly yellow; fringe yellow,
unspotted.

Face, ])a]pi, and shoulders yellow ; some dark scales between antennae :
patagia fuscous and yellowish ; abdomen rufous, the thorax whitish : the tarsi
and spurs dotted dark and light ; antennae dark, mottled with yellowish.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, OUOO ft., November I'jnl,
wet season (Ockenden).

14;!. Psaliodes picta spec. nov.

Forewitig : with basal area, the central fascia, and a triangular costal blotch
before apex olive-fuscous ; subcostal vein finely orange-red ; the central fascia
forming a ])rominent beak at vein 4 towards hindmargin ; its edges darker and
mixed with orange-red, preceded and followed by liroad but irregular white lunules ;

( e9 )

the basal area confusedlj- mixed with orange and wliite ; snbmarginal Hue In-okeji
up into irregular white patches, edged with black aud orange ; a large dark cell-
spot ; fringe white, cheipiered with dark.

Ilhu/wing : whitish, with the base, a central band, aud the marginal border
diffusel}' grey, the hindmargin with some orange scales ; a distinct cell-spot ;
fringe as iu forewing.

Underside of forewing with the markings reproduced, and towards the hind-
margin ver\- distinct. Hiudwing white, washed with orange and striated with
brown ; cell-spot brown ; a diffuse brown median line and iiner snbmarginal line,
both outwardly white-edged.

Head, thora.x, and abdomen a rai.xture of ochreons, orange, and fuscous scales,
the abdomen more fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 20 — 22 mm.

1 (?, 3 ??,from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GOdii ft., November
inoi, wet season (Ockenden), f///je.

I (?, Chulumani, Bolivia, December 1901, 20ii0 m. (Simons), larger and duller
than the Peruvian examples.

144. Psaliodes planiplaga spec. nov.

Foretoing : bone-colour, tinged with ochreous ; the markings chocolate-brown ;
basal patch small, filled up with brown only above median vein, but edged by a
brown line which reaches inner margin, inbent below median ; central fascia with
its inner edge straight and oblii|ne, from two-fifths of costa to two-fifths of inner
margin ; outer edge from two-thirds of costa, parallel at first to the inner edge,
then curved outwards and forming a beak on vein 4 with a deep sinus below to
inner margin at three-fifths ; along the costa the brown of the fascia is nearly
obliterated by the ochreous-tinged ground colour ; cell-spot oblique, dark brown,
jireceded by a whitish horizontal streak from inner edge of fascia; band before
fascia tinged along its centre with ochreous ; space beyond fascia traversed by
two brownish lines, the outer thicker, both bent outwards below middle ; a sub-
qnadrate chocolate-brown blotch below apex, and smaller dark blotches between
2 and 4 at the margin ; the veins ochreous ; fringe pale, chequered with brown.

Hindwing : pale, with the hindmargin ochreous, coutaining a paler band;
fringe pale.

Underside of forewing with all markings dull grey ; a broad orange subcostal
streak ; cell-spot and the chequering of the fringe dark brown. Hindwing pale,
striated with brown, with cell-spot brown, and traces of two curved lines, marked
by brown spots on costa and submedian fold.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

1 <J from (Josta Rica, 1500 m. (M. de Mathan).

In colour of ground aud markings much resembling I's. lisera Dogn.,
which was also sent from Costa Rica, but the pattern of markings entirely
different.

145. Psaliodes semirasa spec nov.

Foretriiuj : pale flesh-colour ; costal margin brown for two-fifths ; from it
two brown vertical lines : the first, close to base, single ; the second, from one-
third, double : a small brown cell-spot ; some dark scales round apex, aud a

( 70 ;

black spot before margin between veins 0 and 7 ; a dark niiirgiual line below
apex ; fringe concoloroiis.

llindwiny : jialer at base, flesh-coloured towards maririn : on inner mari,Mn
at middle the commencement of a brown central line and a dark shade at anal
angle ; a small dark cell-spot.

Underside faintly speckled with dark : a brown blotch at base of costa, and
brown onter line from costa to cell ; the cell-spot, an ai)ical sjiot, and the spot
aljove vein 0 brown. Hindwiug with lirown striations ; a brown cell-spot, and
traces of median and snbmarginal lines.

Head, thorax, and abdomen flesh-colonr ; the face and vertex marked with
brown ; the shoulders wholly brown.

Expanse of wings : 10 mm.

1 i from Santo Domingo, t'arabaya, S.E. Pern, (JUOii It., November I'.iii], wet
season (Ockenden).

14fi. Psaliodes serratilinea spec. nov.

Forewing : pale brown, the markings dark brown, all distinctly edged with
white ; basal patch with outer edge curved, projecting above median vein ; inner
edge of central fascia at two-fifths, waved and oblitjae, indented slightly on the
folds ; centre of band preceding fascia pale brown, edged with a dark-brown line
before the white lines edging the basal patch and central fascia ; outer edge of
fascia crennlate, sinuous, followed by a broad white line divided by a brown one,
projecting a sharp tooth inward on vein 7 : space beyond irregular, dark brown
below costa, paler brown below median, edged below costa by a fine, acutely
zigzag white line ; the dark marginal area broadly edged inwardly with white,
the interval on margin between veins 3 and 4 pale ; the veins pale yellow in
marginal half; fringe mottled yellow and brown ; within the inner edge of central
fascia above vein 4 is a small horizontal curved white spot.

Ilindwing : pale grey-brown, with traces of cell-spot and two darker curved
lines beyond middle.

Underside pearl-grey, with the outer line and cell-spot darker ; a broad
orange subcostal streak ; the apical veins orange, speckled with dark. Hindwing
yellowish, striated with brown ; cell-spot and two onter lines brown.

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow and pale brown ; the shoulders and patagia
pale brown with yellow tips.

Expanse of wings : 'Zb mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, C'arabaya, S.E. Pern, (louo ft., December lOiil, wet
season (Ockenden).

147. Psaliodes siennata spec. nov.

Forewiny : dark brown ; the lines ochreous, diff"nse ; a sinuons line near base ;
an oblique fascia before middle with a brown thread through it, slightly bent
outwards at middle and interrupted below median vein ; an outer sinuous fascia,
also interrupted below middle, and followed above median, where it is somewhat
excurvcd, by a snbquadrate pale blotch ; an interrupted snbmarginal line, forming
a short obli(pie streak on costa before apex, a luuule beyond the snbquadrate
blotch, and two or three spots above anal angle ; fringe chequered, ochreous and
brown.

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Ilindiving : snnfF-coloured bvown, with a slight coppery tint, darker towanls
hinilraargin, with faint traces of a dark jjostmedian line and marginal band ; cell-
spot large and brown ; fringe pale, mottled with darker.

Underside of forewiug paler brown, with fine white striae ; the ochreous
markings yellow-tinged; an orange-red subcostal streak, and the veins towards
a])ex orange. Hindwing ochreous, thickly striated with brown; a dark-brown cell-
sj)ot an<l curved i)ostniedian line : a dull orange subcostal streak as on forewiug.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown, varied with ochreous scales ; the abdomen
almost wholly dark; anal tufts of the S very large, dull ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

3 c?(?, 3 ? ¥, from Santo Domingo, ('arabaya, S.E. Peru, OoiiO ft., November,
December lOil], wet season (Ockenden).

148. Psaliodes subfulvescens spec. nov.

Forfiii/if/ : whitish, the ground colour remaining clear only as an antemedian
and a postmedian obliijue band, the latter interrupted between veins 2 and 4
and above 6; the rest of the wing overlaid with dull yellowish browu, tinged
towards hindmargin with purplish grey ; the basal area crossed, apparently, by
two darker waved lines ; the central fascia narrow at inner margin, widening
above vein 2, and very broad on costa ; a wavy dark submargiual line, most
distinct across the white band ; marginal area dark, interrupted on veins 4 and 5
by a jiale patch connected with tlie white band beyond cell ; a pale patch on
costa before apex ; an oblique brown cell-spot on the inner edge of the central
fascia'; marginal line dark ; fringe whitish, mottled with brown.

Ilindiriiu) : suffused and striated with violet-brown, with cell-spot and darker
median line.

Underside suffused with purplish grey and irregularly striated with fulvous-
brown ; costa minutely dotted with whitish and fulvous ; subcostal area and a
costal spot before apex yellow ; a tawny bluntly angled postmedian line ; the
dark and light markings of the upperside showing through. Hindwing whitish
striated with purplish grey, and with fulvous striae at base and along costa,
before postmedian line and along submargiual line ; cell-spots on both wings
fulvous brown.

Head, thorax, and abdomen i)ale fulvous and grey.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 S from Bulim, N.W. Ecuador, 160 ft., January 19nl (Flemming and
Miketta).

Hindmargin of both wings (•reimhite. The s|iecimen is slightly worn, but
appears quite distinct.

149. Psaliodes trilunata spec. nov.
Forciritiy : chalk-white, grey-speckled ; markings dark purplish grey, all
paler below middle ; edges of basal patch and central fascia all curved more
or less parallel to hindmargin and all edged with a white dark-edged line ; centre
of pale band before fascia traversed by an ochreous-grey shading : edges of central
fascia both waved, and indistinctly lunulate ; outer line dark below costa only ;
marginal area above middle formed by three lunules increasing iu size, each
with a pale and dark lunular base ; those below middle small, obsolescent, or
with nierclv a dark edge ; fringe white beyond a dark marginal line, and

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mottled with dark : tlio inner edge nf central fascia, eveu above the middle,
])artly excavated.

Ilimlwing: white, witli dark-grey cell-spot, postmedian and submargiual
Hues ; a fine dark-grey marginal line ; fringe white.

Underside whitish, witli tliick dark-grey striae between veins towards ajiex ;
these veins orange, like the bniad snbcostal streak ; cell-spot and marginal line
blackish. Hiudwing white with sjjarser grey striae, a cell-sjiot, and traces of
two outer lines.

Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs white, speckled with dark.

Exjianse of wings : 22 mm.

1 c? from Charaplaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., Jnnc 1901 (Simons).

150. Psaliodes tripartita spec. uov.

Foreioing : with basal area, central fascia, and marginal border pnr]ilish
brown, the baud j)receding fascia whitish, that following it wood-brown ; edge
of basal patch vertical and straight at one-fonrth ; inner edge of central fascia
parallel, outer edge from two-thirds of costa, obliqne outwards and projecting
bluntly at vein 4, then waved and oblicjne inwards to three-fifths of inner margin ;
both edges finely margined with white, most marked on the outer edge beyond
cell ; marginal area edged by deeper lunules below middle, above it .swelling out
into a large triangular blotch, the apex of which all but touches the projection
of eenlral fascia ; fringe mottled dark and light ; costa apparently slightly paler
and mottled with dark speckles ; veins paler, with dark speckles.

Hhulwing : uniform dull grey-brown ; fringe mottled.

Underside of i'orewing with the markings shining grey, the subapical blotch
purplish ; subcostal region broadly yellow. Hindwing whitish, with brown
strlatious ; traces of two curved outer lines; cell-spot cons]iicnous, black.

Face and paljii ochreous grej' ; shoulders and patagia dark jiurplisli brown,
tipped with pale ; abdomen like hindwings.

Expanse of wings : 22 — 25 mm.

2 ¥?, one from Caradoc, Marcapata, February 190l, 4U00 ft. (Ockenden),
(i/pe, the other, worn, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GiMiO ft.,
January 1902, wet season (Ockenden).

151. Psaliodes tripita ab. corrosa uov.

P. tripita was described by M. Dognin from a single cJ from Loja, Ecuador.
Of nine examples from Santo Domingo, S.E. Peru (four (?(?, five ? ¥ ), most
exhibit a marking not noted by him — viz., the filling up of the sjiace between
veins 3 and 4 of the forewing, as far as submargiual line, by a more or less
developed streak of pale scales ; the ¥ ? , which also have the hindwing darker
than the dS, are on the whole darker in the forewing and show this peculiarity
least; in the S S the streak is sometimes oclireous, sometimes whitish, and at
others orange, and generally veins 3 and 4 themselves, more rarely vein 2 as
well, are coloured similarly. In the c? example, to which I give the name corrosa,
this tendency is exaggerated ; here the whole space between veins 2 and 4,
as well as a slight distance above and below them, is filled with dull white scales
nearly reaching the hindmargin, obliterating all the markings, and at first giving
the impression of the wings having been rubbed.

All the examples were taken between November I'.miI and .lanuary I0ii2 in
the wet season (Ockenden).

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1 h2. Psaliodes vinosata spec. iiov.

Fori'wi/iy : viuous fuscous ; the lines wliite : basal liue obscure, iudistiuctly
double, vertical ; iuner line double, nearly vertical ; outer line from nearly three-
fourths of costa, obli(iue inwards and indented on veiu 7, ontcurved to vein '.i,
then Ininilate inwards, and forming an acute inward angle on submedian fold,
edged by a fine black line, and this again in its lower course by a second
white and black line ; central fascia deeper vinous ; snbmarginal line hardly
expressed ; marginal line black ; fringe whitish, mottled dark beyond veins.

lUndwmy : dull grey, darker towards hiudmargin, with a dark cell-spot,
and traces of two dark lines on inner margin above anal angle ; fringe as in
forewing.

Underside of forewing blurred grey ; an orange-red subcostal streak ; a short
thick dark streak from costa before apex ; apical region striated with jiale ;
marginal line and fringe as above. Hiudwing white, thickly striated with grey ;
cell-sjiot large, blackish ; a lunulate-dentate curved jiostmedian line and traces
of a submarginal beyond.

Head, thorax, and abdomen vinous fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 22 m.

1 ? from Agualani, S.E. Peru, lo,(iOO ft., September 19U1 (Ockenden).

153. Pterocypha abbreviata spec. nov.

Forewing : fuscous ; the lines and markings blackish ; basal area to one-
half of wing covered with an olive-grey pile ; basal patch small, edged by two
dark lines ; tlie usual central fascia placed before the middle, the lines forming
its limiting bands meeting at costa to form two blackish triangular blotches ;
the space beyond it, between middle of wing and submarginal line, is traversed
by three acutely dentate dark lines, which below the middle form dark and pale-
dashe.s on the median nervules ; submarginal line irregularly waved, preceded
and followed by darker tints ; a short black apical streak of two lunules ; marginal
festoon black ; fringe dark fuscous.

Uiruhcing : fuscous ; with a blackish straight postmedian line, followed by
traces of three other dark lines in the dark fuscous marginal area ; fringe pale
round apex.

Underside ochreous grey with dark speckling ; both wings with black cell-
spots and three black curved postmedian lines, the outermost thickest and
irregularly crennlate ; forewing with black submarginal band separated by a
pale submarginal line from the black-speckled marginal area, which has no pale
spaces at apex or middle ; hindwing paler throughout.

Head and palpi fuscous ; vertex pale olive ; thorax and abdomen olive, much
mixed with fuscous and black ; the segments of the abdomen obscurely black-
s])otted.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

2 cJcJ I'rom Sapucay, near Villa Rica, Paraguay, August and September 1901
(Foster).

Distinguished by the position of the central fascia, and l)y the broad short
forewings with rounded apex ; also by the absence of the white apical spot
beneath. In another example the forewings are tinged witli olive-green and
flesh-colour, and all the markings are clearer.

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Rhinura gen. nov.

Fore/riiti/: very liroad, triiiugular ; costa strongl}- archeil, liut slightly inflexetl
before middle ; liindmargin with a blunt angulation at vein 4, concave above to
vein ?, which is also slightly toothed below apex.

Ilimlwinq : with apex rounded, slight teeth at veins 6 and 4, and a short
curved tail at vein 3, thence to anal angle twice excavated.

Palpi porrect, the second segment long, rongh-haired, third segment short,
pointed, and smooth ; tongue and frenulum present ; antennae simple.

Nenration as in I'salioc/es.

Type : Rhinura varicyuta Warr. (Plemi/riopsis).

It is necessary to remove this species from Plemi/iiopnis, with which it has
no true affinity.

Rhodomena gen. nov.

1 find that several species of Ilijihiomena from South America difler from
typical members of that genus in the shape of the palpi. In these the second
segment is much elongated, curved above, and quite narrow whore it rises from the
first segment, the third segment short, decumbent ; the palpi are porrect, laterally
flattened, and rough-haired above and below ; externally, in all cases examined,
they are metallic dark green in colour. Moreover, in all the species which
j)0ssess palpi of this structure, the metathoracic tuft is of the same metallic
lustre. The two species praelatata and lyraemundata described by me both
belong to this genus, and I propose praelatata as type. Both were originally
described from $ i : 1 have since seen ? ? of both ; that of praelatata
agrees with the $ entirely ; the single ? of prannnmhxtn seen diifers from
the S in having the space beyond the cell and beyond the middle of the sub-
median interval suffused with reddish ; this may not, however, prove a sexual
diflFcrence.

154. Rhodomena lichenosa spec. nov.

Foreu'ing : olive-green: the lines and bauds purple-brown; extreme base
dark; basal line thick, projecting on median vein, followed by a similarly shaped
band with darker edges, almost interrupted in the cell ; median line indented
in cell and thickened into a blotch on submedian fold ; postmedian line indented
beyond cell, angled outwards above and below ; submarginal band united to a
blotch from a{)ex, almost interrupted at middle and enlarged above ; a marginal
line of brown triangles at the end of veins ; fringe brt)wn ; the central space
is white, sprinkled with green scales, and more or less tinged with pink.

liindwinij : dull grey ; fringes darker.

Underside dull greenish grey, with an under-tint of pinkish ; costa of forewing
marked with six dark greenish blotches, the intervals cream-colour, all becoming
dilfused as they descend from the costa.

Face cream-colour with two dark spots above ; palpi dark green ; vertex,
thorax, and patagia dark and light green ; abdomen cinereous, the segments
of dorsum marked with dark and light green ; metathoracic tuft dark green.

The single ? has the green and pink tinges deeper ; the hindwing darker
grey.

Expanse of wings ; cj, 32 mm. ; V, 35 mm.

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2 c?c?, 1 S, fVom Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, (iiioo ft., November
IllUl — Jaunar}' 1902, wet season (Ockenden).

The species can be recognised, independently of its coloration, by the
angulations of tlie postmedian line. The median line ajjpears variable : in
tlie whiter c? it is strongly bulged outwards below middle, while in the ? it
is sharply angled ontwards on the submedian fold, nearly straiglit from tlio
angle to the costa.

Rhodomena roseoviridis spec. nov.

Foreivinij : olive-green : the lines dark brown ; the whole middle third of
wing occupied by an irregularly oval bright pink space, edged by the third and
fourth lines ; base itself black ; first and second lines broadly blackish on costa
and at inner margin, more or less obsolete between ; the third and fourth lines
irregularly waved, both swollen at costa ; snbmarginal band waved externally,
broad at costa and above middle, just touching a large apical blotch, and with
a blotch to hindmargiu at vein 2 ; marginal line black, swollen into triangles
at the veins ; fringe dark grey ; the green intervals are centred with darker
green.

IJindwhiy : dark slaty grey ; fringe concolorous.

Underside blackish grey ; darker towards costa, which is marked by three
black blotches in the apical half of wing, the apical large, the middle one
]iroduced as a dark band across wing ; all three preceded by cream-coloured blotches,
the outermost one uniting with a blotch along hindmargin below apex. Hindwing
with an indistinct paler band before the hindmargin.

Face pinkish ochreous, with two dark spots above ; vertex dark, fringed with
pink scales ; collar faded green ; thorax and patagia yellow-green; palpi, shoalders,
and metathoracic tuft metallic blue-black, as are the dark spots on face and
vertex ; abdomen dark cinereous slate-colour.

Expanse of wings : 36 mm.

1 ¥ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Fern, 600U ft., November 19U1,
wet season (Ockenden).

An exceptionally handsome insect, allied to B. Uchenosa.

156. Rhopalista dismutata spec. nov.
Foreivimj : greyish or ochreous flesh-colour in basal half, shading into dull
olive towards hindmargin ; the lines blackish, in places ill-defined and irregular ;
four equidistant lines in basal area, the two outer angled in cell, all more or
less obsolete below median and qnite obsolete below submedian vein ; the edges
of the central fascia consist each of two lines : the two inner widely divergent
on costa, where they include a third line, and parallel below middle of cell ;
the onter two outcurved round cell and ajiproiiching the inner lines toward
inner margin ; these are followed by a dark line forming two large prominent
teeth on veins 6 and 4, then incurved and running close and parallel to the
other two, separated from them in snbmedian interspace by white or pale
scales ; then a dark grey line, similarly angled, but indistinct except in sub-
median interspace, where it is black and tliick ; a third similar line, distinct
and black, is strongly marked on costa and in submedian interspace, its costal
area forming a semicircular mark by its junction with an oblique streak from
apex ; snbmarginal line whitish, finely zigzag, and tipped at the angles with

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black, pR'oodeil t)y a darker blotcb beyond cell ami in suliiuediaii interspace ;
pairs of black dasiies alonp; margin at end of veins, which are here finely black ;
fringe olivc-greeii, black-mottled beyond veins ; cell-spot linear, blackish ; the
submedian fold and vein are both dotted with black, and there is a projecting
tooth of black scales from the middle of inner margin.

Iliiuluing : whitish towards costa, jiale flesh-coloured ochreons tinged with
grey along inner and liindmargins ; the tuft of hairs in fold ochreons like the
ground colour.

Underside of forewing pale grey, somewhat glossy, without markings, e.xcept
along eosta and hindmargin: of liiudwing ochreons as above. Thorax and abdomen
ochreons and grey ; face pale ochreous ; palpi olive fuscons.

Expanse of wings : 28 — 30 mm.

2 S<S from Tueuman, October 1001, 700 metres (Dinelli).

Probably a variable species, as the only two examples differ considerably.
The scheme of markings is somewhat involved, and they are moreover obscured
by grey and olive i)atches of shading. To some extent the description of
improbaria Schans agrees with them, but the hindwings are totally different
in colonilion.

157. Sparg'ania daira.

Epirrhoii (liiira Druce, Jilnl. C'enli: Am., Lrj>. II. I. ii. p. lUO. t. 06. fig. 2(5. (J $ , Mexico.
Sjmrganiu liellipicia Warr., Auv. Zool. viii. p. 408. J ? , Colorado.

The discovery of the identity of these insects was made accidentally, when
I was comparing the types of S. American insects in Mr. Schaus's collection.
The figure of c/aira in the Biologia does not give a very accurate idea. Mr.
Schaus informed me tliat this is not by any means the only instance in which
when collecting at high altitudes in Mexico he has met" with insects also
taken on the monntains of N. America.

l.")S. Spargania intensa spec, no v.

Forewhiff : dark olive-green, without any yellow tinge, crossed by deeper
green lines which are more or less obsolete, except along costa, where they
are represented by black-green spots edged with gilded yellow; these spots
are ten in number ; three on the basal patch ; the 5th and fith represent the
edges of the central fascia ; the 4th and 7th, both small, indicate the dark
lines of the two paler bands on either side of the fascia ; the 8th, 9th, and
10th form the commencement of the usual three snbmarginal lines; the lines
edging the central fascia, and a third between them, not reaching costa, are
marked darker across the wing, the fascia itself being filled with much deeper olive-
green ; tlie outermost line is swollen into a black patch beyond cell ; all
the darker markings are finely traced with gilded yellow; a black festooned
marginal line ; fringe green, mottled with black beyond the veins.

Ilindwimj : deep red ; the base and inner margin dull blackish ; a black
marginal border, interrupted below middle ; a black marginal festoon ; fringe
pale ochreons, reddish-tinged, and marked with black beyond veins ; cell-spot
blackish.

Underside blood-red ; upper part of band beyond central fascia of forewing
forming a yellow bracket-shaped mark, followed by a black snbinarginal band
from below costa to vein 4; some strigae below cell, the eell-si)ot, and a spot

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Ijeyciml it. black ; costa markeil with alternate yellow and lilack linear dashe.s :
hindwing with cell-spot, a double submarginal line, and a partial postmedian
line blackish ; the red ground colour speckled with yellowish ; fringes of both
wings yellowish, mottled with dark beyond veins, and tinged with red in
middle of margin.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale olive-green varied with darker ; face
much paler, almost white ; jialpi blackish green, mixed with paler scales ; legs
fnscons with ochreous mottlings.

Exj)aiise of wings : 2S mm.

1 ? from Chanchamayo, January to August 1901 (Hoffmanns).

Slightly smaller than .S'. colorij'era Warr. ; both the green tint of the
forewing and the red of the hindwing more intense.

159. Spargania rufifimbria spec. nov.

In markings this species agrees exactly with S. approhata Warr. from
Bolivia, but the coloration and disposition of the tints is quite different. The
central fascia of forewing is filled up with dark olive-green, the black edging
and traversing lines sprinkled with yellow scales; the band on each side
of it is whitish, with green and yellow dusting ; the three black lines beyond
middle, which in approbata are strongly marked, are here faint and blurred, and
between the second and third is a distinct waved bluish white submarginal
line ; the fringe is dull coppery, mottled with dark green. The hindwing is
uniformly copper-coloured without any trace of postmedian lino ; the base and
inner margin slightly greenish ; fringe coppery, whitish-tipped towards apex.
On the under side of forewing between the postmedian and apical pale blutches
is a single broad black fascia reaching to below middle, instead of the two
black costal marks of approbata. The face is cream-coloured.

Expanse of wings : 39 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 600U ft., December 1901,
wet season (Ockendeu).

100. Spargania schistacea spec. nov.

Fort'ifiiN/ : white, overlaid with slate-colour and grey, intermixed, towards
base and apex, with yellow scales ; edge of basal patch from near base of costa
to one-fourth of inner margin, bent bluntly in cell ; inner edge of central fascia
from one-third of costa to middle of inner margin, also bent in cell and
lunulate throughout ; outer edge from just beyond middle of costa, oblicpie
outwards and bluntly bent on vein 6, oblique inwards from vein 4, lunulate
throughout, to two-tliirds of iimer margin ; rilled up witli slate-colour and
darker at the edges, containing a black linear cell-mark ; followed by a white
band with dark centre, both lunulate ; the broad pale sjjace before fascia,
except at costa, is nearly as dark grey as the fascia, with its centre ipiite as
dark ; two black lunulate lines ])recede the pale grey submarginal line ; ajjical
area above vein 4 filled with a dark smoky grey shade mixed with yellow
scaling ; a dark marginal line ; fringe pale with dark slate-coloured mottlings.

Hindwing : imiform slate-colour ; fringe whitish, with dark marks beyond veins.

Underside slate-colour ; marginal area and outer edge of central fascia of
forewing much darker, with a pale curved band between them ; of hindwing
niiil'orni slate-colour.

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I'lilpi (liirk slate, with tij)s of scfimeuts whitish; lace whitish; vertex,
thorax, luid abdoiiieu shity grey ; shoulders and ]iataj;ia with yellow scales
intermixed ; fore and middle tibiae and tarsi mottled black and white.

Expanse of wings : 3!J mm.

A pair from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6O11O ft., January 10ii2,
wet season (Ockeuden).

101. Spargania semipallida sjiec. uov.

Forewing : smooth, pale olive-green, crossed by deeper green lines, starting
from dark costal spots edged with pale scales ; these spots are nine in number —
three on the basal patch, three on the central fascia, and three submarginal, the
last two being often insignificant ; the line nearest base, that edging the basal
patch, the three lines of the central fascia, and that from the seventh spot are
marked with blackish across the wing, and the last forms a black lilotch beyond
cell : the onter line of the central fascia in the sinus beyond cell is marked with a
white Innule ; the central fascia is suffused with deep green : marginal line black,
interrupted ; fringe green, chequered with black beyond veins.

Hindirinci : whitish, with the base, an obscure central band, and the marginal
border smoky grey, the last sometimes tinged with reddish towards apex ; fringe
whitish, mottled with black.

Underside of forewing dull red, with black striae ; a patch of whitish scales
beyond cell ; the upper half of band beyond central fascia, the costal edge, some
spots at ajiex, and a large blotch in hindmargin below middle, yellow ; fringe yellow
chequered with black beyond veins and tinged with red in middle. Hindwing
yellow, densely striated with red ; the marginal border, au obscure postmedian
line, and the cell-spot marked with blai'kish and red.

Palpi, head, thorax, and abdomen jiale and dark green; face pale ochreous ;
legs mottled fuscous and ochreons.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

3 c?c? from C'hanchamayo, June— August Uml (Hoffmanns).

Distinguished from ■§. rolorifern and ititensa, to both of which it is allieil, by
the whitish hindwings.

Urocalpe gen. nov.

Vori'irinq: costa arched at base, indented at middle, strongly convex before the
dejiressed apex ; apex blunt ; hindmargin shortly vertical to vein 7, then obli(jue
and faintly sinuous ; anal angle rounded ; inner margin rather convex, and shorter
than outer margin.

Ilindwing : with apex rounded, anal angle sr[uare ; hindmargin with a small
tail at tlie end of vein 3.

Antennae filiform, shortly i)ubesceiit ; forehead rough-scaled below ; jjalpi
porrect, decumbent, rough-scaled, terminal segment curved ; tongue and frenulum
present ; hindtibiae with four spurs.

Neuration as in I'er/zoma ; areole of forewing double ; discocellular of hindwing
biangulate, the radial from the lower outward angulation.

Tyi)e Urocalpe nigriplaga spec. nov.

Allied to Pleni'jrinpsis Warr. and Rliiiuira Warr., but diftering from both in
the outline of wings.

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U'ti. Urocalpe uigriplaga spec. nov.

Foreu'ing : pale oclireous ; basal patch black-brown, its edge runniug straight
and oblique from one-third of costa to one- third of inner margin, traversed by
obscnre dark and pale lines, and containing below the median vein an oval space
of pale gronnd colour ; a black-brown snbapical j)atch on costa, formed of three
outwardly oblique short streaks, angled at vein 7 ; from the first four fine brown
nearly parallel lines run to middle of inner margin slightly bent at vein 2,
followed by a pale band with a sliglit central line ; marginal area pale brown,
marked above with traces of three or four lines with jialer intervals, slightly darker
on veins and forming a geminate black-brown waved patch before anal angle on
inner margin ; fringe pale beyond a dark marginal line ; an apical pale streak ;
cell-spot small, brown.

Iliiulwim/ : with three or four waved grey transverse lines and darker grey
marginal border, blackish at anal angle and traversed by a pale submarginal line ;
fringe pale, except at anal angle, where it is blackish.

Underside of forewing below middle blurred, above it ochreous, with the lines
and markings red-brown ; cell-spot brown in a pale ring ; basal patch edged by
a broad brown angulated fascia. Hind wing with all the lines and shading coarsely
black-brown ; cell-spot black in a large pale space ; submarginal line waved,
bluish-grey.

Head, thorax, basal and anal segments of abdomen black-brown ; intermediate
segments creamy ochreous with a brown dorsal spot on each ; shoulders and patagia
with some ochreous scales.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 cJ from Chanchamayo, June — August KtiJl (Hoffmanns).

Subfamily EUCESTIINAE.

163. Callipia aurata spec. nov.

Forewing: black; the costa dull brown with black streaks; a deep yellow
blotch limited towards base by the subcostal vein above and submedian fold below ;
the outer edge rounded and irregular, leaving the subcostal vein at the discocellular,
and curving between vein 4 and the submedian fold within three millimetres of
outer margin ; fringe black with brown marginal dots at end of velus.

lliiuhniig : wholly black with a greenish tinge.

Underside the same in forewing, but the inner margin duller, grey-brown ;
the apical area varied with long slender brown striae, and wholly brown round
apex. Hindwing deep black, with the veins finely ochreous, covered thronghout
with fine long yellow striae ; a patch of yellow scales at base of costal and
median veins ; a spot of ochreous scales at ujiper end of discocellular ami at
end of vein 7.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dull black ; a streak of yellow hairs from sides
of pectus over shoulders andj base of patagia ; sides of thorax and femora with
yellow scales.

Expanse of wings': 62 mm.

1 c? from Popayan, (Colombia ( Lehmann).

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164. Callipia flagrans spec, no v.

Foreuing : orange-red, with a broad black border ; the costal area drab with
blackish striae, and towards the apex drab striae from it encroach upon the
black of the border; below the costa the black encroaches on the cell and ends in
a point on tlie median vein at the origin of vein 2 ; beyond the cell above vein .5
at two-thirds of the wing is a small red spot, often with a pale drab spot above
and contiguous to it ; below it the orange-red ground colour forms a small rounded
upward projection, in one specimen touching vein 3 only, in another reaching
well above that vein, and in the third touching vein 3 ; in this case the red
and drab spots above are much exaggerated ; fringe drab, the tips towards apex
vinous red.

IlitidwiMj : with the black border of uniform thickness, in two sjiecimens
])ioduced narrowly and accomjianied with striae along the costal margin, and in
these instances the inner margin is slightly blackened and the median vein black ;
fringe drab, with a black si)ot below apex ; fringe of inner margin blaclc, rosy
in the middle.

Underside of forewing with costal streak pale brown and the whole of apical
area above vein 5 dark brown with dark and pale striae and the veins blackish,
becoming pale ochroous at hindmargin ; a pale ochreous marginal blotch from
vein 5 to anal angle, where it is narrowed off ; the fringe beyond it concolorous,
above brown. Hindwing deep velvety lirown, along inner margin black, along upper
half of cell and expanding to apex i)aler brown ; an ochreons-brown postmedian
fascia from inner margin to vein 5, formed of contiguous quadrate spots ; hindmargin
irregularly pale ochreous ; the whole surface with fine lengthy striatious, pale on
the darker ground, dark on the light ; fringe ochreous, with a brown j)atch below
apex : a pale ochreous discocellular scratch.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black, this last irregularly spotted hiterally, and
sometimes dorsally, with olive tlesh-colonr ; patagia of the same colour.

Expanse of wings : 60 mm.

3 c? (J from Kiver Inambari, E. Peru, 1000 m., July lUOU, rainy season (Simons).

Distinguished from C. parrhasiata Guen. by the different tint of ground-colour.

In a fourth i from Peru the orange-red colour is restricted, the dark marginal
border in both wings being much wider and in the hindwing continued broadly along
inner margin to base.

16.1. Callipia occulta spec. nov.

Very near C. aurata Warr. from ('olombia ; differing mainly in the restricted
size of the orange blotch ; the black border along the inner margin, vvliich in
aurata does not reach above the submedian fold, here touches vein 2, while the
median vein itself is black from base to the origin of tliat vein ; the edge of the
orange patch externally is vertical, and farther from the hindmargin ; the fringe is
wholly black without pale spots at the ends of the veins.

Underside as in aurata.

Expanse of wings : 56 mm.

1 S from Pern.

In describing his constantinaria, Oberthiir calls the costa of forewing both
above and below, as well as the striolae of the underside of the hindwing, rosy.
This does not ajiply to either occulta or aurata ; the costa being olive-brown, and
the striolae ochreous-vellow and ferruginous.

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I no. Ameria seminigra spec. nov.

Forciriiui : deep red; all three murgius black; the inner marj^'in lineai'ly
thronghont ; costal margin gradually widening; apical and hindmargin distinctly,
Init still narrowly, black ; fringe short, blackish.

IlimliritHj : black ; fringe black ; costal area for two-thirds red.

Underside like upper, but all the margins of forewing more broadly and
diffusely black, the apex tinged with black, and the apical veins black.

Head, thorax, abdomen, legs, and antennae black ; shoulders and patagia red.

Exi)anso of wings : ;i2 mm.

2 S6 from Chiriraayo, 8.E. Peru, lOoO ft., .luly lUdl, dry season
(Uckenden).

The neuration of the hindwing of the c? is the same as tliat of the d of
A. inrari'i. Wlk., the discoceilular for half the length of the wing running nearly
jiarallel to the costa.

HIT. Eudule flavinota spec. nov.

Fo/r/n'nt/ : chocolate-brown ; median and submedian veins orange from base
to before middle ; a short orange band from costa just beyond middle running
vertical to vein 4, expanding outwards into orange streaks along veins 3 and 4,
which are crossed by a curved orange line extending from vein .5 to vein 2 ;
fringe concolorons.

Hin(lirltt<j : uniformly chocolate-brown.

Underside duller ; the orange markings reproduced.

Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-brown ; shoulders with a lateral
orange spot.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, linon ft., .January l'.)()2, wet
season (Oc'kenden).

168. Eudule malefida spec. nov.

Forewing : deep orange-red ; costa shortly black at base ; apical third l)lack,
its edge running straight from two-thirds of costa to hindmargin below vein 3 ;
the. inner margin narrowly black ; fringe black throughout.

IlindwiiK/ : black ; the costal margin pale pinky orange ; below the median
vein and vein 4 the black is less dense and the wing diaphanous.

Underside like upper, but the black duller, and on the inner half of hindwing
somewhat bronzy green.

Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs all dnll blaekisli.

Ex[)ause of wings : 3.5 mm.

1 (?, Upper Toro River, La Merced, August, September lOul, 30UU m. (Simons).

Subfamily ASTHENINAE.

169. Amaurinia expallidata spec. nov.

FcreiriiKj : very pale ochreous green : a rather broad pale oclireons outer line,

from three-fifths of costa, slightly curved outwards to vein 4, then oblique inwards

to vein 2, thence vertical to two-thirds of inner margin ; followed by three wavy

lunulate j)ale lines, of which the outermost disa])pea,r8 below the middle ; fringe

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j)ale oclireous; cell-spot black; very faint traces of iuucr liues cau be detected
along the inuer niiirgiii.

Ilimlirin(i : like forewing, bnt witliont cell-spot.

Uudersicie, especially of forewing, snftused with a faint tinge of rosy, the
lines showing paler.

Face brown; Hllet and antennae white; vertex, thorax, and abdomen [lalo
green.

Expanse of wings : I'.i niiu.

1 ? from Trinidad.

ITii. Cambogia auguiuata spec nov.

ForririiHi : deep yellnw. still deeper along the costa : crossed by tive jiairs of
sinuous blood-red lines, overlaid with Instrous scales ; the extreme base red ; the
first pair of lines more difftise ; the middle pair thickest; the two outer series
more or less broken \\\i into Innules between the veins ; a line of marginal
dashes from apex to middle, below middle coincident with those of the outer line ;
fringe yellow.

Hindwing : without the two inner pairs of lines.

Underside paler ; all the lines dull rosy, i)lainer in forewing, where they are
laterally blotched, the inner margin remaining pale.

Face and palpi blood-red ; vertex white ; shoulders, patagia, and dorsum
yellow marked with red.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 S from ('liaraplaya, Bolivia, June IHOl, ISnii m. (Simons).

C. amharilla Dogn. must resemble it in markings, but the liues are said to
be grey, not red.

171. Cambogia antiopata spec. nov.

Forewing : whitish, tinged with pale flesh-colour ; crossed by fine wavy
brownish lines, plainer on inner margin ; a brownish-purple costal streak from
base to apex, out of which at five-sixths a broad curved band of the same colour
runs to anal angle, beyond which the narrow marginal s))ace is pale yellow ;
fringe yellow ; cell-spot brown.

Hindwinq : flesh-colour only at base, darkening outwards to the subraarginal
purplish band, which is broader than that of forewing; a geminate median ami
jiostmediau [jurple line, like the submargiual band overlaid with dull lustrous
scales ; marginal area and fringe yellow.

Underside pale yellowish, with the submarginul bunds and costa of fdrewing
dull purplish; forewing, except along inner margin, tinged with didl bluri^'d losy.

Face and jjalpi brown ; vertex, fillet, and antennal shaft snow-white ; collar
and shoulders brown ; thorax, j)atagia, and abdomen flesh-colour, the abdomen
marked with dark, corresponding to the dark lines of liindwings.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

1 tJ from Charaplaya, Bolivia. 13oii m., June I'.iol (Simons).

Somewhat resembling C. ruhirula Dogn.

172. Cambogia bellissima si)ec. nov.

FnrfinrKj : basal half and costal area yellow washed with bright fulvous ;
bas;il patch and three outwardly oblique streaks beyond it, each thicker than the

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one preceding, vinous j)ur])le overlaid witli lustrous scales ; cell-spot black, linear,
lying in a yellow blotch from costa ; beyond it three more lustrous streaks,
inwardly curved below the middle ; the first lying in the middle of a broad vinons
purjile blotch, starting narrowly from before middle of cista and curving round
below cell-spot to coalesce with the purple of the thiid antemedian streak; the
second only narrowly edged with vinous, the third swelling out below into a
leaden-coloured cloud touching hindmargin below middle ; marginal area and
fringe pale sulphur-colour.

Hindmng : with basal area deeji fulvous, limited by a broad antemedian
straight band of lustrous scales edged with vinous purple ; outer half of wing
sulj)liur-coloured, with a slightly lustrous grey subraarginal curved line, with very
faint traces of an obscure line preceding it and a cloud beyond it below vein 4;
fringe sulphur-coloured.

Underside with the lines and blotches all dull purple ; the costal area yellow,
the margins pale suljihur ; hindwing like u|)persido, but duller.

Face, thorax, and dorsum fulvous ; fillet and antennae white ; abdomen beneath
and legs pale.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 (S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, liUtMi ft,, January 10o2, wet
season (Ockendeu).

Evidently related to the Mexican C. isabella Schaus.

173. Cambogia delicatula spec, no v.

Forewim/ : liright yellow ; the lines tine, lustrous lilac ; the first near base,
obliijue to median vein, then incurved ; second, antemedian, and third, median,
obliijue to subcostal vein, then vertical to median vein, thence incurved, the
median followed by a deeper yellow line ; postmedian line fine, less obli(jue from
costa ; outer Hue thick, crennlate, slightly angled at veins 6 and 4, and followed
by a deeper yellow shade; submarginal line lunnlate, interrupted; fringe yellow;
no marginal line; some lilac scales at ape.x.

Hindwing : the same, but without the two inner lines ; space between outer
and submarginal lines pale ferruginous.

Underside of forewing dull rosy, the lines rather deeper; of hindwing dull
yellow, with the outer margin rosy.

Face and palpi ruddy brown ; fillet wliite ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen
yellow ; antennae white.

Ex[)anse of wings : 21 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, t'arabaya, S.E. Tcru, (JiMiii ft., November I'-Hil,
Wet season (Ockendeu), tgpe.

1 S from Charapla3'a, Bolivia, 13iM) m., June iniil (Simons).

The transverse lines are at uniform intervals; lioth wings without a trace
of cell-spots in the type ? ; bnt in the S from Charaplaya, though worn, these
are minute b\U jihiin.

1T4. Cambogia flavifulva spec. nov.
Forewing: canary-yellow, the ground colour pure only along outer margin
including the fringe, and on the costal aud inner-marginal extremities of a broad
antemedian baud ; the rest of the wing washed with fulvous deepcuiug into brown ;

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liaMil Men i;ii>.>»L'il by t'oiu- ciirvuil rather wide jieiirlv liistrnns lines, iiidit-itiiig tlie
usual basal aud snbbasal dark lines ; postmedian area with three brown costal
spots indicatinjr three brown cross-lines, whicli are lost in the fulvons snffnsion,
but iiiiirked across it by three broad lustrous Hues, the outermost very faint ; a
slight interrupted fulvous snbinarginal line in the yellow marginal area.

IliiuliriiKj : with the outer fascia only, this not reaching costa, dark brown
ill middle, and miirked by two lustrous bands ; base of wing slightly fulvons-tinged ;
a distinct brown cell-spot on both wings.

Underside dull yellow, the fulvons markings dull reddish, somewhat restricted;
cell-s])ots brown.

Face, palpi, and shoulders brown ; colhir and vertex olive-yellow ; fillet snow-
white. Thora.x and abdomen dull yellow, tinged with fulvons.

Ex])anse of wings : 22 mm.

1 ¥ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 60(M) ft., December lOiil,
wet season (Ockcnden).

175. Cainbogia funiculata spec. uov.

Foiricim/ : yellow; cell-spot large, red-brown; before it four thin reddish
vertical irregularly bent lines ; beyond it from beyond middle of costa to middle
of inner margin a slightly curved thick red-brown band, broader above, followed
by a thick line which is insinuate beyond cell aud on submedian fold so as to
touch the band ; the pale band beyond this line is traversed by a fine interrujited
red-brown line, and followed by three parallel red-brown submargiual lines close
together and suffused above anal angle ; a red marginal line, swollen between
the veins ; fringe yellow, marked with red-brown at ajiex and beyond vein 4 ;
all the lines coalesceut laterally below the costa, the intervals between them
forming small yellow spots on the costal edge.

IIin(luin<j: with only two fine red basal lines; the thick band narrower and
iiutemedian, straight, followed by a similar line to that on forewing ; only two
snlimarginal lines, farther apart, followed by a red-lirown marginal band ; fringe
yellow, with a red-brown spot at vein 4.

Underside with all the markings duller.

Palpi yellow, externally red ; upper half of face red, lower half yellow ; fillet,
yellow with a red line above ; collar yellowish ; shoulders and base of patagia
red, upper half of patagia yellow; thorax and abdomen yellow, the latter with
reddish segmental rings.

Expanse of wings, 17 mm.

1 S from >Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, iloiiii ft., November I '.nil,
wet season (t)ckenden).

The biudwing is angled at middle. The sj)ecies is closely allied to n'tinilala
Schans and /rxscl/nfa Warr.

171'.. Cambogia griseicosta spec. uov.
FDri'iriiti/ : greenish grey, the whole wing, except along costal area, oversjiread
with dull reddish brown ; three lines near base, one antemedian just before the
black cell-spot, forming the inner edge of central fascia, and two or three post-
median, angled on vein 6 and again on 4, then oblique inwards ; darkened between
4 and 0, and with pale tips to the lunules; an outer and a submargiual line parallel

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to the postmediaa ; all these lines are clear only in the pale costal space ; a ilark
red crenulate marginal line ; fringe red-brown, with bright ])ale .base and paler tij)s.

Ilindwiiiii : dnll orange, with reddish brown striae, the costa and inner inargin
paler ; a large red-browu cell-spot, followed by a donlile red autemediau band from
inner margin to vein 6, and traces of a submarginal line on inner margin ; marginal
line red-brown, with spots between the veins : fringe rnfons.

Underside yellowish, washed all over with pale red-brown ; the lines, all
darker ; cell-spots large, black.

Head, palpi, and antennae greenish grey ; thorax and ab<lonien the same, dusted
with reddish : in the redder specimen (t//pe) the face and thorax are dull red ; the
smaller specimen is the darker.

Exj)anse of wings : 22 — 2(1 mm.

2 (?c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, (WiOi) ft., November liMi],
wet season (Ockenden).

177. Cambogia intacta spec. nov.

Forewiiiq anA hindu'iiifi : did! yellow, without any markings except tlie brciwn
discal sjiots.

Underside the same.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorons.

Expanse of wings : 2(5 mm.

1 ? from Bulim, N.W. Ecuador, 160 ft., January 1001 (Flemming & Miketta).

178. Cambogia lilacina spec. nov.

Forewinq : lilac-grey without any distinct markings ; the costa narrowly dark
yellow ; on this costal edge the commencement of cross-lines can be traced running
very obscurely through the lilac ground colour ; two close to base, two subbasal,
two antemedian, four postmedian ; cell-spot dark ; marginal area from apex to anal
angle dnll dark yellow, sprinkled with ferruginous ; the fringe pale yellow.

Hiiulwimj : with the basal two-fifths like forewing in colour, edged by a
median yellow band ; outer half of wing yellow, thickly sprinkled with ferruginous,
indistinctly crossed by three or four waved lines : fringe pale yellow.

Underside like upper, the lilac slightly reddisli-tinged.

Face, j)alpi, thorax, and abilonien lilac, the abdomen varied in places with dnll
yellow ; vertex and antennae snow-white.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 ? from Agualani, S.E. Peru, 10,ii00 ft., Se[itcnib..r I'.ml ((.)ckenden).

(.)ne of the largest species of the genus ; apex of forewing pi-oniinent, hiiiil-
margin obliijne ; that of iiindwing bent at middle.

170. Cambogia restrictata Warr., Noc. Zool. viii. p. 458 (lOOl).

The S, from which the original description was made, was from Chiriqui,
Panama, and expanded 24 m"m. From N.W. Ecuador there have come lately
3 ?¥, 2 from Bulim, 1 from Salidero, taken in February 1001 by Messrs.
Flemming & Miketta, which are only 17 mm. in expanse. As so great a disj)arity
in the size of the sexes is unusual in this genns, it may be that the Ecuador ? ?
represent a small rare; unless, indeed, the t\]ie i from I'luiania was abnormally
larse.

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180. Hydata diaphana spec. uov.

Foreirim/ : very pale greeuisli, semi-tnuj.-^parent ; the markiugs blackish grey :
hasul half of wiug blackish grey, the grey projecting along costa and inner margin
to tlio two ontcr lines and also rnnning along veins 3 and 4 ; from one-third of
costa a darker outwardly cnrved line, rnnning in and forming a sinus on submedian
fold and in its lower course edged with paler ; two dark submargiual lines parallel
to each otiier, the first fine and dentate-lunulate, the second much thicker, forming
an outward tooth above vein 0 towards apex ; fringe pale with dark grey dashes
continuing the veins.

Hiitdiviiiy : witii a distinct pale curved antemedian line ; the rest as in fore-
wing but with a thick dark marginal line ; veins blackish.

Underside similar, the markings more diffuse.

Head, thora.x, and abdomen blackish grey.

Exj)anse of wings : 22 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, (lunii ft., December IDOl, wet
season (Ockenden).

This species sliould have been j)laced in the suljfamily Geomk.ti!inak.

Subfamily TEPHROOLYSTIINAE.

181. Chloroclystis microptilota spec, no v.

Forewing : pale greyish green ; the lines black, all bent below costa, then
oblique inwards ; first slender, close to base ; second and third from about one-third
and two-tliirds, limiting the central fascia, which is traversed by two or three
greener lines and contains a rather large black cell-spot; a black submargiual shade,
broken in places, preceding the pale waved submargiual line ; fringe green, beyond
a fine dark marginal line. The apex of wing is acute in the S, rounded and blunt
in the ? .

llimliving : in ? (juite small and narrow, with the edges of the central fascia
darker, and a small cell-sjiot ; in cJ aborted, pointed, whitish, without markings but
with a long fringe.

Underside darker, with the lines blackish.

Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish ; palpi green, very long, and rough-haired.

Expanse of wings : d", 17 mm. ; ¥ , 15 mm.

1 (J, 1 ¥, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 0<"iii ft., Noveml'cv I'.tol,
wet season (Ockenden).

182. Eucymatoge ochrosoma spec, no v.

ForeiriiHi : dull dark olive cinereous, with no distinct lines or markings, except
the waved submargiual line, which is slightly lustrous ; the paler bands edging
the central fascia are just traceable, especially the outer ; the lower angle of cell
(which is short) is marked by a pale ochreous streak at the origin of veins 3 and 4 ;
fringe concolorous, the basal half darker.

Ifiiiiliriiui : similar: an obscure dark cell-spot, and traces of three darker shades
on abdominal margin ; submargiual lustrous line thicker, and less definite.

Underside dull olive cinereous, the pale bands of forewing indicated.

Head, j)al|ii, and antennae concolorous with wings; thorax, patagia, and
abdomen |>aie ochreous.

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Expanse of wings : 'M mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peni, (iOOU ft., Novemlier lUnl, wet
season (Ockenden).

The areola is i)laialy donble. It is probable that several more of the
S. American insects, hitherto referred to Tephrocb/stiu, will have to be removed
to Euci/matoge : Innykorpus Warr. and linda Dogn. 1. have already found to have
the areole double ; in all these cases vein 1 1 rises far back.

18:5. Tephroclystia costivallata spec. nov.

Foreiriny : chalk-white with a bine-grey tinge; the markings slightly darker,
grey ; basal jiatch and central fascia both formed of two grey belts, their lines
slightly darker-marked on the veins, and all forming blackish blotches on the
costa ; the pale belts on each side of central fascia wide, with a waved or pnnctulate
middle line ; marginal area dark grey traversed by a fine pale snbmarginal line,
preceded on costa by a fifth darker blotch ; marginal line black, interrupted by
conspicuous pale spots at the vein-ends ; fringe white, chequered with grey ; veins
in outer belt of central fascia marked with dark.

fliiulwing : paler, with the outer lines repeated.

Underside suffused with grey, especially in the forewings, and with black
cell-spots.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; antennae dark grey.

Expanse of wings : 19 mm.

1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, ODiHi ft., November 1901, wet
season (Ockenden).

Forewing narrow, with oblique hiudmargin ; hindwing bent at vein 3. In
these respects, and in the long ciliations of the antennae, the species approaches
T. jicrcUiatd Warr., but the ground colour is wholly different.

184. Tephroclystia curvifascia spec. nov.

Foreirinij : pale brownish, snli'used and dusted with fuscous ; the cross-bauds
thick, angled below costa, and only distinct in the costal area ; edge of basal patch
angled in cell; central fascia with the inner band obscure, double at costa; the
outer band thick and curved, distinct throughout ; followed by a curved pale
band, also distinct throughout ; marginal area fnscous, the snbmarginal line very
indistinct, marked in places by light and dark scales; fringe concolorous ; cell-spot
large, black.

[[indwiinj : similar, but without basal patch; liindinargiii slightly incised
before anal angle.

Underside paler, ochreons-tinged and glossy; the bands more visible, esjiecially
along costa ; both wings with distinct outer and submargiual dark bands; cell-sjiots
black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings; jialpi ochreous-tingcd.

Expanse of wings : 19 mm.

1 ? from Newcastle, Jamaica.

l8."i. Tephroclystia rubellicincta spec. nov.

Fiiri'/riiu/ : white ; the extreme base and a snbmarginal fascia bi-ick-red ; all
the other markings blackish grey; basal patch with outer edge olili(|ue, the outer
half grey ; central fascia limited by two inner and throe outer dark grey lines,

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forming two grcv lit-Its; the first tour all more or loss irregnlurly dentate, tlic
fifth blacker aud mure distinct, angled inwards below subcostal and ontwards on
vein 6, then inwardly waved to beyond middle of inner margin; the white bands
preceding and following each with a blackish central thread and edged with
blackish ; siibmarginal line whitish, irregnlariy dentate, j)receded by the brick-red
fascia, the marginal sjiace beyond dark grey ; marginal line blackish, marked with
a whitish dot at the ends of the veins, the intervals between them with fine blackish
longitudinal streaks from the pale onter belt to hindmtirgin ; fringe white with
grey mottling beyond veins.

Iliiultriny : with the lines all blackish grey; the onter line of central fascia,
as in the forewing, thickest.

Underside whitish, suffused in forewing with grey, with two central lines and
a marginal band grey, the latter broad in forewing, broken u[> in the hindwing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white, much si)eckled with blackish; face with a
grey spot in the centre ; palpi white internally, reddish-tinged externally; antennae
fuscous, with basal fifth white.

Expanse of wings : 27 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OfiOO ft., November 1001, wet
season (Ockenden).

186. Tephroclystia spurcata spec. nov.

Foffirinfi : dull brownish, with dull fuscous suffusion ; crossed by a series of
darker waved lines which are most distinct on the costa, where they are wider;
a paler brown fascia angled below costa at one-third and two-thirds ; snbmarginal
line white, lunnlate, preceded and followed by darker ; fringe brown ; cell-spot
large, black, formed of raised scales ; veins dotted black and jiale.

Ilhidiciny : brownish grey, with the markings plain along inner margin only ;
a dark cell-spot ; marginal line black, interrupted.

Underside brownish cinereous, with cell-spots plain and the lines indistinct.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey.

Expanse of wings : ::*6 — 30 mm.

Common from Chili.

The wings are broad, and the hindmargin of hindwing inegular, truncate at
anal angle and nearly straight from vein 3 to (i.

1^7. Tephroclystia trigenuata spec. nov.
Forewing: pale ashy grey, darker grey along the hindmargin; the lines
black, thicker towards costa ; first from one-fourth of costa to one-fourth of inner
margin, bluntly angled in cell aud on submedian fold ; secoml from before middle
of costa to middle of inner margin, bluntly bent in cell and on submedian fold,
in the cell touching a large black cell-spot ; third from two-thirds of costa to
three-fourths of inner margin, obliciue outwards and bluntly bent at vein (i, angled
below vein 4, aud again inwardly angled on submedian fold ; between these
lines, which form the usual central fascia, less defined transverse lines are
denoted by black scales and shading ; the first and second are connected along
submedian fold by a black dash ; the pale snbmarginal line is scarcely indicated,
except towards inner margin ; the darker grey shade preceding it is tinged with
rufous ; marginal line black ; fringe grey ; on costa near base is a black spot,
ajiparently the cumnieuceuient of an obscure basal line.

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Itindiriiiij : wliitish grt^y, with traces of black lines iVom iiiiier margin.
Underside siujilar, btit with the lines obscure.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey.
Expanse of wings : 25 mm.

1 ¥ from Santo Domingo, C'arabaya, S.E. Peru, 0000 ft., November 1001,
wet season (Oekenden).

Subfamily HETERUSIINAE.
I'^S. Heterusia amplificata spec. nov.

Like //. qudtlrujiluMvia Hiib.-Gey., but with all the yellow rays brighter
and broader ; especially the outer one of hindwings, and that from the costa
in the forewings ; this swells out below the subcostal vein to more than twice
the width of the corresponding mark in quadruplicaria, and nearly touches vein 1
before the anal angle. In size it is decidedly larger. On the underside it
agrees in all particulars.

Expanse of wings : 36 mm.

1 c? from Upper River Tom, La Merced, Peru, August, Se]itember 1001,
3000 m. (Simons).

189. Heterusia fractifascia spec. nov.

Forewing : olive-brown, with a faint tinge of plum-colour; a curved white
streak from middle of costa to below vein 3, like the lower half of the foreleg
of a horse in shape ; fringe brown.

Hindwing : basal two-thirds grey, marginal third dark jilum-cohiur, inter-
rupted by a white blotch, starting broad from the end of cell, and narrowing
before hindmargin, where it forms a white spot in the fringe lielow vein 0, and
throwing off a s])ur to the costa before the dark margin.

Underside of forewing like upperside, but basal area whitish freckled with
purplish ; a patch of pale scales at anal angle, and a whitish line at base of
fringe on costal half; the grey area of upperside whitisli with purplish freckles,
bounded by a thick purplish line, four times rectangularly bent before reaching
the median vein, then broadly curved outwards ; the space beyond it white,
unspotted, projecting an arm to hindmargin between two dark purple blotches.

Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish cinerous.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

1 (? from Balzapamba, E. Ecuador, 750 m., March 1899 (Haeiiscli).

A species standing by itself; somewhat recalling coUddata Wlk.

190. Heterusia liturata spec. nov.
ForeiciiKj : black; the markings pale sulphur-yellow; fmir costal marks,
the first roundish at base, the second just beyond, oblique, the third and fourth
vertical, tooth-shaped, at two-fifths and three-fifths ; all four represented on
median vein, the two first as elongate small spots, generally confluent, the two
last as two large oval blotches confluent below, so forming a large kidney-shaj)ed
blotch ; in one example these blotches are quite sejiarate, the first round, the
second transversely elongate ; the submedian vein is sometimes marked with
jiale scales near base; fringe black checpiered with pale between the veins aliove
vein 3 wliollv l)lack below it.

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IJindwing : siilphur-ycllow, with four bhu^k iiiterrnpted curved bamls, the tirst
forming a basal patch, the second consisting of irregular blotches, the thinl of
small spots, the fourth of square larger sjwts ; all these bands interrupted in
cell and beyond it ; an uninterrupted curved black marginal border crossed
between the veins by elongate pale streaks ; fringe sulphur-colour, mottled with
black ; the inner margin blackish.

Underside like up]ier, but all the pale markings more developed, and in
addition on the forewing a short submarginal ontwardly dentate costal streak
(traces of which in one example only are visible above) ; the fine pale mottlings
of the fringe produced backwards across tlie pale basal line to form dagger-shajied
markings: in the hindwing all the veins are broadly sulphur-colour; the curved
bands are less interrupted along the cell ; while the marginal band is broken
up into a series of horseshoe-shaped blotches with a pale vein ending in each.
Palpi sulphur-coloured with the tips black ; face hairy, black ; fillet sulj>hnr ;
vertex black ; collar sulphur ; shoulders and patagia black at base, sulphur-
coloured towards tips ; abdomen black with the segments sulphur ; abdomen
beneath and pectus sulphur, the latter hairy ; legs black with suljihur rings.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

4 cJc? from Banos, E. Ecuador, September 1899 (Haensch).

Allied to //. pretiosa Mssn.

101. Heterusia ludisignata sjiec. nov.

Forewing : black, olive-grey at extreme base ; an elongate white streak in
base of cell attached at its end to a spot between the origin of veins 2 and 3 ;
an oval yellow spot towards apex reaching from above vein 6 to below vein .5 ;
a faintly paler streak above submediau vein from near base.

JJindwing : white, with black marginal border, its inner edge shouldered
before apex.

Underside the same, but in forewing the streak along snbmediau vein is
distinct, of bluish-white scales, the other white markings being hyaline white ;
the black round tiie white spots and before the yellow one is deeper, and in
the hindwing forms a distinct angled submarginal line, with a white spot
beyond it in the black border beyond cell, in one case showing on the upperside
as well.

Head and thorax black ; abdomeu greyer ; sides of face and jiatagia whitish.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

4 c?c? from Chanchamayo, Peru, .January — August I'.tol (Hofl'manns;.

In one exanijile the oval subapical spot is white. The palpi are long, cMirved
downwards, and the inner margin of hindwing is attennated.

192. Heterusia subspurcata sj)ec. nov.

Foreioiny : black-brown with an olive tinge, with some sjiarse olive and
orange scales about the wing, the olive scales near base massed together and
making it appear lighter ; before the end of cell above the median vein are
a few orange scales hardly forming a distinct spot ; half-way between them
and apex is an elongated oval orange blotch, reaching from subcostal vein to
below vein 4 ; sume white scales along inner margin l)efore middle ; fringe dark
with a few whitish fli'cks.

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Ilindwing : white, with broad black inargiiinl border ; the costa and base of
wing with some smoky dark scales.

Underside of forewing olive fnscons, purplish brown in the middle ; costal
and marginal areas ])aler, dusted with whitish scales and striae, a wliite streak
in cell from base ; orange blotch as above : hiiidwing with the marginal border
olive-brown, thickly covered with pale striae ; a median curved dark line across
the white basal field.

Head, thorax, and abdomen olive fuscous with pale specks; face grey;
abdomen beneath white ; tarsi spotted, black and white.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 i from Chauchamayo, Peru, .January to August lOUl (Hoffmanns).

103. Heterusia thyridata spec. nov.

Forewing: black; the fringe black, slightly white-chequered between the
veins ; beyond the cell from vein 6 to 3 an oblique hyaline white blotch, its
outer edge concave inwards, meeting inner edge at a point half-way down vein 3.

Ilindwing : black.

Underside duller black, with a few cream-coloured speckles towards costa ;
on costa near base a cream-coloured spot ; before ape.x an inwardly oblique streak
of the same colour, and a small spot close to apex ; the hyaline blotch of up]ier-
side connected with costa by a narrow neck : hindwing with a deep red tinge,
thickly striated with yellowish ; a yellow spot on costa before aj)ex ; a powdery
white lunulate-deutate band beyond middle and a fainter one before middle ; a
silvery lunulate cell-spot.

Face and paljii black above, whitish beneath; head, thorax, and abdomen
black ; legs speckled, black and white.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

2 S(S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OOOO ft., December 1001,
wet season (Ockenden).

Related to //. fiinesta Warr., bat the white blotch of difi'erent shnpe and
differently placed ; the miderside of hindwing more marked.

Subfamily OURAPTERYGINAB.
Aplorama gen. nov.
Agrees with Ilatiaria Wlk., except that the antennae, which in that genus
are pectinated in the J, are here quite simple. Like Jlatiaria and I'ln-'/glcinis
it is without a frenulum.

Type Aplorama nazada Druce (Bi/ssodes).

Druce's type was a ? ; I have only seen two examples before, both ? ? ,
one from Merida, Venezuela, the other from Santo Domingo, S.E. Peru, whence
also the present cJ.

104. Phrygionis modesta si)ec. nov.

Forewing: uniform fawn-colour; the costal area to beyond middle Miig<>d
with luteons ; drops of silvery scales along costa at base and one below median
vein ; a line of silvery scales on the inner edge of the two transverse lines, whii'h
are both iiniformly Inteous and narrow ; the first nearly vertical from one-fourth
of costa to one-third of inner margin, with two drops of silvery scales on the

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subcostal vein on the outer edj^'c ; outer line t'roiu luiiliilc of costii to tliree-fourths
of inner margin, also witii two silver dots on its exterior edge on tlie subcostal ;
fringe [lale straw-colour, fawn at ajiex and anal angle.

JliDflwing : with the marginal fourth liiteous, its inner edge parallel to the
hiuduiargin which is not tailed or toothed at middle, but bluntl}* elbowed ; the
inner edge of the luteous margin with four silvery drops below the median vein ;
then a silvery line I'rom eosta to inner margin, and another from costa externally
to a round silvery drop at the elbow; fringe as in forewing.

Underside paler, duller fawn ; the markings of upi)erside showing through.

Head, thorax, and abdomen fawu-colour ; the last i)iiler beneath.

Expanse of wings : 4ii mm.

1 J from Minas Geraes, December 18'.)S (Kennedy).

Very near (tppropr'nitii Wlk., but without a tail to the hiudwing.

Subfamily DEILINIINAE.
10"). Lomographa acutipennis spec. nov.

Foreiviiiy : white; inner line indicated by a few dark scales on inner
margin at one-third ; traces of postmedian and submarginal lines parallel to
liindmargin, represented by dark scales ; fringe white ; a small black cell-spot.

Iliiulwiny : with the outer lines only and cell-spot.

Underside white.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; face and antennae brown.

Expanse of wings : 24 — 26 mm.

2 ? ¥ from Onaca, Santa Marta, June to August (Engelke).
Distinguished from all other species of Lomoyrupha by the acute apex of

forewing.

I'.)0. Lomographa albifrons spec. nov.

ForeiriiK/ : white; costal edge brownish towards base; a faintly expressed
submarginal line, parallel to hindmargin but slightly bent inwards before eosta ;
fringe white, beyond a very fine dark marginal line.

Iliiidiviini : with the line curved.

Underside white, without markings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white; face and paijii yellow-tinged; antennae
ferruginous ; forelegs fuscous in front.

Expanse of wings : 3U mm.

1 d from Charaplaya, Bolivia, loiiii m., June lOol (Simons), f//jii' ; 3 SS
from Clmiumuni, Bolivia, 20IMJ ni., December I'.iol, wet season (Simons); 1 cJ, 1 ¥
Santo Dumiugo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OiMiO ft., January 10i)2, wet season
(Ockeuden).

Hesembles circiiinrallm-ia Snell. and uitdilinea Wair., but distinguished by
the pale face.

Neobapta gi'u. nov.

Fiirewiny : costa slightly curved at base and towards apex, which is de])ressed;
hindmargin well rounded, faintly crennlate; inn(!r margin somewhat convex.

Iliufhrixij : with hindmargin strongly rounded, sliglitly (irotuberant at middle,
and incurved lirloiv ;u]:il aiii;-lc and brvond cell.

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Antciiiiae of S simple, laiueliiitc ; ])al])i ]ioiTect, weak, reacliiuj,' in front of
faee, hairy beneath, the third segment narrower, distinct ; tongue and frenulum
])resent ; legs broken.

Neuration : forewing, cell fnliy half iis long as wing; discoceliular fiiintfy
inbent above middle; first median nervule at five-eighths, second at seven-eighths;
lower radial from bend in discoceliular, and tlierefore above middle, upper from
upper angle of cell; T, 8, 0, Hi stalked from two-thirds, II free: hindwing,
costal apjiroximated to subcostal for one-third of cell ; veins 3 and 7 l)ef()re
angles of cell ; no radial.

In the forewing the submedian vein is bent downwai'ds near liase, and elbowed
njnvards at one-fifth, emitting a short spur basewards from the elbow, but not
I'orming a fovea.

Type : Neohapta indecora spec. nov.

The type species may be allied to Cabira ocliroparpuraria H. S. ; but the
antennae are simple and the nenration somewhat anomalous.

197. Neobapta indecora spec. nov.

Forewing : dull greenish grey, thickly covered with transverse purplish
fuscous striae, with traces of two lines ; the first curved, at about one-third,
indistinct, starting from a dark costal spot ; the second submarginal, irregularly
waved and thickened ; a distinct blackish cell-spot ; fringe (worn) concolorous.

lliudwing : rather darker, greyer; cell-spot and outer line only visible.

Underside paler, without markings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous.

Expanse of wings : 3iJ mm.

1 S from Rio Demerara.

Subfamily PALYA DINAR
108. Argyrotome ferruginea ali. albinata nov.

Differs from typical ferrm/ini'a Warr. in the absence of the grey scaling in
both wings, that colour being replaced by pure creamy white.

Underside, thorax, and abdomen all alike creamy white.

I ? from Salampioni, Bolivia, 80(1 m., August 19i.)I, dry season (Simons) ; sent
with two others, from the same locality and with the same date, of the ordinary
grey type.

Gyostega gen. nov.

Foivtri/iff : triangular ; costa slightly incurved before middle, convex at
ajiex ; hindmargin obliiiue, scarcely curved ; inner margin broadly lobed belbre
middle ; median vein fringed with hair near base above.

IliiKliciin/ : ample ; aual angle slightly produced, rectangular ; apical angle
rounded ; hindmargin carved above middle, straiglit below ; inner margin lobed
on basal half; a large wisp of hairs from base of submedian fold, nearly reaching
middle of wing, covering a distorted furrowed sjiace between veins 1 and ~',
which forms a bulge on the under surface.

Antennae (c?) filiform, shortly pubescent; frenulum long; tongue present;
jialpi porrect, short and stout.

Neuration: forewing, cell half the length of wing; discoceliular straight,
oblii^ue ; first median nervule at two-thirds, second at eight-ninths ; radials

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iinnuiil ; T, S, '.) stalkeil from just before anu;le of cell; li>, II coincident: liinil-
wiiijr, costal and sobcostal clusely approximated for (piite half ol' cell ; '^ and 7
jnst before angles.

Type: Gi/ostega _fioccosa spec. nov.

100. Gyostega floccosa spec. nov.

Foretcinq : white, overlaid almost entirely with purplish brown, partially
lustrous, scales, the subcostal region alone remaining white ; costa gilded yellow ;
markings obscure ; a darker brown shade at base ; another ending on inner margin
near end of lobe ; cell-spot dark brown, linear ; a brown oblir|ne mark from
subcostal vein at four-tifths, preceded by a white subcostal triangle, becoming
broader and diffuse, to hindmargin above anal angle ; a subapical whitish streak
dotted with brown; an interriijjted brown marginal line; fringe brown.

lUndwinq : white, rufous-tinged in the disc, with long grey-brown striations ;
marginal border silver-grey ; fringe ochreous grey ; basal tuff dark brown, the
concealed down ochreous.

Underside pearly white; both wings with brdad piir|ilish Ijrown Ixirder, and
dark cell-spots.

Thora.x and abdomen brown ; head damaged.

Expanse of wings : 31 mm.

1 $ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OUiJU ft.. May 1002, dry
season (Ockenden).

20O. Ophthalmophora contrariata spec. nov.
ForewiMj : dark brownish fawn-colour; the costa jiale yellow to before ajjex,
narrow at base, gradually widening, and beyond middle forming a large triangular
blotch ; outer three-fourths of inner margin cream-colour, becoming yellowish at
anal angle ; at one-fourth from base a cnrved line runs to inner margin from a
slight dent in the costal streak, darker than ground colour, with a somewhat paler
edge; from the costal triangle an outer line runs, curved outwards, to the inner-
marginal streak before anal angle, slightly paler, edged on both sides with darker;
a jiale linear cell-mark ; fringe brown with the tips shining white ; beyond the
costal triangle is a small patch of lustrous steely-blue scales.

liindwimj : with base brown, edged by a silvery white line, both much less
oblique and narrower than in (J. orion ; a broad metallic line before hindmargin
curving parallel to it and round again in the middle to vein G ; the space on each
side of this line dnll orange, the rest of the wing speckled, with black atoms
along inner margin, and in the middle with red ones ; three metallic embossed
s]iots edged with black in a yellow ring lying in a curve convex outwards,
parallel to the metallic line ; in orion this curve is concave outwards ; fringe
glossy grey ; a slight red cell-mark. *

Underside whitish ; apical third of forewing cinereous ; costa yellowish.

Head, collar, and basal segments of abdomen brown like wings ; shoulders
and patagia pale grey, the shoulders with a whitish line in front ; abdomen
darker grey, with a white line beyond the brown base; abdomen beneath and
pectus white.

Expanse of wings : 3o mm.

1 <? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (J(»iU ft., May 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

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-!Ul. Ophthalmophora lineata sj)ec. nov.

Foi-eirinij : white; costa ochreous ; first and secoud lines gi-eyish ImlF ; first
from subcostal vein at one-fonrth, slightly curved and slender; second at ini<ldle
straight and thirk, also from subcostal, concisely edged outwardly, diffuse inwardly;
an onter white band from beneath costa to anal angle, preceded by a shade formed
of greyish buff freckles deepening to the line, and followed by a similar shade
deepening towards margin ; fringe lustrous, dark greyish buff, with the tips jialcr.

Uinthrimj : with the middle line, ending at two-thirds of inner margin ; a
bright metallic submarginal line from anal angle, angled at vein 4, where there
is a metallic spot, bent round below costa, and descending again to vein 4 ; the
enclosed space above vein 4 pale buff, containing a small metallic black-edged
s])Ot in a jialer liuflF ring; the space bcdow vein 4 finely speckled witli |)ur|ilish ;
marginal area yellowish ; fringe as in forewing.

Underside white; in forewing the apex and hindmargin beyond onter line
dark grey ; basal area above median paler ochreous-grey, the middle lino slightly
showing ; fringe of both wings grey.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; face and palpi greyish.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 $ from Santo Domingo, Carabaj^a, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., Jannary l'.tU2, wet
season (Ockendeu).

202. Ophthalmophora orion spec. nov.

Foreicuiij : mouse-colour, with two darker transverse lines; first at one-fniii-th
angled in cell, paler internally; second from three-fourths of costa, slightly sinnous
and oblicpie to submedian fold, there obtusely angled and rnnning straight to
middle of inner margin; in its upper course it is somewhat paler-edged externally;
below the fold it is followed by a broad white space, ]iassing into falvous yellow
towards anal angle ; the whole marginal area above is more or less mixed with
fulvous red, except along costa, towards anal angle, and along hindmargin; fringe
mouse-colour ; cell-spot obscure, pale and vertical, with darker edge.

Hindwinf/ : mouse-colour at base, edged by a straight darker line, continuing
the outer line of forewing, and like that followed by white and fnlvons ; rest of
wing fnlvons orange ; a metallic submarginal line, curved round below costa before
apex and ending on vein 6 ; the centre of the fulvous space is dull brick-red,
containing on the inner margin a large mouse-coloured cloud, and beyond cell three
small ocelloid spots in a curve, their centres metallic golden in a black ring, edged
again with yellow anil black ; marginal line darker, fine ; fringe reddish grey.

Underside of forewing pale mouse-colour, of hindwing pinky ochreous, the
markings showing through.

Head, thorax, forelegs, and basal segments of abdomen mouse-colour; abdomen
pale grey from third segment, which is marked in front by a pale ring connecting
the pale basal edging of hindwings.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

3 (?c?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, (Jarabaya, S.E. Peru, OOOO ft., November
1901, wet season (Ockenden).

DuHuihita ^Vlk., to which the species seems nearest, has four ocelloid spots on
hindwing. The antennae of the SS are bipectinated.

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■^''•H. Ophthalmophora transversata spec nnv.

Forewimj : dark grcv-ld-owii, crossed IVoiii the middle nt' costu to umuI angle
by a broad pnrc white band, slightly wideniiii;- dowuwards ; fringe grey; traces of
a curved paler line close to base.

lUiidwimj : with base monse-colonr, edged by a straight dark shade, which is
followed by a paler one; a curved metallic silvery submargiual line, the up])er part
of which from costa to vein 0 is continuous, represented by a rounded spot beyond
cell, and thence to anal angle by three disconnected dashes ; between veins 6 and 7
a large flattened oval yellow ring, round a velvety black central oval, the outer
end of which bears a silvery crescent, the whole j>receded by a silvery spot ; the
marginal sjjace, the onter two-thirds of costa, and the space beyond basal line
dull fulvous ; a silvery spot at middle of costa, and scattered silvery scales across
wing beyond basal line and along inner margin ; all the space below the ocellus
finely speckled with olive-ochreous, above vein (i more or less fulvous-tinged :
fringe grey.

Underside of forewing like upper, but basal area paler grey and the white band
wider. Hindwing whitish grey, with the costal, apical, and hindmargiual regions
dark grey.

Head, thorax, and abdomen mouse-colour : abdomen beneath pale grey ; pectus
white.

Expanse of wings : 37 mm.

1 $ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Peru, Gdiio ft., November I'.iol, wet
■ season (Ockendeu).

Subfamily BRACCINAE.

Devarodes gen. nov.

Foreioing : with costa curved ; apex blunt; hindmargin obliipiely curved.

Hindioing : rounded.

Antennae of S bipectiuated ; paljii short, porrect, pointed; tongue and
frenulum present : a foveal bar visible in forewing.

Neuration : forewing, cell quite half as long as wing; discocellular concave;
first median nervule at two-thirds, second shortly before third ; radials normal ;
7, 8, 9 stalked from upper angle of cell, 10 and 11 free; 11 anastomosing with
12 and lo with 11 and again with 8, 9: hindwing, costal closely approimated to
subcostal near base; the two subcostals from end of cell or stalked.

Type : I), bubona Druce (Devara).

Dcvara Wlk., Cat. vii. p. 1660 (1856), was formed for his own previously
deseribed s])ecies Clirysauge eri/cinoides, identical with Em.jiIoci<i bifoiicstrata
11. S. (185;")) the type of Emplocia, and therefore falls.

204. Devarodes albibasis spec. nov.

Closely allied to D. bupaloides Wlk., differing from that species in having the
basal areas of both wings white, whereas bupaloidi'K has the inner margin of both
wings and costal margin of hindwing black. In the forewing the submedian vein
is black across the white area.

Exjianse of wings : 35 mm.

1 t? from La Merced, Upper R. Toro, Peru.

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2i)5. Devarodes bubona ab. translucens nov.

Differs from the type-form n( hultoiia Uruce in having the white basal area of
forewiug hirger, and a similar area ou hiudwing also of dull bluish grey scales,
leaving the margins only broadly black. On the underside the grey shades are
all whiter.

1 6 from Rosario, St. Inez, E. Ecuador, 1250 m., October 1899 (Haensch).

Sent with an example quite typical from the same locality.

200. Devarodes semialbata spec. nov.
Forewincj : black, with a basal blotch and a small spot before apex between
veins 4 and 6 pearly white ; the edge of the basal blotch is ragged, running from
one-third of costa oblinnely outward to below vein 3, then bent at right angles, to
inner margin beyond middle ; the veins are also blackish, especially the costal and
subcostal, and the costal edge, the subcostal space at base being dusted with dark
scales ; fringe dull black.

Ilindicimj : pearly white, with a broad diffusely edged black marginal border
from costa before apex to anal angle, the base and inner margin slightly black-
dusted.

Underside of forewing like upper, but the apical area grey-black beyond a
broad curved velvety black band; an additionul white costal spot at the edge of the
black band. Hindwing, with the dark margin cut up into three blotches, one square,
deep black, before apex, a diffuse blackish one from apex to middle, and a smaller
submarginal one between veins 2 and 4, the intervals bluish grey.

Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish ; sides of face, basal joint of antennae
beneath, and underside of abdomen and legs whitish.

Exj>anse of wings : 20 mm.

1 6 from Marcapata, E. Peru (4500 ft.).

207. Devarodes vestigiata spec. nov.

Forewing: dark smoky brownish fuscous, the veins and cell-spot blackish;
basal third, except along costa, white, its outward edge diffuse ; a cloudy pale
brownish sinuate band before hindmargin, formed of patches between the veins,
starting from below costa before apex, marked with whitish scales above and below
vein 7, incurved from 5 to 2, then bent out to anal angle, the intervals on either
side of vein 6 bejond discocellular with faint brownish streaks ; fringe concolorous.

Ilindiviiu/ : white, witii a broad curved marginal border from before apex to
above anal angle.

Underside like upper, but without any trace of the band of forewing ; the
whitish basal area rather larger.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish fuscous ; face with whitish lateral edges ;
crown with a pale ]iatch at middle ; patagia pale above near base and beyond
middle ; tongue yellow.

Expanse of wings : 33 mm.

1 (J from Chulnmaui, Bolivia, 2000 m., January 1001, wet season (Simons).

208. Emplocia coliadata spec. nov.
Forewing: velvety black, with two whitish hyaline spots; one elongate
between the median vein and submedian fold, reaching from base to half the length

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ofwim;; the other suliiniiulniti.', beyond cell; the s]i;ice beuciith the ba.sal blotch
between the »nbme<liiiii iVild and vein is mixed with imle scales; trin<;e black.

IliiHliritii/ : ]iiile yellow, with the outer thini ilee|i bliiek, its edge diiriise and
shoaldered at the rise of li and T.

Underside of forewing velvety black in cell and beyond and below it towards
anal angle; a stripe of white scales between costal edge and subcostal vein ; apical
area olive-grey-brown, with the veins across it black; the basal streak white from
median to snbmedian vein. Hiiidwiiiir with all (he veins black, the marginal border
smiiky gre}'.

Face and antenual shaft snow-white; l)al[)i, pectinations of antennae, and
vertex black ; the last with a white spot on its middle and some white behind the
eyes ; shoulders and i)atagia black and white mixed ; abdomen grey, the basal
segments whitish on dorsum.

Expanse of wings : 39 mm.

1 3 from Upper Toro River, La Jlereed, Pern, August, September llinl,
30IIII m. (Simons).

209. Nelo divisa Warr., Nor. Zool. vii. p. V.yi (19nii), and al.. radiata
id., }.,-. viii. p. 474 (19ol i.

The ¥ ?, botli of the type form and the aberration, are larger than the cJJ,
expanding 34 mm. ; they ditfer from the Si only in the greater extent of the
red markings. Both ? ? come from Ecuador, accompanied by a $ , which also is
larger than the type specimen, being 3n mm. in expause.

~lo. Sangala aenea spec. uov.

Like Saiigala ant/jj/'ah'S Drnee above: ihe /orc/n'/ii/ with a lew red scales
beyond lower angle of cell.

Underside of forewing with a short red streak at base of costa and some red
snbcostal scales beyond ; hindwing without any trace of pale blotches below apex ;
both wings dark bronzy brown, with a slight bluish tinge, the veins of the hindwing
dark. Abdomen ^vith slender red lateral lines.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

2 i J from Chanchamayo, Jannar}' — Augnst 19(11 (Hoffmanns).

211. Sangala regia si)ec. nov.

Foreinm/ : black-brown, with a narrow red line along costal vein, and beyond
the cell an elongated red blotch from the subcostal to below vein 2, rounded and
narrowed at top and bottom, ontwardly slightly curved, the veins crossing it
forming protruding teeth on the outside edge, veins 2 and 0 being marked aemss
it with black scales.

Ilinduing : rather browner.

Underside bronzy-brown; the cell neaily filled up with red and sometimes
confluent above with the large blotch ; space above snbmedian fold, below cell,
and round the red bhiteh black ; the veins finely black. Hindwing with the veins
thickly black; a enrved ]iostmedian and marginal darker band, with a paler band
between them ; base of wing red.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; a white spot in middle of forehead above,
one behind each eye, and one laterally at base of shoulders; legs black; the base

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of coxae and femova wliite-spotted, and one or two white spots on sides of
abdomen at base. The iieetiuatious of antennae as in Sangala, but longer than
usual.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

2 Si, Ohanchamayo, Peru, June — Angust 1901 (Hoffmanns).

Allied to fustina Drnce and numbalensis Dogn.

212. Sangalopsis crescens spec. nov.

Foreicin;/ : brown-black ; beyond middle of wing an oblique roughly
crescent-sbaped red band from subcostal to vein 1, its onter edge regnlarly curved,
its inner irregularly waved ; fringe concolorous.

Ili/u/uitu/ : brown-black, witbont markings.

Underside similar, bnt the ajiex and costa of forewing paler, dnll brown ;
hindwing also paler, with the veins black.

Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs all black.

Expanse of wings : t3U mm.

5 cJc? from (Jlianchamayo, I'crn, .Jnne— Angnst 1901 (Hoffmanns).

The red crescent varies in breadth.

Allied to iS'. lippa Schaus, from whicli it is distinguished by the absence of
red markings on body and underside of hindwing.

21 ;i. Sangalopsis curvifera spec. nov.

Foreiving : dark velvety brnwn ; an obliijue dnll orange blotch beyond cell
from just above vein 6 to vein 2, narrow above, broader and rounded below, the
outer edge slightly curved and well defined, the inner diffnse, crossed by dark
veins ; fringe concolorous.

Hindwim/ : wholly velvety brown.

Underside dark brown, slightly paler towards apex ; the orange blotch larger
hindwing deejj brown with the veins black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen all brown-black.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

1 cJ from llosario, St. Inez, East Ecuador, 1250 m., April 1899 (Haensch).

214. Sangalopsis ficifera spec. nov.

Foreiving : brown-black, with a large orange fig-shaped blotch jast beyond
middle of wing, the stalk starting from costal vein a little beyond middle, the
broad end touc-hing vein 1.

J/iiufwi/h/ : somewhat browner.

Underside grey-brown, darker round the blotch ; this is marked beneath costa
by a short patch of white scales ; the patch itself is flat and broad towards costa,
and has its inner edge irregular and jagged. Hindwing with the veins thick and
black ; a patch of white scales from costa to the base of veins 0, 7, and another on
inner margin to the origin of vein 2 ; a curved black submargiual band narrowing
to anal angle, the area beyond it paler.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antennae and legs black.

Exjianse of wings : 2.5 — 30 mm.

2 cJcJ from Ohanchamayo, Pern, .June — August 1901 (Hoffmanns).

The smaller specimen has the white markings underneath the hindwing more
restricted.

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215. Sangalopsis flaviplaga sjiec. uov.

Forciciny : deep browu-black ; ;i slmrt orange streak from base above subcostal
vein; an oblique orange blotch beyoiul cell from subcostal vein to vein 1, faintly
cnrved and well defined on its outer edge, slightly bent in at middle on the
inner edge ; fringe brown-black.

Hindwing : uniform brown-bhuk.

Underside with costal yellow streak at base l)roader; the ape.\ of wing beyond
the orange blotch paler ; hindwing deep brown, with the veins black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black.

Exjjanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 <S from Chulnmani, Bolivia, 2iiun m., Jannary liiul, wet season (Simons).

210. Sangalopsis fulvimedia spec. nov.

Forewincj : black ; the middle third occnpied by a deep orange fascia, not
quite touching either costa or inner margin ; its outer edge from just beyond middle
of costa, slightly but regularly curved ; its inner edge jagged, forming a rectangular
projection on the median and an acute point on the subcostal vein, above which
a narrow fine-pointed streak of orange is emitted from the blotch to base.

Uindwiny : brown-blaclc.

Underside brown ; forewiug with the costal streak broader ; the orange
markings limited by darker brown. Hindwing with the veins thick and black.

Head, thorax, abdomen above and below, legs, and antennae all black ; a
small orange lateral sjwt at base of forewing.

Expanse of wings : 36 mm.

3 (Jc? from Chanchamayo, Peru, June— August 1001 (Hoftmanns).

217. Sangalopsis luteiplaga sjicc. nov.

Foreiriny : deep brown black, witli a large liiteous blotch beyond cell, reacliing
from vein T to below vein 2, rounded at top and liottom, and of nearly uniform
width throughout ; fringe brown-black.

Hindwing : uniform brown-black.

Underside dull brown, deejicr from base to blotch, and narrowly round blotch ;
the blotch broader, straight cut and square at top, more iiointed toward anal
angle ; hindwing with the veins black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black.

Expanse of wing :. 40 mm.

1 S from Banos, Eastern Ecuador, September 1899 (Haensch).

218. Sangalopsis signigera spec. nov.

Differs from S.Jiora Warr. {2Sclo) in the position and shape of the red blotch ;
in Jiorn this is beyond middle of wing, therefore more vertical in direction, and
broader below than above ; in signigera the blotch is exactly central, and more
oblique, of uniform width thronghout, and emitting a fine red streak basewards
along the subcostal vein.

Underside the same. A small red dot on side of thorax at base of forewing.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

2 c?c? from Charajilaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., June 1901 (Simons).

Closely allied to S. fukimcdia from Peru, but smaller, and the transverse
blotch much narrower.

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Subfamily NEPHODIINAE.
Heteroleuca gen. nov.
Like Nipferia in shape and neuration of wings, except in one point ; the
discocelhilar of forewing is obIi(ine inwards from the top end of cell for three-fourths,
then angled ontwards, vein 5 from its middle, above the angulation. Pectinations
of the antennae of the S altogether different, being stiff and broadened at the
summit, exactly like those of ydo and Sangala.
Type : Heteroleuca albida spec. nov.

210. Heteroleuca albida spec. nov.

Forewimj : dull white, semitransparent, the veins brown ; costal area above
subcostal vein slightly Inteons-tinged, the costal edge grey; fringe brown-grey with
white base.

Hindwhnj : with the fringe whiter.

Underside with the veins of both wings dark.

Head, shoulders, and base of patagia luteous grey ; palpi black ; thorax and
abdomen dull white ; antennae black.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

1 S from Chanchamayo, Pern.

Hyalopola nom. nov.

I propose this name in place of Hyalospila Warr., Is^ov. Zool. i. p. 425 (1894),

preoccupied by Ragonot, Nom. Genres et Especes de PbjciUdae p. 11 (1888).

Hydatoscia gen. nov.

Forewing : costa slightly curved throughout ; hindmargin elbowed at vein 4,
vertical, slightly concave above, oblique and concave below.

Hindwiiig : with apex rounded, and anal angle distinct ; hindmargin crenulate,
with a distinct tooth at vein 4.

Antennae of S pectinated ; of ? subserrate, setulose ; palpi weak, porrect,
slightly npcurved, scaled beneath ; tongue and frenulum present.

Neuration : forewing, cell more than half as long as wing ; discocellnlar
sinuous, incurved above, oblique below ; vein 2 at one-half, vein 3 at five-sixths ;
5 from just below middle of di.scocellular, from the upper end of the oblique lower
arm, sinuous ; 6 from upper end of cell ; 7, 8 stalked from the same jioint ; 9, 10
free, from cell ; 11 out of 12, 10 anastomosing with 11 and 9 with 10, 9 again
anastomosing with 8 rather strongly before costa ; 7 curved downwards : hindwing,
costal and subcostal closely approximated to nearly half of cell, 7 just before end
of cell ; no radial ; medians as in forewing ; scaling very sparse, wings nearly
transparent. Forewing with foveal bar developed in both sexes.
Type : H. ategna Drnce ( Trygodes).

220. Leuculopsis bilineata spec. nov.
Forewing: glossy white; the veins finely brownish ; the lines pale brownish ;
first at one-third slightly curved outwards to two-fifths of inner margin ; second
from three-fourths of costa, outwardly curved to vein 2, then parallel to first
line, to three-fifths of inner margin : fringe white, with a darker brown dividing line
from vein 7 to 2.

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llindwinq : with outer liiip only.

Undcrsiilu white without markin<;s : costa of forewiug; bronzy grey.
Head and shonklers yellowish ; thorax, patagia, and abdomen white.
Ex})anse of wings : c?, 35 mm. ; ? , 35 — 40 mm.

3 (?(?, 3 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Oarabaya, S.E. Pern, fiOOo ft., November,
December I'.Mil, January 10i)2, wet season (Ockenden).

221. Nipteria astyochiodes spec. nov.

ForeiciiKj : white, somewhat discoloured along costa, with a linear grey
cell-spot on discocellular, and two waved grey lines ; first vertical from costa a little
before the middle, straight above the median vein, then waved and oblique inwards ;
outer line from four-fifths of costa, ontcurved at first, then parallel to hindmargin ;
a thin marginal line and the veins grey ; fringe white.

Ilindwiioi : with a single waved grey marginal line.

Underside white ; the costa of forewing broadly grey towards base.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the head and shoulders yellowish-tinged.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

2 <?cj, 3 ? ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, (iOno ft., November,
December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

In markings a perfect mimic of Astijockia claelin Druce and pkilyra Drnce ; bnt
the discocellular of forewing is straight, and the hiudwing of c? without any tuft
of hairs on inner margin near base. The hindwing, as in pliilyra, is also slightly
protuberant at middle of hindmargin.

222. Nipteria flaviplaga spec. nov.

Foreir'nuj : greyish fuscous, thickly speckled with dark fuscous; the lines
dark fuscous, with darker dots on the veins ; the first at nearly one-third running
a little outwards to the median, then vertical, bent inwards on submedian fold ;
outer line from four-fifths of costa straight to vein 6, then oblique and straight
inwards to two-thirds of inner margin, marked beyond vein 5 by an irregular small
yellow blotch ; cell-spot distinct, black ; fringe brownish fuscous.

Hindwing : wholly blurred dark grey, with traces of a dark cell-spot and of a
curved postmedian dark line.

Underside of forewing dark fuscous and striated only along costal and
hindmargin, the whole interior being paler and the line faint : the hindwing,
on the other hand, darker than above, with the line and cell-spot dark and distinct ;
the yellow spot of forewing as on up[)erside.

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous like wings.

E.\panse of wings : 40 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, Uouo fi., December I'Jiil, wet
season (Ockenden).

223. Nipteria flebilis spec. nov.
Forewinfi : dull cinereous grey, spotted and suffused with darker grey along
costal and hindmargin and in the basal area ; the costal edge with some white
marks in the apical half ; the two lines dark : the first obscure, from one-fourth of
costa to one-third of inner margin ; the outer line thick, straight and slightly
waved, from four-liftlis of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, edged outwardly
with a faintly paler line; marginal area dark above, paler below, the limit of the

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darker and lighter sbade niniiiLig (ilili(|iiely t'niiu the outer line at vein 4 to
liindniargiu at vein 2 ; cell-spot dark and large ; fringe dull grey with white
mottling between the veins.

Jlindtcing : paler, more distinctly striated, the onter half dark ; fringe as in
I'orewing.

Underside whitish, with distinct dark greenish fuscous speckling and striation ;
inner marginal half of forewing dull whitish ; costa spotted with dark ; cell-spot
and outer line from costa to vein 4 dark. Hindwing with dark cell-spot and an
interrupted central line, formed of a blotch at costa and another between the
median and vein 2 ; the inner margin white.

Face and collar pale grey ; palpi, vertex, and thorax dark ; abdomen paler with
dark segmental rings.

Expanse of wings : -36 mm.

1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 61M.1O ft., December 1901, wet
season (Ockenden).

A dull-looking species, but with strongly white-mottled fringes.

224. Nipteria oblitaria spec. nov.

Foreiring : dark grey in S , paler, more brownish grey in ? ; the whole wing
surface, excejit the costal area, appearing blurred, as if rubbed ; the darker costal
space slightly striated ; the only markings are a round dull black cell-spot, and an
onter oblique line from costa at five-sixths, bent on vein .5, below which it is very
indistinct ; fringe dark grey.

Hindwinr/ : with cell-spot and the line curved.

Underside smoky browaish fnscous, thickly speckled and striated with
blackish ; cell-spots and outer line black and distinct ; in the ? the inner half
of forewing is slightly blurred, but in the S the blurred space is as extensive as on
the upperside and quite pale, greyish ochreous.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey in the t?, brownish grey in the ? , agreeing
with the wings.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

A pair from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 611O11 ft., May 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

Tliis species is probably near iV. tappoiiia Th. Mg., which I have not seen.

225. Nipteria satyrata Warr., ^^ov. Zool. vii. p. 190, ? (lOon).

The c? of this species differs from the ? , in that the upper surface of the
wings is wholly dull sericeous grey without darker markings, except the cell-spots,
and three vein dashes representing the costal portion of exterior line on forewing.
Beneath like the ? , but the dark markings and band of hindwing less striking.

The i from which this description is made is from Chimate, Bolivia, and is of
the same size as the ¥ , 52 mm.

226. Nipteria subocellata spec. nov.
Foretmng : dull smoky grey, semitransparent ; the hindmargin, the entire
apical area beyond the cell, and the costal area above subcostal vein smoky
blackish ; cell-sjiot black, preceded by a small blotch slightly paler than the
ground colour ; fringe blackish, veins slightly brownish.

( lo-l )

Hindidnq : dull smoky grey, rather darker towards liindmargiii ; cell-simt
obscnre.

Underside of forewing like ujipor but not so dark, the small blotch before
cell-spot whitish and conspicuous. Hindwing dark smoky grey, with small cell-spot ;
inner margin jialer.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dingy dark grey ; antennae blackish.

Expanse of wings : .32 mm.

1 S from Charaplaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., June ISMil (Simons).

Distinguished by the pale blotch before cell-spot.

227. Nipteria transducta spec. nov.

Fori'icitig : dark ashy grey, semitransparent, faintly daj)pled with darker;
the lines fuscous ; the first slender, from one-fourth of costa, running outwards
and bent below costa, then vertical to one-third of inner margin ; second line
from apex, thick and straight, to two-thirds of inner margin, the area immediately
beyond it whitish, becoming again dappled dark grey at hindmargin ; all the
veins, the marginal line, and discocellnlar finely fuscous, the discocellular with
a dark spot at middle ; fringe paler grey.

Hiiulwinij : with the outer line of forewing continued straight across to two-
thirds of inner margin, nearly touching the cell-spot.

Underside the same, but paler in all respects; the hindwing with a curved
submarginal line, joining outer line on inner margin, which is faintly visible above
also.

Face, thorax, and abdomen grey : vertex bright yellow.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, fiOOO feet, December 1901, wet
season (Ockeudenj.

The hindmargin of hindwing bears a small blunt tooth at vein 4.

228. Nipteria turpis spec. nov.

Foiririi/// : dull dark grey, thickly striated with darker; the inner and outer
lines finely blackish and marked by spots on the veins ; first from costa at one-
fourth to inner margin at one-third, bent outwards to the median, vein, then vertical
or slightly oblique inwards; outer line froiu three-fourths of costa, vertical to vein 5,
then obli(iue and straight to three-fourths of inner margin ; cell-spot blackish ;
fringe dark grey.

Jliudicimj : similar, but less striated and jialer towards base, darker along
inner and hindmargins ; outer line alone visible, more or less obsolete above middle ;
cell-spot obscure.

Underside like upper; the outer line only marked in both wings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen all concolorous.

Expanse of wings : c?, 3.5 mm. ; ? , 38 mm.

2 <?(?,! ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E.Peru, 60u0 ft., November,
December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

229. Perigramma nigricosta spec nov.
Forewing : white, the veins brownish ; the costa thickly black from near base
to just before apex ; fringe white.

Hindwing : white, without markings.

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Underside wholly white ; the costal edge of forewiug grey.

Thorax and abdomen white ; face and vertex dark brown.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

5 cJc? from San Ernesto, Bolivia, lOiiU m., Angiist, Seiitember 1900, (Simons).

2H(). Perigramma semipleta spec. nov.

Forftriiiff : white ; the costa narrowly, the inner margin below submedian vein,
the hindmargin, and a bar straight from three-fifths of costa to anal angle dark
grey ; the apex more broadly grey ; fringe grey ; the median veins dark grey.

Jliiu/iriiKj : with costa and hindmargin grey ; the inner margin narrowly and
the space between veins 3 and 4 dnll grey ; fringe whitish ; all the veins grey.

Underside similar ; but in the forewing the costa is broadly grey from base
to bar, and in the hindwing only the costa and hindmargin are grey.

Face and vertex brownish fuseons ; thorax and abdomen white ; tips of patagia
and anal segments of abdomen slightly grey-tinged.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 S from San Ernesto, Bolivia, lOOO m., August, September lOOD (Simons).

In P. nermria Gnen. the space between veins 3 and 4 on the forewings is filled
up with grey, and the wings have no bar.

Zeuctostyla gen. nov.

Forewing: elongate ; costa straight, convex only towards apex, which is
rounded ; hindmargin obliquely curved.

Hindiving : with both angles and hindmargin rounded.

Antennae of c? bipectinate ; palpi upcurved, hairy beneath, third segment
hidden ; tongue and frenulum present ; legs slender ; hindtibiae somewhat thickened,
with four spurs and a pencil of hairs.

Forewing with a fovea at base and a short bar above it.

Nenration : forewing, cell two-thirds of wing ; discocellular obliiiuely concave;
first median nervule from before one-half; second at three-fourths; radials long-
stalked together, from upper end of cell, the subcostal strongly depressed towards
its extremity ; 7, 8, 9 stalked from the bend, 7 strongly bent downwards towards
margin ; lu, 11 coincident, anastomosing with stalk of 7, 8, 9. Hindwing, cell abont
half as long as wing; discocellular oblique ; 6, 7 stalked ; no true radial.

Type : Zeuctostyla ruhricoUis, spec. nov.

231. Zeuctostyla rubricollis spec. nov.

Forewing: hyaline bluish; costal, inner, and hindmargins black, (he last
more broadly, especially at apex ; the median vein and its three branches thickly
black, the two folds more narrowly ; an oblique black bar over the discocellular ;
the stalk off) and 6 thickly black to the fork, then finer ; snbmarginal area above
vein 4 white.

Hindwing : the same ; the inner margin very narrowly black ; subcostal vein
and branches black ; discocellular narrowly black ; no white area.

Underside similar.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; basal joint of palpi, pectus, collar, and
shoulders orange-red.

Expanse of wings : 33 mm.

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2 (?(? from Santo Domiugo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, flniiii t'oet, January 10(i3,
wet, season (Ockciiden).

In size and superficial appearance this sj)ecies luimics 'raiino.ilijla unimaoda
AVarr. ; but the difference in nenration and the red collar will serve to
distinguish it.

St'BFAMILY P.1ST0N1NAE.

Hetererannis gen. nnv.

Forciciiit] : elongate; costa straight; apex bluntly rounded; hiudmargin
oblique, faintly curved; anal angle rounded off; fovea present.

linuhring : produced below apex, rounded ; hiudmargin nearly straight : anal
angle rectaugnlar.

Antennae of i strongly bipectinate, the extreme tips serrate. Palpi shortly
porrect, rough beneath, the segments obscured; tongue absent; frenulnm well
developed. Hindtibiae with four spurs, hardly swollen.

Nenration: forewing, cell more than half as long as wing; discocellnlar
inangulated in middle ; first median nervnlo just beyond middle, second at five-
sixths, well before end of cell ; lower radial from slightly above centre of
discocellnlar, upper from upper angle; 7, 8, It stalked from a little before end
of cell ; 111 and 11 coincident. Hindwing, costal and subcostal closely ajiproximated
for quite half of cell ; 7 only just before end ; no radial ; medians as in forewing.

Type : Hetererannis obliquaria Grote {Boarmin).

Manifestly allied to Erannis Hub., but separated by the bipectinate antennae
of the S and the presence of a fovea in the forewing.

Subfamily ASCOTINAE.

232. Bryoptera basisignata spec. nov.

Forewing : white, finely black-sjieckled, and suffused in parts with pale sepia-
brown ; inner and outer lines strongly marked, velvety black ; the inner from one-
fourth of costa, slightly angled inwards on the subcostal vein, then obliquely curved
inwards, and much thickened below the median vein, preceded in lower half by
a brown shade ; outer line from two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of inner margin,
slightly angled outwards on veins d and 4, insinuate between, below vein 4
incurved ; median line fine, from a dark spot on costa, rectangularly bent outwards
round the distinct round black cell-spot, then curved parallel to outer line, the
space between them below the middle filled in with sej)ia-brown ; submarginal
line whitish, regularly zigzag, the space between it and outer Hue pale brown,
mixed with whitish towards inner margin ; marginal area brownish, darker in some
specimens at costa and beyond cell ; a row of distinct black marginal spots ; fringe
white, mottled with grey brown.

Hindwing : with a velvety black streak near base of inner margin ; a black
cell-spot, preceded by a brown shade from middle of inner margin, the inner edge
of which is straight ; outer line and marginal area beyond it as in forewing.

Underside dirty greyish, with darker marginal borders, and distinct cell-
spots ; apex of forewing and fringes of both wings whitisji.

Head and thorax white sjirinkled with grey scales; abdoinen givyer, with tlic
segmental divisions darker, the second segment with a broad velvety black ring ;
palpi externally blackish.

( K'' )

Expanse of wings : ■]■> mm.

4 cJc? from Santo Domingo, (Javiibaya, S.K. Peru, liniii) feet, November I'.hi],
wet season (Ockenden).

Distingnished from other species of tlie genus by the strong black inner line
of the forewiug, bent ronnd on inner margin of liindwiiig, and continued across
the abdomen ; also by the large black cell-spots.

233. Bryoptera canidentata spec. nov.

Foreicing : white, with a few grey speckles ; costa with some fine dark striae ;
basal and exterior lines black ; the first thick, from one-fourth of costa, vertical,
curved basewards only below submedian vein, preceded in its lower half only
by a similar thick line ; outer line finer, from two-thirds of costa to two-thirds
of inner margin, slightly waved, and bluntly bent at vein 4 ; median line outwardly
oblique from costa above the small cell-spot, roundly bent at vein 0 and more
sharjily at vein 4, then i>arallel and near to outer line, followed by a similar parallel
line, the interval between them filled up with olive scales ; submarginal line acutely
dentate, white with dark edges, the teeth, except at costa, filled up with olive
scales, like the shade following the outer line ; marginal area whitish, containing
a single dentiform mark on hindmargin beyond the cell ; marginal line velvety
black, interrupted at the veins and swollen between them ; fringe white, with
an olive dividing line.

Ilindwing : with a curved black mark at base ; an olive cloud from inner margin
touching postmedian line to the end of cell ; the rest as in forewiug.

Underside smoky fuscous, the marginal borders broadly blackish ; apex of
forewing and fringes of both wings white.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the last with the base of segments on
dorsum fuscous, and with a black ring at base; tips of patagia and palpi externally
black.

Expanse of wings : 3ii mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OoOO ft, November lOiil, wet
season (Ockenden).

234. Cleora gracilis spec. nov.

Forewiii;! : pale grey dusted with darker in basal two-thirds; the lines blackish,
very fine ; costa with five dark linear blotches, indicating their origin, at one-fifth,
one-third, three-fifths, two-thirds, and five-sixths respectively ; the lines outcurved
above, then oblique inwards, the tliird (exterior) angulated beyond cell ; median
area between first and third darker grey ; cell-mark lunate, with dark edge ;
submarginal line waved, parallel to hindmargin; the preceding space paler; an
oblique dark shade from below apex ; a submarginal row of distinct dark round
spots ; marginal line tine, black ; fringe grey.

Hindwiitfi : with a dark tine nearly straight line at two-thirds ; the basal
space within it dark grey, containing the obscure lunate cell-mark ; the rest as
in forewing.

Underside glossy pale grey, washed in basal area with darker ; cell-spots
blackish, obscure; a dark apical cloud on forewing, enclosing a small whitish
ajiicul ]iatch.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey ; the vertex white.

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Expanse of wings : 30 rum.

1 ? from Jamaica.

The apex of forewing is slightl}- acute ; tho antennae with the segments angular.

23.). Cymatophora dislocata spec. uov.

Ffliririiiq : pale ochreous, with slight greenish tinge, speckled witli brownish ;
the costa striated with brown ; the lines dark olive-brown ; first from one-fourth
of costa to nearly one-third of inner margin, ontciirved above and below median
vein, double ; median shade obscure, froui a costal spot jnst before middle to
inner margin at two-fifths, passing just in front of the black cell-s[)ot ; outer
line from three-fourths of costa, lunnlate-dentate, to middle of inner margin,
followed closely below costa and above inner margin by a dark olive-brown shade ;
snlimarginal line interrupted, preceded at costa by a brown line concave outwards
to vein (i, by two Innules filled up with brown and followed by a suiiquadrate
brown patch, beyond cell, and by traces of lunules below it; a slight dark blotch
beyond it at anal angle ; an apical pale blotch ; fringe concolorons.

Himhnng : with nearly straight double antemedian and postmedian olive-
brown lines, slight curved submarginal shade, and black cell-spot.

Underside much speckled, and with all the lines diffusely marked ; marginal
area beyond outer line, except apical blotch, more or less filled with fuscous
shades.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; upper half of face and ]ialpi fuscous-
tinged.

Expanse of wings : .52 mm.

1 S from Peru.

Very much like rnmmotaria Mssn., but ochreons not grey in ground colour ;
the lines all in slightly different places, nearer the hindraargin ; apical pale blotch
more conspicuous ; submarginal line below costa concave outwards, not straight,
as in commotaria.

236. Cymatophora muscosa spec. nov.

Forewing : dull olive-grey-brown, thickly powdered with dark atoms, rendering
the markings indistinct ; costal edge paler, with numerous short black streaks ;
first line from costa at two-fifths, bent on the subcostal vein, then vertical to
one-third of inner margin; outer line at two-thirds, dentate-lunulate, parallel
to hindmargin, followed by a deeper shade ; submarginal line half-way between
outer line and hindmargin, interrnpted and marked by dark blotches between
the veins, those beyond cell and on submedian fold being plainest ; obscure dark
marginal spots ; fringe concolorons ; cell-spot blackish.

Hiiulwing : rather paler ; postmedian line nearly straight, followed by a
darker shade ; submarginal very obscure ; cell-spot black.

Underside duller, with the markings very obscure ; a darker submarginal
shade.

Face and third segment of pal])i pale ochreons ; rest of jialpi fuscous ; vertex
and thorax like forewings ; the tips of the shoulders dark ; abdomen rather paler.

Expanse of wings : 43 mm.

1 ? from Ecuador.

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237. Hymenomima carneata spec. nov.

Foretcimj : whitish, snft'nseJ throughout with pale flesh-colour, slightly black-
speckli'il ; the costa with short black striae ; the Hues velvety black, strongly
marked ; first from cue-fourth of costa, obli(pie]y curved inwards to near base
of inner margin, thickened at the veins ; outer line from three-fifths of costa
to about middle of inner margin, sinuous, marked with thick black teeth on
the veins, followed by a shade darker than the ground colour ; a median line
from a black spot on costa, outcurved and touching the black cell-spot, obsolete
below the middle ; submarginal Hoe wliitisb, irregularly lunulate, the lunules
marked internally by black scales, which beyond cell and at costa form black
blotches ; black marginal spots connected by black dashes with the outer teeth
of snbmarginal line ; fringe flesh-colour.

IlimhciiKi : with a black line at base and a diS'use curved blackish antemedian
shade from inner margin to subcostal vein, followed Ijy a large black cell-spot ;
the rest as in forewing.

Underside of forewing smoky fuscous, the outer margin smuky blackish,
the inner margin whitish ; costa ochreous, with black spots and striae ; cell-spot
black and large. Hind wing whitish, with only a dark cell-spot.

Thorax and abdomen flesh-colour, the latter with a black ring at base ;
head pale, mixed with flesh-colour ; shoulders white, tipped with blade ; palpi
black externally.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

4 c?cf from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November 1901,
wet season (Ockeuden).

Distinguished by the coloration and the blackness of the markings.

238. Hymeuomima rufata spec. nov.

Forewing : whitish, thickly s])eckled and suffused with reddish brown ; the
lines red-brown, thick and well-marked, the inner and outer lines geminate ;
basal line from one-fourth of costa, angled outwards on subcostal vein, then
oblique inwards, twice curved, to uear base of inner margin, there joined by
a similar line nearer base ; median line bluntly bent in cell be3-ond the reddish
cell-spot, theu oblique, irregularly dentate, to two-fifths of inner margin ; outer
line from two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, lunulate-deutate,
more or less parallel to hindmargin, followed by a slightly duller red line ;
snbmarginal line whitish, zigzag, preceded by a reddish brown shade and followed
by a less distinct one, except between veins 3 and 4, where there is a paler
space ; marginal line finely black, interrnj)ted at the veins, connected by black
dashes with the teeth of the submarginal line ; fringe reddish ochreous, mottled
with darker beyond the veins, which are themselves rufous ; costal edge marked
with dense reddish and pale striae.

Iliiiiliriiiy : i)aler, being only striated, not suft'used, with rufous ; a dark line
at base ; a straight reddish antemedian line continuing the median of forewings ;
a blackish cell-spot ; the rest as in forewing.

Underside rufous grey, faintly speckled ; both wings with median and outer
lines, the latter very strongly dark-dotted on the veins ; both cell-spots distinct ;
costa of forewing with dense dark striatious ; marghial area of forewing dark
fuscous, with a still darker central cloud ; hindwing with slight submarginal

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cloud, the whole wing paler ; fringe pale ochreous with concise reiUlish dashes
lieyond veins.

liead, thonix, and abdomen gre}', mottled wilii reddish, the abdomen paler;
a thiek red-browu ring on basal segment, edged with paler ; anal tuft ochreons.

Expanse of wings : 35 — 40 mm.

5 <J(? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 0000 ft., Novemlier T.hiI,
Wet season (Ockeudeu).

;.':V.i. Hymenomima schisticolor spec. nov.

ForeicliKj : j]ale slat e-coli Mir, withont si]eckling ; the lines and veins dark-
slate-colour ; a dark sj)ot at base of cell ; first line at one-sixth, bent in cell,
then oblique, touching tlie fovea ; second, anteinediau, at one-third, bent in cell
and touching the large triangular cell-spot, then sinuons inwards ; outer line
from three-tifths of costa, angled on veins fi and 4, and dentate on the veins,
strongly sinuous thronghont, to middle of inner margin, followed by a similar
but much liner line ; submargiual line pale, dentate, lietween two dark slate-
coloured shades, of which the inner one is the darker and somewhat interrupted ;
marginal spots between the veins black ; fringe concolorous.

llindiruiij : similar, but without first line.

Underside pale cloudy slate-colour, with dark cell-sjiots ; the marginal borders
darker, in the forewiug broad.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale slate-colour ; the vertex, thorax, and
shoulders whiter ; a pair of dark spots on thorax, one on each of the patagia,
and one in centre of face above : palpi externally blackish.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, L'arabaya, S.E. Peru, November 1901, wet season
(Ockenden).

Vein 5 from a little below 0.

240. Iridopsis candidata spec. nov.

Fomciiifi : white, slightly speckled with dark grey or blackish ; basal and
marginal areas washed with pale chestnut ; the lines black, starting from black
costal sjmts ; first at one-fourth, nearly straight, blacker on the veins; median
from before middle of costa to before middle of inner margin, waved and partly
interrupted, marked by black dashes on veins, and touching the cell-spot, which
is large and oval, black-edged, filled up by semi-erect bluisLi white scales ; above
it is a small round black spot above the base of vein 6 ; outer line at two-thirds,
marked only by black vein-spots ; submarginal line black, thick, lunate, followed
between veins 4 and 7 by a large black blotch touching hindmargiu ; a row
of black marginal spots, not quite touching margin ; the brown snti'usiou is
very faint between veins 3 and 4, leaving there a square white patch with the
fringe white beyond it, the rest of the fringe being brown, chequered with
blackish.

Jlinilwiiu/ : with a dark line at base ; a slight grey interrupted autemedian
and jiostmedian line, darker at the veins, and a cloudy blackish submarginal
line ; large black marginal spots between the veins not quite touching margin,
and smaller spots on the margin at the vein-ends ; the ends of veins 4 and G
marked with brown ; fringe white, chequered with blackish.

Underside glossy white, the costa of forewiug ochreous, with a few dark

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striae; a black costal spot near luiclcllc toncliing the large black cell-spot; a
broad marginal black border enclosing a white spot from vein 4 to below 3 ; fringe
white at ajicx and below middle, blackish from 4 to T. Hiiulwing with narrower
black border from apex to vein 4, continned to anal angle as a sub-marginal shade.

Face and palpi dark fuscons above, whitish below ; vertex white, with a
black spot in middle ; shoulders and patagia white, with the apical half fuscous ;
the tips of the patagia chestnnt-lirown ; thorax mixed light and dark ; abdomen
white, the basal segment witii two black spots, the second with a broad l)hwk
ring ; anal tufts ochreous, with a blackish fleck at base on dorsum ; abdomen
beneath white ; legs broken.

Expanse of wings : 4I> ram.

1 d from Salampioiii, Bolivia, bW m., August I'.IOI, dry season (Simons).

Quite distinct from validana Guen., with which at first sight it miglit be
confused.

Iridopsis schistacea spec. nov.

Forewi/iff : slaty grey, minutely black-speckled ; costa with tine black striae ;
lines fine, black ; first at one-fourth of costa, slightly bent in cell, then vertical,
preceded by a chestnut brown shade, edged inwardly with darker ; outer line
from three-fourths of costa, irregularly crenulate, angled below vein 0, then
obliquely waved inwards, followed by a chestnnt shade ; snbmarginal line very
faintly marked, preceded by a biangulate black blotch between veins 4 and 6; cell-sjKjt
large, ocelloid, edged with black, with traces of a fine irregularly crenulate median
line, also double, curved round it, and ajiproximated to, or touching, outer line on
inner margin ; marginal spots round, black ; fringe concolorons.

ITindiciny : with a straight black antemedian line, followed by a chestnnt
shade ; outer line angled acutely below vein 6, followed by a chestnut shade :
cell-spot ocelloid ; marginal black spots connected by a fine marginal festoon.

Underside of the c? paler, of the ¥ darker, more sjieckled ; large dark
cell-spots in both wings ; forewing with upper jiart of outer Hue and a subajiical
dark cloud.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorons.

Expanse of wings : 38 — 4(1 mm.

7 cJc?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 0000 ft, November
1901, wet season (Ockenden).

The single ? is darker than any of the S6.

Melanoscia gen, nov.

Forewing : costa straight, curved slightly at base and apex ; apex somewhat
produced ; hindmargin oblique, slightly curved ; inner margin convex.

Hiiulwiwj : narrow ; hindmargin curved, faintly bent at vein 4.

Antennae of 6 and ? bipectinate ; palpi stout, slightly upcnrved ; tongue and
frenulum present ; hindtibiae large, with pencil of hairs and four spurs ; forewing
with a foveal space below median vein, covered below by a plate of pale scales.

Neuration : forewing, cell longer than half of wing ; iliscocellidar vertically
concave ; first median at one-half, second at five-sixths ; railials normal ; 7, S
stalked from before end of cell; 9, in, 11 stalked, 9 anastomosing with 8:
hindwing, with 3 and 7 both before angles of cell.

Type : Melanoscia J'elinu spec. nov.

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242. Melanoscia albimacula spec. uov.

Forewing : Miickish green, varied wiUi large and small white sjiots ; the costa
striated with white ; the large s[iots are six ia number, all more or less round ;
three in the snhmedian interval, near base, below the origin of vein 2, and ou
hindmargiu ; two more on the hindmargiu, at apex, and between veins 3 and 4 ;
the sixth, the largest of all, immediately beyond the discocellnlar. In the cell is a
smaller triangular spot. The smaller sjiots, also round, follow the course of tue
usual lines, and are placed between the veins, 3 beyond the basal spot, representing
inner line ; S forming a sinuous line passing beyond the large discal spot, and
7 submarginal ; a few smaller irregular white marks occur in ditierent parts,
especially along inner margin ; fringe wliite, marked darker above and below
middle ; discocellular mark linear, blackish.

Ilimhcing : with basal two-tUirds white, with dusky striae, which are darker
and denser below median vein ; cell-spot black ; a broad black marginal border
with a large white sjiot at apex and anal angle and smaller one between.

Underside like ui)per, but duller.

Head and thorax greenish fuscous ; tips of patagia white ; abdomen dark,
mixed with whitish.

Expanse of wings : 50 mm.

2 cJc? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, Gt)00 ft., November lyol,
wet season (Ockendeu).

243. Melanoscia felina spec. nov.

Foreiving : olive-ochreous, speckled with blackish green, and more or less
obliterated by the dark blackish green suffusion ; basal area blackish green,
containing a velvety dark blotch at base of costa, and another below the median
vein, and edged by an obscurely double lunulate line, the outer edge being nearly
vertical ; this is followed by a vertical white sjiace, rnninug across cell from
subcostal vein to inner margin, generally narrow throughout, but in one examjjle
much broader Ijelow the middle ; beyond it the cell is occu])ied by a large oblong
velvety black blotch, including the discocellular mark, followed by a S(|uare white
Idotch between veins 4 and 6 ; outer line sinuous, dentate-luuulate, from two-thirds
of costa to middle of inner margin, running outwards and bounding the white blotch
to vein 4, then incurved ; this line is broader below the middle, is edged outwardly
with whitish or ochrcous, and is preceded below middle by another dark lunulate
line ; nuirginal area filled nj) with dark, traversed by a paler submarginal line, often
very obscure, preceded by deeper blotches, and sometimes marked by ochreous or
whitish spots, in all cases ending in a whitish, tadpole-shaped, apical blotch ; all
the veins are ochreous, and in the jialer examples the space between veins 3 and 4
remains olive ochrcous ; fringe dark, while at apex, and with an ochreous patch at
anal angle.

Jlindicing : mottled, smoky grey, with a dark cell-spot, a dark postniedian
line, and two broad, jiartially coalesceut, submarginal shades; the fringe white.
In the ? the basal half of hindwing is white, sjieckled, and at base and along
costa suffused with smoky grey, followed by a broad blackish marginal border.

Underside duller, the dark markings all blurred, the white blotches distinct.

Head, antennae, centre of shoulders, thorax, and abdomen yellow ochreous ;
sides of shoulders, the patagia, the jialpi and legs externally blackish green.

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Expanse of wings : (i, 37 mm., ? , 30 mm.

3 c?c?, 1 ?,from Sauto Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November
1901, wet season (Ockenden).

244. Melanoscia occlusa spec. nov.

Closely resembling M. felina, but much darker, all the paler spaces being
reduced or obscured ; in particular the square white discal blotch becomes a mere
white line, followed immediately by the sinuous outer line ; the apical spot is much
narrower ; in one example the median vein is deep yellow throughout.

limihcimj : wholly smoky black, with deeper cell-spot and broad marginal
border.

Underside wholly dark and dull, witli the white markings as above.

Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish green, only the collar deep yellow.

Expanse of wings : c?, 37 mm.

3 (?c? from Santo Domingo, S.E. Tern, OUUU ft., November 1901, wet season
(Ockenden).

The species seems really distinct from feluia.

Neofidonia gen. nov.

Foreimng : broad ; costa straight, convex at apex only ; hindmargin rounded.

Ilindwing : broad ; hindmargin well rounded, with slight indentation beyond cell.

Antennae of S bipectinated, the pectinations short and regular; palpi short,
porrect, the second segment broad, third minute ; forehead protuberant ; tongue and
freniilnm well developed; hindtibiae thickened, with four spurs and a pencil of hairs.

Neuration : forewing, cell half as long as wing, discocellular oblique ; first
median nervule at one-half, second at five-sixths ; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9 stalked
from shortly before end of cell ; In ami 11 cuinciilent throughout. Hindwing,
0 and 7 from npjier end of cell.

Type : Keofdonia nigristigma spec. nov.

('liaracterised by the broader, shorter wings.

24.0. Neofidonia nigTistigma spec. nov.

Forewing : whitisii, thickly covered with smoky grey striae, and towards outer
margin suffused with fuscous ; costa white or yellowish, with fine regular black striae
and three black spots at the commencement of the lines ; first at one-fourth, obscurely
marked, except by black dashes on the veins ; outer at nearly two-thirds, slightly
curved outwards, also marked liy black teeth on the veins, and followed by a paler
line ; median shortly before outer line, very indistinct ; discal mark oblong, tliiok
and velvety black, extending the whole lengtli of the discocellular; subraarginal
line dentate-lunulate, pale grey or whitish, preceded by a darker tinge in the
lunules, the tooth between veins 3 and 4 connected with hindmargin by a whitish
dash ; marginal spots black ; fringe fuscous with paler mottling between the veins ;
veins towards the margin ferruginous.

IliiuhviiK/ : white, with pale grey striations.; cell-spot small, black, placed in
a greyer curved fascia, edged liy the antemedian and jiostmedian lines, which are
marked by black dashes on the veins, those on vein 1 more largely developed ;
postmedian line followed by a pale space ; submarginal line jiale, indistinct and
interrupted, witii darker speckliiigs on both sides ; marginal spots black ; fringe
mottled pale and dark grev.

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Uiulei-siiU' wliilo : forewitig witli bniad blai-k marj^in iiarrowiiip; to anal aii,i,'Ie ;
hiudwing with only a lew luargiual striae ; eosta of tbrewiii;,' yellowish with black
spots ; forewiug with large black cell-marl; as on npiierside. Hiudwing with a
narrow linear one ; fringe of forewiug dark witli wlii(e niottliugs below middle :
of hindwing whitish with dark uuirkings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen whilish, tlie last marked with grey along dorsum.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

2 66 from Sauto Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, c.niMi ft., December I'.KU,
wet season (Ockeuden).

^411. Steualcidia fumibrimuea sjicc. nov.

Foiru-inq : smoky fuscous, with a brownish tinge ; the lines blackish ; first
curved from one-fourth of costa to near base of inner margin, {)reeeded by a dark
shade ; median from uiiddle of costa to before middle of inner margin, strongly
bent out beyond the obscure black celI-s]iot ; outer line from before three-fourths
of costa, angled inwards below subcostal vein and outwards on vein li, then curved
inwards and approaching middle line at inner margin, followed by a dark shade ;
submarginal Hue waved, whitish, distinct ; shallow black marginal luunles between
the veins connected by dark streaks with the apex of lunules of the submarginal
line ; fringe chequered.

Iliiulivinq : without basal line ; the submarginal less conspicuous.

Underside much paler, without dusting ; median and outer lines of both wings
and the cell-spots black ; onter line of forewing followed by a brownish cloud.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings.

Expanse of wings : 3U mm.

1 S from San Ernesto, Bolivia, liiQii m., August, Sei)teniber I'.HJO (Simons).

247. Stenalcidia guttata spec. nov.

Foreirinq : white, dusted in jilaces with black scales : all the markings
black ; two large black costal sjwts near base, from the first of which starts
a curved blackish cloud and from the second a curved line of black spots to
below the fovea near base of inner margin ; a black costal spot at middle from
which a median series of vein-spots runs to before middle of inner margin ;
a double black costal spot at three-fourths, from the first of which a sinuous
row of black vein-spots starts, and from the second an eijually sinuous black
line ; a row of large oval black submarginal spots between the veins, followed
by a marginal series of large round sjiots, these spots becoming coalescent
and forming black blotches at apex and anal angle ; fringe white with black
chequerings ; cell-spot black.

Uimlwiny : similar, but the basal and median lines onl}' expressed below
the median vein ; no black blotches in marginal area.

Underside of forewing smoky grey, of hindwing whitish ; cell-spots and
marginal spots present ; costa of forewing with black spots and striae.

Face, palpi, and antennae black ; vertex and shoulders white ; thorax and
abdomen white with jiairs of black spots, the latter also with black scales excejit
on anal segment.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 d iiom C'hulunnini, Bolivia, 2<m"i m., .lannary 1901, wet season (Simons).

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248. Stenalcidia latimedia spec. nov.

Fonucimj : white, with very line greenish grey striations ; costa greyer,
with dark grey striae ; inner and outer lines fine, concisely black ; inner from
one-sixth of costa, excnrved above and below median vein, to inner margin
near base ; outer from two-thirds of costa, rnnning outwards to vein 4, with a
small angle on vein (!, then bluntly bent at right angles, and running inwards,
forming a large sinus in submedian interspace and an outward angle on vein 1 ;
a small dark grey cell-spot ; above it a dark grey oblique median line rises
from costa and is continued as a very fine lunnlate reddish thread to inner
margin, almost touching outer line at the sinus ; marginal area suffused with
flesh-coloured grey, containing a series of elongate black blotches edged and
tipped with white, representing the submarginal line, and a row of large black
marginal spots, not quite touching the margin ; fringe pinky white.

1 li lid winy : with the median line thick and dark, sinuous, prei^eded by a
cloud of fuscous and reddish or olive striae ; cell-spot blackish, outside the
median line ; outer half of wing as in forewing, but the postmedian line
followed by a rufous fnscons shade.

Underside of forewing dark cloudy grey with broad dull smoky blackish
marginal border ; fringe and extreme hindmargin dull grey, showing dark
marginal spots. Hindwing paler, dull grey with slight submarginal apical
cloud ; cell-spots on both wings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen wliitish, like wings ; anal half of dorsum tinged
with fuscous ; face white with a black bar above and below ; palpi externally
black, the apical segment whitish.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

A iS from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., November 190],
wet season (Ockenden).

A very distinct species, sniierHcially recalling Bryoptera.

240. Tephronia (?) novella spec. nov.

Forcicing : pale dusty grey, without markings, except traces of two oblique
lines from beyond middle of inner margin towards apex ; cell-spot minute ;
a fine black marginal line, forming dots between the veins ; fringe pale.

Iliiulu-ijiy : paler ; cell-spot distinct ; traces of the lines only at hindmargin.

Underside of forewing darker; both wings dusted with grey scales.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous ; abdomen with a donble row of
blackish dorsal spots.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 cJ from Ecuador.

The species is placed provisionally in the Old-World genus Tephronia.

Subfamily SCOTOPTERYGINAE.

250. Catascia haydenata ab. obliterata nov.

Larger than the type form of haj/diriiata Pack., and without any dark grey
and fuscous shading, the ground colour being pale stone-colour with light
olive-grey speckling ; the lines obscure ; the costal edge alone dark grey.

1 3 from Glenwood Sjjrings, Colorado (Oslar), accompanied by two of the
ordinary dark form.

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SUBFA5III.Y SELIIX)SEML\AE.
251. Callipseustes strigosa sijuc. nuv.

Foretciny : white, tinged with pule olive auil thickly striated with black ;
basal area filled np with olive ; central fascia darker olive, edged with black ;
inner edge from nearly one-third of costa to beyond one-third of inner margin,
indented both above and below median vein ; outer edge from beyond middle
of eosta to beyond middle of inner margin, formiug an acute outward tooth on
vein 0 and a blnntcr one on vein 4, then lunulate ; a smaller dark cell-spot in
the fascia ; the outer edge is followed, as the inner is preceded, by a white
line ; submargiual line obscure, forming some white separate spots below costa,
two black sj)ots above ami liilow vein 4, and a broad pale olive band to inner
margin, preceded by a sinnons brownish olive cloud ; fringe olive.

Jliiidiriiii/ : whitish, tinged with olive and striated with darker, a dark
grey line just beyond middle, slightly waved, and an indistinct submarginal
shade.

Underside whitish, densely striated with olive and fuscous ; outer line in
both wings marked by dark dots on veins.

Head and thorax pale olive ochreous ; abdomen greyer.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

3 ic? from ("haraplaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., June 1901 (Simons).

252. Callipseustes subsignata spec. nov.

Foretciny : olive, with a few dark striations ; the markings brownish olive ;
costa with fine dark streaks ; a broad central fascia, the inner edge from one-
fourth of costa to beyond one-third of inner margin, indented in cell, the onter
from beyond middle of costa to two-thirds of iiuier margin, lunulate between
the veins and forming a projecting tooth on vein 4, filled up with brownish ;
darker along the edges and paler in middle, containing an obscure linear black
cell-spot ; the basal area and a baud beyond the fascia of the olive ground
colour ; submarginal line pale olive, irregular and interrnpted above, forming
an outward lunule ou vein 3, then broad and vertical to just before anal angle,
the olive shades on each side either striated or blotched with blackish ; a
distinct black blotch between veins 3 and 4 rnnning out into the fringe, which
is olive irregularly spotted with black.

Jlindtciny : paler and greyer ; a postmedian straight crenulated line, paler
edged externally ; a dark cell-spot ; fringe shining olive-grey.

Underside greyish olive, much striated ; outer lines in both wings marked
by black spots un veins ; outer edge of central fascia of forewing marked by
an ochreous yellow spot beyond cell, sometimes continued to inner margin.

Head, thorax, and abdomen olive.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

2 S6 from Charaplaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., -Tune 1901 (Simons).

253. Ischnopteris abnormipalpis spec. nov.

Foreiviny : ochreous white, in some examjdes hardly showing at all, in

others only along the course of the three lines and beyond the middle of inner

margin ; iirst line oblicpie from about one-sixth of costa to one-third of inner

margin, shortly angled on subcostal vein and submedian fold ; second line

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fi'Diii lievmiJ luiJdle of costa to beyond middle of inner margin, nearly
vertical, or slightly outbent at middle, in the single ? distinctly angled on
vein 4 ; snbmarginal line irregularly waved, angled inwards below costa and
interrupted between veins 3 and 4 ; central area olive-brown; basal area the
same, but generally mt)re mixed with paler scales, the subcostal, median and
submedian veins sometimes slnnving pale across them ; subniargiiuil line preceded
by ii dark irregular shade, interrupted between 3 and 4, and of varying
intensity, generally forming a dark blotch on costa and at iimer margin ; in
the two male examples the white is fringed with yellowish ochreons thickly
speckled and striated with fnscon? ; in the ? the outer area of central fascia
and the streak interrupting the snbmarginal line between veins 3 and 4 is dull
reddish ; in all cases the upper half of marginal area is darker than the lower;
a series of black marginal triangles between the veins ; fringe dark green or
fuscous, with slender dashes of paler, varying in colour according to the tint
of the ground colour ; cell-spot lilack, indistinct.

Ilindirinij : fuscous cinereous, with a paler cnrved snbmarginal baud preceded
by a dark ciu'ved line, the darker hindmargin with a pale marginal blotch
between veins 2 and 4 : fringe in the ? rufous-tinged, in the two $$ yellowish
ochreons.

Underside duller, but witii all the dark and pale markings indicated.

Head, thorax, and base of abdomen dark olive fuscous, rest of abdomen
cinereous, the tufts darker ; abdomen beneath and legs cinereous, the tarsi
spotted dark and light.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

2 (?c?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., November
and December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

In character of markings, shape of wings and body, and all points of
structure except the palpi, this species is a true Ischnoptcris ; the palpi,
however, have the terminal segment of unusual length and slenderness, and
agree in this particular with the genus Mimoprora hereafter described.

254. Ischnopteris albiguttata spec. nov.

c?. Foreicinij : moss-green and pinkish grey, mixed with fuscous and thickly
black-speckled, the veins rather paler ; the inner and double median lines very
obscure, disposed and shaped as in chlorocb/xtnta Guen., of which it may be a local
form. Be3ond the outer arm of the median line, which bounds it inwardly, a large
white blotch reaches from costa, where it is narrower, to the median vein ; on
its outer edge lies the black cell-mark, the whitish marked snbmarginal line is
preceded on costa by a diffuse whitish jiatch ; the margin of the wing before
the fringe is very pale green and pinkish grey, in one instance mixed with
whitish scales.

Ilindtcini) and underside of both wings exactly as in MorocUjstata Guen.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

1$$ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Peru, (lOUO ft., November 1901, wet
season (Ockenden).

255. Ischnopteris fidelis spec. nov.
The description of /. abnoniapaljiis, given above, applies almost exactly to
this species also; the points of ditference are the following: the groundcolour

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is pure white with a lihiish tint ; tlie outer lialf of forewiiig is tinged with olive-
green instead of ochreons, this tint filling np the space between veins 3 and 4
and interrupting the sul)raarginal line ; the dark internal edging of the sub-
marginal line on inner margin is more prononnced, and is preceded by a pure
white blotch ; the inner line, though of the same shape as in abnormipalpis, is
lost in the dark olive-fuscous suffusion which extends from base to onter line.
The hindwing is uiiich darker, with the ]ialer markings hardly ])crceptible, and
the fringe is also dark. Except for the short depressed terminal joint of the
palpi, which is that of a true Ischnopteriti, there is very little to distinguish this
species from /. abnormipalpis.

256. Ischnopteris fulminea.

Chloi-ocli/stafiilminca Dogu., Ann. S. E. Belg. xlv. p. .310. ? (1901).

After describing this insect from 2 ? ?, Dognin goes on to say that it has a
great resemblance to Cliloroclijsta fahjurata Warr. c?, and that an example of this
last is in the Berlin Museum (Maassen Collection) marked Sijrtodea phaegopterata.
The insect marked Tschnopfrris fulgurata, in the British Museum Collection has
never been described, nor, as far as I know, has the example marked phaegopterala,
in the Berlin Museum.

Among a large collection of Geometrids from Peru, lately received, is a pair
from the same locality and with the same date, of which the ? agrees with the
description ol fulminea, by Dognin, while the S is evidently the same as those
navaed f/tlgxrafa and phaegojiterata, but not described. The difference in markings
notwithstanding, I must consider them to belong to the same species, which will
stand as Ischnopteris fulminea Dogn.

A detailed description of the i is here ajipcnded for comparison.
Fomring : olive-green, striated with blackish ; the costa ])inkish with dark
st nations ; the median vein and its branches pale green finely edged with cream-
colour, the median vein at base, and a streak on inner margin before middle
bright jiink ; a black dash beneath the median at base, edged with pale beneath ;
from costa at one-sixth an oblique cream-coloured line, running along median vein
above and joining on the discocellular a similar line from middle of costa, the
projecting pointed continuation of the two containing a velvety black narrow dash ;
an oblique cream-coloured line from costa just before apex emits a short line
basewards above vein 6, and is slightly dentate externally ; below the median
vein it is continued to inner margin, whore it is semicircularly curved round
basewards, meeting the first costal line at a sharp angle on the median ; from
the median to inner margin it is edged externally first by a moss-green line and
then by a peach-blossom -coloured one ; on each side of tiie median vein in the
marginal field is a broad cream-coloured streak, the upjier straight and abbreviated,
the lower curving into the tooth at vein 3 ; marginal lunules velvety black, preceded
above middle by cream-coloured lunules edged with pinky scales, and below middle
by peach-blossom-coloured lunules, this tint also being mixed with the green
towards anal angle and forming a pale line across the lower half of the marginal
field ; fringe olive-green, i>aler at base, with cream-coloured dashes beyond the
principal veins.

Hrndwing : olive-grey at base, with a dark green curved postmedian line,
beyond which the wing becomes jiink-tinged with green speckles, the apex itself

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being pale yellow ; IViugc pale yellow from iipex to vein 4, then nitons Ijrowii wilh
some black marginal scales between veins 2 and 4 ; cell-spot olive-green.

T'ndersiile ])inkisli ochreous, greeu-tinged in places ; forewing speckled along
costa and towards hindmargin, with a dnsky central transverse bar, and a lar^e
pale ocln-eons patch. Hindwing thickly black-sjieckled, these speckles forming two
indistinct cnrved shades beyond the middle ; apex ochreous.

Palpi ochreous, greenish externally ; face ochreous, with a green middle line ;
vertex ochreous with a dark spot ; shoulders dark green, internally ochreous ;
patagia dark and light green, with some white-tipi)ed lateral tufts ; thorax with
reddish-grey tnfts ; abdomen reddish grey with the tufts greenish ; anal tufts
bright ochreous ; legs pinkLsh ochreous mottled with dark green.

Expanse of wings : 56 mm.

Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OOOO ft., November 1901, wet season
(Ockenden).

This S is in perfect condition ; the ? taken at the same time with it is much
wasted.

~-jT. Ischnopteris oppositata sjiec. nov.

Forcicitif/ : a mixture of dull moss-green and purplish, speckled with darker,
the markings darker, blackish purple or green ; first line oblique from about
one-eighth of costa to nearly one-third of inner margin, pale green on an ochreous
ground, marked with pink on the median vein, dentate outwards on the veins
and submedian fold ; outer line pale pink and green, from three-fifths of costa to
three-fourths of inner margin, irregularly waved, slightly oblique outwards above,
bulged in middle, and insinuate on submedian fold ; the central space, like the
basal, dark, crossed by numerous blackish striae and darkest towards edges ;
discal sjwt elongated, touching the outer line, black ; the median vein with its
three branches pink ; in the marginal area a black subquadrate costal blotch,
edged with pale green, reaching vein 6 ; on the inner margin an elongated black
blotch, similarly edged, nearly reaching vein 4 ; a smaller black blotch between
the two ; a series of black marginal lunules ; fringe greenish fuscous with a
pale line at base.

Uindwimj : dirty whitish, greyer towards hindmargin ; the cell-mark, an
irregularly deutate-crenulate postmedian line, and a broad cloudy submarginal
band dark grey ; dark marginal lunules before the fringe which is dull pink,
like the ends of the veins.

Underside ochreous stained with reddish and coarsely mottled with greenish
fuscous ; forewing with costa reddish ; basal half of wing washed with dull
greenish ; with a dark oblique middle bar and diftuse submarginal cloud. Hind-
wing much brighter ; cell-spots and marginal lunules on both wings ; hindwing
with slight submarginal shade ; all the veins reddish.

Head dull reddish and fuscous ; thorax and patagia blackish green ; abdomen
cinereous, the dorsal tufts reddish ; legs reddish, thickly mottled with greenish
fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 6 from .Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (3000 ft., November 19Ul, wet
season (Ockenden).

In the forewing vein lo is not stalked with T, 8, 9, but rises just before them;
anastomosing at a point with 11, aud again at a point with 8, 9.

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258. Oenoptila costata spec. tiov.

Forewinq : dark fernigiiicns, with a few black speckles; costa ]ial(T, more
Yellowish, with dark striae; below the subcostal vein a silvery white streak runs
"from base to apex, emitting from ils lower edge a sharp white jioiiit along
veins 6 and T; the ferriigiuous basal area forms a triangle edged outwardly by a
strai"-ht oblique line from three-fourths of costa to three-fifths of inner margin,
dark above the subcostal streak, whitish below it ; followed by a jiale lilacine
space edged outwardly liy a fine black white-edged sinuous line, forming rounded
teeth between the veins ; this line is succeeded above the median vein by a bright
ferruc'inons long oval space, edged externally with a dark cloud, and with a small
vellow dot below vein T ; marginal space a mixture of ferruginous and lilacine ;
fringe ferruginous ; there are traces of a cloudy dark basal line, marked by pale
dots on the veins.

Himhvinq : basal half deep ferruginous, outer half towards apex brighter and
paler, towards anal angle greyer and striated with black ; a straight median whitish
line, followed by an obscure lilacine space edged above with whitish ; snlnnarginal
line marked by small dark blotches between the veins towards apex and anal angle.

Underside much paler, dull pinkish ocbreous with grey mottlings ; the markings
of the upperside showing through.

Head, apical half of patagia, metathorax, and basal half of abdomen deep
ferrnginons ; shoulders and basal half of patagia pale yellow; prothorax whitish;
rest of abdomer\ grey.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 i from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November 1001, wet
season (Ockenden).

rio'.i. Oenoptila filata spec. nov.

Foreu'iTifi : pale snuff-colour, tinged and striated with olive ; the lines very
obscure ; first curved, near base, marked only by jiale spots on veins, faintly
mixed with red ; outer line from inner margin just beyond middle, where only
it is distinct, fine and blood-red, forming a curve outwards from vein 1 to 2,
marked with red dots on veins followed by pale ones ; an indistinct submarginal
olive-grey shade ; a small dark cell- spot ; fringe coucolorous.

lUndiving: with the thin red line waved and median, just beyond the small
cell-spot.

Underside pale lilac ochreons ; forewing with a diftuse olive-fuscous submarginal
cloud mixed with ferruginous, from costa to below middle, the apex whitish ;
hindwing with the cloud very faint ; both wings with distinct dark brown cell-spot.

Head, thorax, and dorsum snuff-colour ; shoulders bright jiale yellow, tipi)ed
with orange red ; anal tuft of abdomen pale ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 i from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft, November 1901, wet
season (Ockenden).

In forewing veins 7, 8, 9 are stalked from the bend in subcostal ; lo and 11
coincident anastomose with 12 before separating.

260. Oenoptila leprosata spec. nov.
Fori'wirKj : brick-red covered with transverse dark striae ; the costal edge
blackish ; lines marked by blackish, white-tipped dashes on veins ; the first curved,

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near base, accompanied by a broad dark red sliade ; the second near hiinluiargiii,
sinuons and jiarallel to margin in middle, tiie spot on vein 2 displaced base-
wards, above vein (i forked and thickened, marked by pale scales; a large dark
red cell-spot; fringe brick-red; at the end of eacli vein a few whitish scales.

Uhuhcinci : darker and withont any l)asal line, otherwise like forewing ; the
fringe of inner margin ochreons.

Underside ochraceous, marked with blackish striae, along hindmargin
brownish red ; costa of forewing with dark striae, thickened towards base ; inner
margin whitish ; inner line thick ; onter line marked as above ; a whitish grey
apical blotch ; cell-spot large, brown ; fringe dark brown with whitish scales
along base; liindwing like forewing, the whitish scales on margin more developed.

Head, thorax, and abdomen above brick-red ; abdomen beneath and anal tnft
ochreons.

In the ? the spots on vein 1 in both lines and those forming the subapical
fork are enlarged into lilotches of grey scales, and the costal edge remains red;
the hindmargin of forewing is faintly elbovped at vein 4 and concave above, the
apex appearing subfalcate, while in the S the hindmargin is sira])ly obliijne,
hardly cnrved, the ajiex ronnded.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 <?, 2 ??, from Santo Domingo, ('araba}-a, S.E. Pern, OiiuO ft., November,
December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

Neuration of forewings the same as in O.Jilata.

261. Oenoptila prunicolor spec. nov.

Foreicinq : rich plnm-colonr, towards end of cell fiery red ; a broad grey
costal streak from base to apex, its lower edge more leaden grey, the costal edge
streaked with black, and with some ferruginous marks ; at three-fonrths of the
wing, from vein 7 to vein 4, is an ear-shaped yellow blotch, marked with fiery
orange scales, edged inwardly by a sinuous snow-white line, .along which the
blotch is marked with doeji ferruginous : it is followed below vein 7 by a largish
yellow spot marked with fiery orange ; anal angle tinged with fulvous yellow ;
fringe plum-colour.

Hindwiiig : with basal area deep ferruginous ; the anal area and an irregu-
larly sinuous, outwardly white-edged, median band plum-colour ; apical area and
an antemedian fascia deep yellow, speckled with black and tinged with fulvous;
a round dark cell-si)ot; along the dark median fascia are yellow spots between
the veins ; dark submarginal blotches between the veins above middle, that
beyond cell joined to the plum-coloured anal area.

Underside dull grey and yellowish, the grey predominating in the forewing
and the yellow in the hindwing, the dark markings showing through from above.

Head, metathorax, tips of patagia, and base of abdomen deep ferruginous ;
rest of abdomen lilac-grey ; collar, shoulders, base of patagia, and front of thorax
grey.

Expanse of wings : r)4 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 0000 ft., .January 10ii2, wet
season (Ockenden).

A remarkably handsome insect ; notwithstanding its striking sui)erficial
difference, the points of resemblance are so great that I shall not be surprised

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if it proves to be the other sex of Oe. cost'ita descriljcd above. On tlie other
liand the neuration differs mnch. In the S coiitula tlie snbcostal vein is abruptly
bent inwards before end, veins ]o, 7, 8, 9, are stalked from the bend, rising in
the order named, 10 anastomoses with II and again with 8,0, the costal portions
of 11, In, 0, cnrve off abruptly at origin; the discocellnlar is sliglitly oblii[ne
inwards.

In the ? prunivolor veins 7, In, s, '.i, arc stalked together from the bend in
subcostal, but rise in this different order, all running oldiquc and straight, and
1<| does not anastomose at all.

2(i2. Petelia anagogaria sjiec. nov.

Fort'irinq : reddish brown, with obscurely marked darker striae; the costa
dark fuscous ; the lines obscure, slightly darker ; first nearly straight, from one-
fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, marked by darker vein-sjiots tipped
towards the base with grey ; median shade somewhat curved ontwards, from
middle of costa to quite two-thirds of inner margin ; outer line from three-fourths
of costa, also outcurved and towards midille approaching hindmargin, reaching
inner margin close beyond median shade, marked by black si]ots outwardly tipped
with grey; fringe concolorous ; cell-sjjot black, obscured by the median shade.

Ilindidng : similar, but without basal line.

Underside paler, dull brick-red, the darker striae restricted to the costal and
hiudmargins.

Head, thora.x, and alxlomen dull reddish brown ; underside of abdomen and
legs pale cinereous.

Expanse of wings : 3S mm.

1 c? from Santo Domingo, t'arabaya, S.E. Pern, (iniMi ft., Jlay l'.)u2, dry
season (Ockenden).

Agrees with Petelia in neuration, though somewhat unlike in facies.

~'G:?. Petelia binigrata sjiec. nov.

Fori'irinr/ : reddish wood-brown, finely striated with darker; the lines very
fine, thread-like, jialer, the inner edged outwardly, and the outer inwardly with
darker, forming slight dots on the veins ; first line from one-third of costa to
one-sixth of iiuier margin ; outer line from two-thirds of costa to four-fifths of
inner margin, waved and bent outwards in the middle ; a waved red-brown vertical
central shade, jireceding the black cell-spot ; a large somewhat cruciform black
blotch at apex and a small one at base ; fringe concolorous; no marginal line.

Iini(hrinij : with a black Ijasal line; tlie outer jiale line nearer the margin;
no ajiical blotch.

Underside dull piiddsh ochreous, sparsely speckled, chiefly along hindmargin ;
a small Idack blotch at costa before ai>ex of forewing ; cell-spots black.

Head, thorax, and basal segment of abdomen black; collar and abdomen like
wings.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 £?, 5 ? ?,from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peni, fiOOU ft., November
1001, wet season (Ockenden).

The single i is without the rich red tint of the ? ?.

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2A4. Petelia purpurea sjjec. nov.

Forcirin;/ : pinkish ochreous, toivards costa and hiodmargiii tinged with dnli
fulvous; basal and marginal areas deep plum-colour, formed of coalescent striae;
lines undefined ; first near l)ase, indicated by a fnlvons spot on costa and dark
spots on veins ; a thick shade curving oljliipiely inwards before the middle ; in
the paler central area is a black cell-spot, followed by an outer line marked by
black sjiots on the veins, outwardly bent at veins 3 and 4, before which beud the
ground colour is olive-brown ; fringe plum-colour.

Ilindwiiui : with the basal area narrowly plum-coloured, the outer margin
fulvous-tinged, with plum-colonred striae only at apex, and a few towards anal
angle; fringe fulvous.

Underside duller ; both wings with diffuse plum-coloured marginal clouds.

Head, thorax, and dorsum j)lum-coloured ; rest of abdomen and anal segment
above ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, ('arabaya, .S.E. Peru, 6UOO ft., November lOnl,
wet season (Ockenden).

Prostoma gen. nov.

Foreidng : costa faintly curved ; hindmargin irregularly excised from vein 7
to 4, the sinus from 4 to G deeper; vertical from apex to 7 and forming a blunt
projection between 4 and 3, then oblique and concave to anal angle, which is
well marked.

Hinrhchtg : with hindmargin deeply crenulate, especially beyond cell.

Forehead with a strong pointed peak of hairs below ; palpi porrect, de-
cumbent, twice as long as head, flattened, rough-haired above and below, the
terminal segment acute ; antennae simple ( ? ) ; tongue and frenulum present, but
weak.

Neuration : forewiug, cell quite half of wing; discocellular vertical; first
median nervule at about one-half, second close before third ; radials normal ;
7, 8, 9, stalked from some distance before end of cell; 10, 11 free; hindwing
with costal and subcostal approximated for half cell, 7 just before end ; no radial ;
medians as in forewing; all the veins slender ani weak.

Ty])e : I'rosfoma J'raiiilis spec. nov.

20.5. Prostoma fragilis spec. nov.

Forctcinij : white, thickly striated throughout with fascnus, exce]it along
the course of outer line, where the white ground is slightly more conspicuous ;
the lines dark ; first at one-third, forming a curve above and below the median ;
outer line from two-thirds of costa to four-fifths of inner margin, concave outwards
aud dbliqne to vein 0, there angled, outcurved and crenulate to vein ~,
forming a sinus inwards to vein 1 and there dentate outwards ; a cloudy darker
fuscous submarginal shade, forming a blotch below vein 0 ; cell-spot black, distinct ;
marginal line blackish, interrupted at veins ; fringe fuscous grey, with a paler
line at base.

Hindwing : whiter, without basal line.

Underside similar to upper, the basal half of both wings darker ; the blotch
in submarginal line of forewing below vein (i conspicuously dark.

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Head, thorax, anil abdomen pale grey, with fuscons speckling.
Expanse of wings : 27 mm.

1 ? from vSanto Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 60111) ft., Novembor lOnI, wet
season (Ockenden).

(tenus Syrtodes (nion., I'h'il. ii. p. 451.

Guene'e, when introdncing the genns Si/rtodes, divided it into thri-e groujis,
the first of which, containing his species et/thei-pata only, he sng^'ested wonid
ultimately have to form a separate genns. The species mnst either be rare or
overlooked ; it is not represented in the British Museum collection, nor, as far
as I know, is there a specimen in the Tring Museum. A single S in jierfect
condition from Mons. Dognin's collection, which I have lately examined, j)roves
that Gueuee was right. As the sjiecies inclnded in his second and third groups
all belong to the genns Ischnopferis of Hiibiier, his own name Syrtof/es may be
retained for the first species thereunder mentioned ; but his description, made in
the main from the insects of the other groups, reijnires rewriting.

Fonirinq : elongate : costa nearly straight, slightly cnrved at base and apex ;
ajiex rectangular ; hindmargin cnrved below, smooth, not crenulate.

llinclwinq : narrow, with hindmargin curved, and both angles rounded.

Forehead protuberant ; palpi quite short, not reaching beyond face, rough-
haired beneath, the third segment hidden; antennae thick, lamellate; tongue and
frenulum present ; abdomen with very small dorsal tufts ; hindtibiae not thickened,
with four spurs ; legs long and slender.

Forewing with fovea covered by broad scales.

Neuration : forewing, cell more than half the length of wing ; discocellular
vertical, very weak ; first median nervule at two-thirds, second well before third ;
lower radial stalked with upper from top end of cell ; 10, 7, 8, 9, stalked from
two-thirds; 11 free, but approximated to 12; hindwing, costal and subcostal
approximated for half of cell ; 7 well before end ; no radial.

The uncrenulated hindmargin of wings, protuberant forehead, and the fovea
of forewing will separate it at once from Ischnopteris, while the abnormal
stalking of veins .5 and (i of forewing distinguishes it from all other geuera of
the subfamily.

266. Thysanopyga fulvifascia spec. nov.

Forewing : tawny grey, thickly striated with fuscous ; lines indistinct ; one
near base wavy ; a stibmarginal shade j)arallel to hindmargin formed of aggre-
gated striations, preceded by a broad tawny band, which is distinct only above
the middle ; a dark blotch in end of cell ; a tawny blotch at apex ; fringe
fuscous, with a pale basal line beyond a blackish marginal line ; traces of a
minute pale cell-spot.

Ilinrhriiiij : wholly tawny, striated thickly in basal and marginal areas ;
th(' broad tawny band complete ; cell-spot small, whitish.

Underside cream-white ; both wings with broad dark fuscous border.

Head and shoulders brownish grey : patagia apparently pale grey ; abdomen
wanting ; antennae black, with basal joint and shaft wliitisli.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 S from Bulim, Ecuador, December 1900— February l'.)i)l, IGii ft. (Fleuiming
& Miketta).

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The neuration of forewing is jibuormal ; 11 is stalked with 7, in, 8, <), the
stalk rising- far back, 11 anastoiuoses with VZ, and 10 does not separate till near
costa. Is it a form of oroamla Druce ?

~!67. Thysanopyga suffecta spec. nov.

Forewing : brownish ochreons, wholly suffused and varied with close dark
fuscous striae, the two lines dull flesh-colour ; first straight and vertical close
to base; the outer from just before aual angle, also vertical and straight till
near costa, where it is slightly curved outwards and scarcely attains the costa ;
the fuscous tint is rather deeper beyond the inner and before the outer line ;
cell-spot black ; fringe concolorons ; a few whitish scales before apex, formino- a
small blotch between veins 5 and 0.

llinilwiiig : with small white cell-spot beyond a cloudy dark spot, which
appears to form part of an inner line ; a diffuse dull flesh-colonred curved band
towards hindmargiu, broader towards costa.

Underside duller, greyish fuscous, striated with darker, with a slight dark
submarginal cloud.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorons with wings.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 S from Chulumani, Bolivia, 20U0 m., January lOUl, wet season (Simons).

Nearest to T. ochrilinea Warr. from Jamaica, described as a possible
aberration of pijgaria Gnen., but which I now recognise as being quite distinct.
In that species the costa of forewing is broadly flesh-colour.

Subfamily FIDONIINAE.
268. Cabira lignicolor spec. nov.

Forewing: yellowish ochreons, thickly covered with dull wood-brown
striations, which coalescing suft'use nearly the whole wing, leaving only the
costal area and an irregular patch above inner margin beyond outer line of the paler
ground colour; the lines obscure, marked by dark white-tipped spots on the veins ;
first curved, at one-fourth ; second from costa shortly before apex to just beyond
middle of inner margin, twice concave outwards, from vein 7 to 4 and from 4
to 1 ; a black cell-spot, and small black dots at ends of the veins ; fringe
concolonius.

Hindicing : witb the base and hindmargin thickly suflfused with brown, the
central field paler, with thick brown striations ; the rest as in forewing.

Underside greyish ochreons, darker in forewing.

Head and jialpi externally brown ; shoulders ]>ale ochreons, like the costal
streak ; thorax and abdomen above brown.

In the ¥ the dark suffusion is less and the markings plainer : a curved
brown shade accompanies the inner line from the subcostal vein and a broad brown
shade precedes the outer line, the space between them being ochreons tinged
with fulvous and striated with dark ; beyond the outer line on inner margin
the pale ground colour forms a large uuspeckled blotch below median vein,
becoming fulvous-tinged towards hindmargin and thickly striated with brown.
In the hinlwingalso the central yellowish area is more developed. Underneath
the outer line of forewing is well defined, limiting a darker space within it.

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Expanse of wings: <?, 28 mm.; ?, 32 ram.

A pair from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pith, nnno ft., iKcimlicr 1001,
wet season (Ockemlen).

In both wings the hiudmargin is faintly elbowed at vein 4.

Spilocraspeda iimbrilinea 8chaus, described from a ? only, mnst be allied
to this insect.

Subfamily SEMIOTHISINAE.

Peribolodes gen. nov.

Foretvim/: short and broad ; costa straight, slightly indented beyond middle,
abrnptly and shortly depressed at apex, whieh is blunt ; hindmargin sinuons,
shortly insinnate beneath apex, then strongly gilibons; anal angle well marked;
inner margin straight.

UiiidiciiKj : triangular ; the three margins eipial ; inner margin incurved ;
hindmargin nearly straight.

Palpi short, porrect, rough-scaled ; the terminal segment hidden ; tongue and
frenulmn present; antennae (?) simple, filiform (abdomen and hindlegs wanting).

Nenration : forewing, cell two-fifths of wing : discocellnlar vertical ; first median
nervule at one-half, second at five-sixths ; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9 stalked from
before end; 10 and 11 coincident, far baek, anastomosing with 12, subsequently
approximating to, bnt not touching 8, 9 ; hiudwing, costal shortly ajiproximated
to subcostal beyond base ; (J, 7 from upper end of cell ; no radial ; medians as
in forewing.

Type : Periboloiles bkolorata spec. nov.

209. Peribolodes bicolorata spec. nov.

Forewing : dark brown, along the margins purplish brown ; costa with minute
white dots ; lines deeper brown ; first obliipiely curved inwards from one-third
of costa to near base of inner margin ; second straight from three-fourths of costa
to before middle of inner margin ; third from a little beyond second, nearly
parallel but faintly waved ; two whitish curved submarginal lines, parallel to
each other below subcostal ; space between second and third lines above vein 7
dotted with bluisli white ; a fine dark marginal line : fringe brown, more rnfous
towards apex.

lliii(Iicii((j : with all the lines jiarallel to hiudmargin, the outer submarginal
whiter ; no basal line ; fringe rufous.

Underside pale chestnut brown ; costa of forewing finely striated with lilack ;
the whole wing with scattered grey striations ; two thick oblique transverse
lines, antemedian and {wstmediau, the latter followed by a shade ; two black
submarginal blotches, one at apex, the other at anal angle ; marginal line black
interrupted at the veins ; fringe chestnut : hiudwing with four thick dark lines
and a cell-spot.

Head and thorax dark purplish brown ; face and jialpi dotted with chestnut ;
(abdomen wanting).

Expanse of wings: 19 mm.

1 ? from Bartica, British Guiana.

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2T(). Semiothisa indentata spec. iiov.

(J. Forciriiu/ : whitish ochreous, fiiicily speckled with gre}' and fuscoUs ;
the lines black, all tliickened into spots on costa ; first at one-fifth, slightly
curved ; outer from two-thirds of costa to four-fifths of inner margin, irregularly
sinuate, indented in cell, and forming two conspicuous black spots on veius 4 and 3 ;
median shade hardly visible, but marked on costa by a black blotch ; a brown
shade follows outer line, broad on costa ; marginal dashes brown and indistinct,
black-brown and distinct before the excision ; fringe concolorous, with a brown
dividing liue, brown in the excision ; cell-spot hardly marked.

HiudH-iiigs : with antemedian and postmedian lines grey and obscure, the
latter ]>romineutly indented in cell, the shade beyond it paler brown.

Underside with distinct black cell-spots ; the outer shade distinctly marked,
deep chestnut brown, the inner lines marked also with chestnut ; marginal urea
of forewing yellowish-tinged, the veins yellowish ; apex of forewing white.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. Antennae with short fascicles of
cilia.

? tinged with pale brown, the lines dark brown ; only the two spots black.
Underside washed throughout with ferruginous.

Expanse of wings : 39 mm.

1 c?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November
1901, wet season (Ockeuden).

271. Semiothisa intensata spec, no v.

Allied to 5. cardinea Druce, but very much darker, the whole forewing
being brown-black ; in markings of the forewing it differs in three points ; the
basal liue is farther from the base, and conseqnently closely approaches the
middle liue on inner margin ; the outer dentate line, instead of running obliquely
outwards to vein (J and there forming an acute angle, is deflected at vein 7 and
forms a quite blunt angle at 0 ; lastly the paler marginal space is much narrower
beyond the submarginal line, which is simply curved throughout, not angled in
the middle. In the hindwing the basal third is as dark as the forewing, the rest
of the wing being dull brown.

Underside very deep yellow in forewing : all the markings and striae brown-
black and strongly expressed.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

I S from Marcapata, E. Peru (4000 ft.).

272. Semiothisa nigricomma spec. nov.

Forewing : white, semi-transparent, thickly spriidded with grey striae ; the
base and costal area grey-tinged ; the lines grey, thick, darker at costa ; first
at one-fifth, angled on subcostal vein, then straight ; second just before middle,
outcurved round the thick vertical cell-spot ; outer line at three-fourths, parallel
to hindmargin, slightly bent outwards at vein 6, and inwards on submedian vein,
rising from a black comma-shaped costal blotch ; marginal area dark grey,
the submarginal line scarcely traceable ; fringe grey, whitish along base ; costal
edge pale, with fine dark striae.

Hindwing : with basal two-thirds whitish ; no basal line ; cell-spot large and
distinct : the rest as in foiewiug.

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Underside like upper, but whiter, less grey; costa of forewing and veins
of both wings yellow-tiugcd. .

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey.
Expanse of whigs : 28 mm.
1 S from Guadalajara.

SuBFAViLV ENNOMINAE.
•JT;1. Aeschropteryx flexilinea spec. nov.
Forciciny: dull lilac-gn-y, tinged faintly with olive, with fine dark striae;
first line at one-third, strongly curved oatwaids in cell, slightly so below median,
followed by a small dark cell-spot ; outer line brownish olive, edged externally
with pale lilac, containing whitish dashes on veins, from just beyond middle of
inner margin, curving towards apex, before which it is angled and shortly retracted
to costa ; marginal area filled with olive striae ; fringe olive, below middle tii)ped

with lilac-grey.

lUmhdmi : with the line antemedian ; outer half of wing suff'used with olive
and containing an irregular darker zigzag submargiual shade; fringe brownish
olive ; from apex to middle the extreme margin before fringe lilac whitish, with
brown specks ; the tail pointed, not bluntly squared.

Underside stone-grey, washed with olive, with faint dark speckling ; cell-spots
black, minute ; fringe brownish olive ; a slightly darker cloud at hindmargin of
forewing bevond cell.

Face and vertex dark olive-grey, the latter and the antennae finely edged with
whitish ; shoulders, jiatagia, tliorax, and abdomen pale lilac-grey tinged with olive,
especially the shoulders and dorsum ; hindtibiae pale speckled with grey ; forelegs
dark grey sj)otted with pale.

Expanse of wings : 50 mm.

1 S from Huatuxco, Vera Cruz.

2T4. Aeschropteryx olivata spec. nov.

Like Ae. incaudata Guen. in tlie contour of hindwing, but smaller and darker,
more olive-tinged, especially in the marginal areas beyond the outer lines ; the
costa of forewing is nearly straight throughout instead of being arched ; its
hindmargin more bowed ; the slioulders and {latagia are darker, olive-grey.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

The insect I identify as incaudatn exjiands rill— (in mm.

1 i i'rom Huatuxco, Vera Crnz.

275. Aeschropteryx tetragouata ab. parvidens nov.
Like the type form of tetragoimta Guen. in general ajipearancc, though paler,
more ochreous, in ground colour : but the hindmargin of hindwing forms at vein 4 a
small sharp tooth instead of a bluntly rounded tail. Li forewing the retracted
portion of the oblique outer line is very sliglitly marked, shorter than in the type
form, reaching costa nearer apex, and therefore the angle between the two portions
is more obtuse. In both wings the oblique line reaches the inner margin farther
from the base than in tetmgonata.

2 $i from Sapucay, Villa Rica, Paraguay, September \\w\ (Foster).
Received along with 2 c?c? of the typo form.

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'■i~G. Anisoperas adulta spec. nov.

Forewing : deep purplish grey, with darker striae mixed with pale grey scales ;
the lines deeper ; first from nne-tliird of costa to one-third of inner margin, faintly
ontcurved ; outer line from beyond three-fourths of costa to quite two-thirds of
inner margin, bisinuate, bluntly projecting at veins 7 and 4, incurved between ; an
undefined median shade near before outer line ; a zigzag submarginal line, some-
times obscured ; cell-spot black ; fringe concolorous.

Iliiidwing : without basal line ; the postmedian line dentate on veins, and there
marked with jiale dashes.

Underside paler, duller grey ; cell-spots and outer line marked in both wings,
the line not corresponding with that of the upperside.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

1 ? from Colombia.

277. Anisoperas? aurantiaca spec. nov.

Forewing: dull yellowish ochreous, suffused and freckled with ferruginous
grey ; costal area duller, olive-ochreous with short dark striae ; basal line diffuse,
outcurved below costa, the basal area more or less filled up with darker ; on costa
before apex a semi-oval pale blotch, edged with whitish and then with fuscous
scales ; from it start two lines, the inner ferruginous, lunnlate, oblique to beyond
middle of inner margin closely followed by a belt of olive-grey scales ; the other
line is submarginal, diffuse and irregularly waved to anal angle ; fringe con-
colorous, with two fine grey lines ; cell-spot black, followed by an indistinct
ferruginous median shade, often very nearly obsolete.

Ilindwing : the same, but without first line.

Underside dnller, with the markings darker ; apex of forewing pale grey.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

4 ¥ ¥ : 3 from Salidero, 1 from Bnlim, N.W. Ecuador, January and February
1901 (Flemming & Miketta).

I believe these to belong to Anisoperas ; but in the absence of the S their
position is not certain.

278. Anisoperas latibrunnea spec. nov.

Foreiriiig : dull reddish brown in the central area, more greyish brown in
basal and marginal fields ; first line from one-fourth of costa to one-fourth of inner
margin, finely black, as finely edged internally with whitish, nearly straight ; outer
line from three-fourths of costa to close before anal angle on inner margin, straight
but sliglitly waved in its upper course, fine and black, followed by a white line
distinct at costa, then another black and a dull ochreous grey line ; submarginal line
very obscure, zigzag, plainest at costa, above anal angle touching the ochreons
line; a black blotch along veiu 4 from outer line to angle; cell-spot linear, black
with a pale line down it. The whole surface is freckled with fuscous ; the costa
with dark vertical striae and pale interspaces ; fringe reddish grey.

Ilindwiiiy : dark grey tinged with brown to outer line at four-fifths ; this line
fuscous, edged with white, crenulate above middle, straight below ; marginal area
paler grey, but dark at the margin itself; fringe grey; cell-sjiot brown.

0

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Umlersido ilurk olive-grey, freckled with fuscous, the ground colour ochreoUs
before the dark cell-sijot; outer Hue marked by black sj)ots ou veius ; hindwiiig
similar.

Head aud thorax browuish fuscous ; abdomeu ciueroous.

Expanse of wings : 29 mm.

1 <? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, GU()U ft., December 19ul, wet
seasou (Ockenden).

Apicia Guen.
In Xoc. Zoo/, i. p. 457 (1894) I jiroposed to ado])t the name Eiimrca Hiib. for the
species of Gnenee's genera Apicia aud Caherodeti; I do not now justify this step;
certainly not as a substitute for Apicia, which seems fairly separable from Caberodes.

279. Apicia fractilineata.

Eusarca fractilincutu Warr., Xor. Zm,!. ii. p. 141 (1895).

The species was described from a cJ from Colombia. The ? I find differs
from the S as mnch as the sexes of ribicaria (.'ram. from each other The s]iecimeM
now described came from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, along with three
typical c?cJ, dated November 1901. Ground colour olive-green with a yellower
tinge than in the <Si, thickly covered with dark striations ; basal patch of fore-
wings, and a broad fuscia beyond outer line of both wings, dull brick-red, the outer
line marked on veins with white dashes ; beyond the submavginal line, which is
obscure, the marginal area becomes olive-green, like the fringe.

Underside deep dull yellow, mixed in the forewing towards hindmargin with
orange fnlvous ; markings as in the S ■ The antennae have the joints angular,
laterally produced, on the inside into short spines, on the outside into pedicellate
fascicles of cilia.

The shape of the wing agrees with the ? of ribicaria Cram.

Expanse of wings : 42 mm.

In many ])oints this ¥ satisfies the description of A. iiicopularia Guen., whicli
has been hitherto sunk as a synonym of juncturaria Guen.; should it eventually
prove to be identical, Gnenee's name would stand ; I mention it here for the purpose
of drawing attention to the resemblance.

280. Apicia subfasciata ab. obscurata uov.

Foretciiiy : clouded over with purplish grey flecked with hoary grey ; no trace
of the usual yellow ground colour visible except at extreme apex on costa, and
in the disc between the two lines ; the lines, the edge of the discal spot, and the
fringe deep olive-brown.

llindwiny : with the yellow of the ground colour somewhat more visible,
especially along costal area; the fringe olive-i'ulvons ; fringe of inner margin yellow.

Underside like typical mtbfuHciata Warr., but very bright yellow ; tlie inner
margin of forewing shining satiny white.

Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey, the shoulders and jiatagia densely
and finely dusted with hoary grey ; dorsal segments of abdomen darker, with flecks
of white scales ; anal segments above and the whole underneath and sides bright
yellow.

1 cJ from IIuatu.\(», Vera Cruz.

A remarkable extreme development of the aberration macularia Warr.

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Apiciopsis gen. nov.

Forewing : elongate, narrow ; costa straight, faintly curved at base and apex ;
apex produced ; hindmargin strongly angled at vein 4, the margin above the angle
slightly concave, below it straight and obli([ne.

Ill lid /cult/ : with apex well rounded ; anal angle bluntly rectangular, the
margin from it to vein 4 straight.

Abdomen of c? long, with long anal tufts ; antennae thick, lamellate, sub-
serrate; palpi porrect, the second segment large, heavily scaled, the third smooth,
decumbent, short ; forehead protuberant ; tongue and frenulum present ; coxae of
all the legs (apparently) tnfted ; hiudtibia with four spurs.

Neuration : forewing, cell three-fifths of wing ; discocellular vertical, concave ;
first median nervnle just beyond middle, second at seven-eighths ; radials
normal; 7, 8 stalked from the bend in subcostal, 9 and the stalk of 10, 11 each
some distance before; 10 and 11 coinciJently anastomosing with 12, and 9
anastomosing with 10, II, subsequently again with 8: hindwing, costal and
subcostal approximating for half of cell ; 7 from before angle.

In the forewing of ^ the submedian vein is swollen at base, then bent down ;
above the submedian fold the wing membrane is contorted and dejiressed, forming
an irregular fovea.

Type : Apiciopsis obliquaria spec. nov.

~81. Apiciopsis angusta spec. nov.

Forewing : pale straw-colour, with rather coarse brownish freckles ; costa
yellower, with finer dark dusting; first line very fine, oblique outwards from one-
third of inner margin towards the black cell-spot; outer line pale brown, thick,
darker-edged outwardly, and followed by a fine white line from middle of inner
margin into apex, there preceded by a dark spot; a faint brownish submarginal
waved shade ; extreme margin brownish-tinged ; fringe worn.

llitulwing : with cell-spot, and beyond it a sinuous pale brown line parallel to
hindmargin, and a brown patch at anal angle.

Underside paler, with the lines faint.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous ; vertex whiter.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 (? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 0000 ft., November 1901, wet
season (Ockenden).

Forewing narrow and elongate; the angle at vein 4 jirominent and the apex
acute, even in the (?. A much more fragile-looking insect than the type species.

282. Apiciopsis obliquaria spec. nov.

Forewing : pale ochreous, thinly dark-speckled ; inner line, obscurely marked,
from one-third of inner margin straight and oblique to middle of cell just before
discal spot, which is black and distinct; outer line very distinct, dark olive-brown,
from apex to three-fifths of inner margin, closely followed by two grey luuulate-
deutate lines, of which the inner one is marked by black vein-dots ; an indistinct
submarginal slightly waved grey cloud ; fringe narrow, concolorons, with a dark dot
at vein 4.

Ilindwiiig : with outer and submarginal lines slightly sinuous ; the apex clouded
with fuscous grey ; fringe with slight grey spots beyond veins.

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Underside browucr ochrcons ; the outer lines tliicker.

Head, thorax, and ubdomon like wings ; jialpi externally and upper half efface
brownish.

Expanse of wings : 4i> mm.

1 (f from Charaplaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., June I'Jol (Simons), type; 1 S
f'hnlnmani, Bolivia, 2000 m., December, wet season (Simons). In the latter
specimen, which is mnch worn, the outer line is thin and inconspicaous.

The insect is something like Loxapicia parallelaria Warr. (Eusarca).

283. Asestra ustularia spec. nov.

Forewiny : dull ochraceons, speckled with blackish, deeper-tinted towards base
and aj)ex ; costa dotted with black ; the lines black at costa, below marked by
black spots on veins ; first at one-third, bent on subcostal vein, then vertical ; outer
at five-sixths, anirled at vein 0, and more bluntly at vein 4, the black dots tijiped
with pale ; cell-sj)ot black ; fringe concolorons.

llindiriiiy : dirty white, grey-speckled, and flushed with oclireons towards
hindmargin ; a dark cell-spot and sulimargiual line of dark dots.

Underside similar, but jialer.

Head and thorax like forewing ; abdomen paler.

Expanse of wings : 3ii mm.

1 S from Chnlumaui, Bolivia, ^uni.i m., January I'JUl, wet season (Simons).

Very much like A. albitumida Warr. liom Loja, but without the white terminal
blotches of that species.

284. Azelina nigra spec. nov.

ForewitKj : rufous grey striated with darker grey or brownish ; this ground
colour, however, appears only in the outer third of the wing, being entirely sntFused
elsewhere with dull dark leaden purple, wliicli becomes velvety purple-black within
the edges of the central fascia ; first line from one-fourth of costa to one-third of
inner margin, forming three somewhat angled projections, of which the middle one
below the median vein is more acute than the other two; the line is edged at costa
by whitish scales, and preceded on inner margin below submedian vein by a jjatch
of flesh-coloured scales ; outer line from three-fourths of costa to three-fourths of
inner margin, forming three acute small teeth below costa and three blnntly rounded
projections above inner margin, with a large deep sinus between veins 2 and 5 ;
on the costa it is followed by a distinct white spot ; ajjical region purple-black,
concisely edged inwardly by an oblic^ue line from the white costal spot to the angle
at vein 3 ; the paler marginal space is irregularly blackened at anal angle, and the
brown-grey striae tend to form two irregular clouds ; snbmarginal spots black and
white, showing wholly white in the dark spaces; cell-spot slightly elongate, white;
costa varied with slight oblique pale dashes, and the whole wing sparsely dusted
with j)ale scales.

Ilindwiny : wholly dull blackish ; an outer waved paler lino from a little
before apex to above anal angle, where it is edged outwardly with a blotch of flesh-
coloured ochreous ; snbmarginal spot below vein 7, and that at anal angle white, the
rest black with white edges; fringe of both wings blackish, exce2)t on lower half of
forewing.

Underside dull dirty blackish with a brown tinge; cell-spots of both wings and

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costal spot of Ciirewinj,' whitish ; an outer creiuilate darker line edged with paler,
followed by a white jiatch at anal angle of hindwing ; a pale patch on hindmargin
of forewing below middle.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorons with hindwing ; anal tufts pale ; legs
dotted with whitish.

E.xpanse of wings : 48 mm.

3 c?(J from Chimate, Bolivia, 760 m., September 1900 (Simons).

Allied to A.jimenezaria Dogn. and constrktifascia Warr., but distingnished by
the much darker coloration.

285. Azelina ochriscripta spec. nov.

Forewhuj : ashy grey; the basal area darkened with dense pnrplish-grey
strigae ; the central area suffused as well as striated with purplish grey, and alon"
inner margin with vinous ; the outer area with sparse dark striae ; first line
indistinct above median, below it forming two slight curves to inner margin at quite
one-third ; outer line oblique and reddish from costa at three-fourths to vein 6, then
rounded between the veins and purplish grey to three-fourths of inner margin,
followed by fonr or five irregular blackish spots between the veins; costal portion
of central fascia occupied by an outwardly bilobed semi-oval blotch of fulvous
ochreons unspotted, edged with red-brown, the lower lobe followed by a semi-
hyaline white crescent on the discocellnlar ; some black, white-tipped, submarginal
dots ; fringe reddish.

Hindwhiij : brownish grey, paler along costa ; a nearly straight pale grey line
at three-fourths ; anal area paler grey with black speckles ; submarginal spots and
fringe as in the forewing.

Underside of forewing dark olive-grey above the median, pale grey below and
at apex ; the white crescent preceded by a dull orange streak in cell ; the costal
area reddish ; outer line black and waved from costa to vein 4 : hindwing tinged
with vinous and black-speckled ; cell-spot black ; the line black-dotted and edged
with paler.

Head, thorax, and abdomen jmrplish grey ; legs pale ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Garabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., December 1901, wet
season (Ockendeu).

Brachyctenistis gen. nov.

Allied to Cerfima Wlk. and more closely still to yeoclora Warr., separated!
from both by the antennae of the cj, which are armed with short stiff pectinationsi
gradually decreasing to the serrate apex. Palpi obliquely porrect upwards, first
and second segments rough-haired, third smooth and pointed, bent forward. Hind-
margin of both wings ronuded and crennlate ; forewing without fovea ; abdomen
without crests.

Type : Brac//i/ct(">iisfis uncUUnea spec. nov.

To this genus must be transferred the species described by me (Nov. Zool. vii.
p. 216) as Hasodima ? incongruata, to which the type species undilinea is in reality
closely related.

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28(5. Brachyctenistis undiliuea t-i>pc. nov.

Forewinq : cbalk-whito, thickly striated with olive-grey ; the cnsta with
dark grey striations and three black spots at the origin of the lines ; first line
at one-third, curved outwards on each side of the median vein, marked also by
black vein-spots ; outer at two-thirds, Innnlate-dentate, sinuons, outenrved above
middle, incnrved below ; submarginal line, like outer, bnt less defined, the teeth
black-tipped on the veins, approaching outer line towards inner margin ; beyond
it yet another thick grey subterminal line ; marginal line crenulate, black ; fringe
white ; cell-spot olive-grey ; a grey blotch between veins 2 and 3 beyond outer
line.

Hindtciiiq : white, dusted with grey striae along hind and inner margins, with
the three outer grey lines indicated on inner margin before anal angle ; the post-
median not reaching above vein 5, the submarginal marked throughout by grey
spots on veins, the subterminal an obscure shade : a round black cell-spot ; fringe
and marginal Hue as in forewing.

Underside white ; costa of forewing with black striae and spots ; cell-spot
dark grey ; an oblique blackish smear from costa beyond outer line to middle
of bindmargin. Hindwing with black cell-spot and a blackish oval submarginal
blotch between veins 6 and 7.

Palpi white, the second segment blackish ; face white with a black bar above ;
vertex, shoulders, and patagia greyish white, the tips of patagia white; thorax
and abdomen white, the latter grey-tinged between the segmental rings ; pectus
pure white ; legs whitish, spotted with dark ; antennae dark, with the base white.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 (? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 60nu ft., November 1901, wet
season (Ockendeu).

Brachystichia gen. nov.

In shape and marking of wings like Ajiicia Gnen., but with different palpi,
face, and antennae ; the face below ends in a cone of scales ; the jialpi are much
longer than in Apicia, the second segment thickly scaled, the third deflexed ; the
antennae of the 6 are armed with two rows of short curved pedicellate fascicles
of cilia instead of being bipectinated.

The spurs of the hindtibia are short and stumpy.

Type : B. nitida, spec. nov.

287. Brachystichia nitida spec. nov.

Forewing : very pale fawn-colour, flushed witli deepei', and with a few brown
specklings ; costal edge deep brown ; cell-spot bla('k ; the two lines very faint,
but marked by slight dark dots on veins ; the first at one-third ; the second from
two-thirds of inner margin towards apex, hardly sinuous, shortly retracted to costa
from vein 7 and marked with a small black-brown blotch on each side of the
curve, with a small spot beyond them on costa ; traces of a zigzag submarginal
line ; fringe rather darker but glossy like the wing.

Hindiving : with the line central, grey, not bearing spots ; cell-spot small;
liinihuargin deeper fawn like the fringe.

Underside pearl grey, coarsely brown-speckled, the forewing suffused with

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(ilive fulvous excejit along liiiid ami inner margin ; tlie outer and submargiual lines
lilain, black-brown, the apical blotches forming a small dark triangle.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings; ontside of palpi, tip of the frontal
cone, collar, and base of shoulders brown.

Expanse of wings : '.is rum.

1 (S from Sapucay, near Villa Rica, Paraguay, June 19U1 (Foster).

288. Caripeta interalbicans spec. nov.
Foiriciiig : pale yellowish ochreous, mostly overlaid with rusty salmon-colour
and reddish orauge ; these darker tints run along the veins leaving the intervals
pale ; costal edge finely ochreous ; irregular ochreous streaks along the two folds
and inner margin, mixed with a few coarse dark scales ; a central fascia somewhat
darker, edged by diffuse brown lines ; first line from one-third of costa, angled out-
wards on median veiu, incurved on snbmedian fold, and again oblique outwards to
before middle of inner margin ; outer line from four-fifths of costa, oblique inwards
and forming a deep sinus beyond cell, a beak outwards between veins 4 and 3, and
another deep sinns on submedian fold, to four-fifths of inner margin ; cell-spot
dark brown lielow, ochreous above, followed by a dark brownish shade ; the reddish
horizontal marks on the veins narrow towards hindmargiu and the jtale intervals
corresi3ondingly wider; the fringe yellow ochreous with grey patches beyond
veins ; traces of a snbmarginal line of elongated lunules from close before apex,
marked by a few olive scales, those between veins 2 and 3, and 3 and 4, slightly
filled up with olive.

Bimlwing : whitish ochreous at base, beyond middle flushed with orange,
deeper along the veins, and wholly orange along hindmargin ; a few olive scales
towards base and along inner margin, and a slight cell-spot ; fringe pale ochreous.

Underside whitish ochreous ; costa of both wings, hindmargins, and ends of
veins sandy-yellow ; veins towards margin marked by pinkish grey wedge-shaped
marks ; the dark edges of central fascia showing through on forewiug ; the hindwing
with a dull grey wavy postmedian line and cell-spot.

Head and thorax ochreous, the shoulders and patagia somewhat yellower ;
abdomen cinereous.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 ? from South Park, Colorado, August 1901 (Oslar).

Whether this represents a distinct species, or is only another of many variable
forms of aretaria Wlk., must be left till many more examples are available for
comparison than exist at present. None of the forms seem to be really common.

289. Certima canisparsa spec. nov.

Forewing : reddish testaceous, thickly striated with fuscous, these striae
encroaching on the white costal edge ; a brown curved shade at one-third, more or
less mixed with whitish scales, and slightly darker marked on the veins ; exterior
line of black spots tipped with white aud below the middle accompanied by a band
of white scales, preceded by a straight brown oblique line parallel to hindmargin,
and becoming obsolete at vein G ; fringe reddish ; cell-spot black.

Hindwing : without first line.

Underside whitish, washed with pale brown, thickly black-speckled ; a sub-
marginal reddish-fuscous cloud from costa to below middle, much broader in
forewing ; a fine black marginal line ; fringe rufous.

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Face aud paljii red-browu ; vertex and thorax rufous ; abdomen jiale grey,
rnfons-tinged on dorsum.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

2 c?c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.B. Pern, 6000 ft., November lOol,
wet season (Ockenden).

Like C. unicolor Dogn. bnt more striated, less nniform in colour, the white
costal edge not jmre ; the oblique line nearer anal angle on inner margin and median,
not antemedian, on hindwing. Underside of forewing without white patch beyond
cell.

290. Certima delectans spec. nov.

Foreirinq : deep yellow, with a few scattered dark scales ; inner line marked
only by slight red-brown dots on veins ; from two-thirds of inner margin to just
below apex a siouons band of contiguous rust-red lunnles slightly mixed with
fuscous scales beyond cell and in submedian interval, its inner edge diffuse, its
outer more defined ; the teeth on the veins marked by small white dashes, which
themselves reach the costa; marginal area beyond the band tinged with dull olive,
deepening into fuscous brown along margin, mottled with grey and black scales;
marginal line dark brown ; fringe grey with thick brown middle line ; cell-spot
small, black.

Jlindicing : with the band nearer and parallel to hindmargin, less prominent ;
the rest as in forewing.

Underside duller yellow, slightly speckled; both wings with fnscous grey-
tinged margin beyond the outer line of dark specks ; forewing with a diffuse brown
shade before the marginal one, reaching to midwing ; cell-spots black.

Face and palpi brown ; abdomen like wings ; vertex, thorax, and patagia pale
fulvous yellow.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 S from Chulumani, Bolivia, 2000 m., January 1901, wet season (Simons).
A handsome insect, the brightest-coloured of the genus.

291. Certima nubifera spec. nov.

Very near C. rlosithcata Guen., bnt without any bend in the hindmargin of
forewing ; the scaling finer, more glossy ; the outer line nearer hindmargin, the
median below middle not running straight to inner margin and touching outer
line, but bent inwards parallel to it, the space between them from vein 4 to sub-
median fold filled up with dark. In the hindwing the median and exterior line are
parallel throughout, not divergent from inner margin.

Expanse of wings : 46 mm.

2 S S from Charaplaya, Bolivia, 1200 m., June and July 1901 (Simons).

292. Certima pallidifrons spec. nov.

Foreiving : in colour like dositheata Gnen. ; the lines also marked by black
dots on veins, but these not tipped with white as in that species ; the marginal
area somewhat darker than median, the limiting line sinuous, from three-fourths
of costa parallel to hindmargin as far as vein 3, then curving basewards and
reaching inner margin before middle, the edge below the median forming a slight
brownish cloud ; cell-spot black ; hindmargin with a slight but plain elbow at
vein 4 ; fringe concolorous.

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Hinilwiiiq : with slightly darker central shade ; the black dots of outer line
on a darker shade and farther from margin than in dositkeata.

Underside paler ; with cell-spots and outer line of dots ; a smoky fuscous
submarginal clond on forewing reaching vein 2.

Thorax and abdomen like wings ; palpi brownish ; face entirely pale ochreous,
almost white.

Expanse of wings : 33 mm.

1 (? from Salampioni, Bolivia, SnO m., August lOUl, dry season (Simons).

Distinguished by its small size and white face.

293. Cimicodes latata Gnen., I'/tal. i. p. 50. ?
I have always been under the impression that the three forms pallicostata,
nigrolituratfi, and latata, described as distinct by Gnen^e, belonged to one and
the same species, latata being the ?. But among ten specimens, all SS, caught
at the same time and place, three belong to the typical paUico»tata and two to
iiigrolitttrata, these two forms being distinguishable from all the others by the
much paler, stone-grey, underside ; three more represent a form closely allied to
siibapicata Warr., but distinct from it and described below as new ; the remaining
two, both S S 1 correspond to Guende's description of latata. In these the fore-
wing is very decidedly longer and narrower than in any other form, and the
cell-spot of forewing is surrounded by a distinct pale ring ; but the distinguishing
characteristic is the position of the transverse line of the hindwing ; in all other
species I have seen this precedes the cell-spot ; in the two specimens I identify
as latata this line, much less distinct, as not being edged with ochreous, passes
outside the cell-spot. All the examples are labelled San Ernesto, Bolivia, 1000 m.,
August and September 1900 (Simons).

294. Cimicodes ruptimacula spec. nov.

Foreicing : olive grey-brown or rufous grey-brown, very thickly sprinkled with
dark dots and striae ; costal streak not paler than ground colour, but without any
tinge of brown ; the lines almost exactly as in C. suhapicata Warr., both concave
outwards and parallel to each other ; the outer line is marked with pale dots on
all the veins ; the white spot on vein 7 is elongated and conflnent with the white
costal spot, so forming an irregular pale blotch ; there is no dark shade beyond
the lower half of snbmarginal line, but instead two blackish blotches beyond outer
line on each side of vein 3, representing the large black blotch of lugroliturata.

Hiiiflwiiig: as in suhapicata, without any black blotches; the transverse line
preceding the cell-spot.

Underside dull brownish ; the submarginal line blackish, dentate, or marked
by black dashes on veins ; the outer lino shown by i)ale dashes.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; face and palpi black-bnuvn ; forelegs
black-brown, varied with ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 58 mm.

3 t?c? from San Ernesto, Bolivia, 10<iO m., August and September 1900
(Simons).

295. Cratoptera subcitrina spec. nov.
Forewing: cream-colour, sparsely speckled with dark scales'; the costa tinged
with pale yellow, the costal edge with grey-brown striations ; inner line very

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olisfurc, jiali! olive, from one-fourth of costa to one-fourtli of inner margin, bent
at right angles in the cell ; enter line broadly olive from apex to before middle
of inner margin, where it approaches the first line ; above vein 7 the olive
changes to deep red and is marked on the outside by a black spot ; the costal
edge immediately before the line is white beyond a small brown costal streak ;
a very faint angled snbmarginal line, the lower part from vein 4 to aual angle
straight and jilaincr ; cell-spot dnll red ; fringe olive-brown.

Hindwing : with the broad olive line at one-third, the snbmarginal angled line
obscnre ; fringe olive-brown.

Underside pale lemon yellow, thickly sjjcckled and striated with brown-grey ;
an olive-grey-brown streak along costa from base to- outer line on forewing,
browner close to line which is itself ferruginous ; costal spot and cell-spot dark
brown ; co.stal edge white with brown streaks ; fringe and snbmarginal line olive,
brown ; an outer curved tine lunulate-dentate brown line on hindwing.

Head, antennae, and collar dark brown ; shoulders pale yellow, brown-tinged
in front ; thorax and abdomen cream-colour, the latter becoming brownish towards
anal segments.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

2 ii from Up2>er lliver Toro, La Merced, Peru, August— Sejitember lOo],
3000 m. (Simons).

296. Drepanodes fulvilinea spec. nov.

c?. Forewiny : rufous ochreous, covered with olive-brown striae, and towards
hindmargin suffused with the same colour ; the striae along costa mixed with
orange fulvous ; lines deep orange fulvous ; first from one-fourth of costa to
one-third of inner margin, bent at middle, inwardly edged by a pale yellow line ;
outer line from three-fifths of inner margin, curved towards apex, before which
on vein 7 it is acutely angulated and retracted to costa, where it is blackish
edged with grey ; the angle is marked by a velvety black dash, and the line is
followed by a pale yellow line ; cell-spot small and dark ; fringe bright orange
fnlvons with the tips pale.

llindwing : like forewing ; the line central ; costal area broadly whitish.

Underside cream-colour, with a pinkish tinge ; costa of forewing ochreous,
with dark striae ; apical area rufous grey ; outer line marked by black spots on
veins and a black streak at costa ; hindwing dark-speckled along costa and
hindmargin ; fringe fulvous.

Head brown ; shoulders and patagia jiale pinkish ochreous ; abdomen the
same, but tinged with darker along dorsum ; hair-pencil of hindtibia black with
whitish tip.

S. Dull violet-grey, fulvous-tinged before the outer line; lines as in the
(? ; but the fringes grey and the cell-spot of forewing large ; the underside dnll
lilac-grey ; forewing with a large dark snbmarginal cloud ; thorax and abdomen
lilac-grey.

Expanse of wings : 3<) mm.

1 (?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, OiiOO ft., November
December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

In the c? the apex is bluntly ])rodnced, the hindmargin simply oblinue ; in
the ? the apex is acute, and the hindmargin bulged in middle and concave
below apex.

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297. Eutomopepla fiilgorifera sjiec. nov.

Foreicimi : drab, speckled with black ; the costa ochreous, with oblique black
striae ; cell-spot black, distinct ; first line at one-fourth, white, lunuiate, to one-
third of inner margin ; outer line at three-fourths, luilk-white, acutely angled
outwards above vein 6 and inwards on vein 6, below vein 4 marked by a dark
lunuiate shading, with black dashes on the veins, or with white dashes, and
sometimes obsolete ; submarginal line white, zigzag to vein 6, then as outer line ;
veins 5, 0, 7 finely white between outer and submarginal lines; fringe concolorous.

Iliiulwim/ : with dark cell-spot and traces of median and submarginal lines,
in the space between which above anal angle is a large quadrate blotch of
coal-black striae on a smoky-black ground.

Underside with more plentifnl black striations ; markings of upperside partly
expressed ; apex of forewing ochreous ; hindwing with a whitish submarginal line.

Thorax and abdomen concolorous ; face, vertex, and collar edged with milk-
white ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs white, the last spotted with dark.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

3 cJc? from San Ernesto, Bolivia, lUi.)0 m., August, September 19U0 (Simons).

Hemixera gen. nov.

Forewing : elongate ; costa strongly arched at base, then straight ; apex
rectangular ; hindmargin bluntly bent at vein 4, vertical above, oblique below.

IlindiciiKj : narrow ; inner margin short ; hindmargin curved from vein 7, the
apex subtruncate : in the ? with a small tooth at vein 4 and slight sinus
above it.

Antennae lamellate, simple ; palpi quite short, not reaching front of face,
which is rounded ; tongue and frenulum present ; hindtibia with four spurs.

Forewing in the c? with the wing-membrane below median vein thinly scaled
and stretched, the foveal bar developed, but without actual fovea.

Nearation : forewing, cell more than half as long as wing ; discocellular
vertical ; first median nervule at five-eighths, second at eleven-twelfths ; radials
normal; 7, 8, 9 long-stalked; 10 free; 11 short, anastomosing and becoming
coincident with 12 ; hindwing, costal and subcostal approximated for about half
of cell ; veins 7 and 3 both before angles of cell.

Tj'pe : Hemixera ortliosiodeii spec. nov.

298. Hemixera orthosiodes spec. nov.

Forewing : olive-yellow, with neat olive-grey striae ; the costa with vinous-red
striae, in the ? somewhat suffused with that colour ; lines vinous red, slenden
starting from black-red costal blotches ; first at two-fifths, nearly vertical ; second
from two-thirds of costa, oblique outwards and acutely angled on vein (!, then
oblique to two-thirds of inner margin ; before apex is another black-red blotch,
outwardly marked with a white spot ; fringe with basal half deep crimson, marginal
half white with black chequering beyond veins ; cell-spot linear, olive grey.

Hindwing : yellowish white, uns|}eckled ; some reddish striae along inner
margin ; a faint rcddisli submarginal line towards apex, starting from a red spot
at three-fourths of inner margin ; fringe yellow, chequered with reddish.

Underside of both wings yellow, the inner margin of forewing whitish

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base of forewiiig streaked with orange fulvous; costa of hiudwing striated with
fulvous ; outer lines orange fulvous ; forewing with red-brown apical triangle with
a white sjiot at middle ; fringes as above ; cell-spot fulvous.

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow ; face and shoulders orange-tinged ; dorsal
segments red-speckled ; abdomen beneath yellow ; pectus white ; legs fuscous.

Expanse of wings : J, 22 mm. ; ? , 2(i mm.

1 6, 1 ?,from .Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (JODi) ft., November,
December 1901, wet season (Ockendcn).

299. Herbita aemula spec. nov.

Forewing : dull red-brown, scantily speckled with blackish, mainly along costa
and inner margin and towards base ; the lines a shads darker than the ground
colour ; first from beyond one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin,
bent in cell, preceded on the veins by small white spots ; cell-spot black, followed
by a very obscure darker median shade ; outer line from two-thirds of inner margin,
oblique and very faintly curved towards apc^c, angled on vein 7, and retracted to
costa, followed by a somewhat lustrous pearly line, marked whiter on the veins
and on costa forming a snow-white spjt ; submargiual line represented by some
whitish and dark scales below costa beyond angle of outer line, hardly distinguish-
able below ; between veins 2 and 4 a large ditfusely edged black blotch beyond
outer line ; fringe concolorous.

Ilinf/winr/ : with costa pale ; the outer line of forewing continued just beyond
middle ; cell-spot black in a grey ring ; submargiual line zigzag, very obscure,
its internal margin in some lights faintly shining ; fringe of inner margin pale
ochreous.

Underside duller red, with the markings faintly shown.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous ; pectus and abdomen beneath reddish ;
legs mottled olive fuscous and pale.

Expanse of wings : 50 mm.

1 3 from Huatn.xco, Vera Cruz.

Hindmargin of forewing gibbous at middle ; in Microgonia ru/aria Warr., which
it mimics in a remarkable way, this margin is straight.

300. Herbita cervina s])ec. nov.

Forewing : brownish fawn ; costal edge whitish, with black dots ; a dull
yellow diffuse patch at end of cell containing the small black cell-spot, preceded
by a dark shade and followed by a broader more diffuse cloud ; a grey semicircular
blotch on costa before apex, white-edged inwardly, indented outwardly ; the costa
beyond it truncate; a very faint darker submargiual shade from it parallel to
hindmargin.

Himhcing: with small black cell-spot and indistinct lunulate-dentate post-
median line.

Underside paler fawn, with small blackish speckles ; a faint postmediau line
on forewing ; the costal spot outlined with dark ; fringe darker ; cell-spot black.

Face and palpi brown-black ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; fillet
finely whitish ; legs fawn-colour ; foretibiae and tarsi dark fuscous with whitish
spots.

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Expanse of wings : 50 mm.
1 cJ from Huatuxco, Vera Crnz.

Smaller and darker than II. Jlnvidiscata Warr. from Ecuador, the costal blotch
shorter and deeper, the markings more obscure.

Himeromima gen. no v.

Forewing : with costa slightly curved ; hindmargin vertical above middle,
oblique below ; toothed at veins 0 and 4, crenulate between ; inner margin convex.

Ilindwing : ample ; with a tooth at vein 4, the margin above it crenulate,
to anal angle almost convex.

Antennae bipectinate ; frenulum present ; hindlegs with four spurs.

Nenration : forewing, cell more than half as long as wing ; discocellular
inangnlated ; vein 2 at five-eighths, 3 at seven-eighths ; radials normal ; 7, 8 stalked
from the bend in subcostal; 0, 10, 11 coincident just before them, anastomosing
with 12, 9 subseij^nently anastomosing with 8, forming a long narrow areole ;
hindwing, costal and subcostal approximated for nearly half of cell ; 7 from end
of cell ; discocellular strongly inangnlated ; no radial ; medians as in forewing.

Type : Himeromima aulis Druce (Mecoceras).

301. Hygrochroma flexilinea si)ec. nov.
Fwrewing : pale lilac, dappled with darker, and with sparse black scales ; costal
edge paler, with oblique lilac striae ; inner and outer lines jmle green, double,
the edges darker ; first curved from one-third of costa to beyond one-third of
inner margin, both edges irregularly dentate ; outer line narrower, sinuous, from
five-sixths of costa to two-tliirds of inner margin, curved outwards below costa
and again below middle, bluntly angled on the submedian fold and widening
downwards ; both lines are marked with white dashes on the veins ; at the
costa the first is edged outwardly and the exterior inwardly with red ; a reddish
crenulated median line from costa beyond middle is curved round the dark cell-spot
and then runs slightly oblique to inner margin, nearly touching the outer line ; the
outer line is followed by a band of undusted pale ground colour, and this by a
dentate and sinuous red line, darker marked on costa before apex ; apex pale
green ; marginal area broad, filled with transverse reddish black-speckled ripples ;
fringe narrow, greenish.

Hindtcing : whitish in basal and costal half, lilac-tinged towards anal angle
only ; with three lines diverging from the anal margin ; the first single, the second
indistinctly double, greenish, with white dashes on veins, the third reddish, also
marked with white on the veins and followed by a dull grey-green shade; frinu-e
green, with darker green spots beyond the veins.

Underside of forewing pale green, speckled with black and dull red; the median
and outer lines and a submarginal shade marked in red and green ; inner margin
and lower half of outer margin whitish; a blotch of red and black speckles between
veins 2 and 3 lieyond outer line. Ilindwing with basal half coarsely red-speckled ;
a dentate postmodian line, marked with red on the veins, and a fainter submarginal
line; cell-spot very large, round and black, bisected by tlie pale angnlated
disciiei'llnlar.

Face an<l vertex pale greenish ochreoas ; shoulders and patagia tinged with
pale lilac, the abdomen whitish, all with scattered black scales; antennae and long
third segment of palpi dotted with reddish; legs thickly marked with reddish.

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Expanse of wiugs : 58 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, C'arabaya, 8.E. Pern, fiiMiii ft., November lOuI, wet
seasou (Ockentleu).

302. Hygrochroma subusta spec. nov.

Forewing : brownish ocbreous at base, along costa, and inner margin, trans-
versely striated with ])nrplish brown ; the lines pnrj)le-brown, double ; first at
one-third, thick, sharply bent in coll, then oblique and waved to one-third of
inner margin, the interval between the arms Instrons silvery ; towards the base is
another indistinctly donble line; outer line finer, oblique outwards from two-thirds
of costa, bluntly bent at vein (i, then obliquely and somewhat irregnlarly waved
inwards to two-thirds of inner margin, with Instrons scales between, and preceded
by a thick curved streak ; marginal area dark olive traversed by a lustrous
dentate-binulate submarginal line; an indistinct costal triangle before apex, olive
edged with ocbreous; cell-spot and a broad streak beyond it olive; cell and space
below it paler ocbreous, the triangle at base of veins 2 and .3 semihyaline white ;
fringe olive-brown with dark line at base and ape.x.

IIiiKhvi»(/ : paler, tinged with olive and jnirple only towards apex, crossed just
beyond middle by a double pnrj)le line witli lustrous centre, inbent just below costa ;
traces of a darker olive zigzag submarginal line ; fringe brownish olive.

Underside much brighter; forewing pale ocbreous; the lines black-brown,
ferruginous-tinged; marginal area suflfused with olive and pnrj)lish, with yellow
patches on costa and above anal angle. Hindwine; deeper ocbreous with broad
straight brown-black bar across middle and a fine waved submarginal line of the
same colour.

Face dark brown ; shoulders, patagia, and abdomen olive-grey barred with
paler : anal tufts ocbreous ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and palpi bright ochraceous ;
legs ochraceous spotted with brown; third segment of palpi brown.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

2 Si from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GOOO ft., November 1901,
wet season, and 2 c?c?, I ?, June 1902, dry season (Ockendeu).

In the ¥ the purplish brown tints become ferrugiuous.

3u3. Ira dislocata spec. nov.

Forewimj : dusky flesh-coloured ocbreous, speckled with dark green atoms ;
first line obscurely marked, indicated by the greenish speckles being thicker,
ontcurved above and below the median vein ; a similarly indistinct central shade
bent out be3'ond the dark cell-spot; outer line double, dentate-lnnulate, dark green,
the inner arm most clearly expressed, except at inner margin, where both are
red-brown, running from two-thirds of inner margin obliquely towards apex, more
strongly dentate on veins 6 and 7, and then retracted to costa ; submarginal
line indicated by the dark green teeth, that at apes being blackish green ; costal
space between the two lines ocbreous and pearl-grey, but not forming a distinct
blotch; marginal area greyer; fringe also darker.

llindiciny : similar in coloration ; the outer line well marked, lunulate-
dentate, the teeth showing pale ; marginal area darker, becoming quite dark green
beyond the submarginal line, the lunules of whicli are filled up towards anal angle
with pale ocbreous yellow ; cell-spot dark.

Underside ocbreous, with the flesh-coloured tint very jiale, thickly striated

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with dark green ; cell-spots blackish ; outer and submargiual lines cloudy, marked
in the main by dark bldtches on the veins; the fringes dark.

Head, thorax, aud abdomen flesh-coloured ochreous ; fillet snow-white ; face
brown ; third segment of palpi blackish ; eyes deep red.

Expanse of wings : 60 mm.

1 (? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, CUUO ft., November lOOl,
wet season (Ockenden).

Distinguished from /. opalizans, to which it is closely allied, by the fiesb-
colonred instead of greenish tint of the wings, the absence of the brown snbapical
costal blotch, and the ferruginous eyes.

304. Ira funerea spec. nov.

Forewiny : dark grey, suffused with purplish grey and brown from base to
outer line, the marginal area paler, with a pinkish ochreous tinge ; first line very
indistinct, obscured by the dark suffusion, outcurved above and below median
vein ; outer line double, black, slightly dentate-lunulate, oblitjuely curved from
four-fifths of inner margin towards apex, acutely angled on vein 7 and retracted
to costa ; a pale grey blotch on costa above the angulation ; the line is preceded
and partially obscured by a broad diffuse brownish shade ; costal area tinged
with brown ; cell-spot black, in a round slaty-grey ring ; submargiual line acutely
dentate, close beyond outer line, the teeth with some rufous-grey scales within
them ; marginal area dotted with blackish, paler towards anal angle ; fringe grey,
paler above middle.

Hindwiiig : slaty grey, with a straight blackish line at three-fourths, j^receded
and followed by a blackish sufi'usion, which extends basewards along inner margin ;
fringe pale grey.

Underside pale grey along hindmargins only, all the rest of both wings
suffused with a smoky brownish-grey tint, and thickly blackish-speckled, the
veins rufous ; outer line obscurely darker ; cell-spots black in a pale grey ring.

Head and thorax brownish grey ; abdomen cinereous ; legs ochreous dotted
with black.

Expanse of wings : 00 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GOOO ft., November 1901,
wet season (Ockenden).

The apex of forewing is acute, the hindmargin bluntly angled at vein 4.

305. Ira igniplaga spec. nov.

Forewing : pale lilac-grey, suffused, except along hindmargin, with olive
green, with deeper green freckles and blackish dots ; the costa at base rnfous-
tinged, aud in places dotted with white ; the lines rufous olive ; the first at
one-third, curved outwards above and below the median vein, jireceded by au
olive shade, ending on inner margin in a fiery orange spot ; outer line regularly
lunulate-dentate, ending at two-thirds of inner margin in a similar spot, above
vein 7 followed by a large bilobed broadly black-edged costal blotch, from the
outer edge of which a zigzag olive-green submargiual line runs to anal angle,
marked chiefly by the darker teeth; fringe concolorous with the marginal area
pale grey ; cell-spot black.

Ilindwing : like forewing ; the unsufl'used grey marginal area narrower ;
outer line at two-thirds' ending on inner margin in a fiery orange spot.

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Shoulders, patagia, and thorax greenish grey, like the wings ; face paler ;
palpi fuscous ; abdomeu jiale grny ; antennae peppered black and white ; legs pale
grey mottled with dull greeu.

Underside pale grey, with coarse black speckles, slightly greenish-tinged
throughout, aud with a ruore ])rououuced but diffuse fasciaform greenish shade
beyond outer lines ; cell-spots black ; basal area of hiudwiug with fine woolly
liair, like that of the pectus and femora ; fringe of the inuer margin double,
fine and silky, pale ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 60 mm.

1 ? from Santo Dommgo, C rabaya, S.E. Peru, COOO ft., November 1901,
wet season (Ockenden).

Apex of forewing sharp, costa at apex shortly truncate ; hindmargin oblique ;
ana angle of hiudwing slightly lobcd, the inner margin somewhat insinuate
just before it.

306. Ira ochriplaga spec. nov.

Fcyreiving : ochreous in the basal and marginal areas, with the median space
between the inner and outer lines sienna brown ; the basal space is brownish on
costa, tinged with brown at base and with brown-black striae along the veins ;
the inner line at one-fourth is double, curved, lunu late-dentate, the teeth pointing
inwards on the veins, all more or less obscured by the dark brown of the central
area ; outer line j)lainer, also Innulate-deutate, from two-thirds of inner margin
to a subapical brown costal blotch edged with whitish and indented on each edge,
the space immediately before the blotch being paler, ochreous brown ; the costal
space also paler brown, spotted with dark and pale ; submarginal line dentate,
the teeth marked with black and white scales, the si)ace along margin beyond it
paler ochreous ; fringe rich brown ; cell-spot round, black.

Ilinchcing : duller, the brown area greyer and reaching from base to outer
line, which is darker brown, regularly lunulate-dentate, and often obscured ; cell-
spot black ; outer ochreous area sutfused with olive-grey, the submarginal line
distinct ; fringe brown ; fringe of inner margin ochreous.

Underside brownish ochreous, or olive grey-brown, black-speckled ; cell-spots,
outer, and submarginal lines marked ; the outer black-clondcd on inner margins,
the submarginal often faint ; marginal space sometimes dusted with whitish,
becoming white at ajjex of forewing; fringe chestnut-brown.

Head and thorax dark brown ; abdomen greyish ochreou.s ; the apex of
forewing is minutely produced, the hindmargin bulged, not angled in the middle.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

3 cf c?, 1 ?,from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November and
December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

3oT. Ira opalizans spec. nov.
Forewing: pale stone-colour, washed with greenish, thickly speckled with
dark green (in the only ? seen these speckles coalesce into a dark cloudy
blotch along and beyond the inner lini') ; first line red-brown, from one-third of
costa, shortly oblique to middle of cell, there bent, and straight to one-third of
inner margin, almost hidden by the dark blotch of speckles in ? ; in the S only
expressed in the costa! arm ; base of costa to first line red-brown in the ? ;

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(inter line double, ilai-k green, in the <? nefirly straight, in the ? strongly
(leiitate-luniilate, ending ou the inner margin in I'errnginous wedge-shaj)ed mari^s
(blackish and strongly marked in the c?); above vein 7 the inner arm is retracted
and sinuons to costa, the outer similarly sinuous to close to apex, ferruginous in
the ?,blae.kish in the c?, forming the outer edges of a large costal blotch with
a bilobed centre ; submarginal line lunulato, paler edged, the Innnles filled in
with dark green scales ; space between onter and submarginal lines paler than
the rest of the wing; fringe like the marginal area, pale olive stone-colour;
cell-spot small, Ijlackish green in <?, rnst-colonred in ?.

Iliiiiliring : with the outer and submarginal lines both double, strongly marked
and rufous-tinted in the ? , less developed in the (J, the outer line ending in two
rusty marks on inner margin.

Underside similar, without the blotches at apex and on inner margins ;
cell-spots large, black; outer line distinct, lunulate-dentate, ferruginous in ?,
dark green in the c?, separated from submarginal line by a band of olive
suffusion.

Head, thora.v, and abdomen of the jiale ground colour, the abdomen deeper
tinted above than below and thickly black-speckled ; the other jiarls pure, but
the face and shoulders slightly darker ; fillet whitish ; legs ochreous, spotted
with brown ; tips of palpi brown.

Expanse of wings : cj, 5(5 mm. ; ?, 0;") mm.

1 c?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, ('arabaya, 8.E. Peru, Onoi) ft., December 190],
January 1902, wet season (Ockenden).
Allied to T/ri dogturii Th. Mg.

308. Ira somnolenta spec. nov.

Closely related to /. suhcostata Warr. from Ecufidor, but essentially distinct ;
tlie distinguishing feature of that insect, the broad black subcostal streak of
forewing is absent, or at most marked by a few dark scales ; the middle line,
instead of being distinct and curved, as in subcostata, is a mere shade, plainer
at costa, below which it is curved round the blackish cell-spot ; the outer oblique
line is virtually obsolete, being marked only by pale vein-dots and the dark
blotch on inner margin where it ends ; the submarginal line is variable, distinct
in one specimen, almost absent in the other ; fringe concolorous.

Ilinihcinti : with the three lines, median, postmedian, and submarginal, as in
suhcostata, the postmedian indistinct.

Underside with cell-spots only, and no submarginal shade.

Head and shoulders dark brown, like the costal edge of forewing ; thorax and
abdomen paler, like wings.

Expanse of wings : (ill mm.

2 (JcJ from Popayan, Colombia.

The ground-colour is more red-brown and the size larger than in suhcostata.

3(J9. Ira viridirufa sjiec. nov.

Forciriiu/ : ochreous dusted with olive-fuscous scales beyond outer line; the

basal three-fourths overlaid with dull olive-fnscoiis scales mixed with vinous,

this last tint esjiecially develoi>ed along inner margin below the submediau vein

and along the costal region ; the costa dull olive-green with obliijue rufous strigae;

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lirst liiii! (larkor jjrccu, oliscnri', i'ormiiij; a larjii: oiit\v;inl curve ulmve ami lirlow
the median vein; (Hitcr line ]>iir]ilisli, ii-rcjjiilai-iy waved and dentate, I'miu two-
thirds of inner margin towards ai)cx, forming two more prominent teeth on
veins 0 and 7, then recurved to costa and followed by a flattened oblique figure-
of-S-sha]H'(l costal blotcli, the lower half of which is whitish and the costal
jjortion centred with dnli green; from its outer edge a dull olive-green strongly
zijizas submarsrinal line runs to before anal anjrle ; the outer line is finely edged

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with a line of pale ochreous, followed by a dilhise greenish shade ; fringe dark
olive-green ; ceIl-si)ot black.

f/ii/i//riiii/ : suffused in basal two-thirds witli dull olive, the inner margin
vinous-tinged, the wiiole black-speckled ; a slightly waved dark green line at
two-thirds, followed by a pale lino and a ditl'iise greenish shade; the marginal
area dull pinkish ochreous, speckleil and clouded with greenish ; the subraarginal
line indistinct ; fringe greenish.

Underside ])ale stone-colour along hindniargins, the rest of both wings
suflfused with smoky olive fuscous and speckled with black ; cell-spots black,
large ; outer and snbmarginal lines fine, regularly dentate, dark green ; fringe
dark green.

Head, thorax, and pectus brown ; abdomen cinereous ; legs ochreous, with
black dots ; hindtibia euormously thickened, with a jiencil of hairs ; the spurs
black-ringed.

Expanse of wings : 'io mm.

1 cJ from Santo Domingo, C'arabaya, S.E. Peru, COoii ft., January r.Hi2, wet
season (Ockenden).

Apex of forewing rectangular ; hindmargiu evenly curved.

This species and y«^^/-«t described above would, jierhajis, be better jilaced in
the genus Bonatea Druce.

Isochromodes Warr., Xor. Zool. i. p. 4(11 (1894).
Spilocraspeda id.. I.e. ii. ji. 155 (1895).
I find that these genera cannot be kept sejiarate ; the species extinwria Wlk.,
wliich 1 made the type of hochromodex, and its nearest allies are somewhat larger
and differently marked from the generally smaller and less consj)icnous species
which I at first referred to Spilocraspeda ; but, in the light of further experience,
the distinction can no longer be maintained. The species appear to be very
numerous, and in many cases closely allied and subject to considerable variation ;
the comparison of the underside of the wings affords the readiest means for
the determination of doubtful insects, of which the uppersides are almost exactly
identical.

310. Isochromodes atristicta spec. nov. and ab. dissipata nov.
tj. Forewimj : ]iale ochreous, tinged sometimes in j)laces with deej)er ochreous,
and dusted with blackish ; two black spots on median vein, one at extreme base,
the second a little beyond ; the lines i}ale fulvous ; first from one-fourth of costa
to one-fifth of inner margin, somewhat outcurved above, and angled outwards on
the veins, the angles marked by black spots; cell-spot large and black; outer
line lunulate-dentate, thickened on the veins, angled at vein 4 so as to form two
curves concave outwards, from two-thirds of inner margin to apex, preceded
throughout by a jiarallel series of large black spots on the veins; a slightly

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waved fnlvous median line, hent outwards above, and below the median approxi-
mated to outer line ; large blaek subterminal t^pots on veins I, 2, 3, and 5; a
black streak from the angle of outer line above vein 3, and another below vein 3,
the two joining an angled black mark at the margin across vein 3; small black
marginal dots, that on vein 3 larger ; fringe ochreons.

Ilindwinii : without first line ; a curved blotch of black scales from inner
margin between median and submarginal lines ending in the angled mark at
vein 3.

Underside paler, thickly black-speckled, witli an irregular ditfiise blackish
snbterminal shade on both wings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreons ; liice whitish ; antennae, tips of shoulders,
a large blotch on metathorax, and the anal segments of dorsum black.

Of the two ? ? neither agrees exactly with the $ ; one has all the black
spots enlarged, but the two horizontal black streaks to margin of forewing and
the curved black blotch on hindwing are both absent, and the dorsum is simply
black-spotted on each segment ; the subterminal shade beneath is darker and
larger. The other ?, ab. dissipata, lias no spots whatever; the two arms of
the outer line coalesce to form a thick black Innulate-edged shade, throwing out
two strong Ijlack projections above and below vein 3 ; and the black curved
mark on hindwing is strongly marked ; in both wings there is a black marginal
line from below median vein to anal angle. Underneath the submarginal shade
is slight on forewing and absent on hindwing ; the cell-spots are entirely absent
on both sides.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 c?, 2 ? ?,from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November and
December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

The c? antennae are subserrate and ciliated. Both this and the succeeding
species must be allied to Isochromodes he.rmeja Dogn. {Sabulodes).

311. Isochromodes auxilians spec. nov. and ab. denotata nov.

(?. Foreiciuii : jiale wood-colour, thickly freckled with dark atoms; the costa
speckled and striated with grey ; the lines nearly as in /. atristicta, but the inner
line at one-third is thick, nearly vertical, bent only below costa ; dark grey in
colour and hardly marked with darker on the veins ; the outer line is neater and
marked with slighter black spots, and above vein 7 is retracted to costa instead
of running into apex ; the subapical spot visible belongs apparently to the
submarginal series in this species ; the black marks above and below vein 3 are
present but variable in extent and intensity ; cell-spot and marginal spots black,
and of ordinary size.

Hindwiny : with the curved black blotch large in the tyjie form, absent in
the aberration denotata.

Underside with a very slight submarginal grey shade in forewing, but the
outer line distinct.

The single ? , which belongs to the aberr. denotata, differs in having the
median line blackish instead of fulvous ; the outer line concisely black, edged with
grey, forming two simple curves from inner margin to vein 4 and again to vein 7,
where it is plainly retracted to costa ; the dark scales at vein 3 of forewing and
anal angle of hindwing are all but absent ; underneath, on the contrary, the outer
line and submarginal shade are blackish and strongly marked.

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Head, tliorax, aud abdomen as in afrisficfa.

Expanse of wings : 28—30 mm.

3 dS, 1 ¥,from 8anto Domin<;o, Canilxiya, S.E. Peru, (iiiuo I't., November and
December 1901, wet season (Ockendeu).

In this species tlie antennae of the <S are flattened, and tlie lateral angles of
each joint are produced into short tubercles bearing fascicles of cilia.

312. Isochromodes crassa spec. nov.

cJ. Forewiny : ochreous, washed with ochraceous, with coarse black speckles ;
the lines ochraceous, diifnse, all placed as in irmotaia Warr. ; the outer line is
distinctly marked by black points on the veins throughout : on the inner margin,
where it approaches the median line, the two form a generally conspicuous upright
brownish blotch ; snbmarginal line marked by black spots on the veins ;
marginal black dots at the vein-ends j)rqjecting into the pale ochreous fringe.

Hi/ii/wim/ : similar, without first line ; the lines well marked by black dots.

Underside whitish, slightly speckled ; costa of firewing yellowish ; outer line
always indicated to vein 4, sometimes below it, followed to vein 3 only by an
irregular blackish shade which swells out into an oblong blotch between veins 3
and 4 ; the line alone indicated in hindwing.

Face ochreous, brownish at top ; palpi externally brown ; fillet whitish
ochreous ; thorax and alidtimeu like wings ; the dorsal segments with jiairs of
black spots.

The ? is smaller, more thickly speckled, with no ochraceous tinge, and the
lines obscure.

Expanse of wings : S, 40—45 mm. ; ? , 40 mm.

5 c?c?, 3 ? ?, from Santo Domingo, ("arabaya, S.E. Peru, OOoo ft., November
1901— January 1902, wet season (Ockendeu).

313. Isochromodes fraterna spec. nov.

Forcu-irx/ : sandy ochreous, thickly sjieckled with fuscous ; the lines indistinct,
slightly darker, placed as in in/iotutd AVarr. aud I'aracomistis r/isjirir Vi&rr. ; the
outer line from four-fifths of costa, marked as in innotata by distinct black vein-
points on veins 4, 5, 6, 7, then incurved and joining median line on inner margin,
marked by a black point on vein 1 ; submargiual line marked by black spots on
veins 5, 3, 2, and 1 ; black marginal spots at the vein-ends running out irito the
whitish fringe ; cell-spot black ; the costa thickly striated with grey.

llindiring : like forewing, but without first line.

Underside yellowish straw-colour, dark-speckled along costa and hind-
margin of both wings and near base of forewing; forewing with a narrow
concise blackish shade from four-fifths of costa to above anal angle, thickened
internally to vein 4 by the blackish outer line; hindwing with a similar narrow
curved shade ; marginal lines aud cell-spots black.

Face and palpi externally brownish ; vertex grey ; thorax and [)atagia greyi.sh
ochreous ; abdomen pale ochreous, with pairs of black sjiots on the dorsal
segments.

In the ? the forewing is more densely speckled ; the lines more distinct,
rufous-tinged ; and beneath the submargiual shades are twice as broad as iu
the $i.

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Expanse of wings : S, 3(1 mm. ; ? , 40 mm.

2 cJt?, 1 ?,from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., November
1901, wet season (Ockenden).

314. Isochromodes grisea sjjec. nov.

Forewini/ : pale lilac-grey, with a few dark speckles; the lines slightly
darker, brownish-tinged; first from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner
margin, bent in cell and black-dotted on veins ; outer line from four-fifths of
costa, incurved at vein 4 and meeting median line on inner margin, marked by
black vein-dots ; snbmarginal line indicated by black spots on all the veins but
vein 4 ; black dots beyond veins in the white fringe ; cell-spot black.

Hindidmj : without first line.

Underside white, slightly dark-speckled along costa and hindmargin of both
wings and in basal half of forewing ; an oblique diffuse fuscous clond from four-
fifths of costa of forewing to liindniargin at vein 2 ; costa of forewing yellowish ;
cell-spot black ; hiudwing with a very faint curved shade, plainest along margin
at and below middle ; marginal lines black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings; the abdomen somewhat paler; the
face darker, more brownish. The markings of the ? are more conspicuous.

Expanse of wings : 38 — 40 mm.

6 (?c?, 2 ? ?,from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November
1901, wet season (Ockenden).

Nearest to the type species exUmaria AVlk. from Rio Janeiro, but distinct
both above and below.

315. Isochromodes latifascia sijcc. nov.

Forewing : dull fawn-colour, finely speckled with dark ; the lines reddish
fawn, thick and diffuse ; first at one-fourth, sinuous, bent outwards in cell and
inwards on submedian fold; median line thick, passing over the small black
cell-spot, below middle lunulate-dentate ; outer line diffuse from nearly three-
fourths of costa, irregularly lunulate-dentate, and angled outwards ou vein 4,
closely approaching median line on inner margin ; from the teeth at veins 4 and 3
an obliipie reddish shade to hindmargin between the ends of veins 2 and 3 ;
submarginal line fairly distinct, dentate on veins ; marginal dots not conspicuous,
reddish fawn ; fringe greyish ochreous.

Hindtcing : paler at base, and without first line.

Underside pale stone-colour, with an ochraceous tint, and covered with
grey striae and speckles ; cell-spots large ; a broad black submarginal fascia
from beyond two-thirds of costa to anal angle, the apical areas whiter, dark-
speckled, without the ochraceous tinge ; lower part of outer lines indicated ;
marginal line and fringe spots black ; fringe ochreous.

Head, thorax, and abdomen jmle and dark fawn ; face and palpi externally
darker.

Expanse of wings : 36 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 600(J ft., November lUOl,
wet season (Ockenden).

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316. Isochromodes pallidifimbria sjiec. nov.

(?. Foreiciixj : wood-brown, with a jrrey tinge, witb very fine dark speckling;
the lines rufous-tinged ; first from one-third of costa to one-third of inner margin,
bent in cell, with darker dots on veins ; median line from two-thirds of costa to rai<ldle
of inner margin, slightly curved beyond the black cell-spot; outer line sinuous
from three-fourths of costa to inner margin close beyond median line, slightly
black-marked on veins and edged with grey ; submarginal line macular, rufous ;
distinct black marginal spots at the vein-ends before the pale grey fringe.

Ilinduinfi : with the cell-spot large, round and black, the space around it
rufous.

Underside whitish grey, densely mottled with dark : a cloudy marginal fuscous
border, leaving apex whitish ; cell-spots marked on both wings, the outer line
on forewing only ; fringe whitish, with black spots at base.

Face and ]ialpi internally pale ochreous ; ])alpi externally dark fuscous except
terminal segment ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown.

?. Much paler, ochreous grey, with plainer speckling, and all the markings
more distinct ; the rufous tints paler.

Expanse of wings : 3ti mm.

1 (?, 4 ? ? , from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, UUUU ft., November
190], wet season (Ockenden).

317. Isochromodes palumbata spec. nov.

Forex-ing : greyish ochreous, washed with pale fnlvous, and covered with
coarse dark grey striations ; first line indistinct, from one-fourth of costa to one-
third of inner margin, ending there as a tawny angulated mark ; cell-spot black,
followed by an ill-defined waved fulvous median shade, beyond which the ground-
colour is tinged with tawny ; outer line dark brown, irregularly crenulate, from
four-fifths of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, outcurved between veins o
and 2, and marked externally by white dots on the veins ; marginal area beyond
line pale dove-grey, unspeckled, limited by an ill-defined pale submarginal line
beyond which the space is striated and fulvous-tinged ; between veins 2 and 3
lies a large dark grey cloud ; marginal spots dark at end of veins ; fringe
jiale grey.

llinchcim/ : to the outer line ochreous tinged with fulvous; cell-spot black,
adjacent to an obscure fulvous median line ; cuter line and marginal area as in
forewing.

Underside jiale stone-grey, speckled with dark; cell-spots and outer lines
marked ; marginal area darker grey, with a .still darker submarginal fasciaform
cloud from costa, leaving the apex paler.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey ; face and iillet whiter.

Expanse of wings : 3u mm.

1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GOOb ft., December 1901,
wet season (Ockenden).

Antennae of c? subserrate, the joints angular with long fascicles of cilia.
This may possibly be an abnormally coloured i of /. nifi(jrisea Warr.

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318. Isochromodes rufigrisea.

SliiliH-vii^jicrhi riiji'ijrisci Warr., A'«r. Zfm!. vii. p. "224 (I'.iOO).

The species was described from a ? only ; the S jiroves to be somewhat
diftereiit, being iinitbriually dark brown, without the reddish and grey variations
of the S. In the ? the space between inner and median line is grey, and between
median and outer line reddish ; in the S both are brown, the outer rather darker ;
the outer brown line is more conspicuously edged with slightly lustrous grev ;
the marginal area is brown like the rest of the wings, the submarginal line
being indicated by darker grey-edged lunules preceding it, more or less incon-
sjjicuous, but the two on veins 2 and 3 always black, followed by an outer
blackish blotch, and all surrounded by grey scales. These are present on the
liindwing also. Underside as in the ?. The antennae are like those of /. aiixilians,
the angles of the joints being produced and bearing short tufts of cilia.

4 (J (J along with 3 ??, quite typical, from Santo Domingo, Oarabaya,
S.E. Peru, 60O11 ft., November and December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

31 '.I. Isochromodes terminata spec. nov.

FovciriiKj : dark brown ; both in colour and markings very much resembling
the i S oi I. rufigrisea ; but in tliis case both sexes are alike; the two lines
darker than the ground colour, thick, and marked with fine white dashes on
the veins ; the first slightly curved from one-fourth of costa to one-third of
inner margin ; the outer from four-fifths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin,
bent outwards between veins 5 and 2 ; cell-spot black ; in the ? there is a
slight patch of dark grey scales between veins 3 and 4 beyond outer line ; in
the i there are two black wedge-shaped marks on veins 2 and 3, as in rufgrisea
S ; fringe brown, with dark spots beyond veins ; in the ? the base of fringes
is distinctly whitish ; the outer line is whitish on inner margin.

Hind icing : similar, without basal line.

Underside cream-colour, slightly dark-speckled ; the marginal borders dark
fuscous throughout ; fringe brown, with pale base and distinct dark spots beyond
the veins.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 cJ, 1 ? , from Santo Domingo, Carabaya^ S.E. Peru, dOOO ft., November lOOl,
wet season (Ockenden).

The c? antennae are subserrate, hardly pubescent, without ciliations or fascicles.

3211. Isochromodes vestigiata spec. nov.

Forewing : sandy ochreous, thickly but finely dusted with fuscous ; the lines
very much as in innotata Warr. and its allies ; the inner line vertical and slightly
waved at one-third ; the outer from five-sixths of costa to two-thirds of inner
margin, angled outwards on vein 4, slender and brown, not marked by black
vein-dots, but followed by a grey shade ; the median line waved and ajiproaching
outer line above inner margin, passing beyond the black cell-spot ; submarginal
marked by dark spots or blotches on veins ; marginal dots small ; fringe
concolorous.

Hindwing : with the outer line slightly angled outwards at vein 4, meeting

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median line on inner margin ; marjiinal area beyond it ratlicr darker, with traees
of snbmarginal spots on veins.

Underside pale straw-colonr, witli dark sjieekles along costa and liindmargins
of both wings and towards base of forewing; outer line well marked in both
wings ; followed in forewing by a ditfnse brown shade from costa to margin at
vein 2, in hindwing by a slight curved snbmarginal shade ; cell-spots and marginal
line black.

Face brown ; fillet whitish ; thorax and abdomen like wings.

Expanse of wings : 4U mm.

2 r?c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, OOOU ft., November 19Ul,
wet season (Oekeuden).

Loxapicia gen. nov.
If Guenee's name, Apicia, be retained for the broad-winged typical species
of the genus, such as cihicaria Cram., a fresh term must be found for those species
with narrower and more elongate wings and more obli(jue markings, ty]iified by
lintearia (iuen., the females of which have shortly pectinated, instead of simph-,
antennae.

3v!L Loxapicia humerata sjiec. nov.

Foreichn/ : oehreous tinged with flesh-colour and lilac-grey, slightly black-
speckled ; markings much as in L. lintearia Gucn. ; the basal area tilled up
with lilac-grey ; the basal line itself black-brown, at costa and below middle
more plainly expressed than in lintearia, and starting farther from base of wing ;
onter line double, dark brown, the outer arm more concise, broader in the middle
than on inner margin, acutely angled just before apex and retracted to meet a
short inwardly obliiiue brown mark from costa, followed by a black spot in
the paler apical space ; the outer line is followed by a lilac-grey shade ; marginal
area stained with brown towards margin ; submargiual line indicated by dark
wedge-shaped marks between veins ; fringe dark brown.

Ilimhrini/ : with long slender brown striations ; the outer line of forewing
median, touching the black cell-spot ; a straight brown snbmarginal line or shade ;
fringe brown.

Underside coarsely black-speckled, the forewing stained with brown ; all the
dark markings shown, but duller.

Face and palpi In-own ; vertex and collar dark grey ; patagia lilac-grey ;
abdomen oehreous, with pairs of black spots.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 S from 11. Solocame, Bolivia, 1200 m., January lOOl, wet season (.Simons),
t'jpe ; 1 S from Chulumani, Bolivia, 2000 m., December, wet season (Simons).

The patagia and basal area of forewing are lilac-grey ; the two lines nearer
together on inner margin.

322. Loxapicia straminea spec. nov.
Forewing : pale straw-colour, speckled with brown; traces of a brown first line
from one-fifth of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, angulated in the cell before
the black cell-spot ; outer line dark brown, thick and wavy-edged externally, from
middle of inner margin into apex ; snbmarginal line indicated by brown spots
between the veins ; fringe straw-colonr.

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lUwhi-iMj : with the broad line mediau, following the cell-spot ; slight signs
of a submarginal line towards anal angle.

Underside similar, with the lines oliscurely luarki'd.
Head, thorax, and abdomen all straw-colour.
E.xpanse of wings : 33 mm.

1 ? from Bnlim, Ecuador, December lOuii — Fcbrnary llHil (Flemming k
Miketta).

The single specimen is mnch wasted, but it is manifestly distinct from any
described species.

323. Melinodes contacta spec. nov.

Vorcivimj : dull yellow, thickly striated with greyish fnlvons ; costal edge pale
with brown striae ; lines grey-brown ; first from oue-fonrth of costa to one-third
of inner margin, sinuous, slightly oblique below costa and before margin,
preceded by a grey shade marked with fine white dashes on veins ; outer line from
three-fourths of costa, oblique and straight above vein 3, then bluntly bent at right
angles to vein 2, thence vertical to two-thirds of inner margin, followed by a grey
shade marked with white dots on veins ; an obscurely luiiulate-deutate submarginal
line near hiudmargin, curved inwards to touch outer line at vein 3 ; fringe ochreous
chequered with grey; cell-spot grey-brown, somewhat elongated.

lliuthriixj : like forewing, but without first line.

Underside pale ochreous, with the lines and cell-spots lirown ; forewing thickly
speckled with fuscous.

Head, thora.x, and alidomen like wings; verte.x: brighter ochreous; face and
palpi grey.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

2 c?c? from Charaplaya, Bolivia, IStiij m., June lOOl (Simons).
Greatly resembling M. furca AVari'., but the (inter line quite different.

Mesedra gen. nov.

The species for which this genus is proposed are separated from Ajncia
Guen., in which the cjtj have fully pectinated antennae, on the one hand, and
from Fseudapicia Schaus, where those antennae are quite simple, by having
antennae with angulated joints, each angle capped with a tubercle ending in a
fascicle of cilia. The costa of forewing is not straight, but strongly arched
throughout ; the liindmargiu of forewing sliglitly elbowed in the ? only, that of
hindwing projecting as a small tooth in middle iu both se.xes. Tiio neuratiou
likewise differs: in the forewing vein 9 does not rise separately from the cell,
but is stalked with 7, ^, anastomosing in the nsnal way, first with lo, 11, and
subsequently with 8 ; in the hindwing the costal and subcostal are not merely
approximated, but closely contiguous for half the cell.

Type : Mesedra conjinis spec. nov.

Eusarca ? parallelaria Warr. and Ajncia cenusta Dogn. will also come into
this genus.

324. Mesedra confinis spec. nov.
S. Foreicing : dull ochreous, speckled with blackish ; the lines very indistinct,
pale brownish, but marked by black spots on the veins ; first from one-fourth of
costa to one-fourtli of inner margin, bent iu the cell, followed by the black spots;

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outer line IVdiii (^osta shortly before apex to tlirec-fourtlis of inner luar^^in, liluiitly
bent on vein 7, preceded by the row of black spots; a faint median shade visible
in lower half of wing, parallel to outer lino and nearer to it than to inner line ;
cell-spot black ; space just beyond outer line clearer, iinspeckled ; three black spots
or blotches between veins 2 and 3, the two inner o1)liiinely above each other and
touching the veins, the outer between them; slight black marginal dots at end of
the veins in the fringe ; fringe concolorous.

Ilindtving : with the median shade brown and distinct, passing over the black
cell-spot, the outer line less distinct.

Underside very tliickly speckled, especially in tlie forewing ; ccll-sjiots and
outer lines marked.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous ; outside of jialpi and ui)per jiart of face
brownish ; vertex whitish : collar and base of costa brownish ; dorsal segments of
alidonien with pairs of black spots.

? with the lines accompanying the black spots much broader and more
distinct ; sulimarginal line represented by brown blotches on veins on both wings;
marginal area and fringes pale brownish ; the three black spots absent.

Expanse of wings : 3.") mm.

1 (J, 1 ?,from Agualani, S.E. Peru, li),uOO ft., September I'JUl (Ockeuden).

325. Mesedra juvenis spec nov.

Foreidng : pale ochreous, slightly speckled with brown ; the lines brown,
fairly distinct, and marked themselves by blackish dots on the veins ; the inner
rather more remote from base and the outer reaching inner margin nearer middle
than in M. corifinis ; central shade closer to outer line, and only visible below ;
cell-sjiot black ; the three dark subraarginal spots as in M. confiiiis ; a row of dark
marginal spots ; fringe concolorous.

HukIwuhi : with the inner shade antemedian, well before the black cell-spot ;
the postmedian line farther from the outer margin than in conjinia ; a macular
snbmarginal line.

Underside thickly speckled : the onter line of forewing doubled, and the
snbmarginal shade distinct.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

2 c?(?, 1 S , from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November 1901,
wet season (Ockenden).

Hindmargin of forewing evenly curved in S, slightly bent in ? ; of hindwing
distinctly elbowed in middle ; fascicles of antennae of $ decidedly longer, more
pedicellate, than in coiifinis.

326. Mesedra munda spec. nov.

Forewing : bone-colour, sparse!}- dusted with dark atoms ; towards the base
tinged with pale brownish or ochraceous, and beyond the outer line brown ; first
line very fine and indistinct, pale brownish, oblique from one-fourth of inner margin
to middle of cell before the black cell-spot, where it fades out ; outer line thick, dark
brown, from three-fifths of inner margin into apex ; it is jireceded below middle
by a fine pale brownish line representing the median ; the brown space beyond
it is edged inwardly close to the line by a thick darker brown shade, running to

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apex also ; the sul)mari;inal line is re]irespiite(l Iiy a ilift'iise lilacklsh lilotch lying
on vein 3 ; a slight dafk marginal line ; IViuge (lark brown.

UiiKhrinq : wholly bone-coloured ; with three straight lines ; first antemedian,
l)ale brown, corresponding to the slight median line of forewing ; a donlde post-
median, the inner arm dark brown, the onter diffuse, corresponding to the darker
shade of forewing ; and a submarginal line, less distinct ; a small dark cell-spot ;
fringe brownish.

Underside tinged with pale brownish, with all the markings obscurely indicated.

Face and vertex white; palpi, shoulders, and abdomen ochreons; patagia whitish.

Expanse of wings : $, 22 mm. ; ? , 24 mm.

1 <?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 0000 ft., November 1001,
wet season (Ockenden).

Hindmargin of hindwing bluntly dentate or elbowed in middle. This will
distinguish the species from venmta Dogn.; I rather suspect that the ? which
Dognin conpled with his c? is really munda.

327. Mesedra subsequa spec. nov.

Foirwinq : ochreons, dusted with pale brown and fuscous speckles; the two
lines dark leaden grey, of the same character as in the ? of M. confinis, but the
first is more sharply angled in cell in front of the black cell-spot which it almost
tenches, while in coujiin.-: it is roundly curved well before it ; onter line thick and
obliipie from just beyond middle of inner margin into apex, edged inwardly by a
fine brown line and somewhat deflected in its course, not simply curved ; cell-spot
black ; beyond it slight traces of a rusty median line; fringe ochreons, with minute
dark dots beyond veins.

Hindicing : with a short basal line ; a fine obscure median shade touching the
cell-spot ; a straight postmedian grey shade concisely edged internally ; the whole
wing with rusty striae; fringe as in forewing.

Underside pale ochreons, much less speckled than in conjiiiis ; the grey lines
all shown.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreons; vertex whitish; collar brown.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 ¥ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Fern, Conij ft., November 10(.)1, wet
season (Ockenden).

Hindwing with a distinct angle at middle of hindmargin, which separates it at
once from the ? of confinis, which it much resembles.

328. Mesedra violacea spec. nov.

Fori'witu/ : cream-colonr, tinged with violaceous, with coarse brown speckling;
first line at one-third, bent below costa, marked by large brown spots on veins, the
shade connecting them violaceous, stronger and darker at costa and inner margin ;
outer line from four-fifths of costa, angled outwards on vein 7, then oblique, bluntly
bent on submedian fold to two-thirds of inner margin, similarly violaceous brown,
and marked by large brown vein-sjiots ; sometimes Innnlate-dentate, and followed
by a violaceous shade running into apex, with a slight lustrous Ine between;
submarginal line formed by brown vein-spots, those on 1, 2, and 3 being large
and conspicuous; cell-sjiot brown-black; fringe brown.

lliiKliriiKj : more thickly black -speckled, especially towards base; no inner
line; the lest as in forewing; sometimes a distinct median grey shade, which is

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hardly visible in forpwiiig: ; the violaceous tiaj^e strongest in both wings towards
hindiuargin.

Underside violaceous grey, coarsely and thickly black-speckled ; cell-s|iuts and
outer line of spots consjiicnons.

Face, palpi, and collar brown; vertex and base of antenuae snow-white;
shoulders grey ; jiatagia, thorax, and basal segments of abdomen white ; anal
segments violaceous-tinged ; dorsiuu with pairs of dark sjiots and sometimes
speckled with dark.

Expanse of wings : c?, 28 mm. ; ? , 30 mm.

3 <?c?, 3 ? ?,from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6oO0 ft., November
lOUl, wet season (Ockenden).

The J antennae are armed with pedicellate fascicles of cilia, much longer than
in other Mesedra, except M. jumiiis, with which this species also agrees in having
the hindmargin of hind wing without any projection at middle.

3:."J. Metanema fuliginosa i\>ec. uov.

Forewinij : greyish ochreous, tinged and speckled with rufons ; a curved
diffuse shade at one-fourth, marked with a black dot in cell and another on
subraedian vein ; cell-mark diffuse, rufons ; outer line straight, red-brown, from
middle of inner margin to four-fifths of costa, followed by a deeper tint ; sub-
marginal line indicated by black vein-dots ; those on veins 8, 7, 6, 5 nearer outer
line, those on 4, 3, and 1 farther off, that on vein 2 developed into a black blotch
nearly touching the line ; fringe concolorous ; very minute dark dots at the ends
of the veins.

Hinchcing : with the line antemedian, crossing the cell-spot ; the snbmarginal
dots farther off and indistinctly united by a shade.

Underside pale bright ochreous, coarsely speckled with black ; costa of forewing
rufous ; a broad sooty-black submarginal fascia projecting squarely to hindmargin
between veins 4 and 6 in both wings, and again below vein 2 hi forewing ; cell-spots
large, smoky black ; the outer line marked by deep black spots on veins and
towards costa by black Innules.

Face and paljii black ; fillet whitish ; vertex and thorax rufons ; abdomen paler.

Expanse of wings : 42 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OooO ft., December lOul, wet
season (Ockenden).

I refer it to Metanema provisionally, in the absence of the i.

33U. Microgouia distans spec. nov. and ab. perfusa nov.

Foreiriiii) : olive-grey, dusted with extremely fine dark atoms, which towards
the costa form slender strigae ; marginal area beyond the oblique line paler ; this
line, broadly olive-brown, starts from inner margin at nearly three-fourths, and
runs straight nearly to apex, before which it is retracted and bent to costa at
three-fourths, and is joined a little before the angle by a slighter dark costal
mark ; an obscure inner line from costa at one-fourth is bent at right angles in
cell and runs straight to inner margin at one-third ; cell-spot small, black ;
fringe dark.

flindwiny : with the line central, broader, and ditt'usely edged internally, bent
at vein 6, followed on costa l)y a subquadrate black blotch ; cell-spot slight,

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liliu-kish ; marginal area somewhat darker, except at ajiex, containing faint trai'cs
(if a snbmarginal line.

Underside jialer gre}', with sparser and largei' dark nidttliiigs; cell-s]iots black,
distinct; outer line blackish, interrnpted. followed by a black submarginal clond,
which does not reach the costa. Hindwiug with the submarginal cloud broader and
externally dentate, preceded by a curved dentate line, marked by black vein-spots ;
!i slight dark line between this and the cell-spot.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey ; tlie fillet slightly paler.

Expanse of wings : 70 mm.

1 S from Paramba, Ecuador, November — December 1898, ff/pr ; 166 from
San Ernesto, Bolivia, inoo m., August — September 19(10 (Simons).

Of these seven examples three dift'er from the type form, with which the other
four agree, in having the outer half of wing before the dark obliiiue line suffused
with olive-green, darkening to the line, which is more or less lost in the suffusion.
In one instance the whole wing to base is thus suffused, the line is narrower,
suberenulate, and edged with jiale, and the basal line and median shade are both
strongly develoi)ed. This aberration, which may be named perj'usa, superficially
much resembles M. t/ist/c/iata Gueu., but on closer comparison they will be found
distinct.

It is, however, quite possible that the species here described is identical with
M. avomata Druce {0.ri/(/i(i), Biol. Centr. Am., Leji. Ilct. ii. j). 27. t. XLILI.
fig. 11, described from a ? . I have quite lately been able to examine a ? exactly
like that figured, and, though the two sexes are very different in outward ajqiear-
ance, the disposition of the markings strongly suggests their identity, which further
experience must be left to determine.

331. Microgonia gueeneei spec. nov.

Ortjtlia fifilia/d Giien., Phnl. i. p. (j'2, $ onlj-.

(Ixijilia giisfroj/nrlmta v.ar., Druce, Binl. Ceiilr. Am., Lcji. Jh!. ii. p. 27. t 43. fig. 10, ? .

Forciriiui : yellow oohreons, with an olive sufl'usion, which is much more
pronounced in the S than in the ?, and thickly S2)eckled with coarse olive atoms
which are more conspicuous in the ¥ ; basal area darker, — more densely sjieckled, —
than the rest of wing, bounded by an (dive-grey line at one-third, outcurved above
and below the median vein ; a small black cell-spot, followed by a median shade,
often inconspicuous, but well njark(_'d and distinct in some of the paler, yellower,
exanijiles of the ?; outer line oblique from beyond middle of inner margin towards
apex, before which it is acutely angled on vein 7, and retracted to three-fourths of
costa; in the cJ this line is usually thick, dark brown, in the ? finer, olive-grey,
outwardly edged with a pale line of ground colour, generally followed by a darker
grey shade, cloudy in the S, and formed of speckles in the ? ; a dark grey,
irregularly zigzag, cloudy submarginal line, jilainer in the ? ; the apex of the wing
darkened with speckling ; fringe darker.

IlixdiruHj : with a central dark line, bent on vein 0 and always thicker above
the bend, often, but not always, followed on costa by a blackish blotch ; submarginal
line as in forewing.

Underside ochreous tinged with ochraceous, coarsely speckled with grey, more
thickly in the ¥ ; all the lines marked, and in addition a postmediau line, closely
approximated to outer line on the inner margin of forewing, diverging from it

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towards costu, riutlici' iVoiu the median and curved mi tlic liindwing ; tlie marginal
area Ijovnnd sulimaririnal line greyer.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorons.

Expanse of wings : S, TU — 74 mm. ; ? , 80 — 82 mm.

1 <S,l ?, from Jalapa, Mexico, ti/pc ; 1 ?, Hnatnxco, Vera Crnz.

The Vera Cruz specimen is very much brighter than the Jahipa examples.

In his description of nyltafa Gnenee gives the expanse of the S, which lie
describes first, as SM mm., that of the ? as 72 mm. ; but, as far as I know, there is
no species of the genns Microyonia of which the ? is smaller than the i ; this,
therefore, is a /<;•/»?«/»(■»' cause for believing t1iat Guenee's ? was not conspecific
with his cT. The species which I have described above has liitherto l)een nsnally
identified as aqliata, but 1 do not think the iilentification correct ; for, though there
are several points in which the two agree, there are others which cannot be made to
fit in with both.

332. Microgonia siccifolia spec. nov.

Forewing : lilac-grey, washed with chocohite-brnwn, finely speckled with dark
atoms ; first line very indistinct, at one-third, forming two curves outwards, one
above, the other below the median vein ; outer line thick and distinct, chocolate-
brown, from inner margin just beyond middle towards apex, hardly convex
outwards, at vein 7 acutely angled and retracted to costa; space between the lines
tinged with chocolate-brown, deepening to outer line, the costal area remaining
lilac-grey ; outer area again becoming chocolate along the margin including the
fringe, remaining pale lilac-grey along the outer line ; cell-spot minute, black.

liinduhig : ^itii-tlre outer line median.

Underside dull olive-grey, thickly speckled, with a dark postmedian line in
both wings, not answering to those of the upperside.

Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous grey, like the base of forewing.

Expanse of wings : 00 mm.

1 ? from Agnalani, S.E. Peru, 1(i,immi ft., September 1901 (Ockenden).

Forewing with apex produced, falcate ; hindmargin gibbons below the sub-
apical sinns.

333. Microgonia subdecorata spec. nov. and ab. prunicolor nov.

Foreiriiig : deep olive-brown, covered with fine dark striations ; the area within
the angle of the outer line from two-thirds of costa widening outwards to hind-
margin paler, more purely olive ; first line from one-third of costa to two-fifths of
inner margin, bent in cell ; outer line from three-fifths of inner margin straight
towards ajiex, before which it is acutely angulated on vein 7, and retracted to
costa ; submarginal line very obscure, marked by white dashes on veins ; fringe
concolorons, with pale tips ; cell-spot oval, wliitish, with a minute dark centre.

Hindwing : with the line antemedian ; no visible cell-spot.

Underside purplish brown along hiudmargins, all the rest of the wings suffused
with a dove-coloured sheen and varied with bhiish-white flecks and striae, these
chiefly in cell of forewing and along costa of b.ith wings ; cell-spots larger ; an
outer line of dark lunules, accompanied towards costa by bluish-white scales, not
corresponding to the oblique line of the upper surface, the uppermost lunula ou
hindwing forming a whitish blotch ; submarginal line better marked by whitish

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sciiliiijr, ending on fiirpwing in a large cream-white eostal blotch nearly filling np
the ai)ical jirojcction.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorons; legs ochreons, speckled with olive-brown.

Expanse of wings : 00 — 65 mm.

2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, OOOO ft., June 19()2, dry
season (Ockenden).

The smaller specimen is witliout the olive tint, plnm-coloured and oversj)read
above, except towards outer line and again towards hiudmargin, with a purplish
sheen, while the dove-coloured tint below is (juite dull, with the white markings
restricted to the cell-spots and the conrse of the outer lines, the ])ale costal blotcli
of hindwing being especially distinct ; the apical projection of fore\ying is very
decidedly shorter and the hiudmargin more bulged at middle than in the example
described as type. This Ibrm I call ab. prtinirolor.

334. Microgonia subdentilinea s])ec. nov.

Close to M. me.cicata Guen., but differing as follows : the marginal area of
forewing and the whole of the hindwing much darker, brownish olive ; the pale
blotch on inner margin beyond outer line larger, and tiuged with flesh-colour ;
costa of forewings olive-brown ; the shade following first line and the median shade
at costa dark leaden grey and more conspicuous.

Underside of forewing entirely without the yellowish tint of mexicata; the two
olive-brownish clouds sejiarated by the paler space to anal angle, which occur in
that species, entirely wanting, the whole marginal space being greyish, with a
waved dark line from inner margin near to anal angle ; in the hindwing the dark
curved line is not simply curved and narrowed towards outer margin, but more
broadly curved, farther from outer margin, and luuulate-dentate, and the line is not
edged with paler. Face and shoulders olive-brown, like costal edge of forewing.

Expanse of wings : CU mm.

1 S from Corondalet, Ecuador (Flemming & Miketta).

335. Microgonia subductaria spec. nov.

Also, like }[. suhdentilinea, allied to M. mexicata Guen., but quite distinct.

The forewing differs from both in having the ajiex not produced and the
hiudmargin straight and more oblique. The forewing is darker grey with scarcely
any tinge of olive; the costa is concolorous with the groundcolour; the outer line
more curved and irregularly waved, and the pale spot of inner margin beyond the
enter line restricted in size ; the fringe concolorous, not rufous-tinged. lu the
hindwing the cross-line reaches the inner margin nearer the anal angle.

Underside ashy grey, without brown or yellowish tinge, jialer grey beyond the
outer line ; in the hindwing the dark line is simply curved from three-fifths of costa
to two-thirds of inner margin without any projection in the middle towards outer
margin ; a darker waved subinargiual shade, also showing slightly on forewing at
inner margin ; fringe dark grey.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concoluruus, the abdomen along dor.sum and the
shoulders darker grey.

Expanse of wings: 50 mm.

1 J from 8. Javier, K. Cachabi (Flemming & Miketta).

Distinguished at once by the more sombre coloration, non-falcate forewing,
and especially by the course of the line on underside of hindwing.

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3:50. Microgonia versilinea spi'c. nov.

ForewiiKj : pale pearl grey, slightly tiuged with fawn-colour, sjiarsely black-
speckled, and striated with grey ; the fawQ-colonred suft'usinn is strongest
immediately beyond the first line, which is, as usual, curved above and below
the median vein, bat not marked except by the difference of tint; the outer
shade beyond the small black discal j)oint is also fiiwn-colour and produced
broadly to anal angle; no oblique line in tiic usual position; the onter line
leaves the costa at four-fifths as a curved chocolate-brown streak running
towards outer margin, before which it is angled at vein 7 and descends as a
line whitish line diverging somewhat from liindmargin to four-fifths of inner
margin, slightly deeper-tinted interiorly and marked with pale dashes on veins ;
bcvond its costal arm is a kidney-shaped chocolate-edged spot, with paler, ochreous-
tinted centre, separated from the line by a whitisli costal spot ; fringe olive
rufous with broad white basal line.

Iliiidwing : similar, paler along costa and towards base; the pale line parallel
to, bnt farther from the hiudmargin, tlie margiiml area darker ; cell-spot
bhick ; fringe as in forewing.

Underside pale grey, black-speckled, witliont markings; black cell-spots;
fringe rnfous grey, without white basal line.

Head and collar dark brown; shoulders pale ochreous, like base of costa of
I'orewing ; thorax concolorons with wings ; abdomen wanting (probably the same).

Expanse of wings : 45 mm.

1 S from Chimate, Bolivia, September l'.)tHi (Simons).

In colour resembling M. ojclopeata Moesclil., but separated by the course
of the outer pale line.

337. Microxydia (?) colorata spec. nov.

Forcwiny : brown, speckled with darker; deejjer brown iu basal area and
beyond median line ; first line black-brown, from one-fifth of costa to one-third
(if inner margin, forming a strong curve outwards above and below the median,
iliecnrves filled iu with leaden grey; outer line at four-fifths, forming at first an
i'.cute projection outwards between veins 7 and C, then mainly parallel to hiud-
margin, slightly bent outwards below submedian fold ; followed by a broad
leaden-grey shade starting from a snow-white spot on costa ; nearer the apex
is a slighter white spot at the beginning of the submarginal line, which is
leaden grey, interrupted, and zigzag, and below the middle forms a large blotch
(oalescing with the shade beyond outer line ; median line dark brown ; cell-spot
black in a leaden-grey ring; fringe grcy-lirown.

Jliiidiniii/ : without first line; outer line curved parallel to hiudmargin;
the rest as iu forewing.

Underside dull leaden grey ; both wings with broad marginal brownish
fuscous borders leaving the apical areas 2)ale grey.

Face and palpi dark brown ; vertex and shoulders brownish, tinged with
leaden grey; thorax, patagia, and abdomen above brown like wings; abdomen
below pale grey.

Expanse of wings : 23 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OUOU ft., November 1901,
wet season (Ockenden).

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338. Microxydia fulvicoUis spec. jiov.

Forewing : cream-colour tinged with lemou-yellow, cUiefly along tbe conrs.
of the usual lines, which are represented by diffuse sliades ; the first near base,
curved, and most distinct on inner margin ; the outer obli(jue, beyond middle!
starting from a bright chestnut subapical costal blotch, formed of the retracted
portion of the line from vein (1, where it is angled, to costa, followed l)y a
costal blotch edged with lustrous lilac and a smaller one at apex ; fringe pale
yellow.

lUndirimi: cream-colour, witli a sunill fulvous yellow spot at two-thirds of
inner margin, rei)reseuting the outer line ; fringe 2)ale yellow.

Underside of forewing cream-colour, the costal half yellow ; base of costa
and cell-spot fulvous brown ; apical blotch chestnut. Hindwing yellowish
tinged, with slight brown cell-spot and outer line indicated at costa ; fringes
yellowish.

Face and vertex snow-white; palpi, collar, and base of shoulders chestnut;
thorax, patagia, and abdomen cream-c^olnur washed with yellow ; antennae brown.

Expanse of wings : 24 — 20 mm.

^iS,\ ?,from Santo Domingo, Uarabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November
1901, wet season (Uckeuden).

Mimoprora gen. nov.
Like Isovhromodes Warr., from which it is at once distinguished by the
jialjii which somewhat resemble those of Anisodes ; the terminal joint is some-
times as long as the first and second together, and is deflexed nearly at right
angles to the second ; which is rough-haired, while the third is slender with
apiiressed scales and blunt at the tip. The antennae of the c? are subserrate
and i)ubescent merely, not ciliate or fasciculate. The hind margins of both wings
are rounded, showing no trace of elbow. The liindtibiae of the S are greatly
swollen, with four spurs.

Neurafioii. : forewing, cell half as long as wing ; discocellular vertical ;
first median nervule at one-half, second at seven-eighths ; radials normal ; T, 8, 9
stalked from bend in subcostal; 10 and 11 coincident anastomose with 12,
10 separating afterwards, but not anastomosing with 8, 9.

Type : Mimoprora rubra spec. nov.

A second species, of which I have seen a single ? only, must from the
palpi be referred to this genus ; this, from the description, I identify as
Sahnlodes granula Dogn., of which the palpi are said to be " assez longs,
a dernier article grele et nu."

339. Mimoprora rubra spec nov.

Forewing : dull brick-red or brownish red, speckled with dark ; the lines
darker, indistinct, but marked by blackish pale-tipped spots on the veins ; first
at one-third, bent in cell ; outer at five-sixths, biconcave, angled outward on vein 4 ;
cell-s])ot black mingled with grey ; an indistinct median shade, jiarallcl to outer
line ; fringe concolorous, with small black marginal dots at the vein-ends.

Uindwing ; similar ; the cell-spot large ; costal area at base whitish.

Underside rufous ochreous, sparsely sjieckled ; cell-spots black ; a smoky
blackish marginal band, broad on forewing, but thinning out towards anal

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an<'le, hihI leaviiij; a [Kile grey snbapical space above vein 4 ; iiarmwcr ami
IK it rracliirig anal angle on hindwiiig ; a (lark marginal line.

Head, thorax, ami abdomen coDcolorous ; abdomen lieneath oolireons.

Exjianse of wings : 28 — 30 mm.

:5 c?(? IVom Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, (loOu ft., November-
December 1901, wet season (Ockenden).

340. Mimosema flexa sjiec. nov.

Fo/Y/r/iK/ : browiiisli grey, sliglitly ri'dili.sli-tinged, sjieckliMl and striated
with fiiscons ; lines reddish brown, thick, the inner preceded and the outer
followed by a bright ochreons line; the first from one-fourth of costa to
(inc-tliird of inner margin, bluntly bent in cell ; the outer straight and oblique
from (|uite three-fourths of costa to three-fourths of inner margin; snbniarginal
line obscure, but marked by two black wedges on veins 2 and 3, followed by
11 liliuk spot between them ; marginal line reddish grey, interrupted by pale
sjiots at the veins ; fringe like wing, with darker middle line, spotted beyond
veins below middle ; cell-spot black.

Hindwiiig : similar, without first line.

Underside i>ale grey, dark grey beyond outer lines, which are marked by
black sjiots on veins ; cell-spots black ; fringe pale, with dark spots.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; face and [lalpi brown.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

2 cJc? fiom Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (iooo ft., November I'.iol,
wet season (Ockenden).

The hindmargin of both wings slightly bent in midiUe, the hiudwing with
a slight tooth.

341. Mimosema rufa spec. nov.

ForciciiK) : rufons thickly speckled with fuscons ; the lines darker rufous,
or brown ; first from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, straight ;
second from two-thirds of costa to two-thirds of inner margin; first preceded
and second followed by a grey line; cell-mark linear, brown; submarginal line
hardly distinguishable ; fringe rufons, the tips paler.

Iliixltinnq: with cell-spot and outer line only, the latter running into anal
angle.

L'oder.-ide pale recldish ochreous, paler in hiudwing; the lines and cell-spots
all marked ; the lines fine and interruptedly luiiulate-dentate, sometimes thick
and dark grey ; costa of forewiug with dark striae.

Thorax and abdomen like wings ; face and vertex deeji red.

Expanse of wings: S, 30 mm.; ?, 34 mm.

4 (J J, 2 ? ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaui, S.E. Peru, tiooo ft., November,
December 1901, wet season (Ockendenj.

The ? i are darker throughout, the underside redder.

342. Mixopsis bella spec. nov.
Foreiriiifi : white, flecked with reddish and olive green and s[)arser black
scales ; the costa marked with dull reddish oblii(ne spots and striae ; the inner
and outer lines olive green, double ; the inner at one-lhird, its inner edge curved

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below costa, then vertical, its outer edge broadly dentate on the median vein
and again on snbmedian, concave between ; exterior line obliqne from two-thirds
of inner margin towards apex, the inner arm, which is deeper green, passing
from vein 7 vertically to the costa, marked on veins 7 and !S by a blackish
point ; tlie large annnlar cell-mark also olive green ; between it and the outer
line a blood-red sinuous line outwardly dentate on the veins, almost touching
outer line at inner margin ; marginal line lunulate, dark green ; fringe shining
whitish, cheijuered with red beyond the veins.

Jlindmn;/ : whiter along costa and at base; cell-spot large and round,
greenish, with a black central dot ; outer line double, greenish, curved ; preceded
by a reddish sinuous streak from inner margin to cell-spot, and followed by a
dentated green subraarginal shade ; marginal line and fringe as in forewing.

Underside whiter, with fewer speckles and without much red tinge ; forewing
with the costal striae, the discal ocellus, and the two lines pale green ; a red
cloud on costa before outer line, stretching across the line towards the middle
of hindmargin : hindwing with large black cell-mark, and the two outer lines
green.

Face and palpi white below, tinged with red above ; vertex and shoulders
ochreiius ; thorax and abdomen whitish ochreous, the latter with fine dark
dusting; legs ochreous spotted with dark green.

Expanse of wings : 45 mm.

1 i from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E, Peru, (iMdii ft., November 19U1,
wet season (Ockenden).

Closely resembling .1/. ti//i>ariii Feld., but with much more complex markings.

:U;]. Nematocampa completa spec. uov.

ForeiriiKj : straw-colour, sti'iated with rod-brown, and with the veins red ;, first
line at one-third, thick and straight, not curved ; outer third of wing red-lirown,
with an oval apical space of ground colour, the inner edge also forked at middle
on costa ; discal line and a curved median line red ; fringe wholly red.

JliiKhriiif/ : wholly red-brown, except a narrow median costal blotch of ground
colour, reaching to below the origin of vein 4; a slightly paler submarginal space
above anal angle, followed by three black wedge-shaped spots before hindmargin
between veins 'Z and 4 ; fringe red.

Underside with margin of forewing as above; hindwing with red-brown margin
narrowing oft' to anal angle, the basal two-thirds siraw-colour.

Head, thorax, and abdomen straw-colour with brown speckles ; the face paler.

Both wings are angled at middle of hindmargin.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 c? from Fambilar, Ecuador (Flemniing & Miketta).

344. Paracomistis subtractata Warr.

Until now the only s])ecimen of the species I had seen was the original S ty[ie
from Snriiuim, described in Xoc. Zoo/, iv. p. 408 (18U7). Two ? ? lately received
from S.E. Pern differ both inter se and from the c? ; but the peculiar oval pale space
containing the cell-spot of hindwings will always serve to identify the species. In
the best-preserved example the ochreous ground colour is very thickly covered
with brownisli striae and speckles ; the outer line with its angle is very slender
and indistinct, but there is a very distinct median shade, not seen at all in the cj.

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running siraight rrom two-thinls of costa to mi<l(llo of inner margin, where it
closely approximates to the outer line, and is continued across hindwing before
the cell-spot. Underneath the wings are densely speckled, the forewing also
suffused, witli brownish grey, and with a dift'nsc dark cloud from costa before
jiindniargin, leaving the apical space wlutisli ; in neither wing is there a trace of
outer angulated line, whicli in thee? is conspicuous. In the other ?, which is
([uite jiale ochreons (being considerably wasted), the outer Hue and a more or less
waved, not straiglit, median shade form the edges of a brownish fascia crossing
both wings. In this case also, on the underside, there is no distinct outer line,
but only a submarginal shade on forewing.

For the present I must refer them both to .sukrartufn. They are slightly
larger than the S, 27 mm. to 24 mm., and are dated November 10i)l, wet season,
from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru (Ocketiden).

Paradoxodes gen. nov.

Forewing : costa nearly straight ; apex blunt ; hindmargin well curved.

Hindwing: unusually broad, the abdominal margin largely developed and
somewhat furrowed beneatli, constricted towards base ; hindmargin well rounded.

Antennae (6) slender, filiform ; palpi short and stout, porrect, second segment
broad, third minute, button-shaped ; tongue and frenulum present ; hiudtibiae
thickened, with four spurs; abdomen slender, smooth, pectus not hairy beneath.

Nenration : forewing, cell quite three-fifths of wing : discocellular unusually
fine, faintly outcurved below ; first median nervule at three-fourths, second close
before third ; lower radial from a little above middle of discocellular ; upper from
upper angle of cell; veins 7, 8, 9 stalked, Id and 11 free; hindwing, costal
ai>proximated to subcostal for nearly half of cell : veins ^^ and 7 both before
angles of cell.

Type : Paradoxodes subdecora spec. nov.

Distinguished from Pseustoplaca Warr. by the simple antennae of the cJ, and
from Certima by the smooth and slender body.

34.J. Paradoxodes subdecora spec. nov.

Forewing : dark brown, slightly purplish-tinged, witii a few scattered pale
scale's in places ; no distinct lines, but there are traces of darker curved fasciae,
one near base, a second more distinct in middle, and apparently two more towards
hindmargin ; fringe coucolorous.

Hindwing : uniformly brown.

Underside of forewing, with the base, except along costa, glossy bluish white,
the edge of the patch curved at one-third and diffused along inner margin towards
aual angle ; a deej) yellow si>ot beyond cell ; hindwing with three-fourths of the
wing bluish white, only the hindmargia remaining of the dark colour, broad at
apex, angled in the middle, and narrowing off to anal angle, where there is also
a streak of the white within the dark border.

Heail, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; pectus bluish white; foretarsi dotted
with white.

Expanse of wings : 39 mm.

1 S from Marcapata, E. Pern, 4oU0 ft.

iSniierticially recalling Certima minm and mininhi Th. Mg. {Sabulodes) and
Pseustoplaca obscurissima Th. Mg.

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346. Pergama plenilunata spec. uov.

Intermediate in point of size between P. traiUii Butler ( = iiinthanaria
Obertli.) and Pero Miiposarid Gnen., both of which it greatly resembles super-
ficially. It may be distinguished by the following points : the outer line in the
forewing is nearly straight, not strongly incurved in its middle third ; tin- diseal
spot is a grey circle with a black edge, and is preceded by an oblique orange blotch
from the costa; on the underside the pale area at anal angle occupies the whole
width of the interval between outer line and hindmargin, and above touches vein 4;
in traillii it lies on the hindmargin, reaching only half-way to outer line, and above,
not beyond vein 3.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 S from R. Inambari, E. Peru, imiOm., July lOoii, rainy season (Simons).

347. Pergama semiusta ab. ? latifascia nov.

Along with si.\ typical examples of P. semiusta Butler from Santo Domingo,
Peru, taken in November 1901, there was sent one S which differs so considerably
that it migjit well be considered a distinct species. The points in which it thus differs
are shortly as follows : all tlie purplish grey scales of tlie type, both above and
below, have become dull brick-red ; the outer line of the forewing is much nearer
the hindmargin, so that the central fascia is much wider; the dark shading
which usually precedes this line is entirely lost, the line itself being simi)ly edged
with black, while above the median, instead of running, as in the type, nearly
straight to costa, it forms three outward curves as strong as those below ; the line is
followed by a pale greyish space which merges gradually into dull brick-red befijre
the margin, without any of the usual markings. From the greater breadth of the
central fascia, the absence of the normal shading, and the briok-red coloration, the
insect assumes quite a different aspect from normal examples of semiusta.

348. Perusia complicata spec. nov.

Forewiiiy : yellow, speckled and slightly tinted with rufous grey, the veins
marked with the same colour, especially towards hindmargin ; basal i^atch
triangular, rufous and fuscous, liardly reaching the costa, its outer edge twice
curved and indented below median vein, edged by an obscurely double dark line
reaching middle of inner margin ; a similar-coloured postmedian fascia, its inner
edge marked by a double thick zigzag line, angled outwards on veins 3, 4 and 6,
inwards on vein 5, its outer formed by the submarginal line, which is acutely angled
on vein 7 and on veins 2 and 3, close to hindmargin, incurved basewards between
7 and 3, leaving a yellow space ; a few dark scales along hindmargin, which is
faintly lient outward at middle; fringe yellow; cell-spot grey, linear, indistinct.

Iliiidwiiiy : whitish yellow, with a rufous grey patch at anal angle, continued
as a faint submarginal band towards costa; inner margin marked with dark scales;
fringe yellow ; hindmargin slightly indented beyond cell.

Underside jiale yellow ; the basal patch and postmedian fascia of forewing
dark purplish; cell-spot larger, purplish; hindwing with iiiterruiited ]iur|ilisli
submarginal band.

Head and face yellow; abdomen white; thorax and dorsal area of abdomen
rufous grey.

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Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 ? from Bauos, rem, September 1899 (Haenscli).

Tliis seems distinct from any of the forms oi praecianrid H.S., tliouu;h snper-
iiciall}- like it.

:U'.i. Perusia graphica sjn'c. nov.

ForewiiKf : Imif, sj)pcklc(l with ln-owii and ferruginous; hrst lini' I'roiu ouo-
fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin ibrmcd of round lihic.kish sjxits on
veins; an additional spot on inner margin ; cell-spot pale reildisli lirown, diHFuse ;
onter line from fonr-fifths of costa, oblique outwards to vein 6, marked bv three
round blackish spots, angled and incurved as a fine grey thread to two-thirds of
inner margin, preceded by a band of greyish buff, and this by a cream-coloured
space widening downwards and containing near its outer edge tliree brownish
patches on the veins ; a slight reddish mark on costa before apex, edged with
white ; fringe bull'.

llimlwini/ : paler, with a slight cell-s]iot ; a darker buff band from inner
margin above anal angle containing black s])ots on veins, obsoirte above middle.

Underside with the markings all indicated.

Thorax buff, like forewing, tiie i)atagia with brown spots ; metathorax with a
pair of brown spots ; abdomen paler, like hindwing, with a pair of brown spots on
basal segment; vertex and face ])aler; legs brown-spotted.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, Oiioii ft., Jlay l'.ii)2, dry season
(Ockenden).

350. Perusia superstes spec. nov.

Forcivhiq : glossy pale lemon-yellow, ilnsted with brown specks ; costa tinged
with brown, especially near base ; the lines brown ; first at one-third, slightly
bent on subcostal vein, otherwise straight ; onter line from tive-sixths of costa,
obli(|ne ontwards to vein 0 near hindmargin, there bluntly angled, and sinuous
inwards to ipiite two-thirds of inner margin, above which it is edged with paler
brown ; a semicircular purplish grey costal mark before apex, its inner arm
traversed by the outer line ; a rather large brown cell-spot ; fringe worn
(yellow ?).

Hiiidwhiq : paler, with a brown outer line, obsolete towards costa.

Underside more coarsely brown-speckled; costa and apex of forewing
yellowish ; outer line marked by brown vein-spots, and an obli(jue brown costal
streak ; cell-sjiot dark brown ; inner line indicated ; hindwing with cell-s[iot and
outer series of spots.

Head and thorax pale yellow ; thorax with a i)air of black spots ; abdomen
yellow, tinged with ferruginous and with oblique fulvous lateral stripes. I have
doubts whether this abdomen belongs really to the specimen.

Expanse of wings : 2S mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Tern, Oonii ft.. May I'.Hr,', dry
season (Ockenden).

:iol. Phyllodonta carneata spec. nov.
Foreiciny : greyish fawn-colour, with a few faint darker striations ;. no distinct
lines, but two slightly darker shades, the first just before the black cell-spot,

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sinnons to middle of inuer marg-in, the outer frcnu eosta a little before apex
obliquely curved iuwards to vein 4, then vertical to inner marijin before anal
angle, followed by a dnll flesli-colonred brown-edged blotch on veins 2 and 3,
constricted and all but interrnpted in middle, with another less distinct on the
margin ; fringe brownish.

Hinciwiny : with a flesh-coloured belt from apex to anal ansrle, preceded l)y
a somewhat deejjcr shade ; the veins slightly paler; a small black cell-spot.

Underside paler, with black cell-s[)ots and a faint darker submarginal shade.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings ; legs ochreons, In'own-
spotted.

Expanse of wings : (iij mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, t'arabaya, S.E. Pern, 0000 ft.. June 1902. dry
season (Ockenden).

The outline of the wings is intermediate between I'htjUodonta and Pardi/onia,
the excision beneath vein 4 being less jirononiiced ; apex of forewing sliirhtlv
produced, acute ; hindwing with a straight blunt tail in middle.

352. Phyllodonta puritana spec nov.

Forewtnti : pearl grey, speckled with black, especially along inner and hind-
margins ; cell-sjiot black ; costal edge paler, spotted with black ; the lines starting
from chocolate-brown spots ; first at one-third, marked only at costa and on inner
margin ; median shade ontcurved beyond cell-spot, obsolete below vein 4 ; outer
line from four-fifths of costa, angled outwards on vein 7, then obliijue inwards to
vein 2, forming an abrnjtt outward sinus between 2 and 1, to inner margin at
three-fonrths, where, like the first line, it is marked by some dark scales; this
line on the veins is marked with white dashes, and is followed by a slightly
l)aler grey tinge ; from vein 4 to the snbmedian fold just beyond the apex of the
sinus of outer line two vertical blackish shades enclose a narrow pale grey space
and are followed liy a dark rufous and grey shade to outer margin ; fringe chocolate
brown, darker beyond veins.

Jliufhviiii/ : rather darker grey, black-speckled only along inuer margin ; a
small cell-spot ; traces on inner margin above anal angle of two rufous lines
which become obsolete in hindwing ; fringe as in forewing, with a pale line
at base.

Underside of forewing speckled with black along costa and liindmargin ; an
interrupted median shade, a fine lunulate outer lii'e, and thick subajiical streak before
hindmargin dull brown ; a blackish apical blotch. Hindwing striated with brown ;
a macular median shade, obscure waved postmedian and thick zigzag submarginal
lines also brown ; a blackish subaj)ical blotch ; cell-sjiots black in both wings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pearl grey, the last black-sjieckled ; forelegs bright
chocolate brown, sjiotted with white.

Expanse of wings : 50 mm.

1 ? from Sant6 Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, Oiiiio ft., June l'.)ii2, dry
season (Ockenden).

The wing margins are subdenticulate at the vein-ends, vein G of forewing with
a larger tooth ; the marginal projection beyond the semicircular excision cut s(|uare
in both wings. i "

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;i53. Phyllodonta semicava spec. nov.

Porewinq : liliu-, witli a violet Uiige, sprinkled in piuts witli blink scales;
costal edf;c ])ale, dotted with dark green ; first line at one-third, angled ontwards
above and below the median vein ; vinons fnscons, preceded by a pale green shade
above, and below the middle liy a pnrplish and green shade, this last preceded
by a pat eh of fiery orange scales on a pale ochrenns gronnd ; a conspicnons snow-
wiiite dash before the line on the median and snbmedian veins ; cell-s])ot black,
followed by a curved vinous median shade from middle of eosta, indistinct below
middle, touching outer line on inner margin ; onter line from five-sixths of costa,
bluntly angled on vein 7, then oblique to just beyond middle of inner margin,
double, vinons on costa and inner margin, pale green between, marked with small
white dashes on veins t, 3, 4, b, larger spots on veins 1 and 0, those on 7, S, and
costa coalescent into a streak ; subniarginal line vinous red, marked chiefly by
points on the veins and a blotch on costa ; above the snbmedian vein between
the inner and outer lines and on inner margin before the outer are patches of
fiery orange scales; the marginal area thickly sprinkled wiih violet and green
scales ; fringe chocolate brown, darker beyond veins.

Ilindwing : with basal two-thirds dirty ochreous, with a slight vinous tinge,
coarsely striated with purplish fnscons, and towards inner margin with orange
scales ;" onter third, lieyond a dark sinuons line, purplish grey, the veins paler
and marked with brown ; submarginal line not marked except towards anal angle,
where it passes through an irregular ochreous patch ; fringe from apex to vein 4
pale ochreous with chestnut spots beyond veins, wholly chestnut below ; cell-spot
large, greenish fnscons.

Underside ochreous, densely speckled witli black, vinous, and green scales,
and tinged in parts with the same colours; on forewing, all four lines thick and
black ; a jiale uuspeckled blotch below middle of marginal area, preceded by a
triangular blackish cloud ; hiudwing with two lines, the central sinuons, touching
a round black cell-spot, the onter lunulate, followed by a dark shade at inner
margin ; a reddish submarginal spot on veins 2 and 3.

Head and thorax lilac, abdomen ochreous, all black-speckled ; legs ochreous,
dark-marked ; pectus greenish ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 50 mm.

1 ¥ from S. Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, GOOO ft., November 1001, wet
season (Ockenden).

In character of markings K&em\A\v\g Jlabellariu Th. Mg. and soiigarin Dogn.,
but the hindmargin of forewing is simjily bulged at middle, without the least
trace of the tooth and excision characteristic of the genus, which are both present,
as usual, in the hiudwing.

354. Phyllodonta vivida spec. nov.

S. Almost exactly like the S of gemicatu, but tlie hindmargin of forewing is
not simple, but irregularly crennlate, veins 2 and (J ending in a small tooth, and
veins 3 and 4 forming a blunt sipiare projection : a slight curved excision below
it between 2 and 3.

?. Forewing: bright tawny red, fiery red towards inner margin; costal edge
pale with slight diirk si)ecks ; first line with the central space filled up with pale
olive scales ; a red-brown median line, sij\iarely bent beyond cell-spot, ending on

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inner margin close to outer line, interrupted between veins 1 and 3 ; outer line
shaped and placed as in the c?, edged by a shining white lino followed by a pale
olive-green line, separated from the red marginal area by a broaJ cream-coloured
shade, whicli exjiands into a large triangular blotch of tiie same tint before anal
angle and another on costa before apex, this latter tinged with })ink and grey and
containing a bilobed dark-brown sjiot at the commencement of the submarginal
line, which forms the external edge of the cream-coloured shade; veins towards
hiudmargin paler ; cell-spot black in a grey -green ring.

Hindwiny : much as in the S, but brighter red.

Underside of j pale lirick-red, slightly speckled with brown : forewing with
inner margin whitish to submedian fold ; the three lines well marked, stopping
sliurt at the fold ; the outer followed below middle by a large black blotch and
then a whitish one ; submarginal line zigzag below eosta and merely paler than
the ground colour ; apex olive ochreons, this colour also forming a band beyond
outer line and forming a broad streak along npjier half of cell. Hindwing with
inner margin whitish, without markings, to submedian fold ; a tiiick curved
brown median line, interruiitcd by the large oval black cell-spot; outer line
dentate, dark and light green ; a prominent row of brown snlimarginal spots
intersected by the pale veins ; fringe brownish with pale base.

The c? has the underside less reil, more olive grey-brown, with the markings
plainer and more numerous.

Head and thorax bright red; abdomen pinkish grey.

Expanse of wings : c?, 45 mm. ; ? , 52 mm.

2 <?(?, 2 ? ?, from 8anto Domingo, (Jarabaya, S.E. Peru, (loini ft., November
lOltl to January l'.t02, wet season (Ockemlen).

i-i-i. Pseudapioia muscivaria si)ec. nov.

Foreiriiig : jiale ochreons, dusted with olive and fuscous atoms, somewhat
more densely in the ? ? : inner line always very obscure, double, curved, from
before one-third of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, the outer arm marked
with dark dots on the veins ; outer line also double, from a little before apex
to two-thirds of inner margin, slightly sinuous, both arms hmnlate-dentate, the
lunules shallow, the inner arm fine, marked with black points on the veins, the
outer thick and diffuse, olive green ; in the S the line is nearer the ajiex than
in the ?, and the vein-spots below the costa arc larger; close before the outer
line on tlie inner margin there are traces of a fulvous median line which curves
away above middle ; cell-spot black ; submarginal line very obscure, but indicated
below middle by three black lunules preceding it, and a slight brown-speckled
shade beyond it ; fringe ochreons, with small black dots beyond veins at the base.

Ilindwinff : with median line rather more distinct, wavy, touching the small
black cell-sjiot ; the rest as in forewing ; the submarginal line more distinct.

Underside ochreons, speckled with olive in the ?, with blackish in the S ; the
cell-sj)ots and outer lines marked and sometimes parts of the submarginal line.

Palpi ochreons within, brown externally ; face whitish with a brownish bar
above; vertex white; thorax and abdomen pale ochreons, dusted witii darker;
dorsal segments in S with a pair of dark dots or ringed with dark.

Expanse of wings : 2(5 mm.

3 (Jc?, 3 ¥?,from Santo Domingo, Caraba\a, S.E. Peru, Nuvember IttUl —
January 10(12, (iiMiii ft., wet season (Uckeuden).

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111 tliR cJ the groniid ooloiir is IjuIcI' uiiil tlio iuai'kiiif;'s arc (lavkcr tliaii in
the ? ; the apex and elbow at vein 4 are more produced in the ? , with the hind-
margiii hetweeu slightly concave; in the S these are liardlj- observable; the
antennae of I lie S are thick, snbserrate, with short fascicles of cilia.

3r(C. Pseudapicia sororcula spec. nov.

Forciriny : pale oclireous, speckled with olive brown and lilackish scales and
partially slightly tinged with olive brown : first line distinct, angled strongly in
cell and on siibmedian fold, from one-fonrth of costa to one-third of inner margin,
double, the outer arm marked with black scales, the inner fulvous, with a slightly
lustrous ]iale grey line between ; outer line situated as in Ps. mi/gci fa/in, from
costa just before apex to two-thirds of inner margin, but straight, not dentate-
lunulate, slightly blackish-marked on the veins, preceded by a distinct and broadish
fulvous olive shade, reaching nearly to costa, and followed by first a jiale lustrous
line and then a narrow olive brown line, running into a]iox ; marginal area partly
sutTiised with greyish olive ; submarginal lini' indistinct, crossing a long blackish
blotch between veins 2 and 3, and marked by a small brown spot on vein T) ;
fringe ochreous, with largish brown spots beyond veins in the basal half; cell-spot
large, blackish.

IliiiihriiK/ : without first line ; the outer line as in forewiiig but nearer to the
margin than in /'.v. muscieuna, starting from costa close to apex, instead of, as
in that sjiecie.s, some distance before it : submarginal line fairly distinct, dentatc-
luuulate, edged outwardly with ]iale grey and inwardly with olive brownish ; fringe
as in forewing.

Underside paler, the costa of forewing and the hindniargins of both tinged
with greenish and with coarse black sjieckling ; tiie (inter line marked with black
at costa and on the veins, and the sliade following shuwing dark ; a bhiekish bhiteh
between veins 2 and 3 ; cell-spots and marginal spots darker.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous ; second segment df palpi extenially and
sides of face blackish ; dorsal segments of abdomen in i black-spotted.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

2 c?c?, 1 ?Jrom iSanto Domingo, ('araliaya, S.IO. I'eni, riiiiiii ft., Nnveiuber
I'jol, wet season (( »ckenden).

Very much like Ps. musricaria described above, but distinguished first by the
much greater hairiness of the head and thorax; secondly by the shape of the
wings : in tlie forewing the elbow at vein 4 is more jirouounced and the margin
above it hollowed out ; in the hindwing the angle at 4 appears less i)rominent
because the margin at vein 6 is also strongly i)roduccd and elbowed, which is not
the case in muscivaria; besides, the black submarginal blotch of forewing in the
present s])eeies lies between the veins, whereas in m//.sc/ car/a the black blotches
are on them.

3ri7. Pyrinia formosa spec. nov.
Forewimj : bright canary yellow, without dusting; outer half nf wing rosy
fulvous, except at anal angle; from the apex a broad deeper rosy band runs to
jnst beyond the middle of inner margin, containing a line down its centre marked
by white points on the veins, those beneath costa larger and clearer; cell-spot small,
black; fringe rosv fnlvons.

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Uinihr'uKf : not suffused witli rosy, lint with the ros}' hand across the middle,
from vein 0 to inner margin ; fringe yellow; a few black scales on marginal third.

Underside yellow, tinged with fnlvons, with a few brown sfjeckles ; forewing
with a brown-black interrujited line from ajiex to vein 2; the line hardly shown
on hindwiiig.

Face, vertex, and jialpi fnscoiis like front of forelegs : thorax and abdomen
yellow.

Expanse of wings : 3(1 mm.

1 c? from Peru.

The forewing is shortly falcate; in sha])e the species is like P. phoJiitu Giien.,
but the Coloration is different.

35s. Pyrinia junctaria sijcc. nov.

Foreiriiifj : bright yellow, the s[ieckling rnfons, towards costa darker; a narrow
oblique costal streak of dark atoms at two-fifths, almost or qnite touching a
roundish brown cell-sj)ot ; another roundish spot not so dark below median before
the origin of vein 2 ; a broad oblique rufous brown streak from apex to middle of
inner margin, double throughout, the inner half paler than the outer, the outer
embracing a slight extent of hindmargin, the inner a similar extent of costa; a
large brown-black spot at anal angle with two slight specks of brown scales above
it; fringe yellow, below ajiex brown.

Jliinlivinij : with distinct central straight brownish streak ; a brown spot at
apex ; fringe yellow.

Underside similar, but the markings duller; in hindwing a more or less
complete submarginal band of brown speckling; forewing with a slight pearly
spot before apex followed by a yellow costal spot, between the two arms of the
oblique line.

Head, paljii, and antennae dark (■hestnut ; thorax and abdomen yellow.

Expanse of wings : 2(3 mm.

3 c?<? from Salampioni, Bolivia, 800 m., August, lUOl, dry season (Simons).

Distiuguislied from cerocampafa Guen. by the absence of the white spot at
apex, as well as by the broader browner oblique Hue; mep/iastir/n Wlk. from Rio
Janeiro is much larger.

350. Sicya ennomaria spec. nov.

Forewiii(i : yellow, the costa fulvous with short dark striae ; first line from
two-fifths of costa to one-third of inner margin, straight and oblique inwards,
fulvous, plain only at costa and inner margin; outer line from five-sixths of costa
to three-fifths of inner margin, very fine, slightly waved, and darker marked on
veins; marginal area beyond it fulvous brown, with slight darker striations,
narrowly lilac grey along margin below middle beyond an indistinct submarginal
line and also at costa before apex; fringe purplish with pale tips; cell-spot minute,
brown.

Hindidiiij : whilisli at liase, jiale fulvous in marginal area, with two jiairs
of purplish streaks, quite short on inner margin above anal angle ; cell-spot very
obseiire.

Underside whitish yellow, fulvous along costa and beyond outer line of fore-
wing; more faintly in hindwing; a brown blotch at anal angle of hindwing.

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lliail, thdvax, ami abJomeii yellow, vertex and .sLoulilers paler; thorax and
dorsum tinged along middle with fulvous.

Ex])ai]se of wings : 3U mm.

1 cJ from Huatuxco, Vera Cruz.

DifFers from tyjiical Sici/a in having the hindniargin of forewing strongly
cri'iiulate and forming a hlunt sc^nare j)rojection lietwcen veins ;"> and (i.

360. Simopteryx obliterata sjici'. nov.

Foreirhiii : dull olive yellowish, with coarse grey strigae in places ; costal area
broadly streaked with pale chestnut brown; two ditfuse i)ale lirownish clouds on
liindniargin, one from before apex to middle of hindmargiu, the other from vein 4
to anal angle; a small erect blotch on inner margin at two-thirds, brownish with
grey strigae ; lines marked only on costal streak as dark outwardly oblique marks
at one-third, one-half, and two-thirds ; the lirst is preceded and the third followed
by some j.ale lilac-grey scales and a narrow white line on costal edge; before the
apex is a brown i)atch edged by a short white line representing the submargiual ;
cell-spot marked by a few whitish and grey scales intermixed; fringe brown with
some whitish scales along margin below ai)ex, at middle, and above anal angle.

Ilimlichui : with the grey strigae fewer; cell-sput grey; white marginal scales
reaching from ajiex to middle.

Underside bright yellow tinged with Ihlvons, and with large coarse brown
s]ieekling; costal area washed with whitish; cell-spot and subajiical streak white;
basal area and a submargiual fascia constricted in middle fulvous, with dense browu
speckling ; hindwing with cell-spot black.

Face and pal])i externally brown; vertex and antennal shaft lilac grey;
shoulders dull olive yellow with the tips dark; abdomen like wings; patagia
brighter yellow; jiectus and palj)i internally bright deep yellnw.

Expanse of wings : 50 mm.

1 c? from Rio Solocame, Bolivia, I'-Jnii ni., January I'.iOl, wet season (Simons).

Distinguished at once by the absence of all lines except at ('osta.

361. Sphacelodes quadrilineata.

l'<,lUi (jii-i(hil!iii;ilii Warr., X:,r. ZnoL vii. p. ii-1, ? (I'.IUO).

Tin' original t\pe was a ? from ('achabf, Ecuador. Along with a second ?
tVoiii S. Javier, ]{. C'achabi (Flemming k Miketta), there has also come a S ,
lukiii by the same collectors, from I'orondalet, Ecuador, which shows that the
species must lie referred to Sphaceloda Gnen.

The cj expands 37 mm., and is therefore larger than the ? . Instead of the
large roiuiil orange discal spot, which is so conspicuous in the hindwing of the ?,
the cJ has merely a small dot. In all else the sexes are alike on the u]iperside.
But below the whole surface of the c? is covered with rough velvety brown-blaek
scales, exce])t along hin<lmargins and at apex of forewing, which are brownish
ochreons. The foretibiae are clothed with a fringe of dark hairs and the fore-
femora with a curled wisp of ochreons brown hairs, while the coxae bear a large
patch of long curleil straw-coloured scales. The antennae of the S are biiitctinatei
the pectinatinLis straight and regular, but harilly so lung as in S///iac. culneruria
lliUj., the type species.

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Tmetomorpha gcii. ikiv.

Foretdiiq : with costa roiiinlly protiiberiUit at base, incurved at. iiiiilille; apes
shortly prominent ; hindraargin ol)li(pie outwards and snbcrenulate to vein 3, then
incurved and shortly excised and oblique inwards to anal angle.

llimhriiiq : with hindmargin dee[)ly excised between vein 3 and anal angle,
veins 3 and 4 ending in strong blunt teeth, 5 and 6 iu smaller teeth.

Antennae simple in ? ; bipectinated in c? ; palpi quite short, porrcct, blunt ;
tongue and frenulum present.

NeHratioi) : forewing, cell half as long as wing; discocellular concave; first
median at one-half; second at nine-tenths; radials normal; 7, 8 stalked; !), IM,
11 coincident, anastomosing with 12; 12, 11, 10, separating at rcgidar intervals,
i) subsequently anastomosing with <s to form the areole ; hindwing with costal and
subcostal approximated for half of cell; 7 before angle of cell; no radial; medians
as in forewing.

Type : Tmetomorpha hitins Druce {Ennomos).

362. Erilophodes indistincta spec. nov.

Vofi'iriiKj : greyish olive, thickly covered with blackish speckling; the
markings blackish, but very indistinct; first line from one-sixth (if costa, oiiliipie
outwards to submedian fold, then vertical to one-third of inner margin ; outer
line from three-iifths of costa, oblique outwards to vein 4, then inwards and waved,
to two-thirds of inner margin ; sabmarginal line zigzag, much obscured below,
bluish white and conspicuous at costa jireccded by an irregular Idackish shading,
and followed also by blackish, except between veins 3 and 4, where there is a
jiale greenish grey patch; black marginal sj)ots between veins ; fringe olive fuscous,
with pale streaks beyond the veins below the middle, between them above; cell-
spot distinct, of black raised scales.

Hinilwii/i/ : shining, whitish grey, with diffuse black marginal border; an
interrupted black marginal line; veins witli ])ale spots at their ends; fringe mottled
dark and light.

Underside glossy white, speckled with black; black marginal borders, that on
forewings reaching to one-third from apex along cnsta, with a white marginal patch
in each below middle ; cell-spots black.

Face and palpi fuscous slightly mixed with white; vertex, shoulders, and
patagia grey; abdomen blackish above, whitish beneath; antennae blackish, the
])ectiuations short and regular, the apical third simple; metathoracic tuft black.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
1 c? from Ouaca, Sta. Marta, June— August (Engelke).

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THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH-WEST ISLANDS WETTER,
ROMA, KISSER, LETTI AND MOA.

By ERNST HARTERT.

rpHE Dutch have givLMi the name of the South-West Ishuuls to these and other
-L ishimls to the north and east of Timor, and in this term include also Dammer,
or Dama, in the Banda Sea. In a former artiele {Xoi:. Zoo/. lUtlO, jiji. 12-24) 1
have described the birds from Uammer, therefore I do not mention them here
again, and shall discnss only the birds of those islands where our indefatigable
correspondent Heinrich Kiihn has collected. He visited the islands of Wetter,
Roma, Kisser, IMoa and Letti. Unfortunately he was so far not able to go to
Babber, which ditlers faunistically considerably from the more western islands,
and to Sermatta, of which nothing is known at present. On the other hand he
made by f\ir the best collections ever brought together on Wetter, Letti and
Kisser, and visited Roma and Moa as the first ornithological collector.

Onr knowledge of the avifauna of these islands has hitherto been very im[ierfeet.
The first birds sent to a European museum were some collected by D. S. Hoedt,
one of the famous collectors of the Leyden Museum, who visited Wetter, Letti
and Kisser between 1863 and ISOS. He discovered some very fine species, but
the number of species collected by him was very small. A few birds were sent
more recently to the Dresden Museum by J. G. Riedel from Wetter, Letti, Babber,
Tiuang, and Dawelor. Luang is a small islet between Leikor and Sermatta,
Dawelor close to Babber.

In 1896 and 1S97 Karl Schildler sent large and fine collections to lieyden
from Kisser (38 species), Wetter (54 species), and Babber (31 species), altogether
244 skins and 173 in spirits. This was indeed a large increase, and it seemed
that not very mnch conld be left on the three islands for a bird collector.

Nevertheless we induced Mr. Heinrich Kiihn to try his luck; and not only
did he send the first birds from Roma and Moa, but also on Letti, Kisser, and
especially on Wetter, very many additions were made, among them some unexpected
novelties, snch as Mi/zomda Imehni, Calornis kuelnii, and others.

As jiractically the whole material known until the beginning of this century
(with the e.xception of the few specimens in the Dresden Museum) was preserved in
Leyden, Dr. Finsch Impjiily resolved to give a list of the birds known from all these
islands, and wrote an excellent article : " Systematische Uebersicht der Vogel der
SiUhvest Inseln," in vol. x.\ii. of tlie "Notes of the Leyden .Museum," pp. 225—309,
plates 3—5 (1901). This contained 123 species, including those from Dammer (52).
From Wetter he enumerated 5s, from Kisser 35, Letti 21, Babber 37. Needless to
say, Dr. Finsch's account has been of Die greatest value to me during my work,
especially as he had so many types Ijcfore iiim ; still more needless to say that it is as
consrienliousjy written as all the works of its author. Nevertheless my conclusions
(inter in various cases from his. Ornithologists will be aware without my statement
that this is due to our different views of treatment of closely allied forms. Dr.
Finsch acknowledges only species, and still raises the question : species or not
species? I recognise not only sjiccies, but also subspecies (geographical forms).

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Very slight diflferences are liy Dr. Fiiiscli not considered sufficient for '"specific"
separation, while for me no differences an' too slight for " subspecific " separation,
if connected with geographical separation. My subsjiecies (geogra]ihical rejiresenta-
tives) are either disregarded by my oi)iionents or treated as sj)ecies. This difference
is not one between Dr. Finsch and myself, but that between two schools of
ornithologists, of which much has been said and more will be said in another place.
But apart fmm my different mode of studying closely allied forms, the larger
series collected by Mr. Kiihn have sometimes given me the advantage over
Dr. Finsch, who often had a few specimens only. Frecpiently where he had one or
two I had before me six, eight or more, and where he had four, five or six, I had
twenty-nine, thirty or forty sjiecimens or more, and from several more islands.
From Wetter Kiihn sent 84 species (an increase of 26 to those known), from Letti
57 (an increase of 36), from Roma 6n (none known before), Bloa SS (none known
before), and also from Kisser many more than formerly were registered.

Wetter (Weeter or Weeta) is the largest of the islands visited. It is not
much naore than forty kilometres north of E. Timor. Its fauna is mostly Timorese,
Init there are some very striking peculiar forms, such as Alopecoenas koedti,
Sjj/u'cot/irres //'//loleuciis, Sfit/mafops iiottihilis, Mi/zomela kmhni, and some very
strongly marked subspecies. Wetter is ajiparently of very old volcanic origin,
with high and piirtly bare monntains. A great portion of the island is covered with
tamarind-trees, mixed with a tall tree with smooth white stems and ver\' small leaves ;
mider the trees grow grass and many thorny creepers. Kiihn says that he never
saw a country with so many thorny creepers, trees and bushes. They were a great
trouble. The rare Cliaraxes was always found among the thickest thorn bushes,
and it wa? almost impossible to catch them on account of the thorns, which stopped
jirogress of man and net. The steep hills resemble heaped-up masses of dihris,
and are mostly but thinly covered with green, though in the valleys and on the
more sheltered slopes grow many kinds of lemons, sweet citrons and mandarines.
In Ajiril should have been the rainy season, but rain fell only a few times, so that
there was great drought. In addition to this affliction, locusts were devastating the
plantations and smallpox was decimating the natives. On Kisser the latter disease
killed 120(1 of 86UII inhabitants. Wax and honey from the numerous wild bees,
sandalwood, lemons, goats and buffalo-horns are exported. Mr. Kiihn was very
unlucky on Wetter. The drought caused scarcity of food and the dust was most
disagreeable. The northern side of the island could not possibly be visited, on
account of the hostility of the head-hunters, who ari.- very strong and indomitable
and were not attacked by the smallpox. The first collection, made in April 1961,
of 516 skins and 606 lepidoptera, was entirely lost in shipwreck, but the result
of the second stay in September and October 1902 was similar as regards birds,
though lepidoptera were theu very scarce. Fever attacked Mr. Kiihn and all his
men very severely, and one of the latter died afterwards. Besides the species
sent, Mr. Kiihn saw, but failed to obtain : (1) a kind of swallow ; (2) llfilinxtur
indus iiitermedius ; (13) a Cuculus {^ intenmdius) \ (4) a gull ; (5) a Monarcha
{J iitoriudus) ; (6) the Strix from Kisser ; (7) the Mnnia from Kisser ; (8) a kind of
Dkaeum {^) \ (9) a large white heron ; (10) Sci/fhrops iiovachollandiac \ (11) a
grey heron ; (12) a light grey heron with black edges to the wings. According to
native reports a small parrot, fh/pochnrmo.'^i/iia or Nasiterna (? !) occurs, but this
seems very doubtful.

Roma (Itomah or Teralta) lies about 27 miles E. of Wetter, 21 miles N.N.E.

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of Kistier, and is aliimf twelve luili's lon^'. It is vt-rv mouutainons, and Kiiliii thinks
it consists of several ancient volcanoes. He found several warm and even hot
snl|iliiirons springs. Sulphnr occnrs in some ])laces. Kiihn says he came across
basaltic and tradiytic j)illars ; while in other parts of the isle, esiiccially on tiie
sontli side, coralline liaiest(.n(' predominates. Ferrn^inons sand or iscrine and lar;Lrc
shinjiles or boulders of sulphide of lead are freipient along the shore. Hoina is
well woiidi'd and fertile. The greater part of the jiopulation are Christians, the
rest are devoted to the '• opolare " or cult of the ancestors. The men wear mostly
only a belt, the women (at least the heathens) only the Malayan "sarong" and
a short blackish bluejacket ("kabaya"), dyed with indigo. All the women are
experts in weaving. Tortoiseshell, copra, green snail-shells and wax are e.xported.
Of mammals Kiihn noticed only wild j)igs, cnscus, a parado.xnms, rats and mice.
Of reptiles many large ])ythons, a green poisonous snake, several harmless
snakes, and some lizards — among them a flying one— were seen. In addition to
the birds sent, Ilnliaiifiir iii'lun intermedius, Haliai'tus leucogaster, and a large
owl were noticed. Very few insects were about, on account of the continued
drought.

Kisser (Kissa) lies south-eastward of the east end of AVetter, and about lo
miles north of the east end of Timor, and is about five miles long and lour miles
wide. Its summit is about 805 ft. high. It is fertile and well inhabited.

Letti is about 23 miles E.N.E of the East Cape of Timor, 3.5 miles .S.E. by E.
from Koma, and about eight miles in extent. It is fertile and well wooded, though
sometimes suffering from drought.

Bloa is separated from Letti by a cliannel four miles in width ; it is about twenty
miles long. On the N.E. part of the island is a higii mountain 41(10 ft. high ; the
rest is generally flat and coralline, with little cultivation on the 8. and S.E. sides.

As I have said before, collections were unfortunately not made ou the more
eastern islands, Sermatta and Babber. This is the more regrettable as the avifiinna
of Babber differs considerably from that of the more western islands, being, in fact,
in many instances very similar to that of Tenimber. Needless to say, the islands
nearest to Timor have more Timorese forms than those farther east. TJie following
list will show what is found on the various islands. It would seem that the
avifauna of the islands visited by Kiilm is now fairly well kiuiwn, and I hope that
he will, when recovered from his attack of malaria, also visit Sermatta and Babber.

GALLINACEAE.
1. Megapodius duperreyii Less. A; Garn.

Mit/iiliiKliiis (hiiierreyii Lesson et Ga.ra., Bull. Sri, Xtil. viii. p. 113 (IH-iti: Dorpy, New Guinea);
Finsch, Xiitrs Lnjilfu Miis. xxii. p. .302 (Wetter, Babber).

Jlr. Kiihn smt 4 from Wetter, collected in September iuid October 1002
(Nos. iiTul, 570U', 5T7o, 5853) and 12 from Koina, July, August 19o2. (Nos.
6247, 5248, 5240, 533u, 5385, 538fi, 5387, 538s and 4 without numbers.) "Iris
coffee-lirown (dull and bright), feet orange-red with brown on top of toes
(yellowish vermilion with brown toes), bill dirty orange (ilirty yellow)."

2. Gallus ferrugineus ((im.).
\\'ild fowls were met with in great numbers on AVetter, but the great
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tbey are feral. Some of these birds, in fact the majority, are indistinguishable
from Gallii.s Ji'/Ti/(^/ne/is from India and China, though some have very short
tarsi. Probably either wild-caug-ht G. ffrrugineits have been introduced, or more
likely a race of domestic fowl descendant from Gallus ferrugineus has run wild
and thus tlie jungles of Wetter are inhabited by an apparently quite wild fowl.

About the nomenclature of this species see Nor. Zool. 1902, p. 21s, and
" Aus den AVanderjahreu eines Naturforschers," p. 11)0.

3. Synoicus raaltenii (S. Mall).

Penlix Rdiiltfiiii S. Miiller, Verh. Nat. Grsrii. A'nI. Be-., Lriiiil- eii Yolkmlimth-, p. 158

(1839-44 : Timor).
Syiiijicus Saalte/ii Finsch, Noten Leytleu Muf. xxii. p. 302 (Kisser).

Common on Letti, November 10(12. (Nos. 5904— .5900, 5967, 60.55, G087,
(i0><8, 042.3 — 6420.) " Iris c? ¥ burnt-sienna red (dark burnt-sienna red, dark
chocolate red), feet yellowish ochreous, liill ash-grey with black tij)."

Moa, 4 c??, December 1902. (Nos. 6301, 6302, 6409, 6410.)

Wetter, 6c??, September— October 1902. (Nos. .5579, 5580, 5720, 5871 —
5873.) 1 ?, 16. iv. 1901. (No. 3751.)

Kisser, 7 ad. 2 pull., April— May 1901. (Nos. 3877, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4033,
4076, two pulli without numbers.)

The latter are above brown, each feather with a buffy white shaft-stripe,
a brown-black subterminal liar and some such spots nearer the base, head and
neck uniform brown, underside paler, and with smaller, more spot-like blackish
markings.

All these birds belong to the typical raalttniii, not to the pale Savu form.

HEMII'ODII.
4. Turnix maculosus (Temm.).

Ilemipiiflhix mwuloxus Temminck, Pig. el GaUhi. iii. pp. C31, 757 (Australia).

New to these islands. Dr. Finsch has predicted its occurrence.

7 c?? ad.. Wetter, April 1901, September, October 1902. (Nos. 3763, 5577,
5578, 5719, 5859, 5868, 5869.) "Iris brownish white (yellowish white, whitish
o<'hreous, najjles yellow), feet oclireous, bill below and often basal portion above
yellowish, rest blackish brown."

1 c?, Kisser, .5. v. 1901. (No. 40lo.)

4 cJ?, Moa, November— December 1002. (Nos. 6202, 6203, 6300, 6307.)

COLUMBAE.
5. Ptilinopus cincta cincta (Knip & Tomm.).

Oilumha CInrta Knip and Temm., Piyeuux i. p. U%. pi. 23 (1808—1811 ; locality uncertain. AVe
must accept Timor as the typical locality, this being the only island where it was obtained,
except later on on Wetter).

Plilojiiis i-iiiftuK Finsch, N'ole.'i Lq/il. Mux. xxii. p. 292 (Wetter).

Very common on Roma and Wetter.

Mr. Kiihn sent 7 from Wetter, 30 from Itonia, the former collected in
October, the latter in .Inly. (Nos. 5119—5123 and 5181—5186, from Roma,
5559, .5560, 5709 — 5713 from Wetter, the rest without numbers.) "Iris Imrut-

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fiidina red (dark vennilion), fVet Miiisli crimson (pale vinlct, dirty violet), Ijill
snlphnreous."' All these specimens ai)iioar to be indistingnishabie from those
from Timor, tlionjrh of the latter I oonld only compare six specimens.

i'k Ptilinopus cincta lettieusis .Sclileg.

PlilopKS eiiicliin lellieiisitt Sclilegel, Xeilerl. Tijihrhr. Di,rl-, iv. p. 'J (IH7I : Letti).
Pliltipiis letlleii.sis Finsch, X(,leii Lcijihn .Viis. xxii. p. '2',i;i (partim : Lctti only, not Babber).

r.c. lettiensis is evidently only l;ii(i\vii fnmi Letti and Jloa, as well as from
Lnang, according to Jleyer. The binls from Babber and Dammer, as we shall
see, are different, while the locality Timorlaut is (jnite donbtfid ; Meyer described
a yonng specimen received from there throngh Riedel, bnt not a second specimen
has come to hand from Timorlant of this rather conspicnons bird, therefore the
locality is most likely erroneons. Kiihu sent : 7 J ? ad. from Moa, November
1902 (Nos. 014.-)— 6150, G158) ; 9 c? ? ad. from l.etti, November V.WZ (Nos.
6021—6024, 0047, 6048, 6081—0083). " Iris bnrnt-sienna red, eyelid chromeons,
feet iinr]ile, bill yellow."

7. Ptilinopus cincta ottonis snbsp. nov.

DiflPers from P. r. h'ttiemis at a glance by the colour of the tail, which has
the slate-colonred basal portion less extended, not sharply separated in a straight
line from the yellowish-white terminal ])ortion, bnt more or less irregularly,
gradually merging into the latter, which is thns more extended. The rnmp and
upper tail-coverts are olive-green instead of slate-grey with a greenish tinge,
as in r. c. lettiensis.

Ihih. Dammer and P.abber. Tifpe, S ad. Woeloer, Dammer I., 4. xi. 1898
(No. 953 n. Kiihn coll.). Named in honour of Dr. Otto Finsch.

When writing about the birds of Dammer Island, A^ov. Zoo/. 19o(i, p. 21,
I united the Dammer specimens with F. c. lettiensis on the strengtli of a male
from Babber (Bebber), received as P. c. lettiensis from the Leydeu Museum. Dr.
Finsch, Notes Lei/den Museum, xxii. ji. 293, fully described the difference between
the Eabber and Letti specimens, but did not give a name to the former. It
may be added that the extent of the dark and light colour on the tail as well as
the colour of the rump varies, and that some of the specimens are somewhat
intermediate and not easy to name without knowledge of the locality, but they
are only a few, and a close examination always shows where they belong, at
least one of the distinguishing characters being nearly always well marked.

The seven forms of Ptilinopus with attenuated first primary, blae-black or
black pectoral band and pale apical band to the rectrices are of one "type,"
agreeing in their principal features, and replace each other on varions islands
of the east. They are in my opinion best treated as subspecies of P. cincta.
They may be distinguished as follows : —

Breast, neck and head white with more

or less yellow or buff tinge or pow-

d<'rcd with p:ile grey : 2.
Breast, neck and head bluish grey, only

ui)iier throat and band separating the

liliu'-liiick pectoral linnd white : 0.

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Abdomen biue-giey .

4,

o.

Abdomen yellowish olive-green : 3.
Breast and neck peppered with grey

Breast and neck white with lemon tinge : 4.

Terminal bar to tail slate grey, only
about ~ cm. wide ....

Terminrd bar to tail greyish white, over

3 cm. wide : 5.
Rump slaty, tinged with greeny, jiale tip

to tail sharply separated

Rnmj) olive-greeny, pale tip to tail more
extended and not sharply separated .

P. c. alliyutor Collett, /'. /. S.
1898, p. 354 : Alligator
River, N.W. Australia.*

P. c. eeeretti Eothsch., Bull. B.
0. C. 1898, p. 34 : Alor and
Pantar.

P. c. ciiicta (Temm.), Piyeons
i. p. 58 : Timor, AVetter and
Rom ah.

P. c. lettiensis Schl., Ned.
Tijilsclir. T)ierh. iv. p. 9 :
Letti and Jloa.

Slightly larger, wings more blue-)ilack

Slightly smaller, wings more greenish

P. c. ottoiiis Hart., Daniraer and
Babber.

/'. r. alhocincttis Wall., P. Z. S.
1863, p. 490 : Flores, Sum-
bawa, Lombok.

/'. c. balii'iisis Hart., Xoi\ Xool.
iii. \i. 553 : Bali.

P. c. everetti is not so closely allied to P. c. lettiensis as Dr. Finsch {Notes
Leyden Miis. x.xii. p. 294) appears to think, the band to the tail being less
wide and darker grey ; the peppered grey neck and chest make it distinct
enough to be called a " good species " by those who are not very generously
disjioscd towards subspecies.

8. Ptilinopus xanthogaster roseipileum subsp. nov.

[C'oluiiiba Xanlhujitixter Wagler, Sysl. Ar., Cnhimhn spec. 2',l (1827: E.x Temminck ''Celebes"
errore. I accept Banda as the typical locality, as Temminck originally described .3 from
Celebes and '.i from Banda).]

Plilopiis .ranlhnguster Finsch, Notes Leijitm Miisemn .\xii. p. 201. (Kisser, Wetter : errore, uon
P. xdiithogasler a-niifhugaskr).

All specimens from the islands of Roma, Moa, Kisser, Letti and Wetter
differ from P. x. xanthogaster from Banda, Key, Dammer, Taam, Tenor,
Manggoer, Koer and Timorlaut in the following characters : —

The pileum, instead of being light lavender-grey, is of a light cream-colour,
in fine sjiecimens beautifully tinged with ros}', the concealed median portions of
the feathers pale yellow. The middle of the throat is of a paler lemon-yellow,
the narrow yellow line bordering the pileum extends more distinctly to the

* With tbe exception of the two type fpevimen.- in Norway our specimen seems to be the only
one in Europe.

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lores and lower jaw, the foreneck does not seem to beeome so light as iu ver}-
adult typical xunthogaster.

{Type: No. 5384 Koma, 11. viii. 1902. H. Kiibii coll.)

0 j ? , Roma, July, August r.io2. (Xo.s. 5173, 53:2—5375, 5380, 5384, 5406.)
5 (J ?, Kisser, April, May, .Juue 1901. (Not numbered.)

7 (J?, Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 0138— 0140, 0271, 6272, 6319,
6320.)

8 <J?,Letti, October, November 1902. (Nos. 5893—5895,6068, 6084—0086,
6496.)

7c??, Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 0702—5708.)

"Iris orange (oclireons, yellowish ocliredus, reddish ochreons, dull orange),
feet olive-grey f])lumbeons grey, olivaceous), bill dirty green (pale green, olive-
green, dnll blackish, base below light)."'

Young birds have the head and neck more or less greenish grey, as in
P. .'/•. j-(tntlw(jasti'r.

1 have not seen examples from Babber, but I suppose they might belong to
the typical .niiiif/ioi/aslt'r, the birds of Bablier being often the same as those of
Timorlaut or Dammer, while different from those of the more western islands
(Letti, Kisser, 5Ioa, Roma*). (Dr. Riodal obtained Pfilinopus icrdlacei on
Babber. Cf Meyer, Abh. Isis 1884.)

'.I. Carpophaga cineracea I'Temm.).

Oihimha ciiicntren Temtninck, PI. C"l. 00:-! (183.'i : Timor).

8ix sjiecimens were collected on Wetter in April 19nl and Scjitember 1902.
(Nos. 3749, 3757, 3775, 5548, 5549, 5550.) " Iris whitish yellow (chromeons),
feet reddish dark grey (greyisli black, reddish black), bill slate-black (slate-
grey), greyish or slaty below."

Q'liis rare i)igeon has hitherto only been known from Timor. AVe have no
Timor sj)ecimens to comj)are. 8exes alike.

10. Carpophaga rosacea (Temm.).

CiiUimhu riisarra Temminck, PI. Col. 678 (18:1,'): Timor).

Curjiojihagii rasncea Finsch, A^'oles Leijdeu Muxetim xxii. p. 295 (Wetter, Kisser, Letti, Babber).

Mr. Kiihn found this wide-spread pigeon common on Romab, Moa, Letti,

Wetter and Kisser.

15 J?, Roma, July 1902. (Nos. 5025, 5230, 5236-5239,5247,0418, the

rest without numbers.)

0 c? ?, Moa, November— December 1902. (Nos. 6207, 6233—6235, 6377, 6417.)
7 cJ ? , Letti, November— December 1902. (Nos. 0045, 6095, 0098, 0478—6481.)
7c??, Wetter, April 1 901, September— October 1902. (Nos. 5542—5547, 3750.)
10 cJ ? , Kisser, Ainil— June 1901. (Nos. 3885, 3886, 3969-3972, 4055, 4079,

4084, 40.S5.)

" Iris burnt-sienna red (dark scarlet, scarlet), eyelids and nostrils crimson,

feet bright crimson (brownish crimson, purple, pinkish crimson, pinkish jjurple),

liill ash-grey (slate-grey)."

• Ib Ntrv. Zool. 1901, p. 113. under llie lieading of J'tilinoj/un riridis, 1 mentioned, among otliers,
two females from Uoraiu, Manowoka group, which, however, are females of Ptilhwpiis viniUi
prasinorrhoui, which is also found on the Key Islands, Tooor, Uoramdaut, Kisoei and Kilsoein.

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There is a great variation in the amount of vinous tinge and greyish hue
underneath, and the specimens from Kisser are near!)' all lighter. They are,
however, mostly in very fresh plumage, and geographically there can be no reason
for a different race to inhabit Kisser.

11. Carpophaga coucinna concinna Wall.

Gtrpopliaf/ii lunriiini Wallace, Ibis 1865, p. 383 (JIatabello, Saagir, Banda Ke) ; Finsch, Notes
Lei/flrn M'iseiiin xxii. p. 294 (Babber).

Kiihn found the typical C. conrimia common on Roma, in the month of
July (Nos. 5242 — 5246, fonr without numbers), and Moa in December 1U02
(Nos. 637U — 6376, 6410). " Iris chromeous (chromeons orange), feet pink
(bright crimson, crimson), bill black (slaty black, slate-black)."

It is curious that Kiihn shot on\y/em(i/e,s, with the exception of one immature
male.

1 disagree entirely with Dr. Finsch, who must be mistaken, saying that
specimens from Goram and the Key Islands are underneath lighter and have
been separated by me as C. concinna separata. The birds from Goram are
typical concinna, while those from Key were named by me sepat-ata, because
they differ very conspicuously, though single individuals are sometimes, bnt
very rarely, a little difficult to recognize. The two forms are typical subspecies
(geographical races). (Cf. Hartert, Nov. Zool. Is06, p. ISO ; I'JUl, pp. 93, 'J4, 112.)

12. Columba metallica Temm.

Columba inetallka Temminck, PI. Cul. .562 (1835 : Timor) ; Finsch, Nutes Leydeii Museum xxii
p. 22() (Babber, Wetter, Timor, Dammer).

This species was formerly only known from Timor, but Doherty, Everett
and Kiihn have discovered it on Snmbawa, Lombok and Dammer, iSchiidler on
Babber and Wetter. Kiihn has now sent a series from Moa, December 19U2.
(Nos. 6390— 64U3.) " Iris orange, eyelids and bare sjwt ronud eye crimson ;
feet purple, bill crimson, tip of upper bill whitish."

I have not seen specimens from Bablier, but the variations mentioned by
Dr. Finsch are found on the same islands among our series, and — especially as
the bird is also found on Dammer — I have therefore no doubt that the Babber
form is also typical C. ■metallica.

13. Turacoena modesta (Temm.).

Columba mutksta Temminck, PL Col. 552 (1835 : Timor) ; Finsch, Xotes Lojden Museum xxii.
p. 297 (Wetter).

Mr. Kiihn sent seven specimens from Wetter,'! ? 15. iv. 1901, 2 SSj'i ? ?,
September— October 19U2. (Nos. 3758, 5425—5428, 5850.) " Iris a narrow
yellow ring with a blackish crimson line around it ; bill and feet black."

All these examples are immature or in very worn plumage, and this probably
accounts for a less glossy neck and somewhat small size. Dr. Finsch sajs that
Wetter specimens do not differ from Timor ones.

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14. Macropygia magna Miill.*

Macrnpijriin imrfimi Wallace. P. Z. S. ISfi.^, p. 4?7 (Timor) ; Finsch, -Vofes Leyden MiiKciim xxii.
p. 2ns (Timor, Wetter, Letti).

Jlr. Kiihn sent a large series, as follows: —

L'5 J?, Roma, July 19(i2. (Nos. 511:2— r.ll5, MOS— 52U-,', the rest without
iinmbers.)

4 t? ?, Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6O50, G474— 6476.)

5 S ? , Kisser, April, May 1901. (Nos. 3878, 4030, 4040, 4081, 4002.)

7 (??, Wetter; 1 ?, 16. i. lOiil, 6 t? ? , September, October 1902. (Nos.
3752, 5655, 5787—5791.)

7 c??, Moa, November, December 19(12. (Nos. 0122, G123, 6221—0223,
6342, 6343.)

" Iris bluish grey with pale crimson outer ring ; feet crimson (pale crimson,
bright crimson, jjinky flesh, brownish crimson, brownish purple, purple-browu),
bill blackish (brownish, brown or black, tip of under mandible whitish or pale
horn-colour."

15. Turtur tigrina (Temm. & Knij)).

Ciihimhi lir/yinii Temm. & Knip, Pigenm i. pi. 43, p. 94 (Java, Timor, etc. : ISll).

Tiirliir tigrina Finsch, Notes Leyden Musmm xxii. p. 298 (Letti, Kisser, Wetter, Dawelor).

11 c??, Roma, July, August 1002. (Nos. 5125, 5174, 5318—5320, 5377—

5382, two without numbers.)

lie??, Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. 5881—5886, 6490—6493.)
St??, "Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5475—5478, 5648—5650,

5852.)

4 (? ? , Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6218, 6232, 6337, 6384.)

6 t? ? , Kisser, April, May lOnl. (Nos. 3868, 3784—3786, 3870, 3884.)

16. Geopelia maugeus (Temm. & Knip).

Columhd Muiigciis Temm. & Knip, Pigeniiit i. p. ll."), pi. .52 (1808 — 1811 : "les iles de

I'Australe-Asie." I accept Timor as the original habitat).
Geopelia Mavf/ri Finsch, Notes Leyden Mas. xxii. p. iW (Letti, Wetter, Kisser, Babber).

5 ad.. Kisser, April, May, June 1901. (Nos. 3802, 4051, 4052, 4106, 4107.)
4 ad. and immat.. Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5604—5607.)

« ad., Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. 5888—5892, 5966, 6494,
6495.)

6 ad., Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6128-6132,6385.)

14 ad. and immat., Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5076, 5077, 5124, 5143—
5146, 5251 — 5254, three without numbers.)

" Iris bright bluish grey (bluish grey), eyelids cbromcons, feet greyish violet
(puri)le-violet, violet), bill dark asli-grcy, tiji brighter, (bluish grey or grey with
greenish base)."

Geopelia striata is said to occur on ISabber and Dawelor (Meyer, Wik. Zool.
Bot. ties. Wien 1881, p. 772).

* Among tho birds collected by the late A. Everett in Soufli Florcs I find there is a specimen of
Maeropygia vnrlinll (= leptogramiuiea), a, J , October 1S96, sbot at an altitude of about 3300 feet. This
species is new to Flores. When recording Mr. Everett's collections, Xor. Ziiol. 1898, 1 mentioned (p. 49)

only Maernptjgin emilinna, of which several were sent. The single specimen of M. vnrlinU was

apparently overlooked. About the name iindiaU see Nov. Zool. 1901, p. 119.

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IT. Chalcophaps chrysochlora timorensis Flp.

[C'llninbii cliri/surhlora \Va.gler, Si/st. Ar., Oilvmba spec. 79 (18l'7 : fSyuonyms partly and habitat
("Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, China") erroneous ! Description solely referable to the Australian,
etc., form. I accept Australia as the typical habitat ! ).]

Chtilciiphajis timorensis Bonaparte, Comptes Reml. xliii. pp. (148, 949 (IB.'iC) : Timor).

CImk'iphaps i-Jirijsochlom Finsch, Xotes Lrydeii Mils. xxii. p. '299 (Letti, Wetter, Kisser, Bablier).

It is difficult to understand why recent authors have "lumped" the true
chri/socIUora aud iiinorensis. The former is found in Australia, New Guinea, and
small islands near it. New Hebrides, New Caledonia, the latter over the South-
West Islands, and on the Timor groups of islands. True cliri/soi-hlorn has the head,
neck and ujiper back vinous, even in the oldest males ; with or without a grey
wash on the occiput, and only a band across the shoulder, formed by the tips of
some of the lesser coverts, greyish white. Adult males of true timorensis, on the
other hand, have the hinder crown (from about the eyes), the occiput and a continuous
wide stripe along the hind-neck together with the upper back bluish grey, and
more white on the lesser wing-coverts, |the white occupying nearly the whole
lesser upper wing-coverts and forming a large patch. Thus far the two forms
are as distinct as possible, only immature males being less easily recognisable,
and should by all ornithologists of the " species-or-not-species-jieriod " be recognised
as two different sj)ecies, but this has generally been overlooked. Nowadays,
in the " subspecies-as-well-as-species-period," we look upon these representative
forms as subspecies and name them triuomially. Moreover the birds from the
South-East Islands (Koer and Manggoer) seem to be intermediate : they have the
large white patch on the shoulders as in timorensis, but there is not much grey
on the head, neck aud back. Our series of adult ?nales is, however, very small,
and I therefore do not name this form. From the Timorlaut and the Key Islands
we have only one adult male each. The former looks like those from Koer
and ]\Ianggoer, the latter more like chrysochlora, with au apparently small white
shoulder-stripe, as in the latter.

All our examples from the South-West Islands are true typical timorensis.
They are as follows : —

12 cJ ?, Kisser, April, May, June 1901. (Nos. 3873—3875, 3870, 3952, 4057,

4060, 4061, the rest without numbers.)

4c??, Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6316—6318, 6404.)

7 <? ?, Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5714—5718, 5656, 5657.)

7 (??, Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. 5926, 5959, 5960, 6043

6487—6489.)

21 J?, Roma, July, August, 19U2. (Nos. 5187—5191, 5216—5220, 5327,

5328, nine without numbers.)

Two of the lloma birds have some white feathers on the back and middle wing-
coverts, one also some on the breast, the other one white rectrix and one of the
under tail-coverts white. A male from Kisser (3879) has the lower flank-feathers
very pale bluish grey, and on one of them a glossy coppery spot. One from Wetter
has several round coppery spots on the abdomen. " Iris (dark) coffee-brown
(dark brown), feet purplish (violet, pale purple, crimson, in young birds pale
purplish, blackish 1)rown and greyish brown), bill coral-red, base purplish, in very
young birds brown or blackish."

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IS. Alopecoenas hoedtii (Schleg.)-

Leptoptila Eoedtil Schlegel, Nalerl. Tijihrhr. Dierk. iv. p. 30 (1871 : Wetter).
Alopecoenas Hoedli Finsch, Notes Leyilen .Uus. xxii. p. .'iiKl, pi. .').

This remarkable pigeon is ouly found on Wetter. It is of course not a
Li'ptojitila (a purely American genus), nor a Phli'i/oeiias, and must be jilaced in
a special genus : Alopecoenas Finscb.

Mr. Klihn sent II c?c? and 8 ??, shot on Wetter in April llJUl and
October 1902. (Nos. 3754, 5744 — 5752, 5699, the rest withoiit numbers.)

c? : "Iris dark coffee-brown, feet jiurjilish (violet, reddish violet, brownish
violet, purple), bill black."'

? : " Iris dark coffee-brown (brownish black), feet violet (pinkish crimson,
crimson), bill black."

Hitherto only known from the two specimens in the Leyden Museum, and
not even obtained by Schadler.

RALLIDAE.
I'l. Rallina fasciatus (Haffl.).

Rallus fasriatus Raffles, Trans. Liun. Soc. xiii. p. 328 (1822 : Sumatra).

? ad., Kisser, 22. iv. 1901 (No. 3799). "Iris burnt oehreous red, eytdid
bright crimson ; feet brownish red ; bill dull black."
(Rallina tricolor cicla Hart, is found on Dammer.)

20. Amaurornis phoenicurus leucomelaena (Miill.).

[Rallus phoenicurus Forster, Zonl. hid. p. HI, pi. 9 (1789 : Ceylon).]

GaUinula leucomelaena (1. Wiillur, Verh. Xat. Gesch. Xed. Lid., hind- en \'ultatL-undc, p. 158

(1839-44 : Timor).
Aniaiirurnh plwtidcura (errorc) Finsch, Notes Leyden Mas. xxn. p. 3U4 (Wetter).

A mistake has been made by Legge, Sharpe, Finsch and others in
uniting the form leucomelaena with Indian phoenicurus. It is perfectly true
that young ..1. ph. phoenicurus have not so much white in the face as adult
ones, but one must not compare the young of one form with the adult of
another, or vice ivrsei ; and altogether old birds show differences generally better
than young. If comparing the proper material we find that fully adult A. ph.
phoenicurus have a white forehead, .1. ph. leucomelaena never; that adult
A. ph. phoenicurus have the lores, a line above the eye and sides of neck
white, while adult ^1. ph. leucomelaena have the lores, all the space above
the eye, a wide stripe below the eye and the sides of the neck to about the
middle dark slate-colour, the lores and face sometimes spotted with white ; and
that A. ph. phoenicurus has the breast and abdomen white, the sides only slate-
colour, while .1. ph. leucomelaena has these parts slate-colour, near the white
rather darker, only a wide white band along the centre. This last diU'erence is
even seen in young birds, which have much more white along the middle of the
underside in A. ph. phoenicurus. The young of both forms have the dark portions
on the under surface brownish, the white shaded with dusky edges to the
feathers. We must distinguish three subspecies :

1. Amaurornis phoenicurus phoenicurus : adult birds with forehead, lores and
sides of head white, breast and abdomen mostly white. Hab. Indian Peninsula

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and Ceylon, through the Burmese couutries to Southern China, and through the
Malay Peninsula to the Sunda Islands as far as Sumbawa, also Celebes.

2. Amaiirornis plioenicurus insularis : adnlt birds with forehead, lores and
sides of head white as in No. 1, but breast and abdomen deep slaty black, nearly
black, with a white line along the middle. Had. Andamans and Nicobars.

3. Amauroniis pkoenicunis leucoimlaena : adult birds with forehead, lores
and sides of head white, breast and abdomen slate-colour, white along the middle.
Ilai. Timor group of islands from Flores, Timor, Wetter, Roma, and Tukan-
Besi Islands south of Celebes, the latter somewhat intermediate, as are apparently
also some specimens from Flores, though they are certainly not true phoeidcurm.

Mr. Kiihn sent the following specimens from the S.W. Islands: 2 tJcJ, 1 ?,
Roma, July 1002. (Nos. 5129, .'ilSo, 5320.) 2 cJ ad., 1 i juv., 3 ??, Wetter,
September, October 1002. (Nos. 5437, 5066, 5767—5770.)

" Jris burnt-sienna red (chocolate, scarlet, coffee-brown), feet dull browu
(pale ochreous, brownish ochreous, olive-brown), bill green with red frontal shield
and nostrils (dirty olivaceous witli vermilion base, bright green below)."

21. Poliolimnas cinereus (Vieill.)

Porphyrin cinereus Vieillot, Xouv. Diet, xxviii. p. 2'J (1819 : no locality).

d ad., Wetter, 27. x. 1002 (No. 5875).

22. Porphyrio melanotus Temm.

Purphijrio melanotus Temminck, Man. d'Orii. ii. p. 701 (1820 : " Nouvelle Hollande").

1 ? ad., Wetter, 13, x. 1002 (No. 5774). "Iris scarlet; feet reddish flesh-
colour with greyish joints; bill vermilion."

This bird seems to agree fully with typical mdanotm from Australia.

A specimen recorded by me under the name of " F. smaragdinus " from St.
Aignan belongs to P. melanotus. Dr. Sharpe {Cat. B. xxiii.) distinguishes between
"P. calctis" and "P. simtragdiiiHS.'" It is, however, clear that 7'. calms,
P. iiulicm Horsf. and P. smarw/diitus are synonyms of the Java-Sumatra form.
The birds called calvus have the thighs greenish, and in both se.xes and all
ages a verditer-blue chest patch, while in the birds I call P. melanotus only
the male seems to have this differently coloured patch, and the thighs are not
greenish blue, but blackish blue or purjilish blue-black, like the flanks. If this
view is correct there are two subspecies :

1. P. calvus calvus liSlO (iitdicus and smantijdiims synonyms) : Java, Sumatra,
Borneo to Celebes.

2. P.calcus melanot/ts l>i20 {sinara//di/ins Sharpe, Ca;*. fl.,but not Temm. (!)
synonym) : Moluccas and Timor group of islands to Australia, New Guinea, New
Zealand, and perhaps Fiji and New Hebrides.

LARIDAE.

23. Sterna bergii Licht.

Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, Verz. Dmibl. p. 80 (1823 : Cape of Good Hope).

5 t? ? ad., Moa, November 1902. (Nos. 0361—6305.)
2c??, Letti, November 19o2. (Nos. 6o41, 6042.)

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LI.VKOJ.AK.
~'4. Morinella interpres (^l>.).

Tn'mjii luterjircs Linnaeus, %s(. \ul. ed. x. (1758) p. 148.

? , Letti, 4. xi. Ii)(i2. (No. oU:i] .)

The generic uame Morinella (JSlo) has the priority over .'itn-jjsilas, which
dates from 1811. Brissou's " generic names" being inadmissible, ^Irewana cannot
be used, dating' from IMO ("Vicillol ).

Lahiiyinclhj.-i miles is mentioned liy Jiarchf wit/, iu ITol us occurring on Letti.
(Cf. Finscb, Sotcs Lrijdcn Mus. .\.\ii. p. :!n.:..)

x!."). Charadrius sqiiatarola (L.).

Trhiffi' siimiUiniln Linnaeus, .%»■(. Xal. ed. .\, p. 14'.l (1758).

Sijrialarola suhhirluctyla Finsch., Xoles Lei/drn .Uits. x.xii. p. :H>:t (ox Hiissel<iuist 17.i" I 1) (Kisser).

0 ?, Lettj, November, December 1902. (Nos. (ioOT — (Join, liuT'.i.)

1 ?, Moa, November lfHi2. (No. 027:1)

~'(i. Charadrius dominicus fiilvus CGiu.).
o c? ?, Letti, November, December lilO'J. (Nos. ;J'J54, 69.)5, .")Uo7, o'.loH, 6.)]].)

0 (J ¥, Moa, November, Deceujber 1902. (Nos. 0272, 6327—0320, 0412.)

27. Ochthodromus mongolus (Fall.).

Charatlniis uiuiignlns Pallas, h'fise d. versr/i. Pi-ov. Ihi^x. If. iii. p. 700 (17711: Salt Lakes of
Mongolia).

4c??, Letti, November 1902. (Nos. 5934—5030, 6064.)
2c??, Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6268, 0350.)

1 ?, Koma, 20. viii. 1902. (No. 0340.) This specimen has a rather thick and
short bill.

28. Ochthodromus geoffroyi (Wagl.).

Charadrius fjeoffrni/! AVagler, Si,st. Ar., C/iunidriiis no. I'.i (1827).
Ochthodromus Gei'fruyi Finsch, Xules Leydcn Mus. xxii. p. 305 (Kisser).

8 <??, Letti, November 1902. (Nos. 5932, 5933, 5937, 0062, 0063, (iOOO,
0067, 6093.)

0 c? ?, Moa, November, December loni'. (Nos. 6214, 0269, 0348, 0349, 6420,
0551.)

2c??, Wetter, September 1902. (Nos. 5409, 5470.)

1 ?, Roma, 10. viii. 1902. (No. 5402.)

20. Himantopus leucocephalus Gould.

Ilimantupus leucocejihilns Gould, P. Z. .S. 1837, p. 26 ; Finsch, Notes Ltijden .Vii.\ xxii. p. 306
(Kisser).

c? ad., Roma, 28. vii. 1902. (No. 5200.) " Iris scarlet, feet pink, bill black."
c? ad., Letti, 12. xi. 1902. (No. 0078.)

:!ii. Numenius phaeopus variegatus (Scop.).

Tuntalus varieijnlns Scopoli, Del. Faun. Flor. InsuVr. ii. p. 02, 1786 (ex Sounerat, Luzon).

2c??, Moa, November 1902. (Nos. 6154, 0300.)
1 ?, Letti, November 1902. (No. 0080.)

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31. Limosa lapponica uovaezealandiae ijray.
2 J<J, 1 ?, Letti, November l'.in2. CNos. 5927, 5028, 6077.)

32. Totanus stagnatilis Bechst.

Tolanug stagiiatilu Bechstein, Orn. Tatchenb. ii. p. 292 (Germany).

5c??, Letti, Xovemljer 1902. (Nos. 5950— 5'.»53, (iii4'i.;

33. Totanus glareola (im.).

2 6 6, ^Vetter, October I'.iui. (Xos. .j>'2'.i, 587 7.;
1 <?, 1 ?, Letti, November 19ii2. (Nos. .5938, 5939.)

34. Tringoides hypoleucus (L.).

8c??, Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. 5940—5944, 0059, 6o89,
6506.)

3c??, Moa, November, December 19ir2. (Nos. 6270, 6347, 6421.)

5c??, Wetter, 16. iv. l'.»Ol, October 1902. (Nos. 3744, 5730, 5731, .5828,
5878.)

5c??, Roma, August 1902. (Nos. 5367, 5370, 5403—5405.)

1 ? , Kisser, 3. i.K. 1902. (No. 5869.)

Dr. Finscli recorded it from Kisser, Wetter, and Babber.

35. Heteractitis brevipes (Vieill.).

2 6 6, Wetter, September I'.mi-.'. (No-. 5471, .■')472.)

30. Terekia cinerea (Guld.j.

Seolopax cimre/j Guldenst., Xov. Comni. Petrup. xix. p. 47.3, pL 19 (1774).

6 c? c?, Letti, November 1902. (Nos. 5945—5949, 6057.)
" Iris dark brown (blackish), feet chromeons (orange j, bill black, base pale
orange (dirty yellowisb, pale orange.)"

37. Limonites ruficollis (Pall.).
5 (? ? , Letti, November 19u2. (Nos. 5919—5921, 6060, 6061.)

1 V , Wetter, 25. x. 1902. (No. 5S27.)

" Iris brown (blackish browD;, bill and feet black,"

3>. Heteropygia acuminatus (Horsf.).

Totaiius aciiniiiialus Horsfield, Trang. Linn. Suv. Loml., xiit p. 192 (1821 : Java).

2 ? ?, Letti, November 1902. (Nos. 5937, 6052.) "

39. Tringa crassirostris Temm. & Schl.

Tringa crasgiroslrU Temminck & Schlegel, Faiuut Japon. p. 107. pi. 64 (1&47 : .Japan),
c? ?, Moa, December 19m2. rNos. 6330, 6346.)

40. Esacus magnirostris (Vieill.).

Oalicnemut mayniroitrU yieitiot, Xouv. Did. irilut. Snl, xxiii. p. 231 ("La Xouvelle HoUande ').

6, Roma, 25. viii. 1902. (No. 5409.)

2 66, Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6274, 6378.)

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?, Letti, is xii. I'.in-J. (X,,. (U'.iT.)

Barchewitz described in ITol a bird fruiu Letti, which was evidently Lohi-
vanellus miles (Bodd.)- d'- Finseh, yotcx Lei/di'ii Mui<. xxii. ji. 3i)o.

PLATALEAB.
41. Platalea regia ftunld.

Platalm reijhi Gould, P.Z.^., 1837, p. lnij ( Australia).

Platalea intermedia Grant, /A/x, 1889, p. 62 (Port Moresby, Xew Guinea).

?, Wetter, 20. x. 1002. (No. (iii'JO.) "Iris chestnut brown, feet black, bill
black with pale tiji."

AKDEIDAE.
42. Ardea sumatrana HafH.

Anha siiiiwtrana Raffles, Trans. Linn. Sot: Land., xiii. p. 32.5 (1822 : Sumatra).

c? ad., Roma, 2i). viii. 1002. (No. 5407.) "Iris golden yellow, feet pale
chromeons, bill black, laterally greenish, pale greenish along the bottom."

4;i. Notophoyx novaehollandiae (Lath.).

Ardta novaehollandiae Latham, Jnd. Or/i. ii. p. 701 (1790 : Australia).

? ad., Roma, 14. vii. 1002. (No. 5141.) " Iris whitish yellow, feet ochreons
yellow, bill black, dirty white below towards base."

44. Nycticorax caledonica (Gm.).

Ardea caledonica Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 626 (1788 : New Caledonia).
Nycticorax calediinicus, Finsch, Notea Leijden .l/us. xxii. p. 308 (Kisser).

S ad., ? ad., ? jnv., Moa, December 1002. (Nos. 6353—6355.)
S ? ad., Roma, 2U, 27. viii. 10ii2. (Nos. 5408, 5826.)

45. Demiegretta sacra (Gm.).

Ardea sacra Gmelin, Syxt. Nat. i. p. lilO (1788 : ex Latham, Tahiti insulisque vicinis) ; Finsch,
Notes Leyden Mins. xxii. p. 308 (Kisser, Babber).

1 i (slate), 2 ? ? (white), 1 ¥ (slate). Kisser, May lOnl. (Nos. 3073, 3074,
4U06, 4U07.)

1 ? (white), 1 ? (slate), Roma, July 1;mi2. (Nos. 5203, 5204.)

1 ? (slate). Wetter, 27. ix. 1002. (No. 57iiii.)

2 c?c? (white), 2 rfc? (slate), 4 ? ? (slate), 1 ? (white), 1 unsexed (white), Moa,
November, December 1902. (Nos. 5265, 6276—6278, 6356—6359, 6415, 6416.)

40. Bubulcus coromanda (Bodd.).

Cancroma curoniitnda Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 54 (178;^ ; ex DaubenUm, Coromandel coast).

<?, Wetter, 26. .x. 1002. (No. 5870.) " Iris whitish sulphureous, with black
outer ring, feet black, bill yellow."
S, Moa, 25. xi. 1002. (No. 6275.)

ANATIDAE.
47. Anas gibberifrons >S. Miill.

Anas ijibherifrons S. Mull., Verh. Nil. Gcr/i. Nd. ImL, Luml- en Vi,ll.cnl:unde,p. 150 (Celebes).

2 cf ad., Wetter, 14. x. 1902. (Nos. 5771, 5772.) " Iris chocolate red."

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STEGANOPODES.
48. Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (Vieill.).

Jli/drocomx melnnnleiicos Vieillot, Nuiir. Diil. d'llht. Nal. viii. p. 8 (1817 : Australia).

2 ? ?, Letti, 11, 12. xi. 19U2. (Nos. 6038, 6U39.) " Iris whitish grey, feet
black, liill dirty orange, with blackish ciilmen."

4'.i. Sula sula (L.).

Pihrmius Sula Linn., .9i/s/. Nat. ed. xii., i. p. 218 (1700 : ex Brown, Sloane, Brisson, Catesby,
"Habitat in Pel,ago indico." Typical locality West Indies — Jamaica : ex Brown, Sloane).

? imm., Letti, 8. xi. 1902. (No. Gu4o.)

KAPACES.
5ii. Spizaetus limnaetus floris Hart.

Splzaeliis liiniuiiftus fliiris Hartert, Nor. ZmA. v. p. 4C (18'J8 ; Flores).

One specimen, marked c?, Wetter, 14. x. 19U2. " Iris pale brownish yellow
with darker veins, feet yellowish white, bill ash-grey with black tip." (No. 5867.)

This bird must be my -S'. I. floris., or a still larger subspecies. It is in an
immature dress, presumably in its second or third year. The upper surface is
deep brown and white, the feathers being dark brown, paler towards the base,
those of the hind-neck and back white with large deep brown tips. Tail brown with
blackish-brown bars, primaries blackish brown, the inner webs irregularly barred
and mottled with white and brown towards the bases. Underside white with
blackish-brown shaft-stripes, the feathers of the thighs deep brown, spotted, some
almost barred, with white. Under wing-coverts blackish with a few white spots,
axillaries black-brown, bases and some spots and patches white. Dimensions very
large, larger than in the two adult types of 6'. I. floris. Wings 495 (or nearly 500),
tail 270, middle toe without claw 55, metatarsus 95, bill from cere to tip in a
straight line 35 mm.

51. Haliaetus leucogaster (Gm.).
Dr. Finsch mentions it as coming from Kisser. We have received no specimens,
I might almost say " fortunately," considering how common a bird it is and how
much space it takes up in the drawers.

52. Haliastur Indus intermedius Gurney.

IJaliaxtiir mlfniiediiix Gurney, Ihix, ISl'i.'i, p. l'8 (.Java).

Dr. Finsch mentions Kisser, Babber and Wetter. We received it from Kisser,
Moa and Letti, all typical intermnliiis, underneath white with narrow black shaft-
lines, like hair-streaks.

Kisser, 4 ad., 1 med., April— May. 1901. (Nos. 4044, 404(3, 4o47, 41o3, 4121.)
Letti. 1 cJ ad., 10. xi. 1902. (No. 0094.) Moa, 1 <£ ad.,2 juv., November-December
1902. (Nos. 0201, 0204, 0414.)

" Iris dark brown in young and old."

53. Astur torquatus wallacii Sharpe.

Axlur millacn Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. .!/«,<. i. p. 128, pi. V. (1874: typ. loc. Lombok. CtNoi: Zool.
ITO.S, p. I'll).

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Aslur turrjuutiis Fiuscb, .N'l./cs f.ci/ikn .\/tix, xxii. p. 2;>il.

Aflur torqualus Temm., /'/. C"l. 43 (1821 : I accept Timor as the typical loc. See -Vor. Zool.
1003, p. 2a).

Wetter: J ? adult, 3 c?, 2 ? juv., September, October 1902. c? ? ad. : « Iris
siilpbiircous (cbromeous), feet ochreous yellow (ochreons), bill black with ashy
h&i>Q, cere yellow." (Nos. .J43U, 5431, ofiSS, 5059, 5060, 5001, 5:73.)

Letti : 0 c?, 3 ? ad., 3 ? , 2 tj .juv., November— December IDO-J. (Nos. 5902,
0049, 6009, (iOTl, 6072, 6074, 6482, 0483, 0484, 0485.)

Moa: 4 ?, 2 cJ ad., 2 juv., November, December 1902. (Nos. 6152, 0200,
634i», 0300, (■>3Ci7, 038s, 0397.) Juv. : " Iris dark brown (brown, sulphureous), feet
wax-yellow, bill black with asby base."

I cannot do otherwise than unite these birds under the name of A. t. wallacii.
They agree perfectly with the series of that form from other countries, as opposed
to the ty]iical .1. t. torqiiatiis from the Timor group. It is very ])ecnliar that the
latter is also found on Alor {Xor. Xool. 19n3, p. 20), but the specimens iVdin there
agree withj4. t. tonjiiutiis and not with A. t. irallacii. The two adult Wetter birds
are less reddish, somewhat more pointing to A. t. torquatiis, but not quite typical.
In my article (jnotod above I have stated how the various forms of ^1. t. torqi/ritiis
dili'er, and I do not desire to follow the convenient course of uniting them. In no
case, however, is ,1. t. s/im/Mir/ix/.'^ more distinct tliau icijUkcH.

54. Tinnunculus moluccensis occidentalis Mey. k Wigl.

[Tinmiiiriiliis muhicceiixis Bonaparte, Cmis/i. Ar. i. (IH.'iO) p. '27 (ex Hombron & .Tacqu. : Amboina).]
Tiiminiculu.i moliiccensix dcriilrnlalis Meyer & Wiglesw., .IWi. tinil JJri: .1/h«. Ihesilfii, lS',M)-i, No. 2,
p. 8 (Celebes— typ. loc. — Timor, Sumba, Flores).

Kisser, common, April— June 1901. (Nos. 3850, 3881, 3954, 3955, 4041.)
AVetter, 1 ?, 17. x. 1902 (No. 5851). Letti, 4 " c?c? " November— December 1902.
(Nos. 0030, 0037, 0070, 0480.) Moa, November— December 11" i2. (Nos. 6152,
6236, 6237, 6341, 6394, 0395, 0553.)

T. m. occidentalis is very distinct from T. m. moluccensis. All the above birds
are very light.

55. Falco peregriuus melauogenys (iouM.

Fuho mi'lfi.)iiffieii>/'< Gould, /'. X. S. iX'd7, p. 13'.l ( .\ustrali:i).

1 ? juv., Wetter, 5. iv. ]9ol. "Iris black, feet sulphnrcous, bill grey with
black tiji and pale yellow nostrils."

There can be no doubt that 7nela)ifl//nii/.<i is the Australian form of /■'. /in-eyrimis,
and it is onlv consistent to name it trinoniiallv.

STRIGES.
50. Pisorhina manadensis tempestatis snbsji. nov.
The Scops-Owl from the island of Wetter lurnis a distinct race by itself. It
differs at a glance from P. m. albitentris by the greater uniformity of the underside
in the greyish-brown jihase, the abdomen not diflering from the breast, while in
/'. »«. alhireiitri.s the abdomen is more or less white, contrasting with the rufous
breast, and by the finer markings on the npperside, where the black markings in
the middle of the feathers are not so bold, it thus resembles P. m. manadengis
much more, and in fact differs (in the greyish-brown phase) from the latter almost

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ouly in the finer, less bold biacic marluugs on the upper siirCaco. I'liL thc're is aiiotliur
pecnliarity : while in the other forins (/'. m. mcuiadensis and P. m. alliii-entri!i)
fox-red specimens are very rare (of /'. m. manadensis only on record two in the
Leyden Mnsenm and a few in Dresden) or unknown (I find no record of a fox-red
F. m.albirciitri)!), they are evideijtly as nnmeruus as the brown ones ou Wetter. Of
four specimens from Wetter in Leyden two belong to it, and of nine sent by Kiihu
four are fox-red. These four red specimens from Wetter are as different as two
species can lie from the brown ones, being bright fox-red above with narrow black
shaft-lines and spots, the breast pale cinnamon, with heavy brown-black spots in
the middle of the feathers, the abdomen beautifully mottled with white, cinnamon
and blackish. How these fox-red examples differ from those of .S'. m. manatlensia
I cannot say, but according to Dr. Finsch they are not essentially different.
Mr. Kiihn sent four brown males, one brown female, two fox-red males, and two
fox-red females, according to his sexing. They were obtained in Sejitember and
October 1002. " Iris snljihnreous, feet dirty grey or pale greyisii flesh-colour, bill
black, blackish or ilark horn-culour, lower mandible j)ale (or dirty) horn-colour."
(Nos. 5778—5784, 5786, 57Slr^)

Type : No. 5782, Wetter, 15. x. 1902. JI. Kiihn coll.

Dr. Finsch unites {Notes Lei/den Mtis. xx. jip. 173 — 177) P. w. matiadensis
and P. m. (ilhierntri.s, but if a series is compared the differences are conspicuous
enough. In Koti's f^ei/di'it ^fu■s. xx. ji. 177 he seems to cast doubts on my
JP. alfredi from Flores, which, however, must be kept specifically separate, because
r. ill. (dbircntriii occurs also on Flores — thongh alfredi may be the mountain
form. 1'. alfredi (as shown in my description and figure. Nor. Zool. 1808. pi. 1.)
differs from the various forms of P. manndensia by its almost uniform foxy-cinnamon
n]i])erside with large white marks on the scapulars, very fine mottlings on the
abdomen, a smaller and yellow bill (while in the red as well as in the brown
P. manadeniii^ and P. tempeatatii^ the upper bill is blackish, the lower whitish
or horn-colour), and the bareness of the lower jiart of the tarsus, this last cliaracter
not being shown in the jilate but stated in the description.

57. Ninox ocellata subsp. ?

The Ninox of the islands of Moa, Letti and Roma are very difficult to
understand. They are closely allied and, in fact (with tiie sole exception of a
little brighter rufous markings underneath), indistinguishable from the Ninox of
Savu, near Timor, which I have called N. ocellata (cf. Nor. Zool. 18U7, pp. 203,
264, 200). They are, however, all exactly alike in coloration and markings,
and differ only slightly in dimensions. They are above cinnamon-brown,
the hind-neck distinctly spotted with buff, scajiulars and wing-coverts with the
usual markings of Ninox boohook and ocellata. The underside is white with
rufous, or rather cinnamon-brown markings. The wings measure 208 to 225,
mostly about 215 mm. The iris is described by Mr. Kiihn as " whitish yellow
(whitish pale brown, yellowish with brown tinge, yellowish brown, dull brown),"
the feet as " ash-grey," the bill as black with grey base (bright grey with black
sides)." Generally they are smaller than ocellata from (jueensland; but these
forms are very difficult, and there seems to be a gradual merging from the birds
called " boobook " into those called " ocellata," and of both there seem to be
some more local races in Australia — for example, a very reddish one in West
Australia.

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2 6S, 2 9?, Moa, November— December 1902. (Nos. 0252, 0279, 6368>
G3C9.)

2 <?(?, 2 ? ?, Letti, November hWi. (Nos. 5963, 59G4, 5965, 6097.)

1 J, Uoma, 12. vii. lOOv!. (No. 5128.)

Ur. Fiusch {Ko/es Leijden Miis. xxii. p. 244) mentions Ninox scutulata from
Wetter ; bnt probably the bird belongs to another race, either the same as
1 have before me from Moa, Letti, Roma, or another one again. Large series
are wanted for a comj)lete study of these owls, and single specimens often cannot
be named witli certainty. The very much darker, less reddish ^Y. ■•icutulata is
not known to us as far east as tlio Sonth-West Islands, and is rather different
from ocellata, though finally they may all be looked upon as subspecies of one
form. Sino.r fiisra of Timor is a very distinct form with greyish pale ear-coverts.

58. Strix flammea javanica Gm. an snbsp. nov. ?

Mr. Kiihn sent three e.xamples from Kisser. They agree with one sent by
Mr. Everett from Atapnpu in Timor in 18U7, which I have recorded as Strix
ftammea subsp., without saying to which form it belonged, this being, in the
wenus Strix, often quite impossible without a series. The owls from Kisser and
Atapupu a.aree with N. /'. javanica in their size, powerful bill and very large feet,
the latter, if anything, being inclined to be more powerful still. The markings are
also the same; but many of the ./'a (««/('« are more yellowish, less greyish, and
the black and white spots are strikingly larger in the birds from Kisser and
Atapupu. On this account they will probably one day be separated subspecifically,
but the material at my disiiosal seems not numerous enough to warrant my
separating it already.

The Kisser birds are probably all males, two being marked so, the third
doubtful. On Kisser they uest on the rocks on the coast. The specimens were
shot in May and June 1901. "Iris dark brown, feet dirty white or yellowish
white, bill whitish. (Nos. 4120, 4103, 4l03rt.)

PSITTACI.
50. Trichoglossus haematodus haematodus (L.).

Psillacv.1 hirmidudus Linn., Mmit. I'laiif. p. 5-'4 (1771 : partim. We have to regard Timor as the
typical locality).

We have received a fine series from Wetter and lloma. Specimens from
these islands are not separable from the Timor form, although it is remarkable
(as already noticed by Dr. Finsch, JS'otes Lei/dcn Mas. xxii. p. 285) that they
have less frequently well-developed yellow concealed patches to the feathers of
the ujjper mantle, and hardly ever orange ones. Nevertheless, many specimens
iire aiisolutely identical with Timor ones. On the other hand, TricJioylossnx
haematodus jortis (^''ot. Zool. \S'.)x, p. 120) from Sumba is a well-marked sub-
species, distinguishable by its larger bill and general size (wing), and, if a series
is carefully compared, also by some slight colour-differences, as mentioned in my
original deseri|ition.

■^7 S't iul, Kom;i, .July, August 1002. (Nos. 5085—5097, twelve without
numbers.)

14 6 ¥, Wetter, April lOOl, September 19u2. (Nos. 3741—3745, 3747, 5438—
5443, 5023.)

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" Iris dark brown with oraiij:;e outer ring (blackish, blackish brown, with
brownish yellow, orange, or orange-yellow ring), feet blackish grey (dark ash-grey,
bright grey, olive-black), bill vermilion."

Some specimens have single orange and 3'ellow feathers on the throat and
crown.

7". h. haeinatodus is only known from Timor, Wetter and Roma ; T. h. fortia
only from Snmba.

Cu. Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis Vig. & Horsf. (? introduced).

Trichoglossus rubritorquis Vig. & Horsfield, Trims. Linn. Sue. Lond. xv. p. 291 (182G : Australia).

'Z ? ad.. Kisser, 10. v. 1901. (Nos. 4034, 4035.) "Iris orange-red with
brown inner ring, feet pale olive-grey, bill vermilion."

The occurrence of this form, quite typical, only known from North- West
Australia, on Kisser is very remarkable. It is, in my opinion, not possibly a
regular inhabitant of Kisser, but probably brought there by men, or else reached
the island as an exceptional visitor. It is, however, still more remarkable that
we have a specimen from Roma, which is intermediate between T. h. haematodus
and rubritorquis, though much closer to the latter. It was shot on Roma on
July 17th, 1902, and marked S, No. 5142. "Iris dark brown with pale orange
outer ring, feet olive-grey, bill vermilion." It is uuderneatli everywhere like
rubritorquis, the head is as blue as that of rubritorquis, only the hinder part of
the crown is green, the collar on the hind-neck is yellow as in haematodus, only
partly orange-red laterally, the ujjper back has the orange-red bases of rubritorquis^
and is partially blue, partially green. What is now the explanation of this
bird ? Can it be an aberration of T. h. haematodus t According to its plumage,
it is more likely a sport of rubritorquis ; bat how does that get to Roma ? Or
is it a hybrid of T. h. haematodus and rubritorquis ? If we accept that theory,
there remains the same question — How did rubritorquis get to Roma ?

61. Trichoglossus euteles (Temm.).

PsUlitcus euteles Temminck, PI. Col. 5("i8 (183.J : Timor).

Ti-iehnr/lnssiis euteles Finsch, Notes Lei/ileii }[iis. .xxii. p. 2Hi; (Letti, Wetter, Babber, Kisser).
(The genera Triehughissus and Psitteuteles are inseparable. I quite agree with Dr. Finsch in this
respect. Cf. hull. B. 0. Club, October 1903.)

I have tried to separate the birds from the various islands, but have not
succeeded. The specimens from Wetter are rather small and their heads very
greenish, but they are apparently not very old, and similar birds are common on
several of the other islands. The bills of very young birds are tinged with
brown.

20 (J?, Kisser, April, May 1901. (Nos. 3893—3900, 3944—3947, eight
wilhont numbers.)

Some of these birds have wide dark green tips to the feathers of the sides
of the abdomen, forming distinct bars. Similar specimens were sent from other
islands, but not freqneutlj'.

14 (??, Wetter, 14. iv. 19ul (Nos. 3765—3707, three without numbers),
September, October 1902 (Nos. 5520, 5521, 5520, 5024, 5750, 5757, two without
numbers).

The variations in the colour of the crown are very strange. Some (? oldest

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birds) have it Iii|;:lil (.live-yoilow, ntliois nlivc-trrcen, otlieff* again (yoiinser liinU')

irrecn.

0 cJ?, Moa, November— DecemWv linrj. (Xos. (J21o-021T, 0311, G;31-',
(5313.)

8 c? 9 , Letti, November 1902. (Nos. .5806-5903.)

Among these are the finest males, witli olive-yellow crown and partly yellow
abdomen.

16 c? ?, Roma, July 1902. (N"os. ."iKM— .')Uo, six without numbers.)

" Iris in adult birds orange (pale or reddish orange, pale sienna red, in the
brightest yellow S, No. .5900, Letti, vermilion), in young birds (Wetter, etc.)
greyish brown (brown, dark brown, greyish oelireoiis), bill vermilion (orange), in
young birds dirty orange (pale orange), feet greyish, brownish.

02. Neopsittacus iris (Tcmm.).

Psiltacui irk Temminck, P}. Col. 5G7 (1835 : Timor).
Trichoglosatis iris Finsch, Notes Leijden Mm. xxii. p. 287 (Wetter).

AVhlle fully agreeing with Dr. Fiusch in uniting the pseudogenns r.siffi'ideh:^
with Tricltin/los.HU.s, I cannot follow him in also putting into Tr/r/ioi/Zossiis the
very different Neopsittuctis iris. These birds do not have the elongated tail of
Tnc/iofflo.ssu.% and have a rather different bill (ef. Salvadori, Cat. B. xx.). As
far as I can see at present, the geuns Neopsittacus is well founded.

N. iris differs from jS\ rubripilctun in being considerably larger (wing 122—131
mm. against 110—120 in A', rtibripileum), in having the sides of the head generally
more greenish, the patch behind the eyes as a rule more purplish, the hinder
parts of the pileum with wide blue tips to the feathers, which are sometimes
obsolete, while they are absent or greenish in N. r aim pileum. No doubt the two
forms will be found to represent each other in various parts of Timor, though
their distribution is at present not clear.

All the Wetter specimens are typical iris.

16 c? ?, "Wetter, September 1902. (Nos. 5527—5530, six witliont numbers.)

" Iris orange-red (burnt-sienna red, yellowish orange), bill pale orange, yellow
below, feet ash-grey."

03. Geoffroyus personatus personatus (Shaw).

PsilUiciis personattdi Shaw, Hen. Zo,,I. viii, 2, p. 044 (IKll : ex Levaillant, " Nouvelle HoUande."

I accept Timor as the typical locality).
Geoffroyus persoitahis Finsch, Notes Lei/den Miis. xxii. p. 287 (Timor and Welter).

Dr. Finsch, I.e., declares that neither coloration nor size offers anything
constant to separate G. p. Jioresianiis, .>sHmhaeemis, and tjii/danac from typical
personatus. This statement is very surjirising, and undoubtedly incorrect. Mr.
Rothschild and I have {Nov. Zool. 19(il,p. 83) stated the differences of these
forms, and I can add that the/emale of G. />. personatus has never (judging from
seven .specimens) a red-brown head, as found in the females of //oresianus,
Siimbavensts and tjindaiiae. In every way G. p. personatus is most distinct
(smallest, lightest, the blue in tlie male not covering the n^-^e), \s'\i\\g Jloresiainis,
sumbavensis and tjindanue are darker and larger, the blue reaching farther down,
covering the whole najie. It is true that tjindanue is in colour exactly like
G. p. sumbarensis, but the wing is distinctly longer (11 specimens examined).
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wing-coverts slightly lighter, size similar or a little larger. This form is
certaiiily not easy to ilistinguisli, aud it' one is anxious to Iniu]), xnmhavensis and
tjinilanae might be nuited •^\t]i J/oresiann.i ; bat we do not advocate such work,
and in no case whatever can these forms he said to be the same as G. p. persoiiatus
from Timor and Wetter.

8 c?c?, 5 ??, Wetter; April lliOl (Nos. 3701, 3762, 3763), September,
October I!)(i2 (Nos. 5473, 5474, 5595, 5506, 5758— 576(1, three withont nnrabers).
(?: "Iris snlphiir yellow (whitish yellow), bill vermilion with yellowisli ti]),
blackish brown below, feet bright grey." ? : " Iris whitish sulphureous (whitish
yellow), bill dull black (blackisli), feet bright grey."

04. Ptistes jonquillaceus wetterensis Salvad.

[Psiilfinis joiiqiiilhiimis Vieillot, Xnnr. Dirt. xxv. p. 3;j2 (1817: New Holland, errore. I accept

Timor as the typical habitat).]
Ptidea toeltereusis Salvadori, Cut. B. Brit. Mus. xx. p. 484 (1801 : Wetter).
Plati/cercusjotiquillaceus Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. xxii. p. 291 (Timor and Wetter— errore).

The Wetter form must be distinguished subspecifically, as in the very adult
?nah'.^ even the ujijier wing-coverts remain about as green as the back, while in
the adult 7)!ales of F. j. Jonquillaceus the upper wing-coverts (except those
nearest the shoulder-bent) are greenish golden yellow. The females of the
latter also have a slightly more yellow tinge on the upper wing-coverts, and the
adult males have generally a conspicuously larger red patch on the wings. On
the whole F. j. jonquillaceus is slightly larger, wing about 1 cm. longer.
When comparing wrongly — i.e., ? of one form with c? of another, j'oung with old,
and so on, one can deny these subspecies, but nut otherwise.

1 have compared 13 Wetter specimens with 6 from Timor. Mr. Kilhn sent :
12c??, Wetter, September, October KM.I2. (Nos. .5444—5450, 5537, 5547, 5698,

three without numbers.)

" Iris dirty yellowish brown (orange, burnt-sieuna red, ochreous brown, dull
yellowish brown, cofl'ee-brown), bill orange or bright vermilion, tip and underside
more yellowish, feet blackish."

A female of Cacatua gqffini (Finsch) was shot on Kisser, but Mr. Kuhn
remarked on the label : " Does not occur here, probably escaped from a passing
ship."

CORACIIDAE.

65. Eurystomus orientalis australis Sw.

Eiirysloinus auslmlis Finsch, X'ntes Leyden Jlns. xxii. p. 280 (Wetter).

8 c??, Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6120, 0127, 6224—6220, 6314,
6315, 6411.)

2 <? ? , Letti, November 1902. (Nos. G092, 0472.)

2 ? ? , Kisser, April, May 1901. (Nos. 3953, 4036.)
1 c?, Wetter, 29. x. 1902. (No. 6100.)

ALCEDINIDAE.
66. Alcedo ispida floresiana Sharpe.

Alccdii Jlunsiana Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. IJJl (18'J2 : Flores).

On p. 25, Nov. Zool. 1903, I gave a key to distinguish the familiar races of
Alcei/o ispida. This key holds good for the majority of specimens, but occasionally

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specimens oi A. i.Jloresiana are found wliicli have the ear-coverts so mnch mixed
with black that they cannot be separated from A. i. hixpidohles, among which,
on the other hand, individuals with the ear-coverts greatly mixed with rufous
are not quite uncommou, though not frequent enough to tiirow doubt on the
validity of the two forms.

On Wetter and Koma typical .1. i. j/orcsiana is common, only specimens
fllSU and 5341 liave unusually dark car-coverts and closely resemble ^1. i.
hispidoides.

6 c? ?, Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5i)T4, 5(iT5, 5180, 5324, 5341, 5389.)
" Iris dark coffee-brown, bill in the males entirely black, in the /ctnnli's the upper
jaw black, lower rod (coral red), feet coral red (vermilion)."

2 cJ J, 2 ? ? , Wetter, September, October ltMi2. (Nos. 5501, 5022, 5679, 5C80.)
Soft parts as in the Koma specimens.

6T. Alcyone azurea yamdenae Rothsch.

Alci/oiie fKiirea ynmileMie Rotbschilcl, Bull. B. U. V. xi. p. I'lii ( Yamdena, Timorlaut Is.).

(J?, Roma, 24. vii. Iil02. (Nos. 5289, 529(i.) "Iris dark coflfee-brown
(blackish brown), feet coral red, bill black."

I believe these two birds must belong to the same form as the Tenimber
(Timorlaut) bird, .1. a. yunuknae. It is true that they are larger, wing fully
75 mm., thus being as large as A. a. pidchra from North Queensland, and that the
ti]i of the bill is not so largely and conspicuously brownish rufous, but the pnrplish
colour on the sides extends downwards to the flanks, and the coloration is
altogether very rich. More material should be examined from the Tenimber group
and from Roma.

68. Halcyon sancta Vig. & Horsf.

Hiilri/on snncta Vig. & Horsfield, Trans. Linit. Soc. Land. xv. p. 206 (1826 : Australia).

1 tJ, 2 ? ? , Risser, April, May, June 1901. (No numbers.)

5 cJ,?, Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 5021, 5839—5841, 5870.)
t? ? , Roma, July 1902. (Nos. 5071, 5215.)
S, Letti, 7. xi. i9u2. (No. 5972.)

69. Halcyon australasia australasia (Vieill.).

Alrfdo auslnihiMa Vieillot, Noiir. ]<i,i. il'/Jist. Xnl. xix. p. 419 (1818 : no locality given, but in
E/ir. Mfth. i. p. .'i'.l7 said to be from Australia! This is an error, and Timor, the oldest known
locality, must be accepted as the typical habitat).

Halcynn austi-alasiae Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. xxii. p. 281 (Syn. partim ! — Wetter).

The same form which inhabits the islands of Timor, Lombok, and Snmba (not
yet recorded from, but doubtless found on, Snmbawa) occurs also on Wetter and
Roma.

2 cJcf , 3 ? ?, Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5178, 5179, 6321—5323.)

4 (?(?, 4 ? ?, Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5482—5487, 5025,
5G26.) " Iris dark coffee-brown, feet dark grey, upper bill black, under bill white
with blackish tip."

711. Halcyon australasia interposita subspcc. nov.
Differs from its nearest ally llalojon australasia dammeriana by a paler
cinnamon-bnlf crown, hindneck and underside ; the bluish-green patch in the middle

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of the crown, which is small or large (though always smaller than in //. mixfyal-
asia australasia) ia H. a. da.mmi'riat)ii, is never large, but only small or almost
and sometimes quite (in four out of eleven) absent. Kuhn found this form on
Letti and Moa ; and, judging from Dr. Finsch's note {Notes Lei/den Mus. xxii.
p. 282), the form from Babber, which he quotes as H. a. dammeriatia, mnst belong
to interposita. (Type of //. a. infiTposita, No. r)2Sl, H. Kiilin coll., Moa, 2. xii.
1902, c?.)

5 ? , Letti, 27. xii. 19U2. (Nos. 6504, 6505.)

6 c?c?,3 ? ?, Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6211— (i2l;5, 6247— 6249,
6281, 6282, 6283.)

" Iris dark coflee-brown, bill above black, lower mandible white with
blackish tip, feet dirty (blackish) grey."

We are thus now acquainted with four forms of //. australasia : —

1. //. australasia australasia (Vieill.). Of larger size, whole pileum green,
cinnamon portions of plumage deep and rich. Timor, Lombok, Sumba, Wetter,
Eoma.

2. //. australa.sia dammeriana Hart. {^Nov. Zool. 1900, p. 19). Same size, only
a patch in middle of pileum blue, cinnamon parts as rich as in H. a. australasia.
Uammer.

3. //. australasia interposita Hart. About same size, only small patch in
middle of pileum blue, sometimes reduced to absence, cinnamon colour paler. Moa
and Letti, ? Babber.

4. //. australasia minor A. B. Mey. Smaller, almost whole pileum blue, size
less. Timorlaut. — It is a mistake to unite this form with H. a. australasia.
Not only is the size less (wing about 1 cm, shorter), but the cinnamon colours are
also much paler, apparently still paler than in H. a. interposita ; but only four
specimens have been examined by me. Dr. Finseh (^Notes Leijden Mus., xxii.
pp. 281, 2S2) attempts to show by measurements that //. a. minor, of which he had
no specimens, is not smaller than //. a. australasia. His method, however, is most
objectionable, as he measures the specimens of //. a. australasia himself, and
quotes those of H. a. minor as given by Meyer. This is apt to lead to
erroneous conceptions, because two ornithologists do not, as a rule, measure
equally. Moreover, the measurements thus confronted by Dr. Finseh do not
conclusively prove that //. a. minor is of the same size as H. a. australasia ; for
of the former he quotes the wing 72—76, tail 50-52, bill 37—38 mm. ; of the
latter the wing 77—87, tail 53—61, bill 33—42 mm.— always a much larger
average. Had all the specimens been measured by one person the differences
would be more conspicuous. The geographical distribution also demands differences
of the Timorlaut form, as between it and the tyiiieal //. a. australasia another form
(or other forms) is (or are) found— /.t-. //. a. interposita (and //. a. danmcriana).

71. Halcyon chloris chloris (Bodd.).

Ateedn chlvris Boddaert, Titbl. PI. Enl. p. 49 (PI. 783, 2) (1783, ex Buffon (locality on plato
erroneously Cape of Good Hope, but Buffon states that the correct locality is Buru), and
Latham (locality Buru). Typical habitat : Buru !

Ualajon chloris, Finseh, \ote.^ Leydeii .l/«s. xxii. p. 280 (Wetter, Kisser, Babber, Letti).

The treatment of the chloris group of Halcyon in the Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii,
is certainly very unsatisfactory, because it is split up into several species and
subspecies. It must either be united under one name (a very simple method, but

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not very scientific) or separated iuto a number of subspecies, each with a different
geographical distribntion (a very difficult and tedions treatment, but surely more
scientific, though at present not approaching full exactness and finality). What
I can least understand is why " Halcyon davisoni" the Andaman race, should be
a subspecies of " kumii " and not of chloris, and why these two are separated from
chloris by sordidus, the more than doubtful fomfeni, solomoiiis, and surensis.
Surely all these, as far as separable at all (also sordidm) are subspecies of chloris.
There are frequent intermediate colorations between "//iim/i" and chloris in the
same countries !

At present I can recognise the following facta : —

1. Specimens from the Moluccan Islands : Burn, Batjan, Tukan-Besi Islands,
Key Islands, South-East Islands, Banda, Tenimber (Timorlaat) Islands, Dammer,
South-West Islands (Koma, Wetter, Letti, Kisser), Alor, the Timor grnu]) to
Lombok, are generally (though not always) larger, have the ear-coverts more or
less distinctly blackish, and connected with a wide blackish nuchal collar, the
npperside somewhat duller and often rather darker greenish, the wings more blue,
and thus more in contrast with the back, the crown very frequently tinged with
brownish. As a rule the females are more brownish on head and back and have
the ear-coverts purer black ; but there are exceptions, unless some specimens are
wrongly sexed by the collector. This form is the Ilalojon chloris chloris (Bodd.).

2. Specimens from the Greater Sunda Islands (Java, Borneo, Sumatra), the
Malay Peninsula, and the Philijipines are generally (though not always) smaller,
have the ear-coverts greenish like the crown, or a little darker, but hardly ever
blackish, are above more uniform and somewhat lighter greenish, the wings less
in contrast with the back ; only a narrow blackish nuchal collar, or sometimes none
at all. The females seem to be also duller, more brownish above, with generally
darker ear-coverts. This form must be called Halcijoti chloris collaris (Scop.).*

3. Some specimens from the Pelew Islands, collected by Kubary, are, as far
as I can see, perfectly similar to Philippine //. chloris collaris (Scop.).

4. Specimens from the Abyssinian coast (Arafali, Dankali) are very close to
//. chloris collaris, but are a shade more uniform above and a shade duller ; the
tips of the wings, especially the tips of the inner webs of the primaries, are less
blackish, but more pale greenish, the outside of the wings not bluish. There is no
black nuchal collar, the ear-coverts are green ; but while the differences in the males
are very slight, the/emales differ more, being strikingly different from the males ;
the upper surface dull olive, the tail of a very pale, faint green. The name of this
form is of course Halcyon chloris abi/ssinica (Licht. ).

5. In one jdace only that we know oi—i.e., in the Talaut Islands, north
of Celebes — occur two forms, rather large ones and small ones, both alike in
colour. AVhat is the meaning of this ? The difference is very great, and there
are evidently no intermediate examples. Messrs. Meyer & Wiglesworth {Birds
of Celebes I, pp. 293—295) came to the conclusion that the small sjjecimens from
Talaut were "young and not full-grown." This conclusion is erroneous. The
young H. chloris is not " similar to the adult in cciloration, recognisable as young

• Alci-ilo collaris Scopoli, Bel. Flor. et Faun. Inmhr. ii. p. 90,1788, ex Sonnerat, Mart. pech. i
collier blanc des Philippines— tvp. hab. Philippinos ! No doubt all the hinls from the Philippines and
Randa Islands as far east of Java belong to this form, and. I think, also those fiom Celebes, though the
Celebes birds are oscillating, sometimes more like typical chluriH. Those from the Malay Peninsula m.iy
have to be separated, as among them occur tlie curious blue so-called Inimii. Andaman birds appear to be
quite similar, and also tliose from the Sunderbunds.

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by the small bill only," as Messrs. Meyer & Wiglesworth believed. Yuung birds
have the feathers of the forehead edged with buff, the upper wing-coverts edged
with buff, the feathers of the white collar, sides of throat, breast and abdomen,
and the whole breast fringed with blackish brown, the latter also tinged with
fulvous. Moreover, the bill is not only shorter, but differently shaped, the culmen
less distinctly ridged, more rounded, the whole bill clumsier, less pointed in
appearance, because not so long and yet thick at base. Nothing of all this is
seen in the small Talaut birds, and I cannot understand how Messrs. Meyer &
Wiglesworth conld conclude that they were young, after first believing that they
were " a race of Halcyon sancta." I can find only four specimens among our
237 examples which closely approach and partly reach the small Talaat birds in
either bill or wing measurements. The eight perfectly adult small birds from
Talaut (partly Cursham coll. and partly taken by Waterstradt's native collectors)
have the bills 35 — 40 mm. long, against 45 — 50 mm. in normal U. chloris, the
wing 94 — 08 mm. against 1()S — 120 mm. in typical normal //. cldoris. Whether
this small form on Talaut is a geographical representative of ckloris (though both
are found on Talaut, one might only breed there, the other be an occasional
immigrant), or a perfectly developed species co-existing with typical large cldoris,
or a local aberration — for it is only known on Talaut,— it will be desirable to
have a name for it, and I therefore name it herewith :

Halcyon enigma nom. nov.

Type: S ad., Lirong, Talaut, April 1897, John Waterstradt's natives coll.
No. 143 t.

6. Halcyon sordUlm is also nothing more than a subspecies of chloris, being
closely approached by some females of true cldoris ; and so is, of course, my
colonus, which is just a small edition of sordidus with different distribution.

Mr. Kiihn sent the following very typical // ckloris cldoris from the South-
West Islands : —

5 c??, Kisser, April— May 1901. (Nos. 3912, 3963, 4048, two without
numbers.)

14 c??, Roma, Jul}-, August 1002. (Nos. 5072, 5177, 5073, 5177, 5213,
5214, 5321, the rest without numbers.)
1 (?, Letti, 18. xii. 1902. (No. 6512.)

6 (? ? , Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 5619, 5620, 5854—5856, 5874.)

5 <? ? , Moa, November, December, 1902. (Nos. 6209, 6210, 6326, 6345, 6413.)

CUCULI.

72. Chrysococcyx rufomerus Hart. (?).

Chrysococcyx rufomerus Hartert, Xov. Zonl. vii. p. 21 (1900 : Dammer).
Chalcocnrcyx innominatus Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. xxii. p. 94 (1900 : Kisser).

It is not easy |to unravel the different supposed species of Chrysococcyx.
Dr. Finsch and I described almost simultaneously (though my article appeared
apparently at least a month earlier) a form which we named rufomerus resp.
innominatus, from Dammer and Kisser, Finsch from a single specimen, I from
a series of nine. I have no doubt that we have both described the same bird,
for we both refer to the very dark jiileum, wider dark barring of the
underside, and absence of rufous-cinnamon in the tail. Now we have received

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a series from Roma, Wetter, aud Letti, twentj-five specimens in all. They are
as puzzling as they can be. The majority from Roma aud Letti agree perfectly
with my nifomeriu^, but three from ^Vetter and some few from the other islands
have the second rectrix on the inner web almost entirely rufons-cinnamon or for
a great part of that colour. I wonld be willing to consider them more or less
immature, as they do not seem qnite adult (?), and there are intermediately
coloured ones between them and those looking exactly like ruj'onit'rns. But
there is one objection to this : our very young birds (without bars below) from
Dammer have no rufous at all or only a trace of it in the tail. What have we
now to conclnde? I think these birds with rufons in the tail must belong to
the same form as the adult ones looking like rufomen/s, because the markings
in the tail are absolutely the same ; they cannot well be poecilurus (which
Dr. Finsch records from Wetter), as that form has the outer rectrix differently
marked — at least, all those before me. Are these birds the same as those from
Dammer ? If not, we should have two forms only distinguishable by their young,
which is not probable I

(a) Form from Dammer : above very dark, bars below somewhat wide, no
rufous in tail in adult and young : n/fomerxs.

(b) Form from Roma (Wetter ?) and Letti : adnlt like that of r///omeriis,
younger birds with much rufons in the tail, first plumage not known. Probably
the same as the Dammer form. The Kisser bird (i/uiom/natus Finsch) might
belong to the Dammer one rather than to the Roma form ?

(c) Form from the Malay Penmsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Phili{ij)ines, and
Celebes : differs from (a) and (b) in the adult birds not losing the rufous in the
tail, bars below generally narrower : malayanus Raffl.

(d) Form from North Australia, parts of New Guinea, etc., Aru, to Timor :
with a great amount of rufons-cinnamon in the tail, even the outermost rectrix
not without that colour : poccilwus.

C. basalis is very different. It has much rufous iu the tail, is large and
pale, the middle of the abdomen unbarred.

C. pla(/osus is also a large bird, but more widely barred below, with no rufous
in the tail.

C. lucidus is merely a southern form of it and very much like the latter.

Of the bird I now call C. rufomerus Mr. Kiihn sent the following specimens : —

2 (?(?, Moa, 20, 31). xi. 19(»2. (Nos. (W.Vd, 63i)8.) These two birds are
like the adult Dammer birds, with wide bars below and hardly a shade of rufous
on the edges of the white patches on the second rectrix.

3 (?c?, 1 ?, Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6309, 031(), 6391, 6392.)
These four birds have narrower bars underneath and more or less, liut mostly,
a large amount of rufous in the tail.

4 (?(?, Roma, August 1902. (Nos. 5334, 5354, 5368, 5368a). These birds
have no rufous at all in the tail.

2 Si, 2 ? ?, Roma, August 1902. (Nos. 5029, 5332, 5333, 5335.) With
more or less (much to almost none) rufous-cinnamon in the tail, bars hardly
narrower.

4 (?(?, Letti, December 1902. (Nos. 6431, 6433, 6435.) Without rufous in
the tail, bars below wide.

1 S, Letti, 4. xi. 1902. (No. 5981.) Without rufous in the tail, but bars
narrower, upper wing-cpverts with pale edges (? immature). This specimen and

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No. 5368a from Roma liave the throat white, unbarred, all the others haviiifr
bars across the throat.

1 c?, Letti, 3. xi. \W2. (No. 50«2.) Widely barred as in the (supposed)
most adult birds, very dark above, but the inner webs of the rectrices (except
those of the outermost and innermost pairs) mostly cinnamon-rufous.

1 <?, 2 ??, Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. o9.s3, 60.56, 6434.)
These three birds have the upperside paler, somewhat more greyish, more narrowly
barred underside and much rufous in the tail.

3 S6, Wetter, 18. iv. 1901, 30. i.x. 1902. (Nos. 3773, 5567, 5677.) Somewhat
pale above, the inner rectrices (except the central) with much rufons, mostly almost
quite rnfons, bars not narrow.

" Iris varies (not in connection with the various plumages) from greyish
brown to chocolate and dark scarlet, e3'elids vermilion. Bill black, base of
mandible greyish. Feet dark grey (greyish black)."

73. Chrysococcyx plagosus (Lath.).

Ciiciilusplagosus Latham, Iiul. Oni. Sujjpl. p. xixi. (1831 : Australia).

1 ? (?), Wetter, 4. x. 1902. (No. 5678.) "Iris greyish brown, eyelids
yellowish, feet plumbeous, bill black." Very typical, very widely barred under-
neath, no rufous in the tail.

74. Cacomantis variolosus (Horsf).

Cucuhis mn'o/os»s Horsfield, Tmn^. Linn. S„c. xv. p. .SOO (1826 : Australia).

1 ? juv.. Kisser, 20. v. 1901. (No. 4062.)

75. Misocalius palliolatus (Lath.).

Cuculus palUolalus Latham, Iml Orn. SKjipl. ii. p. xxx. (1801 : Australia).

1 ? ad., Roma, 30. vii. 1902. (No. 5336.) "Iris black, hill black, feet
dark grey."

76. Cuculus saturatus Blyth.

Cuculus saturittux BIylh, Journ. As. Soc. Ben/j. xii. p. 042 (1843 : ex Hodgson MS.).

Mr. Kiihn sent six skins from Moa :

2 c? ad., 2 c? immat., 1 ? immat., 1 ? juv., IMoa, November. December 1902.
(Nos. 6288—6291, 6405, 6406.)

77. Eudynamis orientalis everetti Hart.

Eudi/mmis cyanm-epliahi everetti Hartert, Nor. Zool. 1900, p. 231 (Typical locality : Sumba).
Eudjpiamis orientalis ereretti Hartert, ibid. 1003. p. L'37 (Sumba, Timor, Alor, Wetter, Moa, Key

and S.E. Islands).
Ewhjnamis ci/nmn-rjihiilus (non Latham !) Finsch, Xuies Lcyden Museuui xxii. p. 283 (Wetter).

1 S ad., 1 " ?," Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 5766, 5830.)
" c? ?, Iris scarlet, feet plumbeous, bill greenish horn-colonr."

1 ?, Moa, 4. xii. 1902. (No. 6293.)

78. Centropus javanicus (Dumont). (Cf. Nov. Zool. 19o3, p. 24.)

Centrnpus benqalennis Finscb, Ni:trs Leyden Mus. xxii. p. 284 (Letti, Wetter).

2 S ad., 1 ? ad., 1 juv., Kisser, April—June 1901. (Nos. 3949, 3950, 4122,
4122 A.)

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3 jiiv., Letti, November, December KM)2. (Nos. 5969, 6473, fi47:.)

1 ? , jnv., Moa, 6. xii. 1002. (No. (1202.)

2 jnv., AVetter, September, October 10n2. (Nos. o(50U, 5G07.)

0 "jnv., Koma, Jnly, August 1902. (Nos. 5126, 5250, 5347—5350.)

MEROPIDAE.
70. Merops ornatus L;itb.

Meriips ontatiis Latham, /ml. dm. SnjijiI. p. xxxv. (1811 : .Vustralia).

6 t? ? ad., in fine jilumage, Kisser, April— June lOdl. (No numbers.)

2 (J ? ad., very worn, 4 jnv., without blaciv praepectoral patch, in first plumage,
Moa, November 1902. (Nos. 6133—6137, 6163.)

7 cJ ? ad., in fine plumage, Welter, Sejitember, October 1002. (Nos. ;").")10,
5642—5645, 5654, 56N7.)

29 c? ? ad., in good plumage, Uonia, Jnly — August 19(>2. (Nos. 5(i90, 5175,
5255 — 5201, twenty without numbers.)

3 S juv., in first plumage, Letti, November — December 10(i2. (Nos. 5970,
6462, 6463.)

CAPRIMULGIDAE.

80. Eurostopus argus Hart.

Eurmtnpun nrgiis (ex Rosenberg nom. nud.) Hartert, Cal. 13. Brit. .l/"».v. xvi. p. 608 (Australia,
Aru Is. : typ. loc. Aru Is., ex Rosenberg).

1 Sad., Roma, 16. vii. 1002. (No. 5127.) "Iris black, bill black, feet
reddish brown."

SI. Caprimulgus aflSnis Horsf.

Ciiprhtulgiis affinis Horsfield, Tnms. L,ii„. S,,,: xiii. p, 142 (1821 : Java); Finsch, Xulex Lei/den
Miis. xxii. p. 270 (Kisser).

3 c?c?, 1 ?, Kisser, May, June lUUl, Sejitcmber 10o2. (Nos. 3965, 3066,
4068, 5822.)

82. Caprimulgus manillensis celebensis Grant.

Oiprimidciu^ alehensh Grant, Ihi^ 1894. p. .'il'.l ; Hartert, Hi' 18911. p. 371 ; Hartert, Tinmrh Lhf.

i. p. M (1897) ; Meyer & Wigleswortb, B. Celebes i. p. .■?20. PI. XI.
Cajirimulgus miiiiileiisi.s Finsch, Xolcs Lnji/eii .!/«.<. xxii. p. 2TJ (Wetter).

The southern lurm of C. mnnillensis is so closely allied to C. manilleiisis
manilleitsis that it is best treated as a subspecies of the latter. It differs only in
the white tips to the lateral rectrices in the adult males occupying both wel)s and
being generally larger, the barring on the abdomen being generally coarser, and
generally, bnt not always, the rictal bristles being somewhat longer and stronger.
The immature birds, and ajiparently females, are hardly separable from manillensis
without comparing several specimens. Besides (Celebes (whence only two examples
are known at jiresent) this form is only known from Wetter, where Schiidler got
oiie. female, recorded by Finsch as manillensis. Mr. Kiihn sent :

1 c?, 1 ?, Wetter, October 1002. (Nos. 5777, 5847.) "Iris S dark reddish
brown (¥ dark brown), feet 6 pale brown (? dull brown-red), bill black, brownish
below."

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The c? has the lateral rectrices wliite on both webs for over 3 cm., but some
Philippine examples (No. a. 258 North Luzon, John AVhitehead coll.) have nearly
as much white, and only part of the tip of the outer web brown. The ? has the
tip of the outer web of the lateral rectrices grej--brown, only buffy-white near the
shaft, the inner white for 2J cm.

CYPSELIDAE.
■S3. Collocalia esculenta neglecta Gray.

ColhmUa neglfclii Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Uisl. xvii. p. 121 (Timor).
Collocalia neglecta Finsoh, Notes Leyden Mus. xxii. p. 279 (Kisser and Wetter).

1 think now that C. neglerta is best treated as the Timorese representative of
C. escuU'nta. It differs from it at a glance by the colour of the upperside, which
is not steel-blue, but brown-black with a greenish-blue gloss, in fresh plumage with
conspicuous, in worn plumage indistinct or invisible whitish fringes to the feathers.
Mr. Kiihn sent :

2 S ad., 2 ? ad., 2 pull., Kisser, April— May 19ul. The young birds are
paler, more greyish black, the whitish edges more conspicuous.

8 <? ? , Wetter, October 19U2. (Nos. 5o81— 5588.)

7c??, Koma, August 10O2. (Nos. 5350—5365.)

Two nests from Wetter are entirely composed of a kind of olive greyish lichen
while one from Roma consists of black hair-like palm fibre with a few pieces of
yellowish-green lichen. They are thus utterly inedible.

HIRUNDINIDAE.
84. Hirundo rustica gutturalis Scop.

Hinmdo gutturalis Scopoli, Del. Fhr. et. Faun. Insiihi-. ii. p. 'J6 (1786 : New Guinea).

One adult bird (No. 5590) shows the red widely interrupting the dark pectoral
band, others (more or less immature) show an almost complete baud.
8c??, Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 5590, 5860—5865.)

85. Hirundo javanica Sparrm.

nirwido javaniia Sparrman, Mus. Curls, ii. Taf. lOl) (178'J : Java) ; Finsch, Nutcs Lfi/dm .Vus.
xxii. p. 274 (Kisser).

10 c??. Kisser, May, June lUnl, September 1902. (Nos. 4o20— 4024, 5815—
5818, 5820.)

1 c?. Wetter, 6. x. 1902. (No. 5591.)

1 c?, Roma, 8. viii. 1902. (No. 5401.)

2 (? ad., 1 S immat., Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. 5977, 5978,
6436.)

1 (?, 2 ? ?, Moa, November, December 19o2. (Nos. 6159, 6160, 6333.)

86. Hirundo daurica striolata Temm. &, Schl.

Ilirundii sirliihil,! Temm. & Schlegel, Faumi Japouica, Ares, p. 33 (1850 ; Java).

3 c?c?, 1 ?, Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 5589, 5664, 5665, 5722.) "Iris
blackish brown, bill and feet blackish."

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87. Petrochelidon nigricans (Vieillot).

llirumh) nitirimnx Vieillot, yum-. Dili. tVHisl. Xnl. xiv. p. 523 (1817: New Holland).

IS, 1 J ? Roma, August lUn:.'. (Nos. 5366, 5383.) "Iris, feet ami bill
blaekisL."'

MUSCICAPIDAE.
88. Miiscicapa griseisticta (Swinh.).

Ilfiiiiihelidnii ririsehtictfi Swinhue, /'">■ W'A p. ?>'M) (China : terra typiea .\moy).
1 ?, Wetter, 2L'. x. 1902. (No. 5838.)
1 ?, Letti, 10. xi. 1002. (Xo. .5080.)

80. Cyornis hyacinthina kuhni snlispec. nnv.

[Miisrirnpa liijdi-inlhinu Temminck, PI. Oil. xxx. (Timor, Mus. Paris).]
C'l/in-iiis hi/ni liilhimi Finscb, Xnlfs Lri/iJeii Mim. .vxii. p. 2t)l (Wetter — errore).

c? like the S of C /n/ae. hjamnthina, but the forehead and feathers above the
eye of a very different colour : not of a bright blue with a slight juirjilish tinge,
but light sky-blue with an almost whitish tinge ; ear-coverts lighter, more blue,
wing-coverts and outer edges of quills also different, of a much lighter blue :
abdomen a shade darker rufous cinnamon. ? like that of C. hi/ar. Iii/aciiith>»a,
but lines across forehead and lores to above the middle of the eye rufous-cinnamon
like the underside, which is a shade darker than in the Timor form. Dimensions
similar.

Type 6 No. 5467, Wetter, 24. i.x. 1002. Kiihn coll. (Mus. Tring).

Mr. Kiihn, who discovered this fine subspecies, and in whose honour it is
named, sent

0 SS, 7 ? ?, Wetter, September, October 19o2. (Nos. .>4f)7, 5408, .5.574—
5570, 5660, 5670, 5736, 5737, seven without numbers.)

c? ?. " Iris dark coffee-brown (blackish brown), bill black, feet blackish."

This is a very pretty discovery, upon which Mr. Kiihn may be congratulated.
To the majority of ornithologists it will still be a "good species," but from a
modern point of view it is a " subspecies." Dr. Finsch noticed the cinnamon-rufou-i
forehead and lores, but he could not separate this form, as he had only two young
birds from \Vetter. The true li>/nciiifliiii'i is only found on Timor and Semao.

oo. Muscicapula melanoleuca westermanni Sharjic.

[Mnmicuimla mchninhwa Blytl), Join-n. As. Soc. Beitg. xii. p. 400 (1843: "Xepaul, Darjeeling").]
Musch-iii>iihi in'Hlrrmiinm Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 270 (Perak).

(Cf Hartert, iVof. Zool. 1902. p. 551.)

4 cJ(?, 1 ? , Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 5646, 5832—5834, 5876.)

01. Gerygone everetti wetterensis Finsch.

Genjgune wetlerensis Finsch, Notes Leijden .\liis. xx. p. 132 (1808: Wetter) ; id., nj) ril. xxii. p. 252.
pi. IV. fig. 2.

Differs from G. e. everetti only in the lesser extent of the black subapical
portion in the tail, ami even that runs very close in some specimens. The extent
of the white is not always less in extent, extending on the outer pair over both
webs in both forms.

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4 c?(?,:3 ? ?, Wetter, September, October, 19i)2. (Nos. Sfito, SiiTl, r.lirii—
5675, 5843). " Iris brownish white (pale ochreous, whitish ochreous), feet bh\ckish,
bill bliick."

All onr specimens are alike. They aj^ree with Dr. Finsch's description and
have a yellow wash on the sides of the abdomen, though they are fully adult.

92. Gerygone kisserensis kisserensis Finsch.

Geri/ijom l-isnercnsis Finsch, Nales Leijdni Mus. xx. p. 133 (18118 : Kisser) ; iJ., up. r!l. xxii. p. 253,
Taf. iv. fig. 1, figura mala.

4 (?(?, 4 ¥ ¥, Kisser, April— June 1901. (Nos. 3840, 385G, 3040, 4069, 4070,
4072, 4112, 4113.)

11 c?c?, 8 ¥ ?, Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6108—6110, 0168—
6176, 6264 ; the rest without numbers.)

4 c? cJ, 4 ¥ ¥ , Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6016—6020, 6o34, 6(t35.)

" Iris bright crimson (reddish white, scarlet, burnt-sienna red with whitish
outer ring), feet black (greyish black), bill black, base of lower mandible greyish."

Adult birds are white underneath, the sides widely rust-brown, young birds
are lemon-yellow underneath. I canuot separate those from Kisser, Moa and Letti.

93. Gerygone kisserensis sequens subspec. nov.
Very close to G. k. kisserensis, but above more richly coloured, the back and
wing-coverts more tinged with cinnamon-rnfons, the crown of a deeper tint. The
young are also yellow underneath.

Mr. Kiihn sent a large series from Roma.

6, Roma, 15. viii. 1902. (No. 5299a.) (Type of G. k. sequens.)
9 c? ad., 13 ¥ ad., 8 ad. with sex not stated, 6 juv., Roma, July, August
1902. (Nos. 5039—5042, 5152—5154, 5226—5228, 5296—5300, .5337, 5395—5397 ;
seventeen without numbers.)

" Iris burnt-sienna red (reddish grey, i)ale crimson), bill and feet blackish."
The nomenclature adopted here is not final, but only chosen to make evident
the close relationship of these forms. As we have no collection from Babber we
cannot say much about the form occurring there. Dr. A. B. Meyer (Tsis 1884,
jip. 7, 27) described from a single skin from Babber a Ger>/gone J'ulrescens, which
he compared with dorsalis; while Dr. Finsch {-Xotes Leyden Mus. x.xii. p. 254)
identified three spirit specimens from Babber with Gert/gone /;«/»«' (Hartert, A''or.
Xool. 19i)i), p. 15, Dammer), saying that Meyer's description oi fuhescens cannot
refer to his examples. It can hardly be said that these close and difficult forms
can with absolute certainty be named from a few sjjirit specimens, and even a
single skin will hardly settle the question finally, but I think it is quite possible
that the same form occurs on Dammer and Babber, and that Meyer's fulcesccns
is the same as my kiihni. The diagnosis of Meyer is certainly very short and
insufficient, but it does not exactly contradict that of kiihni. All these forms
are apparently subspecies, and should probably all be termed as G. dorsalis with
an added third name.

94. Rliipidura mfiventris pallidiceps subsi)ec. nov.
Differs at a glance from Rh. rufitentris ruficentris of Timor by the slaty-brown,
not black, pileum, and generally more brownish, less ashy n])per surface. The
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contrast to the slaty-grey back, while in palluUceps it is brownish grey, not much
ditt'erent from the back. In pallidiccps tlic abdomen also is paler, bnt other
differences are not ajjparent. The type of lUi. nt/'wentris pallidiceps is No. 5511,
■Wetter, 10. ix. 190','. lilt. r. palluUceps seems to be restricted to Wetter, whence
Kiiliii sent :

2 (?(?, 4 ??,!?, AVetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 55H)— 5513, 5647,
5648, .5736, 5728.)

" Iris blackish brown, bill and feet black."

I have been able to compare ten specimens with thirteen from Timor, and I am
much obliged to Dr. Finsch for lending me some siJecimeus from the Leyden
Museum.

f'5. Rhipidura setosa buttikoferi Sharpe.

RJiijiiiliira hiill'd-ofcri Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. i. p. xviii. (1892 : Dammer Island).
Rhipidura linedii Biittikofer, I^'otes Let/den J/iis. xiv. p. 'J3 (18'J3: Letti).
Rhipidura hnttikoferi Finscb, Notes Leyden Mux. xxii. p. 256 (Letti).

6 (? c?, 3 ? ? , Letti, November— December 1002. (Nos. 5987—5092, 6444, 0445.)
4 c? cJ,! ? , Moa, November— December liX)2. (Nos. 0112, 6113, 0162, 6382, 0383.)

0 cJc?, 3 ? ?, 1 ?, Roma, July- August 1U(I3. (Nos. 5049—5053, 5233—5235 ;
two without numbers.)

" Iris blackish brown, bill and feet black."

Specimens from Dammer, Letti, Moa and Roma are not distingaishable.

90. Rhipidura semicoUaris S. Miill.

Rhijiidiirn xemicolkiris S. MiLller, A'<«/. Gesch. Xid. hid., Land- en Vulkenk., p. 184 (Timor) ;
Finsch, Azotes Leydm Mux. xxii. p. 257 (Wetter).

4 cJ(?, 1 ?, Wetter, September, October 19U2. (Nos. 5556, 5557, 5723, 5724,
5842.)

"Iris blackish brown, feet black, bill blackish, base of lower bill whitish."

97. Rhipidura elegantula Sharpe.

Rhipidura elegantula Sharpe, Nutes Leyden Mus. i. p. 23 (1878 : Letti) ; Finsch, up. ril. xxii. p. 257
(Letti).

4 c? c?, 2 ? ? , Letti, November— December 1902. (Nos. 5993— 5995, 6440—6442.)

3 J<J, 3 ¥?, Moa, November— December 1902. (Nos. 0111, 0155, 6161,
0379-0381.)

" Iris blackish brown, bill and feet black."

7 S ad., 5 cJ ? ad., 0 (? ? jnv., Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5044—5047,
5155 — 5159, 5230 — 5232 ; six without numbers.)

1 have used binomials for these Rhipidurae, not because I am sure that they
are more than subspecies, bnt it requires more time than I can bestow on these
birds at present to work out their minute relntionship. No doubt several of these
forms must be subspecies of one species.

Dr. Finsch has separated the Babber form under the name of liliipidtira
reichenowi {Notes Leyden Mus. xxii. p. 257. pi. IV. fig. 3), because the forehead
of the type was cinnamon, not white. He kindly sent me the type specimen,
the others, having been sent in spirits, being of not much value. I find, however,
that the forehead varies in the Roma specimens from cinnamon to creamy white—
the white is, in fact, never pure in eleyantula, bnt always of a distinct cream-colour.

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I therefore cannot jiduiit the diffiTciico of reichenowi ; nor wonkl the distrilmtion
be comprehensible; lor, if reichenowi was distinct, we slionld have clfijantula on
Moa, Letti, Koma and Dammer, reichenowi on Babber.

The j'onng birds have the forehead always cinnamon, the hind-neck and npiier
back earth}' brown, chest greyish brown, the black jugular collar not developed.

98. Myiagra rufigula Wnli.

.Mi/iiii/m riifiijuhi Wallace, P. Z. S. 1803. pp. 485, 491 (Semao, near Timor).

5 <?cJ, 5 ? ?, AVetter, September, October lOU'J. (Nos. 55U2— 5.5U4, .55.51, 53.52,
5740—5743, 5830.)

4 c? cf , 5 ¥ ? , Roma, July, August \W1. (Nos. 5033, 5166—5168, 5302, 5351,
5353.)

"Iris brownish black, fei>t bluisli black (steel-brown), bill black, dark greyish
blue (hhiish grey) below."

99. Mouarcha inornata cinerascens (Temm.).

[Moiiarcha inornata Garnot, Voij. Cuiiii. Zuol. Atl. PI. xvi. %. 2 (182C) ; i. 2. p. 591 (1828 :

New Guinea).]
Dryiniijihila cineiasn-nn Temminck, /-"/. Col. 430 fig. 2 (182G : Timor).
Jilonurclia inorwilus Finsch, Xole.-i Leyden Mas, xxii. p. 258 (Kisser, Wetter).
Moiiarclui inornata kissrrensis Hartert, Nov. Zool. x. p. 2lj (1903).

3 c? J-, 2 ? ?, Kisser, May— June 1901. (Nos. 3959, 3999, 4014, 4098, 4098a.)
7 c?<?, 1 ? ?, Moa, December 1902. (Nos. 6294— 03i)ii, 0313.)
1 S, Letti, 28. xii. 1902. (No. 6422.)
1 S (f), 1 ?, Roma, 3. viii. 1902. (Nos. 5314,5315.)

" Iris blackish brown, feet dark bluish grey, bill slaty grey with paler tip."
Dr. Finsch came to the eonclusiou that '^ kisserensis" cannot be separated,
but I have {I.e.) shown how it differs from typical inornata. Although I have
not seen Timor specimens, there can hardly be any doubt that they are like
those from Wetter, Letti, Kisser, Roma, Moa, etc., if, in fact, the locality was
correctly stated by Temminck. I think, therefore, that the name cinerascens
must be used instead of kissercusis.

100. Monarcha trivirgata (Temm.).

Dryniophlla Irii^irgata Temminck, PI. Cut. 418 (1820 : Timor).

Mmtarcha trieirgatus Finsch, Notes Leyden Mas. xxii. p. 200 (Kisser, Wetter).

I ?,2 cJcJ, 3? (juv.) Wetter, September— October 19U2. (Nos. 5.553—555.5,
5727, 5835, 5837.)

27 cJ ? ad., 2 juv., Roma, July— August 1902. (Nos. 5034— .5037, 5169, 5170,
5229, 5301, and tweuty-oae without numbers.)

" Iris blackish brown, feet dark bluish grey, bill dark bluish grey."

CAMPEPHAGIDAE.

101. Graucalus personata (S. BIull.)

CMepyris persoimta S. Miiller, Verh. Natuurl. Gesch. Land- en VoUcenk. p. 190 (1839-44 : Timor).
Graucalus perxmiulus Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. xxii. p. 249 (Letti, Wetter).
Grauralus lettieusis Meyer, Aljh. his 1884. pp. 7, 28 (Letti).

II c? ad., 7 ? and juv. Roma, July— August 19U2. (Nos. 5116—5118,
5192—5194, 5202, 5263, 5326, and nine without numbers.)

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3 (?, 3 ? ad., Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 5695, 5753, 5761—5764.)

12 S ad., 1 c? juv., 1 ?, Letti, Noveiubor 1 002. (Nos. 5061, 6044, 600ii, 6091.)
2 (J ad., 1 ? ad., Moa, November 1002. (Nos. 6124, 0125, 0338.)
" Iris blackish brown (bill and feet black). The ? from Moa has an nnusually
blackish throat."

102. Graucalus melanops (Lath.).

Corvns rnelaimpn Latham, Gni. Synnjis., Sujij,!, ii. p, llij (Australia).

4 ? and jnv., Roma, July, August 1002. (Nos. 5264, 5342—5345.)

1 cJ jnv., 1 ? ad., Letti, November 1002. (Nos. 5017, 5918.)

2 i ad., 1 ? ad., 3 juv., Kisser, April— June lOoI. (Nos. 4090,4123, and four
without numbers.)

6 jnv., Moa, November 1002. (Nos. 6208, 6227—0231.)
" Iris deep brown (black), feet and bill black."

103. Edoliisoma dispar >Salvad.
Edoliisoma dispar Salvador!, Ann. Mux. Ch: Gennva .\ii. p. 329 (Type fromK^ Bandam).

1 S ad., 1 S jnv., 3 ? jnv., 1 ? ad., Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5098,
5174, 5176, 5331, 5325, 5301.)

" Iris 3 ad., black, bill and feet black. Iris ? ad., blackish browu, bill
and feet black."

These specimens arc rather large, the bills somewhat long. Specimens from
Dammer have partly large bills, partly not larger than those from the Key and
S.E. Islands.

104. Lalage timoriensis (>S. Midi.).

Cehlqiyris limoriens'/s S. Miiller, Wrh. Xat. Gcsrh. Xnl Iml., Land- en Vulkmhuiide p. 19U (1839-44 :

Timor).
LaUiije rieddii A. B. Meyer, Av's 1884, pp. 7, 29 (Kisser).
Lalage timwiensis Finsch, JS'vlr.i Letjdcn Mus. xxii. p. 251 (Letti, Kisser, Wetter).

3 c? ad., 1 (? jnv., 1 ? ad., 1 ? juv., Kisser, April, May 1001. (Nos. 3906,
3977, 3981, and three without numbers.)

6 <S ad., 1 ?, Moa, November, December 1002. (Nos. 6205, 6206, 6257, 6339,
6352, 6407, 6408.)

7 3 ad., 3 ?, Wetter, September, October 1002. (Nos. 5616—5618, 5668,
5805—5800, and one without number.)

8 cJ? juv., Roma, July, August 1002. (Nos. 5030—5032, 5303, 5304,5371,
5390, 5400.)

" Iris d ad., coffee-brown, bill and feet black."

4 (S ad., 1 6 juv., 4 ? ad., 1 ¥ juv., Letti, November 1002. (Nos. 5908—5916,
5030.)

TURDIDAE.
105. Geociclila peronii audacis (Hart.).

Geock-hla amhch Hartcrt, liiiU. 11. (). Chih viii. p. 4:j (18'.l9 ; Dammer).

Geocichla rermni (non Vieillot) Finsch, Notes Lei/dai Muneum xxii. p. 2G3 (Wetter and Babber).

After comparing our magnificent series of 34 aui/'in'.s with 10 Timor birds
(5 in Tring and 5 in London) 1 am at a loss to understand Dr. Fiusch's statement,
that Timor examples are of the same colour as ((tidacis. G. peronii peronii is

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above yellowisli einnaraou, audacis chestnut- or nifons-cinnamon, and also the
chest and sides difTer in the same way. Possibly the Timor examples iu Leyden
have darkened, as Gorn-Bmitings and Robins do, iu collection, especially when
inadequately kept and exposed to dust, light and damp. Dr. Finsch, however,
is right in doubting the differences in size, though generally peronii are larger,
wing near to or above 110 mm., aiulacis from Wetter, Babber, Roma on an
average 104 to 109, from Dammcr 100 to 108 mm.; but I admit that these
differences in size are not constant enough to mention them, while the colour is
an unmistakable character for the separation of these two excellent subsi)ecies.

Mr. Kilhn sent the following specimens, in addition to those formerly obtained
on Dammer :

13 (J? ad.. Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5452, 5457, 5597, 5598,
five without numbers.)

2 juv., 28 c? ? ad., Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5079—6084, 5147—5151,
and nineteen without numbers.)

" Iris dark coifee-brown (dark brown), feet pale flesh-colour, bill dull black,
pale at base below."

106. Geocichla andromedae (Temm.).

Myiothera Andromedae Temminct, PI. Col. 'd'i)2 (Ifiilj : Java).
Gi'ockhla Aiidrometlne Finscb, Xotes Lfijden Mus. xxii. p. 264 (Wetter).

4 J(?, 4 ? ?, Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 5592—5594, 5776, 5848, 5849,
5849a, 6325.)

1 c? juv., Roma, 26. viii. 1902. (No. 5410.)

c? ? ad., "Iris dark brown (very dark brown, brownish-black), feet dark
browuish grey, bill black."

107. Pratincola caprata caprata (L.).

ilutacilla Caprata Linnaeus, Syst. Nal. ed. xii. p. .335 (170G : ex Brisson, hab. Luzon).
Pratincola caprata Finsch, Notes Let/den Mus. 2;.xii. p. 2ii2 (Wetter, Kisser).

5 cJ ad., 1 (J juv., 2 ? ad.. Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5518,
5561, 5562, 5738, 5739, 5762, 5800, 5801.)

3 cJ ad., 2 ?, 1 c? juv.. Kisser, April, May 1901. (Nos. 3859, 3926, 3962,
and four without numbers.)

TIMELIIDAE.
108. Cisticola cisticola fuscicapilla Wall.

Cafirulafim-ifapUla Wallace, P. Z. S. 1803, p. 48'J (Timor, Flores, Type from Timor).

The magic spell cast arountl Cisticola cisticola iu its (probably numerous)
geographical forms by Dr. Sharpe, who in the Cat. B. vii. united all the forms from
France and Spain to South Africa, China and Japan, south down to Timor, etc.,
has now been broken. Mr. Whitakcr has separated the N. African form
{Bull. B. (). C, October 1903), and we may as well give up the view that the same
form ranges from Fiance to the Cape and Timor. The birds from Wetter, Moa,
Letti, Kisser, arc exactly like tliosc from Timor. They are much duller tliau
S. European cisticola.

2 dcJ, 1 not sexed, Moa, November 19U2. (Nos. 6157, 6323, 6324.)
1 ?, Wetter, 1. x. 1902. (No. 5676.)

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2 c?c?, 3 ? ?, 1 nnscxeil, Kisser. April, IMiiy I'.mi. fNns. 3841, 4(il.")— 4ol7,
41 173, 4o:o.)

" Iris greyish brown, tVct juilc llcsii-browii, bill bniwiiish, wliitish bcluw."

loll. Cisticola exilis (Vig. ct Horsf.) (? siibsp.)

Midiirux exilis Vigors & Horsf., Tnms. Linn. S'<«-. xv. p. 223 (1K27 : ex Latham, Australia).

All these birds have striped crowns iuid loiiij tails. They appear to be all in
winter (non-breeding) dross. The want of white tips to the rectrices and some
other details seem to distingnish thorn readily from the various forms of ('. cisticola,
I hardly think they will ultimately be Ibund id.'ntirul with typieal crilix, but
cannot give reliable character.

5 cJt?, 6 ??, Letti, November, December \Wl. (Nos. UU13, 6nl4, CiOlO,
6454—6461.)

1 c?, Moa, 28. xi. 19iC,'. (No. (i;!0.j.)

17 c??, Roma, July— August VMyZ. (Nos. 5043, 5225, 5291— 5295, and ten
without numbers.)

llii. Megalurus galactotes Temm.

Mailing (laliu-lutcs Temm., PI. CuI. 65 fig. 1 (1823 : Australia).

? in moult, Roma, 3(1. vii. 1902. (No. 6224.)

" Iris dull dark brown, bill blackish, whitish with yellowish base below, feet
pale brownish."

This specimen has the crown and ujiper tail-coverts sharjily streaked with
black ; it does not, therefore, belong to M. timoriensis.

LANIIDAE.
111. Lanius bentet Horsf.

Lanius bentit Horsf., Tmns. Linn. Sm: xiii. p. 144 (1821 : Java); Finsch, AV)/m Leyden .!/»*■. xxii.
p. 268 (Kisser).
The variation in the extent of the black on the crown is remarkable. It is
greatest in specimens in worn plumage, less evident in freshly moulted ones ; bnt
sometimes the black does not seem to be there, so that it could not be produced by
wear. The young bird just before and after leaving the nest is above more rusty
brownish, with narrow, blackish anteapical bars, the secondaries widely edged with
rusty-buff, the alar speculum bufl'y-whitish, sides of breast with blackish ante-
apical bars.

6 c?? ad.. Wetter, September, October 19u2. (Nos. 5705, 579S, 5799, 5802
—5804.)

2 6 ad., 2 ? ad., 2 jnill.. Kisser, April 1001.

"Iris brown, bill and feet black, feet in the piilli blackish ]ilumbeous, bill
brownish black, below whitish."

112. Pachycephala calliope I>p.

Puihycepluila calllojit: Bonaparte, Ciiiii'p. Ar. i. p. 328 (186(1 ; Timor, ex Miiller's MS.) ; Finsch
Nut. L. .1/. xxii. p. 265 (Wetter).

G (J ad., 1 ? ad.. Wetter, September 1902. (Nos. 549()— 550(i, 5517,
6634.)

" S Iris dark reddish brown (coffee-brown), feet dark plumbeous (dark grey),
liill black."

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113. Pachycephala oi-pheus Jard.

Pachyiephala orpheus Jardine, Contr. Oni. 1349 p. 120 pi. 30 ( ? , typical locality Timoi'.
Finsch, Not. L. M. xxii. p. 2G6 (Wetter).

4 c?<?, 0 ? ?, 1 without sex stated, 1 (? albinistic var., Wetter, September,
October 1902. (Nos. 5514—5510, 5627—5632, 5725, 5866 (albino).

" Iris blackish Iji-hwii (dark cho('olate, dark brownish red), feet blackisli, bluish
or ashy grey, bill dull black, base below pale in younger liirds." The albino is a
sonaewhat pretty bird. Upperside white, with a few brownish grey feathers, outer
webs of remiges and scapulars tinged with yellow. Lower rump, upper tail-coverts
and tail rich deep yeliow. Breast and abdomen creamy buff, flanks tinged with
yellow. " Iris chocolate-red, feet dark plumbeous, bill black," therefore not a true
albino.

A good series in fresh plumage might show that the Wetter form is not quite
typical orplieus. The back is somewhat less greenish, more brownish, the crown
lacks the greyish ashy tinge, the upper tail-coverts are more tinged with a sort of
orange-yellow. As, however, most of our specimens are in worn plumage, and we
have not a good series from Timor, these difterences may not be of any systematic
value.

114. Pachycephala par spec. nov.

Supra olivascente-brunnescens, supracaudalibus rufescentibns, viridi tinctis.
Remigibus nigro-fuscis, viridi-olivaceo marginatis, secundariarum internarnm
pogoniis externis late olivaceo-brunneis. llectricibns viridi-olivaceis, pogoniis
e.^ternis flavo-viridi tinctis et marginatis. Guttnre albo, rhachidibus plumarnm
brunneo terminatis, gastraeo reliquo luteo, i)lurais tibialibus plus minusve flavo
tinctis, subcaudalibus luteo-flavis, subalarilius pallide Inteis. Ko.stro nigro, pedibns
plumbeis. Al. S, 93-94, ¥, 90-93, cand. 72-74, rostr. ca. 20, metatars. ca. 25 mm.

This interesting new " Thickhead " belongs to one of those groups in which the
sexes are alike, the male being indistinguishable from the female except by a
somewhat but very little smaller size. The npjier surface is olive-brown with a
faint ashy tinge on the crown, the upper tail-coverts are of a peculiar rufous, with
a more or less greenish tinge. The wing is brownish black, the quills externally
margined with greenish olive, the inner secondaries with most of the outer webs,
the last one over both webs olive-brown. Rectrices greenish olive, the outer webs
margined with, and in certain lights entirely yellowish olive-green. The shafts of
the rectrices brown above, white below. Chin and throat white, the shaft on the
lower throat tipped with brown streaks, the white merging into the buff breast
and abdomen. Sides of body deeper buff, chest with dark shaft-stripes. Thighs
mostly washed with yellow, under tail-coverts bufly-yellow, under wing-coverts
pale buft'. Bill black, feet plumbeous (reddish grey, dirty ashy grey), iris blackish
brown or brownish black.

The young bird is much like the adult, but the wings are more margined with
rufous ; throat and breast tinged with yellow, and heavier, and more streaked with
blackish brown.

llab. Roma.

Type : ¥ , No. 5339, Roma, 9. viii. 1902. H. Kiihn coll.

Mr. Kiihn, who discovered this' new form on Roma, sent :

4 cJcJ, 4 ¥ ¥, Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5176 [juv.], 5221, 5316, 5317,
5339, 5340, 5369, 5376.)

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115. Pachycephala par compar subsiiec. nov.

Differs from 1'. jmi- as follows : Lores and an indistinct superciliary line paler,
more buffj', ear-coverts somewhat paler ; the abdomen is mueh paler, and some-
times tinged with yellow ; the throat therefore hardly at all iu contrast to the
abdomen ; under tail-coverts paler, more sulphur-yellow ; tail generally lighter ;
under wing-coverts lighter, almost whitish. Some specimens have distinct brown
shaft-streaks on the throat, others not.

Hab. Letti and Moa.

Type: No. 0033, i, Letti, 4. xi. 1902. H. Kiihu coll.

There can be no doubt that the two new forms, par and compar, represent
each other, and I have therefore treated them as subspecies ; but an ultimate
revision of the genus will probably lead to the reception of more forms into the
same species. I am, however, not able to review the whole group at present.

Mr. Kiihn sent the following specimens :

2 (?(?, 5 ? ?, Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. G030— 0033, 0437—
6439.)

3 (J (J, 1 ?, Moa, November 1902. (Nos. 0204, 62r)0, 0251, 0344.)

" Iris (? dark brown (dull blackish brown), ? chocolate-red (burnt-sienna red),
dark coffee-brown (dark brown), bill black, feet ash-grey, greyish plumbeous."

110. Pachycephala arctitorquis kebirensis Mey.

Pachycephala k-ehii-eiisis A. B. Meyer, Abh. Isis 18e:^. p. 35 (Babber).

20 t? ad., 18 ? ? and juv., Roma, July ^August 1902. (Nos. 5014-5028,
5222, 5223, 5311, and twenty without numbers.)

10 c? ad., 6 ??, Moa, November 1902. (Nos. 0114-0121, 0197—6199,
6258, 6259, and three without numbers.)

1 ?, Wedan, near Babber. W. Doherty coll.

It is with much hesitation that I enumerate the birds from Roma and Moa
under Dr. Meyer's name kebirensis, which he has given to the Babber form ; but
I am fully convinced that none of these are the true arctitoi-<]uis, which is the
Tenimber (Timorlaut) one only.

Iu P. arctitorquis arctitorquis the female is above cinnamon, the crown really
cinnamon, the back tinged with brown, and P. a. arctitorquis is considerably smaller.
In the form inhabiting Dammer, which I presume to be exactly the same as that
from Babber (judging from the one specimen obtained by Doherty and from
descriptions), the crown is not cinnamon in the fully a.dn\t /emu le, but rufous-grey.
The Roma birds are most closely allied to those from Dammer (and Babber), but
the /ewz/es are mostly more gre3-ish above. lam inclined to think that they are
diflerent, especially as there is an evidently young Roma example with a yellowish
abdomen and less cinnamon above than any apparently equally young Dammer
examples. The tails are also purer grey, not tinged with grey. On the other
hand, two Dammer birds (ai)parently very adnlt /e/nales) are not distinguishable
from the Roma series, and the former are mostly worn, the Roma ones in
beautifully fresh plumage. Moreover, the worn Moa birds (collected at another
time of the year) look more brownish on the tails. On the other hand, the Moa
series is smaller, wings about 1 to 0 mm. shorter. I defer judgment at present,
until fresh series from the same months of cJ and ? ad. and juv. are to hand from
the various islands ; but there are apparently only two possibilities : that of two or
that of four forms — namely, either :

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1. P, arctitorqiiis arctitorquis : Teuimber group.

2. P. arctitorquis kebircntsis : all the Soutli-West islands from Babber to
Moa, Dammer and Roma.

Or:

1. P. arctitorquis arctitorquis : Tenimber group (smaller, ? more cinnamon).

2. 1\ arctitorquis kebiretisis : Babber and Dammer (larger, ? more brownish).

3. P. arctitorquis subspec. nov. : Roma, size of 2, ? more greyish).

4. P. arctitorquis subspec. nov. : Moa (colour as 3, but smaller).
I prefer to adopt the former course for the present time.

ZOSTEROPIDAE.
11 T. Zosterops lettiensis Finsch.

ZfKtei-ops lettiensis Finsch, Notes Lrydtn .Vus. 18".I8. p. 13(5 (Letti)

I am obliged to use binomials for forms of the genus Zosterops in most cases,
as I cannot venture just now to review tlie whole genus, in order to arrange it in
species and subsjjecies. I cannot, however, agree with Dr. Finsch, who unites
Zosterops lettiensis with griseiventris from Tenimber, which is smaller (if correctly-
measured, males being compared with males &i\A females vi\t\i females) and greyish
on the sides. Though the birds from Moa and Letti, Kisser and AVetter, are
extremely near to griseieentris, they are not more difl'erent from citrinella of Timor,
Savn, and other Sunda Islands ; in fact, they only differ from citrinella in having
considerably larger bills, being perhaps (on an average) paler yellow on the throat
and generally slightly longer in the wing.

I cannot see my way to follow Dr. Finsch {Zosteropidae, Tierreich LieJ. 15.
p. 16) in recognising two species on Timor — namely, citrinella on Timor alone and
neglecta on Timor and eastwards to Java. Our very large series leaves the possi-
bility of separating the Timor form, being slightly darker, and allowing neglecta to
inhabit Java to Flores ; but the differences are so slight, so inconstant, that I do
not venture to do this. If, however, future material from all islands collected at
the same season should induce any one to do snch splitting, then the Alor birds,
which are very yellowish above and have brighter yellow upjjer tail-coverts, must
also be distinguished. I do not venture to do so at present, having only two
specimens from Alor. The followingiforms are evident enough :

Z. citrinella, Timor to Java : bill smaller.

Z. lettiensis, AVetter, Kisser, Moa, and Letti : bill larger.

Z. bassetti, Dammer and Roma : browner on the underside.

Z. griseiventris, Tenimber : smaller and greyer on the sides underneath.

All these must be subspecies of one species, but I am not certain about the
oldest name of the latter.

Mr. Kilhn sent the following specimens of lettiensis :

6 cJ(J, Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. 5984—5986, 6446—6448.)

4 c?(?, 2 ^? , Moa, November 1902. (Nos. 6178-6180, 6303, 6304.)

6 c? c?, 3 ? ? , 2 ?, Kisser, April— June 1901. (Nos. 3842—3846, 3943, 4022—
4025, 4105, and two without numbers.)

4 (?(?, 2 ??,!?, Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5681— 5686, 5686a).

"Iris brown in various shades, bill black with greyish base below, feet
ash-grey."

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lis. Zosterops bassetti Sharpe.

ZosUrops bnsselti Sharpe, Ami. rf- Mug. Xut. Hist, ser (!. vol. xiv. p. 57 (189-t: Dammer).

25 (J?, Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5054—5059, 5161—5105, and
fourteen without iniinbers).

Generally Roma specimens seem to be a little larger, but nearly half of them
are not larger than true bassetti ; in fact, I believe, if we had a sntiiciently large
series from Dammer, there wonld be no difference at all.

DK'AEIDAE.
110. Dicaeum mackloti subspec nov. ?

Mr. KUhn sent a series from Roma and Moa. These birds seem to be some-
what intermediate between £>. mackloti mackloti and D. mackloti salradorii. The
black surrounding of the lower throat is more or less wide, iis in D. m. mackloti,
but nearly always wider in tlie Roma birds ; the undersnrface i.s buffy, apparently
])aler than in salmdorii ; the bill larger than in mackloti (in must specimens), more
like that oi salmdorii. The latter has been described from Babber, and occurs also
on Dammer ; but I have only a single male from the latter island before me.
V. m. salmdorii is doubtless (like several others) a subspecies of the mackloti groivp.
The underside is not quite pure white in mackloti, the black surrounding- of the red
throat not entirely absent, but somewhat indicated in salradorii.

Future ornithologists will perhaps name both the Roma and Moa forms, but
I do not venture to go so far just now.

Mr. Kiihn sent the following specimens :

13 c? ad., 4 {? juv., 6 ? ad., 4 juv., Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5305—
5310, 5355—5358, 5379—5398, 5399, 6181, and twelve without numbers.)

10 (?(?, 3 ? ?, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6182—6188, 6260, 6334—
6336, and two without numbers.)

NECTARINIIDAE.
120. Cinnyris Solaris exquisita subspec. nov.

[Xectariiiia snhriH Temminek, PL Co?. 347 (182.5 : " Amboyna," crrore ! Terra typica Timor, ex

Sal. Muller)].
Cinnyris Solaris Finsch, NnUs Leyikii ilns. xxii. p. 2li8 (Wetter).

Very closely allied to N. Solaris Solaris, but the bill rather long, colour of
abdomen and breiist very brilliant, axillary tufts deep orange, back much washed
with golden brown. (T;/pe : No. 5609, Wetter, 30. ix. 1902.)

Mr. Kiihn sent of ('. s. e.cqiiisitu :

12 cJad., 2 3 juv., 4 ? ?, Wetter, September, October 19U2. (Nos. 5492—5495,
5571, 5572, 5608—5611, 5729, and seven without numbers.)

" S ad. Iris blackish brown, bill black, feet black."

We must recognise three subspecies :

1. Cinnyris Solaris degener subsp. nov.: bill shorter, liack more greenish,
axillary tufts pure yellow, flanks greenish. Flores, Lomblen, Alor. (Type: No. 6039,
(?, Endeh, S. Flores, 12. ix. 1896, A. Everett coll.)

2. Cinni/ris .solar/s Solaris : bill probably a little longer, back more washed with
golden brown, axillary tufts more golden yellow. Exactly intermediate between
C. s. degener and C. s. exqaisita. Timor and Semao.

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3. Ciiiiii/ris M/iiris exqiiigita : Mil longest, Ijack washed with golden brown,
axillary tnfts orange-yellow (very different from those of degp.ner), flanks orange
with an olive wash. The femalrs nndernea<:h bright yellow, with an orange
tinge on tlie breast and centre of the abdomen, under tail-coverts of the brightest
yellow ; the females of C. s. degener are underneath sulphnr-yellow, with a faint
greenish tinge. (Of C.s. Solaris the Triug Mnsenra has m females.) Cinnyris
Solaris exqiiisita inhabits Wetter.

MELIPHAGIDAE.
l~'l. Myzomela kuehni Rotbsch. (PI. X. Nok. Zool. vol. x.)

M,j:oinela kui-hiii Rothschild, liiill. B. 0. C. p. 42, February 1903 (Wetter) ; Noo. Zoo!. 1903, p. 219.
13 c??, Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5479—5481, 5568—5570,
5692 — 5694, and four without numbers.)

IL'2. Stigmatops notabilis Finsch.

Stigmatops notabilis Finsch, yotes Lei/den Mas. xx. p. 130 (1808 : Wetter) ; id. .Votes Leyden Mus.
xxii. p. 271, pi. iv. 4.

6c?(?,l ?,Wetter, September 1902. (Nos. 5792-5797, 5831.) " Iris blackish
brown, feet dark grey (or dark brown in one), bill black."

All the specimens are marked " (?," but evidently one is n. female, being
much smaller. Wings in the males 72-7.5,* in the females 63 mm., bill in
the males 15-17, in the female 13 mm.

The only specimen heretofore known is the type in Leyden, which has been
preserved in spirits. The yellow is a little, but not much faded, otherwise it is
in perfect coloration.

123. Stigmatops squamata Salvad.

Stlgmalops squamata Salvadori, Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 837 (1878 ; Koer, Mus. Leyden) ;
Finsch, Notes Leyde.u Mus. xxii. p. 270 (Wetter and Babber).

A series from Wetter and Roma seems to be perfectly similar to S. squamata
squamata, and that is also shown by Dr. Finsch's measurements of Wetter birds.
This distribution is most peculiar, since the birds from Moa and Letti seem
to be distinctly smaller and mostly indistinguishable from the small Tenimber
race, (S. squamata salradorii ?

2 ? ad., 2 .^c? I ? immat. Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 5683, 5732—5735.)
16 (? ? ad., 9 cJ ? immat. Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5060—5070,
5160, and thirteen without numbers.)

•>

124. Stigmatops squamata subspec. ?

? Stigmatops salvadorii Meyer, Zeitschr. Gcs. Orn. 1884, p. 217 (Timorlaut).
Stigmatops kebirensis Meyer, t.c. p. 218 (Babber).

While most of the specimens from Moa and Letti are as small and partly
even smaller than salcadorii, some, and especially those from Wetan, near Babber,
are partly as large as squamata, partly intermediate between squamata and
salcadorn. It is therefore difficult to come to a firm conclusion. Geographically
we might expect— since it is certain that the Timorlaut race (salcadorii) is

Dr. Finsch gives the wing as IG.S mm. Tliis must be a misprint or pen-slip. If CS was meant
the wing is not fully grown or exceptionally small.

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markedly smaller — to find mli-adorii on nil the S.W. Islands, or a tliiid race
on the more western one, but hardly the large one on the S.E. Islands, Key
and Webber and Roma, with a small one between on Teuimber and the more
eastern S.AV. Islands. Mr. Kiihn sent the following specimens :

3c?c?, 3 ??, Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6U2(J— 01120, 642',),
6430.)

6 "<?," 1 ? jnv. Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6200, 02i(], 6265,
6321, 6322, 6386, 6387.)

1 c?, 2 ? ?, Wetan, near Babber, February 1897. W. Doherty coll.

125. Philemon cineraceus (Bp.)

Tnipidorhtinrhus c;«/;ra«»s Bonaparte, Cnitxp. Ar. i. p. 390 (1850: ex Miiller MS. in Mus.
Lugdun. "ex Timor." The locality Timor is probably an error, because on that island we
find the totally different PhUemon inonialiis Gray 1849 {Gen. B. pi.,— without locality, but
according to specimens in Brit. Mus. from Timor), which is apparently the same as
Tropiiliirhijiuhiis i-iilturinim .Tacq. & Puch. 185.3, if the latter came from Timor. Bonaparte's
description is very short and useless, but I suppose we must accept his name, as Dr. Finsch
found the type to agree with the birds from Letti and Kisser.)

Mr. Kiihn sent the following specimens :

9 (? ? , Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. 5970, 5971, 6051, 6498—6503.)
6 <? ? , Moa, December 1902. (Nos. 6285—6287, 6388—6390.)
24 (??, Kisser, April, May 1901. (Nos. 3796, 3812, 3819, 3957, and twenty
without numbers.)

" Iris dnll brown (dark or dull cotfee-brown), feet plumbeous (dark plumbeous,
blackish), bill black, bare parts whitish grey."

The females are smaller than the males. tj wing 133—137, ? about
120 — 123 mm. The sides of the head are bare of feathers (while in Ph.
tnornatus there is only a bare line under and behind the eye). Tiie feathers of
the jugulum are rounded, in fresh plumage with a pure white drop-shaped hard
tip and ashj'-white almost to the base (while in Ph. inornatiis they are elongated
and pointed, the basal half dark-brown). The upperside is pale brownish-grey
(not dark ashy-brown), the wings are longer. There is much variation, probably
according to age. Sometimes there is a bright yellow on the sides on the
foreneck, and nearly the whole throat is yellow, while the wings are margined
with greenish or yellowish — these birds are probably younger ; in others there
is no sign of yellow, the outer edges of the wings are clear ashy grey — these
are apparently the oldest birds.

120. Philemon timoriensis (Miill.).

Tropidorhi/mliiis linwrieiisis S. MuUer, Wrli. Laml-ui \',:ll.vi,I.: p. 153 (1839-44: Timor and

Semao).
Philemon timoriensis Finsch, Notes Lei/den .Um.s. xxii. p. "273 (Wetter).

13 <??, Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5432—5436, 5451, and
seven without numbers.)

"Iris smoky-grey, feet plumbeous (blackish grey), bill black."
It may be desirable to separate the Wetter form, because the bill is
generally longer, the distance from the end of the knob to the tip of the bill
is about 2 to 4 mm. less; but in two specimens this is not evident, and, our series
of typical timoriensis from Timor and Savu consisting only of seven specimens, it
would be hazardous to give a name to the Wetter form. The crown is also lighter
in most, but not all, Wetter specimens.

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MOTACILLIDAE.
127. Anthus rufulus medius Wall.

Aiilhus medius Wallace, P. Z. S. 18t;3, p. 488 (Timor) ; Finsch, Sut. Lryr!. Mux. xxii. p. 275
(Kisser).

11 (??, Letti, November, December 1002. (Nos. 5929, 5973—5976,6466—
6471.)

7(??, Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6164—6167, 6256, 6331,
6332.)

5 c? 1 ? Kisser, April 1901. (Nos. 3824, 3825, 3851, 3852, 3903, 3904.)

128. Motacilla boarula melanope Pall.

4 J ?, Wetter, October 19U2. (Nos. 5573, 5721, 5857, 5858.)
1 ?, Moa, 6. xii. 1902. (No. 6284.)

PLOCEIDAE.
129. Erythrura tricolor fVieill.).

Fringilla tricolor Vieillot, Xour. Diet. tl'Hist. Xut. xii. p. 233 (1817 : Timor).

15 c??, Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5505—5509, 5612—5615,
5689 — 5691, three vrithont numbers.) Nine of these are very fine adult males.

1 (? ad., 9 ? and jnn., Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5048, 5206—5209,
5312,5313, 5392—5394.)

(? ad. " Iris blackish brown, bill black, feet pale brownish flesh-colour (pale
brownish)."

Dr. Sharpe, apparently having compared nothing else than one specimen from
Timor, separated a single male from Timorlaut as Eiytkrura forbesi (Cat. B. xiii.),
because it had the hinder head, hind-neck and mantle entirely green without
any wash of blue. AVhen discussing the birds of Timorlaut and Dammer I called
the Erythrura from these islands E. tricolor forbesi, as they agreed perfectly
with the type oi forbesi. The birds we have now received from Wetter and Roma
are also exactly like all those from Timorlaut and Dammer, while the single one
from Timor has the blue of the forehead spread over the hind-neck and mantle.
But what is E. tricolor Vieillot ? This name is based on the " Aznvert " of
Vieillot's Ois. Chant. PI. 20, 1805, and there we find figured and described a bird
with the hinder crown, hind-neck, and mantle pure green, without a bluish wash
or tinge (" un joli vert-olive sur Tocciput, le dessus du cou, le dos . . . .")
How, therefore, can he bestow a new name on a bird because it has no blue on
the hind-neck? It seems to me that the single Timor male in London is an
aberrant example, because Dr. Finsch says (Not. Lend. Mas. xxii. p. 277) that
Wetter birds are quite like Timor ones, and because we have a male from Tenimber
(No. 2951) in which the blue spreads over the hind-neck on to the beginning of
the interscapulium. A fresh series from Timor, however, is much desired !
There is a discrepancy in the description of the tail in Vieillot's original
description, but it appears to be due to some fault in the specimen or to a
fault in the drawing and text, such as we not uncommonly find in older
(and modern) writings. Otherwise the plate represents most clearly the bird
under consideration.

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1311. Munia pallida Wall.

Miiiiiii pdlUtht Wallace, P. Z. S. 186.3, pp. 48('i, 4'.i."i (Lombok and Flores, type Lombok).

24 cJ?, Roma, July, Angnst 1902. (Nos. 5078, 5210—5212, 5278—5288,
nine without numbers.)

25 (? ? , Kisser, April, May 1001. (Nos. 3837, 3914, 3016, 3917, 3918, 3920—
3925, 41)03—4008, seven without numbers.)

Most of these specimens are rather greyish brown on the back, but 1 do not
think they can be separated from the true pa/lit/a, though a larger series from
Lombok and Flores should be examined.

131. Munia punctulata nisoria (Temm.).

Fiingilla nisurin Temmiuck, /'/. Oil. 51)0 (1830 : Java).

16 tJ? and juv.. Kisser, April, May 1901. (Nos. 3836, 3015, 3919, 3939,
3987—3989, 3991—3990, three without numbers.)

3 juv., Wetter, August 1902. (Nos. 3844—3846.)

1 ? ad., 15 juv., Eoma, July, Angnst 1902 (Nos. 5267 — 5277, live without
numbers.)

3 c? ? ad., Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6156, 6263, 6393.)

lie?? ad., 1 juv., Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6005—6012.
6449—6452.)

132. Taeniopygia castanotis insttlaris Wall.

Amarlhia insularis Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 495 (Timor, Flores, Terra tjpica ; E. Timor).

19 (? ?, Kisser, April, May 1901. (Nos. 3830, 3833—3835, 3863, 3864, 3929—
3938, three without numbers.)

7 cJ ?, Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 5688, 5810—5815.)

20 <? ? , Moa, November 1902. (Nos. 6101—6106, 6189—6196, 6267, five without
numbers.)

12 c? ?, Letti, November 1902. (Nos. 5996—6006.)

ORIOLIUAE.
133. Oriolus flavocinctus migrator subsp. uov.

Differs from O.Jiai-ocinctus niVdlcri Bji. of S. New Guinea and Aru in being
more heavily marked with black. The black shaft-stripes on the underside and
crown are wider, the wide sagittate black spots on the feathers of the back are
broader, the birds therefore appearing darker. The yellow tips to the lateral
rectrices are generally still more reduced than in mUUeri. Some of the Roma
specimens can hardly be distinguished, but the series shows the diflerences very
strikingly.

Type of O.f. mii/rafor : $ No. 5907, Letti 4. xi. 1902.

There are thus three subspecies of Oriolusflai-ocinctus :

Oriolasjfai-ocinctu.H migrntor : Stripes below and spots above larger and more
conspicuous, yellow tips to outer rectrices as small as in O.^fl. mullcri or smaller,
Letti, Moa, Roma.

Oriolus Jhnociitcttis miilleri : Stripes lielow narrower, sjiots above smaller,
yellow tips to outer rectrices a little larger, but sometimes not so, than in
O.Jl. migrator : Am Is., S. New Guinea.

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Oriolus fiavociiictus flaroci iicttis : Stripes below and spots above as iu
O. Ji. miUlcri, yellow tips to outer rectrices larger : Australia.

Of Oriolus Jiavocinctus migrator Mr. Kiihn sent the following specimens : —

3 c? ad., 1 ? ad., Letti, November, December 1002. (Nos. 59(.)7, 596s, 0428, 0427.)

5 3 ad., 2 ? ad., 2 ? jnv., Bloa, November 11102. (Nos. 0141—0144, 6219,
6220, 6253, 6254, 6280.)

17 cJ? ad., 1 c? juv., 2 ¥ juv., Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5101—5111,
5102a, 5105a, seven without numbers.)

(? ? ad. : " Iris scarlet, bill brownish red (pale brownish red, pale sienna-red),
feet plumbeous (bright i)lnmbeous, ash-grey)."

T\ie. female is like the male, young birds are underneath paler and with much
wider black median stripes to the feathers. The iris is blackish grey, the bill dull
blackish or brown, and there is a narrow yellow ring around the eyes.

134. Oriolus finschi spec. nov.

tj. Supra brunneo-ciueraceus, iudistincte nigrescente striatas, uropygio supra-
candalibusque nniooloribus brunneo-cinereis, alis pnllioribus, tectricibus pallide
marginatis. Loris, mento, capitis collique lateribus schistaceis. Subtus luteo-
brnnnescens, pectore et abdominis plumarum mediis brunneo-cinereis, cauda
brunnea, rectricum pogoniis internis Inteo terminatis.

? . Supra lirunnescens, pileo nigrostriato, collo uigro-brunneo macnlato, alis
paullo pullioribns. Loris, capitis collique lateribus nigris, regione supra-auriculari
et post-auriculari lutescente-albidis, gutture medio juguloque albido-luteis, pectore
abdomineque lutescentibns, plumarum mediis brunnescentibus.

Dr. Finsch identified a single young mrde from Wetter with Oriolus tirirdj'uscus
of Timor {Notes Leijden Mus. x.\ii. 240), an error which could not have been
made if he had had adult males and females. The female is very similar to that of
0. riridifascHS, but the hind-neck is spotted with black, the whitish stripe above
the auricular region is wider, the whitish patch behind the ear-coverts appears to
be larger, the tail is longer, the more or less distinct blackish lines on the jugulnm
are absent. The tnale, however, diifers very strikingly. The upper surface is
brownish ash-grey, not in the least greenish, the lores, chin, ear-coverts and sides
of neck are slate-colour, the throat and jugnlum buify-brown like the abdomen, not
grey in contrast with the abdomen. The bill is not browuish-red, but dark brown.

(J : wing about 43 — 46, tail about 120—123, bill 28-5 — 31, metatarsus 28 mm.

? : wing about 38—43, tail about 120 — 124 mm.

Type: c? No. 5604a, Wetter, 16. iv. 1901 (Mus. Rothschild).

This interesting new form is named iu honour of Dr. Otto Finsch, who wrote
the first list of the birds of the South-West Islands, which has been of the greatest
use to me during the present work, although our conclusions differ frequently.

No doubt several of these orioles of the so-called Mimeta group will in future
rank as subspecies of one species, but I cannot at present review them. Probably
sfriafus, bouruensis, forsteni, mridifuscus and fnschi will be subspecies of one
species.

We have received the following specimens :

5 (?c?, 5 ? ¥, Wetter, 16. iv. 1901, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5599—
5603, 5604a, four without numbers.)

cJ ? : " Iris scarlet (vermilion, dark scarlet), bill dull black (blackish, black)
feet plumbeous (blackish grey)."

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135. Sphecotheres hypoleucus Fiusch.

Sphecotlicrex h i/jinleiicux Finsch, Xules Leyilut Mns. xx. p. 12'J (IR98 : Wetter) ; op. rit. xxii. p. 247
(Wetter), Taf . 3. fig. 1 <? , 2 ? ? ).

Ilithi'i'to only known from thrci' specimens in tlie Leyden IMnscnm.

1 have tiotliiug to add to Dr. Finsch 's descrijitions. Mr. Kiihn sent :

5 (Jc?, 6 ??, Wetter, September, October VMC (Nos. 5636—5041, .iToo,
fonr without numbers.)

cJ : " Iris burnt-sienna red, bill black, feet plumbeous. " ? : " Iris hlackish
brown (chocolate, burnt-sienna, scarlet), feet (dark) plumbeous, bill black."

DICRURIDAE.
13(5. Dicrurus densus Bp.

Dii'rotirus denxus Bonaparte, Omsp. Ai\ i. p. 352 (\fibO: Timor. The whole diagnoais is ''Mus.

Lugd. ex Timor. Major.)
Chibia demii Finsch, Not. Leydeti ilus. xxii. p. 248 (Wetter)

5 (?c?, 4 ? ?, Wetter, 15. iv. 1901; September, October 1902. (Nos. :!770,
3771, 5522—5525, 5558, 5667, 5667a.)

" Iris scarlet, vermilion, pale reddish brown, in a young bird dark coffee-brown,
bill and feet black."

STURNIDAE.

137. Calornis kuehni spec. nov.

i ad. Upper surface and ear-coverts purple, back and rump a little more
greenish, sometimes distinctly so, hind-neck and sides of neck also generally more
greenish, sometimes with a distinct green collar, wings, tail and sving-coverts dark
greenish with very little, if any, purplish tinge. Under-surface purple, middle of
throat green, abdomen less purplish, sometimes distinctly greenish. Iris vermilion,
bill and feet black. Wing lOOi— lU4i mm., tail of the same shape as in minor,
i.e. a little rounded, the outer rectriccs being only about i cm. shorter, measuring
about 6i) — 65 mm., bill about 15 — 17 mm.

?. Like the cJ, but often back, rump and abdomen greener.

Ti/pe : No. 5824, Roma, 25. viii. 1902.

JIab. Wetter, Roma and Moa.

Named in honour of Heinrich Kiihn, the successful traveller and collector ou
the Soulh-West Islands.

This new form is nearest to C. minor, from which it differs in having the
head, back and abdomen purplish, while nii»or has a purplish collar and the head
and back greenish. The middle of the throat is greenish, being ({uite or nearly
uniform purple in minor. While our large series of 7ni>ior from Lombok, Sumbawa,
Sumba, Timor and S. Celebes is thus easily distinguished, some of the sj)ecimens
from Djampea apjiroach kiikid, while on& female is a most typical minor. The Moa
specimens are mostly green on bac'k and abdomen, and in some the green gular
patch is indistinct.

No doubt minor and kiihni will have to be called by trinomial names and be
subspecies of one species, but other forms as well must be, embraced ; and it is here
not the place to pass the whole genus Calornis in review, without which, however,

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it would be rash to attempt to group the various forms, and therefore I use at
jircsent binomials for hMni and minor.*

Mr. Kiihn sent the following specimens of C. kilhid :

() (J (J, 2 ??,3 not sexed, Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5489—
3491, 5564 — 5566, 5652, 5653, three without numbers.)

2 33, 5 ??, Roma, August 1902. (Nos. 5538, 5563, 5823-5825, two
without numbers.)

0 33, 3 ? ?, Moa, November 1902. (Nos. 6238—6246.)

ARTAMIDAE.
138. Artamus leucorhynchus (L.).
6 (?cf, 3 ? ?, Wetter, September 1902. (Nos. 5458—5466.)
Finsch got it from Babber and Wetter.

139. Artamus perspicillatus Bp.

Arlamus per»picillatug Bonaparte, Comp. Ar. i. p. 344 (ex Temminck's MS., Timor).

These specimens are somewhat darker on the abdomen than two from Timor,
but I believe the reason is merely that they are in worn plumage, while those from
Timor are perfectly fresh and beautiful.

3 (J ad., 1 3 jnv., 5 ? ad., Letti, November, December 1902. (Nos. .5922—
5925, 6025, 6053, 6054, 6464, 6463.)

" Iris dark brown, bill milky grey or milky bine with black ti]), feet blackish
or ash-grey."

CORVIDAE.

140. Corvus macrorhynchos AVagl.

Corrus macrorhynchos Wagler, St/tl. Avium, gen. Corvus, sp. 3 (18i7 : typ. loc. Java, cf. Hartert,
Vog. pal. Fauna i. p. 12).

3 33,6 ??, Wetter, 10. iv. 190l, September, October 1902. (Nos. 3755,
.5411 — 5415, 5488, 5651, one without number.)
" Iris dark coffee-brown, bill and feet black."

• Probably there will be four specie?, i.c. Col. metallU-a (long-tailed and more brilliant) with a
nomber of subspecies, inclnding circuimcripta. Col. chalybea (short-tailed and less brilliant) with
a number of subspecies, including minor and Mhni, Cal. abieura and Cal. grandU, besides those called
Ajilmiit in the Cat. B. xiiL

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ON A COLLECTION OF MAMMALS MADE BY UB.. J. T.

TUNNEY IN ARNHEM LAND, NORTHERN TERRITORY

OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

BY OLDFIELD THOMAS, F.R.S.

BY tlu' kindness of the Hon. Walter Rothscliild I have been privileged to work
ont the large collection of Mammals made by Mr. J. T. Tnnney in Arnhem
Land during 1902 and 1903. This is a region hitherto very badly represented in
the British Mnsenm, and Mr. Tuuney's fine series is therefore of special interest.

With regard to novelties, it so hajipens that a yonng Norwegian, Mr. Kant
Dahl, made, in 1894-96, a large collection of Mammals for the Christiania
Museum in very much the same region as the ])resent series comes from, and these
were worked out by Dr. U. Collett, by whom several new forms were described,* the
most noticeable being the remarkable Kock-Phahinger Fseiidochinis dahli. Dr.
Collett's paper coutaiued thirtj-one species, and to these Mr. Tunney has added
three new ones, the striking black Kangaroo, Macropus bernardus, Mus tunneyi,
and Pliascogale bella. To certain of the other forms obtained by both collectors I
have thought it necessary to give new names, while Mr. Tunney's series of the
Rock-AVallaby hitherto known as " Pctrogale " concinna has enabled me to make
some observations on its dentition, necessitating its separation as a distinct genus.

Thanks to Mr. Rothschild's generositj-, the British Museum has iieen permitted
to retain a practically corajilete set of the specimens, while another series will be
jireserved in the Perth Mnsenm, "Western Australia, by whose curator, Mr. Bernard
Woodward, Mr. Tunney's expedition was arranged.

1. Pteropus scapulatus Peters.
3 688. ? 087. South Alligator River.

2. Canis dingo Blum.
Two males. South Alligator River.

3. Conilurus hirsutus Gould.

cf 1308, 1406, 1413, 1414, 1417, 1422, 1424, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1474. ? 1415,
1418, 1419, 1421, 1423, 1468, 1470, 147.'>, 1470. South Alligator River.

4. Conilurus macrurus Peters.

(J 1139. ? 88. Nellie C'reek, and two specimens unlabellcd.

This magnificent Jerboa-rat had not been jireviously rejiresented in the British
Museum.

I sec no reason to doubt that Ramsay's lla/mloti.i bouvri is synonymous with
Peters'a //. macrurus. The type of the latter is said to have been in changing
pelage, and the short fresh hairs of the back to be " gliinzend rostbrann," a colour

• P. X. S. 1S1I7. p. .S17.

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which is cliaracteristic of the species, but is not shown in the figure. The brown
mc'tapodials of the jihite are apparently incorrect, as judged by Peters's statement
" manibns jiedibusque albis."

6. Conilurus penicillatus (Jonhl.

c? 13(13, 13C5, 1360, 1371, 1373, 1375, 1377, 13bl, 1389, 13i)l, 1394, 1395,
1399, 1400, 1408, 1400, 1412, 1425, 1427, 1487. ? 1301, 1364, 1307, 1309, 1374,
1370, 1378, 1379, 1380, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1387, 1392, 1393, 1397, 1398, 1426, 1507,
1508. South Alligator River.

"Caught in long grass on jilain iluriiig day." "Caught in hollow tree." —
J. T. T.

About one-third of these sjiecimens have the terminal inch or more of the tail
prominently contrasted pure white. There are no intermediate specimens, and it
would be natural to suppose that the white-tailed form was specifically difterent
from the black-tailed one, but in all other respects, in size, colour, and skull-
characters, the two agree so precisely that in the absence of any evidence as to their
local segregation, I am compelled to follow Dr. Collett's example and place them
all under one heading.

Gray's Hapalotis hemileucurus t would appear to represent the white-tipj)ed
form.

0. Mu8 tunneyi spec. nov.

? 085. Mary River ; and two unlabelled specimens.

A medium-sized rat, with a short tail and whitish belly.

Size rather less than in Mus rattus. Form stout and strong. Fur thin, not
spinous ; hairs of back about 9-10 mm. in length ; a certain number of longer piles,
about double this length, present on the posterior back. General colour above
uniform sandy buffy, rather darker along the dorsal area, clearer along the sides ;
the slaty bases of the hairs showing through. Undersnrface white, or creamy white,
the hairs white to their bases ; line of demarcation on sides not strongly defined.
Head like body. Ears rather short ; pale brown, not contrasting with the general
colour. Outer side of limbs like body, inner like belly ; upper surface of hands and
feet white. Tail short, hardly longer than the body without the head, fairly well
haired, its rings of scales about 10 to the centimetre ; dark brown above, scarcefv
lighter below.

Skull broad and stoutly built, almost suggesting that of a small Nesokia.
Muzzle short, nasals not hiding the incisors from above. Interorbital region
narrow, its edges with a well-defined ujiturned bead which is continued back across
the parietals, where it is evenly convex outwards, to the outer corners of the inter-
parietal. Palatal foramina not widely open, extending back to the level of the
anterior lamina of »«' ; hinder edge of palate level with the back of m^. Bullae
unusually large and swollen, evenly rounded. Molars broad, with well-defined
tubercles ; ?h- with a large antero-interual sujiplementary cusp, and a rudimentary
antero-external one ; m^ with a large antero-internal one.

Dimensions of the type, measured in skin: Head and body, 150; tail, 105;
hindfoot, s.u., 30; ear, 18 mm.

Skull, greatest length 30; basilar length, 31 ; greatest breadth, 20-3; nasal
length, 123; interorbital breadth, 5-2; greatest divergence of parietal ridges, 13-5;

• P. Z. S. 1857. p. 243.

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palate length, IT; diastema, 10; palatal foramina, 7-4: length of bullae, 9-.) ;
length of tipper molar series, 7.3 mm.

Hab. Mary River, Northern Territory.

Ti/pc : Female. No. CSo. Collected September 13th, 1002, by Mr. J. T.
Tnnney, in recognition of whose excellent collecting work the species is named.

This stoutly built short-tailed rat may be readily distinguished from any of its
Australian allies by its ]iroportions and its white belly, most of the species having
grey bases to their belly hairs.

7. Macropus antilopinus Gould.

? 525. Burundie.

S 526. Edith River.

S 528, 529, 531. ? 530. Margaret River.

(J 665, 669, 671, 678, 1442, 1454, 1459, 1462. ? 670, 672, 1444, 1448, 1449
1452, 1457, 1461, 1463. South Alligator River.

S 1036. ? 1035. Eureka.

? 14115. Union River Creek.

It is a curious fact that in the wearing down and crashing of the anterior cheek
teeth so marked in this Kangaroo the small and delicate " p 4 " often stands its
ground after the much larger first molar succeeding it has been worn down or
dropped out. The anomalous condition of a jaw possessing a premolar followed by
three molariform teeth only may therefore occasionally be fouud.

The striking sexual difference in the pattern of coloration in this Kangaroo is
worthy of special remark, for at first sight the two sexes appear to be of different
species. Gould's figure in his Monograph of Macropodidae shows very well the
dark crown, greyish face and parti-coloured ears of the female, but the same plate
as republished in the Mammals of Australia has been spoilt in the colouring, the
head being hopelessly wrong in several respects, notably in the sharp separation of
the upper from the lateral colour of the head, and in the ground colour of the
cheeks. Nor is the enlarged figure of the head in the same work any better. On
the other hand, the uniform foxy red of the head and ears of the male is well shown
in both works.

8. Macropus robustus alligatoris subspec. nov.

cJ. No. 1455. July 2ud, 19o3. South Alligator River.

T//pe : " Chackarn " of natives. " Iris brown."— J. T. T.

Fur nearly as short and close as in J/. ?: wooihcardi, much shorter than in
the other subspecies. Hairs of centre of fore-back and nape reversed forwards to
the crown from a whorl on the withers, as in M. r. icoodwardi* General colour
somewhat as iu M. r. erubescens, but less riclily rufous above, and duller below ;
fore-back a dull vinaceous fawn, darkening to a brownish fawn on the rump. Neck,
crown, and back of ears like fore-back, long hairs of inner side of ears whitish.
Mnzzle and cheeks dull brown, an indistinct whitish whisker mark present. Centre
of I liin with a prominent dull brown ])atch. Throat, chest and belly dull brownish
white, passing laterally and below into vinaceous fawn. Arms like fore-back,
darkening on the digits nearly to black ; hind-limbs proximally like the rump ; the

* At least this is the case in the type, but Dr. CoUett informs me that the fur in his two
specimens (female and youug) is directed as in M. r. ernhfuccns.

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feet paler fawn, but becoming dark reddisli brown on the base, and black on the ends
of the central digits. Tail short-haired, dull fawn, its base whitish below.

Skull as in other members of the robitsttts group.

A{)proximate dimensions of the type, measured on the skin : —

Head and body, llUU mm. ; tail, 850 ; hindfoot s.u. 283, c.ii. 29(3 ; ear, 105.

Skull, greatest length 175 mm., basal length 155; greatest breadth 91 ; nasals
06 X 20; constriction 10; diastema 34; palate length 107; combined length of
three ])Osterior cheek teeth, 37 mm.

This fine Kangaroo, the representative of ^f. ruhnst/is in North Australia, is
most nearly allied to the South Australian crii/jesceiis, but it is duller-coloured,
both above and below, has fawn-colonred instead of blackish backs to its ears, and
has shorter fur. The type, as in M. r. woochvanli, has its nuchal hairs reversed, but
this character would seem to be inconstant.

9. Macropus bernardus Rothsch.

Denihriilin-rnpsh iroodimrdi Rothschild Xoc. Zuul. 1904. p. 414 (»ec Macropus ruhusius woudwardi

Thos., 1901).
iliU-rnpiis lieniardtm id., op. cit. No. 4.

<S 1443, 1445, 1480, 1481, 1482, 1483, 1484, 1485. S. Alligator Eiver.

" Caught in high granite ranges ; difficult to procure."

Deceived by the peculiar Ueudrolagus-like look of this interesting black (or
rather chocolate-coloured) Kangaroo, Mr. Rotlischiid formed a special genus for
its reception ; but he has since rightly recognised that it should be considered a
member of the genus Macropus.

It is, however, none the less a most striking and remarkable discovery, the
finest that has been made in Australia for many years, and the organisers of
Mr. Tunney's expedition are to be congratulated on so valuable a result.

The skull of M. bernardus is very like tliat of M. robustiis ; it is, however,
smaller, more lightly built, and notably lower in side view, the height of the
muzzle at the diastema and of the brain-case and pterygoids being both markedly
less. The posterior nares are in consequence also much lower. The nasal notch
is somewhat deeper, the overhang of the nasals being about 15 mm., as against
11 mm. in the larger skull of robi(stus.

The dentition is quite normal, and the diagnostic teeth P and the premolar
are of the dimensions and strnctnre of those of M. robustus.

The measurements of an adult male skull are as follows : —

Greatest length, 153 ; basal length, 139 ; greatest breadth, 85 ; nasals, length,
64, breadth behind, 24 ; constriction, 17 ; diastema, 31 ; palate length, 95; length
of jialatal foramina, 9: height of muzzle at anterior end of premolar, 26; height
of posterior narial opening-, 14 mm.

Terf//.*— Horizontal length of f, 10; of "X" (Catalogue notation), 8-5; of
three anterior molariform teeth, 32 mm.

It). Macropus agilis, Gould.
c? 1441. ? 1450, 1453, 1450, 1458, 1400, 1404. South Alligator River.

11. Petrogale brachyotis- Gould.
cJ 060, 1447. ? 1478. South Alligator River.
6 1107, 1109, 1170. ? 1105, 1100, 1108, 1171. Nellie Creek.

* III a younger specimen, with the teeth unworn.

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1-'. Peradorcas (i;-. u.) conciuua (imilil.

(J lino, II (i4. ? lir>s, li:)'.l. Nellie Civrk. And Iwn yiiniiL;-, Miiliilielled.

In granite nuiges.

Ul> to the date of the CatiUogue of Jlai'suiiials the only specimen of
" refroycile " concinna avaihable for examination was the type, and, peculiar as
the dentition seemed, it was imjiossible to determine whether or not this sinjile
sperimen was abnormal.* Now, however, the stndy of Mr. Tnnney's material,
combined with a number of skulls obtained by Dr. Dahl and kindly lent by
Dr. f'ollett, convinces me that this little Kani,faroo should have a special jri'uus
formed for its reception.

It may be described as follows : —

General characters as in Pctrogalc, but the molars increased in number,
seven at least on each side and probably more, falling ont in front and renewed
behind as in the Manatee {Trirhechuf:).

Sknll as described in the Cataloijue (l-C).

The above remarkable characteristic of the molar dentition, only found
elsewhere in the Manatee,! is not easily seen on any single specimen, and has
not therefore been previously recognised. A normal adult Kangaroo, whether
Petrogale or other genus, has four molars, J increasing in size backwards, with a
narrow jj* in front of them, the latter having replaced a small similarl\'-sha]ied
]? and a square mjA at the tooth-change. Bnt in the type of P. concinna, which
now proves to be quite normal, the most anterior tooth is molariform, and is
succeeded by four other similarly-shai)ed teeth, with indications of where a fifth
might have been later developed. This scjuare anterior tooth, about which I
expressed no opinion in the Catalogue, was definitely accepted by Dr. Collett §
as "ju''." But now the true y/, as in other genera, proves to be a narrow cutting tooth,
which is shed soon after eruption, and is tlierefore seldom found in jiosition, the
only case among the nine sknlls before me being in sknll No. Klls of the
Christiania Museum, where it was taken for j? liy Dr. Collett. || The young
examples of the present collection prove this determination clearly, for below the
normal narrow ;/" and square ni]i* an equally narrow ^/' can be extracted from
the jaw.

Then, to solve the problem as to what the square front tooth of the type
really is, a careful comparison of the sizes of the teeth, carried out on the same

' See Cat. Man. Jl. .V. p. 71. 18S8.

t See Thomas & Lydekker, P. X. S. 1897. p. 595. See also Hartlaub, Z„ol. Jahrh. i. p. 1, ISXfi.
J For the sake of clearness the numeration of the teeth, both moLars and premoLirs, is here described
as in the Catalogue and in Dr. CoUett's paper— i.e., as though the following were the formvd.i —

but later rcsearclies (I'f. I-yilekker, P. /.. ti. 18911. p. 922) indicate that tlie formula should rather be—

, - 2. 3. 4
P.- M

1. -L 3. 4

"- 3- *• '■'■'ll. 2. 3.

4.

3.

Later again (TV. Linn. Sic. 19(14), Mr. Bensley does not .icocpt tlie latter interpretation, so tliat the
provisional retention of the catalogue formula is the more advisable.

§ P. Z. S. 1897. p, :i2G.

II This tootli is 50 mm. in length, P' being only about I'l.

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lines as in the paper on tlie Mauatpe (above quoted), indicates that this tooth
cannot possibly have been anterior to /«', and is probably much farther back in
the series, lint even if it is ni?, the four teeth behind it bring uj) the total to
seven as a njiuimua), while there is no indication to show tliat the number is
not far more, as indeed I think to be the case. The oldest specimen before me
has not ceased to produce fresh teeth behind, the general tooth-row has the
peculiar parallel-sided ness characteristic of the Manatee, and theoretically it is
only natural that, if the continuous growth of additional teeth gets once started, it
might go on throughout tlie life of the animal.

How any more e.\act knowledge of the number of teeth actually produced
and shed is to be obtained I do not know, for tlie teeth are too equal-sized for
the method u.sed with the Manatee (and very vague then) to be of any further
use. The only possibility wonld be for a j'oang specimen in captivity to have
its most posterior tooth marked, and then a later examination would show how
many and at what rate further teeth came up behind the marked one.

That a single form in the large family Macropodidae should have taken oa
this remarkable specialisation in tooth development is a most interesting fact,
and is strongly confirmatory of the views as to the non-primitiveness of the
Manatee's dentition put forward by Mr. Lydekker and myself in the paper above
referred to.

13. Onychogale unguifera Gould.
¥ 533. Brock's Creek.

14. Trichosunis vulpecula arnliemensis Coll.
$ 020, 524. ? 521, 1519. Hall's Creek,
c? 667, 1351, 1510. South Alligator River.

S 1040, 1043, 1047, 1155, 1352, 1353. ? 1037, 1042, lu44, 1154, 1350J
Eureka.

15. Pseudochirus dahli Coll.
S 1150, 1152, 1153, 1154. ? 1147, 1148, 1149, 1151. Nellie Creek.
S 1491, 1493, 1494, 1496, 1497, 1498, 1501, 1503. ? 1354, 1490, 1492, 1495,
1499, 1500, 1502, 1504. South Alligator River.

16. Petaui'us breviceps ^V'aterh.

i 1429, 1431, 1434, 1430, 1437, 1438. ¥ 1428, 143u, 1432, 1433, 1435, 1439,
1440, 1509. .South Alligator River.
Topotypical of P. arid Gould.

17. Perameles macrura (Jould.
$ 682, 1411. South Alligator River.

Three without particulars.

18. Perameles aurata Rams.
i 077, 1390. ¥ 680. South Alligator River,
c? 517. Hall's Creek.
Five skins without particulars.
These specimens represent a small form allied to P. obesuht, to which latter

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species Dr. Collott referred the examples collected liy Dr. Dahl. Not knowing
of any bandicoot of this type from North Australia in 1»88, I placed aierati/x as a
synonym of ?nacrufa in the Catalogue of Jlarsupials, but I now owe to the kindness
of Mr. E. R. Waite the measurements of the typical sknll preserved in the Macleay
Museum at Sydney, and these show that it belongs to the o/tfu'da group. The
following are the most important measurements of Dr. Ramsay's type, as sent
by Mr. Waite : —

Greatest breadth of skull 23-5 : nasals 19-2 x 4-0 ; palate, length 281, breadth
outside ?«' 14-4, inside ?«^ 9-ii ; palatal foramen 5-4 ; basi-faeial axis 39-0 ; teeth,
canine to m* 19'(), length of/*' '2-2, molars ' ' S-7.

These measures correspond closely with some of the smaller examples of the
present series, so that, in the absence of topotypes, it seems advisable to use
Dr. Ramsay's name. The small species from Barrow Island differs from these
sj)ecimeus by the smaller size of its bullae.

The young skin from Victoria River, Northern Territory, presented by
Dr. J. R. Elsey in 1857, and referred in the catalogue to /'. macrura (specimen e)
proves on the extraction of its skull to be an example of the present species.

P. (lurata, besides its cous]iicuonsly smaller size, is of a somewhat richer and
more fulvous colour than P. macrura.

19. Dasyurus hallucatus Gould.

S 1140, 1142, 1143. ? lia.j, 1141, 1144. Nellie Creek.
cJ 1355, 1357, 1358. ? 13.")9, 1300. South Alligator River.

20. Phascogale penicillata pirata subsp. nov.

c? 1388, 1410. ¥1402,1404. South Alligator River.

One without label.

General characters and appearance of the true Ph. penicillata, but smaller,
paler and with certain tooth differences.

Size markedly less than in penicillata, as shown by the skull dimensions.
General colour above "smoke-grey" (Ridgway), therefore considerably paler than the
dark cinereous grey of penicillata. Under-surface dull whitish, not sharply defined
laterally ; the hairs mostly grey at their bases. Outer side of limbs grey, like
flanks; inner side whitish, like belly ; upper surface of hands and feet white,
with an occasional slight encroachment of brown on to the metapodials. Tail drab,
grey or brownish grey for about two inches at its base, the remainder broadly tufted
with black.

Skull very hke that of penicillata, though markedly smaller ; nasals rather
broader in proportion, supraorbital edges more strongly ridged ; bullae smaller.

Teetk : Incisors less disproportionate than in penicillata ; /' rather smaller, and
i ' but little larger than i ' and ;' * ; the enamel-covered portion of / ' is only about
1-2 mm. in vertical diameter, as compared with about 2 mm. Similarly below the
crown of the anterior incisor only measures about I'o mm. horizontally, as against
2-3. Last lower premolar little or not smaller than the first, while it is con-
spicuously smaller in Ph. penicillata.

Dimensions of the type, measured in skin : —

Head and body, 200 ; tail, 180 ; with hairs, 205 ; hindfoot, 32 mm. Skull (of
Dr. Elsey's specimen) : basal length, 42 ; zygomatic breadth, 27'5 ; nasals.

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16 X 7-0 ; intertemporal lireadtli, 7 ; palatal foramina, 3'6 x 3 ; palate length,
24 ; length of their anterior inolariform teeth, 8'1.

Type : Male, No. 210. Captured May 24th, 1903.

This subspecies is in general appearance exceeding]}' like the common Brush-
tailed Phascogaleoftemy)erate Australia, bnt may be distinguished by the characters
above given. A skeleton of it was obtained by Dr. J. R. Elsey during the North
Australian Expedition, and was presented by him to the National Museum iu
lSo4. Other examples were collected by Dr. Dahl.

21. Phascogale bella spec, no v.

c? 1401, 1407. 5 1405. South Alligator River.

A jiale member of the Ph. fiatipca group.

Size rather larger than in Ph. Jfavipes. Fur close and tine, less woolly than
in the allied species ; hairs of back about 6 mm. in length. General colour above,
of head, back and sides, a beautiful pale pinkish fawn, nearest to, but darker than,
Ridgway's " ecru drab," the rump slightly darker than the fore back. Under surface
white, more or less tinged with drab, the slaty bases to the hairs showing through ;
line of demarcation on sides fairly well defined. Eyes with lighter marks above
and below them. Upper surface of hands and feet white. Tail proportionally
longer than in Ph. _fl'u:ipies, well-haired, cylindrical ; its base hairy and coloured
like the back ; the middle line of its npj)er surface pale brownish, its tips incon-
sjiicuously blackened and pencilled ; its sides and under surface white.

Skull with the essential characters of that of Ph. ^finvipes, as used in the
synopsis in the Catalogue of Marsupials. It is, however, larger, broader and flatter ;
interorbital region narrower and more sharply edged ; tympanic portion of bullae
larger. Palatal foramen to the centre of the canines.

Teeth as in Ph. Jiampes, the anterior incisor similarly thrown forward away
from the others ; last ujiper premolar rather more exceeding the anterior ones ;
last lower premolar intermediate in size between the large middle and the small
anterior one.

Dimensions of the type, measured in skin : —

Head and body, 114 mm.; tail, 108; hindfoot, 22 ; ear, 17. Skull : greatest
length, 31 ; basal length, 28; zygomatic breadth, 18; nasals, 11 x 3-7; interorbital
breadth, 5-6; palate length, 10; combined length of three anterior molariform
teeth, o'O.

Hab. South Alligator River.

Type : Male, No. 1407. Collected May 25th, 1903.

This very jjretty little Pouched Mouse looks externally so entirely different from
the common Ph. Jatipes, that one would not suspect any close affinity between
the two, but the skull and dentition are essentially similar to those of that species.

In one of the specimens the crown is a great deal darker than the back, but
this appears to be due to change of fur.

22. Tachyglossus aculeatus Shaw.
? 1132, 1134, and one nnlabelled. Nellie Creek.

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SOME NEW ORIENTAL ANTHEIBIDAE.

BY KARL JORDAN, Pii.D.

1. Xenocerus lautus spec. nov.

?. Black, densely covered with a clayish tomentuiu, marked with black.
A mesial band on head, a spot behind eye, a kind of X on each side of pronotnm
formed by two lines extending from apex to base and connected laterally behind
apex and at the carina with a snbventral vitta, on elytra a patch ronnd scntellnm,
shonlder-angle, a lateral sjmt at basal fourth, an irregular dorsal patch on each
elytrum, and nnmerous dots in the alternate interspaces, a mesial vitta at
the apex of the pygidium, an irregular mesial stripe and some lateral spots on
breast and abdomen, a spot on femora near base, a minute one near aj)ex, a
spot near base of tibiae, apex of tibiae and tarsal segments and of ninth antenual
segment, part of antennal segments 1 to 7 and the whole tenth and eleventh, black.

Head with a deep mesial sulcus, which extends on to rostrum, where it
is forked by the interposition of a short mesial carina, which is itself divided
again by an apical mesial groove. Antenna reaching bevdnd shoulders, segment 8
one-third shorter than 4, 0 = 4, 11 one-fourth shorter than 3. Pronotnm
longer than broad, flattened above, nearly straight at sides from base to the end
of the lateral carina, suddenly constricted. Elytra cylindrical, not depressed,
finely striped. Pygidium transversely impressed at apex. Prosternum with deep
angulated furrow before the coxae ; mesosternal process narrow, snlcate, triangular.
First foretarsal segment nearly half the length of the tibia.

Length, 25 mm.

Hah. Mauson Mts., Tonkin, 20ti0— 30(h.i ft., Ajiril— May (Fruhstorfer).

1 ?.

Nearest to A', everetti (1894) Jord. The species bears a close culour-
resemblance to Eugigas harmanrii (1891) Lesne.

~. Mecotropis cylindricus spec. nov.

S. Black, covered with a dense cinereous tomentnm, irregularly spotted
with black; sides of head and protliorax more extended black than cinereous,
a jiatch above and another below shoulder black, black dots in middle of elytra
]>artly merged together to form an ill-detined jiatch; tarsal segments cinereous
in basal half.

Middle sulcus of rostrum extending beyond eyes ; antennal groove prolonged
to eye, accomjianied abovc^ by a carina. Eye truncate in front, very feebly
emarginate, not sinuate as it is in marmoreus (1894) Jord. Second segment
of antenna reaching middle of eye. Prothorax as in fruhstorferi (1894) Jord.
Elytra cylindrical, not depressed at suture. Pygidium broader than long. The
two grooves on underside of rostrum )(-shaiied, but separate. Prosternum with
deep transverse sulcus, which is angnlate, not interrupted. Anal segment truncate.
An olive-brown velvety double spot in middle of metasternnm.

Length, 19 mm.

Ilab. Mauson Mts., Tonkin, 20uo — yiiun ft., April, May (Fruhstorfer).

1 6.

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3. Mecocerus callosus spec. nov.

? . Black, clothed with a short olive-black tomentnm. Autennal segments 3 to
0 at apex and the whole of 7 and 8 ]iubeseent-white. On each side of pronotum
there is a basal spot close to middle Hue, almost contignous with the spot of the
other half, another basal spot near lateral angle, several small dots round a diseal
tubercle, three small sjiots between the lateral basal one and the apical margin,
and an elongate apical spot near middle line, this latter spot continued over
the head, all tawny-ochraeeons, not conspicuous. Elytrum tesselated witli dots of
the same colour, a few white spots in third and fourth interspaces before middle,
and in third again behind middle, the anterior white spots formed by raised
pubescence ; alternate interspace with black tufts, a postmedian one in third
interspace being the longest. Underside dotted with grey, the spots confluent
on abdomen. Femora with three, tibiae with two grey rings ; first tarsal segment
with large grey subbasal ring, fourth with a median one.

Mesial carina of head slight but distinct, interrupted on frons by a deep
slit, but reappearing behind this slit. Pronotum slightly depressed on disc,
irregularly grooved laterally, with a rounded prominent tubercle at each side
of mesial line before the carina ; the latter snbangulate before the lateral curve.
Elytra strongly convex, short, the alternate interstices bearing the black pustules
distinctly but slightly elevate. Prosteruum shallowly impressed, raised at each
side of the impression, without distinct transverse sulcus before the coxae.

Length, 12 mm. ; breadth, 0 mm.

Hah. Mauson Mts., Tonkin, April— May, 2i)(_)U— .30110 ft. (Frnhstorfer).

1 ?.

The spots of the upperside, which in this specimen are tawny-ochraceous
and rather indistinct, may possibly be grey in other specimens.

4. Physopterus oculatus spec. nov.

c??. Black-brown, rufescent, densely clothed with a greyish clay pubescence,
irrorated with brown ; an ill-defined stripe commencing on occiput at upper
edge of eye continued to base of pronotum, blackish ; a large, slightly transverse,
rounded patch just behind middle of elytrum, extending from third stripe to
outer margin, velvety black ; the pale pubescence round this patch denser than
elsewhere on elytrum ; antenna rufous, brown at base, club black ; legs rufous,
femora brownish in middle, tip of tibiae and of first and last tarsal segments
and the whole second and third tarsal segments brown-black.

Rostrum coarsely rugate-punctate, middle sulcus extending to occiput. Eye
oblong, lateral. Erons anteriorly broader than the eye is high, measured in a frontal
view. Segments 7 and 8 of antenna pubescent-white, 3 one-third longer than 4,
0 = 4, 10=8. Prothorax almost twice as wide at the carina as at the apex,
gradually narrowed from the carina forwards ; carina very strongly curved laterally,
as in alhogiittafus and sumatranus, more evenly curved than in biplagiatus. Elytra
strongly convex, parallel from base to apical declivity ; feebly striate, the stripes
indistinctly punctate. Underside dispersedly punctate. First abdominal segment
of c? with a mesial, subbasal, acute, cariniform tnbcrcle ; a trace of a tubercle
also on the second segment : no velvety duuble spot on metastcrnum. Midtibia
of i with a long tooth before the apex on (lie underside ; hindtibia of i somewhat
curved.

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Length, 0 to 111 mm.

Hab. Manson Mts., Tonkin, 2000—30(1(1 ft., Ai)ril— May (Frnhstorfer).

4 6S,l ?.

5. Acorynus tonkinianus sjjcc. nov.

5 ? . Black, covered with a sparse olivaceous tomentum ; |ironotum and
alternate interspaces of elytra dotted with fulvous ; a large snbbasal fulvous patch
common to both elytra, narrowed laterally, comjwsed of confluent spots ; snbbasal
callosity blackish ; sides of sterna marked with fulvous, especially the metathoracic
episternum ; abdomen with two rows of fulvous dots on each side : a broad ring
on tibiae and the first tarsal segment excepting apex rufous, covered with a luteous
pubescence, in S {t'/pe) also femora partly rnfous ; antenna rufescent.

Rostrum with five prominent dorsal carinas nearly as in fudrirostrin (1833)
Gylh., the middle one interrupted beyond middle, stopping at base in J, continued
in ? as a fine line over frons ; the others abbreviated beyond middle : a short
apical carina between the second and third. Eyes subapproximate in i. Frons
narrowing anteriorly in both sexes. Segment 10 of antenna broader than long,
shorter than 8. Protborax dispersedly punctured, deeply grooved transversely
on disc ; carina slightly angulate in middle, very, broadly rounded at sides, little
produced forwards. Elytra finely pnnctate-striate, the alternate interspaces, which
appear deeper black than tlie others in certain lights, somewhat elevate. I'ro-
sternum dispersedly punctured. Anal sternite raised mesially in <?, the raised part
crowned by a transverse carina, which projects distad ; the segment rounded in ? .

Length, 10 to 11 mm.

Hah. Mauson Mts., Tonkin, April— May, 2000— 3(HiO ft. (Fruhstorfer) :
Chiem-Hoa, Central Tonkin, August — September (Fruhstorfer).

1 (?, 3 ? ?.

6. Acorynus mosonicus spec nov.

(??. Black, pubescence olive-black above, grey beneath; upperside marked
with fulvous — namely, a thin mesial line on occii>ut, a superciliary stripe and
the whole frons, an interrupted mesial vitta on pronotum, a consjiicnous median
dot on each side, three dots in a row farther laterally, and another spot above
the lateral carina, a number of dots and dashes on the elytra, partly confluent,
variable in size ; a spot behind shoulder more conspicuous. Base of tibiae with
a rnfous sjiot, covered with a luteous pubescence ; tibiae blackish or rufescent.
Rostrum half as long again as broad, with five dorsal carinac, densely punctured.
Frons in S as broad as the interspace between the mesial and submesial carinae,
in ? nearly twice as broad. Basal segments of antenna rufescent, the following
rnfous at the joints, segment lO half as long again as broad.

Head and prothorax densely and coarsely punctate ; no transverse sulcus on
pronotum, carina concave, subangulate. Elytra parallel, flat above, very strongly
striate-punctate, subcostate. Pygidium rounded in ?, subtrnncate in S- Pro-
sternum and sides of metasterimm with large punctures. No tubercle on first
abdominal segment of S.

Length, 7 to OJ mm.

Hah. Mauson Mts., Tonkin, 2000—3000 ft., April- May (Fruhstorfer).

A series.

Somewhat similar to carinifrons (1895) Jord. and punctatus (1894) Jord.,
but the eyes much farther apart.

I

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7. Litocerus sticticus spec. nov.

(J. Black ; underside, femora and rostrum pubescent grey ; a spot near base
of tibiae, edge of eye, scutellum, edge of jiygidium, and a number of spots on
the proiiotum and elytra also grey ; the spots of pronotum arranged as follows : a
widely interrupted mesial line, a spot on disc at end of transverse sulcus, three
dots in a row situated more laterally and another above the lateral carina ; the
spots of the elytra mostly elongate, especially those near the base, which stand
in a ring round the subbasal callosity, a round spot beyond middle between third
and fifth interspaces more conspicuous than the others. Tarsi brown.

Kostrnm flattened at apex, the three middle carinae stojiping at this depression.
Eyes appro.ximate, the frons being anteriorly as broad as the first autennal segment.
Segment 3 of antenna half as long again as 0, 10 = 0 one-fourth longer than S.
Prothorax strongly rounded laterally, widest behind middle, rather broader than
long, finely and dispersedly punctured, with a deep transverse sulcus before middle ;
dorsal carina straight, slightly aiigulate in middle, very strongly rounded laterally.
Elytra strongly convex, gradually narrowing from base to apical declivity, then
more strongly. Prosternum punctured. First abdominal segment with mesial
tubercle.

Length, 6 mm.

Hab. Mauson Mts., Tonkin, 2(mm)— 300(1 ft., April— May (Fruhstorfer).

1 cJ.

8. Sympaector fruhstorferi spec. nov.

(??. Black, clothed with an olive pubescence, spotted with ochraceous tawny
and black. A mesial vitta from insertion of antennae to base of pronotum, another
commencing beneath the eye and ending also at base of pronotum, interrupted
or constricted in the middle of the latter, tlie alternate interstices of the elytrum,
a triangular lateral vitta on pygidium and a thin, anteriorly abbreviated, mesial
one, a lateral vitta on prosternum and another just at the carina, the greater
jiart of the meso- and metasternum, two series of spots on each side of the
abdomen, with minute dots between the rows, the intercoxal lobe of the first
abdominal segment, two broad rings on femora, one on tibiae, and the first
segment of each tarsus, except extreme base and tip, ochraceous fulvous. An
interrupted vitta on pronotum situated on each side between the middle and
lateral ochraceous tawny stripes velvety black. Elytra with sharply marked
velvety black spots : cue ai; suture before middle, and twelve altogether in third,
fifth, seventh, and ninth interspaces.

Rostrum and frons without mesial carina. Antenna of c? about four times
the length of the body, of ? reaching to apical third of elytrum. Pronotum
more conical than in S. tittifrons (1879) Kirsch, conspicuously sinuate before
transverse carina. Elytra less depressed than in vittifrons and shorter. Pro-
sternum with large punctures laterally at base.

Length, 10 to 11 mm.

Hab. Mauson Mts., Tonkin, April — May (Fruhstorfer).

1 (?, 2 ??.

9. Nessiara armata spec nov.
c?. In colour and pattern similar to N. lineola (1879) Kirsch, slenderer,
pronotum more variegated with brown, occiput without distinct brown spot.

Eyes apiiroxiinatc, frous autoriorly k^ss than otic-1'uurtli the wiillh of I Ik;
rostrum. This without mesial carina. Occiput coarsely rnsate-pnnctate. Pro-
iiotnm very densely and coarsely punftnred ; carina straight almve, evenly arched
laterally. Elytra coarsely striate-pnnctate, basal margin loss jirojecting forward
than in Uneola ; subbasal convexity distinct ; sntural area not depressed ; apical
declivity gradual ; third interspace a little elevate. Pygidinm longer than broad,
rounded. Metasternal sternum with a lu'cmincnt subapical tubercle on each
side of the mesial de])resBion.

Length, 6i mm.

Hab. Mauson Mts., Tonkin, L'liuii — onOO ft., A]iri]— Way (Frnlistorfer).

1 (?.

1". Nessiara mosonica spec. nov.

?. Similar to JS'. armata ; middle of pygidinm and of femora and ajie.x
of tibiae brown. Kostrum longer than in armata, with smooth mesial carina.
Frons half the width of the rostrum. Prouotuin not distinctly punctured on
disc, with a few coarse punctures laterally ; dorsal carina convex before the
lateral curvature. Elytra broader than in armata ; the postmedian dash in the
third interspace clayish like the other tesselations, not white.

Hab. Mauson Mts., Tonkin, 20UU— 3000 ft., April— May (Finhstorfer).

3 ? ? .

11. Asemorhinus sportella s])ec. nov.

(? ? . Blackish brown, legs and antenna jiartly rufescent ; pubescence drab,
elytra tesselated with black and some grey spots ; club of antenna and tip of
tibiae black ; a spot on femora brown.

Rostrum more than twice as long as broad at base, dilated towards end,
depressed along middle, with a mesial carina which disappears on occiput.
Antenna longer than in ^1. nebidosus (1801) Sharp, segment lO shorter and
broader. Prothorax longer than in A. nebulosus, depressed before carina, mesially
somewhat elevate ; no coarse puncturation ; dorsal carina slightly angnlated in
middle, lateral carina continued to near ajiex, angulate, the apical portion less
distinct. Elytra twice as long as broad, parallel, somewhat flattened above, very
strongly striate-pnnctate, alternate interspace somewhat raised. Presternum much
less coarsely punctured than in nebiilosus. Mesosternal process convex.

Length, 14 mm.

Ilah. Pontianak, Dntch liorneo (ti/pe) ; Kuching, North Borneo, August 1898 ;
Padang Sidempoean, AV'est Sumatra (Ericsson).

12. Habrissus tonkinianus sj)ec. nov.

cJ. Rufons brown, antenna and legs paler than body ; underside uniformly
pubescent-grey ; upperside brown ; prothorax with some indistinct clayish spots ;
elytra tesselated with clayish grey; -tibiae grey, with a basal and a subapical
brown ring ; base of tirst and third tarsal segments grey.

Rostrum twice as broad as long, narrowed from antennae forwards, truncate
apical edge somewhat undulate. Frons one-fourtli the width of the rostrum ;
with three carinae, which extend on to rostrum. Antenna reaching basal third
of elytra ; club very slender. Prothorax convex, with four grey sjiots on brown
disc arranged crosswise, rather densely punctured ; carina as in indicus (1003)

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Jonl. Elytra as ill ;«f//cv/,v. Pygidiuin ronndci], sli,i;iitly truncate. Mesosteniuui
with a mesial patch of four rows of scale-like spines, the j)atch trianp-ular, entire,
but traversed by the impressed mesial line of the sternum. Anal sternite impressed,
snbtrnncate. Midtibia produced into a tooth.

Length, 5| mm.

Hab. Maiison Mts., Tonkin, 2UU()— 300U ft., April— May (Fruhstorfer).

1 <?.

13. Anthribus wallacei philippinensis subsp. nov.

(??. As robust as the Papuan form .1. w. wallacei, interstices 5, 7 and 0
of elytra not so distinctly tesselated, white spots on apical declivity more
prominent, forming a more or less conspicuous transverse patch, which is divided
or sinnate at the suture.

Hab. North Luzon {t'jpe), and Leite, Negros, and Samar (Whitehead).

A series.

14. Anthribus wallacei malaicus subsp. nov.

c??. Much narrower than the other two snijspecies, tesselation ot interspaces
0, 7 and 9 of elytra not distinct, at least not in basal half

Hah. Borneo : Kuching, May 19(ii( (('//."'), Baram River, and Pontianak ;
Sumatra ; Malacca.

A series.

15. Anthribus macrocerus spec. nov.

S ? . Pubescence pale olive ; disc of pronotum marked with grey, with a
brown central dot ; elytra tesselated with grey and white in the alternate
interspaces ; tibiae with indistinct brown spot at base and in middle ; tip of
seventh antennal segment of ? , the whole eighth and base of ninth white.

Antenna of S about three times the length of the body, segments 3 to 1 1
long, slender, '2 about three times as long as apically broad, 11 provided at
end with a small brush ; antenna of ? reaching base of elytra, slenderer than
in A. wallacei (18G0) Pasc, second segment longer. Pronotum without tubercles.
Elytra cyhndrical, without tubercles, seriate-punctate, the stripes slightly impressed.
First abdominal segment of <? with an ill-defined patch of denser pubescence,
a similar patch indicated on second segment. Underside of first and second
tarsal segments deep brown, nearly black in apical aspect.

Length, 13 to 16 mm.

Hab. Sikhim.

A series.

Resembles in colour Fhloeobius aUcrmns (l6l9) Wied., but the elvtra
devoid of the grey apical patch.

16. Anthribus frontalis spec. nov.

i. Difiers from A. wallacei mulaicn^ in the following points : dorsal lateral
carina of rostrum less elevate ; rostrum, head, and middle of pronotum covered
with a clayish ochraceous pubescence, much variegated with white ; third interspace

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of elytrnm with three Mark tnfts,the second and third farther back than in icallacei
and much farther apart from one another; a hhick dot before apex, three black
raised dots in interspace 5, the first between tnfts 2 and 3 of third interspace,
seventh and ninth interspaces dotted with black in apical half. Antenna reaching
base of elytra, of the type of that of a ?, segment 2 as long as 1, 3 nearly
three times as long as 2. Eye less deeply sinuate than in irallacei.

Length, 9 mm.

Ilab. East (Sumatra.

1 i ; another in the Munich Museum.

1 7. Caccorhinus obscurus spec. nov.

(? ? . Black; antenna rufous ; legs and the light pubescent parts of the body
rufcscent. Pubescence black-brown, mixed with clay ; alternate interspaces of
elytra tesselated with brown and clay ; tibiae (except base and apex) and first
segment of mid- and hindtarsi clay ; sides of abdomen more densely j)ubescent
than middle.

Rostrum nearly three times as long as broad, with basal mesial impression.
False mentnm very shallowly sinuate, the edge mesially feebly convex, the
lateral angles produced forwards. Antennal segments 2 to 8 short, 3 not longer
than 2, a very little shorter than .5, 7 and 8 thicker than the preceding ones,
0 and 10 a little darker in colour than the others, 9 one-third longer than broad,
shorter than 11. Prothorax of nearly the same shape as in lateripictus (1895)
Jord., a little narrower at base. Elytra cylindrical, not distinctly depressed along
snture, punctate-striate, the alternate interspaces faintly elevate. Prosternum
short, transversely impressed at apex. Metasternum granulose in middle in c?,
abdomen of 6 impressed, last two segments of ? granulose. Foretarsus somewhat
dilated in c?, first segment not longer than second.

Length, 6 to 8i mm.

Hah. Kalao, south of Celebes, December 1895 (A. Everett).

A series.

18. Apolecta tonkiniana spec. nov.

S . Black ; head and jirniidtnm with a clay vitta on each side above, separated
on pronotum into spots ; elytra and underside of body clay ; a transverse band
beyond middle of elytra, narrowed and subinterrupted laterally, two subbasal
dots on each elytrum, a lateral one at basal third and a subapical one, black :
the elytra, moreover, indistinctly dotted with olive. Pygidium clay-colour, with
black mesial vitta. Prosternum olivaceous, clayish laterally above coxa. Abdomen
with a row of olive lateral dots. Femora olive-black. Tibiae black in apical
half or tliird. Tarsi black ; basal two-thirds of first segment jiubescent-clay.

Mesial carina of head and rostrum distinct. Pronotum with raised mesial
line, cariniform in apical half; pimcturation rather dense, but punctures smaller
than interspaces ; carina as in aspericollis (1879) Kirsch, but the curve of the
dorsal carina rather more flat. Elytra subcylindrical, scarcely depressed above,
gradually declivous behind, much less abruptly than in asper/col/if: and depressi-
pennis. Prosternum punctured all over. Abdominal segments 1 to 4 each with
two tubercles in middle, 5 hairy.

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Length, 11 mm.

Ilab. Mansou Mts., Tonkin, 2000— ;i()0(t I't., April— May (Fmlistorfer).

1 c?.

19. Apolecta diversa spec. nov.

S. Brown-black ; femora, basal two-thirds of tibiae, and antenna rufescent ;
nnderside pubescent olivaceous grey, indistinctly spotted with clay-colour at the
sides ; a clayish ochraceous vitta from antenna over frons to base of pronotnni,
interrnpteJ in the middle of the pronotum, the two pronotal portions triangnlar ;
a cross-like mark in middle of pronotum, a median dot towards the side and
a short lateral apical stripe clayish grey ; elytra clayish ochraceous, shaded with
grey ; a halfmoon-shaped spot on snbbasal gibbosity, a transverse spot in middle,
another just before apical declivity, and several dots scattered over the elytra,
the largest of them at and near shoulder, brown ; tip of antenna silky white :
apex to tibiae and the tarsi black, basal five-sixtlis of first segment white.

Head rugulose ; a thin, channelled, mesial carina. Apical triangular depression
of rostrum limited behind by a transverse carina. Pronotum as in A. nietneri
(186(1) Lac, more dispersedly jiunctnred, the carina mesially farther from the
base, interrupted. Elytra cylindrical, nut depressed as in A. nietnerl. Prosternnm
punctured laterally, with very few laige punctures in middle. First abdominal
segment of abdomen with a double tubercle midway between base and apex.

Length, S mm.

Hah. Kuching, North Borneo, Januarv 1900.

1 S.

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SOME NEW AFRICAN ANTHBIBIDAE.
BY KARL JORDAN, Ph.D.

1. Mecocerus hauseri spec nov.

?. Nearest to rliornbens {\i<^G') Qned. ; rostrum rather thicker, ej'es a little
wider apart, elytra shorter, and pattern different. Tenth segment of antenna
nearly as long as eleventh. The following grey lines on njjperside : a vitta from
base of rostrnm across head and thora.x to apex of elytra, very narrow on elytra,
except at base ; another line on jirothorax nearly as in rliombeus, bnt less obIi(ine ;
between this and middle line, bnt closer to the former, a thin short Hue behind
])rothorarical carina ; the sntnral vitta of the elytra complete ; from it branches off
at basal si.xth an obli(ine line which joins laterally another obliipie line as in
i-liombcux, this second line being more curved than in rhombciis ; tlie lateral
portion of the two fused Hues more transverse in hauseri than in )-hombi.'iis,
forming an angle with the second line in hauseri ; this second Hne bears in the
sixth intersjiace a short projection, which is the remnant of a line of which
further traces are visible lietween this jirojection and the outer margin ; a curved
Hue runs from the scutellnm across the base of the wing to the outer margin
which it reaches at basal fifth ; lateral edge of wing from this line to apes grey.
The three lines of the elytrnm meet at the ajiical angle of the metasteruum and
are continued as one line along its hinder edge. A streak above anterior coxa,
another before midcoxa, a band covering the mesosterual epimernm and continued
over the metasteruum (where the band is broken), and some small dots on
abdomen grey.

Length, 11 mm.

Ifab. Togo, West Africa.

1 ? ; received from Prof Dr. Hanser, Erlangen.

Blaberops gen. nov.

S ? . Similar to Blaberus. Antenna of c? from two to four times as long as
the body, first segment short, thick, second about twice as long as broad, 3 to i)
very long, 10 and 11 about the same length, each about twice as long as 1 + 2,
11 acuminate, with some bristles at the tij) ; of ? not quite half the length of the
body, segment 3 a little longer than 2, shorter than 4 = 5, 7 longer than 0 and
nearly twice the length of 8, club as long as 5 to 8, broad, li triangular, longer
than broad, 10 a little broader than long, rounded-triangular, 11a little longer
than broad, ovate, subtruncate at base. Eye larger and deejjer sinuate than in
Blaheraa. Carina of pronotuni autebasal, broadly and rather deeply concave in
middle, more or less flexed forward at side, angle rounded ; subbasal carina vestigial
at side, no basal longitudinal carina. Forecoxae contiguous. Mesosterual process
narrow, triangular, rounded at end. Tarsi long, first hindtarsal segment one-fourth
shorter than tibia ; foretibia not mucronate, foretarsus not woolly beneath, as is
the case in Blaberus.

Type : B. macrocerus spec. nov.

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-'. Blaberops macrocerus siioc. nov.

t??. Black; aiitciiiia (e.\cej)t cliili), tV-iiiora ami tibiae rnfcsceiit or minus;
uiRlerside pubesccut grey ; niiperside grey, variegated witli brown. Upper edge
of anteuual groove elevate in cJ. Profliorax as long as broad, widest in middle,
the sides being rounded, densely punctate-reticulate. Elytra less abruptly
declivous beliind tlian in Blriljenix f(iU(i.i-,yeg\x\&\\\' and distinctly pnnctatestriate.
Pygidinm lunger than broad in J, slightly truncate, in ¥ a little shorter than
broad, rounded.

Length, 3 to 4 mm.

Hab. Magila, U.-^ambara, 2. vi. 1898 (Legros), type; Amagava, Zulnland.

5 cJcJ, 1 ?.

3. Anthribus planatus spec. nov.

tj. Rufescent brown, covered witli an olivaceous and a clayish pubescence ;
a triangular lateral patch on elytrnm beginning at shoulder angle and extending
to the third interspace, which it reaches before middle, and a transverse band
across both elytra before apical declivity, olivaceous, rather indistinct, except in
certain lights.

(Carina of rostrum prominent. Antenna longer than the body (cJ), segments
3 to 5 rather strongly incrassate at apex, and hardly longer than broad. Prothorax
longer than bmad, rounded at the sides, widest just behind middle, not punctureil.
Elytra rather flat above, strongly punctate, striate, without tufts, one large tubercle
before a])ex extending from stripe 3 to 8. No jmnctures on underside. First
abdominal segment with a large rounded ]iatch of a clayish dchraceous jiubescence.

Length, 14 mm.

llab. Gold ( 'oast.

1 (?.

Euphloeobius gen. nov.

c??. Similar to I'/doeobius. Antenna! groove large, triangular, close to eye,
covered, its upj)er edge being cariniform. Eye sinuate, larger than in Pldoeobins,
twice as long as broad in dorsal aspect, its upper lobe projecting forward over
the hinder edge of the antennal groove. Rostrum and false mentum sinuate.
Antenna short, not reaching base of prothorax, segment ',' longer than 3, some-
what pyriform, 3 longer than 4, 8 rather thicker than 7, club comiiact, short,
triarticnlate, segment 9 hardly longer than apically I)road, 10 twice as broad as long.

Carina of pronotum basal, not extending to middle of sides, angle acute.
Second segment of tarsi less triangular and third much smaller than in Phloeobiua.

Type : E. ascllus spec. nov.

4. Euphloeobius asellus spec. nov.

S ? . Brown-black, densely covered with a greyish white pubescence ; prouotum,
except a large anterior median area and declivous jiortion of base of elytra
cinnamon, mottled with black ; elytra more or less faintly tesselated with black
and brown, each with or without a black sharply defined spot on disc behind
middle ; antenna rufescent, club brown-black.

Rostrum more than twice as broad as long, flat, imjiressed laterally before
the eye.

Frons with a short carina. Prothorax twice as broad at base as at apex,
with two longitudinal depressions on disc, subcarinate mesially, sinuate at side

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before hiuder augle ; lateral carina stopping at basal thirJ. Elytra cylindrical,
Iialf as long again as broad, depressed at basal margin ; the rows of punctures
not distinct distally ; second and third interspace raised behind basal depression;
these slight tubercles black. Spine-like bristles at apex of hindtibia and first
hindtarsal segment rather long and strong.

Length, 6i mm.

Ilab. Ikntha, British East Africa ; received from Prof. Dr. Hanser.

In one of the three specimens I have seen there is a black obli(pTe dash behind
the middle of each elytriim {ti/pe), in a second there is a rounded black patch, while
the third individual is devoid of that mark.

5. Epitaphius lunatus spec. nov.

Brown-black, covered with a greyish white pubescence ; legs rufescent ; seg-
ments o and 0 of antenna and club black, rest white; sides of pronotnm and elytra
somewhat clayish ; pronotum with three abbreviated, not sharply marked, black
lateral vittac ; scutellum white ; elytrnm with an oblicjue clayish patch at base ;
alternate interstices faintly clayish, the white ones tesselated with black, the
black marks in interspaces 3 and 5 long and few in number ; an oblong subapical
area common to both elytra encircled by a black line which begins in the middle
of the suture and gradually fades away posteriorly ; shoulder black below. First
tarsal segment greyish white, black at extreme base, the others black; tibiae with
a brown spot at base.

Rostrum twice as broad as long. Segments 3 to 6 of antenna gradually
decreasing in length, 7 a very little longer than 6, 9 as long as 3, 10 half as broad
again as long. Prothorax convex, rather strongly impressed before base, the
impression divided ; carina evenly curved from side to side, not angulate, not
reaching to middle of sides. Elytra cylindrical, evenly and rather feebly striate ;
base depressed. Pygidium broader than long. First foretarsal segment nearly
as long as the other three segments together.

Length, 0 mm. ; breadth, 2| mm.

Hub. Ikutha, British East Africa.

Two specimens, received from Prof. Dr. Hauser.

0. Phloeobius lineifer spec. nov.

?. Black, densely covered with a luteous grey pubescence; antenna brown-
black ; tibiae and tarsi brown-black, irregularly ringed with grey ; pronotnm with
two indistinct brown stripes laterally; scutellum and alternate interspaces of
elytra whitish grey, first, third and ninth tesselated with black, third from base
to middle and fifth from middle to apical declivity quite black.

Rostrum and frons witiiout groove and carina. Antenna short, hardly reaching
base of prothorax, segment 2 short, scarcely half as long again as broad, 3 nearly
twice the length of 2, only a little longer than 4, shorter than 9, 8 a little longer
and broader than 7, ^ asymmetrical, subtruucate at base, here as wide as at apex,
10 also subtruucate at base, 11 longer than broad. Prothorax about one-third
broader than long, slightly sinuate laterally before base, narrowed from before
middle to apex, with the apical angle i)rojecting, the sides being carinate in front;
this frontal carina not continuous with the lateral branch of the basal carina ;
hinder angle a little over 90°; disc conve.x in front, feebly depressed behind;
anterior edge of pronotum somewhat curving forwards, the prothorax being about

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one-fourth longer in middle tluui at the sides. Elytra cj-lindrical, slightly raised
behind hasp, but here not tubereulated ; third, tifth and ninth interspaces feebly
carinifurm.

Length, 5| mm. ; breadth, 2i mm.

Ilab. Mulango, Kitui, British East Africa.

1 ? , received from Prof. Dr. Hanser.

7. Phloeobius striga spec. nov.

c?. Brown-blaclc, shaft of antenna and tibiae rufesccnt ; pubescence lutescent
grey ; tlie mesial line, an indistinct lateral discal vitta and sides of pronotum
clay-coloiir, alternate interspaces of elytra also clayish ; two dots on pronotum,
situated before middle, and scutelium white; frons also whitish ; a sharjdy defined
linear spot on the suture before the apex of the elytra deeji black ; tibiae with
vestiges of three brown rings ; anterior tarsns brown-black.

Rostrum three times as broad as long, slightly depressed ; no longitudinal
carina either on rostrum or frons. Antenna reaching base of elytra ; segment 3
shorter than 4, but a little longer than 5, 8 as long as 7, ',) and 10 symmetrical,
11 longer than 9. Frothorax nearly as broad at apex as at base, being broader
jnst behind the apical edge than the head inclusive of eyes, faintly depressed
transversely above behind the apex and before the base, densely punctate-granulate,
hinder angle slightly obtuse, being more than 90°. Elytra cylindrical, alternate
interspaces slightly elevate, with small raised spots of black and white pubescence,
these spots most distinct in ai)ical third ; declivous apex slightly flattened.

Length, 4^ mm.

Had. Ikiitha, British East Africa.

2 SS, received from Prof. Dr. Hanser.

8. Phloeobius pachymerus spec. nov.

c?. Brown-black; shaft of antenna rufescent ; head, an irregular elongate
patch behind the base of each elytrum, ape.\ of elytra (this area sinuate anteriorly
at suture), pygidium and sides of breast white ; pmnotum clayish, mottled with
white, with a black central dot of longer pubescence ; interspaces 2, 4 and 6 of
elytrum distinctly clayish, 1, 3 and .5 grey and tesselated with brown or black,
3 and •") with three resjiectively two black raised tufts in apical half, two similar
tufts near base in first and third interspaces ; lateral edge tesselated with brown ;
tibiae with three brown spots or incomplete rings.

Rostrum very short, without carina. Antenna reaching base of prothorax,
segment 3 asymmetrical, elongate-pear-shaped, 4 and 5 much enlarged, compressed,
asymmetrical, little longer tiian broad, (J and 7 smaller, but also produced forward,
8 small, not enlarged, 9 triangular, asymmetrical like Iti, a little longer than
apically broad. Prothorax narrower at apex than at base, but ajjical angles
jirojecting, the width of the prothorax being here equal to that of the head inclusive
of eyes ; sides sinuate before hinder angle ; the latter acute, with the extreme
tip rounded off. Elytra slightly elevate behind base.

Length, ijl mm. ; breadth, 2| mm.

Ifdb. Ikntha, British East Africa. -

2 cJ(?, received from Prof Dr. Hanser.

The antenna is unlike that of any other species hitlierto described.

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AMEllICAX AKTHEIBIDAE.
By KAEL JORDAN, I'li.D.

THE gonns AUamlnis, erected by Lecoiite in 1870, is so very close to tlie Old
World genus Enedinifcs of ScbOnherr, that its distinctness from this seems
to uie to be doubtful.

1. Allandrus indistinctus s]ipc nov.

S. Brown-black, irrorated with white broadened hairs, a widely interrupted
mesial line on pronotum, and the scutellum more densely jiubescent white ; antenna,
tibiae, and tarsi rufous, antennal segments brown at apex, club brown, rufons
at bases of segments ; elytrum with some rnfescent spots near suture. Rostrnm
twice as long as apically broad, flat, feebly impressed at base, densely reticulate-
punctate like head and pronotum. Antennal segment 2 longer than 3, 9 more
than twice the lensjth of 10, this broader tlian long, 11 ovate. Elytrum indistinctly
spotted with velvety black, deeply })unetate-striate, the interspace rather finely
punctured. First segment of foretarsus about one-fifth the length of the foretibia,
little longer than second segment.

Length, 3 mm.

Hub. Cochabamba, Bolivia (Cxermain).

1 c?.

We have a number of ? ? from Cochabamba and Brasilia which have a
much shorter rostrum than the S here characterised. They belong apparently
to two or three more species.

We have received nearly all the species described in this pai}er from Mons.
H. Donckier de Donceel, Paris. Those from Jatahy, Province (Joyaz, Brazil,
have been collected by Mons. C. Pujol.

The genus G;/mno<inathus is purely Neotropical. The number of species
occurring in South America is very large. We have identified all those described,
e.xcept siqmtiis (l.s33) Gylh., which we do not aiipear to possess, and nehulosiis
(1874) Motsch., of which the description is iusuflicient for recognition. G. ojihiopsis
(1833) Dalm. and decorus (1853) Perr. are the same according to the descriptions.
The variety in strncture is so considerable that the genus will ultimately have
to be divided up into several genera. Tlie most remarkable structure, we think,
is that found in the 6 of the species described under No. ID. In that insect
the (? bears on the head a rounded groove of which the edge is raised, giving
the insect the appearance of being trepanned.

•-'. Gymnognathus extensus spec nov.

?. Similar to aiicora. Rostrum longer, narrower, more strongly dilated at
apex ; frons proportionally wider ; prothora.x longer, dorso-lateral vitta broader,
continuous, angle of carina much smaller, less than OU , with the tip rounded ;
sutural area of elytra continued to apical declivity, including a brown postmedian

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sntnral dot, dilated to sevpiith stripe behind middle; couiiected with the small
jqiieal spots; ])ygidinra sliorter, with sliorter teeth, brown, marked at each side with
a narrow grey vitta.

Hab. Miuas Geraes.

1 ?.

3. Gymnognathus marianna spee. nov.

S. Similar to G. viciniis (1855) Jck. A broad red vitta over rostrum and
head, not divided on head ; mesial vitta of pronotnm broader than in ricinux,
only one lateral vitta above lateral carina ; this lateral vitta very narrow, oblinne,
extending from basal angle to disc ; angle of carina 90', very feebly rounded.
Elytra long, a cross-shaped sntural patch clayisli grey, with brown central
dot, dilated at the base sidewards to shoulder ; a spot in apical angle. Basal
abdominal segment without the creamy white lateral spot present on segments
2 to 4. Antenna reaching base of elytra. Pronotum densely plicate-reticulate.

Length, 7 mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

1 (?.

4. Gymnoguathus ada spec. nov.

(J?. Pygidinm liidcntate : anal ventral segment rounded. Brown. Rostrnm
dilated at apex, nearly twice as long as broad in middle, depressed longitudinally,
with strongly marked mesial carina, extending over the fVons. This carina is joined
at each side at base by an oblir^ue carina (sometimes double), reaching backwards
to occijiut, which is brown, witli a thin mesial and a broader lateral clay vitta.
Prothorax conical, a very little broader than long, with a longitudinal mesial
depression which narrows apicad and is filled in with a clayisli vitta ; laterally
on disc an interrnjited line neither reaching apex nor carina, and close to it
from middle to basal angle another line, both clayish, a third line lateral, broader,
reaching from base to ajiex, merged together with the second at base, and only
imperfectly separated from the cla_\ ish area of the prosternum ; dorsal carina
biconvex, flexed forward at sides in an almost even arch. Elytra similar to those
oi' ancora, third interspace tiuely costate behind along third stripe of punctures;
clayish grey area reaching close to apical declivity, deeply sinuate laterally
before end, including a brown dot before middle of suture ; an apical spot, connected
along suture with dorsal area and some long lateral lines clay, no lateral dot.
Pygidium clay, with a brown mesial vitta which is divided by a thin grey line ;
teeth prominent.

Underside clayish grey, sides yellowish clay, this pubescence forming four
sharply marked rounded spots on abdomen encircled with brown ; a spot on
metasterual episternum brown. Legs rnfescent brown, tarsi brown-black.

Length, 4^ to 9i mm.

J/tib. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

5. Gymnognathus blanca spec. nov.

cj ?. Similar to ath, pubescence less clayish and the markings more extended ;

oceijiut with two small brown spots ; grey vittae of pronotum broader than in cu/a,

lateral abbreviated one merged together with the grey ventral area ; grey sntural

area of elvtra extended to lateral margin at shoulder and before middle, and more

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or less broadly connected with the apical spot, vednciuf; the brown lateral area
to spots of variable size ; jiygidinm with very thin brown mesial line ; underside
almost uniformly creamy white, without isolated lateral spots on abdomen. Inner
edge of third line of punctures of elytrum raised posteriorly as in ada.

Hah. Rio Pardo, Sao Panlo, December 1898 (Gounelle), Ujpc ; Matu Sinhas,
Minas Geraiis, March— April 1885 (Gounelle) ; Sierra de Commuuaty, Peruambuco,
Januar}- — March 1883 (Gounelle).

6. Gymnognathus hilda spec. nov.

? . Pygidinm bidentate, last abdominal segment rounded. Brownish rufous.
Rostrum broader than long, depressed at liase, a broad vitta creamy, on liead
divided into two, which border the eyes. Head with thin mesial carina. Prothorax
twice as broad as long, conve.K ; a mesial vitta, narrowing frontad, and an oblique
dorso-lateral vitta grey, the grey pubescence of the underside extending uj)wards
above the lateral carina ; this carina horizontal, the angle rounded. Elytra
flattened above but not impressed, parallel from base beyond middle, tlien slightly
narrowed, almost truncate at apex ; punctured stripes very fine ; a grey sutural
patch from base beyond middle, dilated at base to lateral edge, rounded-sinuate
behind base, emargiuate behind and slightly also at sides ; a lateral marginal
spot before middle and a large triangular apical spot not reaching suture, grey.
Pygidium all grey, a little broader at base than long. Underside grey, with
small vestigial brown spots. Legs rufous, tarsi blackish.

Length, 4 mm.

Hah. Cara9a, Minas Geraes, December 1885 (Gounelle).

1 ?.

7. Gymnognathus emma si>ec. nov.

cJ?. Pygidinm bidentate, last abdominal segment rounded; liead and
prothorax rufous red, rostrum, base of pronotum and of elytra and tlie underside
black, or brownisli black, elytra rufcscent. Rostrum half as long again as broad,
little widened at apex, rugate-punctate, a double creamy vitta, contiguous, divided
at base into two vittae running across head, bordering the eves ; frons multicarinate.
Prothorax broader than long, finely rugulate transversely all over, convex,
transversely depressed in front of carina ; apex edged with creamy white, a trans-
verse band in front of carina curving forward laterally, and continued downwards,
a short mesial streak on disc, a mesial basal spot and a transverse lateral basal
sj)ot of the same colour, basal carina convex laterally, angle 90°, slightly rounded.
iScutelluni narrowed basad. Elytra with a transverse grey basal spot from suture
to shoulder produced backwards at sutural end, followed by an oblicjue blackish
space bordered behind by a grey streak, an elongate spot below shoulder, first
stripe of jiunctures, an oblique narrow apical sjiot and some traces of lateral
median streaks, grey ; the grey sutural line anteriorly joined to an obli(pie discal
line. Pygidinm creamy white, with straight rufous brown mesial vitta. A
large triangular lateral spot on mesosternum and base of metasternum, and a
transverse apical band on metasternum creamy ; a small transverse spot on first
abdominal segment, and broad bands on the others white. Legs brown-black,
sparsely pubescent grey.

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Length, 4i to <i mm.
Hab. Jataliy, Goyaz.
A series.

8. Gymnognathus clara spec. nov.

S ? . Pygidinm ami anal sternite rounded, the former with a large mesial
coral-red spot. Black-lirown, ]{ostrnm dilated at apex, nearly twice as long as
broad in middle, rngato-pliuate, with thin basal carina which flattens in middle
and disappears before reaching apical margin ; white. Frons plicate, pubescent
coral-red in middle, white at eyes. Antenna black-brown, segments 1 and 2
rufescent, 3 longer than 4, 7 half as long again as S, this nearly two (?) or three (c?)
times as long as broad. Prothorax densely rugate ; a coral-red apical marginal patch
behind eye ; a mesial vitta, constricted before middle, widened at carina, followed
by a basal mesial patch, a short discal line, slightly arched, convex externally,
midway between ajiex and carina, a lateral basal spot exteuded discad beyond
carina, not reaching short discal line, dilated along lateral carina, contiguous with
an ill-defined oblique band which extends from red spot downwards to base of
prnsternum : lateral angle of carina 90°, but rounded off ; basal longitudinal
carina at a right angle with dorsal carina ; lateral carina not reaching middle.
Elytra flattened, not impressed, slightly convex at base, lines of punctures very
distinct, interspaces 2, 4, 6, 8 and part of 10 white ; an oblique band from outer
side of shoulder to fourth interspace, a transverse subapical band across both elytra,
slightly curved forward at suture, and lateral interspaces brown, excepting ninth,
which is cinnamon from middle to declivous apex, like rest of elytra. Pygidium
coral-red, rather broadly edged with white. A vitta on presternum, from coxa
obliquely forward, sides of meso-metasternum, except a brown median spot, and
four contiguous spots on abdominal segments 2 to .i, creamy-white ; rest of
underside and legs black, sparsely pubescent white ; knees rufescent.

Length, 3 to 4^ mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

0. Gymnognathus bella spec. nov.

? . Pygidium and anal sternite emargiuate-truncate, angles rounded, the
former red, with thin grey edges. Rostrum strongly dilated at apex, twice as
long as broad in middle, with strong mesial carina, which does not quite reach apical
margin, coutiuued to occiput ; pubescence reddish, a transverse basal belt grey.
Frons multii)licate, coral-red like occiput, eye thinly edged with yellow-buff, a
patch behind eye and a streak below yellow-buff. Antenna brown-black, club
olivescent, segment 3 little longer than 4, 7 and 8 broader than long, club very
broad. Prothorax half as broad again as long, cmarginate at apex, black, a
dorso-lateral apical patch coral-red, seven grey dorsal vittae, mesial one from
apex to carina, followed by a basal patch, first lateral neither reaching apex nor
carina, subangnlate in middle, second from carina to middle, ending here in a dot,
third somewhat irregular, from near carina to red sjiot, continued along the outer
edge of this spot ; moreover, a broad lateral vitta divided by the lateral carina ;
carina concave in middle, flexed forward at side in an even arch ; basal longitudinal
carina forming an acute angle with dorsal one. Elytra pubescent cinnamon, all
the stripes of punctures white, here and there interrupted, alternate interspaces

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rather wiiler, ;i iiiuinw haml of blackisli spots from miilill'' of base to basal third
of oiitPi- ra;irj;iii, aiiothpr band of three sjwts parallel with tlie first beginning
at basal fonrth of suture, the white lines partly interrupted within the bands,
scntellnm surrounded by black. Underside an<l legs black, thinly pubescent white,
presternum laterally more densely white, with oblicpie fuscous postmedian band ;
meso-metasternuru and abdonjen laterally spotted with white, three last sjjots
yellowish.

Length, >h mm.

Ilab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

1 6.

111. Gymnognathus coronatus spec. nov.

tj ?. Pygidium and anal sternite truncate-iotundate, the former with thin
white mesial line. Black, elytra olivaceous cinnamon, occiput and anterior third
of ])ronotum red. Hostrum transversely depressed at base, half as broad again as
long, grey in middle and yellowish at sides like froiis. Eye siditruucate anteriorly.
Frons broad, rugate. Occiput in 6 with a circidar groove of which the edge is
raised. Antenna black, rufescent at base, club rufous, segment 3 hardly as long
as 2, <i to s short. Prothorax more than half as broad again at carina as
long, conical from carina to ajiex, granulose-rngnlose ; apical margin bordered
with white above, three white basal spots, carina bordered with white at
frontal side, this border produced forward in front of basal spots and con-
tinued along lateral carina, the mesial projection reaching in between the
two halves of a white transverse median band, which is more or less widely
interrnpted in middle and extends downwards to prosternnm ; dorsal carina
feebly biconvex, forming au acute angle with basal longitudinal carina, flexed
forward at sides in an even arch, not reaching middle. Scutellum white.
Elytra very slightly flattened, slightly impressed behind at suture, a shadowy
brown transverse band behind base extending from near suture to near lateral
margin, flexed forward at side, including shoulder-angle, this inconspicuous band
slip.htly bordered with white in front and behind ; base somewhat yellowish.
Pygidium shaded with grey, half as long again as basal broad, white mesial
line narrow. Underside not very densely pubescent white, sides of metasternum
more densely pubescent, yellowish, an oblique transverse band on pro-, another
on meso-metasternum brown. Legs black or brown, rufescent at knees.

Length, 3i to 4 mm.

Ilah. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

The round groove on the head nf the d is a very striking character peculiar to
this species.

1 1 . Gymnog'nathus nubilus spec. nov.

?. Pygidium and anal sternite rounded. Knfescent, tarsi black; pygidium
and underside densely pubescent white ; upperside shaded all o\er with white,
this pubescence condensed at the sides of the pronotnm and in middle before base,
on elytra in basal depression, along suture from scutellum to near middle, this vitta
curving lateiud behind, at ai)e.\' and in middle of hiteral margin : all these markings
ill-dehued.

Rostrum broad, about one-third longer than broad, mesially depressed at base,

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with mesial carina, which nearly reaches a[iex and extends backwards over the
Irons. The latter two-thirds the width of the rostrum, multicarinate. Prnthorax
one-third broader than long, finely rugnlose, convex, not longitudinally depressed
in middle ; carina biconvex above, curved forward at sides in an even arch,
without indication of an angle, not reaching middle of side. Elytra convex, less
depressed at suture, and shorter, than in ancora. Pygidium longer than broad.

Length, 7;l- mm.

llah. Caracj'a, Minas Geraes, December 1SS5 (Gounelle).

1 c?.

13. Gymnognathus alma spec. nov.

? . Pygidium rounded, with very thin brown mesial line, which widens
apically ; anal sternite slightly emarginate. Rufescent ; club of antenna and
tarsi brown-black. Rostrum nearly half as long again as broad, deeply and
broadly impressed mesially from apex to base, with a mesial carina which does
not reach apex but extends backwards, -being highest anteriorly on frons ; a
broad creamy mesial vitta, dividing into three lines on occiput, the mesial line
being the broadest. Antennal segments 7 and 8 broader than long. Prothorax
half as broad again as long, smooth, longitudinally depressed in middle, the slight
depression filled in by a broad creamy vitta which tapers anteriorly ; two lateral
spots on disc, one apical, elongate, oblique, the other before' carina, rounded, a
little more dorsal, connected with a basal lateral spot ; gre}' pubescence of under-
side extended upwards over lateral carina, sending out a spur towards the apical
dorsal streak ; dorsal carina interrupted in middle and rather deeply concave,
flexed forward at sides in a very obtuse, rounded angle. Elytra nearly as in
ancora ; stri2)es very fine ; grey area extended basally to lateral margin, including
brown shoulder spot, exjianded between suture and stripe 5 and reaching close to
apical declivity, rectangularly excised in middle of elytrum, posteriorly sinuate at
suture, including a brown dot situated at basal third of suture. Underside creamy
white, except a dot on metasternal episternum and sides of last two abdominal
segments. Legs rufous, tarsi brown-black.

Length, 8i mm.

Hab. Brazil.

1 ¥.

13. Gymnognathus irma spec. nov.

S ? . Pj'gidium and last ventral segment rotundate-truncate. Similar in colour
to ancora. Occiput with brown triangular mesial patch divided by a thin grey
mesial line ; mesial vitta of pronotum broad, occupying nearly half the base ; sides
of pronotum clayish grey, with two brown spots incompletely separating an oblique
vitta from the lateral area ; dorsal area of elytra as in ancora, apical spot luniform,
curving forward near suture ; pygidium grey, narrowly bordered with brown at
sides, the brown border slightly widened near base. Head and jironotum rugnlose,
l>licate, as in affinis, angle of prothoracic carina as in affin>.<< : lateral carina both in
irma. and affmis shorter than in ancora.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

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14. Gymnognathus clelia spec. nov.

?. P_vgidiiiiu and anal ventral segment rounded at apex. IJostriiiii and lit-ad
with broad reddish mesial vitta, including a large brown mesial spot on occiput ;
mesial carina feebly elevate, but visilile from apex of rostrum to prothorax.
Rostrum shorter than in ancora. Frons more than half the width of the rostrum.
Prothorax transversely rngulose, with three vittae, which are reddish in front ; one
in middle, extending from base to middle of disc or continued as a thin red line
to apex, and one on each side, broad, merged together at hinder angle of pro-
thorax with the grey ventral area, extending obliquely to apex, being continuous
with the lateral vitta of the head ; carina somewhat shorter than in ancora at
the sides, angle a little more obtnse. Elytra shorter and more de])ressed than
in ancora, more strongly declivous behind, reddish grey area similar, broader,
extended proximally to lateral margin, enclosing brown shoulder-angle, posteriorly
dilated to seventh strii)e, here nearly touching a rather large marginal median
spot, deeply sinuate behind on suture ; apical spot large, reddish, rounded on discal
side, the two spots ibrming a transverse band, inclnding between themselves a
brown elliptical sutural sj)0t. Pygidium reddish, with extremely thin brown border.
Underside, except anal segment, densely grey. Femora and tarsi brunnescent,
tibiae rnfous.

Hub. Kio Pardo, San Paulo, December 1898 (Gounelle), tijijc ; Tijuca, Kio de
Janeiro, December 1884 (Gounelle).

2 ? ?.

lo. Gymnognathus erna spec. nov.

? . Allied to irma. Eostrum somewhat shorter : triangular brown mesial
patch of occiput continued across pronotnm, gradually and regularly widening
posticad, with straight obliijue sides : mesial vitta of pronotum narrower at base
than in irma, the brown stripe very slightly narrowing frontad, about as broad at
carina as mesial vitta ; upper border of grey sides of pronotum slightly yellowish,
indistinctly separated from the ventral area by a slightly thinner pubescent vitta,
this yellowish border corresponding to the lateral occipital vitta. Elytra shorter
than in irma, the dorsal patch practically the same, being more evenly sinuate
laterally, apical spot larger, being rounded on discal side, not emarginate. Pygidium
much longer, twice as long as broad, white, rounded at apex. Underside white.
Legs rufescent, tarsi and apex of tibiae black.

Length, 4 mm.

Ilab. Cara(;a, Minas Geraes, December 1885 (Gounelle), /'/y^e ; Matu Sinhos.
Minas Geraes, March — April 1885 (Gounelle).

2 ??.

This species agrees in the length of the pygidium with the next one.

It). Gymnognathus nanus spec. nov.

S ?. Pygidium and anal steruite roimded, the former subtruncate in ?,
creamy white, long, with a small brown lateral spot. Black-brown. Rostrum
yellowish cream all over, not brown at sides, a little longer than liroad, with
thin mesial carina at base. Frons two-thirds the width of the rostrum, yellowish
cream-colour, plicate ; occiput with large brown mesial patch, divided by a more or
less distinct 3-ellowish mesial line. Antennal segment 3 a little shorter than 2 in

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both sexes. Prothorax convex, not iinite twice as broad at carina as long, plicate,
sides pubescent cream}'- as far discad as njiper edge of eye, this lateral area,
which is continuous with the grey-white under surface, sinuate in middle and
including two brown spots, the spots being often joined to the brown discal area;
a large basal mesial sjiot grey, continued across the carina, being of the same width
about in front of and behind the carina, generally connected by a thin line with a
mesial antemedian ellijitical spot, which itself is connected by a thin line with
apical margin ; dorsal carina feebly convex laterally, forming an acute angle
with basal longitudinal carina ; flexed forward in an obtuse and strongly rounded
angle, not reaching middle of side. Scutellnni white. Elytra short, slightly
flattened above, feebly impressed behind at suture, with rather coarse stripes of
punctures ; a grey area from base beyond middle, basally extending to lateral
margin, but interrupted at shoulders, expanding between the fourth interspace
from basal fourth of elytra backwards, narrowed at end, which is rotundate-truncate ;
patch either produced laterad just before end, or there is a separate discal spot
near end of patch ; an obliquely ovate brown subbasal spot within grey area, often
continuous with brown area ; declivous apex entirely grey, this area anteriorly
bisinuate on each elytrum, often produced forward at suture to meet the anterior
grey area, and not rarely including a brown spot on each elytrum ; a transverse
antemedian lateral spot grey. Pygidium twice as long as broad, somewhat curved
upwards at end in cJ ; brown lateral spot elongate, small, sometimes vestigial.
Underside white. Apex of femora and basal three-fourths of tibiae rufous.

Length, 3^ to 4A mm.

Hub. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

IT. Gymnognathus sorer spec. nov.

? . Pygidium and anal sternite rounded-truncate, the former with brown mesial
vitta. Similar to G. brecirostris (1895) Jord. Rostrum somewhat longer, angle
of prothoracic carina a little less than 90°, not rounded ; greyish clay area of elytra
longer, extending behind from suture to fifth row of punctures, very shallowly
emarginate laterally liefure apex, not deejily sinuate, apical spot larger ; femora and
tibiae rufescent, essentially the same colour, the femora not being obviously paler
than the tibiae.

I lab. (Jaraca, Minas Geraes, December 188.5 (Gounelle).

1 ?.

18. Gymnognathus helena spec. nov.

? . Pygidium truncate, angles rounded, a brown mesial vitta : anal sternite
emarginate. Rnfesceut. Rostrum transversely depressed at base, with a feeble
mesial carina ; a yellowish clay mesial vitta, divided on head into two lines bordering
the eyes. Prothorax nearly twice as broad as long, plicate, with three yellowish
clay vittae, narrowing apicad, lateral ones oblique ; dorsal carina rather obviously
curved backwards laterally, lateral angle 90", somewhat rounded, lateral carina
extending to middle. Elytra rather short, strongly depressed, at suture from basal
third backwards ; a transverse basal patch between scutellum and shoulder,
reappearing beneath shoulder-angle, imperfectly connected near sutnre with a
sutural area which extends beyond middle ; this area is cross-shaped, including a
large sutural antemedian brown spot, side-arm of cross anteriorly bisinuate, oblique.

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not (|uite reachiug a lateral marjrinal aiitemeJiaii spot, behiinl tho lateral arm the
cross is rouiidedly sinuate, the sinus extending to second stripe, ajiex of cross
eraarginate at suture, the angles produced laterad into a narrow undulating band,
which reaches lateral margin ; a large apical spot in sutural angle, snbtruncate
on discal side. Mesosternal epimeruiu and a lateral apical sjiot on metasternum
creamy. Legs black, femora and base of tibiae rufous.

Length, 6 mm.

Ilab. Cali, Colombia, November— December 18'.i4 (W. Rosenberg).

1 ?.

10. Gymnognathus editha spec. nov.

?. Similar to dorsonotatus (1839), Fahrs. Rostrum shorter and broad, less
narrowed basad ; mesial carina short, abbreviated in middle of rostrum, jiroduced
backwards, disappearing between eyes. Prothorax much shorter than in rhrso-
notatus, half as broad again as long, longitudinally plicate on disc, with three
clayish vittae, mesial one narrowing frontad, lateral one extending from basal
angle obliquely forward, being continuous with the lateral dorsal vitta of the head
and rostrum ; lateral carina short, angle obtuse, liut not rounded. Elytra shorter
than in dorsonotntiis, clayish grey area similar, but not widened out behind, being
expanded between first and fourth stripe and posteriorly rounded on each elytrum,
a straight brown line on suture from basal third of elytra, behind the clayish grey
area a triangular sutnral spot of the same colour, contiguous with the area or
separate, its hinder angles produced laterad ; a thin obli([ue autemediau lateral
streak ; apical spot small or absent. IVgidium and anal ventral segment truncate,
angles slightly dentiform, the former with a narrow clayish grey mesial vitta.
Underside pubescent grey, yellowish clay at sides. Antenna of S rufous beneath,
])rolonged, reaching at least basal third of elytra.

Length, 5 to 7 mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

The prothorax of this species is similar to that of r/tticoUis (1806) Jord., but
in that species the bidentate p3-gidium is clayish, with a brown mesial vitta, and the
last abdominal segment is rounded.

~ii. Gymnognathus martha spec. nov.

? . Pygidium and anal sternite rounded, the former white with a small black
lateral spot. Black, densely pubescent white ; legs rufous, tarsi and tip of tibiae
black. Rostrum a little longer than broad, slightly widening apicad, black-brown
at sides ; mesial carina distinct at base, not reaching beyond middle, and not
extending to occiput. The latter with small black-brown mesial spot. Prothorax
as long as broad, convex, plicate, disc black-brown in anterior half, this colour
occupying one-third of apical margin, the area widening behind, gradually more
shaded with white, on the posterior half of the disc the black colour shining
through the white pubescence ; a mesial basal patch and a smaller lateral one
more densely pubescent white, continued beyond carina ; dorsal carina convex at
sides; lateral angle 90", but tip rounded off; lateral carina not extending to
middle. Elytra with a broad brown-black unteapioal transverse baud, reaching
from side to side, sinuous in front, deeply bisiuuate behind on each elytrum ; a
subbasal discal round spot fuscous, the brown-black colour shining through the

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white jiuln'sceiiee, Mil' twu spots coiiiii'ctfj wit'n niic uiiul licr Ijy a vestigial fuscous
band ; each spot continuous with tiic likewise slinhlly t'uscous side of the elylruni,
which is deuser pubescent white at shoulder aud at iilack band ; sutnral region
somewhat flattened, but not impressed.

Length, 4| mm.

Ilab. S. Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November — December 1888 (Gounelle).

1 ?.

~1. Gymnognathus hamatus spec. nov.

S • P3'gidium and anal sternite rounded ; the former entirely white. Rufesceut,
olivaceous, dark pubescent parts cinnamon, less bright than usually. Kostrum a
little broader than long, with feebly elevate mesial carina. Frons more than half
the width of tlie rostrum. Antenna rufous, prolonged, reaching base of elytrum,
thin, club brown. Prothorax half as broad again as long, plicate, convex ; a white
mesial vitta thin from apex to middle, then suddenly broader ; an oblique lateral
vitta almost completely merged together with the w-hite pvosternal area which
extends upwards, a short oblique dorso-lateral vitta from base across carina, not
reaching middle ; carina interrupted and conve.x in middle, convex again dorso-
laterally, lateral angle 0(1', but strongly rounded off : lateral carina nut quite reaching
middle. Elytra depressed at suture ; stripes of punctures hardly visible : a large
white area extending at base to lateral margin, including a brown spot on shoulder,
a round one on snbbasal callosity, and a small one in middle of suture ; the patch
reaching posteriorly to near declivous apex, expanding between the fifth stripes,
being deeply sinuate laterally before end, and triangularly emarginate at suture ;
an antemedian and a postmedian lateral spot and a large apical one also white.
Underside white, with small brown lateral spots on abdomen, last segment with
larger spKit. Legs rnfescent, pubescent white, tarsi nigrescent ; hindtibia with
small sharp hook at apex (cJ).

Length, 6| to 7A mm.

JIab. Serra de Commuuaty, Pernambuco, Januarv to March 1893 (Gounelle).

2 66.

'22. Gymnognathus leucomelas spec. nov.

? . Allied to J'ahraci. Upjjcrside densely pubescent creamy white ; a post-
median band on elytra extending from lateral margin obliquely backwards to fourth
stripe of punctures black, sending forward towards suture a thin branch, and being
continuous with a black anteapical transverse spot which touches suture. Underside
glossy black, side of metasternum creamy white, this area extended as a narrow
band anteriorly across the sternum ; a vitta of three lateral spots on abdominal
segments 3 to 5, apex of femora aud proximal two-thirds of tibiae also white.

In shape similar io fahraei ; antennae longer, segment 3 twice the length of 2,
and 7 twice the length of 8 ; carina of prothorax more deeply concave in middle ;
elytra deeper dejiressed at suture, with the fourth interspace subcostate ; underside
practically inipunctate, the punctures being very sparse; raesosternal jirocess
convex, mesial metasternal process strongly convex.

Had. Caraea, Minas Geraes, December 1885 (Gounelle), ti/ije ; Espirito Santo.

2 ? ?. " •

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23. Gymnognathus comptus spec. nov.

Close to G. clathratits (1894) Jord. The two vittae of head and rostrum
separate ; red space of head not so shar]ily limited, plicate ; basal angle of i)rothorax
more projectinj,' laterad, dorsal carina nearly straight in middle, pattern of pronotum
different ; a small transverse apical spot connected with large transverse basal spot
by a thin mesial vitta which widens a little behind middle, at each side of this vitta
at carina a strongly arched spot which does not reach middle ; this sj)ot connected
by an oblique stripe with a transverse subapical band, which extends upwards from
prosternum ; a line following the lateral bent of the carina; a lateral basal spot
continuous with the mesial spot ; red area more e.xtended than in clathratas,
reaching beyond middle. Elytra black-brown, alternate interspaces striped with
yellowish grey in basal half, these strijies gradually disajipearing, ])artly interruj)ted.
Pygidium brown-black, with very thin grey lines. Underside sparsely grey ; pro-
sternnm covered with a dense yellowish jmbescence like the spots of pronotum,
two brown transverse lines, one mesial, the other subbasal ; a yellowish lateral
vitta on meso-metasternum, interrupted in middle. Legs black.

Length, 4i mm.

Hab. llio Pardo, Sao Paulo, December 1898 (Gounelle).

One specimen.

24. Gymnognathus scolytinus spec. nov.

? . Pygidium and anal sternite bidentate, the former with thin white mesial
vitta. Head rufous, upperside of rostrum and frons brown ; rostrum half as broad
again as long, very thinly pubescent grey like frons, dilated above antennal cavity,
with broad mesial carina, which does not reach ape.x. Frons more than half the
width of the rostrum, densely plicate ; occiput smooth. Antenna brown, short,
club rufous. Prothorax short, nearly twice as broad at base as long, brown, a]>ical
margin rufous, edged with white above, a spot before scutellum, preceded in front
of carina by a tripartite one, of which the mesial point is prolonged, an angle-
shaped dorso-lateral line before carina, accompanied laterally by a similar, thinner,
but longer angle-shaped (sometimes interruiited) line, which is concave laterally,
while the first is open discally, a line above lateral carina, and a transverse one
at side, all white ; dorsal carina rather close to base, concave in middle, slightly
convex laterally, lateral angle sharp, a little less than Oir, lateral carina extending
beyond middle, straight, basal angle of i)rothorax acute, basal longitudinal carina
forming an obtuse angle with the dorsal carina. Scutellum white. Elytra flattened
dorsally, but not at all impressed, slightly convex basally, evenly rounded-declivous
behind, rows of punctures distinct, pubescence ver}' fine; a large semicircular basal
sntural patch expanded between the fourth stripes and a humeral spot blackish,
posterior half and the whole sutural area also blackish, but covered with a
cinnamou-olive pubescence concealing the black colour, antemedian dorsal and
lateral area rufous ; no white markings. Pygidium brown-black, white mesial line
narrow. Underside brown-black, finely jiubescent grey, two lateral spots on
metasternum, and three less distinct ones on abdomen (segments 2 to 4) white.
Legs rufescent brown, apex of femora rufous, tarsi blackish.

Length, 4i mm.

Hab. Gallanga, Peru.

3 ? ?.

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Domoptolis gen. nov.

S ¥ . Close to Lhjmnognathus. Ilostriim beueath without mesial carina.
Eyes of $ enlarged, subaiiiiroxiiualc. Antebasal carina of ijrothorax interrui)ted
in middle. Shoulder transversely i)licate. Pygidium long, rounded at ajjex.

Type : Gymnognathus menetriesi (1844) Boh.

Strabops gen. nov.

(?. Close to Gymnognathus. Rostrum short. False mentum mnch broader
than long, separated from gula by a transverse groove connecting the buccal
hssnres, no mesial carina. Club of antenna long and broad. Eyes enlarged,
separated by a very narrow interspace frontally, emarginate above, the npjier part
of the head therefore rounded laterally, longer than broad, horizontal, the rostrum
being nearly vertical. Lateral carina of prouotum straight, long, reaching to
apical third. Pygidium very little narrowed apicad, truncate, twice as long as
broad. Legs slender ; foretibia with prominent obtuse a|iical tooth ; midtarsns
mnch longer than hiudtarsus.

Type : S. insignis spec. nov.

25. Strabops insignis spec. nov.

(?. Rufescent brown. Rostrum and cheek pubescent white, the former as
long as broad, with vestigial mesial carina, and with a lateral longitudinal
snlcns jnst above antennal cavity. Eye edged with white, widest behind, twice
as broad as occiput, and as long as the rostrnm is at side. Antenna black,
segment 1 rufonsy-grey, 3 a little longer than 2 and than 4, as long as 5 + 6,
7 and 8 very short, 8 broader than long, 9 half as long again as apically broad,
not mnch narrowed towards base, 10 transverse, 11 a little longer than 10,
rotundate. Protborax not constricted behind carina, slightly narrowing from
angle of dorsal carina to apex of lateral carina, then more strongly narrowing,
densely rugose, as long as broad, convex, not impressed ; carina strongly concave
in middle, parallel to basal edge of elytra, angle a little over Wf, very slightly
rounded ; a widely interrupted mesial vitta, an indistinct, straight, obliciue,
dorso-lateral vitta, and sides clayish-grey. Scntellum clayish-grey. Elytra
subcylindrical, slightly and gradually narrowed from base to apex, not depressed
above, sutural interspace a little impressed, rather coarsely striate-punctate ; a
sntural vitta from base to near middle broadly connected fit basal margin with
a shorter basal median vitta, an oblique curved streak behind middle from stripe
7 to 2, an elongate-triangular apical spot separate from suture, a minute lateral
spot below shoulder and another in middle, white ; base of suture and basal
half of sides somewhat blackish underneath the pubescence. Pygidium truncate,
slightly emarginate, white, with a straight lilack mesial vitta. Underside grey,
sides of meso-metasternnm and abdomen denser pubescent, clayish. First
midtarsal segment three-fourths the length of the tibia, nearly twice the length
of the first hindtarsal segment. Apical tooth-like lobe of foretibia spinosc at
edge.

Length, 4g mm.

Uab. Upper Amazons.

1 6.

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Oi'thotropis gen. uov.

?. Similar (o Tiojiideres, but more noarly relate. 1 with ll;/miin<iniilliii.s. I'yi'
roiuiil, (lorso-latcral. Frous wore tbau Lalf tin- wiiltli nf the rostrum, this flat,
widest at ajjcx, hero as broad as it is loug, tniiu-atc. False nieiitum without
distinct mesial carina, lobes rounded. Second segment of maxillary jialpus very
sliort. Mandible with basal ventral groove. Antenna short, clul) not so compact
as in Tropideirs albirostris, segment 3 = 4, a little shorter than 2, 8 as long
as broad, 9 triangular, a little longer than broad, 10 transverse, H rounded,
a little longer than It. Prothorax truncate at base, slightly jiroduced forward
above, being dorsally longer than laterally, strongly rounded at basal angles,
convex ; dorsal carina at basal third, straight or faintly angulate in middle, not
flexed forward at sides ; basal longitudinal carina vestigial, forming a very
acute angle with dorsal carina, being directed downwards : snbbasal transverse
carina absent. Scutelhnu transverse. Elytra broader than prothorax, oblong,
truncate at base, flattened at suture. Pygidium broader thiin long, evenly roiuided.
Tarsus about as long as tibia.

Tyjie : O. (jiiaJratu spec. nov.

~ii. Orthotropis quadrata spec. nov.

?. P.lack-brown. Kostrum jiitchy, coarsely punctate-rugate, with broad
vellowish white mesial vitta, which extends backwards, occujiyiug the whole frons
and dividing on occiput. Prothorax one-third i)roader than long, a broad mesial vitta,
attenuating at apex, a narrow oblique lateral ajiieal streak, followed before carina
by a dot (which is sometimes absent) and behind carina by a spot, yellowish
white. Scutellum twice as broad as long, obtusely triangular, white or yellowish
like markings of elytra. Elytra depressed at suture, impressed in n.iddle of
basal margin, third interspace somewhat elevate, snbbasal and humeral callosities
convex ; seriately punctate ; a large cross-shaped area from base to middle
yellowish white, first expanded between stripes 2 (scutellar stripe of punctures
not counted), then between strij)es fi, and finally between stripes 3, the three
portions about equal in length ; a large apical area the same colour, in front
sinuate on suture and more deejily on disc ; a transverse postmedian sublimbal
spot also yellowish white. Pygidium pubescent like apex of elytra, withont
brown sjiots. Underside grey ; a large lateral spot ou metastercnm and a
series of lateral dots on abdomen brown ; sides of sterna punctured. Legs black,
excepting basal four-fifths of tibiae, which are red.

Length, 3i to 5 mm.

Hab. Carafa, Minas Geraes, December 1885 (Gonnelle), tijpe ; I{io de Janeiro ;
Lages.

5 ? ?.

The American Anthribidac allied to the Old World genera Nessinra,
Straboscojjus, Jbjlopetnon and Apatenia diff'er from the Old World species in
the ai>ical marginal strij) of the metasternum in front of the coxa not meeting
the corresiionding piece of the other side, the apical mesial sinus penetrating
to the sternal jilate of the metasternum in the New World species, while ir
does not extend so far in the Old World species. This gronji of oblique-eyed
Anthribids appears to be very numerously ropresentetl ia America, where true
Acori/ /!"■■<, /./fuci'i'K.H and 'I'ropideres do not occur.

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• Monocloeus gen. nov.

Rostrnm triincale, vertical, flat, without carina. Antennal cavity sliar]ily
limited behind, its njiper edge not continued Ijackwards to eye. Eye oblique,
elliptical, very prominent. Prothorax without basal longitudinal carina, or
this carina vestigial ; autebasal carina not at all or very feebly curved forwanl
laterally ; snbbasal carina vestigial at the side or altogether absent.

Type : M. claphrinui^ spec. nov.

~7. Mouocloeus elaphrinus spec. nov.

c?. Black, antenna and legs rufous, basal half of femora brown. Rostrum,
head, prothora.x (above and below), scutellum, some spots on meso-metasternuni
and abdomen, and a thin median ring, each on femora and tibiae white; two basal
spots on pronotnm black ; occiput, elytra and rest of underside olive-brown,
shaded here and there witii grey.

Rostrum half as long again as broad, straight at the sides, somewhat dilated
above the antennal cavities, transversely raised between these dilatations. Frons
between eyes half the width of the rostrum. Eye minutely incised beneath.
Antennal segment 2 elongate, pear-sha])ed, o half as long again as 4, 3 to s
gradually decreasing in length, 8 little longer than broad, club loose, 9 nearly
twice as long as broad, truncate, 10 as long as broad, heart-shaped, 11 longer than '■)
and somewhat broader, ovate. Trothora-x with the carina situated before basal
third, gradually narrowed from carina to apex and to base, disc somewhat
depressed transversely, apex convex ; carina interrupted mesially and laterally,
convex in middle, irregularly and rather slightly biconcave laterally, not produced
forward at side of thorax ; white pubescence less dense in some places on disc.
Elytra oblong, widest before apical declivity, with large punctures situated in
depressions, not distinctly striate, except at the sides, strongly depressed at tlie
base, impressed between the somewhat elevate humeral angle and the subbasal
callosity ; the latter high, subdivided by the impressed third line of punctures ; a
tubercle in centre of disc before middle, a minute one behind it in third interspace
and another more lateral in middle ; a liigh jiostmediau tubercle from first to
fourth rows of punctures, followed by another which is nearly as high ; laterally
of these two there are four more, of which the posterior one alone is prominent ;
suture tesselated with black behind. Pygidium rounded, somewhat longer than
broad.

Length, 61 mm.

llab. Ribeirao Pires, Sao Paulo, November 1893 (Gouuelle).

1 <J.

28. Monocloeus spiniger spec. nov.

(?. Similar to elnphriims, rostriuu white, with black mesial dot at base,
longitudinally depressed, a little broader than long, angulate above the antennal
groove. Prothorax shorter than in elaphrinus, carina nearer the middle, space
between the two black basal spots grey, a black apical half-ring, convex anteriorly,
interrupted in middle, followed laterally by a black spot, area limited by these spots
and carina ochraceous, centrally sliaded with grey. Scutellum greyish white.
Apical third of suture and the side and apex of the elytrum dotted with black,
the sutural dots more or less confluent ; subbasal tubercle high, divided, a smaller

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one between stripes 1 and 4 in middle, accompanied laterally by a white dash,
two small ones before middle between stripes 4 and 7, a very prominent one
before ajiex, acute, conical ; strijies of punctures impressed, alternate intersi)aces
slightly more grey ; a thin white line from second dorsal tubercle to third one.

Length, 5J mm.

Hab. Sao Taulo.

1 S.

20. Monocloeus annulipes spec. nov.

c??. Black-brown. Kostrnra onc-fliird bro.ader than long, angulatc above
antennal cavities, somewhat narrowed behind them, flat, somewhat uneven; white
or cla3-ish grey like frons and cheek, with brown anguliform basal mark. Frons
about one-third the width of rostrum, somewhat narrower in <i than iu ?. Occii)ut
lirown, mottled with grey anil ochraceons. Antenna sliort, dark rufous, segment 2
iiicrassate, longer than 3 = 4, club nearly as long as 4 to « together, 9 one-
third longer than broad, KJ transverse, broader tlian long, 11 longer and broader
than 9. Prothorax with the carina, at basal third, longer than broad, slight Iv
uneven, olivaceous clay, a small apical marginal mesial spot, accompanied at
each side by an oblique spot and a central dot black, sides blackish, this area
bordered below by grey pubescence ; a thiu transverse spot at each side of central
dot and a short mesial basal line grey : two small black basal spots ; carina
almost straight, feebly concave iu middle. Hcutellum grey. Elytra not much longer
than broad, jiunctate-striate, brown, mottled with grey, sutural intersjiace tesselated
with grey and black, some black dots also in interspaces 3, 5, 7 and 9, humeral
interspace subelevate ; subbasal tubercle and another iu third interspace com-
]iressed, clothed with tawny hairs on top, in interspace 5 a small tubercle before
middle and a somewhat larger one before apex ; shouhler ochraceous tawu}' above,
somewhat elevate. A lateral spot on meso-metasternnm and abbreviated lateral
bands on abdomen white. Legs rufous, annulated with grey ; greater ])roportion
of femora, a postmedian ring on tibiae and apex of first tarsal segment brown.
Pygidium rotundate-triuicate, with a white angle-shaped raised mark at base.

Length, 4 mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz, December 1897 to January 1898.

A series.

30. Monocloeus basalis si)ec. nnv.

? . Rostrum longer than broad, gradually dilated from base to apex, angulate
above antennal cavities, white like cheek, with a brown double dot at base in
micUlle, eye very prominent, minutely incised. Frons transversely elevate between
anterior parts of eyes. Antenna dark rnfous, jiroportion of segments practically
the same as in annulipes, segment 3 being a little longer than in that species.
Prothorax black at sides, pale ocliraceous above from apex to base, this area
including at each side a black oblique ajiical streak corresponding to a longer
blmk oblicpie basal spot, ;i white lateral median dot, a thin white mesial line and a
black central heart-shaped spot ; disc slightly depressed transversely before middle ;
carina jiractically straight. Scntellum transverse, pentagonal. Elytra very pale
ocluaceons, dotted with black from basal third to near apex, this area extending
laterally to near shoulder, intersjiaces 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 grey and black, the
others less spotted with black, basal third unicolorous, excepting three brown

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marginal dots, a dot on shoulder and a line in front of subbasal tubercle ; this
tubercle liigb, compressed, a similar one in third interspace in middle, with a
black spot on top, no other tubercles, but interspace 7 costate before apex, the
costa rather abruptly terminating, and 9 subcostate. Pygidium truncate, with the
angles rounded, pale ochraceous, shaded with grey. Underside sparsely pubescent
white, sides more densely pubescent, within this white vitta some black dots.
Logs very pale ochraceous ; basal half of femora (hinderside only of anterior
femora), a snbapical spot or ring, apical half of tibiae and a subbasal spot, and
tarsi, except base of first and second segments, brown.

Length, 5 mm.

Hah. Ega, Amazons.

1 ?.

31. Monocloeus rhombifer spec. uov.

S. In colour resembling M. basalis, but very different in structure. Rostrum
white like cheek, twice as broad as long, augulate in middle above antenual
cavities, narrowed from this angle to apex, subsinuate in middle of apical
margin, transversely subcarinate above on each side in middle. Frons white,
about one-fourth the width of the rostrum. Ocei[mt concave anteriorly. Eye
large, not so prominent as in basalis, feebly emarginate below. Antenna rufous
brown, reaching base of jjrothorax, segments 1 and 2 and apex of 3 to 8
rufous, 3 = 4 a little longer than 2, 8 about three times as long as broad,
9 one-third longer than broad, 10 also triangular, a little shorter than 9, 11 ovate,
broad and somewhat longer than 9. Prothorax in shape similar to that of basalis,
transversely depressed before middle, cldthed with a pale ochraceous pubescence ;
a band from middle of apical margin obliquely to carina, comjwsed of confluent
spots, an elongate basal spot on each side of greyish mesial spot extending from
basal edge obliquely across carina to before-mentioned band, which it does not
quite reach, a small mesial spot behind middle and some rather indistinct or
tiny spots at the sides, black ; carina feebly convex in middle and again laterally.
Elytra black, slightly shaded with grey, from basal margin to hinder side of
subbasal tubercle ochraceous, this area including some black dots, one of which
is situated on the tubercle, shoulder rufous brown, third interspace with black
tubercle in middle, fifth with a very small black tubercle before and another in
middle, both median ones followed by a white or huffish spot, seventh and ninth
interspaces faintly dotted with black, no other tubercles, the elytra being evenly
convex from median tubercles to apex, underside grey. Anterior and median legs
rufous, two spots on femora and a very large spot on til)ia brown ; hindleg
brown, rufous at the joints, similarly pubescent grey as fore- and niidlegs ; midtibia
with an obtuse projection at apex.

Length, o mm.

I lab. Upper Amazons.

1 6.

32. Monocloeus or spec nov.

cJ?. Similar to -1/". rhomhifrr, but smaller. Eyes fiirther apart, antenna
shorter, segments 10 and 11 mucli narrower near base, the club therefore more
loose, twice as long as broad in i. Pronotum less depressed before middle,
carina straight, black oblique band extending from middle of apical margin

17

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liiickwanls, occiiiiyiiij,' tliu f^^reatcr i)art of tin; siik', lilaclc basal spots straiglil,
uot oblique, uot jn-olouged beyond the carina, the latter not convex in middle,
being practically straight. Ochraceons basal area of elytra narrower than in
r/iombi/er, not including the black subbasal tubercle, mesial tubercle smaller,
stripes less impressed. Legs brown, rnfescent at the joints, pubescent grey,
upjierside of tibiae and tarsi and two sjiots on hindfemur pubescent brown ;
luidtibia not subhamate.

llab. Marco da Legua, Para, March 1895 (Gonnelle), f;//>i- ; Para; Upper
Amazons.

2 cJc?,l ?.

33. Monocloeus sordidus spec. nov.
? . Black. Rostrum clothed with a clayish pubescence, longer than broad,
■widest at apex, which is truncate, roundiHl-angnJate laterally at apical third, flat,
niesially feebly impressed. Frons less than half, but uiore than one-third, the
width of the rostrum. Eye prominent, very minutely incised below. Antenna
short, brown, proximal and distal segments (or only the latter) rufous, segment 3
a little shorter than 2 and a little longer than 4, 6 to 8 very short, 8 as long as
broad, '.) triangnlar, one-fourth longer than broad, 10 transverse, much broader
than long, 11 truncate at base, ovate, about as long as broad. Prothorax evenly
convex on disc, rather indistinctly marked with olivaceous clay, a large trapeziform
mesial patch before base greyish, narrower at the carina, divided by a grey mesial
line which extends beyond the carina and reappears as a clayish line at apex ;
black basal spots elongate, small ; carina at basal third, very feebly concave in
middle. Scutellum grey, slightly transverse, pointed in middle. Elytra tuber-
culate, regularly punctate-striate, suture rather densely dotted with black and
grey in apical two-thirds, interspaces 3, 5, 7 and 9 also more or less tesselated,
base clayish ; subbasal tubercle high, middle compressed, followed in middle by
another which is of the same height but is longer, fifth interspace with an
elongate tubercle before middle, seventh costate, especially before apex. Pj-gidium
truucate-rotundate, with two grey spots at base. Underside sparsely pubescent
grey ; a grey vitta on prosternuiu, prolonged over cheek ; some grey lateral dots
on abdomen and meso-metasternum. Knee and tarsal segments 3 and 4 rufous ;
a broad antemedian ring on tibiae clay ; first tarsal segment grey.

Length, 4 mm.

Ila//. llio Pardo, Sao Paulo, December 1898 (Gounelle), fi/ije ; Caraca, Minas
Geraes, December 1885 (Gounelle).

2 ¥ ¥.

34. Monocloeus idaeus spec. nov.
S- Rufous, tarsi and antennal segments 10 and 11 paler; thinly irrorated
with clayish grey ; scutellum, a mesial vitta and a lateral dorsal dot on jironotnm,
and metasternal ejiimernm more densely pubescent. Eostrnm vertical, flat,
widest at apex, twice as long as broad, densely rugate-punctate like head. Erons
half the width of rostrum. Eye little projecting, rather short. Antenna short,
segment 3 = 4, 8 little longer than broad, club compact, 9 triangular, not longer
than broad, 10 twice as broad as long, 11 truncate at base. Prothorax twice
as broad as long, as broad as the elytra, very strongly narrowed from carina
to apex and base. Seutellnm rounded-triangular. Elytra strongly convex, not

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depressed at suture, regularly jiunctate-striate ; third interspace with a subbasal
and an antemedian tubercle, both rather prominent, brown, second the larger ;
alternate interspace slightly costate, base depressed, apex gradually rounded-
declivous. First segment twice the length of second.

Length, 3i mm.

Ilab. Sierra do Dnrango, Mexico.

1 S.

35. Monocloeus costatus spec. nov.

c? V' . Black-brown, dotted all over with a luteous grey jmbescence ; dots
small on pronotum. Eye not very prominent, nearly half as long again as broad,
entire, not eniarginate or incised below. Rostrum flat, truncate, widest at apex,
sliglitly angulate above antennal cavity, as long as broad. Antenna brown, end-
segment luteous, 3 not quite twice the length of 2 and of 4, 7 twice as long as
broad, S dilated, 9 a little longer than broad, rather broader at the base than in
the previous species, 10 one-fourth broader than long, nearly rectangular, 11 ovate,
acuminate at apex, obtuse at base. Prothorax much longer than broad, evenly
convex, carina at basal fourth, evenly concave, becoming straight only at the
sides, subbasal carina distinct. Scntellum clay, transverse. Elytra convex,
alternate interspaces costate, third highest behind base and in middle, the costae
brown, this colour interrupted by sharply defined luteous dots ; an ill-defined
lateral antemedian space without dots. Femora and tibiae densely dotted with
luteous grey, apical half of tibiae and tarsal segments 2 to 4 brown, segment 1
grey.

Length, Ah to 5 mm.

lldb. Cochabamba, Bolivia (Germain).

One pair.

30. Monocloeus centralis spec. uov.

f?. Brown-black, irrorated with an olivaceous clay pubescence. Rostrum
grey like cheek, as long as broad, somewhat dilated above antennal cavity, slightly
narrowed apically, shallowly sinuate in middle of apical margin, flat above, with
a small central groove and on each side in middle a transverse carina. Frons
very narrow, hardly one-sixth the width of the rostrum. Eye large, very faintly
emarginate below. Antenna reaching base of elytrnm, segments 1, 2, 7, 8, apical
half of 11 and tips of 3 to 0 rufous, 3 = 4 twice the length of 2, 8 not thicker
than 7 and only half its length, 9 elongate-triangular, more than twice as long
as broad, in lialf as long again as broad, rounded at base, 11 elongate-elliptical,
very obtnse, longer than 9 and a little broader. Prothorax a little broader thfin
long, evenly convex, with two large black jiatches at base, a transverse central
spot and some ill-defined lateral ones devoid of clay pubescence ; carina behind
basal third, evenly concave, curved forward at side, basal longitudinal carina not
obsolete. Scutellura grey, transverse, produced into an acute point between
the elytra. These not tuberculate, convex, slightly depressed behind at suture,
depressed around the subbasal callosity, which is evenly convex and only slightly
elevate, regularly punctate-striate, dotted with clay and black in alternate inter-
spaces, a large transversely elliptical velvety-black spot in middle of suture,
expanded between stripes 5, bordered with clay. Pygidium truncate, angles

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rouuded. Legs rufous at the joints, femora, uuJersiJe and a subbasal riug ou
tibiae, and first and last tarsal segments (tip excepted) grej'.

Length, 5J mm.

Uab. Marco da Legua, Para, March 1895 (Gounelle).

1 <?.

Aberrant in the possession of a basal longitudinal carina. I put this species
provisionally in Monocloeus.

37. Monocloeus niger spec. nov.

S. Black, uniform in colour, sparsely pubescent grey beneath, a few lateral
dots on elytra. Rostrum as long as broad, porrect, rounded at sides, truncate-
emarginate at apex, with a small central groove, coarsely rugate-punctate like
head. Antennal cavity large, mandible broad. Lobes of false mentum acuminate.
Frons half the width of the rostrum. Antenna short, segment 3 a little longer
than 2 and 4, S very short, nearly as broad as long, 0 a little longer than broad,
10 triangular, sides somewhat rounded, as long as broad, 11 rounded, pale at tip,
somewhat shorter than 10. Prothorax with large punctures, none in middle, a
small mesial tubercle before carina ; ajiex ruuudedly produced (side-view 1) ; black
jjubescence in sliort raised lines which are close together and are most obvious
behind the carina ; the latter behind basal third, very feebly undulating, curved
forwards at the sides. Elytra widest at shoulders, coarsely punctured in rows ;
third interspace with three tubercles, besides the snbbasal callosity, the last on
declivous apical jjortion of elytrnm, fifth and seventh interspaces with two each
in and behind middle, these lateral tubercles very feebly elevate. Sterna
punctured.

Length, 0 mm.

Ilab. Zarzero, Costa Rica.

1 S.

Also a species aberrant for this genus in the porrect rostrum bearing large
antennal grooves and the antebasal carina of the pronotum being obviously
produced Ibrwards at the sides.

Goniocloeus gen. nov.

(S ? . (!lose to Ilomocloeus and Monocloeus. Antennal cavity large. Basal
longitudinal carina of prothorax present, antebasal carina flexed forward at sides,
often extending beyond middle. Basal margin of elytrum convex, the base of
the prothorax being more or less bisinuate for the recei>tion of the anterior edge
of the elytra. Elytra tuberculate ; body beneath coarsely punctured at least at
sides. Lobes of false mentum acuminate.

Type : G, haccatus spec. nov.

For the present all those American species of this group of AntJiribiflni' which
have the eyes convergent and the carina of the prothorax prolonged forward at
the sides may be put into Goniocloeus. The species are all coarsely sculptured.
The basal margin of the elytra is in the typical forms convex near the scutellura
and at the shoulders, and emarginate in middle. The rostrum is short and
laterally rouuded, more or less impressed mesially at the base, except iu
annatus and the new species described under No. 45, in which it is narrowed
at the base and mesially carinate.

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38. Goiiiocloeus baccatus spec. nov.

? . Black ; jjubescence cinnamon-olive above, grey beneath ; a large basal
mesial spot on prothorax, widest at carina, contiguous with a smaller one situated
in front of carina, ochraceons. Rostrum nearly twice as broad as long, truncate-
emarginate, depressed at sides, with a deep central impression ; upper edge of
antennal cavity extended to near eye. Frons more than half the width of the
rostrum, slightly bi-impressed anteriorly ; occiput with mesial impression. Autenna
rufous, club black-brown, segment 8 less than twice as long as broad, 9 long,
nearly twice as long as broad, l<i also heart-shaped, longer than broad, 11 a
little longer and broader than !), widest beyond middle. Prothorax widest in
middle, broader than long, dorsally produced forward (side-view !), sharply sinuate
laterally before the dorsal carina, rounded dilated in middle, the lateral carina pro-
jecting here strongly and disapjieariug gradually : uneven, with several impressions,
which are punctured, ajiex convex, a transverse row of three tubercles, middle
one prominent ; carina at basal third in middle, more basal laterally, angnlate in
middle and more strongly dorso-laterally, the points being directed backwards,
subinterrupted mesially, flexed forward at sides, extending beyond middle, lateral
angle obtuse but not obviously rounded off. Elytra half as long again as broad,
with parallel sides, multituberculate, the pubescence on the top of the higher
tubercles more or less tawny ; third interspace with four tubercles of nearly the
same height, but first longer, fifth interspace also with four, these smaller, the three
posterior placed a little in front of the respective tubercles of the third interspace ;
seventh interspace with Ave, counting the one before apex and excluding shoulder ;
ninth interspace with three small but distinct tubercles in posterior half Pygidium
a little longer than broad, rounded. Underside coarsely punctured all over. Legs
rufescent, a subbasal and a subapical ring on femora and tibiae rufous, pubescent
grey ; tarsi rufous.

Length, 6i mm. *

Hab. Espirito Santo.

1 ?.

39. Goniocloeus melas spec. nov.

?. Black, with very little pale pubescence, scutellum and a spot in front of
it clayish ; tibiae with a thin grey antemedian ring ; circular end-segment of antenna
Inteous. Rostrum nearly twice as broad as long, without trace of carina, very
coarsely puuctate-rngate ; upper edge of antennal cavity produced backwards,
forming a carina which terminates beneath eye. Prothorax coarsely punctate,
apex much less produced forwards than in spiculosus (1833) Gylh. ; a mesial
tubercle before carina ; the latter situated at basal fourth, being much more
basal than in the species mentioned, lateral angle a little over 91/, feebly
rounded ; sides sinuate behind middle. Elytra coarsely punctate-striate, similar
to those of capucinus ; subbasal tubercle higher than the others, there being
four more in the third interspace, the posterior ones being the smallest; fifth
interspace with five and seventh with four small tubercles, evenly distributed
in each interspace, the first of the fifth interspace being subbasal, the first of
the seventh antemedian.

Length, 6 mm.

Hah. Callanga, Pern.
1?.

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40. Goniocloeus minor spec. nov.

Like melas; but rostrum with trace df mesial ciiviiia at base, laterally more
transversely impressed ; Irons ouh" one-third tiie width of the rostrum ; pro-
thorax less coarsely punctate, deeper sinuate behind middle at sides ; angle
formed by basal longitudinal carina and antebasal one more acute, lateral carina
longer, being longer than the distance from apical margin to tij) of carina ; tip
of lateral angle of carina not rounded oft"; median tubercle of third interspace
of elytrnm as high as subbasal one, the others much smaller.

Length, 4^ mm.

Hab. Surinam.

One specimen, a])pareutly a ?.

41. Goniocloeus hirsntus spec. nov.

? . Black, clothed with a long pile on head, underside and legs, jiubesceuce
black, slightly variegated with clay and grey ; a spot before scntcUum clay ;
tips of tubercles clayish ; two very thin rings on tibiae grey ; antenna dark
rufescent-brown, end-segment luteous.

Rostrum as long as broad, broadly depressed in middle and again laterally,
the impression separated by subcariuiform elevations which are continuations of
the lateral frontal edge bordering the eyes ; apical edge trisimiate. Segments
9 and 10 of antenna emarginate at apex, 10 transverse, 11 subcircular, a little
broader than long. Prothorax with large impressed punctured like head, twice
sinuate at the sides, the lirst sinus in front of the lateral carina which is high
and terminates abruptly before middle of thorax, and a second time in front of
the dorsal carina; disc uneven, with elongate apical elevations, and a transverse
median row of three tubercles, the middle one of which is highest ; carina
feebly convex in middle,- where it is interrupted, practically straight, evenly
curved forward at sides, without indication of an angle. Scutellum white, twice
as long as broad, elliptical. Elytra coar.sely punctured ; alternate interspaces
tuberculated, third interspace with three high tubercles, one subbasal, the second
median and ;the third, which is the highest, before apical declivity ; autemedian
tubercle of fifth interspace also prominent. Pygidium semicircular.

Underside coarsely punctured, except middle of metastcrnura, which is nearly
smooth. Claw-segment rufescent.

Length, 7i mm.

llab. Balsapamba, Ecuador (Hacnsch).

1 ?.

4:.'. Goniocloeus apicalis spec. nov.

S. Black, the jdaccs covered with a pale pubescence rufous. Rostrum
nearly twice as broad as long, truncate, broadly impressed at base and transverse
in middle of sides, with a short basal mesial carina ; coarsely punctate like the
whole upper surface ; upper edge of antennal cavity jjroduced backwards towards
underside of eye.

Frons half the width of the rostrum. Eye jiromiuent, almost twice as long
as broad. Antenna rufescent, rufous at base, segment 9 not longer than broad,
lO transverse, II subcircular, truncate at base. Prothorax much broader than

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long, clayish like head and rostnim, variegated with bhick, two indistinct black
basal spots, on each side an obliqne black snbapical submesial dash and a lateral
discal median spot, this situated on a tubercle ; a transverse row of three tubercles ;
carina at basal third, evenly convex from side to side, interrupted in middle, evenly
arched forward at sides, without indication of an angle, the longitudinal portion
not quite reaching halfway to apical margin ; longitudinal basal carina vestigial.
Scutellum grey, as long as broad, rounded. Elytra slightly variegated with clay,
niultituberculate, the tubercles tufted with tawny : third interspace with three
large tubercles, of which the first is the highest, fifth interspace with three rather
prominent tubercles from before middle to apical declivity, besides a small subbasal
one ; seventh interspace with four, exclusive of shoulder ; a lateral marginal median
spot clay ; apex of suture conspicuously whitish grey, this streak ending at the
l)rominent apical sutural tubercle. Femora greyish clay, basal half brown, a
snbapical spot rufescent ; tibiae also pubescent clay, a subbasal spot rnfescent,
a broad median ring brown-black ; tarsi brown, claw-segment and apex of first
rufescent, greyish pubescent. Underside punctured, grey laterally, loQg-haired in
middle, especially on meso-metasternum.

Length, 4^ mm.

Ilab. Cochabamba, Bolivia (Germain).

1 c?.

43. Goniocloeus tarsalis spec. nov.

? . Black-brown, densely clothed with ochreous clay, variegated with brown ;
tarsi rufous. Rostrum twice as broad as long, truncate, feebly trisinuate, depressed
in middle and at sides, with a smooth, slightly elevate, mesial line. Upper edge
of anteunal cavity continued backwards, not reaching eye, a short carina above
it at apex. Frons one-third the width of the rostrum, dispersedly but coarsely
punctured like rostrum ; brown, variegated with clay ; occiput purer brown, thin
mesial line and broad lateral vitta clay. Eye conspicuously edged with clay.
Antenna black-brown, segment 3 a little longer than 4, 8 four times as long as
apically broad, 9 half as long again as broad. It) also triangnlar, longer than
broad, 11 ovate, pale at tip, as long as 10. Prothorax widest before middle,
where the carina terminates rather abruptly, dispersedly punctured, transversely
dejjressed before middle and before carina, the two depressions connected with
one another twice on disc; clay-colour, variegated with brown, four spots at base,
a j)air at apex (connected with one another at margin) and a transverse row of
five in middle more conspicuous, punctures also brown ; carina angulate in middle,
the point directed backwards, curved forward at sides in an even arch. Scutellum
clay, semicircular. Elytra oblong, multituberculate, densely marmorated and
tesselated with brown ; third interspace with three tubercles, first and third
large, high, fifth and seventh interspaces with four each, apex of suture also
strongly elevate, uiuth interspace tuberculate-costate. Pygidium semicircular,
apical half depressed. Underside dotted with large brown punctures. Femora
ringed with brown ; tibiae rufescent, a subbasal and a snbapical ring grey.

Length, Si mm.

Hab. San Carlos, Costa Rica.

1 ?.

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44. Goniocloeus capucinus spec. nov.

?. Close to spiculosus (1833) Gylh., rostrum somewhat longer; protboras
with a small mesial tubercle before carina ; carina not interrupted, much less
flexed backwards dorsolateralh' ; subliasal tubercle of elytrum and subapical ones
much higher.

Length, 8i mm. ; breadth, 'il mm.

Ilab. Chauchamayo, Pern.

1 ?.

4.'i. Goniocloeus umbrinus spec. nov.

S. Similar to armatus (1897) Jord., Noc. Zool. iv. p. 1T6. n. fi, described as a
Straboscopus. Pale clay-colour. Rostrum longer than in nrmafas, half as long
again as broad, with a sharply raised mesial carina which disappears before
apex and extends on to frons. Occiput brown, with three sharply marked pale
clay vittae, the lateral ones extending along upper edges of eyes. Pronotum
with elliptical clay spots, encircled with brown, basal mesial patch not essentially
paler than the others ; lateral carina more rounded and prominent in dorsal
view than in armntus. Elytra practically uniform in pattern, clay spotted with
brown all over ; tubercles not so high as in armatus, third and fourth of third
interspace not so close together, the elytra being longer in umhriinis. Metasternnm
coarsely granulose in middle, where it is smooth in armatus. Abdomen punctured
all over, not impressed, fifth segment with smooth mesial carina as in armatus.
Midtibia (J) with apical spur as in S oi armatus.

Length, 9 mm.

Hab. Mexico.

1 6.

Homocloeus gen. nov.

(??. Close to Monocloeus. Rostrum porrect, gradually narrowed basad,
trisinuate at apex, with a mesial carina. Antebasal carina of prothorax more or
less evenly concave, slightly curved forwards at the sides ; basal transverse carina
present ; basal longitudinal carina absent. Eye less prominent than in typical
Monocloeus. False mentum mesially carinate, smooth, glossy.

Type : //. veslitus spec. nov.

41 i. Homocloeus concolor spec. nov.

S. Black. Rostrum a little longer thau apically broad, clayish, carina not
extending to apex, which is coarsely punctured, continued to occiput. Frons
more than half the width of the rottrum, longitudinally rugulose like occiput.
Lobes of false mentum slightly acuminate. Antenna brown, segment 3 twice
as long as 2, a little longer thau 4, 8 dilated, as broad as long, club compact,
broad, 9 little longer than broad, 10 transverse, 11 as long as broad, truncate at
base, rufous at apex. Prothorax convex, slightly depressed transversely before
carina, which is situated behind basal fourth, more distinctly depressed behind
apex, clayish ochraceous, marmorated with black, a basal greyish clay mesial spot
obrdered by a black spot on each side. Scntellum greyish clay, transveree, apex
slightly rounded. Elytra punctate-striate, the ])unctures fine, concealed under the

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pubescence ; tesselated with black and ochraceoiis clay, the tesselatioii especially
conspicnons in tbe alternate interspaces, which are convex ; third interspace with
black elevate spot in middle ; snbbasal callosity high, compressed, with black
patch on top. Pygidium ochraceons clay, marmorated with black, mesial line
raised before apex, which is rounded. Presternum punctate-granulate in middle,
metasternnm smooth in middle, abdomen feebly dei)ressed. Underside pubescent
grey, the pubescence condensed to spots laterally. Femora grey, spotted with
brown ; tibiae with broad grey antemedian ring ; first tarsal segment grey.

Length, 4i mm.

Hab. Marco da Legna, Para, March 1895 (Gounelle).

1 S.

47. Homocloeus femoralis spec nov.

S. Brown, rufesceut, clothed with a clayish j^ubescence, which appears in
dots on the elytra, more grey beneath. Rostrum a little longer than apically
broad, rugosely punctured, carina not extending to apex. Head longitudinally
rugulose ; frons less than half the width of the rostrum, mesial carina very fine.
Antenna brown, rufous at joints, segment 3=4, 8 incrassate, longer than broad.
Prothorax somewhat longer than bioad. Elytra longer than in the preceding,
alternate interspaces snbeostate, snbbasal and median tubercle both high and
compressed, second longer than first. Pygidium elevate mesially before apex,
tuberculate. Middle of prosternum dispersedly punctate. Femora brown ; tibiae
and tarsi pale rufous.

Length, 5i mm.

Hab.

1 (?.

Hab. Nicaragua.

48. Homocloeus vestitus spec. nov.

S ?. Rufous brown. Rostrum rather strongly dilated towards apex, punctured
at apex, smooth proximally, carina flat, not reaching apex, extending to occiput,
sulcate on frous ; a broad dorsal vitta on each side, extending over head, yellowish
ochraceous. Carina of false mentum feebly raised, vestigial in front, lobes very
strongly rounded, buccal fissure wide. Frons half as wide as the rostrum is in
middle, practically smooth like occijiut. A grey streak beneath eye. Antenna
rufescent brown, proximal segments rufous, 3 twice the length of 2, a little longer
than 4, 8 half as long again as broad, 9 longer than broad, 10 transverse, one-third
broader than long, both sinuate at apex, the angles being somewhat produced,
11 twice as long as broad, rnfous at tip. Prothorax longer than broad, imjiunctatc,
spotted with yellow-ochraceous, the mesial spots merged together to a broad vitta,
a lateral apical spot continued downwards to coxa, carina rather strongly concave.
Scutellum transverse. Elytra broadly impressed from subbasal callosity beyond
middle as far laterad as stripe 4 ; clayish pubescence in spots and streaks which
are partly arranged in transverse rows and are confluent in sutural depression ;
subbasal callosity very feebly raised ; no tubercles. Pygidium longer than broad,
evenly rounded. Sterna impnnctate, excepting some large punctures on the neck
of the mesosternum, concealed underneath the prosternum. Meso-metasternum
with a clay jiatch in front and another behind ; abdomen with clayish grey .apical
bands at the sides strongly thinning mesiad. Legs long, black-brown, sparsely

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pubescent grey, kuees rufous, upperside of tibiae brown, no rings or spots ; hind-
tibia comj)ressed, black like the first tarsal segment.

Length, 6 mm.

Hah. French Guiana.

1 c?.

40. Homocloeus dorsalis spec. nov.

?. Bufons brown. Kostrnm lunger than broad, densely punctate-rugulate ;
a broad mesial vitta yellowish ochraceous, extending over head ; carina flat,
reaching ape.x. Frons more than half the width of the rostrum (in middle). A
grey streak beneath eye. Antenna riifons, club brown, e.\ecpt tip, segment 3 twice
the length of 2, one-third longer than 4, 8 incrassate, nearly twice as long as broad,
0 one-third and 11 one-fourth longer than broad, 10 twice as broad as long.
Frothorax impunctate like sterna, longer than broad, with broad yellowish
ochraceous mesial vitta, which is narrower than that of head ; sides sharply
dotteil with the same pubescence. Elytra with a large sutural depression as iu
vestitus ; this depression filled in with a yellowish ochraceous patch, which e.Ktends
to scntellum, and in which there are vestiges of minute brown dots, especially at the
suture; rest of elytra sharply dotted with a similar pubescence ; stripes of punctures
distinct, but very feebly impressed ; no tubercles. Pygidinm rounded, dotted with
jjale ochraceous. Underside brown in middle, dotted with greyish clay at the
sides, presternum with clayish grey vitta separating the dotted area from the
unicolorons central area. Legs long, entirely lufous.

Length, 0 to ?> mm.

Hab. Espirito 8anto.

A series.

Trachytropis gen. nov.

? . Close to Go/iioclofus. Rostrum twice as long as broad, narrowest near
base. Lobes of false meutum strongly rounded. Gula mesially carinate. End-
segment of antenna small, in transverse. Eyes lateral, widely sejiarate, the frons
being anteriorly little narrower than the rostrum. Trothora-x deeply grooved, carina
very irregular, fiexed forward at sides, projecting as a high rounded lobe iu middle
of side (dorsal view). Underside densely punctate-rngate. Pubescence of legs
stifi', rough ; hindtibia rather strongly but gradually widening from base to apex.

Type : 7\ as/H'r spec. uov.

on. Trachytropis asper spec. nov.

S. Black, slightly clayish above, greyish beneath, without ilistinct jiattern.
Kostrum deeply impressed mesially from base beyond middle, with an additional,
rounded, groove on each side above at apical fuurth. Head with several grooves.
Antenna short, segments 1 to 8 rufescent, "3 = 4, a little longer than 2, 6 to 8
gradually thicker, 8 nearly as broad apically as long, club broad, 'J triangular, as
broad at apex as long, sinuate, lU transverse, sinuate, nearly twice as broad as
long, with straight sides, 11 much narrower than 10, about as long as broad,
rounded, snbacuminate. Frothorax broader than long, with a very large central
impression bearing a small mesial tubercle, and another large impression at each
side, the ridges separating the three grooves from one another being high, bottom
of grooves uneven ; carina broadly and rather deeply concave in middle, then

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convex and again concave, lateral!}' convex again before being flexed forward in
an obtuse angle, extending beyond middle of side ; base bisinnate. Elytra strongly
tuberculate, with i)arallel sides, more than half as long again as broad, third
interspace with three large tubercles, besides a small subapical one, first the
largest, fifth interspace with four rather prominent tubercles, interspaces 7 and 9
pustulate. Pygidium semicircular.

Length, s mm.

Hal. Mexico (ex coll. Boucard).

1 ?.

51. Nemotrichus vitticoUis spec. nov.

? . Rufescent brown ; pubescence of upperside grey, variegated with brown.
Middle of occiput brownish. Proiiotum with a brown mesial vitta which is con-
stricted in middle, and is divided at apex and in middle by a thin grey mesial
line ; sides sparsely dotted with brown. On elytra an irregular median sutural
patch, including grey dots and connected with a lateral antemediau spot by means
of some dispersed dots, an elongate spot on subbasal convexity prolonged to basal
margin, a postmedian lateral spot and numerous small sports in apical area, as
well as a number of dots behind shoulder, all brown. Pygidium with brown lateral
sjjot. Underside of body unicolorous, excepting a brown dot on metasternal
episternum. Apical half of tibiae brown.

Club of antenna very slender, segment 'J about three times as long as broad,
11 very pale. Prothorax nearly twice as broad as long, slightly depressed before
dorsal carina, which is feebly biconvex ; lateral carina short, not reaching middle.
Elytra coarsely punctate-striate, the interspaces convex. Pygidium rounded-
triangular. Sterna without large punctures. Mesosternal process evenly rounded,
not tuberculiform, triangular, with the apex rounded.

Length, 51 mm.

Ilab. Cayenne.

1 ?.

52. Nemotrichus armatus spec. nov.

<S. Brown. Eye edged with luteous grey. Segment 11 and apex of lU of
antenna pale luteous. Pronotum sparsely pubescent clay, a distinct mesial vitta
more denseh- pubescent grey, interrupted in middle, sides also densely gre}', a lateral
spot in front of dorsal carina produced forward. Elytra pubescent clay ; a patch
before middle and another before declivous apex grey, situated between suture
and tifth interspace, the first not reaching suture, in front of each jjatch a black
angle-shaped mark, the first produced forward ; a grey spot at lateral edge before
and another behind middle, each bordered by a brown spot in front and behind ;
some brown spots behind the grey dorsal patches. Pygidium with brown spot
at side. Apex of tibiae brown ; base of tibiae and the tarsi rufous, second and
third segments slightly darker.

Frons broader than the eye is high in frontal view ; antenna reaching beyond
base of elytra ; segment 9 very little longer than 8, half as long again as 10.
Prothorax conical, lateral carina not reaching middle, dorsal carina almost straight,
feebly concave. Elytra straight at basal margin, coarsely punctate-striate, third
intersimce subcostate behind. Pygidium rounded-triangular. Sterna punctured

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at sides; mesosternal ]irocess vertical, apical portion horizontal. Abdomen {S)
slight!}' depressed. Midtibia with acute tooth at apex. No combs or spines
on midcoxa and -femur.

Length, 6i mm.

Hab. San Carlos, Costa Rica (Schild-Bnrgdorf).

1 (J.

53. Nemotrichus niger sjiec. nov.

c? ? . Black; npjierside sjiarsely irrorated with cinereous, this colour most
distinct behind the base and before the ajiical declivity of the elytra where the
grey pubescence forms indistinct patches or transverse bands ; a sutnral postmedian
indistinct spot black ; grey jinbescence denser on underside, but not covering the
whole surface ; first tarsal segment grey, last more or less rufons and also clothed
with a grey pubescence. Scuteilum grey. Antenna rufous, club brown. Antennal
segment 9 longer than 11. Prothorax almost twice as broad as long, sides strongly
ronnded before base, dorsal carina broadly concave in middle. Elytra coarsely
jmnctate-striate, the alternate interspaces slightly elevate. Pygidium short, in
c? truncate with the ajiical edge feebly angulate in middle, in ? truncate-sinuate.
Sides of sterna coarsely punctured ; process of mesosternum convex, almost
tuberculiform. Abdomen of S flattened in middle, not impressed, anal segment
truncate, with the angles projecting, rufescent at apical edge; anal segment of
? rounded at apex, very feebly sinuate ; S without combs of spines on midcoxa
and -femur.

Length, 4J to 8 mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz, type ; San Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November — December
1888 (Gounelle).

A series.

64. Nemotrichus poecilus spec. uov.

? . Black ; eye edged with olive-clay. On pronotum a short linear central
spot, two similar dorsal spots at apical margin and several dorso-lateral spots
and lines the same colour, sharply defined like the spots of the elytra. Elytra
ornamented as follows : an oblong basal sutural jiatch including the black scuteilum
and a black postscutellar sjiot, another patch on each elytrum between first and
fifth interspaces composed of lines, touching in interspace 2 the basal patch, the
three including between themselves a black sutural spot ; the antemedian patch
continued in interspaces 6 to 10 by shorter stripes which are gradually more anal
in position forming an oblique band of spots ; between this band and base there
are some more spots ; another but more distinct band extends from behind middle
of suture to outer margin, which it reaches at apical third, being oblique, continued
forward at suture by olive-clay tesselations ; area from this baud to apex spotted
with olive-clay. Pubescence of femora and of underside of body grey ; an apical
spot on prosternum underneath the lateral line of the pronotum, and a larger
one on side of metasternum black ; abdomen without side-spots ; first tarsal segment
and basal half of tibiae greyish yellow ; claw-segment rufous.

Club of antenna long, the segments narrow, widest in basal half, three times
as long as broad, segment 9 twice as long as 8. Prothorax widest at antebasal
carina ; this dorsally very- feebly biconvex, laterally not reaching middle. Elytra

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cylindrical, more deeply panctate-striate thcan iu barbicornis. Pygidium gradually
produced into a glossy, rufescent, truncate process ; last abdominal segment with
a similar prolongation. Mesosterual process vertical, curved backwards at apex,
not at all tuberculate.

Length, 5 mm.

Hah. Jataliy, Goyaz.

1 ?.

55. Nemotrichus fuscus spec. nov.

¥ . Brown ; head and pronotum rather sparsely irrorated with olive-clay ;
a large postbasal patch across the suture of the elytra composed of olive-clay spots
separated into dots laterally, dilated on suture forwards and backwards, ill-defined,
a similar transverse patch before ajiical declivity, the apical area more or less
densely dotted with olive-clay ; pygidinm sparsely olive-clay ; underside and legs
more densely pubescent, clayish grey ; apical half of tibiae, foretarsus and segments
2 to 4 of the other tarsi black or brown, femora spotted with brown, a spot at base
of tibiae also brown ; scutellum olive-grey.

Club of antenna brown, broad, segment 9 somewhat shorter than 11, half as
long again as broad. Prothorax widest before base, almost gradually narrowed
to apex, slightly convex on disc, somewliat depressed before base, carina biconvex.
Elytra more gradually declivons behind than iu harhicoruis, coarsely ])nnctate-
striate. Pygidium evenly rounded at apex, apical edge slightly turned up. Sterna
coarsely iranctate at sides. Process of mesosternnm narrow, convex, not tuber-
culate.

Length, 5 to 7 mm.

Ilab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

3 ¥ ¥.

56. Nemotrichus jekeli andicola subsp. nov.

¥ . A brown band on elytrum e.xtendiug from shoulder to middle of suture,
sinuous dorsally, irrorated with clayish grey dots, a brown spot on declivous apical
portion of elytrum ; all the tibiae brown at apex ; tarsi entirely grey; meso-meta-
sternum more extended brown than grey ; sides of abdomen more lirown than
in jek. jekeli.

Hab. Ecuador.

1 ¥.

57. Nemotrichus jekeli uniformis subsp. nov.
¥ . The tibiae and tarsi entirely grey.
llab. Espirito Santo.

2 ¥ ¥.

58. Nemotrichus obtusus spec. nov.
cJ¥. In shape and colour similar to N. barbicornis (1801) Fabr. Pubes-
cence more white ; variegated with brown iu a similar way as in barbicornis,
but the brown markings deeper in tint and therefore more conspicuous ; two or
three black spots in middle of elytrum from first to fifth inters2)ace, more or
less contiguous, situated in a clayish patch. Antenna short ; end-segment paler
than the preceding ; segment 9 hardly twice as long as broad ((?¥). Prothorax
wider behind than in barbicornis, the sides more swollen above the carina iu

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ajiical liall' niiil innrt' distinctly sinuate lioliinil niiildle : carina less widely rounded
laterally. Pygidium of c? trnncate, dejiressed laterally, elevate luesially, not;
mncronate ; of ? ronnded-triangnlar, apical edge slightly turned upwards, middle
granulose, not transversely snbcariuate before apex as it is iu harbicornia. Meso-
sternal process less prominent than in ha rhicornis.

Length, 4 to 9 mm.

JJab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A long series.

The genus JS'emotrichus differs from Corrhccertis in the carina of the pronotnm
being antebasal.

can be distinguished as follows :

The species of Ncmotrlrhus

a. Pronotnm and elytra broadly depressed

Elytra not depres.«ed, cylindrical
h. Pronotnm with broad lirown-black
mesial vitta . . . . .

Pronotum without this vilta
c. Second tarsal segment grey like first
Second segment or the whole tarsus
brown or black . . . .

(I. Elytra grey, with a sharply defined
black sntural spot, which is sub-
truncate in front and sinuate
behind ......

Elytra each with two grey spots

near suture, one subbasal, the other

subapical, each spot anteriorly lior-

dered by a black angle-shaped mark,

third interspace subcostate behind .

Elytra difi'ereiit iu pattern .

e. Fore- and midtibiiie grey, nnicolorous,

body dotted with clayisli grey .

Fore- and raidtibiae brown, at least at

apex ......

/'. Abdomen witliont rnw of brown
lateral spots ; black I'olour jireva-
lent on upperside ....

Abdomen with row of lirown lati-ral
spots ; grey c(dour jn'cviilent on
upperside . . . . .

(). Pale pubescence of upperside sjiarse,
not forming a conspicuous pattern,
legs jiractically nnicolorous. The
species appearing nearly black
Pale pubescence distinct ; pale base
and dark a]iex of tibiae strongly
contrasting . . . . .

h. Scntellnm clay, jironotum minutely
dotted with olive-clav .

y. pilicornis (1801) Fabr.
b.

K. vit/irol/is spec. nov.

c.
N. jeM! (18r)!t) Pasc.

N. (lorsonifiniliitHs (l,s.").j) Jek.

A', firmrif'/i
r

•s spec. nov.

^V. J,'/tdi (1859) Pasc.

A', jiit/cr spec. nov.

N. fuscus spec. nov.

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Scutelliiiu Ijhic'k ; iiiMiiohiiu anil cljl ra

with a sharijly deliued pattern . iV. poKiltts spec. nov.
i. Pygidium of S strongly mucronate,
of ? mesially sulcate and before

ajiex transversely carinate . . X. Ixirhirornls (18t)l) Fabr.
Pygidium of S not distinctly mu-
cronate, of ? not transversely
carinate before apex ; whitish grey
and brown markings of npperside
rather strongly contrasting . . is. ohfiisus spec. nov.

59. Corrhecerus melaleucus spec. nov.

<?. Black-brown, densely clotlied with a greyish white pnbescenco ; side of
rostrnm, on ])roni:itnm a scries of three lateral dots and a broad, irregular, laterally
sinuous, mesial vitta, including a white spot behind apes and another behind middle,
on elytra a small marginal sjiot close to scutellum, a patch on subbasal convexity,
another on shoulder, a fourth at lateral margin in middle, a spot at basal third
of suture, a broad, transverse, sinnous band before apical declivity, produced
l)0sticad on suture, this projection contiguous or merged together with a spot on
each elytrnm, a lateral marginal subapical patch, besides some dots on disc,
black ; tarsal segments 2 to 4 brown.

Frons narrower than m Jlaccidus (1833) Gylh. ; pmnotum much more evenly
convex, carina subangulate in middle, feebly biconvex ; elytra cylindrical, more
elongate than in Jlaccidus, subbasal convexity feeble ; pygidium mesially sulcate,
acuminate, tip truncate ; mesosternal process declivous, not tnbercnlate.

Length, ('\h to 91 mm.

Ilab. "Brazil," tijpe; Espirito Santo.

2 ¥?

00. Corrhecerus aequalis spec. nov.

c??. In appearance similar to Xemoti-icltiiti barbicornis (1801) Fabr. Brown-
black, covered with a grey pubescence, mixed with pale ochraceous ; four brown
spots on occijmt ; a number of brown spots on the pronotum, five of them in
front of the basal carina ; a spot on shonkler angle, a patch on the anterior
side of the subbasal convexity, a lateral marginal spot before middle, a narrow
transverse baud of spots from middle of suture obliquely backwards and some
irregularly dispersed dots, brown ; pygidium brown at sides and apex ; a spot on
episternum and sternum of metathorax and a lateral row of dots on abdomen
brown ; abdomen with a vestige of a second row of spots farther ventrally ; Ici^-s
rnfous, femora slightly darker, especially beyond middle, tibiae with a more thinly
pubescent ring before apex ; antenna rufous at the joints.

Frons broader than in ^V. barbicornis. Prothorax deeply depressed before
carina, somewhat flattened on disc as in C. Jlaccidus, basal carina very slightlv
biconvex ; elytra cylindrical ; pygidium semicircular ; process of mesosternum
vertical, produced forward, its apical surface on a level with metasternum
pentagonal ; abdomen of 6 slightly depressed in middle.

Length, 9i mm.

Hah. Cayenne.

One pair.

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111. Discotenes censors spec. nov.

? . Broader tbuu coelebs, rostrum proportionally wider, with a more distinct
mesial carina ; three white spots on disc of pronotum, situated in a triangle, more
prominent, dorsal lateral snbliasal clavish spots smaller ; black Land of elvtrnm
obliqne, extending from basal third of lateral margin to middle of second line
of punctures, behind this band there are laterally some black spots corresponding
to the lateral portion of the band of coelebs, punctured stripes deeper impressed,
tesselatiou more distinct, apical area more variegated.

llab. Chanchamayo, Pern.

1 ?.

Dasyrhopala gen. nov.

(?. Rostrum broader than long, stout, flat, with straight sides. Antennal
groove small, rounded behind, halfmoon-shaped, separate from eye, not covered.
False mentum short, lobes acute, sinus very broad ; underlip deeply divided.
Antenna (?) reaching beyond base of elytra, thin, segments 1 and 2 incrassate,
short, 3 the longest, longer than 1 + L', 4 nearly as long as 3, longer than 5,
5 to 6 decreasing in length, club loose, hairy beneath, consisting of four segments,
8 being dilated, triangular, at least as long as 9, but not so broad, 10 triangular,
a little shorter than 9, 11 elliptical. Eye more finely granulate than in Laiiopcziis,
more coarsely than in Discotenes, small, lateral, distinctly and broadly emarginate.
Prothorax much longer above than at sides, being produced forward above,
strongly convex ; carina at basal third, not flexed forward at sides, subbasal
carina vestigial at sides, basal longitudinal one absent. Elytra evenly emarginate
together, convex. Process of mesostornum narrow, triangular, rounded at apex.
Pubescence of legs rough; tibiae compressed, broad, hindfemur nearly reaching
tip of abdomen.

Type : I), tai-salis spec. nov.

(Connects Discotenes with Lagopezus and Piezocorymts, easily recognised
by tlie eye, antenna and tibiae.

62. Dasyrhopala tarsalis spec. nov.

(?. Rnfescent, clothed with a grey pubescence, minutely irrorated with rufescent,
alternate interspaces very indistinctly dotted. Rostrum half as broad again as
long, flat above, with trace of a basal double impression, apex emarginate. Frons,
occiput and rostrum in a plane, rugulose. Antenna rufous at the joints. Prothorax
dorsally longer than broad, evenlj' convex, rounded at the sides, widest at the
autebasal carina, which is augulate in middle and again laterally, the point of the
angles directed basad ; base truncate. Elytra evenly depressed at base, gradually
rounded-declivous from before middle, deeply punctate-striate, interspaces convex,
especially the alternate ones, third with an elongate subbasal tubercle and a lower
one jnst before middle. Pygidium longer than broad, evenly rounded at apex.
Prosternum somewhat flattentd in middle. Tarsi pubescent white ; first segment
of foretarsus one-third the length of the tibia.

Length, TjJ to G mm.

Hab. Brazil.

2cJcJ.

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Eucyclotropis gen. nov.

(S "i . i^imilar to Bas>/i7tojjahi. Rostrum short. Autennal cavity open. Antenna
shorter than in Da.v/rJiopala, clnb not so hair)'. Eye entire or snbemargiuate. Carina
of prothorax curved forward in an ahnost even arch, gradually disappearing, concave
from side to side.

Type : E. pustnlfi/a spec. nov.

63. Eucyclotropis pustulata spec. nov.

J?. Brown-black, rather densely pubescent olive-cinnamon. Rostrnm nearly
twice as broad as long, emargiuato at apex, flat, antennal cavity widely open,
transverse, the rostrum appearing incised in dorsal aspect, upper edge of cavity
raarginate, the anterior portion (if thought prolonged) dorsal of the eye. Lobes
of false mentum completely rounded at end. Antenna short, rnfesccnt, segment 3
hardly as long as 2, 8 as long as broad, club compact, 0 triangular, as long as broad,
10 transverse, 11 broader than long. Prothorax plicate-rugate, much longer above
than sit side, ])roduced forward (side-view !), sinuate in middle at apex, convex,
strongly rounded at sides, widest just behind middle, a double mesial tubercle
with black tufts. Scutellum white. Elytra of nearly even width from shoulder
to ajiical declivity, emarginate together at base, with rows of large punctures,
the stripes not much impressed, except sutural one, interspaces finely granulose ;
alternate interspaces pustulated with black, a large black pustule in third inter-
space in middle, basal callosity distinct, divided. Pygidium rounded. Tibiae with
a grey antemedian ring. First tarsal segment short, about one-fourth the length
of the tibia.

Length, 4 J mm.

Hal). Cara(;a, Minas Geraes, December 1885 (Gounelle).

One pair.

04. Eucyclotropis striata spec. nov.

¥. Black, densely irrorated with a coarse white pubescence, mesial line of
pronotum white, elytrum with ten white lines extending from base to apex, alternate
ones feebler. Rostrum impressed raesially at base; antennal cavity occupying the
whole side, its upjier edge cariniform. Eye coarsely granulate, feebly emarginate.
Lobes of false mentum strongly rounded. Antenna stout, segment 1 rufous, 2 twice
as long as broad, twice the length of 3, this much shorter than 4, which is about as
long as 2, .5 to 8 nearly the same in length, 8 dilated, club compact, 9 broader
than long, 10 twice as broad as long, 11 as long as broad, sinuate at anterior side
near aj)ex. Prothorax twice as broad as long, as broad at apex as at base, wider at
apex than head inclusive of eyes, basal margin evenly convex, parallel to antebasal
carina, basal angles strongly rounded, side rounded, cariniform, giving the dorsal
carina the appearance of being continued to apical angle. Elytra strongly convex,
not depressed at suture, irregularly punctured, without the usual stripes of punc-
tures. Pygidium and last sternite subtruncate. First tarsal segment one-fourth
the length of the tibia.

Length, 3i mm.

Hab. San Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November — December 1888 (Gounelle).

1 ?.

18

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The sliortness of the third iuiteiinal sewmtiit is ii ver}' jiccnliar chiiracter. Tin's
species and pi/ladi's agree in tlie broad jirothorax beiug cariuil'orm at the side. They
form perhaps a genus distinct from Euci/clotropis.

05. Eucyclotropis pylades spec. nov.

c?. Enfescoiit brown, variegated with a coarse brown and clay pubescence.
Ujijierside of head and rostrnm in a ])hxne, greyish clay, coarsely punctate-rngate.
Antenna! groove occupying four-tifths of the side of the rostrum, rounded behind
and below ; its upper edge cariniform, slightly covering the groove. Lobes of false
mentum subaciiminate. Antennal segments 1 and 2 rufous, the others rufescent
(7 to 11 missing), 3 nearly as long as 1 +2, a little longer than 4, 0 reaching nearly
to middle of prothorax. Prothorax twice as broad as long, coarsely rugate, greyisli
clay apically at sides, broader apically than head inclusive of eyes, widest at
antebasal carina, gradually rounded-narmwed from carina forwards, longer above
tlian at side, carina at basal sixth, lateral portion of the same short, but side of
prothorax itself cariniform, so that the carina ai)pears to be continued to a]iex, basal
longitudinal carina feebly marked, forming a very acute angle with the obliijue
lateral portion of the dorsal carina. Scutellnra greyisli clay, rounded, small.
Elytra short, convex, coarsely punctate-striate, the interspaces more or less
convex, especially the alternate ones, which are rather distinctly tess(dated or
dotted witli brown-black and greyish clay ; middle of third interspace black ; sub-
basal and fipical areas rather more densely clayish than rest of elytra. Pygidium
semicircular, greyish clay. Sterna punctate at sides. Prosternum very sliort
mesially, transversely sulcate. Mesosternal process narrow, rounded at apex.
Metasternum mesially shorter than first abdominal segment. A narrow ante-
median ring on tibiae and apical half or third rufous, jmbescent clayish grey.
Tibiae hooked at apex (tJ).

Length, 51 mm. *

JIah. Sierra de Durango, Mexico.

1 6.

Barra gen. nov.

<J. Rostrum flat, rather thin, widest near tip, longer than broad, not carinate,
truncate, with trace of sinus. Frons and occiput slightly receding, not qnite in
a plane with rostrnm. Underlip flat, sinuate, not divided down to insertion of
])alpus. Lobes of false mentum rounded at apex. Antennal groove lateral, covered,
produced forward, sharply limited behind and below, distant from eye, occupying
•apical half of side. Antenna long, segment 1 incrassate, short, 2 thinner and
somewhat longer, .3 to 7 very thin, of nearly equal length, 3 the longest, more
than twice as long as 2, 8 rather thicker, but not triangular, longer than 9, this
triangular, truncate at apex, nearly twice as long as broad, half as long again
as lU, this also triangular with the sides rounded, 11 ovate, a little longer than
10, all the segments with some rather long hairs, club somewhat pilose beneath,
but not so hairy as in J ktsi/rliopala and J,a//ojj(:~us. Eye lateral, somewhat
elliptical, rather coarsely granulate, indistinctly emarginate. Prothorax longest
above, slightly sinuate at ajiex above in middle, conical, one-fourth broader than
long, carina at basal eighth, straight, feebly concave laterally, flexed forward in an
even areli, not extending to middle, subbasal carina complete, very distinct, basal

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longitudinal carina present, anteriorly flexed hiterad, forming a very acute angle
with the antebasal carina. Elytra truncate at base, pleural edge not angulate
at base.

Type : B. gounellei spec. nov.

Allied to Piezocoryniis and Lagopezus.

60. Barra gounellei spec. nov.

(?. Brown above, irrorated with clayish grey ; rufescent beneath, pubescent
grey. Rostrum about one-fourth longer than broad, with a shallow snlibasal
mesial impression. Antenna rufescent, rufous at base, reaching to middle of
elytra or beyond, segments 0 and Itt brown, 11 Inteous. Pronotnm granulosc-
rugulose, convex, a basal mesial clayish patch, produced forward as a line to
middle of disc, accompanied at each side by a black basal spot, upon which follows
at base laterally a small clayish spot, a thin indistinct apical mesial line also
clayish, single clayish grey scale-like liairs scattered over the surface, as is the
case on head and elytra. Scntellum clayish. Elytra convex, rounded-narrowed
from middle backwards, coarsely ]mnctate-striate, de])ressed at base, alternate
interspaces with elongate clayish sjiots. Pygidium semicircular. Prosternum
finely granulose. Sides of meso- and metasternum impnnctate. A broad siabbasal
ring on tibiae and the tarsi rufous, pubescent grey, tip of first and the second
tarsal segments black-brown.

Length, 4^ mm.

Ilab. San Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November — December 1S88 (Gonnelle),
ti/pe ; Espirito Santo.

07. Lagopezus lugubris spec. nov.

(J. Similar to temiicornis (18Ul) Eabr., shorter and broader. Segment 8 of
antenna longer than 9. Dorsal carina of ju-otborax five times sinuate. First and
second interspace of elytrum flat, not tesselated, third with two black tubercles, one
in middle, the other farther back, interspaces 5 and 7 also with some black raised
dots. First tarsal segment shorter than in tenuicornis, claw alone rufous.

Hab. Itatiaya, Rio de Janeiro, 850 m., February 1899 (Gounelle).

1 S.

Piezonemus gen. nov.

(? ? . Rostrum at least twice as broad as long, apical margin laterally very
oblique. Eye elongate-elliptical, oblirpie. Antennal cavity underneath eye, not
in front of it. Frons trapeziform. Pygidium of S rounded at apex, marginate,
much longer than broad ; of ? tuberculate before ajjical edge, broadly sulcate
mesially, the sulcus divided basally. Midtiliia of S with tooth at ajiex, first
midtarsal segment dilated at apex on ijinerside; hiudtibia of 6 with a crest of
long soft hairs. Carina basal, angle acute.

Type : P. darus spec. nov.

Closely allied to Piezocori/iuis, but recalling by the pygidium of the ? also
Corrhecerus and Neiiiotrichus. It differs from the former esjjecially in the long
eye projecting forward above the antennal groove and being very obliijue.

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Ci'^. Piezonemus durus spec. nov.

(? ? . Black; ou iij)j)crsiile sparsely irrorated with whitish grey; head,
scutellnm and underside denser grey ; alternate interspaces of elytriim incon-
spicuously and rather sparsely tesselatod with grey ; femora, tibiae and base of first
tarsal segment grey, two large jiatches on tibiae and the tarsi black; antenna
rnfons brown, apex of last segment Inteous.

Rostrum transversely depressed, slightly curved upwards at apes in lateral
aspect. Frons anteriorly abont one-third the width of the rostrum, broader in ?
than in <?. Antenna reaching in ? to basal fourth of elytrum, being a little
longer in J than in ? , similar to those of I'iezocortjmu tristia, segment 3 longer
than 4 in both sexes, 8 shorter than 7, in <? nearly as long as 'J, this triangular,
truncate, one-third longer than broad, lU transverse, about twice as broad as
long, 11 ovate, nearly as long as 9. Prothorax sculptured as in Pic^ocorynus,
conical, with straight sides, feebly convex above, slightly depressed before carina;
this straight in middle, very feebly convex laterally, angle less than 'JU°, sharp,
lateral carina vanishing in middle. Scutelhim longer than broad. Elytra sub-
cylindrical, basal edge of each convex, subbasal callosity feebly raised, punctured
stripes rather deeji, interspaces feebly convex. Apical tubercle of jiygidium of ?
divided, high. Mesosterual process triangular, narrow, declivous. Metasternum
of (? flattened in middle like abdomen, convex laterally. Last abdominal segment
of S less than twice the width of the preceding one in middle, here hardly wider
than at the sides. Fore- and midtibia of S somewhat curved ; first midtarsal
segment of i less than one-third the length of the tibia, much shorter than the
other segments together ; third segment of all the tarsi large ; claw-segment long.

Length, 4 to 5 mm.

I](ih. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

69. Piezonemus lateralis spec. nov.

c? ? . Similar to P. thtrus, ditt'ering from it in the following characters :
Sides of elytra rnfescent ; legs rufous, except middle of femora and a broad post-
median ring of tibiae which are black ; a spot at base of tibiae brown. Eye
longer. Fourth antennal segment of ? longer. First midtarsal segment of S
longer than the others together, being much longer than in di(nis ; first hind-
tarsal segment of cj more than half the length of the tibia ; the latter with a
much denser crest of long hairs ; last abdominal segment of J in middle twice
as wide as laterally, and nearly thrice as the preceding segment, with a triangular
flattened space in middle and the mesial line a little raised. Pygidium longer
and narrower, the apical transverse ridge of ¥ not so high as in cluriis and not
deeply divided.

Length, 3 to 4 mm.

IJab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

Synonymical note : —

Though the tyjjical species of Ctimptotropis {gmciliconiiis) is different
enough from the typical species of Piezocorynus ((lisjjar) in the antenna and the
prothoracic carina, the two supposed genera intergrade completely. The position

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of the dorsal carina of the prothorax is basal in some species, subliasal in others
and antebasal in others again. According to the antennae the species can be
separated into two groups, one in which the club is loose, the tenth segment
being triangular, and a second in which the club is more compact, the tenth
segment being transverse. But this division, though convenient for a kej', is
not natural, some of the species with a loose club coming otherwise ver\' close
to diipar with compact club. Moreover, the club of P. trisds and basalis is
intermediate.

TO. Piezocorynus brevis spec, no v.

? . Short, brown-black, abdomen rufescent ; a thin mesial line on occiput
and at apex of pronotum white ; a broad band from base of pronotnm near middle
obliquely outward beyond middle of disc velvety black ; suture ochraceous, except
at base, dotted with black.

Rostrum and head as in gracilicornis ; antennal groove smaller, almost open ;
eye much smaller ; underlip entire. Antenna brown, end-segment luteous, club
loose, segment 9 a little longer than broad, 10 nearly as long as broad, 11 a
little longer than 9. Prothorax obviously longer above than at side, with black
mesial tubercle before middle, carina subbasal, shallowly bisinuate, laterally flexed
forward in an even arch, longitudinal portion very short. Elytra short, finely
striate-puuctate, interstices not at all convex, subbasal convexity very prominent,
tuberculiform, black, a smaller black elevation in middle and two black pustules
on declivous apex, also in third interspace. Underside with a sparse white
pubescence. Tarsal segments 3 and 4 rnfescent. Anal sternite as short as fourth.

Length, 5| mm.

Hab. Colombia.

1 ?.

71. Piezocorynus plagifer spec nov.

i ? . Similar to P. dispar (1833) Gylh. The clayish patch of elytra extending
to apical declivity in interspaces 1, 2 and 3, and interspace 6 tesselated. Antenna
deeper brown-black, segments 1 to 8 rufous at tip, thicker than in dispar, 8
compressed in J, .triangular, half as long as apically broad, also rather broad
in ? , club shorter and broader than in dispar.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz, ti/j/e ; Turrialba, Costa Rica.

1 c?, 3 ??.

72. Piezocorynus compar spec. nov.

<?. Pronotum with a rather large mesial apical greyish clay spot. Clayish
patch of elytra occupying interspaces 1 to 4, the patch truncate before apical
declivity, obliquely truncate in front on each elytrum, not reaching scutellnm,
anterior edge running across subbasal callosity, four spots in fifth interspace
(the first the longest) joined to the patch, interspaces 1 and 3 slightly greyish
within patch, the first with some minute black dots, the third with one large
black dash in middle and a black dot farther back. Pale antemedian and
apical rings of tibiae conspicuous. Segments 10 and 11 of antenna luteons, 8
more than twice as long as broad, elongate-triangular, angles not produced,
9 a little longer than broad, 11 almost circular. Prothorax more conical than

( ^'8 )

in dispar ami jilfu/ifer, tlio liiiiiU'r iiii.s;lp projecting laterad ; cariua basal, aii};le
less than 90", lateral carina curvt'd u|}\vav(ls in midillc as in //rirritirorn/.-i.
Scutellnm minute, lialf the width of that of dispar.

Hab. Cayenne.

1 3.

73. Piezocorynus verrucatus spec. nov.

?. Black ; very s])arsely irrorated witli grey above, densely grey beneath ;
tibiae with grey ring in middle and at apex ; claw-segment rufons ; two minute
dots on head close to eye and a larger mesial spot at apex of ])ronotum greyish
white ; three dots behind carina, and scutellnm sparsely grey ; elytrum with the
sntnral interspace tesselated with black and clayish grey from before middle to
apical declivity, second and ' third interspaces ochraceons to tlie same extent,
third with a black tubercle in middle and t-ome dark dots, fourth and fifth
with a small greyish ochraceons spot before apical declivity ; the patch thus
formed stopping behind the subbasal callosity, which is strongly elevate, tuberculi-
form, clothed with black hairs on the top. Antenna rufous brown, segment 8
much shorter than 7, but a little broader at apex, club loose, H and 10 triangular,
truncate, 0 oue-fourth longer than broad, 10 slightly rounded at the sides, as
long as broad, 11 pale at apex, ovate, nearly as long as 0, a little longer
than broad. Pronotum witli central tubercle situated in a rather deep depression,
sides of disc elevate ; carina subbasal, angle less than 90', lateral carina not
reaching middle. Elytra transversely depressed between subbasal callosity and
median tubercle, fifth interspace snbtuberculate before apical declivity and feebly
elevate also in middle, where it is black.

Length, '2h mm.

Hah. San Antonio da Barra, Rahia, November — December 1888 (Gounelle),
type ; Valley of the Rio Pardo, Sao Panlo, December 1898 (Gounelle).

2 ??.

74. Piezocorynus sutiiralis spec. nov.

6. Black, sparsely irrorated with grey above, denser grey beneath, tibiae
ringed with grey in middle and at apex, claw-segment rufous ; two dots on head
close to eye, a mesial apical spot and three basal dots on pronotum, scutellnm
and a large sntural area on elytra greyish clay, somewhat ochraceons ; this area
reaching from scutellnm to apical declivity, narrowed in front, its oblique anterior
edge running across the inner side of the subbasal callosity, rounded-truncate
behind, expanded between the sixth stripes of punctures, suture densely tesselated
with black, third interspace with an elongate raised lilack sjwt before middle
and three or four black dots farther back, fifth interspace with black spots which
are longer than the grey ones. Antenna brown, rufous at the tips of the segments,
segment 8 shorter than 7, very little more dilated at apex, a little longer than 9,
club loose, 9 nearly twice as long as broad, lO a little longer than broad, 11 ovate,
acuminate, Inteous, excejit base, nearly half as long again as broad. Pronotum
depressed above, elevate in centre and at sides ; carina subbasal, angle acute,
lateral carina extending beyond middle, anterior portion faint, curved. Elytra
transversely depressed before middle, subbasal callosity high, stripes of punctures
deep.

Length, 5j mm.

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Ilith. Marco da Legua, Pava, jMarcli 1895 (Gounelle).
1 S.

Much larger than rerrnrafus, lateral carina of pnithorax loii^pr, patch of
elytra larger, extending to scntelhiin, tnliercle of third interspace before middle.

T."). Piezocorynus dorsalis spec. uov.
?. Black, s]iii:ht]_v irrorated witli whitish grey ahove, denser grey beneath.
A lateral antemedian dot on jironotum and the scntelliim white ; a large patch
on elytra ochraceous cla}', expanded between the fifth strij)es of punctures, elongate-
elliptical, rounded in front and behind, slightly sinuate laterally in middle, not
reaching base, extending to apical declivity, faintly dotted with ochraceous in first
and third interspaces ; tibiae grey, with two large IJack patches on npperside,
first tarsal segment grey in basal half or two-thirds.

Antenna slender, brown, segments 1 to 8 rafesceut at tip, 8 sleuder, slightly
dilated, obtuse at end, club loose, 9 one-fourth longer than broad, triangular,
truncate, 19 also triangnlar and truncate, about as broad as long, 11 pale, ovate,
distinctly longer than broad, truncate at tip. Pronotum very slightly uneven,
carina nearly basal in middle, angle acute, lateral carina not extending beyond
middle, gradually fading away. Scutellnm longer than l)road. Elytra somewhat
flattened from suture to fourth interspace, transversely depressed before middle,
subbasal convexity broad, even.

Length, 3 J mm.

llab. Pery-Pery, Peruambuco, November — December 1892 (Gounelle).

1 ?.

TO. Piezocorynus homoeus spec. nov.

c?. In colour almost exactly the same as P. alternavs, in structure agreeing
closely with /daqifer, differing from alteriians in the much broader and apically
sinnate antennal segment 8, in the shorter and basally broader segment 8, in
tlie rectangular (slightly obtuse) bent of the pronotal carina, the rufescent elytra,
on which the black spots of altcrnans are replaced by brown ones and the darker
third and fourth tarsal segments. From plagifer the present species is distin-
guished, besides the pattern of the elytra, by the thinner antenna, of which the
last segment is luteous, the eveuly convex disc of the pronotum, the more straight
dorsal carina and shorter lateral one, and the less prominent subbasal callosity
of the elytrnm.

Hah. Jatahy, Goyaz.

1 c?.

The second carina of the pronotum is not parallel with the first (anterior)
one, but is fused with it close to the lateral angle, forming with the short lateral
basal longitudinal carina and the anterior carina a small triangle.

77. Piezocorynus alternans spec. nov.
c? ? . In colour similar to gracilicornis. Some spots between the eyes and
some on pronotum clayish ochraceous ; alternate interspaces of elytra tesselated
with black and clayish ochraceous ; pronotum indistinctly marmorated with black ;
antenna (except segments 9 and 10, which are brown), apex of femora, base and
apex of tibiae, base of first and second tarsal segments and the whole third and
fourth rnfous.

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Autennii of <S somewhat longer than the body, segment 8 slightly ililiUi'd
towards apex, fonr times as long as apically broad, angles not produced ; in
both sexes 9 one-fonrth longer than broad, 11 almost as broad as long. Prothorax
strongly conical, dorsal carina slightly convex laterally, not quite basal mesially,
angle acute, lateral carina gradually fading away, extending a little beyond
middle. Scntellnm grey, triangular, longer than broad. Elytra longer than
in qracilicornis, depressed at basal margin, subbasal callosity feebly elevate,
alternate interspaces feebly convex. Second and third tarsal segments broad.

llah. Espirito Santo, tijije ; Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

78. Piezocorynus basalis spec. nov.

cJ. Black-brown, sparsely pubescent grey above, more densely below : some
dots on ujiperside grey. Antenna rufons, segments 1, '1, '.) and 10 brownish,
apical edge of pronotum and base of elytra as far as snbbasal callosity pale
rufous, an antemedian lateral dot on elytrum also rnfons ; apex of femora, a
broad subbasal and a narrow apical ring on tibiae, and the first and last tarsal
segments pale rufous.

Antenna {S) hardly reaching to basal fourth of elytrum, segment :i longer
than -t, 8 widened, short, little longer than broad, 9 triangular, truncate, one-
fonrth longer than broad, ]<• nearly twice as broad as long, triangular, being
strongly narrowed basad, 11 luteuus, subcircular, being a little longer than
broad. Prothorax conical, with slightly rounded sides, evenly convex above;
carina subbasal, straight, with rounded angles, laterally not reaching middle.
Scutellnm grey, like a pronotal spot in front of it. Elytra evenly convex,
interspaces not elevate, third and ninth with some grey sjiots. Pygidinm
rounded, rufescent.
Length, 4 mm.

Hab. Cochabamba, rJolivia (Germain).
1 (?.

Key to the South and Central American species of Piezocorynus :
a. Carina antebasal, biconvex, interspaces

of elytrum flat .... P. tristis (1855) Jekel.

Like trisfis, jironotum with two abbre-
viated velvety bands . . . . P. i/v;t/is spec. nov.
Carina subbasal ; or, if far from base,
alternate interspaces of elytrum
elevate ...... b.

b. Club of antenna loose, segment 10

triangular. ..... c

Club of antenna compact, segment 10

transverse ..... f-

c. Alternate interspaces of elytra convex,

tesselated with ochraceons and black.

Dorsal carina strongly convex . . /'. ^m^Y/coraiS (1855) Jekel.
Base of elytra of prothorax pale rnfons;

dorsal carina of prothorax straight . P. basalis spec. nov.
Elytra with ochraceons clay sutural

patch ...... d- .

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d. Suture heavily tesselated with black .
Suture indistinctly tesselated

e. Patch of elytra extending to scutellum

at suture ......

Patch of elytra stopping short at
hinder side of subbasal callosities .

f. Alternate interspaces of elytrura tes-

selated, no sutural patch, angle of

carina less than 90°
Like alternans, angle of carina 90°
Elytra with sutural patch

g. Patch of elytra extending from near

•base to declivous apex

Patch of elytra restricted to basal

half

h. Patch of elytra of nearly the same
width, segments 10 and 11 of
antenna luteous ....

Posterior two-thirds of patch of elytra
much narrower than anterior third,
the fourth interspace being clayish
only before middle ; antennal seg-
ment 1 1 luteous at tip . .

P. dorsalis sfiec. nov.
/'. sutiiralix sjiec. nov.
P. ccrrucatus sj)ec. nov.

P. alternans spec. nov.
P. homoeus spec. nov.
9-

P. dispar (1833) Gylh.

P. compar spec. nov.

P. plagifer spec. nov.

Anthrenosoma gen. nov.

i ¥ . Rostrum very short. Antennal cavity occupying the whole side of rostrum,
covered by a sharply carinate edge which extends to eye and is continuous with
apical edge of rostrum. Eye contiguous to antennal cavity, coarsely granulose,
sinuate, oblique, enlarged, the frontal lobe narrower than the lower lobe and produced
forward, projecting above the antennal cavity. Frons and rostrum in a plane.
Underlip sinuate, the lobes short, obtuse. False mentum short and very broad,
broadly sinuate, lobes obtuse. Antenna reaching to middle of prothorax or a
little beyond, rather hairy, segments 1 and 2 incrassate, 3 about as long as 4,
6 to 8 gradually incrassate, club compact, broad, 9 as long as broad, somewhat
asymmetrical, as is also 10, this broader than long, narrowed towards base,
11 at least as long as 9 and broader, more or less ovate. Prothorax as broad
as elytra, carina closely applied to elytra, following the curve of the basal edge
of the latter, angulate in middle, being evenly arched (convex) from middle to
sides, continuous with the cariniform lateral edge of the 2"'othorax, which bears
a very tine carina, this carina interrupted in middle (at the transverse suture
of the prosternum) and the hinder end of the anterior portion more or less
obviously tlexed discad ; basal angle of prothorax acute, projecting laterad, or
rectangular, apical corner also acute or rectangular, the apical margin being
emarginate behind the e3'es. Elytra convex, declivous from near base to apes,
gradually narrowed from shoulder to apical fifth, then strongly rounded. Fore-
tarsus not more than one-third shorter than foretibia. Prosternum very short,
coxae widely separate. Mesosternal process also broad.

Type : A. tibialis spec. nov.

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TO. Anthrenosoma tibialis Hpec. nov.

J?. Kufesceut browu ; uppersidc irroratcil with a dayish ijuliesceuce ; elvtra
more or less tesselated ; the pubescence condensed laterally at apex of pronotum ;
a thin claj'ish mesial line on the latter : underside and head evenly jiubesceut-
clayish. Antennal segments 1 and 2 rufous, 1 1 lutcous ; tibiae rufous, except
base aud ai)ex. Frons in <S one-third the width of the rostrum, in ? a little
wider. Pronotum very densely reticulate, anterior angle dentiform. Elvtra
densely granulate, punctate-striate. Pygidium slightly acuminate.

Length, 2^ mm.

Jfab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

80. Anthrenosoma bohlsi spec. nov.

S . Rufescent ; antenna and legs almost entirely Inteous ; elytra with a
broad discal streak from near shoulder to beyond middle, apex and sntural
interspace rufous, clothed with broad clayish hairs ; pronotum irrorated with
similar hairs. Anterior angle of protliorax less produced than in tiljialia, hinder
angle also less prominent, disc more widely reticulated. Elytra more evenly
convex than in tibialis, punctures of stripes larger, interspaces smooth, not
granulose.

Hab. Paraguay (Dr. Bohls).

1 ?.

81. Anthrenosoma gonnellei spec. nov.

S. Slenderer than tibialis and bohlsi. Rufous ; head, disc of pronotum,
shoulder, apex aud a median patch on elytrum more or less brown, the rnfous
and brown portions not sharply defined : jmbescence clayish. Antenna longer
than in the other species, rnfous like tibiae and tarsi, almost gradually dilated
from segment 7 to II, 8 three times as long as broad, 0 much narrower and
not longer than In, this longer than broad. Eye large, the frons being less
than one-third the width of the rostrum. Lobes of false mentnm rounded.
Prothorax and elytra similar in sculpture to those of tibialis. Anterior angle
of the former acute, dentifdrm, hinder angle also acute, projecting latcrad. Elytra
proportionately longer than in the other sjjecies, almost cylindrical.

Length, 2^ mm.

Ilab. S. Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November— December 1SS8 (Gounelle).

1 3.

Scymnopis gen. nnv.

Differs from Anthrenosoma in the lateral carina of the prothorax not being
extended to apex, the prothorax being gradually narrowed from before middle to
apex, the apical angle not jirojecting.

Type : S. suturalis spec. nov.

82. Scymnopis suturalis spec. nov.

?. Brown; rostrum, head, club of antenna, prothorax, and suture of elytra
brown-black. Upperside not tomentose, punctured, each puncture bearing a stiif
hair. Rostrum .four times as broad as long. Frons one-third the width of the

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rostrum. Autenna rufous. Proudtum rufescent at base, {junctures tleop, large,
smaller thau the interspaces, evenly distriljuted, basal angle acute, projecting
laterad. Elytra evenly convex, regularly seriate-pnnctate, the punctures large,
the stripes of punctures not distinctly impressed ; black sutural stripe widest at
base, the black colour occujjving also apical margin, extending forward at side
to near middle, not sharjily limited. Legs rufous, basal two-thirds of femora
black-brown.

Length, 2| mm.

Hah. Cochabamba, Bolivia (Germain).

1 ?.

Paranthribus gen. nov.

?. Similar to Anthrcno.wma and Piezocori/uun. Rostrum and eye similar to
those oi A/it/ire/wsoma. Antenna reaching base of elytra, with single long hairs,
segments 1 and 2 incrassate, 3 to 7 thin, 3 = 4, longer than 2, 8 nearly three times
as long as broad, a little broader than 7, club loose, 9= 10, shorter than H,
9 asymmetrical, widest just beyond middle, 10 with rounded sides, 11 elliptical.
Prothorax more than twice as broad as long ; carina basal, less angnlate than in
Antkrenosoma, the basal margin of the elytrum being less curved, flexed forward
at sides beyond middle, this lateral carina as distinct as the dorsal one, side of
prothorax emarginate Ijefore base, then rounded, apical edge not in the least
projecting ; lateral angle of carina 00', but tip rounded. Prosteruum longer than
in Anthrenogoma, forecoxae nearly contiguous.

Type : P. rti/escens spec. nov.

8.3. Paranthribus rufescens spec. nov.

? . Rufescent, head and pronotum more brown, pubescence greyish clay,
pronotum almost regularly dotted ; elytra irregularly tesselate 1, the rufescent
brown spots long in third interspace. Antenna rufous at base, segments in and 1 1
luteous. Legs rufous, basal two-thirds of femora, apex of tibiae and second tarsal
segment more or less brown. Rostrum four times as broad as long, emargiijate
in middle of apical edge. F'rons more than half the width of the rostrum. Pro-
notum convex ; slightly depressed before carina, rugnlose, apical margin rufescent
Elytra subcylindrical, as wide as prothorax at base, a little rounded-widened before
middle, then gradually narrowed ; apex truncate-emargiuate, with the lateral angle
rounded oft'; deeply punctate-striate, interspaces iinely grannlose, convex ; the third
a little more elevate than the others. Underside somewhat irrorated with brown
jiubescence, as are the legs.

Length, 3 mm.

Ilab. Salobro, Bahia, June — July 1885 (Gounelle).

1 ?.

Exechontis gen. nov.

i ? . Rostrum truncate, flat, vertical, broader than long or somewhat longer
thau broad ; antennal cavity covered, its upper edge being cariniform ; this carina
not extending to eye. Frous and occiput convex. Eye reduced in size, coarsely
granulate, rather strongly elevate, entire, elliptical, being longer than broad,
oblique. Antenna reaching base of elytrnm in J, somewhat shorter in ?, segments

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1 and '2 incrassate, 3 shorter tlian 2 and about as long as 4, 8 somewhat incrassate,
half or two-thirds the length of 3, clnb broad, 9 and In triangular, emarginate
apicall}-, 9 as broad as long, 111 nearly twice as broad as long, 11 rounded, broader
near base than near apex. Prothorax produced forward above ; carina at basal
sixth, parallel to base of elytra, very feebly concave, slightly flexed forward at side,
not longitudinal. Base of elytra truncate-emarginate. iScutellum round. First
tarsal segment about one-fourth the length of the tibia.

Type : E. sparsa spec. nov.

Allied to Gibber (1895) Jord. from the Oriental Region.

84. Exechontis sparsa spec. nov.

t? ? . Black-brown, somewhat rufescent ; npjierside pubescent copper-brown,
sparsely irrorated and dotted with white ; underside grey ; tibiae, apex of femora
and base of antenna rufous, end-segment of antenna lutescent. Rostrum broader
than long, constricted behind antennal cavities, the upper edge of the latter being
straight and rather wide. Prothorax al)0ut half as broad again as long, more
strongly convex in front than behind, sligiitly narrowed from carina forward ;
three white basal dots, the mesial one the largest, produced forward as a line,
some small grey-white discal spots, sides shaded with white scale-like hairs.
Scutellnm white. Elytra oblong, nearly straight at sides, strongly rounded behind,
convex, depressed at basal edge, rounded-declivous from before middle to apex,
very densely granulated, stripes of punctures feebly impressed, not very con-
spicuous ; shoulder, side and apex irrorated with grey-white, some antemedian and
postmedian discal spots also grey-white, the markings very ill-defined. Pygidium
short, subtrnncate.

Length, 21 mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz, t;/pc; Pcry-Pery, Pernambuco, November— December
1892 (Gounelle).

4 SS,\ ?.

Parexillis gen. nov.

5 ? . Close to Exillis from the Oriental Region. Rostrum and frons neither
sulcate nor carinate. Antenna thicker, third segment at apex as thick as second.
Carina of prothorax basal.

Type : P. lineatus spec. nov.

85. Parexillis lineatus spec. nov.

S ? . Rufescent brown, head and underside densely irrorated with white scale-
like hairs, meso-metasternum and abdomen more densely white, elytra with white
lines extending from base to apex. Head, rostrum and pronotnm densely rugate-
plicate. First antennal segment and bases of 5 to 9 rufescent ; in S, segments
3 and 4 obviously thicker than 5 to 8, at least three times as long as lU + 11 ;
in ?, 3 twice as long as 8, 9 as long as 10-1-11. Prothorax nearly twice as long
as broad. Elytra elongate, coarsely punctate-striate, subcylindrical, not depressed
above, devoid of subbasal callosity, almost evenly convex from base to apex in
side-view ; white sutural line broad, the others thin, situated in the alternate
interspaces, the other interspaces with traces of lines. Femora and tibiae more
or less rufescent.

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Length, 3 mm.

llab. S. Antouio da Barra, Bahia, November— December 1888 (Gounelle).

•ZSS, 1 ?.

86. Parexillis variegatus spec. uov.

cJ ? . In strncture the same as lineatus ; perhaps only a colour variety.
Antenna rufous, except club ; legs also more extended rufous than in lineatus.
Pronotum with two large brown discal patches. Elytrum with three brown
patches, one near base, the other in middle, the third on apical declivity, side
also more or less marked with brown.

llab. Tijnca, Rio de Janeiro, January — February 1884 (Gounelle), type ;
Jatahy, Goyaz ; S. Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November — December 1888
(Gounelle).

A series.

Eugonops gen. no v.

? . Similar to Ormiscus, more elongate. Upper edge of antennal cavity
cariniform, straight, extending from ape.x of rostrum close to eye, the rostrum
appearing constricted at base. Eye much longer than broad. Carina of pronotum
autebasal, similar to that of Ormiscus, very deej>ly concave, being subbasal in
middle, extreme end somewhat flexed forward.

Type : E. germaini spec. nov.

87. Eugonops germaini spec. nov.

? . Black, pubescent grey ; first segment of antenna, base of second, and
claws rufons. Rostrum, head, and pronotum granulate-reticulate. Rostrum flat,
nearly three times as broad as long. Frons more tlian half the width of the
rostrum, not obviously convex. I'rothorax one-third broader than long, conical
from carina forward, not much longer above than at side, apical margin feebly
sinuate in middle, angle of carina ijrojecting laterad, base very strongly narrowed,
postcarinal portion black, with an oblique grey streak laterally. Scutellum grey,
rounded at apex. Elytra strongly dej)ressed transversely before middle as far as
seventh interspace, subbasal callosity therefore prominently convex ; apex evenly
convex ; pnnctate-striate, interspaces flat ; grey jiubescence sparse, a little denser
at apex and in basal half; a patch on subbasal callosity and a subtriatigular lateral
one beliind shoulder velvety black, connected witli one another, the dorsal one
jiriiduced forward in the stripes of punctures, and continuous with a small
rectangular sutnral spot situated in the depression. Pygidium large, longer than
broad, rounded at ajiex. A subapical ring on femora and middle of tibiae denser
pubescent grey.

Length, 5 mm.

llab. Cochabamba, Bolivia (Germain).
1?.

88. Eugonops clericus spec. nov.

Similar to the preceding. Rostrum twice as broad as long. Frons convex.
Eye narrower than in germaini. Prothorax longer, carina less convex dorso-
laterally ; base grey like disc, a black vitta from apex just below eye to base,
crossing carina near angle. Elytra nearly as in germaini, much less dejircssed

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before middle, apex nut denser grey tliau disc, black basal sjiot nearly the same,
the dorsal one not produced forward in the stripes of punctures, sutnre with some
blackisli dots at base, the black sutnral spot of (jrrmniiii situated in the depression
vestigial in clericiig. Pygidium shorter. ]\Iiddlc of femora black, apical half
and tibiae pale rufous, pubescent white. Black lateral patch of elytrum continued
obliquely over the abdomen.

Length, :i mm.

Hub. Salobro, Bahia, June — July 18S;.") (Gonnelle).

One specimen, apparently a ? .

Under Ormixeus \ \\m{e all those small Aiilliriliii/dc ■^\\w\\ have a sinuate eye,
convex irons, and deeply concave antebasal carina. The S 6 have an acute
spur-like tooth at the ajiex of the mid- and hindtibiae, or at least of the
midtibia. The genera erected by Leconte in 187() — namely, To.cotropis and
Gonops — cannot be separated from Ormisciiii {= Ildrmi.ffiix); at least, not by
the characters which Leconte mentions in the descriptions, these chariicters not
being constant for the supposed genera. Leconte says that the club of the antenna
of Onnisctii is " apparently solid." The three segments of the club fit indeed
so well together in several species of Ormisciis (but not in all) that one might
easily mistake the club for being solid. But his Onnisciif: is jierhaps not the
Or mini- IIS of Waterhouse.

Eusjiliijnis, also described by Leconte, and put among the " Baxilropini,'''
quite correctly according to Lacordaire's classification, differs from Ormisais
hardly in anything else but the basal position of the carina. This differential
character is not even constant, there being some species among our nndescribed
material of which I can scarcely say with certainty whether they belong to
Eusp/ii/riis or to Ormisciis. The <?<? of JCusp/n/n/s have, as a rule, no spur-like
apical process on the mid- and hindtibiae.

The basal or antebasal jiosition of the anterior carina of the protlmrax is of
no snch great classificatory importance as attributed to it in Lacordaire's .system.
The division of the " A/it/iri/jii/i's Pleurocrres^' into " Tropiih' rules'^ and " Basi-
trojndes" is quite artificial.

80. Ormiscus cupreus spec. nov.

S. Black, legs more or less extended rnfnus, tarsi and base of antenna
brunnescent ; underside, jiygidium, and legs pubescent grey ; ui)]ierside co])])er-
colonr, very sparsely variegated with white hairs ; scutellum white ; base of suture
for a short distance white, this streak' continuous with an anteraedian oblong white
spot situated between first and third stripe. Antenna short, club less than twice
as long as broad. Frons more than lialf the width of the rostrum. Prothorax
nearly as long as broad, rounded anteriorly at side, densely punctate-reticulate,
carina not flexed forward at side. Elytra subcyliudrical, a little depressed
transversely before middle, rounded-declivous from middle to apex, regularly
punctate-striate, densely granulate. Pygiilinni a little longer than broad, rounded
at apex. Spur at apex of mid- and hindtibiae small.

Length, 2 mm.

llab. Jataliy, Goyaz.

2 (?(?.

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'Jn. Ormiscus ornatus siieu. nov.

S. ISrowii ; legs rufuus, tarsi black distally ; uiulersiJe, legs, ami pygidiuiu
])ubesccnt white ; upper.side cojipcry lirovvn, much variegated with white. Hea<l
and rostrum nearly white. Frons half the width of the rostrnin. Prothorax
rounded laterally before middle, a little broader tlian long, densely variegateil
with white, exeept in centre, longitiidiiially wrinkled on di.sc ; carina very deeply
concave in middle, not flexed forward at side, curving downward at angle.
iScntellum white, snbquadrate. Elytra somewhat flattened above, rather abruptly
declivous behind, pnnctate-striatc, densely grannlose, a transverse antemedian
baud curving forward to scutellnm at suture, and numerous spots occupying
sides and ajiical fourtli white. Pygidium rounded at ape.x, about as long as
basally l)r<)ad. Mid- and liindtibiae mucronate.

Length, 2 mm.

Hub. S. Antonio da Barra, Baliia, November— December 188S (Gounelle).

2 Jc?.

ill. Ormiscus annulifer spec. nov.

S. Black ; bases of femora and tibiae rufous ; underside white, upperside
sparsely variegated with white. Frons one-third the width of the rostrum ; head,
rostrum, and pronotum densely punctate-reticulate, not wrinkled. Prothorax with
white scale-like hairs at sides and at carina ; the latter a very little flexed forward
at side. Scutollum white, transverse. Elytra of nearly the same width from
shoulders to apical third, more than half as long again as jironotum, jrauctate-
striate, densely grannlose ; a white half-ring at base, extending from shoulder
to scutellar stripe of punctures and then curving laterad to stripe 5 or 6 ; a
number of small spots at side and apex also white. Pygidium rounded-triangular.
Midtibia with a broad apical tooth, hindtibia without tooth.

Length, 2 mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

1 (?.

^2. Ormiscus ancora spec. nov.

?. Rufescent, densely pubescent grey. Two broad vittae on prouotum, ill-
defined, a stibbasal patch on elytrum, extended to shoulder, and a large transverse
jiostmedian j)atch produced forward at its anterior inner angle, this process
reaching suture before middle and extending along it to basal fourth, coppery
brown. Antenna black-brown, first and base of second segment rufous ; legs
rnfous, femora and tarsi more or less brunuesceut. Frons more than half the
width of the rostrnm. Prothorax nearly half as broad again as long, rounded-
narrowed at sides, densely plicate on disc, carina subbasal, not curved forward
at side. Scutellnm white, semicircular. Elytra subcyliudrical, puuctate-striate.

Length, 2h mm.

Hab. Salobro, Baliia, June — Julv 1885 (Gounelle).

1 ?.

93. Ormiscus costifer spec. nov.

?. Kufescent ; upperside and legs rufous; antenna black, first segment
rnfous ; disc of prouotum and apex of tarsi blackish, elytra also somewhat

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variegated with black. Rostrnm, head, apex and sides of prnnotnm, pygidinm,
and underside rather densely i)uljesceut grey ; elytra grey, dotted with rnibiis,
the dots not very distinct. Frons three-fourths the width of the rostrnm,
longitudinally jdicate. Prothorax densely jilicate, rounded-narrowed at the side,
end of carina feebly cnrved forward. .Scntellum white, semicircular. Elytra
slightly flattened above, jjarallel, strongly declivous behind, punctate-striate.
Pygidinm rounded, with mesial carina, which is highest near apex. False mentum
strongly rounded at the sides, buccal tissures approaching one another rather
closely.

Length, 3i mm.

Hab. Venezuela (A. Mocquerys).

1 ?.

iU. Ormiscus sparsilis spec. nov.

?. Entirely rufescent brown, white l)elow, dotted with white above. Rostrum
broadly cniarginate, rugate like frons. The latter two-thirds the width of the
rostrum. Eye smaller tiiau in brefix and more finely granulate. Prothorax
coarsely rugate, slightly ronnded in middle of side, with three transverse dorsal
rows of small white dots, besides some dots behind and before the carina ; this
farther from base than in bretis, especially laterally, its apex flexed forward, but
the longitudinal jiortion very short. Scntellum white, mnch broader than long.
Elytra as short as in brecis, less flattened above, pubescence coarser, rnfesceut
brown, dotted with white, the white dots partly in transverse rows.

Length, 3 mm.

Hab. .Tatahy, Goyaz.

1 ?.

05. Ormiscus vulgaris spec. nov.

i ?. Brown; segment 1 and base of 2 of antenna, tibiae and apex of femora
rufuus, tarsi rufous proximally. Head and rostrum white in cJ, variegated with
brown in ? , in this sex with a more distinct white mesial spot on frons. Antenna
black, clnb hardly twice as long as broad. Frons a little over one-half (c?) or
two-thirds (?) the width of the rostrnm. Prothorax almost straight from carina
forwards, feebly ronnded, half as broad again as long, grey, variegated with brown,
with three transverse interrupted bands, or bands of large spots, ill-defined, more
distinct in ? than in S, apex wliitisli in S ; carina not flexed forward at side,
terminating abrnjitly. Scutellnm white, broader than long, snbtrnncate. Elytra
flattened above, strongly declivous behind, punctate-striate, third interspace slightly
costate, subtnbcrculate behind base, grey, suture and alternate interspaces dotted
with brown and black, the black-brown spots often confluent before apical declivity,
forming an irregular sutnral patch which varies in size ; the small subbasal tnborcle
black. Pygidinm a little broader than long in ?, about as long as broad in cjj
rounded in both sexes. Hindtibia rather strongly incrassate iu 3. Tooth at apex
of midtibia of S rather long, very thin. Sinns of eye very small in ? .

Length, 2i to 3A mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A long series.

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06. Ormiscus discifer spec. nov.

c? ? . Brown. Rostrum grey or cla^'. Frons about one-third the width of
rostrum in c?, wider in ?. Head more or less clay. Antenna rufons, club black-
brown. Prothorax one-third broader than long, rounded-narrowed from the carina
forward ; carina rather far from base, there being a wide gajj between shoulder
and tip of carina, somewhat flexed forward in an even curve at side; apical margin
clayish and grey, this border gradually widening laterally, extending to lateral
carina, continuous with the grey undersurfixce, rather sharply contrasting with the
])rown disc ; the latter variegated with grey and clay ; three clay spots behind carina,
more or less merged together. .Scutollum semicircular, greyish or clay. Elytra
clay, somewhat flattened above, strongly rounded-declivous behind, punctate-striate,
suture and alternate interspaces more or less grey, dotted with brown, a black
sutnral patch extending from near base to apical declivity, occupying interspaces
1, 2, and 3, narrowed proximally ; a black spot in front of subbasal callosity.
Pygidium longer than broad, hardly narrowed apicad in S, truncate, in ? more
obviously narrowed apicad, rounded at apex, with the mesial line somewhat elevate.
Underside and legs pubescent grey or clay ; legs rufous, basal half or two-thirds
of femora, and apex of tibiae and tarsi brunnescent; midtibia of S with tooth
at end.

Length, 4 mm.

Hub. Serra de Communaty, Pernambuco, January — March 1893 (Gounelle),
fi/pe ; Paraguay (Dr. Drake).

One pair.

97. Ormiscus spilotus sjjcc. nov.

S. Similar to (>. (Hscijer ; frons a little narrower. Pronotum irrorated all
over with white. Suture and alternate interspaces of elytra greyish white, densely
spotted with brown, the other intersjiaces clayish, not spotted, narrower than the
spotted ones, the third especially broad in middle ; no black patch as in disci/er.
Apex of tibiae more restricted brown.

Hab. S. Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November — December 1888 (Gounelle).

1 c?.

98. Ormiscus lineatus spec. nov.

? . Rufescent brown, npperside sparsely, underside more densely pubescent
white, stripes of punctures of elytra and interspaces 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 white,
forming five white lines. Rostrnm widest at apex. Prothora.x rounded at side in
ajiical half; carina not flexed forward at the side, extending downward. Antenna
sluut, club more than twice as long as broad.

Length, 2| mm.

Ilnb. S. Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November — December 1888 (Gounelle),
tijpe ; Paraguay (Dr. DrakiQ.

2 ? ?.

99. Ormiscus costifrons spec. nov.

S- Brown, pubescent grey beneath, u])perside variegated with black, brown
and grey ; antenna, except club, and legs rufous. Rostrum widest at apex, clayish
grey like head. Frons half the width of the rostrum, mnltiplicate. Sinus of eye

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rather large. ProtLorax nearly slraij;lit i'roiu apex beyuiid luidille, lariiia aut.ebasal
ill middle, acutely projecting latcrad in dorsal aspect, flexed forward at side, tbe
angle thus formed about 00', but rounded off (lateral view) ; disc slightly uneven,
mottled with black. 8cutellum white, lunger than broad. Elytra slightly intlexed
at sides behind shoulders, coarsely pnnctate-striate, snbbasal gibbosity tnberenliform,
blackish, alternate interspaces with brown-black raised spots, suture subtesselate.
Pygidium rounded. Apex of midtibia with small tooth (S).

Length, o mm.

Ilab. Amatan.

1 6.

liiO. Ormiscus brevis spec. uov.

(? ? . Rnfescent : antenna and legs rufous, apex of tarsi brown. Apex of
rostrum emarginate in middle, obliquely truncate laterally. Froiis half the width
of the rostrum. Eye rather strongly elevate. Prothorax variegated with l)rowii
and grey, like head and rostrum, disc more brown, sides more grey, a trace of a
grey mesial line at apex ; nearly twice as broad as hmg, wider at carina than elytra;
carina snbbasal, not so much curved forward dorsally towards sides as in vulgaris,
(lisci/er, etc. Scutellum greyish white, rounded. Elytra short, half as long again
as broad, flattened above, regularly punctate-striate, above grey, dotted with brown,
at the sides brown, almost regularly dotted with grey, the brown spots more or
less confluent transversely. Pygidinin grey, variegated with brown, ronuded, as
long as broad in <J, a little shorter in ? . Underside grey.

Length, 2i to 3 mm.

Ilalj. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

101. Ormiscus angulatus sjiec. nov.

?. Black-brown, partly rnfescent; legs and base of antenna rufous, apex of
tarsi more or less extended brown ; underside, pygidium, head and rostrum
pubescent grey-white ; prouotum and elytra olivaceous clay, variegated with grey.
Frons half the width of the rostrum. Pronotum reticulate, one-third broader than
long ; carina nearly parallel to base, less curved forward dorsolaterally than usually
in this genus, curved forward laterally to near middle of side, the angle rounded
off ; an interrupted mesial vitta and some lateral spots, partly elongate, grey,
ill-defined. Scutellum grey, subquadrate. Elytra subcylindrical, twice the length
of the prothorax, finely granulose, regularly pnnctate-striate, almost regularly
tesselated with grey, except a basal and an anteapical sjiace, base of suture grey.
Pygidium rounded.

Length, 3^- mm.

llab. Jatahv, Goyaz.

1 ?.

]o2. Eusphyrus scutellaris spec nor.

c? ? . Black; first and base of second antenual segment luteous ; tibiae,
except apex, and base of femora rufous ; underside white ; upperside clotlicd with
a coppery pubescence, which is generally very thin and sparse, variegated with
white. Head, rostrum, and pronotum densely punctate-reticulate. Frons more
than half the width of the rostrum ; this gradually narrowed from apex to base.

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I'rotkorax almost gradually iiai'rowcd froui cai'iiia (o apex, sliglidy ruiiiided near
apical margiu, carina projectiug laterad, Ijut less than in walshi (IsTO) Lee;
three rows of rather well-defined white spots on disc, besides some lateral dots.
Scutelliim white. Elytra oblong, abruptly declivons behind, regularly piinctatc-
striate, densely granulate, a sutnral spot behind scutellnm, contiguous with it, and
a number of dispersed dots white, these dots mostly situated in the interspaces
3, 5, 7 and 0, this last being more densely dotted than all the others, the ante-
median dots arranged in a more or less distinct transverse row.

Length, 2h mm.

Hub. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

liiS. Eusphyrus hamatus spec. nov.

cJ. dose to E. scutellaris. Head and rostrum densely yellowish white ;
])rouotum shorter, more rounded laterally, discal dots smaller and few in number,
sides more extended grey, the grey ventral area being continued upwards apically,
carina more convex laterally ; pygidinm longer ; midtibia obliquely truncate,
produced into an obtuse tooth.

JIab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

1 (?.

I'i4. Eusphyrus lateralis spec. nov.

c? ? . Rnfesceiit brown ; legs and antenna rufescent, femora and tarsi and
middle segments of antenna brunnescent ; underside grey ; upperside clayish grey,
slightly golden in certain lights, variegated with brown and feebly with white.
Head and rostrum evenly pubescent, the latter rufescent. Frons half the width
of the rostrum. Antenna reaching base of elytrum ; segment 3 longer than 2,
club loose, 11 round. Prothorax oue-fourth broader than long, conical, almost
straight at side, apex and mesial area almost uniformly greyish clay, with few
brown spots, sides brown, dotted with greyish clay, the brown area extending from
carina to apical fifth, not reaching apical margin; reticulate; angle of carina
projecting, but less than in walshi. Scutellnm white, longer than broad. Elytra
feebly flattened at sutxue, punctate-striate, feebly tesselated with brown, a sub-
basal spot in third interspace and a large triangular lateral area brown ; this area
extending at lateral margin from shoulder to apical third and reaching dorsad to
second stripe of punctures, more or less tesselated with clayish spots ; a spot on
shoulder and some indistinct ones in third interspace white.

Length, 2^ mm.

Ilab. Cochabamba, Bolivia (Germain).

One jiair.

105. Eusphyrus nubilus spec nov.

? . Rufescent brown ; base of antenna, tibiae, and apex of femora rnfous,
last two antennal segments luteous ; underside greyish white, upperside coppery
brown, densely variegated with white, spots ill-defined. Head and pronotum
reticulate. Frons about one-third the breadth of the rostrum. Prothorax one-third
broader than long, side rounded before middle, carina not much projecting laterad.
8cutellum longer than broad. Elytra subcylindrical, not flattened above, densely

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uud uliiiost regularly tesselatetl with white and coppery browu, but the colours
not sharply coutrasting.

Length, '2h mm.

JIab. Cochabamba, Bolivia (Germain).

1 ?.

100. Phaenithon tibialis spec. nov.

(?. Black, dotted with wliite ; the dots small and separate on head, on sides
of elytra before and behind miiUUe and on sterna, more or less confluent on
pronotum and on disc of elytra. Rostrum deeply impressed ; apical sinus anguli-
form. FroDS with three pairs of carinae. Prothorax conical, depressed before
carina, otherwise evenly convex ; carina angulate in middle. >Scutellum nearly
vertical, leaning against a high rounded iiumj) formed by the first interspaces
of either elytrnm. Elytra shorter than in carcipes, depressed at suture, third
interspace subcostate, but impressed just behind base ; the white dots partly
forming transverse rows. Pygidium truncate-rotnudate. Prosternum impressed
mesially in front, vertical behind. Mesosternal process vertical, bruad, broadly
sulcata, apical fourth horizontal, on a level with metasternum (or projecting
rather more ventrad). Anterior tibia strongly dilated, velvety black ; midtibia
with narrow, hindtibia with broad median creamy white ring ; first and second
tarsal segments and base of fourth creamy buff.

Length, 7 mm.

Hab. Cerqueira Cesar, Sao Paulo, .January 1899 (Gounelle).

1 c?.

107. Phaenithon longitarsis spec. nov.

c? ¥ . Rufescent browu ; legs rufous, tarsal segments 2 to 4 and tip of 1
blackish ; pubescence of iipperside olivaceous brown ; a broad clayish grey mesial
vitta from apex of rostrum to base of jironotum, slightly widening behind,
occupying the whole frons ; some small lateral sjiots on jironotum the same colour ;
elytra with a broad sutural stripe, deeply constricted near base, in middle,
iind again before apex, and a number of dots of varying sizes situated discally
and laterally, clayish grey, suture dotted with browu ; pygidium with three clayish
grey vittae, strongly narrowing apicad, more or less abbreviated, esjiecialjy tiu^
lateral ones, appearing as elongate-triangular spots ; underside sparsely pubescent
grey, sides densely pubescent clayish, abdomen with a row of brown lateral dots
situated at the bases of the segments.

iSinns of rostrum anguliibrm ; two cariniform ridges continuous with the
orbicular edges. Frons with prominent mesial carina. Antenna black, reaching
middle of prothorax, segment 3 nearly twice the length of 2, 11 obliquely truncate
acuminate, somewhat curved, elongate, more than three times (c?) or than twice
(?) as long as broad. Prothorax mesially depressed, especially at apex and
carina, very minutely granulated, the granules transversely enlarged to very
short ridges on disc ; apical margin shallowly sinuate. Elytra depressed at
sntnre, distinctly punctate-striate, obviously narrowed from near base to near
apex. Pygidium rounded at apex in both sexes. Antecoxal portion of pro-
sternum much longer than the coxa is broad. Mesosternal process vertical.
Metasternum convex in both sexes. Abdomen not imjiressed in <?, except last
segment, which is rounded at apex. Legs long, tarsi especially prolonged, first

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foretarsal segment halt' (?) or more than halt' (d) the length of the tibiae, fore-
tarsus of (S about twice the length of the prothorax.

Length, 7A to 10 mm.

Hab. Esjiirito Santo.

1 <?, 2 ? ?.

108. Phaenithon longicornis spec. nov.

(?. Rufescent brown, femora and tibiae rufous ; pubescence of upperside
olivaceous copper}- brown ; rostrum sparsely grey ; a line dorsally on each side
of head bordering eye, continued obliquely across proaotnm to base, slightly
widening behind, and a triangular mesial spot from base to near middle of
pronotum clayish grey ; scutellum the same colour ; on elytrum a line beginning
with a transverse spot situated before middle of the lateral margin, running along
the seventh interspace to near apical declivity, turning towards suture, which it
does not quite reach, and extending forward, circumventing a brown sutural dot
before middle, then being widened and continued to base, and turning along basal
margin to shoulder, here produced a little backwards ; the area encircled by this
clayish grey line sparsely shaded with grey ; a small transverse subapical spot
clayish grey, base of suture not brown ; pygidium with a grey mesial line and a
grey border ; underside with clayish grey lateral stripe from head to fourth
abdominal segment, this stripe gradually fading away towards middle, which is
very thinly pubescent grey like legs.

Rostrum very densely rugate-punctate, without carinae, apical sinus rounded.
Frons with sulcate mesial carina and some cariniform wrinkles. Antenna long,
reaching base of prothorax, segment 3 nearly three times as long as 2, 8 triangular,
twice as long as apically broad, club elongate, ',) more than twice as long as broad,
10 half as long again as broad, 11 a little longer than 10, truncate. Prothorax
half as broad again as long, conical, not depressed above, very densely punctate-
reticulate. Elytra slightly depressed above, finely punctate-striate, gradually
narrowed from before middle to near apex. Antecoxal portion of presternum a
little shorter than the coxa is broad. Mesosternal process convex, apex curved
Ijackwards, rounded. Abdomen irregularly impressed mesially, impression especially
deep on segments 4 and .5, 4 with an ochraceous tuft on each side of impression,
5 subtruncate. Foretarsns sliglitly dilated, first segment one-third the length of
the tibia, first segment of hindtarsus over half the length of the tibia.

Length, 8 mm.

Uab. Venezuela (Mocquerys).

1 (?.

loo. Phaenithon laevipennis spec. nov.

(? ? . In colour practically the same as P. fguratus, the vittae of the
pronotum rather narrower, the pygidium more extended brown, and the brown
lateral spots on metasternum and first abdominal segment larger. Pronotum
mesially less depressed before carina. Elytra rather narrower, without any stripes
of large punctures, the sutural stripe alone being present, but impunctate
Pygidium of ? a little more pointed. Mesosternal process as mjiyxrattis, vertical,
concave before being curved back, almost apjiearing bituberculato. Metasternum
of i flattened and abdomen depressed as in figuratus ; last segment different,

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being ronndedly impressed in figuratus witli ari ochraceoiis tiit't in fiont of the
rather deep groove, and sliallowly impressed in Irwcipeiniis with a yeHowish
mesial stripe.

Hab. Surinam, type ; Jatahy, (ioyaz.

One pair.

110. Phaenithon nigritarsis spec. nov.

J ? . Black or brown, legs somewhat rut'escent ; pygidinm, nuderside of body,
and legs densely pubescent grey ; tarsi and tip of tibiae black ; upperside brown,
marked with grey — namely, a broad mesial vitta on rostrum and head, occupying
the whole frous, abrujitly narrowed on occiput, which bears a brown ])atch on
each side ; on protonnm a thin iiiterrui)ted or abl)reviated mesial strij)e, dilated
at the carina, a broad lateral area continuous with the grey underside, bi- or
trisinuate, including a round brown spot ; scutellnm ; on elytra an anchor-shaped
basal mark common to both, extending along basal margin to side-margin and at
suture a little beyond basal fourth, this mark deeply rounded-excised laterally ;
from this brown sinus two processes project basad, the grey basal band being
here bisinuate (it is sinuate again at the shoulder); behind the large sinus the
grey mark widens out laterad, on the suture it is sinuate ; an oblique series of
three spots from before middle of lateral margin obliquely backwards to disc, the
two lateral spots confluent in one of our specimens, the dorsal spot situated in
the tilth interspace more or less elongate ; at apex of each elytrum a large
half-moon, touching suture, except at apical angle, anteriorly obliquely truncate
at suture, deeply sinuate in middle and less deeply laterally.

Rostrum shallowly emarginate. Frons with a very thin mesial carina which
is hardly visible under the dense pubescence. Antenna short, segments T and 8
broader than long, club short in both sexes, 10 four times as long as broad,
11 rounded, hardly as long as broad in cJ, feebly acuminate, broader than long
in ?. Prothorax more than half as broad again as long, convex, not impressed
mesially, finely rugulose, carina closer to base than in sem/qn'seua, almost evenly
concave above, obliipiely flexed forward at side, the lateral oblique portion not
longer than the scutellnm. Elytra similar in shape to those of semigriseus,
punctate-striate, finely griinulose. Pygidium rounded-triangular, longer than
broad, mesially feebly convex in 6. Antecoxal part of jirosternum about one-
fourth the width of the coxa. Mesosternal process vertical, flat, rounded-truncate,
apex feebly curved backwards. Abdomen of J somewhat flattened, anal segment
emarginate in both sexes.

Length, 6 mm.

Ilab. Costa Rica (Biolley), ti/jie ; h>ierra de Durango, Mexico.

'■ISS,\ 'i.

Differs from semigriscus in the broad mesial vitta of the head, the shorter
club of the antenna, the entirely black tarsi, etc.

111. Phaenithon similis spec nov.

c? ? . Close to nigritarsis in colour and structure, more elongate. Vitta of
rostrum and head touching eyes on frons, then gradually narrowed posteriorly,
yellowish grey. Yellowish grey sides of pronofum including a largo brown spot
which is mostly connected with the lirown disc ; lateral carina continued to

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middle, gradually fadiug away. Elytra sli.nlitjy flattened at .suture, grey sutural
area longer, extending to middle, narrower, with a narrow spot attached to it
behind rounded subbasal sinus, or this spot free, lateral median spot larger than
in M(/ritars!S, yellowish like the apical spot. Pygidium slightly acuminate in ? .
Mesosternal process more rounded and curved backwards at apex, angnlate at
sides. Anal sternite of S not emarginate. First tarsal segments shorter, the
tirst of hindtarsus less than half the length of the tibia, first foretarsal one shorter
than fourth.

Length, 5 to 6i mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goj'az.

A series.

112. Phaenithon pictus spec. nov.

S ? . Brown or black ; tibiae and apex of femora rufous, tarsi black ; underside
jjubesceut greyish clay, with a brown dot on prosternum laterally before middle,
pubescence denser at the sides ; upperside rufescent brown, with the following
greyish clay markings : a broad mesial vitta occupying nearly the whole uj)perside
of rostrum and head (except a postocular spot), with an indication of being mesially
divided on rostrum and frons : a broad mesial vitta on pronotum, somewhat
narrowing frontad, separated from the clayish side by a brown vitta of about the
same width, this brown vitta including a clayish line or spot at apex and another
at base ; scutelluni also clay ; on elytra a broad sutural area extending to apical
fourth, dilated to lateral margin at base ; bisinuate laterally, with a projection
from the tirst sinus basad, dilated before end, or (instead) a median spot close
to it, a lateral marginal spot pointing obliquely towards the dilated part of the
sutural area respectively towards the median spot, a lateral marginal elongate
spot at apical third, and a round apical spot ; pygidium margined with greyish
clay, a mesial vitta of the same colour.

Rostrum shallowy sinuate. Frons with very fine mesial carina. Antenna
short. Pronotum finely rugulose, one-fourth broader than long, lateral carina
reaching to middle. Elj-tra flattened at suture, finely punctate-seriate. Pygidium
of ? triangular, with rounded apex, of S subcarinate mesially, less narrowed
apicad. Prosternum before coxa two-thirds the width of coxa. Mesosternal
process rounded and curved backwards at apex, somewhat concave, angnlate at
side. Abdomen of S depressed mesially, anal segment truncate in cJ, elongate-
triangular with rounded apex in ? . First foretarsal segment one-third the length
of the foretibia.

Length, 6| mm.

Ilab. Jatahy, Goyaz, ?, ti/pe; "Brazil," S.

113. Phaenithon ruficoUis spec nov.
S ? . Black, upperside of head and prothorax rnfous ; two vittae on rostrum
and frons, a mesial line on occiput, an obliquely transverse line on occiput from
eye to middle of apical margin of pronotum, a stripe below eye, on pronotum
a mesial vitta, a basal lateral patch extending downwards, an oblique short apical
lateral band extending downwards along apical edge, two dorsal lateral transverse
lines, one in front of carina, the other behind it, a vestigial apical marginal line,
scutellum and lateral transverse spots of abdomen creamy white ; stripes of elytra
streaked with white: a transverse hull'monn-sliapud sput before apex of elytrura,

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sides and apex of pygidinin, and epimernm of metathorax white; last abdnminal
segment above and below rufous or rufescent ; pubescence of rest of body and legs
brown, shaded with grey, especially on femora and abdomen.

Very short, broad, Cnjptocephalus-\\k6. Frons with Hue mesial sulcus.
Pronotum strongly convex before middle, with broad mesial sulcus, depressed
before carina, the latter concave in middle. Elytra strongly convex, very slightly
depressed at suture, first interspace slightly raised behind scutellum, third more
strongly elevate at base. Pygidiura rounded at apex. Antecoxal jiart of presternum
very short. Mesosternal process projecting forward. Last abdominal segment
sinnate. Anterior claw-segment shorter than segments 1 and '2 together.

Length, 4 to 7 mm. ; breadth, 2f to A\ mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

In the species of the genus Anfhrihus (1702) Fabr., type nlbinus, = Macro-
cephalus (1789) Oliv. (non Swederus, 1787), the mesial carina of the rostrum
and head is interrupted by a deep punctiform groove. Most of the American
species have legs very hairy.

114. Anthribus farinatus spec, no v.

cJ ? . Head and rostrum white. Antenna rufous, with the tips of the segments
more or less brown and the club also mostly brown, reaching in some S 6 the
middle, in other (?c? and in ? ? the base of the elytra, hairy beneath in S ■ Carina
of rostrum and of head rather high ; occiput with darker mesial triangular space.
Pronotum clayish ochraceons ; a white semicircular line halfway between middle
tuft and apical margin, ending at the outer side of the lateral discal tuft, this
line often interrupted ; the space between it and apical margin more or less
white ; three tufts, ochraceons, central hairs black. Elytra uneven, wrinkled and
pustulated, greyish white, shaded with brown, liasal margin clayish ochraceons,
most of the ttifts, especially all the subbasal ones, ochraceons, hinder side of posterior
tufts white, sutural interspace not very distinctly dotted with dark brown, a brown
sutural spot at apical third distinct ; three black dots at apex, one at tip of each
elytrum and an elongate one a little more proximal on sntnre ; third interspace
with a subbasal tuft which is the largest of all, another before middle and a third
before the gradual apical declivity, fifth and seventh intersjjaces with smaller
tufts, and the ninth also with indications of tufts or pustules, such pustules on
all the other alternate (3, .5, 7, 9) interstices ; middle tufts of interspaces 3, .5 and 7
in an oblique row. Legs long-hairy, tibiae indistinctly spotted with brown.

Length, 4i to 71 mm.

Hab. Cerqneira Cesar, Sao Paulo, January 1899 (Gounelle), ti/pe ; llio de
Janeiro ; Espirito Santo ; Pernambuco ; Cochabamba, Bolivia (Germain).

A series.

11.5. Anthribus gounellei spec. nov.
c? ? . Very close to farinatus. Carina of rostrum and head not so distinct.
Dark space of occiput divided by a white line. Apex of pronotum more or less
extended white, with three white apical lines within this area, one in middle
and one on each side, the lateral ones situated not quite so far towards the sides
as the lateral discal tuft ; in front of the lateral tuft, a little more towards middle,

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a white dot ; tnfts ochraceous, more or less black behind, sometimes all ochraceous ;
the middle tuft followed by au indistinct white mesial line ; behind the lateral
tuft there is a black spot, mostly halfmoou-shaped, followed by another smaller
one. White pubescence of elytra denser than in farinahm ; basal margin and a
large postmedian area common to both elytra the same dark colour as the base
of the prothorax ; this area expanded lietween the seventh interspaces, strongly
rounded in front, reaching anteriorly a little beyond the second tuft of the third
interspace and posteriorly stopping at the third tuft ; the tufts within this area
ochraceous ; a spot each in the fifth and seventh interspaces at the anterior edge
of the dark patch black ; pustules between first and third tuft of third interspace
white ; brown tesselation of suture more distinct than in farinatiis ; the three
black apical spots conspicuous.

Hab. Pery-Pery, Pernambuco, November — December 1S92 (Gounelle), t.i/pc ;
Matn Sinhos, Minas Geraes, March — April 18S3 (Gounelle) ; S. Antonio da Barra,
Bahia, November — December 1888 (Gounelle) ; Jatahy, Goyaz, December 1897 to
January 1898 ; Sao Paulo.

A series.

The insect reminds one by its style of coloration of Ozototnevus loaterkousei.

IK). Anthribus laevipennis spec. nov.

S ? . Pubescence of npperside ochraceous clay-colour, mixed with white, more
white beneath. Head and rostrum white, the latter clayish at apex and sides.
Prothorax rather suddenly narrowed anteriorly ; tufts black, the mesial one broad
and separated into two tufts ; the area between these tufts and apical margin
white, variegated with a brownish patch before the tufts, the purer white parts
band-like, raised, the white pubescence extending backwards between the tnfts,
but not reaching the carina. Elytra practically without tufts, gradually sloping
from near base to apex, sutural area whitish, this area gradually widening behind,
reaching outer margin, not extending to base, ill-defined ; alternate interspaces
slightly pustulated with white within whitish area, and faintly dotted with brown ;
a conspicuous, sharply defined, round, black jiatch on suture before apex. Legs
not long-hairy.

Length, 2 J to 4i mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz, type; Tijuca, December 1884 (Gounelle) ; S. Antonio da
Barra, Bahia, November— December 1888 (Gounelle).

A long series.

117. Anthribus picticoUis spec. nov.

<? ? . Head and rostrum white, much shaded with clayish ochraceous ; mesial
groove rather large. Antenna and legs rufous. Prothorax laterally sinuate before
base, tawny, mottled with white, dotted with black at base ; a thin white apical
mesial line ; a clayish band extending from the apex obliquely to the sides, stopping
laterally of the lateral discal tuft, the bauds of the two sides forming generally
a half-ring ; the baud is somewhat raised at end, where it is paler, and is bordered
externally with brown or black ; within the area encircled by the half-ring there
is on each side an oblique black stripe bordered internally with white ; lateral tufts
small, the mesial one large, tawny, black in centre. Elytra the same colour as
pronotum ; a sutural area extending from base beyond middle, limited by the third

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iiid'i-sjiart's more or less wliitc, tjciioruUy |mn^r wliili' bi'l wceii second ami tliir.l
tufts ; third interspace somewhat elevate, with three tufts, snbhasal, antemedian
and ])Ostmedian, the tirst rather large ; tifth interspace with distinct tuft before
apex ; interspaces 5, 7 and '.' and ajiex of 3 pnstidated, the pustules more or less
black, the central sutural white area without such jnistnles. Brown spots of tibiae
distinct, hairs not long.

Length, 2j to 5j mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz, Brazil.

A series.

llN. Anthribus fi-enatus spec. nov.

c? ? . nostrum rather strongly dilated at apex, ochraceous mummy-brown.
Head the same colour, a line along eye and two lines on occiput white, consisting
of suberect pubescence. Antenna dark rufous, clnb brown, compact, segments
7 and 8 pubescent white. Prothorax broad, same colour as head; two lines of
erect pubescence, corresponding to the lines of the occiput, ending at the sides
of the mesial tubercle, more or less white ; a large subapical irregular lateral
jiatch black, limited behind liy the lateral discal tuft and a transverse crest of
pubescence ; a smaller black jjatch in the hinder angle of the ]ironotum ; three
discal tufts of about e(iual size, inclining forward, lateral ones black in front. Elytra
short, declivous apex impressed ; an indistinct grey band crossing suture behind
base, cnrving backwards at sides and here gradually dlsapj)earing ; a clayish grey,
anteriorly rounded patch on apical declivity, reaching laterally to a large hiteous
tuft, the patch separated from the narrow ajiical area, which is covered with a long
grey pubescence mottled with black, by an indistinct transverse fnscous line which
is accentuated on the suture by a black spot ; rows of ])unctnres distinct, but not
strongly impressed ; a black subbasal dot near suture, two more situated one
each in fifth and seventh interspaces behind middle ; jiubeseence of alternate
interspaces slightly raised, forming small tufts and pus-tules : third interspace with
three small tufts, one near base, the second before and the third behind middle, all
tawny in front ; lateral margin with long hairs like those covering tibiae and tarsi.

Length, 4 to 5 mm.

Ilab. Jatahy, Goyaz, Brazil, ti/pe ; Pery-Pery, Pernambuco, November —
December 1892 (Gounelle) ; Cochabamba, Bolivia (Germain).

A series.

110. Anthribus analis spec. nov.

c??. Head and rostrum clayish ochraceous, the pubescence with traces of
white. Antenna dark brown, rufous at the joints, club black ; in cj reaching to
basal third of elytrum, hairy beneath, esjjecially ou club. Pronotnm of the
same colour as the head, with traces of white above at the apex and laterally
at the base, a broadly lyre-shaped mark before the base also white, but very
indistinct ; three tnfts, lateral ones very small, central hairs of tufts black.
Elytra fuscous ; a dorsal clayish ochraceous area on each, beginning at the
snbbasal tuft, stopping proximally of the apical declivity, and extending in a
transverse direction from stripe 1 to .'j and posteriorly rather farther towards outer
margin ; the area not sharply limited laterally and snturally ; iijiical declivity
grey shaded with ochraceous, the grey area separated from the clayish ochraceous

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^ne by an a-huo.st straight transverse t'liscons band. Tiliiao airl tarsi Iong-bair_v,
I'layish grey, indistinctly sjidtted with luowu (when^ the [inbcscencc is thinner).

Length, 0 to 7 mm.

llah. Valley of the Rio Pardo, iSao Panlo, December IS'-.t.S (Gonnelle), ////^c ;
Amazons.

One pair.

12ti. Anthribus lineiger spec. uov.

Head and rostrnm white, ochraceons laterally, head with ouhraceons mesial
vitta extending to groove. Shaft of antenna rnfons brown, clothed with white
pnbescence ; clnb comjiact, brown. Prothorax narrowed from middle to apex, sides
and depressed base variegated with dark ochraceous and black, apical dorsal half
ochraceons, palest between the tufts, the area divided by a thin white mesial line,
which reappears as a more consjncuous line on the hinder side of the mesial tuft ;
between lateral tuft and lateral carina there are some white sj)Ots. Elytra in
colour like base of prouotnm, tufts not very prominent, interspaces 3, 5 and 7
with a white line in middle, that of tlie third interspace beginning at the sub-
median tuft, the others standing a little farther back and beginning at black dots;
some white dots near base, preceded by black ones. Legs without long rough
hairs ; tibiae with brown spots, foretibia nearly black, with pale rings.

Length, 3 to 4 mm.

Hab. Pery-Pery, Pernambuco, November — December 1892 (Gonnelle).

Three specimens.

121. Anthribus coUaris spec. nov.

S % . Similar to Uneiyer. Pubescence of up[)erside white and ochraceous ; no
distinct pattern on head and prothorax. The latter with the transversely depressed
basal half more white than the apical half; the three tufts inclining forward, of
nearly the same size, the mesial one the smallest, all somewhat transverse ; some
white and black spots laterally of the tufts, often very indistinct. Elytra dotted
with brown at the suture and in the alternate interspaces ; the tufts brown in front
and white behind, subbasal one of third interspace smaller than the subapical
one occupying the fifth, sixth and seventh interspaces, an oblique row of three
elongate tufts in interspaces 3, 5 and 7, the first before the second in, and the
third behind the middle, the last standing on a level with the third tuft of the
third interspace ; the brown postmedian sutnral sjjots sometimes merged togetlier
to one patch. Legs not rough-hairy.

Length, 3 to 4 J mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz, Brazil.

A series.

122. Anthribus iuaequalis spec. nov.

S ? . Hostrum uneven, strongly dilated at apex, ochraceous, slightly mottled
with white. Head with brownish mesial area encircled by a white raised line
and divided by an ochraceous mesial one. Prothorax brown, variegated with
ochraceous, a broad mesial vitta from apical edge to row of tufts ochraceous
bordered irregularly with white ; three conical, rather high tufts, each centrally
black, mesial one a little higher tlian the others. Elytra gradually declivous
fnim near base to apex, slightly flatteneil apically at suture; a nebulous

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grey area or liand behind base, evenly curved, gradually fading away, very
indistinctly marked ; rest of elytra grey variegated with ochraceons ; third inter-
space with three prominent ochraceous tufts, interspaces 5, 7 and 0 with pustules,
but no tufts ; a round black sutural patch before apex encircled with ochraceous ;
lateral margin and logs long-hairy.

Jii'Mgth, 3 to 4i mm.

JIab. San Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November — December 188s (Gounelle),
tifj/e ; Jatahy, Goyaz.

A series.

123. Anthribus plagiatus spec. nov.

S- Similar to conmtus (1831) Say. Prothorax without tlie two black apical
tufts of that species, these tufts being replaced by two raised ochraceous bands
which converge anteriorly ; mesial discal tuft higher than in cor/i/itus ; the
oblique white line in front of the lateral tufts very conspicuous ; dorsal carina
mesially more concave and the lateral angle more rounded than in conmtus.
Elytra with a subbasal tuft each in the sutural and the third interspace ; white
subbasal patch larger, rounded in front, narrowed laterally, somewhat concave
behind ; lateral edges of elytra not long-hairy.

Length, 4i mm.

ffab. San Antonio da Barra, Bahia, November — December 1888 (Gounelle).

One cJ.

1~4. Eugonus simplex spec nov.

? . Similar to suheyli lulncus ; elytra, pygidium and abdomen more irrorated
with brown, and proiiotum more densely dotted with clay ; tibiae with a brown
ring at base and a brown spot in middle. Head and prouotnm without large
punctures, besides the very minute and dense punctnration. Sides of prothorax
sinuate before base, apical angle more strongly produced than in utibci/liiulricus,
bent outwards. Elytra more coarsely punctate-striate than in subci/li/if/r/cus,
the interstices more or less feeljly convex ; apical edge with consjiicuous tubercle
close to sutural angle. Prosternum mesially much more sparsely punctured than
at sides. Metasternum as in subcylindricus, with a mesial groove as in that
species.

Ilab. Jatahy, Goyaz, Brazil.

One ?.

125. Eugonus tenuis spec. nov.

? . In colour similar to E. subci/lindricun, pale pubescence of uppersidc more
silky, lighter in tint, more extended, especially on prouotnm, brown median band
of elytra very much narrower, being little wider than the posterior band.
Prothorax one-fourth longer than broad ; tlie anterior angle much less projecting
than in E. subci/lindricus ; elytra much longer in proportion to the width, their
base convex. Prosternum and sides of meso-metasteruum punctured. Abdomen
of 6 mesially impressed, without patches of yellow hairs. Midtibia of 6 without
spur at apex.

Length, 5 mm.

Hab. Cochabamba, Bolivia (Germain).

One pair.

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120. Eugonus robustus spec. uov.

S ¥ . Black ; pubescence of upperside raw nmber, grey at suture aud lateral
edges of elj'tra and on underside and legs ; upperside irrorated with black, a
black sutural S2)0t behind scutellnm, another behind middle, and a third (divided)
before apex larger ; jiygidinm, underside and legs irregularly marked with
black ; club of antenna rufous, shaft brown.

Rostrum mesially carinate behind apical sinus. Head and pronotnm almost
impimctate. Prothorax broader than long, laterally rounded, sinuate before base,
transversely impressed above before carina. Scutellnm longer than broad, extending
beyond the transverse basal sulcus of elytrum. Elytra somewhat flattened at
suture, seriately punctate, the lines not much impressed ; basal edge slightly
rounded. Underside entirely impunctate. Basal groove of metasternum very deep.
In J a subapical tubercle on each side of metasternum ; abdomen slightly
flattened, third and fourth segments each with a transverse apical patch of
yellow hairs.

Length, 9 to 14 mm.

Ilab. Marco da LegUa, Para, March 1S9.5, t>/pe ; Pery-Pery, Pernambuco,
December 1892 (Gounelle).

Three pairs.

127. Eugonus ornatus spec. nov.

(? ? . Black, covered with an even pubescence of a cinereous grey colour ;
shaft of antenna, palpi, tibiae and tarsi rufous ; a row of spots on each side of
prouotum extending from dorsal carina obliquely frontad and latcrad, and the
following markings of elytra velvety black, sharply defined, somewhat variable:
a half-ring, ojien in front, reaching basal edge close to scutellnm, a square
spot on humeral angle, a spot behind shoulder, produced upwards, a broad
transverse median band, bisinuate behind on each elytrum, dilated forward on
disc. Scutellnm also black.

Rostrum flat, without mesial carina behind apical sinus. Club of antenna
black, broad, compact. Prothorax a little longer than broad, with nearly parallel
sides ; dorsal carina very faintly concave. Elytra cylindrical, not depressed at
suture ; striation distinct, fine at sides and apex. Prosternum and sides of
meso-metasternum with large punctures. Abdomen of c? not impressed.

Length, 3| to 4| mm.

Ilab. Jatahy, Goyaz, Brazil.

A series.

128. Eugonus particolor spec. nov.

S ? . Black ; antenna rnfescent. Head and rostrnra, a largo a])ical lateral
patch, and an elongate basal mesial spot on pronotum, elytra, sides of pygidium,
and legs densely pubescent grey, more or less conspicuously shaded with
cinnamon-rufous, the rostrum, a mesial spot on pronotum, sutural area of elytra
(sometimes nearly the whole elytra) and legs remaining generally grey; sides of
sterna and abdomen less densely pubescent grey ; elytra with a black sutural
patch behind middle and another at the lateral margin, often merged together
to a band, humeral angle, three marginal dots between scutellnm and shoulder,
some dots at the lateral margin and a sutural spot before ajjex also black ;

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li!is;il liall' (if IV-iiiiirii uiiil ;i liroiiil ;LiitiMin.'ili;iii riuu' on liliiae lilai-k : llic liliuk
iiiul lijilit coloni-s contrasting strongly; iibdomcii willi Muck lutrnil s|in(s.

Third antennal segment longer than fourtli. I'rothorax abont as htng as
broad, ronnded laterall\- in ajucal half, shallowly sinuate before base; dorsal carina
concave in middle. Basal margin of elytrum somewhat rounded, the shoulder
distinctly receding ; the rows of punctures not very distinct on account of the
dense pubescence. Underside without large jmuctnres, except on middle of
presternum. Abdomen of S imjiressed mesially, with transverse subapical brushes
of yellow hairs on segments :i and 4, and traces of such brushes on segments
1 and 2. No distinct groove near base of metasternal episternnm.

Length, 9 to 12 mm.

/fall. .Tatahy, Goyaz, Brazil, f >//'<; ; Sao I'aulo ; Trinidad; (Surinam.

A series.

Eugonodes gm. miv.

Differs from Eiitjoiiua in the apical sinus of the rostrum being vestigial or
absent.

Type : E. inarmoreiis spec. nov.

1 '-".). Eugonodes marmoreus spec. nov.

S. Similar to Euyouus subci/lindricus (lt>39) Fahrs., narrower, pale pubescence
of U])perside more like that of (ji/wtnih-oceriis aiitt'inmfus (ISfiO), the black spots
of the elytra forming two indistinct transverse bands sitnated in middle and
before apical declivity.

llostrum and frons each with a small mesial depression, rather finely punctured
like pronotnm ; mesial sinus vestigial. This broader than long, sides parallel
from near apex to base. Elytra punctate-striate. Prosternum and sides of
meso-metasternum punctured, the punctures of middle of prosternum rather small-
Abdomen ((?) mesially depressed ; segments 2 to 4 with an interrupted a])ical
transverse patch of yellow hairs. Foretibia slightly curved, faintly hooked.
Sole of first tarsal segment longer than that of second.

Length, 7i mm.

Ilab. Serra de Bafurite, Ceara, Jannarv Lst)5 (Gounelle).

1 i.

130. Eugonodes brevirostris spec. nov.

?. Rufous brown, the parts covered with a light pubescence rufous; a
large basal lateral patch on pronotnm, the two patches connected at base, a
spot between them, an irregular antemediau band on elytra and a narrower
anteapical one black-brown.

Rostrum extremely short, only half the length of that of Ei/i/o/ius
subci/llMlricux, dejiressed mesially. Ujiperlip not visible. Upper edge of
antennal groove very oblique. Head and rostrum longitudinally, somewhat
obliquely, punctate-rugate. Prothorax with parallel sides and rounded hinder
angle ; rather finely punctured. Scutellnm transverse. Elytra cylindrical ;
basal edge of each slightly convex, almost straight but oblirjue, the two together
forming an obtuse angle ; punctured stripes impressed, interstices slightly convex
behind ; the elytra appearing more or less strijjed with clayish grey on account

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ol' the jmiictnretl utripo.s lii'iiiu' jinrlly I)r(iwii. Sterna puucLurcd at the sides;
IjroBternniu convex in front, with tin; apical margin depressed.

Length, ^ mm.

Hab. Salobro, Bahia, Brazil, Jnno— July 188.5 (Gonnelle).

1 ?.

131. Euparius polius spec nov.

cJ ¥ . Similar in shape to slender siiecimens of E. tii/ris (1833) Gylh. aud
tapirus (1855) Jek. ; pnbesceuce grey, not variegated with ochraceons. Lateral
carina of pronotnm as jtromiuent as iu tiyris, dorsal carina faintly concave mesially,
slightly convex laterally. Spots of pronotnm black, sitnated as in tiyris, the mesial
ones more elongate, resembling those of tapirus, the anterior pair, however, being
shorter, and the posterior pair longer. Spots of elytra mostly smaller than iu
tigris, no spots on humeral callosity and at basal fourth of suture ; spots before
apical declivity and some of tlie sublateral ones elongate. Abdomen with one
series of black spots ; a broad black middle stripe, dilated at the bases of the
segments. Grey middle ring of tibiae very much broader than the clayish ring of
tapirus and tigris, occupying the greater part of the tibiae.

Ilnh. Colombia.

One pair.

132. Euparius obesus spec. nov.

(??. Short, broad, convex. Black, pubescence coarse. Antennal segments
1 to 8 rufous brown, 11 luteous. Head and rostrum white, variegated with
ochraceons. Pronotnm with a number of irregular ochraceons spots and two white
subapical spots, besides some white speckles near apex. Elytra ochraceons in
sutural and alternate interspaces, white in second, fourth and sixth, lateral and
postmediau area blackish, a spot on basal callosity within second interspace, aud
some postmedian dots black. Underside speckled with grey. A broad postmediau
ring on tibiae, and upperside of first tarsal segment grey.

Maxillary palpus incrassate, third segment half as long again as brnad : buccal
fissure broader than lobe of false mentum. Segment 11 of antenna circular.
Prothorax much broader than long, as much produced forward above as in callosus
(1833), strongly convex, dei)ressed along basal carina, sinuate laterally before
basal angle ; carina concave in middle, lateral angle less than 90°, slightly rounded.
Scntellnm very small, a little lunger than broad. Elytra one-third narrower than
long, strongly convex, sutural stripe depressed, alternate interstices raised ;
punctures of all stripes large. Presternum very short. Mesosternal process
vertical, truncate, broad, slightly convex mesially at apex. Metasternum strongly
convex. Abdomen of c? strongly depressed mesially. First segment of hindtarsus
longer than second.

Length, 0 to 7i mm. ; breadth, 3 to 4 mm.

Hulj. Jatahj', Goyaz, Brazil, type ; Paraguay (Dr. Bohls).

2 (?c?,3 ? ?.

133. Euparius calcaratus spec. nov.

c??. Similar in shape to E. apicalis and oy'aa-, but much smaller, not being
much longer than the largest specimens of E. lunatus (1801) Fabr., slenderer than
the three species mentioned. In colour similar to ojax, Imt more extended white

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and grey. Rostmm and frons, an irregnlar, rather large, lateral sjiot on ])ronotnm
jnst above and in front of tlie apex of the lateral carina and two snbajiieal dots, a
nebnlons patch before middle of elytra, common to both, and another before apical
declivity, and a nnmber of lateral dots on elytra more densely pubescent white.
Underside speckled with clayish white, the pnboscence condensed laterally ; an
indistinct mesial mark on pronotum in front of carina, and a dot at each side of disc
behind middle of the same clayish white colonr. Tibiae brown at base and apex.
Tarsi entirely brown above.

Pale end-segment of antenna longer than ninth. Pronotnm convex, depressed
behind ; hinder angle as in njax, being abont '.M) , with the tip distinctly rounded
off; side not sinuate before angle. Elytra slightly depressed at suture, subbasal
callosity and third interspace very feebly elevate. Mesosternum with rounded
tubercle between coxae. Hind tibia of c? with apical, ventral, obtuse process.
Hindtarsus comiiressed, second segment as high as broad.

Length, s mm.

llab. French Guiana.

One pair.

134. Euparius molitor spec, no v.

?. Stouter than calcaratus, which it resembles, more densely pubescent grej'-
white ; lateral spot of pronotum less distinct ; alternate interspaces of elytra
obviously tesselated with brown and white ; tibiae nearly entirely grey-white ; first
and greater part of second tarsal segments grey-white above, third black ; second of
anterior tarsus nearly black. Rostrum and frons much broader than in calcaratus,
mesially canaliculate, the latter twice as wide as the eye is high in frontal view.
Second auteunal segment snbglobular, ninth nearly twice the length of the tenth,
but shorter than the eleventh, which is twice as long as broad. Lateral angle of
pronotal carina more strongly rounded than in calcaratus and ajax. Alternate
interspaces of elytrum slightly but distinctly elevate. Mesosternal process vertical,
somewhat slanting at apex, not convex, not tuberculate, apical margin rounded.
First mid- and hindtarsal segments much longer than second.

Length, 0 mm.

Jlab. Call, Colombia, ix.-xii. 1894 (W. Rosenberg).

1 S.

13."). Euparius similis spec. nov.

(S. Similar to 7?. calcaratus, elytra rather broader. Upperside of head and
rostrum, a triangular mesial pronotal patch extending from carina beyond middle, a
sutural area on elytra, not sliarply defined, dilated at base, Ijehind middle and again
at apex more densely pubescent wliite ; disc of pronotum and sides of elytra
brownish ; underside and legs pubescent white ; a snbbasal ring on tibiae and
extreme tip brown ; second and third segments of foretarsus nearly black, the same
of the other tarsi less white than the first segment. A spot on basal callosity of
elytrum black, first and third interspaces of elytrum conspicuously tesselatetl with
black or brown, especially the first.

Rostrum faintly impressed at base in middle. Frons with slight mesial sulcus
situated on a faint elevation. Anteimal segments S and 'J twice as long as broad
(10 and 11 missing): 4 a little shorter than o. Angle of pronotal carina '.!()",
extreme tip rounded of!'; disc more strongly convex than in either calcaratus or

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molUor. Scutellum transverse. Bcasal callosity of elytram higher than iu tlie
species jnst mentioned, divided by the second punctured stripe into an inner rounded
tubercle and an outer carina, the latter being the basal i>ortiou of the elevate third
interspace. Mesosternal process vertical, declivous at apex, with the apical margin
rounded. First hindtarsal segment not longer than second.

Length, 8 mm.

Hab. Upper Amazons.

1 i, received from Messrs. Standinger and Bang-Haas.

130. Euparius censors spec. nov.

(S. In colour and shape similar to slmilis, smaller. Black, brunuescent, shaft
of antenna brown, end-segment luteous. Pubescence of ujiperside black-brown,
mixed with white. A rather large, shar[)ly defined, irregular lateral spot on
pronotum situated in front of the lateral carina densely pubescent chalky white ;
four tiny discal dots on pronotum, two in front and two behind, a triangular mesial
spot before basal carina, a sutural area on elytra, widest behind subbasal callosity,
not sharply limited behind, a nebulous discal patch before apical declivity, apex
of elytra, first tarsal segment and middle of tibia of mid- and hiudlegs more densely
pubescent white. Interspaces 3 and 5 of elytram obviously tesselated with brown.

Rostrum with faint basal mesial sulcus. Frons less than twice as wide as the
eye is high in frontal view. Anteuual segment 3 one-third longer than 4, 8 almost
globular, 9 a little longer than broad, 11 more than half as long again as broad,
elliptical. Pronotum regnlarly convex, depressed before basal carina ; this angulate
in middle, its lateral angle 9U°, with the extreme tip a little rounded off. Scutellum
transverse. Elytra slightly depressed along suture, the depression widened behind
subbasal callosities, separating the latter from the slightly elevated posterior
two-thirds of the third interspace. Mesosternal process declivous, faintly convex
near apex. Abdomeu feebly depressed. First tarsal segment much less than half
the length of the tibiae.

Length, 5§ mm.

Ilab. Jatahy, Govaz, Brazil.

It?.

137. Euparius nodosus spec. nov.

(J?. Similar to E. cUtelliger (1839) Fahrs. ; distinguished by the prothorax
being less deeply impressed above, the hinder angles of the same being much more
produced backwards, by the elytrum bearing in the middle a tubercle which is as
high as the subbasal one, and by the intercoxal process of the mesosternum being
much more strongly tuberculate. In colour the two insects are nearly the same,
but the pronotum is less variegated in nodosus, the subbasal blackish spots found
in cUtelliger being practically absent from the new species and the white subapical
spots being vestigial.

Hab. Colombia, type ; Jatahy, Goyaz, Brazil ; Upper Amazons.

1 (J, 3 ? ¥.

138. Euparius rufus spec. nov.

S ?. Very pale rufous buif ; apex of mandible, segments 9 and 10 of antenna,
some parts of the sterna, and numerous dots on upper surface brown-black ;

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pubescence lung, cUiyisb ocluaceous, mixed witli grey, more cliiyisL grey bilow ; a
spot near base of tibiae and another at apex brown.

Rostrnm impressed at base in middle. Frons more than twice as wide as the
eye is high in i'rontal aspect. False meutum short, distinctly sej)arate from gula
by a transverse depression, sinus shallow, lobes ronuded at apex ; bnccal fissure
broad. Antenual segment 9 not longer than apiually broad, 11 ovate, not longer
than 9. Pronotum transversely convex in middle, depressed in front and behind,
with two slight imjiressions before carina, the latter more distinctly angulate in
middle than is generally the case in tliis genus ; lateral angle of carina 9t) ; lateral
carina reaching to apical third ; black spots small, irregular, a central one tlie most
conspicuous. Scutellum punctiforra, glabrous. Elytra similar in shape to those
of 7s'. lunatiis (ISUl) Fabr., basal margin of each more strongly rounded ; alternate
interspace faintly raised, tesselated with brown-black and grey. Pygidinm one-
third broader than long, snbtrnncate in S. Mesosternal process subvertical,
declivous at apex, which is snbtrnncate. Tarsi slender, first segment nearly half
the length of the tibia.

Length, 5i to 7 mm.

1 lab. Cachabi, Ecuador, December 1890, type, and Paramba, Ecuador, 3o00 ft.,
April 1897 (W. Rosenberg) ; also from " Colombia."

Two pairs.

139. Euparius nigritarsis spec. nov.

cJ. In shape similar to E. moUtor and calcaratus. Black ; funicnins of
antenna and claw-segments brown ; end-segment of antenna luteous. Ujiperside,
sides of abdomen and tibiae (base and apex excepted) brown, clothed with ochreons
tawny pubescence mixed with grey ; a mesial line on pronotum and an abbreviated
lateral line extending from basal angle of carina forwards, a sutural area on
elytra limited by the third interspace, reaching near the apical declivity, and
some ill-defined dots on head white ; alternate interspaces of elytrnm chequered
with brown ; apex of tibiae, and first and second tarsal segments black.

Rostrum with a mesial groove at base extending on to frons ; this only
half as wide again as the eye is high in frontal view. Third antennal segment
little longer than fourth, eighth globular, ninth one-third longer than broad,
eleventh elongate-elliptical, more than twice as long as broad. Pronotum deej)ly
depressed mesially from near apex to carina, strongly elevate at the sides of the
depression before middle ; basal carina rather distinctly angulate in middle ;
lateral angle less than 90' ; lateral carina extending beyond middle. Scutellum
a little broader than long, small. Elytra elongate, depressed at suture as far as
third interspace ; this somewhat elevate, with a black tubercle near base and a
slightly elevate brown dash in middle, besides some spots farther back, the
brown tesselations of interspaces 5, 7 and 9 also feebly raised. Mesosternal
process first vertical, then almost horizontal, the apical portion being nearly in a
plane with the metasternum, sides of vertical portion faintly elevate. Abdomen
of (J hardly depressed.

Length, 7 to 8 mm.

Hab. Jatahv, Goyaz, Brazil.

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140. Euparius albiceps spec. nov.

c??. In sti'iicture similar to E. (ijiiralis (1839) Fabrs., rostrum fiuely cariuate
mesiallj', hinder angle of pronotum rather more acute, elytra more depressed
above, with the subbasal callosities higher. Head and rostrum, a mesial line
on pronotum interrupted before middle, widened behind, a large sutnral area on
elytra, extending from base to apical declivity and being laterally sinuate just
behind middle, greyish white ; two subapical and a postmedian dot on each side
of pronotum, with a fourth dot in between, grey or clayish ; sides of elytra
sparsely dotted with grey. Underside and femora irrorated with clayish grey.
Tibiae with an indistinct grey middle ring ; upperside of first and fourth tarsal
segments grey. Funiculus of antenna either brown or rufous. False mentam
with distinct mesial carina.

Ilab. Brazil : Serra de Baturite, Ceara, January 1895 (Gounelle), type ;
Marco da Legua, Para, March 189.5 (Gounelle) ; Cayenne.

Two pairs.

E. tursalis (1839) Fahrs. is easily distinguished from albiceps by the acute
angle of the prothorax, the black first and second tarsal segments, the colour of
the prothora.x, etc.

141. Euparius parvulus spec. nov.

cJ. Black, shaft of antenna and legs rufous, end-segment of the former
luteons ; upperside pubescent tawny-olive, irrorated with brown, first and third
interspaces of elytra greyish white, tcsselated with brown, a few grey-white
linear spots also in the fifth and seventh interspaces ; underside covered with
a rather sparse grey pubescence (pubescence of legs soiled by the specimen having
been glued on paper).

In shape similar to small specimens of E. Lunatus ; frons much narrower ;
basal depression of pronotum less extended forward. Antennal segments 7 and
8 almost globular, 9 not longer than apically broad, 11 much longer than 9,
but only one-fourth longer than broad, being very broad. Lateral angle of
pronotal carina a little less than 90°. Mesosternal process flat, declivous at
apex, truncate.

Length, 4 mm.

Ilab. ('avenue.

1 c?.

This insect reminds one of PhauUmia.

142. Euparius hypsideres spec. nov.

cJ. Black ; palpi and antenna rufous, segments 9 and 10 a little darker;
tibiae and tarsi rufescent. Pubescence clayish grey, rather long, forming dots on
l)ronotum ; apex of mid- and hindtibiae brown ; second tarsal segments less
densely pubescent grey than first.

Rostrum truncate, not sinuate mesially. Frons more than twice as broad
as the eye is high in frontal view. Antennal segment 3 very little longer than' 4,
8 hardly twice as long as broad, 9 about one-third longer than broad, 11 elliptical,
one-fourth longer than broad. Prothorax conical, twice as wide at base as at
apex, laterally sinuate before base, basal angles acute, produced back- and side-
wards ; disc very strongly convex, globose, with a faint depressed mesial line

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which disaijpears on tlic toj) of thu globosity ; basal carina sliallowly concave
ill middle. Scntellum pnnctiform, slightly friangnlar. Elytra strongly convex,
slightly dejiressed along sntnre, coarsoly jmnctate-striate, all tlie interstices
somewhat convex ; subbasal elevation not iirominenl, bearing a tnl't of longer
pnbescence. Pygidium longer than broad. Mesosternal process flat, truncate,
snbbasal. Metasternnm short. Abdominal segments 1 to 4 broadly depressed,
with penicillate tubercles at each side of the depression, segment 5 in lateral view
less extended ventrad than 4, simply convex.

Length, 7 mm.

JIab. Espirito Santo, Brazil.

1 S.

Allied to callosus (1833) Gylh., but thorax much more convex ; its hinder
angle more acute, the mesosternal process not convex, and the antennal segments
4 and 8 much shorter.

143. Euparius quagga spec. nov.

c? ? . Similar to E. zebra ; black bands of pronotnm shorter ; elytrum with
six black spots only, namely a transverse subbasal band as in zebra, bnt shorter,
not reaching sixth interspace, a spot on humeral angle, a second before middle
between second and fifth interspaces, a third before apical declivity, oblique, placed
between the same interspaces, and two sublateral rounded ones ; of these one at
basal third, the other, which is a little more dorsal, behind middle ; basal edge,
posterior part of lateral edge aud a thin sutural stripe just before apex also
black ; first tarsal segment the same colour as tibiae ; base and tiji of the latter
black like tarsal segments 2 to 4 ; abdomen black, pale rufous at sides and
apex, without black lateral dots.

Rostrum with basal mesial impression. Club of antenna broader than in
zebra. Mesosternal process convex at ai>ex (but not tuberculate). Foretibia
slightly curved ; first foretarsal segment as long as the other segments together.

Length, 8 to 9 mm.

Hab. Bolivia.

1 c?, 3 ? ?, received from Messrs. Staudingcr and Bang-Haas.

144. Euparius suturalis spec. uov.

S. Close to E. equestris (1839) Fahrs. Pronotnm more densely pubescent,
devoid of mesial vitta, but provided instead with a black lateral vitta which
extends from the basal angle to the apex. Elytra without transverse bands ;
lateral edge black. Tip of tibiae also black.

Length, 7 to 8 mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz, Brazil, ti/pe; Cerquiera Cesar, Sao Paulo, January 1899
(Gonuelle).

2 cJ<?.

Erotylopsis gen. nov.

S Differs from Euparius in the prothorax being very broad, little narrower
at apex than at base, with the sides flattened and beneath hollowed out as in
Brachyfarsus {scabrosus), and the lateral carina continued to the apex.

Type : E. pujoli spec. nov.

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145. Erotylopsis pujoli spec. nov.

J. llufous, covered with a thin grey pubescence ; head and abdomea brun-
uescent ; antennal segments 7 to 11, extreme lateral and basal edges of pronotum
and elytrnm, and an apical spot on femora black. Pronotnm with a transverse
row of fonr black rounded spots in middle and a smaller sjiot before scutellum.
Elytrum with five large luteous spots, covered with a grey pubescence, all
encircled with black, the first two subbasal, not quite separate, the third and
fourth postmedian, also not entirely separate, the fifth before the apex.

Mandible with sharp tooth at upper edge on inuerside. Rostrum truncate,
twice as broad as long, with basal mesial groove, which extends on to frons.
Sinus of false mentum shallow, lobes rounded at apex ; buccal fissure broad.
Eye very prominent. Ninth segment of antenna not longer than apically broad,
eleventh a little longer than broad. Pronotum finely punctured, about three
times as broad as long, apical margin sinuate laterally ; lateral angle of
carina 90° ; basal carina broadly concave in middle. Elytra of the same shape
as in Euparius equestris, rather shorter, glossy like thorax, finely seriate-punctate,
first punctured stripe hardly impressed. Prosternum very narrow in front of
coxae, margined at apex. Mesosternal process broad, flat, subvertical, truncate.
Metasternum short, rather deeply grooved transversely behind mesosternal process.
Abdomen (c?) with broad ovate groove extending from first to fourth segment,
accompanied on each side by tufts of hair. Foretibia slightly curved. First
tarsal segment less than one-third of the tibia in length.

Length, 7| mm. ; breadth, 4 mm.

Hab. Jatahy, Goyaz, Brazil.

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LEPIDOPTERA FROM BRITISH NEW GUINEA, COLLECTED

BY MR. A. S. MEEK.

By the Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D.

(Plates II. and III.)

THE stimnlns to my eagerness for Mr. A. S. Meek to e.xplore the higher parts
of the Oweu Stanley Range was given by the wonderful discoveries made
by Herr Emil Weiske both in birds and Lepidoptera. The bulk of Herr Weiske's
Lepidoptera came into my possession after Herr Ribbe had described as new
thirteen species oi Picridae and a marvellous Papilio {Insekten-Bdrse x\\\. 1900).
Of these several Pieridae were not new to science, but enough remained to show
ns that the watershed of the Aroa River, where Weiske's specimens came from,
must have a wonderful and rich lepidopterous fauna. Mr. Meek proved this up
to the hilt.

After several years of vain endeavours, I at last persuaded Mr. Meek to
undertake the very difficult journey to the head-waters of the Aroa River. Though
the distance, as the crow flies, from the coast to the Upper Aroa River is but
short, Mr. Meek and his party had to battle against immense difficulties and
undergo many hardships before they reached a favourable collecting ground.
Mr. Meek stayed in a district called Avera from the end of January to the
beginning of April lOO;), and made here a collection of nearly 16,ti00 specimens
of Lepidoptera. Among these is a ? of Troides goliath titan, a series of both se.xes
of Troides meridionalis, a long series of Papilio tveiskei, several Delias discovered
by Weiske, and a very great number of new moths.

However, the altitude of the place was not great enough. Therefore Mr. Meek,
soon after his return to Port Moresby, started again for the interior, boldly facing
a second time the hardships of a climb up the mountains. This time a higher
altitude was attained. But the work had scarcely been started at Owgarra, north
of the head of the Aroa River, when a great disaster befell the expedition. Nearly
the whole party contracted measles and had to hurry back to the coast, where
Mr. Meek arrived with the loss of one native collector, who died. It was a very
unfortunate ending to what promised to be the greatest scientific haul ever made
in Lepidoptera in New Guinea, and we sincerely hope that Mr. Meek will meet
with better luck on his next expedition to these regions.

The collection of Lepidoptera, though consisting of only 500-odd specimens,
proves those high altitudes to be inhabited by a i)roportionately very great number
of species which do not occur at lower elevations. The variety of the genus Delias
is beyond every expectation. Mr. Meek procured not only all the species discovered
by Weiske, but obtained in addition seven new ones. The finest discovery,
however, is the new Troides, by its banded abdomen so unlike everything known.
What may the S be like ? We hope that Mr. Meek, the discoverer of the
peculiar tailed S of meridionalis, will also succeed in finding the t? of the present
species.

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PAPILIONIDAE.
1. Troides chimaera spec. nov. (PI. 111. f. 25. ?).

?. Black. Head smaller than in tlie allied species. Eye without white
border. Red colour of breast restricted, forming two patches which are not
extended downwards to coxae as in tithoiins and paradisea. Abdomen shagfry,
each segment with a yellow aj)ical band all round. Legs black.

Wings, upjjcrsidc black. Forewing : subfalcate, the distal margin being

shallowly emarginate ; vein SC from angle of cell as in paradisea, stalk SC^°
about as long as the upper two cross-veins ; a transverse, sinuous cell-patch, an
interrnpted row of discal spots, another of postdiscal ones, and sharply marked

fringe-spots white, shaded with black. Hindwing similar in shape to that of

paradisea, but niore deeply scalloped, rather woolly pro.ximally ; a spot in cell
and the disc white shaded with black, the discal area externally tinged with
yellow : seven black spots within this area, the first and the last connected with
the black area, the other iive isolated ; white fringe-spots distinct.

Underside similar to upper. Forewing : spots larger, purer white, discal

series complete from SC to (SM'), the postdiscal spots more or less edged with

grey, some diffuse grey scaling from postdiscal spot SC — SC^ outwards.

Hindwing : cell-spot and proximal portion of discal area purer white, distal
portion purer yellow.

Length of forewing : 103 mm.

Hah. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903.

This very peculiar insect is in neuration nearest to paradisea, but differs
from all species known in the banded abdomen.

2. Troides goliath.

Ondthoptera arrimna, Felder ; aberr. ? goliath Oberthiir, Et. Eiit. xii. p. 1 (1888).
Ormthoptvra goliath id., l.r. xi.x. p. 1. t. 4. f. 19 (1894).

Dr. Pagenstecher, in Ja/ir/j. ]!fass. Ver. Nat. Ivi. jx 77 (1903), has published
an article on this fine insect. We agree with Dr. Pagenstecher perfectly in his
conclusion that <joliath, supremus { = schoenbergi), elisahetkaereginae, and titan, are
names applying to one species only. But we mast make a reservation. The
specimens from British New Guinea are certainly different from those obtained in
other parts of the island. We possess of this southern form {goliath titan) two
? ? from the Aroa River, one collected by Weiske and the other found by Meek.
Both specimens differ from those known from Dutch and German New Guinea
in the forewing bearing only a few very small white markings, and in the posterior
black discal spots of the hindwing being smaller.

We have no specimens of goliath from German New Guinea, but possess one
$ and two ? ? from the Dutch portion of the island. The S came from somewhere
about Geelvink Bay. It was contained in a collection made by natives or half-castes.
This specimen agrees in colour well with the second one of Pagenstecher. It has
a forewing of 82 mm. length. (We mention incidentally that it is erroneous to
say that the green jiosterior aroa of the forewing is powdered with black. Tlie
green scales belong all to the upper layer. It is a black area powdered witli
green.)

Our two ? ? from Kapaur, Dutch New Guinea (IJolierty)— the one caught in
January, the other in February 1897 — differ from one another in the size of tlu'

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spots of the forewing, in the length of the latter and in some other details. The
smaller specimen, with a forewing of li"i mui. length, has the cell-patch of the
forewing reduced to two contignons spot.s standing one on each side of the middle
fold of the cell ; the discal spots M' — (SM') are very small, the ujiper one being
a mere dot ; the submarginal spots are also small. The black spots on the hindwiug
are large. The second and third abdominal segments are mesially black above.

The second Kapaur specimen has a i'l ire wing of 114 mm. length. The white
spots of the forewing are larger, the second and third abdominal torgites are not
black in middle, and the black spots of the hindwing below are smaller than in
the iirst specimen.

The forewiugs of imr two f f males of (/oUdtli titan measure 110 mm. and
1U3 mm. respectively.

The following specimens are known oi goliut/c:

a. Troides yoliath titan.

1 c? in coll. Grosse-Smith : from British New Guinea.

2 ? ? in Mns. Tring ;

b. Troides goliath goliath.

1 ? in coll. Oberthiir ; from Dutch New Guinea.
1 S in Mus. Tring ; „ „ „ „

1 cJ in Mns. Budapest ; from German New Guinea.

0 2 2

•^ + + JJ JJ JJ j» JJ JJ

1 cJ in coll. Ney ; „ „ „ „
2cJ(? „ Pagenstecher ; „ „ „ „
t + ,, ,, ,, •, ,, ,,

PIERIDAE.
;>. Delias albertisi neyi.

Delias neyi Ribbe, Lisektm-Borse xvii. p. .308 (1900) (Aroa R.); id., /;/s xiii. p. HIW. t. 8. f. 3
(inOO) ; Grose-Smith, Rlwp. Exol. iii., Delias t. 8. f. 1. 2 (1W)I).

We have three J J of this form of albertisi Oberth. (= disc/i.s Hour.), two
found by Weiske and one obtained by Meek. In one of Weiske's specimens
the black discal spot of the underside of the hindwing is absent. Mr. Grose-
.Smith, I.C., made the suggestion that neifi was the c? of albertisi. Since the i
of neiji is rather more extended black on the forewing than the ? of albertisi,
while in other Delias the reverse is the case, the suggestion was hardly supported
by evidence. We have now the jiroof of its being erroneous. Among the
material collected by W. Doherty, at Kapaur, Dutch New Guinea, in January 1897,
there is a c? of albertisi, and we have lately received from Herr Ribbe one of
the original ? ? of {discus =) albertisi collected at Sekar by H. Kiihn. This
true 6 of albertisi differs from that of )ie>fi in the white area of the forewing
being much more extended, and in the discal spot of the hindwing below being
very large, as it is in the ? of albertisi. However, there can he no doubt that
neyi and albertisi are representatives of one another, being geographical forms
of one species.

Note.— Delias kntJianna Ribbe, liiiekteii-Borse xvii. p. 308 (1900) is Drlins onii/lion Godm. and

Salv., Pror. Zool Hor. Lonil. p. (313. t. 66. f. 5. cJ (1880) ((J $ , Pt. Moresby).
DvUas Juirkrii Ribbe, I.e., is a lluphiiia, being the same species us Hnphina uhiinrniis Wallace.

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4. Delias kummeri.

Delias kummeri Ribbe, Instllni-BUrsc xvii. p. 308 (UMJO) (Aroa R.) ; iJ., /'■'■f xiii. p. .'UO. t. 8.
f. 4. 3 (1001) ; Grose-Smith, /.c. t. viii. f. 5. 6. (1901).

Tliis is apparently a common species. Weiske fouiiil only S6. Among
Meek's material there are a number of ? ? , which agree with the SS except in
the more extended black distal borders of the npperside and the slightly shorter
forewing.

0. Delias kummeri f. ligata nov. (I'l. II. f. 20. S).

(S ? . Among the long series of kummeri there is a great number of specimens
in which the red postdiscal line of the underside of the hindwing is continuous
with the red spot situated at the costal margin near the end of C. This red
line is more or less heavily bordered with black proximally. A few specimens
stand intermediate between the two forms.

6. Delias bornemanni.

Delias bornemamii Ribbe, Inseldcn- Borse xvii. p. 308 (1000) (Aroa R.) ; id.. Iris xiii. p. 339. t. 8.
f. 2. cJ (1901).

There are four S S and three ? ? in the collection. The sexes are ])ractically
the same in pattern. The forewing is a little shorter in the ? than in the S,
and bears three or four very small white siibapical dots on the npperside. The
black distal area of both wings is wider in the ? . The red spots of the underside
of the hindwing are not quite constant in size.

7. Delias dives sjiec. nov. (Pi. II. f. U. S).

S. Wings white on M^^jprs/rt't-. Forewing black from apex of cell distad,

costal edge black down to base, white area rounded distalh', extending close to

apex of iSM". Hindwing with very thin black distal border, not exceeding

1 mm. in width.

Underside, olive-black, somewhat purplish, especially the hindwing, slightly

glossy olive-green. Forewing : a broad pale yellow band before middle

anteriorly, just proximally of cross-veins, gradually widening behind, not reaching

costal edge; four submarginal dots also pale yellow, the second the largest.

Hindwing : median band deeper yellow than on forewing, terminating behind at
a large scarlet abdominal marginal spot ; moreover, a submarginal row of five
scarlet spots, rounded, nearly touching fringe.
¥ . Not known.

Hah. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903. One specimen.

8. Delias cuningputi (PI. II. f. 5. 6. ? ? .)

Fieris eiiningputi Ribbe, Insekten-Biirse xvii. p. 308 (1900) (Aroa R.)
Delias cuningputi, Grose-Smith, I.e. t. 8. f. 9. 10 (1901).

Among a series of specimens of this species are several ? ? which differ
markedly from the cJcJ on the underside, the forewing being yellow from base
to disc, and the white median band of the hindwing being abbreviated. The
black distal borders of the npperside are wider than in the 6.

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0. Delias weiskei.

Delias weuikei Ribbe, Intsekloi-Biiisc xvii, p. 329 (1000) (AroaR .).
Delias mirijica Grose-Smith, /..-. t. 9. f. 9. 10. ^ (1901).

Mr. Grose-Smith erroneously reuamed the present species, while he intended
to give a new name to Ribbe's Tachyi-is weiskei, which is also a Delias. Tiie
Delias iveiskei being described by Ribbe before the Tnrlnjris /irislcri, the latter
must be renamed, which we have done below.

The ? of D. iceiskei diflers from the c? in the much broader black distal
borders to the u]>perside, the more obtnse forewiug, and the presence of two or
three very small white subapical dots on the upperside of the forewing, these
dots being seldom vestigial in the S.

]|). Delias aroae (Pi. II. f. 4. ?).

Pieris aroae Ribbe, Itisekten-Borse xvii. p. 346 (1900) (Aroa R.).
Delias riroae, Grose-Smith, I.e. t. 9. f. 4. 5. ^ (1901).

The black distal area of the upperside of the forewing is broader behind
in the ? than in the S, and includes two or three very small yellowish white
subapical dots : the hindwing has a broad black distal holder, varying individually
from 2 J to 4 mm. One of our three ? ? is slightly washed with greenish yellow
above, and bears some whitish spots in the black border of the hindwing. The
white median band of the underside of the hindwing is abbreviated, as in the
? of D. cuningputi, and the yellow submarginal spots are very much smaller
than in the S-

11. Delias emilia nom. nov.

Tachyris weiskei Ribbe, Imchten- Boise xvii. p. 330 (1900) (Aroa R.).
Delias weiskei, Grose-Smith, l.r. t. 8. f. 6. 7. 8. (J ? (1901).

This is a Delias, not a Tachijris. Its name must be changed on account of
Delias iveiskei, which stands first. See above. No. 9.

U. Delias itamputi (PL II. f. lo. 11. ? ?).

Delias ilamimli Ribbe, Imekten-Burse xvii. p. 3.30 (1900) (Aroa R.) ; Grose-Smith, I.e. t. 8. f. 7. 8. (J
(1901).

The ? is widely different from the S. I give here a description of it.

?. Wings, upperside, black. Forewing: a proximal area, widest behind,

ill defined, not quite reaching to base of W greenish yellow ; a subapical band of

five patches chrome-yellow, middle ones more or less prolonged. Hindwing

greenish yellow from base to apex of cell, the area not sharply defined.

Underside black, somewhat glossy, especially on hindwing. Forewing :

greenish yellow, basal area smaller than above, subapical band broader and

longer. Hindwing : a basal costal patch greenish yellow, in one ? a spot of

the same colour also at apex of cell (just vestigial in the specimen of which the
underside is here figured), a submarginal greyish white line parallel with edge of
wing, more or less interrupted at the veins.

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13. Delias clathrata spec. nov. (PI. II. f. 7. 9. <?, 8. ?). .

c?. Wings, uppcrside, white. Forewing with broad black distal border,

which extends along costal margin to base and is dentate at the veins, the costal
border being also produced backwards on the cross- veius ; two to four white
subapical dots. Hindwing with thin black distal border.

UHch'rstde.— Forewing fur the greater part black, a broad white discal

band, occupying nearly the whole hinder margin, strongly narrowing costad, curved
costad in front, incised distally on the veins, uppermost partition almost separate ;
a submarginal series of spots, golden yellow, the upper three larger, the others

minute, the first and second farther from distal margin than the others.

Hindwing white, a yellow spot near base behind costa ; base, band beyond that
sjwt, abdominal area and a narrow distal border black, a large median area also
black, separated into patches by the white veins; base and abdominal area densely
dusted over with greenish yellow scales : distal border widest at the veins.

?. Like cf, but the black colour of the distal marginal area more extended.

Hub. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903.

A series.

14. Delias microsticha spec. nov. (PI. II. f. 18. 19, S S).

S. Wings, upperside, white. Forewing : costal edge and a broad distal

border black ; this border gradually narrowed posticad, reaching as far proximad
as base of R' and being only I to li mm. broad at SM^, concave proximally,
slightly incised at the veins. Hindwing with thin black distal border.

Underside purplish olive-black, glossy on hindwing and at apex of forewing.

Forewing : a broad streak in cell, gradually narrowed to base, two spots

beyond apex of cell, and a series of subapical respectively submarginal dots.

Hindwing : a basal costal spot crimson ; a spot in middle of costal margin, a
row of submarginal dots, a spot in cell beyond middle, and a row of thin short
streaks on disc yellow.

¥. Not known.

Hab. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903. Several specimens.

15. Delias mira spec. nov. (PI. II. f. 12. S, 13. ?).

i. Wings, upperside. Forewing black, a white subbasal patch from cell

to hinder margin, bordered with sparser white scaling ; a row of four small

white subapical dots. Hindwing white, apex black, this area extending nearly

as far as cell, but being proximally densely shaded over with white, distal edge
black also posteriorly.

Underside. Forewing black, greyish white at hinder margin from base to

distal angle, a greyish white costal sjwt beyond apex of cell : a series of five

golden yellow submarginal spots. Hindwing : costal edge white at base, a

yellow patch behind this white border, limited by an oblicpiely longitudinal black
streak extending from middle of base to middle of costal margin, a yellowish white
costal dash separating this streak from the black distal border of the wing, which
is widest at the veins ; a black discal band just beyond apex of cell, narrowest
at M', widest behind, not reaching up to SO^ ; between this band and the black
margin a large pale yellow patch ; abdfjminal fold blackish, shaded with olivaceous
yellow.

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?. Like d, but the white patch of the tbrewiug larger above aud below, the
ujiperside with six submarginal spots on forewiug, the white of the hindwing
almost separating a black jiatch near cell from apical area, the yellow submarginal
spots of the underside of the fore wing much larger, six in number, and the black
discal band of the hindwing reduced to a snbcentral spot, followed by a small dot
and a brown shadow.

JIal/. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903. One pair.

10. Delias eichhorni spec. nov. (PI. II. f. 15. 16. (?, IT. ?).

c?. Wings, iippersiJe. Forewing black, a large white triangular area from

hinder margin forwards to I{^, penetrating into the cell, truncate-sinuate costally,
not extending to base ; three white spots beyond apex of cell from costal raar^iii
to R^, more or less confluent, the first the smallest : two small white suba])ical

sjiots. Hindwing for the greater part white ; a somewhat irregular distal

marginal band- black, tapering behind.

Underside. Forewiug black, a large deep cadmium-yellow area as shown

in figure, deeply excised at the cross-veins ; a row of five white submarginal sjiots,

slightly tinged with citron-yellow, second the largest, fourth the smallest.

Hindwing olive-black ; a white band somewhat shaped like figure 3 obliquely from
base of costal margin to disc, streaked or spotted with yellow between the veins,
a submarginal row of large white spots, mostly nailhead-shaped, being produced
to the distal edge, except the first; these also marked with yellow mesially ; a
yellow spot between end of band and SM- ; this vein citron-yellow ; abdominal
margin more or less white in middle.

? . Differs from S on the vpper.vde in the forewing being more extended
black and having the spots sulphur-yellow, in the hindwing being shaded with
sulphur-yellow, and having a broader black border, which includes vestigial
sulphureous spots ; and ou the underside in the forewing bearing a series of seven
submarginal spots.

Ilab. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903. A small series.

IT. Delias niepelti (PL II. f. 3. ?).

Delias niepelti Ribbe, Inselten-Borse xvii. p. 330 (1900) (AroaR.); Grose-Smith, l.i\ t. 8. f. 3. 4. J
(1901).

Mr. A. S. Meek sent a series of cJcJ and several specimens of the hitherto
unknown ¥ of this remarkable species. The forewing of the ? is chrome-yellow
from base to apex of cell, above and below, and there is a series of sjmts of the
same colour in the black area, these spots being much larger below than above.
The hindwing above is canary-yellow, shaded with citron-yellow from base to
apex of cell, being slightly whitish at abdominal margin ; on the underside the
hindwing is similar to that of cJ.

18. Delias meeki spec. nov. (PI. II. f. 1. ?, 2. 6).

6. Vpperside as in niepelti, but the white area of the forewing more sharply
defined, more straight distally, and anteriorly rather more extended, there being
two white spots beyond the np])er angle of the cell.

Underside also similar to that of niepelti; the yellow area of the forewing

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much paler and disfcally straight, the snbapical spots somewhat smaller; himlwiiig
with a yellowish white costal patch reaching down to cell.

?. Black colour of uppersidr, rather more extended than in ? of niepelH, the
yellow area of forewiug more straight distally ; basal half of hindwing grey, being
yellow externally between SC- and R', or a little bej'oud these veins.

On the underside the yellow area of the forewing is paler than in niepelti ? ,
less extended and distally straight ; tlie hindwing bears a yellowish white costal
patch which does not reach beyond R', not being triangular as in S, but.
longitudinal.

Ilnb. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 190'3. A series, but most
specimens in bad condition.

ERYCINIDAE.
10. Abisara albiplaga avera subsp. nov. (PI. II. f. 23. S).

i. Similar to the S of A. a. albiplaga from Am, both wings more obtuse,
orange band of forewing, above, narrower ; black costal area of hindwing larger,
orange area less acutely triangular, less broad behind, black marginal spots larger.
On the underside the band of the forewing is posteriorly narrower, and the black
snbmarginal and marginal spots of the hindwing are much larger.*

Hah. Upper Aroa River. One specimen.

20. Abisara weiskei (PI. III. f. 28. ?).

(J. Ahimra weiskei Rothschild, Nui\ Zonl. viii. p. 218. 404. t. 10. f. 2 (1902) (Aroa R.).

Mr. A S. Meek found a ¥ specimen of an Abisara which belongs, doubtless,
to the species of which we have described and figured the S as Abisara iveishei, I.e.

This ? , as will be seen from the figure, is remarkably different from the ? ?
of srr/ecia and satraps in the l)road-l)anded forewing and deeply scalloped and
almost uniformly olivaceous black hindwing. The white band of the forewing,
upperside, is strongly narrowed in front, but there is a transverse spot in the cell
which stands posteriorly so close to the baud as to give the latter the appearance
of being forked. The hindwing is purplish black on disc ; it bears a series
of black snbmarginal spots more or less bordered with pale grey proximally ;
anterior admarginal interspaces faintly tinged with tawny ; prominent white
fringe-spots.

Underside pale drab from base to disc. Forewing : white band as above,

white cell-bar continuous with it behind, a round spot proximally of this bar, the
rounded interspace between bar and band, and the wing from the band outwards
Vandyke-brown, paler at apex, white postdiscal line broad, continuous, shaded with
orange behind. Hindwing : two spots in cell, a curved median row of seven

* We have one ^ of this species from Great Key, April 189G (Webster), which differs from the Am
and New Guinea forms as follows: — Ujfpcvside : forewing more elongate, orange baud only two-thirds
the width of that of avera, less sharply defined proximally, shorter, reaching just beyond M'-', the area
between band and hinder angle of wing being black ; orange area of hindwing as broad behind as in the
Aru form ; black area more restricted ; marginal spots more rounded than in avt-ra, shorter. On the
underside the band of the forewing is followed by a whitish spot M- — SiP ; black submarginal spots of
hindwing very large as compared with the other two forms, larger than the interspaces between them anil
the brown-black area. We name this subspecies :

Abisara albiplaga keiana subsp. nov. (PI. II. f. 24. (J).

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spots, and a broad, ill-defined, outer discal baud of confluent patches, widest
between R- and R^ Vandyke-brown ; black submargiual spots bordered with white,
admarginal interspaces ochraceous yellow, posteriorly shaded with olive.
Underside of abdomen orange posteriorly.

TioTE.—Abimra abbuna Heller, Iris xv. p. 131. t. 3. f. 7. ^ (1902) is the g of Abisum salraps
ximbanguna Hagen. Jtihrb. Nass. Vei: Nut. 1. p. 9!t. n. 160 (IH'.t") (Simbang).

21. Dicallaneura amabilis spec. nov. (PI. H. f 21. <S, 22. ?).

c?. Upperside of thorax and abdomen olivaceous Vandyke-brown ; liead
chestnut, white at eyes ; palpus white, underside of thora.x and abdomen, and
legs creamy buff.

Wings, upperside, olivaceous Vandyke-brown ; fore wing blackish brown in
outer two-thirds, with a broad yellow l)and from near costal edge to M-, which is
bisinuate distalh-.

Underside. Forewing : chestnut, olive from M- to hinder edge ; two bars in

cell and a third beyond olive ; a white median band from costal edge to M-' separated
by a transverse chestnut bar R^ — M" into two portions, outer portion tinged with
yellow distaliy ; four small transverse bars on disc from costal margin to M' silvery
white ; a white costal bar halfway to apex, and a white subapical dot, a yellowish
rufous submargiual line from M- forward, gradually disappearing towards costal

margin. Hindwing : chestnut, washed with drab, excepting a number of chestnut

bands and spots, situated as in the ? figured, but mostly rather heavier ;
median band extending from costal edge to R^ slightly edged with white distaliy ;
three white spots SC" — R^ at or within chestnut discal spots ; first and third
submargiual spots (perhaps also the posterior ones, which are missing, the wing
being torn) black centred with white.

?. Body paler than in S, breast white. Wings, upperside. Forewing at

base and hindwing dark drab ; forewing with a large white area, not extending to
base, reaching to upper angle of cell and posteriorly to near apex of SM-, almost
rectangularly widening at R-', then rounded ; hindwing with a white elongate costal
patch ; fringe of hindwing spotted with white, white fringe at tip of tail especially
conspicuous.

Underside rather paler than in S, especially the hindwing. Forewing with

a broad white band, sharply defined, its inner edge crossing M at point of origin of
M-, outer edge subrectangularly broken at R^ as above, a costal bar of spots outside
the band followed half-way to apex by a line of seven or si.x silvery spots ; outside

this line a pale continuous line ; two white subapical dots. Hindwing with

white costal patch outside the oblique median band ; interspaces between the
pale chestnut markings whitish, much paler than in S ; submargiual spots black,
more or less edged with silvery white distaliy, spot in tail longest ; admarginal
interspaces ochraceous.

Length of forewing : S 24 mm., ? 20 mm.

Hub. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903. One 3,2 ? ?.

NYMPHALIDAE.
22. Messaras mimicus spec. nov. (PI. III. f. 43. c?).
S. Upperside of body black-olive, slightly greenish, underside buff. Wings,
upperside, black-olive, somewhat glossy, faintly greenish olive and purplish

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when viewed obliquely ; a buff-yellow band from W of forewing beyond M- of

liiiulwing. -Forewing : a postdiscal band, anteriorly curved costad, a little paler

than the ground colour, hardly visible. Hiiidwing : a discal baud of black spots,

followed by a postdiscal line and a broadisb submargiual band of confluent lunules,
of a deeper colour than the ground, the submarginal baud well defined proximally,
but scarcely separate from the marginal line, the interspace being nearly as deep in
tint as the margin ; no pale fringe-spots on either wing.

Undertside washed with clay from base to median band ; outer half mucli
paler than above, with the markings more prominent ; median band clay-colour.
Forewing with a discal row of black patches, which are not so prominent as
those of hindwing ; on both wings, between this series and distal margin a
whitish, slightly purplish line of halfmoons, followed by a much less broken
line, which is very indistinct on forewing.

Length of forewing : 27 mm.

Hah. Upper Aroa River.

One S only. This species is, on the upperside, a close mimic of Mycalesis
barbara Grose-Smith, which is not a rare insect in the mountainous districts of
British New Guinea, and was procured in some numbers by Mr. A. S. Meek. The
specimens of barbara are slightly different, representing a southern subspecies,
which we name :

23. Mycalesis barbara mea snbsp. nov. (PI. III. f 42. S)-

S. Like M. b. barbara from German New Guinea, but the band of the
forewing, above, shorter, the uppermost spot being more or less obsolete.

? . This sex of b. barbara is not known. The ? of b. mea is paler than
the c?, the discal band is broader and, on the forewing, longer, reaching to R-, as
in the S of M. b. barbara, the eye-spots are more prominent, and the submargiual
lines of the hindwing more distinct. The underside is practically as iu the $,
but the whitish discal band is broader, and the interspace between the eye-spots
and the distal margin wider.

Hah. Upper Aroa River.

A long series.

GEOMETRIDAE.
24. Bordeta aroensis spec. nov. (PI. IIL f 37. ?).

? . Body Ijlack, collar and anterior coxae pale buff, abdomen orange, banded
with black at the bases of the segments.

Wings, upperside, black. Forewing : an elongate median spot, a sub-

rotundate spot halfway to apex, and a tiny submarginal dot R' — M' pale bnft'.

Hindwing: a large median area, extending from abdominal margin close to costal
edge, and two spots outside it, orange, the ujiper spot small, connected with the
second by some orange scales.

Underside like upper, the markings rather larger, the orange area of the
hindwing extending to base and the two spots joined together.

Length of forewing : 22 mm.

Ilab. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May lyu3.

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Eubordeta g<ii. uov.

Similar to iyo/r/cA/, liiit botli sexes with {lectiniited juiteiitiae, the pectinations
verj- long in 6.

Type : E. ckhhorni sjiec. nov.

25. Eubordeta meeki spec. nov. (PI. III. f. 27. c?).

(?. Body hlue-bhu-k, piirj)lish ; aliddUK'n with a vow of hiteral crimson dots.

AVings, tipj/cr.^idf, black, witli a Ijeautifnl bhie-pnrple flush in basal half or

two-tliirds. Forewiug : a white semitransparent median band cut by the black

veins, stojijiing at SM" ; a short subapical crimson band. Hindwing : a curved

submarginal crimson band gradnally narrowing beliind.

Underside black, slightly purplish proximally. Forewing : white l>and as

above ; a subapical metallic golden band from near costal margin beyond M',

obtusely angnlate at R-. Hindwing : a metallic golden band corresiJonding to

the crimson one of upperside, but much narrower, anteriorly touching a crimson
costal border which extends from this band to base ; a second golden band from
near anal angle obliquely across apex of cell, stopping at SC-, cellular portion
almost entirely white.

Length of forewing : 27 mm.

Ihib. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1003.

2(). Eubordeta eichhorni spec. nov. (PL III. f 32. i, 33. ?).

i ?. Body metallic green-blue. Wings black above and below, slightly shot
with blue, fringe somewhat metallic, especially on hindwing.

Ujjperside with a large bright-red area on forewing extending from near base
to near apex of cell, neither reaching costal nor hinder margin, rounded distally.
Hindwing black, costal margin reddish from base beyond middle.

On underside the same red area, but less bright, fading into yellow behind ;

forewiug, moreover, with yellow subapical band. Hindwing with broad yellow

band on outer disc extended to base along costal edge, becoming red proximally.

Length of forewing : 20 to 24 mm.

Hub. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903.

27. Eubordeta miranda sjiec. nov. (PI. 111. f. 34. S).

S. Similar to eichhorni on the upperside of the wings, but the body only slightly
green-blue, not glossy, the red area paler and anteriorly somewhat shorter and
posteriorly longer, the black distal area being at SM- not quite so broad as the
cell is at aj)ex, the red costal spot of the hindwing, above, covered by the forewing,
larger, and the underside different. The subapical band of the forewing, below,
tapering behind; hindwing with two yellow bands, the external one only hiilf
the width of that found in eichhorni.

Length of forewing : 23 mm.

Hub. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903.

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28. Eubordeta hypocala (PI. III. f. 2Ck c?).

BordHa hijpocala Rothschild, Nov. Zoul. viii. p. tid. 40S. t, 10. f. ;» (i;)l)2) (Aroa R.).

20. Milionia aroensis spec. nov. (PI. III. f. 41. 3).

(?. Upperside of bodj', legs, palpi, proximal areas of iipjierside of wings and
of forewing below, and a costal and postcellnlar basal streak on nnderside of
hindwing metallic green-blue. Rest of wings blue-black, the blue tint especially
noticeable on u]iperside. Forewing with crimson band from middle of costa to
hinder margin, reaching the latter just before angle, the band slightly paler below
than above, becoming faintly yellowish posteriorly.

Length of forewing : 23 mm.

Hab. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903.

30. Milionia ventralis spec. nov. (PI. III. f. 38. 6).

S ?. Body olive, with very little grey, e.xcept on npperside of abdomen, which
is more distinctly glaucous green and feebly metallic ; underside of abdomen yellow,
except eighth segment and tj-claspers.

Wings, upperside, blue-black ; basal two-thirds of hindwing metallic green-
blue ; forewing with a nearly straight crimson band from distal third of costa a
little beyond M^, not quite reaching costal edge and not touching cell.

On underside, basal halves of both wings metallic green-blue ; band of forewing
paler than above.

Length of forewing : 19 — '22 mm.

Hab. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903.

A series.

31. Milionia parva spec. nov. (PI. III. f. 30. ?).

? . Body olivaceous black, legs somewhat clayish, no metallic gloss.

Wings black above and below, in side-light shot with blue above in pro.ximal
half, not glossy. Forewing with broad orange band from costa to inner margin
reaching this at angle, the band paler below.

Length of forewing, 17 mm.

Hab. Owgarra, north of head of Area River, May 1903.

32. Milionia diva spec. nov. (PI. III. f 39. c?, 4ii. ?).

i. Body, legs, base of hindwing above and of forewing below, and two basal
streaks on hindwing below glossy metallic green-blue. On upperside of forewing
an orange band from before middle of costa to hinder margin near angle ; this
band contiguous with a triangular crimson area e.xtending to near base ; on
underside the orange band is repeated, a little wider than above and proximally
in cell shaded with crimson, the triangular crimson area being absent.

?. Like S, but thorax and abdomen less glossy, forewing below without
green-blue streak, and hindwing only with the subcostal streak ; yellow and red

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area of forewiug, above, deeper excised aud on niiderside coutiuued anteriorly
to base.

Length of forewing : c?, 20 mm. ; ? , 23 mm.

Uab. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903.

33. Thalassodes nivestrata (PI. III. f. 36. S).

Thulassodes nivestraOi Warren, A'oi-. Ziml. x. p. 365. n. 4.5 (1903) (Aroa R.

34. Chrysocraspeda rothschildi (PI. III. f. 31. d).

Chrysocraspeda rothschiJdi Warren, I.e. p. 31)0. n. 48 (1903) (Aroa R.).

35. Boarmia aroensis spec. nov. (PL III. f. 29. ?).

¥ . Body, npperside of hindwing and underside of both wings slate-colour.

Wings, upperside. Forewing olivaceous tawny, densely marmorated and

irrorated with slaty black, especially in basal two-thirds, a creamy ])atch beyond

apex of cell from costa to M', traversed by a black line. Hindwing with white

discal band from costa to III

Underside. Forewing with large orange band beyond 'apex of cell from

costa towards distal margin ; a few orange specks near distal edge of wing.

Length of forewing : 28 mm.

Hab. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903.

CHALCOSIIDAE.
36. Chelura hemileuca spec. nov. (PL III. f. 35. <?).

(?. Body black, somewhat glossj-.

Wings practically identical in colour above and below. Forewing : a basal

band black, an antemedian band and outer two-fifths of wings blackish, trans-
parent. Hindwing : ajiex blackish as on forewing, but this colour much more

restricted.

Length of forewing : 24 mm.

Hab. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903.

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ON A LARGE COLLECTION OF RHOPALOCERA FROM THE
SHORES OF THE VICTORIA NYANZA.

By S. a. NEAVE, B.A., F.E.S., Magdalen College, Oxford.

(Plate I.)

^"^HE following list of butterflies comprises the eoliectiou made by Mr. C. A.
J- Wiggins from the eud of October 1902 to the end of May 1903 ou the shores
of the Victoria Nyanza. The specimens were collected either by him or by native
boys under his direction. Mr. Wiggins' headquarters were at Kisnmn, 3800 ft.,
situated close to the terminus of the railway. The country around Kisumu is
mostly open plain, without even scrub, but here and there patches of woodland
whence come a large number of the Pierines. Mr. Wiggins collected from two
localities south of Kisumu — the Kalachonyo Plain, a large open plain some ten
miles south along the shore, 37.50 ft., and in the Ugaia conntry, 3800 ft., which
is ou the other or south side of the Kavirondo Gulf, and seems to have been
partly woodland. Nyangori is a few miles north and a little east of Kisumu, and is
forest land, height .5000 ft. The Tiriki Hills are still farther north, about twenty
miles from Kisumu, and covered with dense forest, height 5100 ft. Mr. Wiggins
describes catching many of the Tiriki specimens " at one spot about ten yards
square, by a river of shallow mud and water in the forest. To get to it I had
to wade for two hundred yards up to my waist in a swamp of black mud." The
Usemi specimens come from an open plain some fifteen miles west of Kisumu
on the lake shore, lieiglit 3800 feet. Mr. Wiggins describes it as "open plain,
no scrub except euphorbia trees round old villages."

Entebbe is 160 miles west of Kisumu, on the N.W. shore of the lake, upon
some hills about 4000 ft. above the sea. The country is open plain, with here
and there patches of dense forest.

The Toro specimens were captured by natives for Major Rattray, who gave
them to Mr. Wiggins. They come from the Toro country, on the eastern slopes
of the Ruwenzori Mountains, 7000 to 9000 feet., the country being apparently
in large part woodland or forest.

In the following tabular statement* of species and numbers I have arranged
the localities from the Ugaia country, on the east shore of the lake, along the
north shore to Entebbe on the N.W. shore, and lastly the Toro country still
farther west.. As will be seen, the last two localities are the most distinctly
western in character, lying as they do on the eastern outskirts of the great
western Equatorial Forest. At the same time outlying patches of forest country,
such as the Tiriki Hills, near the N.E. shore, produce very many western species,
though also containing certain peculiar forms. It would therefore seem, though
further evidence on the subject is required, that the escarpments east of the lake
form a more distinct line of demarcation between eastern and western species
than the lake itself.

* See pages 341—363.

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For the belj) and assistance given me in the identification of the large
number of species in the following tables I wish to express my best thanks to
Mr. F. A. Heron, of the British Mnsenm ; Dr. K. Jordan, of the Zoological
Mnscnm, Tring ; to Dr. F. A. Dixey, AVadham College, Oxford, for special help
witli the Pierines, and Mr. H. H. Druce with the Lycaenids. I shonld also
like to express my thanks to Miss E. M. Bowdler Sharpe for kindly jiermitting
me to make comparisons with her types ; to Mr. IJolaud Trimen, F.R.S., for
most valuable suggestions and criticisms ; and to Professor E. B. Ponlton,
D.Sc, F.R.S., of the Hope Department, Oxford University Museum, for the
most kind advice and suggestions throughout the production of the paper. I
wish above all to express my sincere thanks to Mr. C. A. Wiggins for the
manner in which he has answered all the numerous questions addressed to him,
and at the same time to put on record my deep indebtedness to his remarkable
energy as a naturalist.

It has not been possible, through lack of time, to give the sexes of every
species, especially in cases of very large numbers, though I have endeavoured
to do this wherever feasible.

In the order of species and in nomenclature I have followed in the main
Prof. Chr. Aurivillius's standard work and Messrs. Rothschild and Jordan's papers
on African butterflies.

DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES.

Amongst the new species I have described are two or tliree kindly lent me
by Mr. Roland Trimen. They were captured by Mr. C. W. Hobley, of Kisumu,
in that district. I have also taken the opportunity of describing a new Acraea
recently sent to the Hope Department by Mr. H. A. Byatt, from Angoniland. The
other new species are all in the collection of Mr. Wiggins.

Unless otherwise stated, all types are in the Hope Department, Oxford
University Museum.

NYMPMALIDAE.

DANA1N.E.
1. Amauris dira spec. nov. (PI. I. f 1).

S. Glossy black with white spots.

Upperside. Forewing : in discoidal cell placed a little beyond the middle

and nearer the jwsterior border, a very small sjiot. Below cell, between tlie first
and second median uervules, both of which bound it, is a large rectangular spot.
This is by far the largest and most striking spot in the wing. At the extremity
of the cell and above it is a small spot. Just beyond this and beneath costa is
another small sjiot, rather long and narrow. This sjiot is the first of a row of
four spots which cross obliquely the ajncal portion of wing to distal margin. Of
this row, the second is the largest, and the third, which is somewhat indefinite
and may be evanescent, is close to it. The fourth is close to the distal margin, and
lies just under the third radial nervule. Near apex are two small white spots,
of which the one nearest the costa is tlie larger. There are also near the distal
margin two more spots placed beneath the second and first median nervules

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Respectively. There are two or three minute evanescent dots close to the distal
margin about its middle. Fringe black, with small white iuternervnlar patches

throughout the middle of the distal margin. Hindwing paler in colour than

forewing. Crossing the cell near but not quite up to its base is a whitish
patch ; beginning at the anterior border of the cell, it extends across its
posterior border to the inner angle of the wing. In breadth it extends rather
beyond half the length of cell. Just below costa beyond extremity of the cell
is a spot, and there are three more small spots at the beginning of and following
the course of the distal margin. There is also a fourth sometimes indefinite spot
near the distal margin just beneath the third radial nervule. Fringe as in
upper wing.

Underside very much as npperside, except that apex of forewing is paler
in colour and all spots are more pronounced. The spot in the discoidal cell
of the forewing has a small projection extending towards the costa. In the
hindwing traces of more submarginal spots appear.

Expanse : 78 — 83 mm.

1 S from Nyangori, 1 S Tiriki.

Evidently near A. hecate Butler in shape, and inferna Butler in markings.

A. dira can be distinguished at once, however, by the minuteness of the
spot in the cell of the forewing, and by the large spot between the first and
second median nervules, which is more rectangular in shape than in A. hecate.

ACKAEINAE.
~'. Acraea cinerea s])ec. nov. (PI. I. f 16).

cJ. Upperside. Forewing vitreous in the middle, but dusted with dusky

black scales along the costa, across the apex, and along the distal margin.
This dusky border is of considerable breadth in the region of the apex, reaching
to the end of the discoidal cell, but narrows rapidly along tlie distal margin,

ceasing at the jiosterior angle. Hindwing dusted thickly and uniformly

with dusky black scales of tlie same colour as in the forewing. In the
iuternervnlar spaces external to the cell, especially on each side of the discoidal
nervule, a small number of scales of a l)rick-red colour. These are almost invisible
in some specimens.

Underside much as on upperside, but the costa of the forewing for nearly
two-thirds the length of the cell of a brick-red colour, this tint being more
marked towards the base. On the hindwing this colour is distributed over the
basal area ; it fills up the distal area of the cell, being bounded on its inner side
by a black spot which is situated about the middle of the cell. The brick-red
colour also fills up the spaces on each side of the snbmedian nervule for about half
its length. In each of these spaces toward the base is a small black spot, and there
is a row of three spots bounding the limit of the red area, the first one above the
second median nervule. These spots are liable to differ considerably in intensity.
Fringe uniformly black.

? differs in slightly larger size, and in the spotting of the hindwing being
much heavier and visible from the upjierside. There is an additional spot at
the extremity of the cell, making the fourth of the row, and another at the base
of the cell.

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Expanse, <?, 40 mm. ; ?, 45 mm.
Six specimens from the Tiriki Hills, .i c?(J, 1 ?.

This peculiar little species, with its long narrow winjfs, has apparently its nearest
allies in forms like A. iturimi and ^l. quiriHalis of (jrose-Smith.

o. Acraea wigginsi spec. nov. (PL I. f :5).

?. IJppo'sidc. Forewing : The actual base of costa, a narrow line within

cell above median ncrvure, space below median nervure and down to the
submediau ncrvure are all of a dull red colour slightl}' dusted with dusky
scales ; the base of wing and the rest of costa, apex and distal margin of the wing
fuscous black. A large black spot in the discoidal cell near its extremity, another
in an oblique line with this below median nervure, and a pair of confluent spots
below the second median nervnle in the same line. These latter bound the distal
limit of the red area of the forewiug. At the extremity of the cell in its upper
part two confluent spots, and beyond these two more. These last two spots form
the inner boundaries of a broad white subapical bar. This bar is divided into
five parts by nervnles which cross it. The fifth part, i.e. between third radial
and first median nervnles, is less well defined than the others. Along margin
and upon it there are brownish spots in the iuternervnlar spaces, becoming paler
as they approach the posterior angle. Below the snbmedian nervure is a black

streak shading to reddish toward the posterior angl?. Hindwing has two black

streaks at base, one being within the cell. Rest of wing red shading to orange,
red toward margin, one spot in cell near its extremity and one just below it ;
a row of these small spots beyond and above the e.xtremity of tiie cell ; a
narrow black border inclosing seven small pale yellow spots placed between the
nervnles.

Unclersifk paler. Red colour of forewiug more extensive, apex greyish with
black nervnles, and pale brown iuternervnlar streaks along the margins ; of these
the one between last subcostal and first radial nervule is much the longest,

running in as far as the white subapical bar. Hindwing pale buff. At the base

above the precostal and below tlie median nervnres are bright pink patches. A
ring of five patches of the same colour and somewhat rectangular shape surrounds
the end of the cell, while the second and largest of these includes its extremity.
Each of these patches is bounded both proximally and distally by black streaks;
the narrow and black festooned distal marginal band encloses eight semilunar
spots of a creamy white colour. There is a slight invasion of black colour
along the nervnles, and between these projections are patches of a reddish brown
colour. Abdomen greyish above, paler below ; the fringe black on forewiug,
grey on hindwing.

Expanse, 53 mm.

1 ?, Tiriki Hills, March 20th, 1903.

1 ? , Kisumu, end of May 1903.

This remarkable species is evidently related to A. honiha Grose-Smith, and
it is possible that these specimens, being evidently raimetically associated with
A. encedon L. and L. chrysippus L., may have a S still more closely resembling
A. bomba.

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4. Acraea doubledayi equatorialis snbsp. nov.

c? ? . The specimens present some points of distinction from either the
tyiiical or axina Westw. forms.

tJ. The dusky suffusion at the base of both wings and the black border are
both considerably reduced. The two small sjiots near the apical angle of the
forewing, present in ihubledai/i, absent from axina, may or may not be pi'esent.
The black internervular snbapieal and distal marginal streaks (2 — 3 in doubledayi,
3 — 4 in axina) are always five in number, with sometimes traces of a si.xth.
These characters ajsply to both sexes. The ? also differs in its remarkably pale
colour.

Of 22 ? ?, 10 have white hiud wings with greyish white fore wings, and the
rest are considerably paler than southern forms, being mostly more or less suffused
with white. The white bar in the forewing resembles that in the axina form.

Taking all the characters into consideration, this may be looked upon as
an extreme form of axina, or rather that axina is intermediate between the
typical doubledayi and this form from the Victoria Nyanza.

5. Acraea mystica spec nov.

S. Brick-red and pink with black markings.

I'pperside. Forewing : ground-colour brick-red with an orange tint, a

narrow, almost linear, black margin, even at apex. The following spots : one
within the cell, a little beyond its middle ; one at the upper part of extremity of
cell. Beyond cell an obli(|ue row of five spots, of wliich the last, situated below
third radial nervule, is separated from the rest. Below extremity of cell, two spots
above and below second median nervule, and nearer base a small spot below median
nervure. A pale subapical bar beyond oblique row of spots. Crossing apex and
along distal margin five black subapical and submarginal internervular streaks,

of which the lowest is paired. Hindwing : ground-colour bright ]iink. Heavily

black at base, with a black border of medium breadth slightly serrated inwardly.
The following spots all rather reduced : two beneath costa, two within cell, one
at upper part of extremity of cell, one near base below median nervure. A highly
irregular discal row of rather small spots crosses wing, eight or nine in number,
of which the third and fifth are nearest the base of the wing.

Underside. Paler, spotting much as on upperside. Forewing has light

brown subapical and submarginal streaks. Hindwing has fenestrated black margin,
enclosing seven semilunar spots of a pale greyish colour. Abdomen white.

Expanse, 6'3 mm.

One rather worn S from Kisumu, March 1903.

Closely allied to A. sykesi Sharpe and ^l. doubledayi Guerin in character
of spotting and marking, but differs in much larger size and brilliance of colour,
which must be very marked in a fresh specimen.

6. Acraea clarei spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 4).

c? ? . Red and rosy pink with black markings and borders.

S. Upperside. Forewing brick-red, shading to black from extremity of cell

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to apex. Slightly dusky at base. In the discuidul cell rather beyond its middle an
elongate spot somewhat variable in size. At extremity of cell at its upper part two
rather continent spots. Parallel with the end of cell and just beyond it an obliciue
row of five spots more or less confluent into a bar. Below the cell, nearly in a line
with its extremity, are two spots, one on each side of the second median nervule.
Nearer the base and below the median nervure is another sj)ot. The black border
along the costa is linear. The subapical portion of the wing is a semitransparent
grey colour, shading to black at apex, being interrupted, however, by fonr inter-
nervular reddish brown streaks which cross the ai)ex obliquely. The fourth reaches
and touches the distal margin between the first median and third nervules, being
bounded inwardly by a submarginal spot. There are similar submarginal spots

below the first and second median nervules. Hindwing a brilliant rosy jiink, dusky

at base, shading to a brick-red toward the margins. Two spots beneath the costa.
Two spots in discoidal cell, the outer one the larger ; one at the upper part of
extremity of cell, and one below median nervnre. An irregular row of nine spots
crosses the discal area of the wings, which are alternately nearer and farther
from the base. All or any of these spots on hindwing may be evanescent
and only show by transparency from the underside. The festooned border of
the distal margin is also visible in tliis way. The margin is black, but of
variable width.

Underside paler tlian upperside. Apex, instead of being black, is yellowish,
with black nervules and ochreous brown interuervular streaks. Spotting of forewiug
less and that on hindwing more pronounced than on upperside. Hindwing has a
festooned black margin inclosing seven creamy yellow spots, with a trace of an
eiglith spot at the anal angle. Base dusted with bright pink scales, and the
internervnlar spaces along the distal and inner margins have slight submarginal
streaks of the same colour.

Fringe black, except on the inner margins of both wings, where it is yellowish.

Abdomen reddish brown above, shading to whitish beneath.

? much like the S , duller in colour, with spotting and borders, and suffusion
of black at base of the wings heavier. Interuervular streaks across apex of
forewing whitish. Ilosy pink of hindwing in c? replaced by brownish ochre.

Abdomen black above, spotted with whitish beneath.

Expanse : 58 mm.

Tiriki Hills, March 18th, 1903, 1 t?. Type.

Nyangori, November 1—8, 1902, 1 i ; March 25th, 1003, 1 ?.

Entebbe, April 1—12, 1903, 2 JcJ, 2 ? ?.

This beautiful s])ecies is allied to A. pseudegina Westw., but the <S 6 especially
are much less sombre in colour.

7. Acraea byatti spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 17).

(J. Allied to Serena Fabr., eentura Hew. and excelsior Sharpe.

Orange scarlet with black borders.

Upperside. Forewing : black at the base ; costal margin extending into the

upper part of cell, apex and distal margin all black. A subapical orange-red bar,
divided into four portions, of which the one beneath the costa is j)aler in colour, lies
in the black ajjical area. This black area just before the extremity of the cell leaves
the subcostal nervure, turns at right angles for a short distance toward the inner

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ttiargin, and includes tbe greater part of extremity of cell, then turning again to
its previous direction. Marginal border black and beavy, narrowing somewhat as
it approaches posterior angle. All central portion of wing brilliant orange-scarlet.
A small black streak runs from the base beneath subraedian nervure nearly half-way

to posterior angle. Hindwing : base dusky black, including nearly half cell ;

central portion of wing orange-scarlet, shading to yellow toward inner margin,
which is paler near the base. A black spot at. the upper part of extremity of
cell. Distal marginal border broad and black, but does not follow shape of wing, as
its inner edge makes nearly a right angle in tiie space between last subcostal and
radial nervules.

Underside. Forewing : no black at the base, central red area as on upperside

but rather duller in colour. Costa dusky yellow, apical bar buff-colour, apex greyish

yellow, with black nervules and red-brown internervular streaks. Hindwing :

basal and discal areas pale buff'. A black spot at base of cell, another at \ipjier part
of its extremity. A red patch above the costa surrounding the precostal nervure.
A red streak above extremity of cell, bounded proximally by a black streak and
distally by three confluent spots. Filling space between median and submedian
nervures for two-thirds of distance to distal marginal border is a red streak, with two
spots situated in its middle, and bounded by a row of four black spots, extending
from median nervure to distal margin, of which the central two are confiueut.
Between this red streak and distal margin a small black streak along base of
'nternal nervure and three small spots. The broad distal marginal border the same
shape as the upperside, and edged internally by a narrow black line ; the nervules
are black edged on each side with grey, this being in its turn outlined with
black, drawn to a point at the edge of the wing. The intervening spaces filled
with brick-red streaks, widening out at edge of wing into nearly triangular
jiatches of a pale yellow colour.

Fringe, forewing black, hindwing yellowish.

Expanse, 43 mm.

3 cj c? from Dedza, Angoniland.

Collected in April and June 1903 by H. A. Byatt, B.A., of Lincoln College,
Oxford, after whom the species is named.

8. Acraea oreas Sharpe f. albimaculata nov.f.

This form of oreas only differs from typical specimens in having white spotted
forewings.

4 <?<?, Tiriki Hills, March 1903.

NYMPHALINAE.

9. Neptis conspicua spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 15).

(S ? . Brownish black, with white bands.

Upperside. Forewing : beyond the cell a slightly curved white band,

extending from costa to second median nervule, divided into six spaces by crossing
nervules ; the space immediately beneath the costa very small. On inner margin
a little before the end of band a semicircular spot, crossed by submedian nervure.

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A very faiut discal streak, lighter thau the ground-colour, follows the outer edge of
the band. Along distal margin a triple row of white lines. Near costa the inner row

broadens out somewhat. Hindwing : a broad white stripe, continuous with the

semicircular j)atch ou inner margin of forewing, crosses the central portion of the
wing ; divided into seven portions by crossing uervnres. A faint discal and three
marginal stripes as in forewing. Distal margin of both wings serrated ; fringe black,
with white iuternervular patches.

UiulersiJc : ground-cidour paler. All white markings much more pronounced
and better defined. Additional markings are : on forewing, costa white at base ;
near extremity of cell two rather faint transverse whitish streaks ; on hindwing,
costa to a little before its middle broadly edged with white ; two whitish streaks
cross base of wing.

Expanse, 47 mm.

Nyangori, 1 (J, 1 ? , November and December V.nrl.

Entebbe, 1 c?, April 1903.

Evidently closely allied to N. agutha ("ram., but all the white markings more
definite, the bars and marginal streaks showing no tendency to be broken up into
spots. No spots in the cell.

10. Neptis clarei spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 2).

S ? . Black, with white markings.

Upjjerside. Forewing black. Beyond extremity of cell two confluent

elongated white spots, with a faint trace of a third above first radial nervnle,
forming a short broad somewhat oblique bar. Below, and somewhat beyond
extremity of this bar, are two more white spots below the third radial and first
median uervnles respectively. Upon inner margin a little before these spots, a
semicircnlar white spot crossed by sulnnedian nervure. E.sternal to bar and
spots, and following their course, a very faint streak. Along distal margin three
white linear stripes, of which the inner is best defined, especially at apex, and the

outer very faint. Hindwing : a broad white bar continuons with the inner

marginal semicircnlar mark on forewing, divided into eight parts by traversing
nervules, crosses to inner margin. One pale discal streak and three marginal ones,
as in forewing.

Underside. Ground-colour paler, and white markings more extensive.

Forewing has two streaks across cell near its extremity ; bar extends to subcostal

nervnre. Plindwing : costa broadly white at base. Two white streaks cross

the base of the wing. Distal margin slightly denticulated.

Fringe black with white internervular patches.

Expanse, 55 mm.

1 i, Entebbe, April 1003.

Nearest to A', strigata Auriv., from which it differs in absence of white patch
in cell of forewing, in smaller size of bar beyond extremity of cell, and in the bar
of hindwing being narrower.

11. Neptis ochracea spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 5).

S . Dasky brown with ochre-yellow markings.

Upperside. Forewing dusky brown with ochreous yellow snbapical

bar divided into three parts, the one below the costa being very minute.

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Beyond the cell another broad bar sloping obliquely back toward the base of
the wing. This bar begins below the third radial nervule, and extends to inner
margin. It consists of fonr parts, the third being invaded by some of the dark
colour from distal margin. Along hindmargin are traces of black internervular

streaks. Hindwing has a broad ochreons yellow band crossing it to inner

margin, being a continuation of the bar on the forewing. Base dusky. Dista.l
marginal band is broader than on forewing, and has the black internervnlar
streaks proportionately longer.

Underside is much paler ; the bars of a pale buff colour, which is suffused
to a brownish yellow over the rest of the wings. The Ijlack distal marginal
internervular streaks remain in both wings.

Expanse, 49 mm.

1 c?, Entebbe, April 9tli, 1903.

This specie's is allied to N. rxalritca Karsch and j\\ icoodwardi Sharpe,
resembling the latter in colour and the former iu distribution of markings.

12. Pseudacraea hobleyi spec. nov.

(?. Nearly allied to kuenowi Dew. Band on upperside of forewing paler
in colour, not widened out immediately beneath costa and only just invades
extremity of cell. Band is at its widest between the third radial and first
median nervules, below which it again becomes somewhat narrower. This
gives it almost the shape of a right angle. There are four black spots in the
cell and one rather indefinite one about the middle of its extremity. One spot
below median nervure near base. Rest of wing the same blackish brown as in
kuenowi. There are black internervular streaks in apical region, and between
submedian nervure and second median nervule is a paired internervular streak

crossing orange-yellow band into median area of wing. Hindwing red-brown

at base. Across its middle is a white bar attaining its greatest breadth at inner
margin, narrowing as it approaches costa, which it does not quite reach, differing
in this point from kiienoici. Three black sjmts in the cell (the largest at the
base), and one at the extremity of the cell. This and the outer of two spots
placed just above the extremity of the cell are the only spots situated in white
area. Distal margin brownish black with well-marked internervnlar streaks
invading white area. As on forewing, the streak between submedian nervure
and second median nervule is very long and paired ; the upper of these ends at
the base of the wing in a spot. No ochreous colour at the anal angle.

Underside much as in upperside. On hindwing a large spot on each

side of precostal nervure. The inner of these with the spot at the base of the
cell in each wing has a white dot on it. The white band more suffused over
the distal margin than in kuenowi. Abdomen reddish ochreous, black on dorsal
surface, spotted with black laterally.

Expanse : 71 mm.

2 cJc?, Entebbe, April 1903.

A ? of this species has been kindly lent me by Mr. Roland Trimen. It
was cajitured by Mr. Hobley of Kisumu, at Nyangori, and the species has been
named after him. It differs in slightly larger size and in greater width of orange
bar of forewing.

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l:i. Pseudacraea tirikensis spec. uuv. (PI. I. (. 14).

Dusky lilnck with white markings.

U/ipergide. Forewing dusky black, brownisli black towards apex. A

black spot at base of cell, two more witbiu it. A black spot beneath median
nefvure. Jnst beyond extremity of cell an oblique white bar crosses subapical
portion of wing. This bar begins at costa and extends to halfway between first
and second median nervnles. In one sjiecimen this bar slightly invades angle at
upper extremity of cell. In middle of dusky distal margin is a semicircular patch
dusted with white scales. This patch sometimes extends u]) to the extri'mity
of the white bar. Black internervnlar streaks in apical region. Two such streaks

between submedian nervnre and second median nervule. Hindwing dasky brown,

slightly rediler-brown at base, with a broad white bar crossing discal arra ot
wing, widening as it a])proaches inner margin. One spot at base of cell with
a white dot upon it, two within cell, and one at its extremity. One near base
below median nervule. Along inner margin and at anal angle a line of ochreous
colour. Black internervnlar streaks as in forewing.

Undeisif/e. In fiprewing a small additional spot near, and another at

extremity of cell. Apex lightly dusted with ochreous. -In hiadwing across

base a triangular patch of a rich red brown, which does not ((uite reach extremity
of cell. Four additional black spots in interuervular spaces immediately
above cell.

Expanse : 73 mm.

One specimen (? ?) of this species difters in the white liar of forewing being
heavier and broader. It invades angle at upper jiart of extremity of cell and
reaches down to the second median nervule. On tlie hindwing white discal bar
does not extend so near anal angle, and there is no ochreous colour on distal
margin except a trace on underside at anal angle.

Fringe black except on the inner margin of hindwing, where it is ochreous.
Abdomen black above, reddish ochreous with Idack spots beneath.
Expanse : 80 mm.
2c?c?,Tiriki; 1 ?, Toro.

Mr. Wiggins has since sent another c? of this species from Nyangori,
July 6—18, 1903.

14. Pseudacraea terra spec. nov.

Allied to eurytus Linn.

? S- Dusky brown, heavily marked with dull ochreous yellow.

Upperside. Forewing : Base of costal margin down to median nervure, apex,

and distal margin dusky brown, with darker internervnlar streaks in apical region.
A black spot with a white dot njion it at base of cell, and two more just before
middle of cell. Beyond cell a broad, subapical, oblique, rectangular, ochreous
yellow bar, divided into live parts by nervnles traversing it. This bar extends
from costa to midway between third radial and first median nervnles. Below the
mediau nervure near base a black spot, which marks inner boundary of a broad
ochreous yellow area, which starts below first median nervule and widens rapidly
as it approaches distal margin. Hindwing at base of costa dnsky brown. At

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base of cell a large black spot with a white clot upon it. Two spots in cell,
one at its extremity and two minnte ones just above its extremit}'. Distal margin
dusky brown, narrowing as it approaches anal angle. Rest of wing ochreons
yellow with strongly marked dark internervular streaks. There are two such
streaks between submedian and median nervures, of which tlie outer ends in a
spot near base of wing.

Underside very like upperside, but on hindwing two additional spots above
the basal portion of cell.

Expanse : 81 mm.

This species is an extraordinarily close mimic of Plane ma tellua Auriv.

1 ? in British Museum from Uganda, type. 1 S, Entebbe, Uganda.

15. Pseudacraea obscura spec. uov.

i ? . Dusky brown dusted with lighter brown.

Upperside. Forewing dusky brown. One black spot at base, two in

the middle, one near and one at extremity of cell. Beyond cell a narrow oblique
subapical bar of a yellowish buff colour, which extends from subcostal nervure
to half-way between third radial and first median nervules. Upon inner margin,
and extending jnst above second median uervnle, is a somewhat triangular area
dusted with ochreons red scales. Dark internervular streaks in apical region,

with a double streak between submedian nervure and second median nervnle.

Hindwing dusky brown, suffused with redder brown, especially towards anal
angle. Spotting as on forewing, with two additional spots above extremity of
cell. Dark internervular streaks on distal margin.

Underside paler througliout than upperside. Hindwing a uniform ochreons
brown, with two additional spots above base of cell.

? . Larger, generally paler in colour. Subapical bar of forewing rather
larger and whitish in colour. Ochreons patch extending from distal margin paler
than in S, but more pronounced, and filling up the angle formed by the median
nervure and first median nervnle. The spots in cell of forewing smaller.

Expanse : c?, 72 mm. ; $,81 mm.

1 c?, 1 ?, Entebbe, Uganda, April 1903.

Apjjarently nearest to P. striata Butler.

16. Euphaedra paradoxa spec. nov.

¥ . Dull red-brown with glossy greenish black margin.

Upperside. Forewing glossy greenish black with a narrow dirty white

oblique subajiical bar extending from subcostal nervnle to near distal margin half-
way between tliird radial and first median nervulos. Starting from inner margin
from base to near posterior angle is a patch of dull red-brown with a slight
green tint running up to and invading base of cell and angle between median

nervure and second median nervnle. Hindwing : the same dull red-brown

colour, with a narrow uniform distal margin of glossy greenish black, bearing
internervular spots of paler green.

Underside : a dull pale olive-green, paler toward margins. Forewing :

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costa buif-coloured at base aud again toward apex. Subapical bar white.

Hindwing : basal and middle portions darker green, considerably paler in discal
area. A row of ver}' faint greenish snbinarginal sjiots in internervnlar spaces
of distal margin. Inner margin and internal and snbmedian nervures covered
with bnff-colonred hairs. Fringe blackish, dotted with white, especially at apex
of forewiug.

Expanse : 62 mm.

1 ?, Ugaia, Sonth Kavirondo, January 1003.

This remarkable little species resembles to some extent E. efciis Drnry as
regards its npperside, while its underside seems to bring it nearer forms like
E. Uganda Auriv.

IT. Diestogyna hobleyi spec. nov.

Dnsky olive-brown with yellow markings.

Upperside. Forewing dnsky olive-brown, shaded with black scales.

Crossing middle of discoidal eell a pair of black streaks outlined in yellow ; at
extremity of cell a similar pair. Beyond extremity of cell an oblique, yellow^
rather narrow bar extending from subcostal uervure to second median nervnle.
Nearer the apex aud forming the other side of a triangle of which the costa is
the base is a row of five white spots, the first above subcostal nervure, the
last between third radial aud first median uervules. Dark internervnlar streaks
join the two sides of the triangle. Parallel with distal margin from a point close
to apex to posterior angle is a dnsky black submarginal stripe interrupted some-
what by crossing uervules near apex. Hindwing: Base to just beyond end

of cell, inner and distal margins dusky olive-browu. Dark linear shading at
extremity of cell. A large patch of an ochreous buff' colour fills the discal half
of the wing nearer costa. A double row forming irregular dusky streaks, of
which the outer is best defined, crosses the outer discal portion of the wing.

Fringe olive-browu, a white spot at apex and posterior angle of fore-
wing, a few small white dots on distal marginal fringe, internervnlar on forewing,
on extremity of nervules on hindwing.

Underside. Chestnut-brown, with costa, apex, posterior angle of forewing

and whole of hindwing except distal margin shaded with grey ; oblique bar on
forewing white. JIarkings of upper^ide where present paler. Inner margin of
forewing pale olive-brown. On hindwing an irregular line crosses basal portion
just beyond extremity of cell, and a row of seven small white spots crosses
discal area.

Expanse : o'J mm.

1 ? (?) captured by Mr. Holiley at Kisumu, no data, kindly lent me for
description by Mr. Roland Trimen.

A single specimen also in British Mnseum from the Congo, rather smaller
and with subapical yellow bar smaller and less defined.

18. Charaxes eudoxus mechowi Kothsch.

1 (J, Tiriki Hills, March l'J03.

Upperaide. Diff'ers from eud. eudoxus in all markings of both wings being

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of a darker red-brown colour; in basal red-brown area of forewing being better
defined and more extensive, reaching to the extremity of cell. The fulvons discal
band common to both wings is much reduced in this variety on forewing, and is
broken up above second median uervule into five interuervular spots, each much
smaller than the last. The underside is more sombre in colour, and chiefly
distinguished by the great reduction of silvery markings so characteristic of
eudo-rus. The silver- and slate-coloured pencillings on the apex of the fore-
win" are also extremely faint. In another specimen kindly lent me by Mr.
Roland Trimen, captured at Kamwezi by Mr. Hobley, the silvery marking
of the underside has entirely disappeared, and is only partly replaced by a
dull slate-colour. The markings on the forewing are entirely absent. Both
these specimens are rather larger and broader in the wings than the single
specimen of end. eudo.rus in the Hope Department.
Expanse : 80 mm., as compared with 77.

ZYCAUNIDAU.

(PI. I. f. 19.)
19. Telipna nyanza spec, no v.

Light orange-red with black borders.

? . Upperside. Forewing light orange-red with black costa, apex and

distal margin, which narrows as it approaches the posterior angle. Parallel
with the extremity of the cell, but beyond it and within the black apical
area is an oblique row comprising three white spots, the first of which is

immediately beneath costa. Hindwing light orange-red with black distal

marginal border extending half-way up the inner margin, with five white
internervular spots upon it. Fringe black, with white internervular patches
along distal margin.

Underside. Forewing : ground-colour rather paler, black apex much

reduced. In black costal and ajiical border, extending from costa to the
juncture of apex and distal margin, are twelve silvery white spots. The row
of three spots visible on the ujiperside is well marked, and between the
middle of the three spots and apex is an additional white spot. Black distal

marginal border almost linear. Hiudwing : ground-colour as on forewing.

Upon costa above extremity of cell a black streak with a white streak
on either side, with a smaller black streak nearer the base. Distal margin
black dotted with two rows of internervular silvery white spots ; the outer
row seven in number, the inner nine. Of the inner row, the third, fourth
and fifth spots lie between the black margin and the orange-yellow ground-
colour. The spots of the outer row somewhat triangular in shape. Fringe as
on upperside.

Expanse : .53 mm.

1 ? from Entebbe, April 10th, 1903.

Allied to 'T. acraea Dbl. and Hew., from which it difl'ers in the smaller
size of the white bar, and much greater extent of the orange-red areas on
both upper- and undersides.

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Poultonia geu. nov.

Head short and broad ; eyes smooth ; paljii very short, slightly convergent
at tips. Antennae short, about one-third the length of costal margin, with
gradually formed club. Thorax robust, almost Hesperiad in appearance. ^Vings
short and broad. Closing discocellnlar nervule scarcely visible, especially on
upperside, producing appearance of open cell. Well-marked brand in c? on
submedian nervnre from base for two-thirds of its length.

Forelegs well developed and smooth.

Allied to Durhania Trim, in shape of wings, and to Teriomima Kirhy in
coloration. Differs from both in venation.

Neuration of Poultonia.

Type : p. ochrascens spec. uov.

The species figured by H. Grose->Smith as Durhania barca, Rhop. Exotica iii.
t. 27. f. 3. 4 (1891) from South Africa, also evidently belongs to this genus.

I have much pleasure in dedicating this genus to Professor E. B. Poulton,
D.Sc, F.R.S., of the Hope Department, Oxford University Museum.

20. Poultonia ochrascens spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 13).

S ?. Ochreous with black border.

Upperside. Forewing : ochreous yellow. Costa ochreous at base ; narrow

black costal margin widening at apex and narrowing gradually as it follows
distal margin to posterior angle, where it ceases. Border on distal margin slightly
inwardly denticulate at nervnles. An elongate ochreous band on submedian

nervnre from base for two-thirds of its length. Hiudwing : ochreous, with

black distal marginal border, broadest at apex, narrowing as it approaches anal
angle. The discal row of pale spots of underside faintly visible.

Underside. Forewing : black margin.s of upperside replaced by brownish

grey, and nervures outlined in same colour. Costal margin broad throughout,

from base scattered with seven or eight small pale, rather indefinite, spots.

Hindwing uniformly brownish grey with a few whitish spots. Of these the

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most marked are one above cell near base, two within cell, one near niiiMle
and the other near extremity. Two similar spots situated below cell. A
discal row semicircular in shape of eight better defined spots from costa to
submedian nervure, the last being slightl}' out of line.

Fringe greyish, especially marked on upperside. Palpi ochreous ; thorax
ochreous above, black with ochreous spots beneath ; abdomen ochreous
throughout.

Expanse, 35 mm.

1 c?, Usemi, May 1— T, 19ii3.

Mr. Wiggins has subsequently sent 2 tJcJ, 1 ?, of this species from
Kisumu, August 1 — 15, 1003. The ? differs from the S in its slightly larger
size, paler colour, and absence of brand.

Evidently allied to Poultonia harca Grose-Smith, I.e., from which it differs
in the narrower and better defined black borders of upperside and in greyer colour
and presence of pale spots on underside.

21. Mimacraea poultoni spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 18.)

S. Brownish black with orange-red markings.

Upperside. Forewing brownish black. An oblique narrow bar crosses

subapical portion of wing. It is yellow in colour, faintly outlined with orange,
and divided into five or six portions by intersecting nervules. Starting from
subcostal nervure, it nearly reaches third radial nervule. Starting from inner
margin is a broad orange area running up as far as third radial nervule,

narrowing somewhat as it approaches it. Hindwing dusky black at base.

A broad orange band crosses middle portion of wing from costa to inner
margin, just including extremity of cell. This band varies from pale yellow
to orange in colour, except at its costal end. In one specimen this baud is
markedly broader and the orange colour extends along nervules into the distal
marginal border. A broad black distal marginal band, with a rather irregular
inner edge.

Underside. Forewing : costa dusted with yellowish scales. Orange-red

colour generally extends up to subcostal nervure, but three black spots remain
in cell, one at its extremity and one near base below mediau nervure. The
spotting is, however, extremely variable. The black apex of forewing and distal
margins of both wings have nervules aud triangular internervular streaks dusted
with yellow. Base and inner margin of hindwing are dusky yellow covered
with a variable number of spots. There are generally three spots below costa,
two within cell and one at its extremity, and a triangular patch of three spots
below median nervules. There may also be small spots in the internervular spaces
around the extremity of the cell. The median band is narrower than on upperside,
and is of a bufl" yellow colour.

Expanse, 54 mm.

2 SS, Nyangori, March 1903.

1 <?, Entebbe, April 1903.

This beautiful Acraeine mimic is evidently allied to M. krausi Dewitz, from
which it difl'ers in the distribution of the orange-red colour especially on the
fprewing. I have much pleasure in dedicating it to Professor Poulton.

22

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2'^. Aphneus drucei spec. nov. (PI. I. f. (i.)

<S. Fuscous, with liasul iircu ot' both win<rs glossy lilue. White subapical
spots in forewing.

Allied to ^1. hutchini<oni Trim.

rpiH'rside. Forewing : bine area occupies base of wing, cell for two-thirds

of its length, and whole of area between second median nervnle and inner margin,
with the exception of a moderate border near the iiosterior angle. At extremity
of cell a liiir-sized circular white spot. There is a subapical and snbmargiiial
row of five white spots, of which the third is considerably and fourth slightly
out of line and nearer the distal margin. <_'osta from base to about extremity of
cell broadly ferruginous. A well-marked stripe of the same colour accompanies
distal margin, interrupted by fuscous nervules. Actual margin black and linear,

with a black and white fringe. Hindwing: blue occupies cellular and discal

area of wing. Costal margin fuscous, inner margin greyish. Distal margin as on
forewing, ferruginous colour widening at anal angle with trace of orange spots.
Anal angle apparently bears two tails, the outer smaller and black, the larger and
inner one ferruginous at base, but anal angle is wanting in one wing and damaged
in the other.

Underside of a buff-brown colour covered with silver spots outlined in dark

ferruginous. Forewing has the following silver spots and markings : Touching

costal border, a small oval one at base above subcostal nervure, two elongated
spots, one crossing middle of cell to median nervure, another broader one at
extremity of cell, and a shorter one nearly halfway between last mentioned
and apex. Near apex, but not touching costa, two much smaller confluent
spots. A small spot within discoidal cell at its base. Three somewhat
confluent hiudmargiual spots coincident with but larger than the three lowest
spots of the row on the upperside. Upon inner margin a ratlier indefinite
large spot somewhat triangular in shape, its apex just reaching second median

nervule and not at all confluent with the markings above it. -Hindwing with

the following silver spots : at base within precostal nervure a rather small
semicircular spot ; between costal and subcostal nervnres a fair-sized rather oval
spot ; within cell at base a very small circular spot. Upon inner margin a
small elongate spot. At extremity of cell a large and irregularly circular
spot, a very small one below it, and a large irregular one touching costal
margin above it. Beyond and around extremity of cell an irregular row of five
spots, the first two very small, the third composed of tliree confluent spots
of which the middle one is largest; the fourth considerably out of line and
nearer anal angle, the fifth elongated and-«irrei!ular in shape, touching inner
margin. Below this last another irregular elongated streak. At junction of
inner margin and anal angle a ferruginous streak outlined near margin with
orange. Distal margins of both wings narrowly edged with black, with a black
and white fringe.

Expanse, 34 mm.

One damaged c? from Mwanza, Unyamwezi, German E. Africa.

The main points of difference between this species and A. hiitckin,wiii Trim,
are the ferruginous costa and distal marginal markings on upjierside and the
absence of a ferruginous streak following distal margin on underside. Also

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the general rednetion in size and somewhat different arrangement of spots on
underside.

1 have much pleasure in dedicating this species to BIr. H. H. Druce, who
has heen kind enough to give me his opinion upon it.

~3. Lycaenesthes hobleyi spec. nov.

S- Upperside : dull glossy purple. Black margins. Fringe buff-coloured.
At anal angle of hindwing trace of two black eye-spots.

Underside : pale grey brown with transverse striae of the same colour,
red-edged on both sides, narrowly edged again with jialer brown ; all striae

rather narrow. Forewiug : a terminal .discocellular stria. A discal stria from

subcostal nervure to submedian nervure, broken at second median nervule into
two very unequal portions, the lower one being markedly nearer the base of the
wing. A narrow submarginal streak of a slightly darker brown than ground-
colour follows course of distal margin. Base of costa and distal margin very

narrowly orange-red. Hindwing : terminal discocellular, and discal striae as

on forewiug. Discal stria reaches to inner margin. A subcostal red spot faintly
outlined with a paler brown than ground-colour above cell near middle. A
similar spot within cell upon median nervure. A smaller red spot on inner
margin near base. Dark submarginal streak and narrow orange-red line on
distal margin as on forewiug.

At anal angle two eye-spots, inwardly red, outwardly black, dotted with
glistening blue scales. Two short brownish tails.

E.xpaase, 27 mm.

2 <?(?, no locality, but presumably east or north-east of Victoria Nyanza ;
collected by Mr. Hobley and lent me by Mr. Roland Trimen.

Apparently not very nearly allied to any known species, but resembles
L. liyares Hew. in distribution of markings.

24. Catochrysops nandensis spec. uov. (PI. I. f. 12).

(J. Upperside : dusky brown with glossy blue shading. On distal margin of
forewiug five eye-spots. All these rather indefinite except one between first
and second median nervules which is black inwardly marked with bright orange.
A trace of orange on spot immediately above it. Fringe white with patches of
dusky brown at extremity of nervules.

Underside : pale brown with slightly darker transverse striae clearly edged

with white on both sides. Forewiug : a terminal discocellular stria. A row

of six discal striae from subcostal to submedian nervure. Between discal row
and distal margin two parallel rows of seven white marks the shape of arrow-heads
internervnlar in jiosition. Distal marginal border linear and a slightly darker
brown than ground-colour, inwardly accompanied b}' seven narrow internervnlar

white streaks. Hindwing has terminal discocellular and discal striae as in

forewiug, the latter more irregular in shape. The following black spots
surrounded by clear white rings : two beneath costa ; one within cell about
middle, touching median nervure ; two on inner margin. Other markings as

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on forewing, excejit that the two rows of iirrow-sbuped white markings are some-
what confused together, and the fourth, fifth and sixth of the inner row are
specially large. A well-marked orange spot between first and second median
nervules, with a black pujiil placed distally, the pupil partially outlined with
glistening blue scales. A trace of orange colour at anal angle. Fringe as on
upperside, except dusky brown patches more pronounced. Abdomen dusky black
above, paler beneath, with trace of orange at apex.

Expanse, 27 mm.

1 (?, Nyangori, March 26th, 1903.

Allied to C. maluthnna Boisd. = a.'^opng Hoi)fF. Differs in blue sheen on
npperside and in distinctness and distribution of markings on underside.

2."). Castalius usemia spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 11).

(??. AVhite with black margin.

Upperside. Forewing white. A wide basal black suffusion well defined

externally. Costa and distal margin and outer part of discal area suffused with
black. At extremity of cell a denticulate black projection from costal margin
invades white area. Black outer discal area and apical border isolate a some-
what elongated white spot, smaller than in C. gregori Butler. Smaller white
spots may be present both above and below this spot. Fused discal and distal

marginal black border is broader below first median nervule than above it.

Hindwing black at base, with external edge of black suffusion exactly coinciding
with that of forewing, thus differing markedly from ('. gregori. Discal and
distal marginal black fused, projecting inwardly along costa at apex, inclosing
traces of white dots toward discal area. On distal margin, especially at anal
angle, a narrow interrupted white line. Small black tail tipped with white at
second median nervule. Fringe of both wings grey.

Underside. Forewing : black markings broken up into streaks and dots.

Across base a black streak from costa before middle, and parallel and close
to it a similar shorter streak starting from about middle of interior of cell ;
This latter streak is sometimes continuous with, but generally separated from,
a short transverse marking in the shape of a triangle with its base on the costa
and its apex at the origin of the third radial nervule. Between these two points
the marking crosses the apex of the cell. An irregular but well-marked discal
transverse streak, emitting a well-marked projection outward between radial
nervules, interrupted at first median nervule and continuing to inner margin
nearer base of wing. A submarginal black streak becoming fused with discal
streak about first median nervule. A distal marginal row of six small black

spots bounded by a l)lack edging line. Hindwing : two short black streaks

across base ; outermost and longest coinciding with outer one of forewing. Discal
stripe widely interrui)ted between second subcostal and radial nervules. Sub-
marginal stripe somewliat irregular, and becoming fused with discal at third
radial nervule. Six spots with a black margin as in forewing, but fonr spots
nearest anal angle outlined in glistening blue ; on inner margin, a little be3-ond
middle, a small black rectangular spot.

Abdomen striped black and white above, white below.
Expanse, 26 pim.

( 341 )

tjgaia, 2 (?(?; Nyangori, November 1—8, 1 ^ ; Usemi, May 1—7, 1 c? 2 ? ?.
Ihe Jeniales are of a more transparent white colour than the males.

Evidently allied to C. cy/Z/cc' Hopff. and C. yregori Butler, but differs in the
distribution of black markings on both sides, especially at base of wings.

:pmBii>AE.

26. Mylothris tirikensis spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 9).

Apparently allied to M. riieppeUi Koch.

?. Upperside.- Forewing : ground-colour white, base of wing nearly to

extremity of ceil and extending slightly along inner margin, ochreous red, heavily
dusted especially in region of cell with dark scales. Costal edge black and linear,
widening considerably at apex, and following distal margin breaks up into two
spots at extremities of first and second median nervules. One small spot at

extremity of submedian nervure. Hindwing pale sulphur-yellow at base,

slightly dusted with dark brown scales. On distal margin six small black spots
at ends of nervules.

Underside. Silvery white. Base of forewing nearly to extremity of cell

and base of costa of hindwing bright orange. At apex and distal margin of
forewing at end of nervules seven, on hindwing six small black spots.

Expanse, 43 mm.

This peculiar little species, of which we have a single ? from the Tiriki Hills,
26. ii. 03, is probably nearest to M. rueppelli Koch, from which it differs in
the much smaller size, in the dusting over of the base of both wings with dark
scales, giving it a very different appearance, and in the relatively heavier black
marking of apex of forewing.

27. Pinacopteryx dixeyi spec. nov. (Pi. I. f. 10).

White, with black margins and spots.

c?. Upperside. Forewing creamy white. Costal edge black and linear,

widening at apex, narrowing as it follows distal margin, ending in two small
spots at extremities of second median nervule and submedian nervure. Hind-
wing as forewing, with seven circular black spots on distal margin at end of
nervules, with a small additional one between those on second median uervulo
and submedian nervure.

Underside. Base of both wings and costa of hindwing, especially at base,

flushed with orange. At apex and distal margin of forewing seven black spots,
becoming smaller toward anal angle. Faint subapical yellow streaks between
nervules of both wings.

? differs in slightly larger size— 51 mm. nearly. Base and costa of forewing
dusky. Apex and distal margin of forewing broader but less black, interrupted
by rather ill-defined yellow internervular streaks. Both wings less heavily scaled
and more transparent.

Expanse, 49 mm.

( 342 )

5c?(?, 0 ? ?, from Toro.

Allied to P. charina Boisd., from wliicli it differs in its white rolonr and
less heavy but better defined marldngs.

I have great pleasure in dedicating this species to Dr. F. A. Uixey, of
Wadham College, Oxford.

PA FILIONIBA E.

28. Papilio gallienns peculiaris snbsp. nov. (PI. T. f 7).

?. Dusky brown, with scanty creaiu-colonred markings.

I'ppersiih-. Forcwiug dusky brown, base and costal margin nither darker

in colour thau distal margin and rest of wing. A small whitish spot on apical
margin. At the npper part of extremity of cell, a small indefinite cream-coloured
patch on each side of subcostal uervnre, lying both within and without cell.
Beyond extremity of cell a narrow pale cream-coloured stripe extending from
the first to the third radial nervule. Below the first median nervule
begins a broad band of the same colour, becoming rather heavily dnsted with
brown scales as it reaches the distal margin. The inner part of this band is

extended on to the hindwing as far as the cell. The hindwing has a dark

brown base of a triangular shape ; the rest of wing paler brown, of a slightly
redder tint than the forewing, becoming dark again at the distal margin ; three
dark streaks within the cell, and well-marked interuervular streaks extending
from the cell to the distal margin.

Underside paler in colour, with the cream-coloured markings better defined.
Dark interuervular streaks on the forewing, especially towards the apex. At
the base of the hindwing a small orange triangular patch with one black spot
upon the 2)recostal nervure and a large one above the base of the cell. Fringe
dark brown, with small white internervnlar patches on the hindmargin of the
hindwing. This margin is slightly serrated.

Expanse, 82o mm.

1 ? from Entebbe, Uganda, April Oth, 1003.

Probably allied to 1'. cynorta Fabr.

29. Papilio gallienns whitnalli subsp. nov.

c? ? . Dusky brown with pale suljjliur-yellow markings.

The eastern form oi gaUieiius, somewhat resembling P. ci/praeqfila Butler.

Upperside dusky brown. A pale sulphur yellow stripe crosses both wings,
in the forewing commencing near the costa, about midway between apex and
extremity of cell, breaking up into nine somewhat elongated spots, of which the
last is least well defined and the next above it, which is placed between the
submedian nervnre and second median nervule, is broader and less elongated-
The stripe crossing hindwing is complete. It includes extremity of cell, and
is invaded outwardly by short internervnlar projections of the gronnd colour.
There is a small yellow spot upon apex of forewing, and five small spots of

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the same colour upou hindmargin, slightly increasing in size as the}- approach
the posterior angle. There are seven larger internervular spots upon distal
margin of hindwing.

Underside. Forewing paler brown and rather redder brown at apex. There

may be a small rather ill-defined spot at lower part of extremity of cell.

Hindwing: base ochreous-orange colour with black markings reaching nearly
to extremity of cell, where it is bounded by a creamy white stripe crossing
the wing. Within this basal area one well-marked black streak between costa
and subcostal nervnre ; one short one between first subcostal nervule and
subcostal nervnre; three within the cell; a trace of one lietween median
nervure and second median nervule (this may lie absent); one on each side of
internal nervnre. The rest of wing brown with darker brown internervnlar
streaks projecting into the pale stripes and ending at the marginal spots,
which are the same as on npperside. The creamy yellow colour of stripe may
invade this brown area somewliat between the radial and second subcostal
nervules.

? differs in slightly larger size, and in the better development of the spot
at extremity of cell on forewing, which may be visible on npperside.

It will be seen that this subspecies is intermediate between P. cijpracofda
Butler and P. gallienns Dist. In the macular nature of the spots of the forewing
it differs from P. ci/praeoJiUi, while in width of stripe in hindwing and extent
of ochreons-orange basal area it is intermediate between the two species.
The hindwing seems to be more markedly denticulated and the angle in the
middle of distal margin more produced toward a tail than in /'. </. i/nllieii/is.

3 <?(?, 3 ¥ ?, Entebbe, April 1—12, 1903.

Expanse: J, lo2 mm.; ?, 10.5 mm.

I have much pleasure in dedicating this form to my friend Mr. S. Ernest
Whitnall, of Magdalen College, Oxford.

HESPEBIIBAE.

30. Cyclopides trisig'natus spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 8).

c?. Dusky brown with golden yellow spots.

Upperside, both wings dusky brown. On forewing three golden yellow spots
arranged in a triangle in the distal third of the wing. The smallest spot
which forms the apex of the triangle is nearest the distal margin.

On hindwing four small golden yellow spots, of which the largest is
near the apex. A few golden yellow scales scattered around the extremity
of the cell.

Underside.— FoTev;ing as upperside. Hindwing uniformly dusky brown.

Expanse : 28 mm.

1 (?, Entebbe, April 4, 1003.

Allied to C. quadrisignatus Butler, but dift'ers in arrangement of spots in
both wings.

( 344 )

NYMPHALIDAE.

Sanainae.

Linmas chri/sijijuix f. cJiri/sijijjii.': Linn.
„ „ f. (dcijipiiidi'x Moore

„ „ f. alcippiix Cram.

n „ f. iliiripjius King

,, ,, f. (ilbiniiis Lanz .

Tirumald li inniace petiveraim Dbl. & Hew

Melinda mereedonia Karsch
,, formosci formmii Godm.

Amauris niavius iiiaviiis Linn. .
„ „ f. intermediate to di

canus Trim.
„ psyttalea pstjttaleo Plotz
„ (lamnelides Stand.
„ dira spec. nov. .
„ heaite Butler
„ echeria jacksoin Sharpe
„ aJhimacidata Butler ,

Elymniinae.

EUjmn'ms phegm Fabr.

„ bammakoo Westw.

Satyrinae.
Mehnitu leila Linn.

„ Ubi/a Dist, .
Gnopliodes parmeno Dbl. & Hew.

„ chelys Fabr.

Bicyclus kcius Hew.
Mycalesis dentata Sharpe .

„ inaiidatu's Hew.

„ techmitis Hew. ?

„ iiophrtttiyite Plotz

„ (jolo Auriv.

„ safitza sajitza Hew,

„ martius Fabr. .

„ ndgaris Butler

„ nebulosa Feld. .

„ tiKiluUi Karsch .

„ saussurei Dewitz

„ aiisorgei Sharpe
Bemiesia perspima t.jier.ijimM Trim,
Neocoenyra gregori Butler
Ypthima asterope Klug

„ impura E. & E. .

„ albida Butler

Ugaia

Jan. 1-31.

1903.

4c? 7?

IcJ -

2c? 1?

Ic?
Ic?

5c? -

20

4
1

Kalachoxto

Plain

Dec. 19-27,

1902.

2c?
Ic?

Ic? -

KlSUMU I.

25. 11.02
-7. 2. 03.

4V<?

21?

7c?

13c?

2?

6c?

2?

69 (?

28?

r.c?

6c?

4?

Ic?

KiSUMC II.

8. 3. 03
-10. 5. 03.

1?

( 345 )

Ny-angohi I.
1. 11.02
-5. 12. 02.

9c? 3?

2 c?

—

4c?

1?

2<?
12c?

3?

9c?

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6
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27

2
83

NVANGOEI II.

27. 1.03.

Nyangobi

III.

25. 3. 03
-26. 4. 03.

4c? 5?

- 3?

4c? 2?

TiRiKi Hills
20. 2. 03
-20. 3. 03.

5c? 1?

2c? 4?

2c? -

3c? 1?

USEMI

May 1903.

Entebbe

April 1-12,

1903.

Toko

Nov.-Dec.
1900.

4<?

—

24 c?

2?

1^

—

Ic?

Ic?

—

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4?

3c?

1?

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14c?

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3(? 2?
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4<? 7?
Ic? Ic?

18<;J 17?

Ic? -
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15(? 12?

Ic?
3c?
3c?

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12

2

1

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7(? 3?
1

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Ic? 3?

20

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4

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3
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( 346 )

Dgaia

Jan. 1-31,

1903.

Kal.vchox\o

Plain

Dec. 19-27,

1902.

KiSUMU I.
25. U. 02
-7. 2. 03.

KiSUMU II.

8. 3. 03
-10. 5. 03.

NTMPHALIDAE—coHtlnmd.

Acraeinae.

Pardopsis ptinctalisxinia Boisd.
Acraea quirimtlix Grose-Smith .

„ iturina Grose-Smith

-„ hnmilis Sharpe

„ chterea spec. nov. .

-„- insigiiis Dist. .

„ neohuh Dbl. & Hew.

-„ ashoJopliiitha Karsch.

--„ setex Linn.

„ egliui Cram. .

„ perenna Dbl. & Hew.

„ wigginsi spec. nov.

„ caldarena Hew.

„ syJcesi Sharps

„ doubledaiji equatorialis subsp.

„ myMica spec. nov. .

„ caecilia Fabr.

„ dnrei spec. nov.

„ xerenn Fabr. .

,, vinidia f. vinUIia Hew. .

„ sotikensis Sharpe .

„ jyraeponina Stand. ?

„ hmiasia Fahr.

„ alicta Sharpe

.J5- riinu Grose-Smith .

- ^ ape^^khi Oberth,

„ cfihirn f. cabira HopfE. .

„ althnffi. Dewitz.

„ pharsaln.1 f . pharsali(s Ward .

„ encedon f. enc^don L.

„ „ f. alcipphui Auriv.

„ „ f . Ii/cia Fabr. .

„ „ t^aira Godm. & Salv.

„ penta2>olis Ward .

,, orhia f. orhiala Oberth.

„ pomponia Grose-Smith .

J, pomponia ? .

„ peneUos Ward

„ pelasgius Grose-Smith .

„ 8ervo»a Godm.

„ semivitrea pervia Sharpe

„ circeis ntehiac Sharpe .

,, oreas Sharpe .

„ „ f. albimaculata nov,

„ , toruna Grose-Smith

„ john$ton< i. flavescent Oberth.

1(J 2?

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2

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Nyanrori I.

1. 11.02

-5. 12. 02.

Nyangori II.
27. 1. 06.

Nyangoei
III.

25. 3. 03
-2«. 4. 03.

TiRiKi Hills

20. 2. 03

-20, 3. 38.

USEMI

May 1903.

Entebbe

April 1-12,

1903.

TORO

Nov.-Dec.
1900.

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(348)

Ugaia

Jan. 1-31,

1903.

Kalachonto

Plain

Dec. 19-27,

1902.

KISUMU I.
25. 11. 02
-7. 2. 03..

KisuMU II.

8. 3. 03

-10. 5. 03.

NYMPBALIDAE—eantiniieci.

Acraeinae.
Acraea lycoa Godm. .

„ esehria f. esebria Hew. .
„ ioduila Fabr. .
„ ? -f. carmenlis Dbl. & Hew.
„ alciope Hew.
,, anririllii Staud. .
„ disjuncUi' Grose-Smith
Pltimma tellus Auriv.

„ arenaria Sharpe .
!) l"'!jg^^ Dewitz. .
„ lutifiisi-iatii Sharpe
,, paratfea Groae-Stnith .
„ ijodmaiii Butler .

Nymphalinae.

Atella rolumhina Cram.

„ phahintlui <iflhinpica R. tt J.
Brfnthis luinningtoni Elwes
Antamtrtin scliaenr.ia Trim.
„ ahyssinica Feld.

Pyrameis cardui Linn.
VanessuUi milca Hew.
Precis orithya imidagascariemis Guen

„ clelia clel'm Cram. .

„ oenone cehrene Trim.

„ weMermanni ^ujf'ttm R. & J

„ s02>hia soph/a Fabr.

„ „ infracta Butler

,, ociaria sesanuis f. nataUu»is Staud.

„ „ „ f . se»aimis Trim.

„ ceryne cei-ynf Boisd.

,, actio f. aclin Dist. .

„ fiuroriim Butler

„ rattana Grose-Smith

„ coelestina Dewitz .

„ (irchesia f. 2}^i(isgis Godt.

„ terea terea Drury .

„ slygiti greijori Butler

„ chorimene Guer.

,, artaxia Hew.
Catacrojilera doanthe, cloanlhe Cram,
Salamie parhassus aethiopa Palis.

„ temora Feld.
HypoUmnas misippus f. misippus Linn.

„ „ $ -f. akippoides Butler

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( 349 )

Ntanoori I.

1. 11. 02

-5. 12. 02.

Nyangoei II.
27. 1. 03.

NVANGOEI

III.

25. 3. 03

-2fi. 4. 03.

TiBiKi Hills

20. 2. 03

-20. 3. 03.

USEMI

May 1903.

Entebbe

April 1-13,

1903.

TOEO

Nov.-Dec.
1900.

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( 350 )

UOAIA

Jan. 1-31,
1903.

Kalachoxvo

Tlaix

Dec. 18-27,

1902.

KiSUMU I.
25.U1. 02
-7. 2. 03.

KiSUMU II.

8. 3. 03
-10. 5. 03.

XYMPUALTDA E~<;mtinued.

Nymphalinae.
Jlypolimnas misippus J -f. 'nutria Cram.
„ „ ? -f. dvrijijioides Auri

„ xiilinacis Drury

„ monteiroitix Druce .

„ dinarcha Hew.

„ dubiiis dubiiis Pal.

,' „ mima Trim.

„ aritkednn (itithrdon Dbl.

Apaturopnis rUocharis Hew.
KuU'iinn riinthf Dbl. & Hew.

„ (iMKiirijei Rothsch.
Eitri/lelfi lihtrbtjs lita R. & J. .
„ drt/ojie (tnfjitlata Auriv.
NeptidopKts ophhiiie ophiotie Cram.

„ „ velleda Mab.

Ergolis ettnlrea Cram.
Mesoxautha ethosea Drury.
Byblia ilithyia ilitht/ia Drury .

„ aimiUim acheloia Wallgr.
Asterope orcidetttalittm Mab.
„ boixdnnili Wallgr.
„ ansorgei R. & ,T. .
Marpesia camillun Fabr. .
Neptis sacluva marj)es8ii Hopff.
jj iietnetes Hew.
,j agatha Stoll.
„ coitspicua spec. nov.
J, nicomedes niromedes Hew.
„ strignia Auriv.
„ clarei spec. nov. .
„ melicerta meliceria Drury
„ nchracea spec. nov.
„ wondirardt Sharpe
Psmdacraea lucretia i'j-pun;ia Butler
„ huenmci neninanni Thur.

„ hobleiji spec. nov.

„ ierra spec. nov.

„ tirilxnsis spec. nov.

„' ohscura spec. nov.

Pseudoneplh coenobUa Fabr.
CiUuna (•rithea Drury
Pseudargijiinis hegemniie Karsch
C'l/naridra apia Drury
Aterica galene galene Brown
Leucosticha daedahis Fabr.
Euphaedra ruspina Hew.

1

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6

( 351 )

Nyangoei I.

1. 11.02

-5. 12. 02.

Nyangori II.
27. 1. 03.

Nyangoei

III.

25. 3. 03

- 26. 4. 03.

TiHiKi Hills

20. 2. 03

-20. 8. 03.

USEMI

May 1903.

EXTEBBK

April 1-12,
1903.

TOEO

Nov.-Deo.

1900.

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( 352 )

NYMPHALIDAE ^cmtinufd.

Nymphalinae.

Eupliaedro eJeus f. eleua Drury .
„ „ f. coprates Druce

„ paratloj-a spec. nov.

„ spec, near itte/hti Linn.

„ mednn Linn. f. ?

„ ugamUi Auriv.

„ loa'mgii Hew. .

„ spatiosa Mab. .

Euryphene mardania Fabr.

„ congolensis Capronn. ?

„ oxiotie Hew. ? .

„ absohn Fabr. ?

„ tentyris t. tenti/ris Hew. ? .

Diestogyiia amaranta Karscb

„ rihensis Ward .

Eitryphura jilantilla Hew. f . ? .
Cymothoe ifienheiif Ikeobene, Dbl. & Hew.
„ eyesia mnfusa Auriv.
„ riicnis Drury
„ cocrhiafff Hew. .
„ Ha7igaris Hew.
Eupkra hirundo Stand.
Euxanthe crosuleyi ansorgcl R. ct J, .
Charaxes hmtns hnitiis Cram. .
II epijasiiis Reiche.
„ cantor Cram.
„ piilliix Cram.
„ eiidoxus mechowi Rothsch. .
„ ett'sipe Godm.
„ Iwreiiii!^ Cram. .
„ aiiticlea Drury .
„ biiuinainii Rogenh.
„ etheoclcs etheoch-s Cram.
„ „ ? -f. kirki Butler

„ „ ? -f. cedreatis Hew.

„ „ pylhodoris Hew. .

„ „ tiriddtes iiridnles Cram

„ ,1 numenes Hew.

„ ,1 cundiope Godm. .

), „ varanes varanes Cram.

„ ,1 decius Cram.

„ „ lichas Dbl. & Hew.

3, ,1 paphianus Ward .

„ „ zoolina zoolina Dbl. &

flew.
, „ neanthis Hew.

UG.1IA

Jan. 1-31,
1903.

- 1?

Kalachonyo

Plain

Dec. 19-27,

1902.

KiSUMU I.
25. 11.02
-7. 2. 03.

KiSUMU II.

8. 3. 0.S
-10. 5. 03.

US -

M -

3c?
1?

4

( 353 )

Nyangori I.
1. 11.02
-5. 12. 02.

3

1

18
33

4c? -

1
12
31(? 4?

3c? -

8c? 1?

9c? -

36

9

Nyansoei II.
27. 1. 03.

Nyanooki

III.

25. 2. 03

-2e, 4, 03.

3

•25

5
11

TiKiKi Hills
20. 2. 03
-20. 3. 03.

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Ic?

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- 1?

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16c? -
25
10

3<? -
5
9

USEMI

May 11)03.

Entebbe

April 1 12,

1903.

19

12
3

Ic? 1?

1(? 2?

9

Ic? 1?

2c?

TOEO.

Nov.-Dec.
1900.

Ic? -

- 1?
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5c? 1?

- 1?

24 c?

1?

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23

( 354)

Ugaia

Kalachonyo

Plain

Dec. iy-27,

1902.

KiSDMU I.

KISCMU II.

Jan. 1-31,
1903.

25. 11. 02
-7. 2. 03.

8. 3. 03
-10. 5. 03.

AYMPHALIDAE— continued.

Nymphalinae.

Charaj-es eiipafc Drury, f. intermediate

to dilulus Bothsoh

7

—

—

—

„ ziiigha Cram. .

—

—

—

—

Libytheinae.

Li/ti/ffitn. lahihira Westw. .

2

—

—

—

LEMONIIDAE.

Abisara gcrontes Fabr.

—

—

—

—

LYCAE.VIDAE.

Telipna nyama spec. nov.

—

—

—

—

„ caritnta carnuta Hew. .

—

—

—

Pentila darei spec. nov. .

—

—

—

—

„ petreki petveiti Hew.

—

—

—

—

PouUonia ochracea spec. nov. .

. —

—

—

—

Mimacraea poultoni spec. nov. .

—

—

—

. —

Teriomima xaiitha Grose-Smith

—

—

—

—

Larhiijpoda tpra Hew.

—

—

—

Tetmhuniis ihiia Hew.

-

—

—

—

? Aahiiii/u pnipurascens HoU. .

—

—

1

—

Epitola pinofloides Smith & Kirby

—

—

—

—

Lachnocnetiia bibulus Fabr.

—

—

—

- 1?

Megalopalpus similis Kirby

—

—

—

— —

Rapala coeruUa Druce

—

—

1

— —

Virachola aniahis Hopff. .

—

—

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— —

Myriim sileniis Fabr.

—

—

— —

— —

Oxtjlides fuunns t. albaia Auriv.

—

—

— —

— —

Hypolycaena haiita Hew. f. ? .

2c? 1?

—

— —

— —

„ autifatums Dbl. & Hew

— —

—

— —

— —

„ lebima f. leboiia Hew.

— —

—

— —

— _

„ lim-a Druce .

3c? -

—

— —

— —

„ phitijipiis Fabr.

— —

_ —

Aphnaem palleiie'W&Men.

—

1

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„ hoUanili Butler .

— —

—

—

— —

Spindasia natalensis Dbl. & Hew.

— —

—

2

1

„ sp.? ...

5

—

—

—

„ (tflrrna Plotz

5c? 1?

—

—

—

A ziocerses harpax Fabr. .

20c? 1 ?

Ic? -

—

3<? -

„ atiuinga Westw.

— —

— —

—

— —

Leptiimyrhia htm Linn.

—

_ —

7

— —

Spalgi.i le/iiolm Druce

—

— —

—

— —

Lycaenesthes amamh Guar.

— —

— —

12

— —

( 355)

NVANGOEI I.
1. 11.02

-5. 12. 02.

NyANCtOKI II.
27. 1. U3.

Ic? -

38<? 5?

ViS 1?

- 1?

Ic?

Ic?

1(J 2?

Nyangoei
III.

25. 3. 03
-26. 4. OH.

TiBiKi Hills
20. 2. 03

-20. 8. 03.

17

IticJ -i?

1(?
3<?

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8c?

2?
1(J

USEMI

May 1903.

Ic? -

1^

1(? -

17

Entebbe

April 1-12,

1903.

- 1?

2c? -

2cJ 1?

24

Ic? -
4
3

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17

—

5c? 2?

2(?

5c? -

Ic?

1(? 1?

3c?

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2c?

Ic? -

1^

5(? -

8c?

TOEO

Nov.-Dec.
I'JOO.

2c? -

I?

( 356 )

LYCA ENIDAE— con t in ued.
Lt/rat'nesthes sylranns Drury
,j lernnns Hew.

„ adherhid Mab.

)f I'l/'f'cx Hew.

„ lanjihin Cram.

„ h-emleni Gerst.

., rruioshat// Butler .

sp. ? .
PIn/lar/a rt/ara Hew.
Uvamfthduma a/ttinnri/ Oberth.
>, J"'9ll^i Dewitz

„ fiilk-eiiste/iit Dewitz

Caryreus limjeiis Clam.
Cantalius usemia spec. nov.

„ 7nurgaritaceus Sbarpe
Tamcus telkanus f. jmjchra Murray
Azanus mijilhitiis Butler .
„ mirza Plotz .
„ jemus Gue'r. .
Polyommaius baetlcus Linn.
Ct/elyrius aequaforialis Sharps
Catackrysops mnlathana Boisd

„ nantleitsU spec, nov,

„ aairin Hopff.

„ htirkcrt Trim

„ celaeus Cram

Chiliides trochiliis Frey.
Cupidopsis hippocraieii Fabr.
„ cissus Godm.

„ iotmtes Hopff.

Evcres micyclu!^ Cram.
Zizera antannasa Mab.
„ gaiha Trim. .
„ lyslmoit Hiibn.
„ lucida Trim. .
Oberonia punclatus Dewitz

PIERIDAE.

Li^ptn:^ia mnluaa Cram.
IJeipimiut eriphla eriphia Godm
Mylothris chloris Fabr.

» poppea Cram.

„ agalh ina Cram.

„ rueppe-Ui Koch. .

„ thikensia spec. nov.

„ yulei Butler

Ugaia

Jan. 1-31,

1(103.

4c? 1?

Ic?
Ic?

3
17

3c?
Ic?

1?

10

6c? 2?

7
7
2

26 (J 10?

Kalachonyo

Plain

Doc. 19-27,

1902.

Ic?

2?

KlSUMU 1.

25. 11. 02
-7. i. 03.

Ic? 2?

- 5?
2c? -
Ic? -

20

1^ :!?
6c? 1?
3(? 4?

4

9

15

4

KiSUMU II.

8. 3. 03
-10. 5. 03,

(1357 )

Kyakgori I.
1. 11. 02
-5. 12. 02.

Ntangori II.
27. 1. 03.

NYANdORI
III.

26. 3. 03
-26. 4. 03.

TiRiKi Hills

20. 2. 03

-20. 3. 03

USEMI

May 1903.

Entebbe

April 1-12,

1903.

Toko

Nov.-Dec.

1900,

- 1?

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Ic? -

6c? 1?

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- 1?

Ic? -

6

— —

1

4

— —

— —

25

42

—

— —

4

— —

— —

2

—

2

— —

5

— —

— —

1

2

—

— —

— —

"

—

—

— —

—

24

2

2

29

52

6

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

_

14

2

4

—

1

23

11

1

8

1

2

7

—

73

1

—

—

—

12

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

6

—

—

14

—

—

1

( 358 )

Ugaia

K.iL.tCHONVO

Plain

Dec. 19-27,

1902.

KiSCMU I.

KiSUMtJ II.

Jan. 1-31,
1!I03.

25. 11.02
-7. 2. 03.

8. 3. 03
-10. 5. 03.

FIERI DA E—cmtin tied.

Mxjloilivin rnhricQsUt Mab,

—

—

9

49

„ narcissus f. jachsoui Shiirpe

1

—

—

—

Plirimnira sylria Fabr. ....

—

—

—

—

„ )iifasi!anif Butler

—

—

—

—

„ phofhe Butler ....

1

—

Ghilophnsifit epaphia Cram.

—

—

—

Belenois niffrai/i Oberth

—

—

—

—

„ gidica f. loestwoodi Wallgr.

l(l(J 5?

4c? -

15<? 2?

6c? -

„ severina f. sei'erimi Cram. .

18c? 3cJ

27 c? -

22(? 11?

Ic? 2?

„ crawshayl Butler

— —

— —

— —

„ jO(;7(«/m f. /ormosn Butler ?

— —

— —

— —

„ suheiila Feld

24<? 7?

211 1? 8?

ir-c? 4?

Ic? -

„ rali/psii Drm-y ....

— —

— —

— —

— —

„ larirna f. thyi^a Hopif.

10

— —

2

2

,, solihtcis f. wlilitch Butler .

7

— —

—

—

Pinfiiyyiteri/.r jtigrti {. pkffa Boisd.

5

— —

1

1

„ f. alba Wallgr. .

4

— —

—

—

„ rt(hr(ili(i-'f(i!/--> Lanz

—

— —

—

—

„ fimana Hopff.

1

— —

9

—

„ lUiana Grose-Smith

—

— —

6

—

„ iV.reyi spec. nov. .

—

— —

—

—

Tfrrtcolim amatiis Calais Cram. .

6

— —

—

—

„ restalis castalis Staud.

3

— —

—

—

„ chi-ysonome chrygonomi: Klug .

3

— —

16

—

„ vesta f. catachrysops Butler

4

1

—

—

„ celimcne Lucas ....

—

2

—

—

„ jx's Klug

IS 2?

Ic? 1?

Ic? 1?

—

„ chromiferus Rothsch.

8c? 1?

Ic? -

24c? 7?

4c? 1?

„ elgoimieis Sharpe

— —

— —

— —

— —

„ I'upompe en/inmjK Klug

23(J 8?

20c? 2?

7c? 4?

Ic? 1?

„ evijipe f. evijipe Linn.

Ic? -

9c? 1?

37c? -

— —

„ ac/iine f. achine Cram.

6c? 4?

Gc? 2?

Ic? -

— —

spec

6c? 3?

8c? 2?

Gc? 2?

— —

„ antigone f . antjgoiic Boisd.

2c? 2?

8(? 2?

16c? n?

— —

„ evarne f. evariie Klug

5c? 4?

— —

10c? 3?

— —

„ auxo f. auxo Lucas .

15<? 5?

7c? -

30c? 1-' ?

Ic? -

ICronia cleodora f . erxia Hew. .

tj

20

— —

„ leda f. hila Boisd

13t? 3?

— —

6c? -

8c? 1?

Luceronia argia f. nrgia Fabr. .

— —

— — -

— —

— —

„ pharis Boisd

1

— —

— —

— —

„ thalassina Boisd.

—

— —

— —

— —

„ buqueti f. capensis Hopff. .

3

— —

— —

— —

CatopsiliaflorcUa Fabr

lit? 14?

3c? 3?

Ic? 3?

Ic? 1?

Terms senegahmis f. temp, hisinnala Butler

8

17

10

1

„ dfsjanVnm f. irtjiilaris Boisd. .

5

li

4

—

„ brigitta f. brigilla Cram. .

8

2ti

20

2

Cvlkis elcrtii Linn

19

—

—

—

( 359 )

Ntangori I.

1. 11. 02

-5. 12. 02.

Nyangori II.
27. I. («.

Nyangori

III.

25. 3. O.S

-26. 4. O.S.

TiRiKi Hills

20. 2. 03

-20. 3. 03.

USEMI

May 1903.

Entebbe

April 1-12,

1903.

TORO

Nov.-Dec.
1900.

2

—

—

3

—

1

--

2

—

—

10

—

2

4c? 1?
1

1(? -

—

2

Ic? -

32 c? -

—

—

17c? -

— —

—

— —

43c? 6?

—

—

— —

8c? 1?

—

!<? -

Ic? -

3c? n

1

27 c? 4?
16c? 7?

5c? 1 ?
4(? 5?

—

Ic? -
27 c? 1?

8
17c? -
3c? -
14

31

34

4

Ic? 1?

4

4c? -
3

- 1?
9c? 3?

—

— —

—

—

— —

3

1

1
12

1

— —

—

—

— —

Gc? 3¥

—

—

— —

—

—

Ic? -

2c? -

3c? -

- 2?

-'c? -
lie? 4?

Ic? -

— —

—

—

•-'c? -

—

Ic? -
2c? -

— —

—

—

— —

— —

— —

—

—

— —

5<? 1?

—

— —

— —

—

—

— —

7c? 2?

3

- 1?

■ —

— —

6<J 5?

—

5c? 4?

7(? 2?

—

12c? -

1(? -

I

3c? -

—

25 c? 31 ?
5

—

4

5c? 4?
2

Gc? 2?
3

G

17c? 49
8

8

—

—

2

4

—

l(>

5

—

—

—

28

—

—

1

—

— .

( 360 )

PAPILIOXIDAE.

Ptijiilio rex Oberth

„ „ f. intermediate toward iniiue

liens Eothsch. .

„ ,, nohilis Rogenh.

„ dnnlaniia Brown. ...

„ „ ? -f . hippoaion Fabr.

„ „ ? -f. planemciirles Trim,

„ „ homfijfri Plutz

)> „ cynorta Fabr.

„ „ ptculiaris spec. nov.

II ,1 zenohia zenohia Fabr.

II I, {fall/enus loltitmiUi nov.

i> I, hespenis Westw. .

II I, mnckinnoni Sharpe

I) I, pliorras pjiornis Cram.

II II „ ? -f. thersunder

Fabr. .

II |. nireus nireus Linn.

II II hjaeus Dbl. .

II II brnm'ms brontes Dbl. &

Godm.

I. " II demodociis Esp.

II II meiiest/ieiislnrmien Dist.

I, ridlei/anus White .

„ 2>i/lades f. angohmus Fabr. .

„ leonidaa leonidas Fabr. .

I, policenes Cram.

BESPERIIDAE.
Sarnngeaa djaelaelae Wallgr. .
„ 2>erpaiipem Hell.
„ ■ti/iicstahnenus Karsch.

,1 pertiisa Mab.
I. sp- ? ...

II thecla Plotz ? .
CelaetiorrJiinus opalimis Butler .
II proxi lints Mab. .

Tagiadea Jk$us Fabr.

I, lacleiis Mab.

Eagris plinilu Butlor

„ liKelia Hew. .

Caproiia canopua Trim.

Ihsperia spio Linn. .

„ nuicharosa Butler
,1 ploi-Izi Auriv.
Canharoiliis elnid. Trim. .

Ugaia

Jan. 1-31,

lilOS.

I<?

32

Kalachonyo

Plain

De.-. l!)-27,

1'.I02.

KiSUMU I.

25. 11.02
-7. 2. 03.

KiSUMU II.

8. 3. 03
-10. 5. 03.

2cf

( 361 )

Nyangori I.

I. 11.02

-5. 12. 03.

2c? -

2c? 2?

I'c? -
2

1

2c? -

1
13
2

6
6

1

1

n

Nyangori II
27. 1. 03.

Nyangoei

III.
20. 3. 03
-26. 4. 03.

7c? -
.3

2<? 1?

TiRiKi Hills

23, 2. 03

-20. 3. 03.

USKMI

May 1903.

6c? -

22<?

9c? 2?

2

28

3

1

-

4

5

3

—

4

6

llNTEBBE

April 1-12,

1903.

10c? -

Ic? -

I?

TOEO

Nov.-Dec.
1900.

3<?

6c? 2?
7c? 1?

49

6
3

14

1

10

b

8

G

—

4

4c?

1?

3

1

1

—

( 362 )

Ugai.\

Jan. 1-31,

19(i:i.

k.\lachonyo

Plain

Dec. 19-27

1(102.

KiSVMU I.

2.0. 11.02
-7. 2. t«.

KiSUMU 11.

S. 3. 03
-10. 5. 03.

BESPJERII DAE— continued.

Aclerog ploetzi Mab. . . . .

—

—

—

—

„ pjackhm Ploetz . . . ,

—

—

—

—

Oxypaipus igiiita Mab. . . . .

—

—

—

—

HypnJencU ophhisn Hew. . . . .

—

—

—

—

Ct/clopides metis Linn. . . . .

—

—

—

—

„ wilhini Wallgr.

—

2

—

—

„ spec, near /o/-»ws«-s Butler. .

—

—

—

—

„ trisigimtus spec. nov.

—

—

—

—

„ midas Butler . . . .

1

—

I

—

„ Upelelier Godt.

1

—

—

—

Kednstcs mohozidza Wallgr.

3

—

—

—

Gegenes hotteiduta Godt. ....

—

—

—

„ olnimhntla Trim

1

—

—

—

Padnwmi zeiio Trim. . . . .

1

—

—

—

Cliapra mathias Fabr

2

—

—

—

Pariiara horixudcu Boiad.

1

—

—

1

„ detectn Trim

—

—

—

1

„ micaiis Holl

—

—

—

—

Semalea p)dvina Ploetz . . ...

IJ -

—

—

—

Baoris mohozidya Wallgr.

—

—

—

—

„ auritinctus Butler

1

—

—

—

Kedestes albicoriiis ButleT .

1

—

—

—

Parosmodes mnranli Trim.

—

—

—

—

Piirdaleodes edipus Cram.

—

—

—

— .

„ iiiixrta Snell.

3

—

—

—

„ viljiiis Hew

—

—

—

—

Ceratrichia fltira Hew

—

—

—

—

AndronyiHiis jihdander'H-opS. .

—

—

—

—

,, tieandei' Plotz.

—

—

—

—

Gam/a yalini HoU. . . . . .

—

—

—

—

Artdrnim niargaritata'B.oW.

—

—

—

—

Rhnpidocampta anchises Gerst.

1

—

—

—

„ forestan Cram. .

5

1

1

1

NoTK. — Besides the species of Ipthima mentioned in the list, there are in the collection specimens of
IpthiiiM itmiin Hew. from Toro, and of a species allied to, if not the same as, Ipthimn astempe Klug from
Ugaia, Kiaumu, and Nyangori.

( 363 )

Nyangobi 1.

1. 11.02

-5. 12. 02.

Nyaxgori II.
27. 1. O:!.

Nt.vngoei
III.

2t,. i. 03
-26. 4. 03.

TiRiKi Hills
20. 2. 03
-20. 3. 03.

UsEMI
May 1903.

Entebbe

April 1-12,

1903.

TORO

Nov.-Dec.
1900.

:

—

—

1

—

1
1

7

,

—

1

—

—

2

—

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

3

—

1

—

—

—

2

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

19c? -

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

— —

—

—

1

—

—

3

— —

—

—

—

—

1

—

1

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

1

_

_

—

—

—

1

Ic? -

—

—

—

—

- 1?

—

— —

_

1

—

—

1

—

— —

—

—

—

1

—

—

— —

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

1

—

—

—

—

6

1

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

Ic? 1?

—

—

—

1

—

— —

—

—

—

_

,

—

—

16

_

,

1

—

—

—

—

— —

—

3

—

—

—

—

— —

—

—

—

4

—

—

2

—

1

10

The nomenclature of varieties is not (luite consistent, but, owing to my departure for Africa, tliei-e
was no time to go through the matter again.

( 364 )

SOME NEW AFRICAN CERAMBYCIBAK
BY KARL JORDAN, Ph.D.

AMONG a series of Longicnrns siilimitted to me for identification by Dr. Hauser,
Professor at Erlangen, there were several new sj)ecies, of which I describe
the following.

1. Zamium laevicoUe spec. nov.

?. Pale fnlvous, tarsi and alxlonien slightly brownish ; pnbescence sparse,
the insect ajipeariug almost glabrous ; each punctnre bearing a short hair.

Pnncturation of head sparser than in Z. crocatum (1888) Pascoe. Antenna
reaching middle of elytrum ; scape little more than twice as long as broad, segment
3 = 5, not longer than scape, one-fourth longer than 4, this ecpialling in length 10,
segments 0 to 11 compressed, 6 to lU slightly asymmetrical apically, subdendate.
Prothorax a little broader at apex than at base, rather flattened above, with almost
evenly rounded sides ; pnncturation very sparse and indistinct on disc, a little more
distinct laterally. Elytnim jinuctured all over, the punctures smaller than the
interspaces ; a slightly raised line on disc ; apex rounded. Punctures of underside
fine and dispersed. Process of mesosternnm broad, very little narrowed behind,
being as broad at the apex as the midfemur at basal third.

Length, 13 mm.

Hah. Ikntha, British East Africa.

One ?.

In Z. crocatum to which the present species bears a close resemblance, the
pronotum is very densely punctured, except the centre of the disc.

2. Calanthemis hauseri spec. nov.

(?. Black, antenna and logs rufous, elytrum rufescent. Pubescence of head
and nnder surface rather long, grey. A rounded apical spot laterally on pronotum,
another, elongate, behind it at base, and a minute dot between the two spots,
but a little more lateral, pubescent pale yellow. On each elytrum the following
pubescent grey markings : a short basal median vitta, another below shoulder, an
angle-shaj)ed line extending from scutellnm to middle of disc, reaching this at
basal third of elytrum, then turning towards the side, forming an angle of about
70 ; a line starting at basal fourth of suture, running along suture to beyond
middle, curving a little away from the suture behind, and then turning at a right
angle laterad, reaching the side-margin, this transverse band slightly curved, aud
(in our only specimen) almost completely separated from the sutural line ; a
sutural vitta commencing iu between the middle one and extending to apex of
elytrum, gradually widening behind. On underside a yellowish white lateral vitta
extending from forecoxa to end of abdomen, the vitta wider on abdomen than on
breast, and the abdominal i)atches composing it trajieziform.

Tenth segment of antenna a little longer than broad. Prothorax strongly
granulose, a little depressed laterally, strongly convex iu middle, longer than
broad. Elytrum oblitjuely rounded at apex ; outer angle acuminate, sutural one
dentate. Underside densely punctured. llindfeiuur reaching be}(ind end of
abdomen.

( 365 )

Length, lo mm.

Hah. Ikntha, British East Africa.

One c?.

Nearest to spiloderes (1903) Jord.

3. Olenecamptus nubilus spec. nov.

c?. Similar to 0. hattanyi (1901) Villard, the greyish white pubescence
denser, the markings smaller, of the same colour as the pubescence, indistinct,
different in position ; prothorax longer and more strongly wrinkled, elytra mure
densely punctnred, etc. Tawny brown, antenna and legs paler than body, excepting
first two segments of former, rather densely pubescent ; the pubescence con-
centrated behind eye to a vestigial vitta, which is continued across thorax, but
is hardly discernible ; a triangular basal area of elytra, extending from shoulder
to shoulder, an antemedian, discal, irregular patch on each, three minute dots,
one in middle near suture, the second about 3 mm. from apex, also near suture,
the third between these two, but more lateral, greyish white ; pubescence denser
at sides of elytra than on disc. Sides of breast with an indistinct greyish white,
broad vitta ; abdomen with two series of indistinct spots on each side.

Segments 4 to 9 of antenna (the others wanting) denticulate beneath,
granulation of segments 1 to 4 heavy. Prothorax nearly twice as long as broad
((J), heavily wrinkled. Elytrnm obliipiely truncate, external angle acuminate.

JIub. Kitui, British East Africa.

One cJ.

4. Anauxesis simplex spec. nov.

S ■ Similar to ^1. calaharica (l8.w) Chevr. ; more hairy ; lateral, ventral,
vitta wliite ; antenna not quite twice the length of the body, segments 4 to fi
greyish at base, 7 with greyish pubescence in apical half, not white, the segment
itself black, 6 to 11 slightly curved, shorter than in t-a/aianVa and ai'/-ata (1865)
Chevr. ; ape.x of elytrnm truncate-bisinuate, the apical edge being convex in middle
and the angles minutely acuminate.

Length, 23 mm.

liab. Ikutha, British East Africa.

One i.

Easily recognised by the antenna and the truncature of the elytrnm.

ON A NEW ROCK-WALLABY EEOM XOllTil-WEST

AUSTRALIA.

BY OLDFIELD THOMAS.

TN 191)1 Mr. J. T. Tunney, before ])roceediag to North Australia to collect
J- the mammals of which an account is given in a sncceediug paper, obtained
a few kangaroos in the nortiiern part of AVestern Australia (about 22' S., 1 1.S° E.).

The specimens are mostly referable to Mucrnimx rii/ua and .1/. robiistus
ceni/iiis, but in addition there is a skin, unfortunately without skull, of a new
Petrogale of the large P. peidcillata-lateralis group.

( 366 )
I propose to call it

Petrogale rothschildi spec. ikiv.

Size about us iii P. latendi.t. Fur ratlier shorter aud thiiiuer than in that
species. Fur of niij)e reversed forward from withers ; general colour of back
dull vinaceous brown (" Mars-brown ") lightening to brownish white (near
" ecru-drab ") on the nape. No dark occipital or nuchal stripe. Head dark
brown, an ill-defined lilackish streak rnuuing through the e3'e from the sides of
the muzzle to the base of the ears. Ear.s wholly dark brown, outside and in.
Shoulders with the usual black lateral patch in the axillary region, but without
any trace of a whitish patch behind it. Uudersurface dull brownish ; the throat
whitish ; the area round pouch bntfy. Arms and legs greyish-brown, becoming
slightly rufous on the metapodials and black on the ends of the toes. Tail not
very bushy, its basal half greyish brown, its distal half covered with mixed
black and white hairs.

Dimensions of the typical skin : head and body, .lOO mm. ; tail 4.")ii mm. ;
hindfoot, isM. 130 mm. ; ear, ;j2 mm.

Hab. Cossack River, N. of Western Australia.

Type ¥. No. 157. Collected July 23rd, lOUl, by J. T. Tunney.

I have named this fine and distinct Rock-Wallaby in honour of the Hon.
Walter Rothschild, by whom Mr. Tunney's collecting expedition has been mainly
supported, and whose own scientific interest in the Macropodidae is well known.

P. rothschildi is most nearly related to P. lateralis, but is readily
distinguishable by its dark head and uniformly dark ears, the absence of
either nuchal dark stripe or whitish flank patch, and by its shorter thinner fur.

A NEW PORM OF FBOTBOE FROM THE SOLOMON

ISLANDS.

By the Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D.

Prothoe ribbei guizonis subsp. nov.

i ?. Uifl'ers from P. r. ribbei Rothsch., Nov. Zool. ii. p. Kil (1895) (Bougam-
ville), especially in the band of the upperside of the forewing, this band having
a much more oblique position, standing close to the distal margin behind, aud the
spots composing it being generally much reduced, except the last, which is very
conspicuous. In some specimens only this last spot is distinct {ti/pc), the discal
markings between this spot and the costal margin being partly absent, partly
vestigial ; in other specimens there are three large triangular sj)ots R^ — SM^, the
series being continued costad by some small dots. Jloreovcr, the subapical spots
of the forewing are much more sharply defined than in ribbei ribbei.

Hab. Guizo I., Solomon Is., end of October and November 19U3 (Messrs. A. S.
Meek & Eichhorn).

A series.

NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE.

Vol XL SEPTEMBER, 1904. No. 2..

NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM BRITISH NEW GUINEA.

By GEORGE T. BETHUNE-BAKER, F.L.S., F.Z.S.
(Plates IV. V. VI.)

AT the close of the year 1901 my friend Mr. Kenrick and I arranged with
Mr. A. E. Pratt that he and his son should go out to British New Guinea
and attem])t an entomological exploration of a portion of the Owen Stanley range.
Probably none of us realised the extreme difficulties of getting into the interior
of the country. As soon as possible after his arrival at Port Moresby, Mr. Pratt
started for Hall Sound, and made his way in canoes up the Ethel River to Oofafa,
a village as far up that stream as conld be navigated ; here the overland march and
carrier difficulties began.

Mr. Pratt's plan was to make his first collecting camp at Dinawa, a village on
the north of the Angabunga River. The most direct trail to this place was through
the villages of Epa and Ekeikei. (This Epa must not be confused with Eppa near the
River Akevailii, which is a western tributary of the Aroa River ; Epa is probably
some ten to fifteen miles north-north-west of Eppa.) The coast tribes absolutely
refused to carry inland ; but fortunately the chief of Epa is a marked individuality,
and soon became very friendly. He is an absolute autocrat, with great power over his
people. After some delay he sent down carriers and brought np the loads, and later
on was of great assistance in many ways. From here the path lay through a dense
forest to Ekeikei, on to Madui, and thence to Dinawa. So thick was the forest that
scarcely any light penetrated: "gloomy and most dejjressing " are Mr. Pratt's
words ; and as it was raining most of the way not a sound was heard or a sign of
life, except an occasional hoarse " wauk wank " from a disturbed Paradisea raggiana.
It was almost the last rain of that year (1902), and was followed by one of the
longest and most serious droughts yet experienced in that part of the land.

After arrival at Dinawa it was necessary to build a camp, which was a most
laborious undertaking, every tree having to be felled and cut up. Tliis first camp
was established on one of the spurs of Mount Davidson ; later on a second was
built some miles to the east. From here our first collections were sent ; they were
not as large as we expected, but were most interesting, the Heterocera proving
to be very rich in new species.

The drought soon became so serious that there was scarcely a green leaf
visible, and therefore Mr. Pratt came down to the coast for a time. The difficulties
of obtaining carriers again appeared. The villages in the inferior, and especially
in the mountains, are very small, usually not more than nineteen or twenty huts ;
the men are scarcely ever willing to work, the women doing most of the carrying
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that it is quite evident what trouble is involved in moving from ])lace to place.
However, the troubles were overcome, and the first consignment arrived in excellent
condition. The drought broke in December 1902, and then Mr. Pratt retraced his
steps, stopping a while at Ekeikei, which proved to be a very rich collecting ground
and a useful depot. Here, however, as with Mr. Meek (auteii p. 310), an epidemic
of German measles broke out; fortunately it was scarcely so serious as that fmm
which Mr. Meek suffered later on, for Mr. Pratt managed to keep his camp going,
and as soon as possible made for the interior. By this time his son had picked up
the language, and carriers were obtained who took the party up to the Kebea range.
This mountain, with its various spurs, is some (jOOd feet high, and is situated a
day's march due east of Dinawa. The main camp was built here for this second
e.xpeditiun, and a much larger and more valuable collection was made and received
in excellent condition.

The material now in my hands (i.e. not only that collected by Mr. Pratt, but
also that sent by Mr. Meek from the Aroa River) is so considerable that I can only
deal with the higher groups down to the Noctuidae, leaving that large group for a
later paper. We feel, however, that we can highly compliment Mr. Pratt, not only
on the richness of the collections, but also for his great tact iu dealing with the
natives ; this, no doubt, was partly due to his son being able to so soon pick up the
language, which fact gave him considerable influence over the villagers, with many
of whom he established most friendly intercoarse, so that he was thus able to carry
ou negotiations and deal with turbulent natives in a manner that would have been
quite impossible if he could not have conversed with them in their own tongue.

I have followed in the main the arrangement of families obtaining in the
National Collection ; and I must here express my best thanks both to Sir George
Hampson and to Mr. Heron for constant help in working out the collections. My
method of measurement has been to take the line from the centre of the thorax to
the apex of the primary and to double it.

LYCAENIDAE.
Parelodina gen. nov.

cJ. Eyes hairy, palpi ascending, with second segment long, thickly clothed with
hair which forms a fringe beneath, end segment moderately long, dejjressed. Nenra-
tiou similar to CamlaUde.'i Huhu., except that in the primary veins 7 and 8 on a long
stalk rise from the cell well before the npper angle, whilst 11 is curved sharply
upwards and touches 12, which latter does not approximate to 11. In Hiibner's
genus vein 12 is distinctly depressed towards 11 at its (the latter's) origin, whilst
1 1 is not bent up towards it, but goes straight to the costa, the two veins being
quite apart all the way.

Type : P. aroa spec. nov.

1. Parelodina aroa spec. nov.

S. Both wings white above, with a very restricted blackish basal area, over
which is a considerable irroration of blue scales. The primary has a very broad
black apex from the middle of the costa and extending broadly down the termen
to vein 2, where it abruptly ends ; the costa is black, incruising basewards as well
as towards the apex. Beneath, the wings are spotless white, though the black

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above shows more or less throiigh, but, iu the secondar}- there is a patch of pale
orauge-browa hair-like scales iu the cell.

Expanse : 40 mm.

Hab. Upper Aroa River.

In the Tring Museum. It is a most interesting species, being extremely close
to a s]iecies of EloJina that we have received from the same district and also from
other ])arts of British New (Juinea.

Tlie determination of this insect has led me to examine Ruber's genus Pliiliris,
about which both Mr. H. H. Drnce and also Mr. G. A. Waterhonse, of Sydney,
have had something to say. Hubner's genus Candalides has been known for years,
and if we take tlie first-named species (which is the most convenient custom with
the older authors) as his type, xanthospilos becomes the type of the geuus. Riiber
has made ilias Feld. the type of his geuus. The neuration of these two species is
precisely the same, the eyes are the same, and also the palpi ; in fact, I can find
no structural difference at all save a slight diversity in contour. Under these
circumstances I think Philiris should sink under Candalides.

Parachrysops gen. nov.

(?. Ej'es naked, palpi ascending, rather slight, second segment long scaled,
end segment long, fine, erect.

Neuration : Primary, vein 2 from about three-fifths from whence the cell is
slightly angled ; this vein is strongly curved downwards, 3 from well before the
lower angle slightly curved downwards, 7 into the apex stalked at its centre with 8,
rising from the cell close to the angle. In the secondary, vein 5 rises from above
the middle of the discocellulars.

The neuration of this genus is in the main similar to Hi/pochrt/sops Feld., with
the differences now enumerated. The shape of the wings is quite different to any
known genus of the Lijcaenidae. In the primary the costa is flattened near the base
and nearly straight to beyond vein 10, where it is rounded and slightly depressed by
the apex ; the termen is nearly straight to vein 4, where it is suddenly produced to
3, receding slightly to 2, and rapidly from thence to the tornus ; the secondary is a
loug oval shape somewhat similar to the secondary of Euselasia eutj/chtis Hew.,
with the costa slightly flattened ; the termen also is somewhat flattened IVom the
ap»x to vein 5, whilst the inner margin is straight.

Type : P. bicolor spec. nov.

|2. Parachrysops bicolor spec. nov.

(J. Eyes brown ; palpi black above, white below ; frons crimson.

Primary above uniformly black, with a white patch occupying the tornal half
oi the inner margin. Secondary pure white, with a very restricted dusky base.
Below, the primary is whitish, with a broad dark termen and inner margin.
Secondary entirely white.

Expanse : 42 mm.

Hab. Upper Aroa River.

In the Tring Museum.

It is unlike any other sjjecies or geuus with which 1 am acquainted.

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ERYCINIDAE.

3. Dicalleneura ekeikei spec. nov.

c?. Head and thorax dark brown. Wings, upiifrsidf : Primary dark brown,
with a golden bronze suffnsioa over the basal third. Secondary orange-yellow,
with a broad dark brown costa, and a black spot between veins 2 and 3 at the
elongated jiart of the termen. Uiulerside of the primary deep crimson red with a
broad dark grey inner margin ; a small white patch at the base, a white <lash across
the cell followed by a broad white obli(jue band at the end of the cell, beyond this
a pair of white small spearhead spots by the costa, and two oblique dashes below
veins 4 and 3 ; a postmedial obliqne slightly curved row of white spots, with three
spots by the termen below the apex ; all the spots slightly silvery in their white-
ness. Secondary orange-yellow, with a very broad purplish brown costa and a
snffnsiou of purplish below the cell and above the tornus ; a longitudinal broad
white central stripe from the extreme base, forked along veins 2 and 3, a shorter
white dash beyond the centre of the costa, and a curved white dash on the inner
margin from the base, meeting the central stripe on vein 2 ; a fine whitish dash
closing the cell ; a row of four or five white spots from the apex to vein 2, followed
by a marginal row of black dashes edged with silvery white, with a black spot
as on the upperside, but edged on the outside with silvery white, the ground-
colour at the toruus above this row broadly lemon-yellow.

?. Primary, aboce, blackish brown, with a very broad, transverse, white patch
curved on the outside, occupying nearly half of the wing ; fringe white for the
a])ical half. Secondary dark brown with a large white costnl patch near the apex,
a small white submarginal spot between veins 3 and 4 ; fringe white, interrupted
with brown. Underside : primary brownish red, with the large white patch as on
the ujiperside, a white basal dash in the cell, the other marks as in the male.
Secondary, brownish red with the white costal patch as on the upperside, and the
termen narrowly yellow ; all the other markings and spots as in the male.

Exjjanse : 6 47 mm., ? 50 mm.

Hab. Ekeikei, March and Api-il.

In my collection. It is a beautiful species, the longitudinal stripes below
difl'ereutiating it from any other of the genus.

BOMBYCIDAE.
4. Gunda kebeae spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 32).

tJ. Head and thorax yellow; abdomen brown, with a cream-coloured anal tuft ;
legs brown ; antennae blackish.

Primary, aboce, yellow tinged with orange, with a trace of a short postmedial
brownish purple fascia, caused by an nndersurface stripe showing through, with a
large terminal patch of the same colour from below the apex to vein 2 ; fringe
same colour as the ground. Secondary yellow tinged with orange, with a trace of
a postmedial stripe, and a slight submarginal scaling of brownish purple, and
between them is a finer and more definite jiurplish line ; fringes purjilish.
Below the colours are just the same, with a more marked postmedial stripe, a

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submargiual curved finer stripe and the terminal patch ia the primary ; whilst
in the secondary all the markings are more distinct.

Expanse : 50 mm,

Hab. Mt. Kebea, March to April.

One S in my collection.

5. Gunda aroa sjiec. nov.

? . Frons and thorax blackish brown ; collar and patagiae pale ochreous grey ;
abdomen blackish brown with anal extremity white.

Primary blackish brown, above, with costa broadly ochreons grey to beyond
the cell, medial area with a brownish tinge. Secondary blackish, witli apex and
termen broadly brown to near the inner angle. Under surface of forewing, basal
half orange-yellow, terminal half blackish : secondary blackish, with terminal area
broadly brown.

Expanse : 55 mm.

Hah. Upper Aroa River, February.

In the Tring Museum.

EUPTEROTIDAE.
Pseudodreata gen. nov.

<?. Palpi hairy, upturned, end segment depressed. Antennae bipectinate,
gently tapering to the tips. Legs with one pair of small spurs on both mid-
and hindtibiae.

Primary with one internal vein, 6 from the upper angle of cell, 7 and 8
stalked, 9 and 10 stalked, a very short bar from 8 to 9 forming an areole nearly
as long as the cell, 10 and 11 from the cell. Secondary with four internal veins,
4 and 5 from the lower end of the cell, 6 and 7 from the upper angle, 8 from the
base, with a shortish oblique bar close to the base connecting it with 7. The costa
is arched, and the posterior margin rounded. Frenulum present.

Type : P. strigata spec. nov.

6. Pseudodreata strigata spec. nov. (PI. V. f 45).

(?. Head ochreous brown ; frons and palpi greyish brown ; thorax and abdomen
orange-brown ; legs with femora hairy ; tibiae and tarsi almost bare, the former
orange-red, the latter dark grey.

Primary, above, orauge-bruwn, the orange tinge being evanescent be3'ond the
middle, with fiiint basal and medial parallel curved irregular transverse dark
stripes ; in the medial stripe in the cell is a black spot pupilled with whitish,
followed at the end of the cell by a similar larger spot ; a distinct postmedial
blackish transverse stripe from the costa to the inner margin angled on vein 7,
edged exteriorly by an obscure orange-brown stripe ; on the costa adjoining the
interior of the blackish strij)e is a small patch of lavender-grey scales, beyond
this stripe is another fine scalloped black stripe edged on its exterior with a
slight border of lavender-grey scales, this is followed by a fine paler scalloped
line, the ground between the two being rather paler brown, whilst beyond the
paler line the ground is decidedly darker uj) to the tip of the fringes ; apex with

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a p.atcli of lavender-grey scales. Secondary, orange-brown witli a broad black costa,
below which is an orange-colon red stripe, slightly increasing in width from the
base to the onter margin ; a black spot at the end of the cell, a transverse broad
obliqne black stripe beyond the cell, followed by a fine blackish scalloped line
edged exteriorly by pale orange-brown ; snbiuargiiial line pale, rather indefinite,
marked ont by the veins being scaled with lavender-grey. The veins in both the
wings are dark grey beyond the medial area.

Underside of both wings orange-red, with dark grey veins more or less covered
with pale grey scales. Primary with all the pattern above darkly marked out,
except the basal and medial lines, which are absent; there is a larger patch of
greyish scales at the apex, and the snbniiirginal line below the apex is greyer.
Secondary with the stripe beyond the cell very prominent, the black spot at the
end of the cell is distinctly pupilled with white, and there is another small black
spot nearer the base ; a row of black dots on the veins marks the position of the
scalloped line on the npperside ; there is also a slight grey scaling in the apical area.

Expanse : G'i to 04 mm.

Hah. Dinawa.

Type in my collection. Also in the Tring Musenm from the UpinT Aroa
Hiver.

Melanergon gen. nov.

? . Head hairy, palpi absent. Antennae shortly pectinate with cilia. Legs
densely hairy to extremity of tarsus.

Nenration : Primary, vein 2 from the middle of the cell, 3 from well before
angle, 4 from the angle, 6 absent, 0, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 11 from cell lying
directly below 12 at first and almost on Iti for the terminal half; cell very short.
Secondary with two internal veins, 2 from near the middle of cell, 3 from before
the angle, 4 from the angle, 5 stalked with G and 7, 8 appressed at the base, then
quite free.

Type : M. proserpina spec. nov.

7. Melanergon proserpina spec. nov.

?. Head, thorax, and abdomen black, hairy and rough. Both wings black
above, subdiaphanous, being covered with black hairs, which are shorter in the
interspaces of the veins and longer on the veins and margins, with broad diaphauons
postmedial band through both wings.

Expanse : 70 mm.

llah. Upper Aroa River, February.

In the Tring Museum.

8. Hyper cydas caeliloma Turner.

Two specimens of this insect are in the Tring Musenm from the Aroa liiver,
taken one in February and one in April. There is one in the National ("ollection
from Kaj)aur, whilst the type is in the Queensland Musenm. It is subject to a
good deal of variation. One of the Tring specimens is qniie bright red-brown,
with tlie scalloped line strongly accentuated and almost lemon-yellow, in tbe other
specimen the line is whitish and the colour browner, whilst the specimen in the
British Museum is browner still.

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NOTODONTIDAE.
9. Tarsolepis sommeri dinawensis subspec. nov.

(J. Like sommeri, except that the margin of the secondaries is spotted with
dark grey, and the femoral tuft of the hindleg is not scarlet, bnt is ])ale ochreous,
that is tlie same colour as the undersnrface of the specimens.

Hab. Dinawa.

The species is not uncommon in the month of August, and the differences are
tiuite constant in both sexes, making an interesting and good local race.

Pseudogarg'etta gen. nov.

Head roughly haired. Palpi thickly scaled, upturned end segment small,
deflexed. Antennae pectinated with cilia for two-thirds in (?, shortly pectinate
and without cilia in ?. Thorax with anterior tuft, tarsi nearly bare in <S. Mid-
tibiae with one pair, hindtibiae with two pairs of spurs. Legs in ? very densely
clothed with long rough hairs and tarsi shortly scaled. Abdomen of cj with an
anterior tuft on the dorsum and an anal tuft.

Neuration : Primary, vein 2 from two-fifths, 3 well before angle, 4 from angle,
.5 from above the middle of the discocellulars, 6 from near centre of areole,
7 from end of areole, 8 and 9 on a long stalk, 10 from end of areole, 11 from cell.
Secondary, 2 from about two-thirds, 3 and 4 from angle, .5 from centre of disco-
cellulars, 6 and 7 stalked, very short in S, longer in ?, 8 adjacent to cell to near
middle.

Type : P. diversa spec. nov.

10. Pseudogargetta diversa spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 4. cf).

(?. Head and palpi reddish brown, collar very deep red-brown, with a dividing
pale occipital edging in the middle. Thorax ochreous grey, with a dark brown
anterior tuft. Abdomen darker brown, with a pale anal tuft.

Primary, above, ochreous grey, slightly suffused with reddish brown, giving
a mottled appearance : a trace of a basal line, a stigma below the centre of the
cell with dark lateral edges, the basal edge straight, the exterior edge carved, an
oblique row of three dark lunules from the upper angle of the cell towards the
.apex ; terminal area paler, strongly curved towards the tornns ; a distinct row of
dark subterminal spots ; termen darkly edged in the nerve interspaces. Secondary,
uniform pale brownish grey.

¥ . Head, palpi, and antennae reddish brown. Thorax dark slaty brown, with
anterior tuft. Abdomen brown. Primary dark slaty brown, with paler brown
subbasal, postcellular, and postmedial areas. All the S markings are present,
hut much more prominent, with tlie exception of the subterminal row of spots,
which is obscure, with much smaller spots ; the fringes are tesselated brown and
whitish. Secondary uniformly dark brown, very hairy at the base.

Expanse: <S 47 mm., ? 71 ujm.

Hub. ninawa, May and .June, c? ; Ekeikei, March and April, ?.

The sexes of this species are at first sight very unlike, the female being more
than half as large again as the male, and being a very dark black-looking insect,
whilst the male is slight and comparatively pale.

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11. Osica tumeri spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 31).

c?. Head ronglily haired, ochreons grey, hairs tipped with dark lirowii.
Palpi pale brown. Occiput flattened. Thorax pale ochreous browu, with au
anterior very dark brown triangular patch between the patagiae. Abdomen
brownish. Legs pale brownish, barred with dark brown.

Primary, ahorf, pale ochreous grey, suffused with brownish along the costal
and inner marginal areas ; a dark subbasal broad band ending in a blackish dash
on the inner margin ; stigma at end of cell slightly darker, edged laterally with
blackish, beyond which is a very oblique dark stripe to the inner margin ; a slightly
curved, double postmedial row of obscure dots and lunules, with a dark patch in
front of the tornus; a subterminal row of dark dots, costal area before the apex
streaked with dark dashes. Secondary uniformly brownish.

? . Similar to the male; but darker, with much darker inner margin, and the
cell-stigma is laterally edged with whitish as well ; the markings are otherwise
very obscure, except the subterminal row of dots, whilst in front of this row there
is a broadish band of <lark irrorations. The secondary is also decidedly darker
than in the male.

Expanse : S 54, ? (30 mm.

Hob. Dinawa, August and September, <S ; Ekeikei, January and February, ? .

12. Osica funerea spec. nov.

Head pale ochreous brown. Palpi blackish grey, end of second and third
segments ochreous grey, collar reddish brown. Thorax dark grey. Abdomen grey.

Primary, abore, dark grey, irrorated thickly with blackish ; a subbasal and
antemedial blackish line; a pale grey discal stigma edged on each side with red
brown and with a whitish central dividing line, beyond which is a distinct curved
dentate blackish line, beyond which is a postmedial dotted line, followed by a
dark band of the ground-colour ; a submarginal row of blackish dots; termen dark,
interrupted at each vein. Secondary uniformly dark grey, with pale fringes.

Expanse, 60 mm.

Hab. Upper Aroa River, April.

In the Tring Museum ; two specimens.

Further material may show that this insect is a subspecies of (>. glauca Walk.

13. Cascera bella spec. nov. (PL V. f. 44. S).

c?. Head and palpi pinkish ochreous. Collar pinkish, tipped with green, with
an outer edging of whitish. Thorax pale pinkish brown with green patagiae,
with a white V-shaped stripe, one side of the V much longer than the other.
Abdomen pale pinkish brown.

Primary, above, greenish, with numerous rich brown and white marks ; a basal
broken dark spot followed by a whitisli patch, sometimes only a whitish streak,
below which is a dark brown velvety patch with a black edging below ; an irregular
dark spot at the end of the cell, well below and forward of which is a marked
white patch edged below by a twice-cnrved black line, which margins above a
large dark greenish brown ])atch extending to near the inner margin and confluent
with an indefinite irregular broad stripe from close to the apex ; a sharply defined
irregular white subterminal line from the apex to the tornus, outside which are

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seven irregnlar dark marginal spots ; terminal line whitish ; the inner margin has
several dark marks, and the costa is marked irregularly with wliitish, and dark
spots and dashes. Secondarj' uniform jnnkish brown.

¥ . E.xactly like the male, but with the markings less broken up.

Expanse : <S and ? , 46 to .52 mm.

llab. Diuawa and Mount Kebea ; Ekeikei. Also in the Tring Museum from
the Aroa River.

It appears to fly generally in March and April, but I received one specimen
in our first consignment from Diuawa which was taken in August.

Hirsutopalpis gen. nov.

<S . Palpi very long and hairy, upturned, second segment long, hairy, with its
extremity fringed with very long hairs, end-segment long, erect, hairy. Head
with a long tuft of hairs, slightly projected forwards. Antennae long, with fine
short bristles to the end. Legs with femora long-haired, tibiae and tarsi short-
haired, midtibiae with one pair, hindtibiae two pairs of spurs, both these tarsi
spined their whole length.

Neuration : Primary, vein 2 from towards the base of cell, 3 from well before
the angle, 4 from the angle, 5 just above the angle, 6 from below the upper angle,
7, 8, 9, and 10 stalked, 11 very long from towards the base of cell. Secondary,
vein 2 from middle of the cell, 3 from well before the angle, 4 and 5 from about
the angle, 6 and 7 from the upper angle, 8 coincident with cell to near its middle,
thence curved to apex.

Type : H. fasciata spec. nov.

14. Hirsutopalpis fasciata spec. nov.

c?. Head, palpi, and abdomen brownish grey, palpi irrorated with dark brown.
Thorax ochreous grey, with collar dark rust-colonred ; pectus dark grey.

Primary, above, ochreons grey, with a small subbasal costal comma-like mark ;
an antemedial oblique dark line in the centre of the wing ; an oblique broad
rusty-brown streak very broad and dark on the inner margin, evanescent towards
the costa, followed by a double oblique irregular paler rusty-brown line ; two
separated serrated postmedial rather obscure lines, a snbmarginal row of blackish
dots and two blackish dots at the end of the cell. Tornus with a broad dark
patch and a very dark rusty spot on the termen between veins 3 and 4 ; a large
subajiical costal pale rusty patch. Secondary pale ochreous grey, with a dark,
very broad grey terminal area and traces of fine antemedial, two medial, and
postmedial lines.

Expanse, 52 mm.

Hab. Ekeikei, January and February ; Diuawa, August.

15. Omichlis hampsoui spec. nov. (PI. V. f 2).

S. Frons lavender-grey, occiput tawny, palpi pale tawny, darker at tips.
Antennae pectinated two-thirds, branches tawny, shoulders lavender-grey edged
with tawny, patagiae lavender-grey, thorax tawny, abdomen brownish, with a
tawny tuft at the base edged with lavender-grey.

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Primary, above, with base and costal lialf to tbe end of the cell bright
tawny, irrorated darkly with the same colour ; a basal toothed line, an outwardly
oblique medial line not extending beyond the tawny area, and an oval spot at the
end of the cell. Beyond this tawny area, which terminates abrn{)tly in a dark
obliiiue cnrved line, the colour is lavender-grey, receding to near the base and
occupying the lower half of the wing. Below the cell it is darker than in the
terminal area ; from the middle of the cell is a trace of a paler stripe to the inner
margin, with a postniedial white spotted ob]i([ue angled strijie, prominent for the
costal half, but obscure as it nears the inner margin. Outside this is a short
darkly dotted row to vein 4 from the costa, with a white outer edge, followed by
a tawny apical patch ; a fine subterminal scalloped dark line edged interiorly with
white. Secondary uniformly brownish, with a tawny and white-edged spot at the
anal angle ; fringes grey.

Expanse, 49 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, May and June.

Two specimens.

16. Omichlis dinawa ^K'c. nov. (PL V. f. :i).

c^. Head and collar tawny ochraceons. Palpi ochraceous, tipped with tawny
brown. Thorax pale chestnut-brown. Abdomen brownish ochraceous, with a
small chestnut tuft at the base.

Primary, above, ochreous, more or less entirely suffused with pale tawny
brown, so that the ochreous only aj)pears as an apical patch and an indefinite
stripe from the end of the cell to the inner angle ; a row of five dark basal spots
ending at the lower margin of the cell, the middle spot projected basewards and
the lower two nearly confluent ; a doulile row of four antemedial indefinite dark
spots or short linear dashes ; a short oblique indefinite medial stripe, followed by
a distinct one at the end of the cell, beyond which is another shorter spotted
one. Outside this is a curved double row of distinct blackish spots, the outer
row the smaller of the two ; a subterminal row of dark spots or short dashes
in the nerve spaces, with a dark terminal spot on veins 4, 0, and 7, the two
latter being small. Near the inner augle is a reddish-brown patch. Secondary
ochreous, suffused all over with tawny except on the inner margin.

Expanse : 43 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, September.

One specimen.

17. Omichlis ochracea spec. nov. (PI. V. f. fi. S).

(J. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen pale ochraceous; antennae reddish
brown.

Primary, above, pale ochraceous, with the lower margin of the cell and vein 4
prominently marked in dark reddish brown ; a short strongly excurved basal
line ; two dark antemedial dots, one below the costa and one on vein 1 ; a medial
interrupted reddish-brown stripe, followed by another prominent one exonrved
beyond the cell. Outside this is a similar, less prominent postmedial line; the
ground between these three stripes is much suffused with reddish brown, forming
a prominent spot at the end of the cell, with a very dark spot in the postmedial
line between veins 2 and 3. Beyond these lines is a broad excurved suffusion of

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very pale tawn}' brnwn ; a snbterminal line of reddish-brown dashes in tlie nerve
spaces. Secondary j)a!e ochreons, suffused with warm reddisli brown except on
inner marginal area, with a slight sntfusiou of dark reddish scales along vein lb
and on the fringes near the anal angle.

?. Similar to the male, but entirely suffnsed with pale reddish brown and
with all the markings, except the snbterminal row, ver}' faintly discernible, wliilst
the secondary is entirely suffused with reddish brown.

Expanse : (? 45, ? 43 mm.

[lab. Ekeikei and Mount Kebea.

The (S from Ekeikei occurred in January and February, at about 1500 ft.,
whilst the ¥ from Kebea (6000 ft.) was taken in March.

18. Omichlis griseola spec. nov. (PI. V. f 7).

c?. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey, the last the darlcest in colour.

Primary, aboee, pale brownish grey, with a dark grey subbasal dash ; a series
of four or five irregular antemedial dark grey points ; a trace of an oblique medial
stripe angulated from the cell basewards to costa and inner margin, at the point
of angulation an oval stigma at the end of the cell ; a postmedial curved series of
seven or eight dark points ; a submarginal row of dark marks in the nerve spaces.
On the costa at two-thirds is a dark spot, and a short dark grey dash is on the
termen at vein 4. Secondary, darker greyish brown, pale at the anal angle, with
dark scales above it on the inner margin.

Expanse : 42 mm.

JJab. Ekeikei, January and February.

I have also a specimen of this species from Dinawa, taken in May or June, in
which the medial angulated stripe is quite prominent.

10. Omichlis pratti spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 5).

(?. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish brown.

Primary, above, ochreons grey suffused more or less closely all over with
pale brownish irroratious ; an irregular row of four dark antemedial dots ; a
medial oblique brown stripe angulated in the cell, with a paler stigma at the end
of the cell ; a large dark grey subapical patch extending from the costa to the
termeu, and enclosing a pale ochreons grey apical patch; a short grey costal dash
beyond the medial line, a postmedial row of black points, and a submarginal
row of dark lunnles in the nerve interspaces. Secondary brownish, with pale
inner margin, and with several spots of dark scales up vein 1.

Expanse : 42 mm.

Hah. Ekeikei, January and February.

20. Omichlis rufofasciata spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. IT).

S. Head grey; palpi rufous, fringed with grey; collar and thorax rufous;
patagia grey internally tipped with rufous ; abdomen brownish, with a small rufous
tuft at the base ; legs pale greyish, with cinnamon-brown tarsi ringed with creamy
white.

Primary, aboce, pale whitish grey, with a very broad rufous brown oblii|ue
fascia across the centre of the wing, with a large outward projection beyond the
cell ; from this fascia to the base the inner margin is rufous, a very slight and short

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snbViasal rnfniis line from the costa, a small mfons costal sjiot before the central
fiiscia, beyond which (fascia) are two larger rnfons spots ; a snbterminal indefinite
rnfons lunnlar line, and a blackish spot on the extremit)' of vein 4. Secondary
uniform darkish cinnamon-brown, anal area pale grey, with three rnfons spots np
the inner margin.

? . Similar to male, but lavender-grey instead of whitish grey, and the fascia
and marks are more nifous and less brown, whilst the secondary is paler.

Expanse : t? 42, ? 48 mm.

Hal). Mount Kebea, March (jr April, S ; Ekeikei, MarcL, ?.

A very marked species.

21. Stauropus viridissimus spec. nov. (PI. IV. f \. i).

cj. Head greenish ; thorax green, mixed with grey ; abdomen brown, with a
a dark anterior tnft tipped with greenish, and a broad dorsal patch of pale
bright green on the eighth segment. The antennae have green shafts with red
pectinations.

Primary, nhore, pale green thronghont, with an antemedial donble toothed line,
a single medial line, between which and the former the ground is darkly irrorateil
with grey, and has three raised dark spots in or near the cell, a donble postmedial
curved line, a very oblique row of whitish raised spots from near the apex to
the postmedial line at the inner margin ; subapical area between the two last-
mentioned lines sparingly irrorated with greyish. Termen darkly spotted.
Secondary brown for the inner three-fifths, green for the costal two-fifths, with
the usual Sfauropus apical mark.

¥ . Similar to the male, but with more and darker grey irrorations, with
the two stigmata at the cell prominently raised, and the donble postmedial line
strongly serrate on each vein.

Expanse : S 50, ? 04 mm.

Hah. Dinawa. Ekeikei, March and April.

22. Stauropus kebeae spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 62).

S . Head pinkish grey ; paljii red-brown, tipped with greyish ; collar pale grey ;
thorax reddish brown ; patagiae irrorated with greenish grey; abdomen reddish
brown, with an anterior patch or small tuft of deep red-brown.

Primary, above, reddish brown, with an interrupted antemedial donble dark
grey line, and an oblique postmedial double blackish line, the interspace in the
latter being dark grey ; in the cell at the end is a double pale stigma, and below
the centre of the cell is another pale stigma ; the costal area to about the end of
the cell is palely suffused ; a trace of a snbterminal blackish line. Secondary
slightly reddish brown, with a broad blackish patch at the apex and a pale whitish
grey costa. Fringe intersected with white.

? . Similar to the male, bnt in the primary there is no pale suifnsion on the
costa, only a slight grey irroration, showing the brown surface through ; all the
])attern is much more distinct, the antemedial donble line being filled witli dark
grey in the interspace like the jmstmedial donble line, whilst the snbterminal line
is ])rominently marked and black.

Expanse : (?, 44 ; ?, 01) mm.

Hab. Mount Kebea, March and April ; in the Tring Museum, from the Upper
Aroa River.

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23. Stauropus dubiosus spec. uov. (PI. VI. f. 39. ? ).

<3 . Head and tliorax grizzled ; palpi dark brown, fringed with cream-colour ;
abdomen brownish grey, with dark anterior segment.

Primary, above, grizzly brown, with an obscure dark basal line, a double ante-
medial, and a very irregular and rather interrupted postmedial line ; snbterminal
line distinct and irregular ; tliere is a good deal of metallic green irroration over
much of the wing. Secondary reddish brown, with a paler costa and iridescent
green darkly margined apical patch.

? . Similar to the male, with the autemedial line slightly shifted forwards and
oblique so as to be a medial double line ; the area between the postmedial and
subterminal lines is more or less covered with pale greyish irrorations. This se.\
is rougher and more mottled-looking than the male.

Expanse : tJ, 48 ; ? , 58 mm.

Hab. Mount Kebea, a series taken in March and Ajiril ; Ekeikei, January
to March.

24. Stauropus bella spec nov. (PI. IV. f. 14).
? . Head and thorax mauve-grey ; palpi chocolate-brown, tipped with pinkish

grey.

Primary, above, greyish mauve or lavender-grey (a very pretty colour, difficult
to express accurately), more or less irrorated with metallic green ; the basal area
showing through a slight chocolate-coloured suffusion ; a postmedial oblinue row
of broad chocolate-coloured dashes from vein 3 to the inner margin, with three
similar marks on the costa beyond the cell ; apex and termen chocolate-brown.
Secondary whitish, with a very broad terminal area of the same colour as the
primary, with the usual apical patch.

Expanse : 41 mm.

Ilah. Ekeikei, January and February.

24. Stauropus dinawa spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 17).

t?. Head, palpi, and antennae reddish brown : thorax darker reddish brown,
and abdomen paler.

Primary, above, dark grey, with the tips of the scales finely metallic pale
green or pale grey ; the greater portion are metallic green, but the pale grey
colour is quite distinct iu small patches among the fine green irrorations ; the
costal half of the base is metallic ochreous green, the basal half and extending
to the inner angle is covered with deep red, having scales longer than the rest of
the wing scales, through which is visible a trace of the basal line, and a greenish
patch in the centre of the inner margin and a darker greenish patch edged with
whitish exteriorly near the inner angle ; there is on the costa an obscure dark
patch between the cell and the apex. iSecondary pale whitish, buff-coloured, with
a broad dark outer and costal margin and an apical patcli of metallic green scales,
the costa having an irroration of the grey-tipped scales also.

Expanse : 4U mm.

Ilab. Dinawa ; also in the Tring Museum from the upper Aroa River.

This is an unusual-looking species ; the mixture of the tine metallic green-
tipped scales with the grey-tipped ones gives it a mottled appearance ; the deep red
velvety scales along the inner margin should make it easily recognisable.

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20. Stauropus pratti spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 18).

(J. Head aud palpi ocbreons, tinged with red in parts; antennae with red
bipectiuation ; tliorax ochreous green ; abdomen brown.

Primary, abocc, greenish, ochreons on the outer margin ; the basal stripe
is obliqne, white, edged on each side with black, aud does not extend above
the cell ; a medial slightl_y cnrved black line, between which and tlie basal line
the gronnd-coloiir is darker ; postmedia! line black, cnrved round the end of the
cell, then straight to the inner margin ; bej'ond this a similar obscure paler
line slightly edged with dnsky grey ; a submarginal row of dark indefinite spots,
paler on their interior side ; a blackish spot in front of the apex : margin distinctly
sjiotted with dark grey, with pale interior edging ; fringes ochreons. Secondary
ochreous brown ; costa and apex green, with a short oblique ajjical double black
stripa

Underside : Primary dusky grey, with a prominent ochreous costa. Secondary
uniformly pale ochreous.

Expanse : 38 mm.

Ilab. Ekeikei ; also in the Tring Museum from the Upper Aroa River.

27. Notodonta irrorativiridis spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 8).

? . Head, palpi, and antennae reddish ; thorax reddish Ijrown, striped with
black and metallic green, with the centre greyish ; the patagia alternately striped
with black and green ; abdomen reddish brown.

Primary, above, greyish brown, with a broadish basal stripe of metallic green
m tlie cell and on the inner margin ; a large patch beyond the cell, extending over
a large whitish spot, which shows througli ; a submarginal short serrated strii)e
lietween veins 3 and 6, and a marginal irregular stripe, all of the same colour ;
a trace of a basal serrated black line, a double oblique black medial line followed
by several irregular black small spots below the large whitish spot, a trace
of a strongly serrated postmedial black line, a long black dash from the lower
end of the cell to near the outer margin ; in the middle of the costa are three
or four black spots, and below them a line of the iridescent green scales extends
its whole length. Secondary, uniform very pale brown.

Underside : Primary uniformly pale reddish brown, darker in the cell. Secondary
whitish, slightly brown on the costa.

Expanse : 62 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, May and June.

Lasioceros gen nov.

(J. Eyes hairy, tongue develojied, \\&\\n curved upwards, reaching to vertex,
end segment short ; antennae rapidly dilated at a fifth to nearly four-fifths,
convex on the front and concave inversely ; the concavity for its whole length
is fringed and covered with very long hairs ; terminal part almost simple, but the
whole of the convex side is thickly clothed with very fine bristles to the tip;
terminal segment of abdomen probably tufted (the condition of the abdomen is
not good) ; legs smooth, long, and slight ; forelegs unusually long, midtibiae with
one pair, hindtibiae with two pairs of spurs.

Neuratioii : Primary, vein 2 from near but beyond the middle, 3 long before
angle, 4 from the angle, 5 directly above the angle, G from the upper angle, 7 from

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the areole, 8 and 9 stalked from close to apex from the areole, 10 from the areole,
areolc very short, 11 from the cell. Secoudary, vein 2 from al)out two-thirds,
3 and 4 from the angle, 5 from below the middle of the discocellidars, 0 and 7
stalked, 8 anastomosing with 7 for a third of the cell. Wings long and narrow,
apex almost hooked, outer margin evenly ronnded.
Type : L. aroa spec. uov.

28. Lasioceros aroa spec. nov.

cj. Head and collar very dark brownish grey ; antennae rufous on the one
side, with very long black hairs on tlie other side ; tiiorax pale grey ; abdomen ]>ale
brownish white with dark extremity.

Primary, above, brownish grey, with the basal half of the costa broadly
whitish grey indefinitely merging into the browner area ; subajiical costal area
whitish grey. The upper margin of the cell has a basal and subbasal black spot
followed by several black points, with a trace of a reniform spot at the end of
the cell, followed by a short blackish dash, beyond which is a postmedial curved
row of blackish dots, evanescent below vein 3 ; the outer half of the costa has
five black dots evenly distributed ; termen darkly dotted. On vein li at one-fourth
is a dark spot, followed beyond the middle on the inner margin successively by
a whitish and a darkish patch. Secondary pale brownish grey, darker towards
the termen.

Expanse : 42 mm.

Hab. Upper Aroa River, April.

In the Tring Museum, one specimen.

29. Cerura multipunctata spec. uov. (PL VI. f. 9).

Head, Irons, and collar white ; thorax white, with a double row of three
black spots down the centre, and two broad black spots on the patagia ; abdomen
black, with a central dorsal tuft of fine white hairs at the segmental divisions ;
anal tuft white, banded with black ; pectus and antennae black.

Primary, above, white, with an isolated black spot at the base below the
patagia ; a basal row of four irregular black spots ; three medial transverse rows
of black spots : the first row is of four, the second of five, and the third of
eight, the two on the costa joining and making a diagonal > shaped mark ; the
postmedial row is of seven or eight spots, and between this and the previous
row are three black spots below vein 2 ; the submarginal row is composed of
broad dashes rather than spots ; in front of the apex is a short black stripe
almost touching the submarginal row; posterior margin spotted with black between
the veins. Secondary dark grey, blackish at the apex and on the inner margin.

Expanse : 70 mm.

Ilab. Dinawa, May and June.

CYMATOPHORIDAE.
30. Thyatira dinawa spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 43).

S. Head whitish ; collar brown, with a white inner lining ; thorax brown,
with the patagia edged with white ; abdomen whitish, with a grey anal tuft.

Primary, above, brown, with the base vvliite, extending into a broad curved

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stripe along the lower edge of the cell ; a large whitish apical patch, below
which on the inner margin is a small creamy patch, tlie two being obscurely
joined by a trace of a very fine doable whitish line ; a small brown snbapical
costal spot in the white patch ; the upper margin of the cell has a dark stripe.
There is a trace of a very fine snbmarginal serrated line. Secondary white, with
,1 liroad apical ])atch extending halfway down the outer margin.

i'mleisifle : Primary darkish brown, with the costa spotted with white, the
inner margin white below the cell. Secondary just as the upperside.

Exjianse : 33 mm.

Ilab. Dinawa, .September.

.31. Thyatira ekeikei spec. nov. (PL IV. f. 31).

?. Head greenish; palpi pinki.sh ; thorax ochreous grey, very finely and
sparingly irrorated with brown ; abdomen cream-coloured at base, darker brown
towards the extremity, with a dark patch on each side of the dorsum before
the middle.

Primary, above, greenish, irrorated in parts with black ; a pale ochreous grey
patch at the liase, and in the middle of the inner margin, with a double fine
edging of white and black on one side ; a small pale chestnut patch at the tornus,
and a small and a large chestnut spot in the cell ; an apical patch of olive-green
edged internally by a white line with a dark brown snffusion, followed by an
ochreous, grey crescent edged internally by a white and black cresceutic line ;
from the costa before the cell-spots is a short serrate black line, and a longer
subterminal serrate black line from the spot at the tornus. Secondary grey
for the basal half, blackish for the terminal half, with a brownish-grey costa
and apex.

Expanse : 4(» mm.

Hub. Ekeikei, January and February.

SYNTOMIDAE.
32. Ceryx subformicina spec. nov.

t?. Frons yellow; occiput black; collar yellow; thorax black ; patagiae yellow;
metathorax yellow ; abdomen black, with segmental divisions yellow, not meeting
on the ventral surface.

Primary, above, black with a long hyaline spot in the cell, beneath another
hyaline spot reaching to the termen, beneath this above the tornus is a small
hyaline dash, above veins 3 and 4 an elongate hyaline spot, above 6 another
elongate hyaline spot, above 7 a smaller spot. Secondary with two large hyaline
spots below the cell divided by vein 2, with base and the cell pale lemon-yellow.

? like the male, but with a hyaline spot in the angle above vein 2.

Expanse, 31 — 32 mm.

Hab. Upjier Aroa River.

In the Tring Museum.

33. Ceryx aroa spec. nov.
? . Head, frons, and antennae black ; thorax also black, with a yellow-orange
spot on the jiatagiac and metathorax ; abdomen brownish black, with a subdorsal
and a ventral row of yellow-orange spots ; legs blackish brown.

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Wings blackish brown above. Primary with a long i)ear-shape(] hyaline spot
in the cell, a large elongate patch below the cell expanding before the middle,
end ronnded ; below this a narrow hyaline dash, a small hyaline spot in the
angle of veins 2 and 3, an elongate spot above veins 3 and 4, a long elongate
spot above vein 6, and a shorter one above 7. Secondary with a hyaline spot
below vein 2, and another between 2 and 5. Bass of both wings slightly
yellowish.

Expanse : 28 to 33 mm.

Hab. Upper Aroa River, March.

In the Tring Museum.

34. Ceryx swinhoei spec. nov.

S. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen blackish ; jsatagiae with a single
yellow spot ; foretarsi cream-coloured interiorly. Both wings blackish browu.

Primary with a long wedge-shaped spot in the cell, and another expanding
patch below it; an elongate spot below veins 3 and 4, an elongate spot above
vein 6, and a small wedge-shaped one above 7. Secondary, a hyaline spot below
vein 2 and a smaller one below 5.

? . Like the male, only larger, and the outline of the primary is produced
forward between veins 1 and 3, and the foretarsi are brownish.

Expanse : c? 26, ? 32 mm.

Hab. Upper Aroa River, February and March.

In the Tring Museum.

Paraceryx gen. nov.

<??. Proboscis well developed; palpi minute; antennae simple; legs with a
small pair of spnrs on midtibiae, two small pairs on hindtibiae.

Nenration : Primary, vein 2 from three-fourths along the cell, 3 from before
the angle, 4 from the angle, 5 above the angle, veins 2 and 3 bowed downwards
towards termen, .5 upwards, 6 from below angle, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 stalked.
Secondary with cell long, vein 2 from before middle of cell, 3 from before end
of cell, 5 from the angle, 7 forming a very short stalk with 8. The inner margin
produced into a prominent lobe.

Type : P. aroa sjjec. nov.

35. Paraceryx aroa spec. nov.

c?. Head, frons, thorax blackish; shoulders orange yellow; abdomen steely
bluish black ; legs blackish.

Wings steely black ; a wedge-shaped hyaline si)ot in the cell of the primary,
a large expanding patch below the cell, ovate spots below veins 4 and .0, an
elongate spot above vein 6, and a small spot above 7. Secondary with no
hyaline spots, steely black, with the inner marginal lobe with cream-coloured
fringes.

?. Similar to the male, but brown.

Expanse : c?, 30 ; ? , 34 mm.

Hab. Upper Aroa River, March.

In the Tring Museum.

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COSSIDAE.
Parazeuzera gen. nov.

c?. Palj)i present, ronghly haired ; antennae finely serrate ; legs ronghly
haired ; tarsi bare, with a heavy pencil of hairs at the extremities ; tibiae
spnrred moderately. Wings narrow.

Neuration : Primary with vein 2 from two-thirds, 3 from well before the
angle, 4 from the angle, 5 above the angle, 0 and 7 from the upjicr angle, 7 and 8
on a long stalk, 9 a/id 10 from the cell- near the angle, 11 long from near the
base of cell. Two recurrent veins in the cell. Secondary with vein 2 from
beyond the middle, 3 from well before the angle, 4 from the angle, 5 from above
the angle, 6 from below the njjper angle, 7 from the upper angle, an erect bar
to 8 ; two recurrent veins in the cell.

Type : P. celaena spec. uov.

36. Parazeuzera celaena spec. nov. (PI. V. f 9. c?).

S. Head, palpi, and thorax black ; collar and forepart of patagiae with an-
intermixture of golden-brown hairs, with golden-brown tufts on the thorax ;
abdomen black-ringed, with golden brown at the base ; pectus yellow ; legs
hairy, black ; tarsi bare, yellowish, with black tufts at the extremities.

Primary dark grey, with fine black reticulations, and blackish spots and
patches, inner marginal area mostly blackish to two-thirds ; four blackish costal
patches, the fourth terminating in a black spot at the end of the cell ; costa
black at the apex. Fringes tesselated black and grey. Secondary dark brown,
with a slight bronzy lustre.

Underside dark brown, tinged at the base with golden brown.

Expanse : 40 mm.

Hub. Dinawa, August.

One 6.

37. Parazeuzera aui'ea spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 10).

<?. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs pale golden brown, slightly
lustrous.

Primary the same colour, with indications of one or two darker spots, one
at the end of the cell, and darker scales in the inner marginal area. Secondary
pale greyish, tinged with yellow. The terminal areas of both wings are devoid
of scales, but I believe it is owing to the specimen being worn.

Expanse : 40 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, September.

LIMACODID.^.
38. Scopelodes dinawa spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 48).

S. Head and thorax dark olive-brown, antennae ochreous, paljji reddish
brown, with the brush paler, tipped with black : legs dark olivc-browu, abdomen
yellow, dorsal segmental divisions dark brown, anal tuft blackisli.

Primary, above, olive-brown, finely irrorated with greyish. Secondary paler
brown on the costa and posterior part of the wing, yellow for the innermargiual
half extending well into the cell ; the veins stand out yellow in the brown area.

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Below the wings are a peculiar sooty brown, with the same area yellow as
above ; all the veins stand out ochreous on the dark ground.

Expanse : 41 to 45 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

This may be a subspecies of venom "Wlk., and is not unlike the form
occurring in Sikliim and Silhet, but has much more yellow on the hindwing,
and, as far as our series goes, it is quite constant, and is much smaller than
any local form that I can trace the records of. It appears to be a fairly common
insect in the Owen Stanley Range.

39. Scopelodes nitens spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 51).

Head pale smoky grey, palpi slightly darker, brush grey with whitish tips,
finely tipi)ed with grey ; thorax whitish, abdomen uuicolorous, shiniug ochreous,
legs pale smoky grey.

Primary pale shining brownish grey. Secondary very pale ochreous grey.

Expanse : 42 mm.

The type is in my collection from Dinawa.

40. Birthama dinawa spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 33),

¥. Head, thorax, abdomen, palpi, and antennae darkish red-brown.

Primary with the basal two-thirds reddish, edged by a very obli(pie pale
stripe from near the apex to the centre of the inner margin, followed by a
broad dark oblique parallel stripe, beyond which the wing is quite pale pinkish
brown. Secondary uniform dusky reddish brown.

Expanse : 32 mm.

The type is in my collection from Dinawa, August.

More material might prove this insect to be a subspecies of obliqua Wlk.,
but the colouring is abundantly distinct.

41. Contheyla pratti spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 46).

(?. Head, thorax, abdomen, palpi, and antennae dark red-brown, thorax
and abdomen rough and hairy.

Primary with three-quarters of the wing dark red-browu, edged by a fine
oblique darker line angulated basewards on vein 5, the posterior a.rea beyond
this paler reddish brown ; below the cell, beyond its centre, are two obscure
blackish spots below each other. Secondary dull paler reddish brown.

Expanse : 46 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

42. Contheyla ekeikei spec nov.

S. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown.

Primary reddish brown, with a small dark spot at the end of the cell,
followed by an oblique dark stripe ; here and there are a few isolated super-
imposed dark scales. Secondary uniform paler reddish brown.

Expanse : 32 mm.

Ilab. Ekeikei, March and April.

The tyjje is in my collection.

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43. Contheyla birthama spec. nov.

? . Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown.

Primary with the basal third in a decreasing line np to the apex, and the
terminal area reddish brown, the former being margined by a straight very
oblique dark line into the apex, and the latter by a waved dark line to near
the tornns, the area between these two lines being much paler, and slightly
ochreons, with a rnst-red spot at the lower angle of the cell. Secondary
uniform pale pinkish 1)rown.

Expanse : 34 mm.

Ilab. Ekeikei, January and February.

The type is in my collection.

44. Narosa aroa spec. nov.

(?. Head and thorax reddish yellow ; abdomen greyish, with a reddish anal tnft.

Primary reddish ochre, with the medial area having more and pinker
scales than the rest of the wing. Secondary pale ochreons grey. The wings
are but thinly clothed with scales, which easily 'rub off, leaving them quite
diaphanous in places.

? . Similar to the male, but greyer, and without the pinkish medial area,
and with an obscure fine dark postmedial line.

Expanse: i 18, ? 23 mm.

The type is in the Tring Museum from the Aroa River, March.

Dinawa gen. nov.

Antennae bipectinated for the basal half ; palpi small, deflexed iu male,
porrect in female ; legs densely haired.

Primary, veins 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, Costa somewhat excavated. Secondary,
veins 6, 7 stalked.

Type : D. rufa.

45. Dinawa rufa spec nov. (PI. V. f. 32).

$. Head reddish orange, frons pale reddish brown, palpi dark reddish
brown, slightly deflexed ; thorax and abdomen pale reddish brown, the latter
with a red dorsal tuft by the thorax ; legs densely hairy and reddish ; all the
tarsi ringed with pale ochreons at the joints.

Primary pale reddish brown, with a darkish grey curved stripe edged on
the exterior with pinkish white, extending from the apex to vein 1 near the
base ; the posterior margin near the apex is dusted with dark grey scales.
Fringes reddish brown edged with white. Secondary very pale pinkish.

Ex])anse : 2y mm.

Hab. Dinawa, July and September.

40. Dinawa nigricans spec. nov. (PI. V. f 11).

cJ. Head, tliorax, abdomen sooty brown, tinged with purplish— head ]i:iler
than the rest ; pali)i jmrplish tipjied with blackish ; antennae bipectinated to
the tip ; legs thickly clothed with jjurjilish hair ; tarsi paler, almost bare.

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Primary sooty brown tinged with pnrplisli, with an obliqne dark stripe
palely edged on the inner side from just in front of the apex to the inner
margin parallel with posterior margin. Secondary dark sooty grey, with a
fine blaekish margin and paler fringes.

Expanse : 25 to 20 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, Angnst and September.

Pygmaeomorpha gen. nov.

Antennae bipectinated three-fifths the length ; palpi porrect, inclined slightly
upwards, reaching beyond the frons.

Primary with veins 7, 8, 0, 10 stalked all to the posterior margin below
the apex; 11 bent upwards and rnuuing below 12 to the apex. Secondary
with veins 6 and 7 stalked.

Type : Pijgmaeomorpha, modesta spec. nov.

47. Pygmaeomorpha modesta spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 35).

c?. Head and thorax pale pinkish grey-brown, abdomen darker, legs dark
purplish brown ringed with ochreous.

Primary pinkish manvy greyish brown, with a small white dot beyond the
lower end of the cell ; a very oblique transverse slightly interrupted fine dark
purplish brown stripe touches the inner edge of the white dot, from which dot
it rapidly recedes basewards, and reaches the inner margin beyond the middle,
nearer the base ; beyond this is a broad somewhat indefinite dark purplish
brown stripe, from the costa just In front of the apex to the inner angle,
palely edged for its upper portion on its exterior; a small dark patch occupies
the apex, the posterior margin is finely palely edged ; fringes pinkish grey,
with a dark dividing line. Secondary mauvy grey, darker near the posterior
margin. Fringes paler, with a darker dividing line. On the underside the
veins all show rather palely ochreous.

Exjmnse : 28 mm.

Ilab. Dinawa, August.

The type is in my collection.

48. Pygmaeomorpha brunnea spec. nov. (PL V. f. 34).

(?. Head and thorax darkish red brown, abdomen rather paler, legs pale,
hindlegs with a very dark brown tuft of long hairs on the upperside of the
tibiae and first joints of tarsi.

Primary pale, slightly ochreous brown, basal half suff'used with darkish
rnfous brown scales, and edged by a very dark brown jagged fine stripe ; near
the base of this darker area is a broad indefinite very dark brown transverse
stripe, and the cell also is darkly edged above and below ; near the outer margin
is a fine transverse angled stripe from the costa to the inner margin ; posterior
margin rather broadly darker and darkly dotted on each vein ; fringes darkly
tessclated. Secondary paler ochreous brown, margin darkly finely dotted on
each vein. Under surface unicolorous pale brownish grey ; jirimary rather the
darker.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

The type is in my collection.

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Lasiolimacos gen. nov.

<?. Palpi hairy, upturned, reaching be3-ond the irons ; antennae deeply
bipectinateil, rapidly tapering at halfway, where they are serrated to the tip ;
legs hairy, mid and hind jiair very hairy, the latter with a thick brush on
the tibiae and lialfway down the tarsi; middle tibiae with one pair of spurs,
liind tibiae with two pair.

Primary with two internal veins: \b forked at the base; vein 5 free from
the base, thns completely dividing tlie cell, and emitting above it a fine forked
veinlet halfway along the cell to the discocellnlars, vein 6 from cell above
the centre, 7, 8, 9, 10 forked, 11 from cell to very near the apex, 12 to about
midway between the end of cell and the apex. Secondary with three internal
veins : 2, 3, 4 and 5 from lower part of cell, vein 5 free from the base thns
completely dividing the cell, 6 and 7 stalked ; close to the base a very short
bar from 7 to 8 forming a minute secondary cell ; vein 8 with numerous
vcinlets, several being forked and long ; frenulum present.

Type : Lasiolimacos pratti spec. nov.

49. Lasiolimacos pratti spec. nov. (PL VI. f. 32).

(?. Head and thorax ochrcous grey (commonly called buff) with a prominent
dark reddish-brown stripe down the centre ; antennae oehreons grey ; palpi
hairy reddish-brown ; abdomen pale brownish, darker down the dorsum ; legs very
hairy, ochreous grey, fore and mid legs with front dark reddish brown, hind legs
with tibial brushes conspicuously spotted with very dark reddish brown ; tarsi
reddish brown. Both wings ochreous grey, sparingly irrorated with dark scales,
but in the secondaries there is only the least trace of these scales.

Primary with a deep reddish-brown patch close to the base on the costa ; a
third along the inner margin is an oblique short dark reddish-brown dash with a
slight reddish suffusion on the margin (when the insect is at rest these dashes
meet over the back, where they join the dark stripe on the thorax, and are most
conspicuous) ; a blackish spot is at the end of the cell ; the apex has a reddish-
brown wedge-shaped patch ; whence a curved line descends and is met by a similar
curved line from above the anal angle, forming a bracket-sliaped mark } with the
centre continued basewards to just below the spot closing the cell. Secondary
slightly more reddish than the primaries, with a darker suffused cloud in the centre
extending to the posterior margin, but without any markings. Fringes of both
wings ochreous, with intersections of dark red-brown tufts of scales. Underside
with secondary irrorated all over with rough reddish-brown scales, more especially
in the centre of the wing.

? . With both wings rather redder than the male, the markings are similar
bnt there is a trace of a dark very interrupted stripe from the inner-marginal
dash to the apex, whilst the bracket-shaped mark near the posterior margin is
very obscured.

Expanse: S 38-40, ? 50 mm.

Ilab. Dinawa, August and September, and Ekeikei, January and February.

iJO. Lasiolimacos kenricki spec nov. (PI. VI. f 33).
cT. Head, palju, and antennae dark reddish brown, thorax ochreous with a
broad (lark reddish-brown stripe, patagiae irrorated with reddish brown ; abdomen

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oclireons, darker above ; forelegs hair}-, thickly irrorated with dark reddish-brown
scales, mid and hind legs irrorated and ringed with dark reddish brown, tarsi dark.

Primar}' ochreons, thickly irrorated with reddish brown, making the general
colonr reddish ochreons ; on the costa close to the base is a short cnrved dark
transverse dash, a dark spot at the end of the cell, apex clonded with reddish
brown from which a straight obliqne dark red-brown stripe extends to the inner
margin a third from the base ; another finer obliqne line extends from the same spot
to near the anal angle ; this line is indented in the middle, whence it is connected
with the other oblique stripe by a short dark line. Posterior margin finely dark,
fringes paler, finely darkly spotted, with dark edging. Secondary pale ochreons,
very slightly darker in the centre ; posterior margin finely dark, fringes paler,
darkly dotted with dark edging. Underside irrorated thickly with dark grey,
especially in the costal area, with dark reddish cloudy patch beyond the lower end
of the cell ; at the upper extremity of the cell is a small dark spot, inner-marginal
area pale ochreons without the dark irrorations.

?. Precisely like the mnle, but a little darker and without the short cnrved
basal dash on tlie costa. Underside the same as the male with the addition of a
dark spot nearer the base tiian that at.the upper end of the cell ; there is, however,
an indication of this spot in some males.

Expanse : S 35—39, ? 47 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, also from the Aroa River (Tring Mnseum).

The type is in my collection.

This species, which flies at the same time exactly as the previous one, L. pmtti,
has a strong superficial resemblance to it ; at rest, with the wings closed, they
however look quite distinct ; the marked oblique straight line in this species, and
the absence of the dark inner-marginal dash, which is so conspicuous a feature in
jjratti when at rest, separate them immediately from each other; then also the
underside of the secondary is very different.

51. Lasiolimacos ferruginea spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 50).

c?. Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreons brown, abdomen ochreons pale
brown, with dorsum reddish. Antennae pale ochreous brown, shortly pectinated
for a third.

Primary pale ochreous brown, suffused almost entirely with rough lustrous
reddish brown, thick scales, with a terminal broad wedge-shaped patch of finer
chestnut-coloured scales, above which is a subapical yellow spot, whilst the
scaling of the centre of the inner margin is also paler. Secondary pale whitish
ochreous deepening into reddish towards the termen. A small dark prominent
spot at the upper end of the cell, yet more prominent below than above.

Exjjanse, 37 mm.

Hab. Ekeikei, January — February.

The type is in my collection.

Nervicompressa gen. nov.

cJ. Palpi very small, heavily haired, deflexed ; legs thickly clothed with hair.

Primary short, very broad, posterior margin nearly straight, cell extremely
short and small, decidedly less than a third of the wing. Vein 4 from the lower
angle of the cell, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 stalked, 9 rising nearer the apex than 7, almost at
right angles to 8, and lying compressed below 10, which for its whole leugtli lies

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compressed beneath 12, tlins forming a secondary cell nearly three times as large
as the abortively small proper cell, so as to almost form the costa itself. Secondary,
vein 5 from the upper angle of the cell, 0 and 7 stalked, 8 free from base, no bar
between it and T. Cell extremely short and small. Frenulum present.
Type : N. unistrigata spec. nov.

52. Nervicompressa unistrigata spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 5).

<?. Head and thorax darkish brown, palpi blackish deflexed.

Primary ochre-brown, with a broad dark grey-brown nearly straight strife,
across the wing, beyond the centre, from costa to inner margin. Secondary ochre-
yellow with an oblique dark stripe right across the wing rather in front of the
centre.

Underside : in the secondary the stripe is more marked than above, and be)-ond
it is a waved slightly reddish indistinct stripe, beyond which the colour is paler.

? . Similar to the male, but paler in all respects.

Expanse : cJ 43, ? 39 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, July to September.

The type is in my collection.

53. Nervicompressa lunulata spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 4).

cJ. Head and thorax dark (somewhat reddish) brown, abdomen bright orange-
brown.

Primary dark (somewhat reddish) brown for the basal two-thirds, with a
curved luuulated margin, beyond which the colour is ochreous, a transverse dark
band near the centre of the wing ; in the posterior ochreous area is a pale lunulated
broad greyish transverse stripe with a dark dot on the veins at each lunnle, a
dark red-brown patch just below the apex on the posterior margin, fringes dark at
apex, paler near the anal angle. Secondary slightly reddish browu for the basal
two-thirds, beyond which the colour is ochreous. A dark brown transverse stripe
in the middle of the brown area; this area with a dark lunulated margin, next
which is a luuulated band of pale ochreous, darkly dotted at each lunule, paler
than the outer margin ; fringes reddish browu.

Underside: Primary reddish ochreous, a dark dot at the end of the cell,
with all the pattern showing more or less strongly through. Secondary orange-
coloured, the dark curved stripe much more distinct and diifused as to its outer
margin ; three dark reddish brown strongly lunulated transverse stripes, beyond
which the ground colour is irrorated with dark scales.

?. Primary pale brownish grey, with two obscure darker transverse bands,
beyond which is a row of dark dots, with a darker subapical area. Secondary
ochreous with two waved darker transverse stripes, between which is a short row
of dark spotted shading ; the ochreous area terminates in a dark lunular edging,
beyond which the posterior margin is pale purplish brown.

Underside : primary as the ?>iale ; secondary with the median area very broadly
puriilish, with yelluwish centre, beyond which is a luuular purple stripe, edged
broadly with orange, posterior area pale puriilish brown — the underside of the
abdomen is tinged with crimson.

Expanse : (J 45, ? 42 mm.

Jlab. Dinawa, August ; also from the Aroa Kiver (Tring Mnsenm).

The type is in my collection.

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54. Nervicompressa albomaculata spec. uov. (PI. IV. f. 3).

£?. Head and thorax reddish brown, .abdomea more orange in colonr.

Primary warm red-brown for the basal threo-qnartens, edged by a lunnlated
spotted stripe of pale grey which has a fine dark margin to the costa, beyond
which the colonr is pale greyish ; at the end of the cell is a prominent ronnd
whitish^ spot, the apex has a whitish patch on the costal portion, below the apex
on the posterior margin is a dark red-brown patch. Secondary paler reddish brown,
with a Innnlated spotted transverse pale yellowish stripe somewhat near the
posterior margin.

Underside : Primary paler uniform reddish brown all over, with all the marks
showing through except the ronnd whitish spot, which is barely discernible ;
secondary rather darker than the primary, with tlie lunulated stripe more
pronounced.

Expanse : 46 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

The type is in my collection.

55. Nervicompressa dubia spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 19).

cJ. Head reddish brown, thorax very dark reddish brown, abdomen deep
orange.

Primary pale buff, darker in terminal area with a waved purplish medial stripe ;
a curved indefinite mauve snfi'used line, edged obscurely with yellowish, with a fine
very indistinct dark margin, beyond which is a row of dark dashes on each vein ;
a snbapical purplish wedge-shaped terminal patch. Secondary orange yellow, with
a lunulate postmedial line, followed by a row of dark dashes on each vein.

Under surface : Primary yellowish, with three transverse lines, and the
snbapical patch as above. Secondary orange, with a purplish costa and a
very prominent medial striiJe, followed by three lunulated strij)es.

Expanse : 41 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, September.

The type is in my collection.

56. Nervicompressa kebeae spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. lu).

$ . Head and thorax pale cinnamon-brown, abdomen deep orange, legs orange-
yellow with black tarsi, antennae blackish.

Primary cinnamon-brown, paler in the medial area, with a straight oblique
dark purplish brown medial stripe, followed by a slightly curved narrower like-
coloured postmedial line palely edged externally, in which edging is a row of dark
dots on each vein, apex with a darker suffusion, fringes dark purplish, pale at the
tornus. Secondary orange-colour, with a trace of a medial line, a suffused lunulated
postmedial stripe palely edged externally, with a row of dark dots on the veins,
fringes dark jjurplish.

Under surface : Primary yellowish, with the two transverse stripes as above,
but less prominent, with a purplish terminal suffusion very dark at the apex.
Secondary deeper than above, suffused all over except on the inner margin with
fine purplish irrorations, with the pattern as above, but much more prominent.

Expanse : 42 mm.

Hah. Kebea, March and April.

The type is in my collection,

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^~. Nervicompressa aroa spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. fi).

cJ. Head and thorax chocolate brown, abdomen orange-red above, laterally and
ventrally spotted with black, with a central dark streak below.

Primary chocolate brown, with a whitish spot in the cell, beyond wiiich is a
whitish transverse stripe rising in a large costal whitish patch, a broad medial band
of the ground colour, with a strongly scalloped enter margin, with a donble alternate
scalloped edging of dark and pale brownish, a cream-colonred apical patch, with a
dark reddish snbapical blotch on the termen, below which the termen is broadly
pale. Secondary orange brown, with an antemedial dark stripe, and a series of
four scalloped stripes alternating orange and reddish, termen broadly dark.

Expanse : 48 mm.

Ilab. Aroa River.

The type is in the Tring Mnseum. There are several specimens in the collec-
tion. This species has the appearance of lieing a hyl)rid between JV. lunulata
and albomaculata ; but there are three specimens before me, so doubtless it is a
good race.

Lasiochara gen. nov.

S. Palpi minute, antennae deeply bipectinate for a quarter, then suddenly
minutely serrate, but so minute as to look almost simple ; legs very hairy indeed,
no tibial spurs.

Primary with two internal veins, 1« absent; cell divided by a veinlet, 0 from
middle of cell, 7, 8 and 9 stalked, 10 from end of cell, 11 long to near tlie ajiex.
Secondary, with three internal veins, cell divided by a veinlet, 3, 4 and 5 from
lower portion of cell, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 bent down, touching 7 close to the base,
with several very short veinlets after the jtoint of contact. Frenulum present.

Type : ]j. jjidchra spec. nov.

58. Lasiochara pulchra spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 49).

t?. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish ochreous, legs densely clothed with
long purplish lilac hairs, tarsi ochreous.

Primary with the basal third pinkish lilac, outer two-thirds pale pinkish
brown, with a postmedial pinkish fine serrated transverse line from costa to inner
margin, veins pinkish np to this line. Secondary uniform lilac pink, with no
marks.

Underside uniform pale brownish pink.

Expanse : 42 — 48 mm.

Hah. Dinawa, August and September.

The type is in my collection.

Squamosala gen. nov.

Palpi upturned, reaching beyond the frons ; antennae bipectinated to tip ; legs
hairy, tarsi bare and long, mid leg with one pair of spurs on the tibia, hind leg
with two pairs of spurs on the tibia.

Primary with apex rounded, two internal veins, cell divided all its length,
veins 4 and 5 from near the lower angle, vein 6 from above the middle, veins 7, 8

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and 9 stalked, vein 10 from immediately before tlie upper angle of the cell, vein 11
long bent upward towards vein 12, and reaching nearly as far as 10. Secondary
with three internal veins — vein 4 from the extremity of the cell, veins 3 and 5 from
jnst below and above it respectively, 6 and 7 stalked, a bar to 7 from the cell, vein 8
free from base. Frenulum present.
Type : S. nigrostigmata spec. nov.

59. Squamosala nigrostig'mata spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 47).

(?. Head, palpi, and antennae pale reddish brown, head and palpi rough and
hairy, thorax darker reddish brown, with very dark central stripe, abdomen paler,
but with darker dorsal area.

Primary pale reddish oohreous, the basal two-thirds covered with darker rough
reddish scales, with a slight irroration of superimposed fine black scales in parts,
the species having thus a very rough appearance ; below the costa beyond the cell
is a black stigma pupilled with reddish, below which is an irregular black stripe
to the inner margin. Secondary pale reddish ochreous.

Expanse : 39 mm.

Ilab. Dinawa, August.

Family LASIOCAMPIDAE.
Cycethra gen. nov.

? . Palpi small, hairy, antennae shortly pectinated to the tip and with cilia.

Neuration : primary \b forked to near a quarter, 2 from the middle of the cell,
3 from long before angle, 4 well before angle, .5 from angle, 0 from upper angle,
7 from beyond middle of areole, 8 and 9 separate from end of areole, united by a
bar to form areole, which is unusually long, reaching to near apex, 10 from well In
front of end of areole, 11 long from cell. Secondary with one internal vein, 2 from
near middle of cell, 3 from well in front of angle, 4 from the angle, 5 from above
the angle. 6 from the upper angle, 7 from the cell, 8 quite free. Frenulum absent.

Type : C. aroa spec. nov.

60. Cycethra aroa spec. nov.

? . Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen reddish-brown.

Primary reddish brown, sparingly clothed with scales so as to appear sub-
hyaline, with two obscure dark round spots in the cell, and a postmedial dark grey
nearly straight stripe, palely edged internally, beyond which the ground colour is
greyish. Secondary with two obscure dark grey spots in the cell, that nearer the
base being very obscure ; the marks of the primary are precisely carried through the
secondary.

Hab. Aroa River, January 1903.

The termen is too torn to enable me to give the exact expanse, but the unique
type is not less than 10.5 mm. It is in the Tring Museum.

The genus is very aberrant, belonging neither to the Limacodidae nor correctly
to the Lasiocampidae, as it has only one internal vein to the secondary, but as the
frenulum is absent it will be better to include it in the latter family.

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01. Taragama dinawa spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 8).

S. Head, jialpi, thorax, and abdomen dull reddish brown, antennae rather
paler.

Primary reddish brown, with the basal half of a very deep dark brown, edged
by a fine oblique pale stripe, roughly parallel with the outer margin, a postmedial
row of greyish lunular marks, those near the anal angle palely edged internally.
Secondary dark smoky brown, with a straight obliqne pale stripe from the ape.x to
the inner margin, fringes whitish.

Underside both wings reddish brown, the basal half of each decidedly darker
and redder brown, bordered externally by a dusky stripe, which is itself edged
externally by an obscure paler stripe.

Expanse : 44 — 46 mm.

Hab. Dinawa. Taken in May and Jane, and again in August and September.

The type is in my collection.

62. Taragama rubiginea spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 2).

(?. Head dark red, i)alpi and antennae greyish brown, thorax bright red,
abdomen reddish brown with a dark anal tuft, legs hairy reddish brown with bare
tarsi encircled with whitish.

Primary bright darkish red, with a subbasal and medial obscure dark grey
slightly curved transverse line ; the postmedial line is dark grey, straight and
erect from the costa to the inner margin just in front of the inner angle; beyond
this is a faint trace of another similar very obscure line, submarginal row curved
from in front of the apex to the inner angle, composed of dark grey dots with
a very small whitish speck on the exterior. Secondary reddish grey with bright
red costa and pale reddish ochreons inner margin, with two or three very obscure
indefinite transverse darkish grey stripes terminating in the inner-marginal area.
Fringes whitish.

Underside: red, secondary with a thick irroration of whitish scales on the
costa near the base.

Expanse : 64 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

The type is in my collection.

63. Taragama proserpina spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 9).

(?. Frons white, thorax, collar, antennae, palpi, abdomen and legs black,
abdomen below brownish, legs very hairy, hind tarsi ringed with white.

Primary with base brownish, edged externally with a double curved white
line ; close to the base is a black spot below the cell having a white dot on its inner
edge and another at its upper outer extremity ; medial area black edged externally
with a serrated oblique white line from the costa to the inner margin ; a small
white spot closes the cell ; apex pink with a broad dash of blackish below,
below which is a jjale brown patch, followed by a wedge-shaped dusky patch,
below which the surface is clouded more or less with brownish, a submarginal
row of blackish dots to the third vein edged externally by an interrupted deeply
scalloped white line. Secondary entirely dusky, with a costal white mark si)owing
through from the underside. The underside of the primaries is black, with the
small white spot at the end of the cell as on the upperside ; on the inner margin

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is a whitish mark near the base, aud another nearer the aual aagle ; on the costa
near the apex is a white spot followed by a short broad dash of pink along the
costa. Apex and apical half of the posterior margin pinkish ochreons brown,
a snbapical patch of pale pinkish brown as on the njiper snrface ; below the cell
the wing is nearly devoid of scales. Secondaries dusky with a short obli([ne
white dash from the middle of the costa, preceded by a deep black costal patch.

Expanse : 37 mm.

Hub. Dinawa, August.

The type is in my collection.

04. Arguda pratti spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 33).

S. Head and thorax pale fawn-brown, palpi purplish brown, abdomen reddish
brown.

Primary ochreous brown tinged slightly with chestnut-colour, irrorated with
grey, two medial waved darker stripes palely edged, widely separate, the interspace
much filled with grey irrorations, beyond the outer line a band of grey irrorations
with pale brown edging, which (edging) is margined by an oblii]ue row of dark
grey spots in the vein interspaces. Secondary red-brown, costa greenish brown,
with a single short grey transverse dash.

? . Similar to male, but rather more reddish and with less of the grey irroration;
it is a somewhat paler insect.

Expanse : c? 44, ? 53 mm.

Ilab. Ekeikei, January.

The type is in my collection.

65. Opsirhina aroa spec. nov.

c?. Head and thorax, red-brown, abdomen pale red-brown.

Primary reddish, with two almost parallel transverse slightly curved inwardly
dark lines palely edged outwardly, a slight trace of grey irroration on the termen,
more distinct at the apex, a small indistinct blackish dot closing the cell. Fringes
dark. Secondary slightly reddish brown, paler for the basal third and fringes
darker. Below the primaries are much paler and yellower with the outer line
showing prominently through and the apex and termen quite dark ; the secondaries
are strongly irrorated with purplish brown, with superimposed grey dusting and
two angled transverse stripes, the inner margin being quite pale.

? . Both wings pale ochreous grey-brown, with an antemedial and postmedial
pale band, the medial area being darker with a small white spot in the cell ;
a slight trace of a third pale band nearer the apex. Secondaries darker with the
two medial pale bands rather obscure.

Expanse : c? 40, ? 69 mm.

Ilab. Aroa River.

The type is in the Tring Museum. The single male was taken in March,
whilst the female was taken at the end of January. I have no doubt as to the
sexes, however.

Isostigena gen. nov.
(J. Paljii minute, antennae deeply bipectiuate to over a third, then suddenly
reduced and tapering slightly to the tip ; legs densely clothed with thick brushes
of long hair to the end of the tarsi.

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Primary with veins 6, T, 8 stalked, U and lu on a long stalk from just before
the end of the cell, 11 long bent upwards and lying directly below vein 12.
Secondary with two internal veins. 3, 4 and 5 from angle of cell, 7 from the cell,
connected with 8 by a bar, 8 bent upwards from the base in a deep curve, then
sharply downwards to the bar, from thence to the margin at an angle, it thus
forms a large secondary cell, several small veinlets are emitted from 8 to the
margin, a slight precostal vein.

Type : /. bicellata spec. nov.

60. Isostigena bicellata spec nov. (PI. IV. f. 12).

S- Plead, palpi, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown with the scales palely
tipped, giving an irrurated appearance ; legs similar in colour, densely haired ;
antennae paler, set in marked sockets of pale fawn-colour; anal tuft blackish.

Primary pale fawn-colour, pale reddish in the cell and jiosterior marginal
area, deep purplish red below the cell to the inner angle ; snbbasal line curved,
dark grey, evanescent a little below the cell, postmedial line dark grey, angled
on vein 6, and scalloped between each vein ; from the apex are four or tive dark
spots between the veins near the posterior margin. Secondary pale pinkish brown,
with a slightly darker medial cloud, and snbmarginal indefinite transverse band.

Underside : primary dusky with a reddish wedge-shaped patch beyond the cell ;
secondary pale pinkish brown with the basal costal area dark greyish.

Expanse : 42 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, taken in May and again in August ; also from the Aroa River
(Tring Museum).

The tj'pe is in my collection.

Sporostigena gen. nov.

c?. Palpi hairy, porrect not beyond the frons ; antennae deeply bipectinate for
about a third, suddenly decreasing, and gently tapering to tip ; legs hairy, one pair
of minute spurs on hindtibia only.

Primary with veins 4 and .5 from lower angle of cell, 6, 7 and S stalked,
9 and 10 on a very long stalk, 11 inclined up and lying directly below 12.
Secondary with two internal veins, 3, 4 and 5 from the lower angle, 4 and 5
being stalked, 7 from the cell near to the base, 8 bent down to touch 7 close to
its origin from the cell, then angled rapidly upwards to the costa, so forming
a small secondary basal cell, two veinlets rising from 8 before its anastomosis,
precostal vein also present.

Type : S. uniformis spec. nov.

67. Sporostigena uniformis spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 11).

S. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs pale greyish brown. Palpi dark chocolate
brown. Bt)th wings light brown, thickly clothed with ochreous scales.

Primary with only a trace of a basal and medial grey line, and with a sub-
marginal row of dark spots. Secondary with a very faint dark medial line.

Underside : primary brown with a slight reddish tinge, secondary as the

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npperside, but \rith the costal area dark browu and almost free from ocbreous
scales.

Expanse : 42 mm.

Ilab. Dinawa ; Aroa River.

The t3'i)e is in my collection.

68. Odonestis centralistrigata spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 7).

S. Head and antennae grizzly brown, palpi and collar reddish brown, each
tipped and irrorated with greyish ; thorax reddish ochreons brown with slight
very fine irrorations of grey ; abdomen above black ringed with yellow, below
reddish brown ; anal tnft blackish ; legs hairy, red finely irrorated with grey, ochreons
on the inside ; tarsi hairy red, all the hairs tipped with pale grey, giving the
appearance of pale encirclings.

Primary reddish brown, very finely irrorated all over witli pale grey ; a little
over the centre is a longitudinal broadish dark grey stripe from near the base
almost to the posterior margin, in which a quarter from the base is a very small
but distinct whitish dot, a medial and postmedial dark grey curved transverse
stripe, which are parallel ; a submarginal row of pale grey spots somewhat obscure
with black edging internally, roughly parallel to the posterior margin. Fringes
darker. Secondary browu_ with a slight reddish tint, especially in the costal
area, and ochreons in the basal and inner-marginal areas with fine grey irrorations ;
the medial and postmedial transverse grey lines as in the primary extend through
from the costa to the inner margin : fringes darker.

Underside less red than above, but with the two grey stripes carried through
both wings as above.

Expanse, 62 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, Angnst.

The marked longitudinal stripe of the primary and the two parallel grey
lines carried right through both wings should make it easily recognisable ; it
comes near 0. griseomargiiiata Swinh.

Family LYMANTRIDAE.

69. Caviria dinawa spec. nov.

S. Head cream-coloured, thorax whitish, abdomen yellow, legs yellowish.
Both wings hyaline with scattered raised scales.

Primary with a raised spot at the end of the cell, raised scales on the inner
margin below vein 2, and in the snbterminal area. Secondary with a raised spot
at the end of the cell, a patch on vein 2 and in the subterminal area.

Expanse, 40 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, September.

A series. The type is in my collection.

70. Porthesia aroa spec. nov.

cJ. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and first segment of abdomen pure white ;
rest of abdomen blackish with blackish anal tuft. Both wings pure white,
with no tendency to become hyaline.

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? . Exactly like the male, ouly larger.

Expanse : c? 33, ? 36 mm.

Ilab. Aroa Kiver, March.

The type is in the Triug Mnsenm.

71. Porthesia alba spec. nov.

cj S . Head and thorax tinged with buff colour, antennae with white shafts,
abdomen dark grey with yellow anal tuft. Both wings pure white— in the. female
ouly a slight tinge of ochreous on the inner margin of the primaries.

Expanse : t?, ? , 32 mm.

Ilab. Aroa River, !?,tf/pe; Ekeikei, ?.

The c? is in the Triug Mnsenm and the ? in my collection.

72. Porthesia meeki spec. nov.

(?. Head and thorax white, alxlomeu yellow dorsally and laterally, below
white.

Primary pnre white, qnite marklcss. Secondary pnre white, with abdominal
fold yellowish.

? . With a tinge of straw-colour in both wings, deepest in the basal and
abdominal areas of the secondary.

Expanse : S 21—26, ¥ 32 mm.

Ilab. Aroa River, March and April.

The type is in the Triug Museum.

73. Porthesia ekeikei spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 22).
cj. Thorax whitish, abdomen brown with whitish anal tuft.
Primary white, with a large patch of brown scales in the middle of the
inner margin. Secondary pure white.
Expanse, 24 mm.
Ilab. Ekeikei, March to April.
In my collection.

74. Euproctis swinhoei spec. nov. (PI. IV. f 2u).

cJ. Head and anteuuae blackish, thorax orange-yellow, abdomen black
with whitish anal segment.

Primary orange-yellow, with a few scattered fine black scales on the
termen below the apex, extending into a stripe between veins 6 and 7, and a
very few fine black isolated scales below and beyond the cell. Secondary
uniformly black. The under surface is similar in colour to the upperside, only
there is a large blackish apical patch in the primaries.

Expanse, 44 mm.

Ilab. Mount Kebea, March to April.

The type is in my collection.

75. Euproctis virginea spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 16).

Head white tinged laterally with yellow, thorax and abdomen white spotted
with a peculiar delicate livid blue.

Primary pure white with a terminal and inner-marginal series of similar

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blue spots and stripes, which extend over vein 1 in a short postmedial row of
three spots. Secondary pure white.

Expanse, 36 to 42 ram.

Hab. Ekeikei, January to April ; also from the Aroa ii. (Tring Museum).

The type is in my collection.

"6. Euproctis parallelaria spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 16).

t?. Head yellow, thorax grey, abdomen blackish with cream-coloured anal
tnft ; antennae with yellowish branches ; fore legs grey, middle and hind legs
yellowish, hairy to the end of the tarsus.

Primary jiale greyish with two oblique parallel angled lines beyond the
cell ; the upper part of these lines is yellowish, the lower two-thirds dark grey,
inner margin suffased with dark scales ; cell closed by a dark grey spot, which ia
produced into a broad dark stripe extending into a dark grey patch on the
posterior margin below the apex ; below this the posterior margin has a sulTusion
of dark grey scales to the anal angle. Beyond the outer parallel line is a trace
of another spotted line somewhat indistinct and interrupted. There is a yellowish
dash on the vein at the upper and lower angle of the cell. Secondary uniform
pale ochreous.

Expanse, 34 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August and September.

77. Euproctis kebeae spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 30).

(?. Head and antennae primrose yellow, thorax jjale yellow tinged with
orange, abdomen brownish, with anal tuft pale yellowish.

Primary pure markless deep primrose yellow. Secondary tinged with orange
with paler fringes.

Expanse, 43 mm.

Hab. Mount Kebea, March ; Aroa R. (Tring Museum).

The type is in my collection.

78. Euproctis dinawa spec. nov. (PL IV. f. 29).

(?. Head greyish yellow, thorax and abdomen ochreous yellow, the latter
brownish at its anal extremity with a pale anal tuft, legs yellowish white.
Both wings pale ochreous, without any markings, except that in the primaries
there is a rusty red patch on the inner margin, nearer the base than the anal
angle.

? . Like the male, but whitish with a trace of ochreous. The secondaries
more ochreous, especially around the inner margin.

Expanse : cj 40-43, ? 40 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, Aroa R. (Tring Museum).

The type is in my collection.

79. Euproctis yulei spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 28).

S. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange yellow, the latter paler at the anal
extremity.

Primary orange colour, rather paler than the thorax, with the veins showing

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as paler Hues ; a deep reil triangular spot occupies the posterior half of the cell.
Secondary pale ochreons.

Expanse, 42 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, Angnst.

The type is in my collection.

80. Euproctis rubroradiata spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 21).

(?. Head, collar, and abdomen pale yellowish brown, thorax pale yellow
with a crimson stripe on each patagia. Legs with a black stripe on the tibiae
of the middle and hind pair, and the tarsi of all black.

Primary pale smooth yellow, a crimson sjiot at the base of the costa, in the
centre of the cell, and near the base between the cell and vein 1 ; just beyond
the cell a recurved row of purplish crimson spots from near the costa to the
inner margin, from each of which radiates a crimson stripe between the veins
to the posterior margin, each alternate stripe being finer than its neighbour.
The strij)es above the inner margin and in the space between veins 2 and 3
arise almost at the base of the wings, and there is also a stripe just below the
costa in front of the ape.\ ; posterior fringe yellow, inner-marginal fringe crimson.
Secondary yellow shading into orange in the inner-marginal area.

Expanse : 45 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August and March.

The type is in my collection.

81. Euproctis pratti spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 13).

S. Head, thorax and abdomen rufous brown, head and antennae paler, palpi
dark brown, and tuft white; legs with all the tarsi black, the tibiae of the
middle and hind pair black below.

Primary entiiely covered with rufous brown scales excejit that the veins
appear finely somewhat pale yellowish, and there is an irregular pale yellow
stripe near the posterior margin from which the veins radiate pale yellow up to
the margin, giving the transverse stripe a deeply serrate outline ou that
side ; a large round prominent white spot is at the end of the cell. Secondary
deeply ochreous.

Expanse : 42 mm.

Ilab. Dinawa, August.

The type is in my collection. •

82. Euproctis fuscoradiata spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. o).

?. Head and thorax primrose yellow, abdomen black with whitish anal
extremity.

Primary primrose yellow with a subbasal indefinite patch of rusty brown
not extending to the costa ; beyond the cell is a broad spotted stripe of rnsty
brown receding in a curve basewards below the cell, the spots above vein 2
to the apex radiating outwards to the termcn into a broad stripe in each of the
vein interspaces. Secondary chrome yellow with blackish basal areas.

Expanse : 44—46 mm.

Hah. Aroa 11., February and March.

The type is in the Tring Museum.

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83. Euproctis aroa spec. nov.

?. Head and thorax rnfons brown, abdomen red with a whitish anal tuft.

Primary reddish brown, with basal area darker and a broad postmedial indetinite
band and less broad terminal area of darker colour, the veins in the latter area
showing pale. Secondary orange yellow. Underside uniform orange yellow, with
the termen of both wings dusky in the nerve interspaces.

Expanse : 64 mm.

Hab. Aroa R., February.

The type is in the Tring Museum.

84. Euproctis nigroapicalis spec. nov. (PL IV. f. 34).

(?. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark greyish brown.

Primary orange j'ellow with the basal and medial areas thickly irrorated with
blackish, the costal, apical, and terminal areas suffused with blackish, with the
veins showing slightly red, the tornus and a spot in the cell only having the
orange-yellow ground-colour free from suffusion. Secondary with the costa and
apex bright orange red, the rest of the wing being deep black, fringe showing
slightly orange.

The underside is exactly like the upperside, except that the primary has
no basal or medial irroration.

Expanse : 37 mm.

Hab. Aroa R., March ; one specimen.

The type is in the Tring Museum.

85. Euproctis irregularis spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 14),

(J. Head and thorax ochreous grey, abdomen brownish grey.

Primary greenish grey, considerably irrorated with darker grey, with an
antemedial curved irregular blackish stripe, and a similar subterminal stripe
beginning in a blackish subapical patch, the line receding near the inner
margin, edged outside with yellowish scales. Secondary pale greyish without
markings.

Expanse : 32 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, Aroa R., September.

The type is in my collection.

86. Euproctis albociliata spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 2).

c?. Head, thorax, and antenna3 olive brown, abdomen black with bright yellow
terminal segment and anal tuft.

Primary uniform olive brown with a white quadrate spot at the end of the
cell, and the termen narrowly white with white fringes. Secondary bright yellow,
with small basal area black extending slightly down the inner margin.

Underside of both wings yellow, with the inner margin of the secondary
slightly black.

Expanse : 63 mm.

Hab. Ekeikei, January.

The tyi)e is in my collection.

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87. Euproctis novaguinensis spec. nov.

Head and thorax pale brown, anteuuae jtale brown, abdomen darker brown
with pale segmental dorsal divisions, anal tnft cream-coloured ; legs yellow with
dark tarsi.

Primary nuiform reddish dull brown to the tips of the fringes. Secondary
pale orange-yellow with the inner-marginal area brownish, fringes grey.

Under suiface entirely yellow, dusky in the primaries towards tlie termen,
in the secondary on the inner margin.

E.xpanse : tj, 62 mm.

Ilab. Ekeikei, Mount Kebea. The species occurs generally in most of the
localities visited, flying from January to April.

The type is in my collection.

88. Euproctis sublutea spec. nov.

(?. Frons ochreous grey, palpi black, head dark brown, thorax white with
dark brown patagiae and dark hairs sjiaringly covering the white thorax, abdomen
black, with anal tnft ochreons cream-colonr, legs brownish with black tarsi.

Primary uniform darkish brown with fine reddisli brown irrorations. Secondary
orange, with the inuer-niargiual third black of an ovate shape exteriorly.

Underside : Primary orange yellow, with the apical and terminal area blackisli.
Secondary as above.

? . Like the male, only darker, and the underside of the primaries is entirely
brown, like the upperside.

Expanse: S 39, ? 64 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, June and July ; Mount Kebea, March and April.

The type is in my collection.

89. Euproctis flavicaput spec. nov.

(?. Frons and palpi orange, collar and thorax dark brown, abdomen black with
anal extremity whitish, pectus orange yellow ; legs yellowish, with similar
coloured tarsi. Wings similar in colour ta the preceding species {sublutea), but the
colour of the primary is darker, and of the secondary yellower, not so orange.

Expanse : 38 mm.

Hab. Aroa River (Tring Museum).

This species is superficially very close to sublutea, but the dark thorax, the
orange head and pectus and palpi, and the yellow tarsi will easily separate it.

Diversosexus gen. nov.

Antennae bipectinated, long in the )nale, shortly in the female ; palpi very
minute, proboscis absent ; legs short, slightly hairy, very slightly in the male.

<J. Primary with two internal veins, and vein 1^ forked at base, veins 3
and 4 from lower angle of the cell, 5 from middle of cell, 6 from upper angle of
cell, 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked, 11 from cell; cell placed close to costa, so that
veins 10, 11, and 12 are com])re8sed close together and run parallel with each
other, the two former to close to the apex. Secondary with three internal veins,
veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell, 5 from near centre of cell, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 free
from base.

?. Primary with vein 3 below the angle of cell, 4 and 5 from the angle,

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6 from upper angle of cell, 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked, 11 from cell, veins In, 11 and 12
not compressed. Secondary with vein 3 below the angle, 4 and 5 from angle of
cell, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 anastomosing with 7 shortly at about a third its length.
Tyj)e : D. bicolor spec. nov.

90. Diversosexus bicolor spec. nov. (PL VI. f. 4).

(?. Head, antennae, and legs brown; thorax brownish black ; abdomen black,
rinsjed on the npper part with grey at the segments, anal extremity cream-coloured.
Both wings brownish black.

Primary with a very broad whitish curved hand across the centre of the wing
from the costa to the inner margin. Secondary with the lower half of the inner
margin finely whitish, bisected by the black ground-colour.

S . Like the male, except that in the primaries the whitish band is replaced
by a wedge-shaped patch extending to the angle of vein 2, and the veins are more
or less whitish also. This sex is very hairy in the basal area.

Expanse : 3 52, ? 55 mm.

Hab. Dinawa ; Aroa River (Mns. Tring).

The type is in my collection.

91. Diversosexus area spec. nov. (PI. "VI. f. 3).

(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish ; abdomen with extremity dirty white.

Primary black, with a broad white postmedial band from the costa to the
tornus. Secondary white, with the termen broadly black, slightly decreasing
towards the tornus.

Expanse : 56 mm.

Hab. Aroa River, March.

The type is in the Tring Museum.

92. Anthela ekeikei spec. nov.

(J. Head, tliorax, and abdomen brownish grey ; palpi blackish ; legs dark grey.
Both wings brownish grey.

Primary with an antemedial very irregular reddish brown line, followed closely
by an obscure similar medial line, between which is a small dark spot in the
cell, followed by a larger round one beyond the cell, a postmedial oblique nearly
straight fine line with a whitish outer border ; this line is sometimes very obscure ;
bej'ond this is a row of dark dots, one on each vein, often joined together by a
fine V-shaped mark in the interspace. A small costal reddish patch is in front
of this row, and there is a snbapical terminal darker patch. Secondary with all
the lines (except the medial one), and the row of connected dots of the primary
carried right throngli. The underside of the secondary is conspicuous by two
distinct small blackish dots in the cell.

Expanse : 57 — 60 mm.

Ilab. Ekeikei.

The type is in my collection.

This species, occurring from January to March, is variable. The medial area
between the two lines is liable to dark grey or reddish suffusion, and the two
dark spots are often pupilled with white. Again, all the marks are subject to
obsoletion. *

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93. Dasychira subnigra spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 41).

c?. Head and thorax pale grey ; palpi black, tips whitish ; antennae with
red-brown branches ; abdomen dark brown, tinged with golden or red-brown,
whitish beneath, anal tuft whitish ; legs white, with greyish scales and spotted
with black.

Primary greyish white, irrorated with darker grey beyond the medial line and
less so at the base. A snbbasal dentate black line, interrupted in cell ; double
medial waved lines, a distinct dentate postmedial and marginal line ; between
these two a white dentate stripe. Secondary blackish, with greyish white fringes.
Below both wings blackish, with darker cell-spot. Primary, costa white, and
posterior margin broadly white. Secondary with costa whitish.

Expanse : 54 — .58 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

The type is in my collection. A series was taken.

94. Dasychira subnigropunctata spec. nov. (PI. VI. f 40).

cJ. Head and thorax pale grey; palpi grey, blackish laterally; abdomen
darker grey; legs hairy, pale grey. Antennae shafts whitish, pectinations red.

Primary white, sparingly irrorated with grey : basal line only traceable by a
short transverse dark dash from the costa, medial line visible but very interrupted,
postmedial line fairly distinct wavy, submarginal line distinct, but interrnjjted
by each vein. Secondary white, with the posterior marginal area slightly irrorated
with grey ; at the end of the cell a dark spot below shows through.

Underside : both wings white, with a very sparing and faint irroration of grey
here and there ; at the end of the cells is a very prominent black spot, giving the
underside a very distinctive appearance.

Expanse : 50 mm.

Hah. Dinawa, September.

The type is in my collection.

95. Dasychira brunnea spec. nov. (PI. VI. f 30).

J. Primary grey, entirely covered with jiale brown irrorations, basal and
medial darker transverse lines obscure and interrupted, postmedial stripe distinct,
strongly serrate, near costa, serrate and obscure in the median area, more distinct
and jagged near the inner margin, this line is double on the costa ; a dark almost
continuous fine submarginal line, between which and the postmedial line is a
broad, strongly toothed and serrate pale grey stripe from the costa to the anal
angle ; posterior margin finely darkish ; near the end of the cell is a pale grey
indistinct spot, pupilled with dark brown ; fringes pale brown. Secondary uniform
darkish brown ; fringes paler, darkly tcsselated.

Underside : both wings uniform brownish grey ; primary with pale ochreous
costa, a blackish spot closing the cell, and whitish fringes ; secondary with quite
white fringes to the costa, and very pale and darkly tesselated posterior fringes,
the posterior margin being finely dark. Head and thorax covered with pale
brown and whitish scales; antennae with reddish branches; paljji black, tipped
with pale grey ; abdomen brown with a lighter anal tuft ; legs greyish, spotted

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with (lark brown ; tibiae of hind pair dark brown with a black stripe, all hairy,
the front pair being very thickly hairy.

Expanse : 54—55 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

The type is in my collection.

96. Dasychira minor spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 27).

(?. Head and thorax grey; palpi black tipped with grey; antennae with
reddish branches ; abdomen dark grey ; legs, fore darkish grey, very hairy, middle
pale grey, with tibiae strongly marked with black, hind pale grey.

c?. Primary greyish white, central and posterior areas strongly irrorated with
dark grey ; basal line close to base represented by two short dashes, one from the
costa, the other across the cell, a double medial dentate line, the inner line inter-
rupted by a whitish triangular patch below the cell, leaving two dark <-shaped
marks between it and the inner margin, postmedial line waved, sometimes double,
the outer one rather indistinct, in front of which is a dark spot closing the cell,
space beyond whitish, two waved indistinct lines between this and the margin
both rather interrupted, margin finely dark, a black spot on the costa beyond the
cell, fringes tesselated dark grey and white. Secondary whitish, with a broad
grey shading on the posterior margin ; fringes tesselated grey and white.

Underside : primaries smoky-black, with whitish inner-marginal areas ;
secondaries white, with a dark stripe beyond the cell across the wing, very
distinct on the costa.

Expanse : 40 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

The type is in my collection.

97. Dasychira kenricki spec. nov. (PI. IV. f 27).

S- Head and thorax grizzled grey ; palpi blackish brown, grey tipped ; abdomen
yellowish, with dark segmental divisions and dark anal tuft.

Primary grey, with the basal area whitish grey, sparingly irrorated with very
fine darker grey, more densely on the inner margin, an irregular fine black line
sharply angled below the costa and receding basewards ; a broad dark medial band
edged with blackish laterally, followed by a band of much darker ground-colour,
in which is a dark spot closing the cell, a postmedial serrate blackish line,
ground-colour darkish to the termen,a subterminal irregular serrate line. Secondary
yellow, with a broadish postmedial blackish band not reaching the apex.

Expanse : c? 62—63 mm.

Ilab. Dinawa, June — August.

The type is in my collection. Several specimens were taken.

Dasychiroides gen. nov.

Palpi upturned, densely clothed with long hair ; antennae with the branches
very long in male ; legs hairy.

Primary with outer margin somewhat rounded, scarcely oblique ; nenration,
veins 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 11 and 12 anastomosing very shortly. Secondary witli
veins 3, 4, and 5 from near the angle of cell, 6 and 7 from the upper angle.

Type : D. obsoleta spec. nov.

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98. Dasychiroides obsoleta spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 43).

<J. Head and tliorax greyish white, jialpi black, grey tipped ; antennae with
red-brown branches, set in two porreet jieucils of whitish hairs ; abdomen dark
brown all over ; legs grey, black spotted.

Primary whitish, somewhat shiny, with a trace of a basal black dentate
line, with donble antemedial and double medial interrupted dentate lines, a post-
medial serrate line and an autemarginal line, the latter appearing almost as a
row of dots. Posterior margin distinctly dotted with black between the veins.
Secondary blackish grey with similar coloured fringes.

Underside : primaries dirty grey, whitish below the cell and the centre portion
of costa, secondaries dark grey with a trace of a lunule in the cell.

Expanse, 44 to 50 mm.

Hab. Owen Stanley Range, t>/pe ; Aroa River ; etc. Flies in May to June
near the coast, and in August in the hills, and is not uncommon.

The type is in my collection from Dinawa.

99. Dasychiroides nigrostrigata spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 28).

(J. Very similar to the previous species, but with the markings obsolescent ;
at the end of the cell in the primary there is an oblique broad black transverse
stripe from the middle of the costa to near the inner angle.

Expanse, 47 mm.

Ilab. Dinawa, and generally distributed. This species is a close ally to
obsoh'ta.

The type is in my collection. A small series was taken from each locality.

100. Dasychiroides pratti spec. nov. (PL VI. f. 7).

£?. Head and thorax greyish white, palpi black latorully with white edges;
antennae short, with red-brown branches ; abdomen brown with whitish anal
tuft ; legs white, grey scaled, tibiae and tarsi of hind pair brown.

Primary white with all the central area suffused with dark brown, leaving
only a small basal and the terminal area white, which latter is excavated towards
the cell ; the brown scaling extends to the apex, and there is a costal grey patch
beyond the cell, an antemedial double blackish irregular line edging the brown
area, a postmedial serrate blackish line edging exteriorly the brown scaling,
beyond which is a second similar line Termen with a dark dash in each of
the vein interspaces. Fringes white, darkly intersected. Secondary uniformly
dark brown, with paler fringes having a dark dividing line.

?. Primary dark brown, with a pale grey terminal area produced inwards
towards the medial area ; the base is slightly mixed with grey; all the markings
are as in the male, but greatly exaggerated, and the double subterminal line is
strongly accentuated and is produced on each of the veins into a spear-shaped
mark.

Expanse, S 50, ? 75 mm.

Hub. Dinawa, July and August ; Ekeikei, January and February ; Aroa
River (Tring Museum).

The tyjie is in my collection. A series has been taken.

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101. Dasychiroides bicolora spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 6).

(?. Head and thorax grey with a dark central stripe ; antennae with orange-
red long pectinations ; abdomen dark brown ; legs hairy, whitish with dark
bare tibiae palely encircled.

Primary whitish grey, costa broadly irrorated with darker grey up to the
end of the cell, irrorations extending into the cell ; beyond this to near the apex
is a large dark brown patch reaching to the lower angle of the cell. The medial
serrated line and the snbmarginal serrated line are obscure and interrupted, the
ground near them being sparingly irrorated with dark grey ; posterior margin
spotted with black, fringes whitish intersected with black at the dots. Secondary
uniform blackish brown, fringes of the same colour.

Undersuiface, both wings entirely dark brown.

Expanse, 43 — 44 mm.

Ilab. Dinawa ; Mount Kebea ; Aroa River (Tring Museum).

I was at first disjjosed to consider this an aberration of D. jyratti, but
further material having come to hand from another locality decides me that this
is not so, but that it is a well-marked species. It has been taken in August
at Dinawa at an altitude of about 4000 ft., and again this year at Kebea
mountain, 0000 ft., in March and April. It is also in the Tring Museum from
the Aroa River.

102. Dasychiroides brunneostrigata spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 8).

S. Primary white, without any markings till the brown angnlated stripe
beyond the cell; this strijje is pale brown with scattered blackish scales in it, and
is acutely angled about the sixth vein, where it bifurcates, the inner line ending
on the costa above the cell, the outer stripe approaching the apex and widening ;
this upper and wider portion is distinctly edged on each side with very dark
brown ; the lower and longer portion makes a bold interior curve to the inner
margin, between which and the base are two short black dashes on the margin.
Beyond the stripe there is a sparse scattering of greyish scales. Secondary
uniform dark grey. Head and thorax whitish, with a small grey patch on the
collar ; head white ; palpi black laterally, edged and tipped with white ;
antennae shortish, with red branches ; abdomen dark grey, anal tuft whitish.
This species has the same raised scales as the previous species in the primary.

Expanse, 51 mm.

Hah. Dinawa ; Aroa River (Tring Blusenm).

The type is in my collection.

103. Lymantria novaguineensis spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 3.5).

$. Head and palpi dark grey, the latter tijiped with rose pink and with pink
hairs around the base of the antennae ; thorax grey, darkest in the front ;
abdomen bright rose pink, with the dorsum centrally striped with white, with
the segmental divisions of the white stripe black ; beneath, the legs, pectus, and
ventral surface are considerably suffused with rose pink.

Primary white, with two basal black spots, one on the costa and one below the
cell ; a series of three antemedial black spots, that below the costa elongate, a medial
interrupted irregular black line rising in a black costal patch ; just beyond this a

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black small oval spot in tbe cell, followed by another closing the cell ; two strongly-
serrate very irregular black lines from the costa to inner margin near the tornns,
an interrnpted irregular black subterminal line. Termen spotted with black.
Secondary white tinged with yellow on the inner-marginal area, termen with two
black spots at the apex, and a trace of an obscure dark spot closing the cell, which
is more prominent on the underside.

Expanse : 68 mm.

Hab. Owen Stanley Range, August, and March and April.

The type is in my collection. A series was taken at various places.

104. Lymantria ekeikei spec, no v. (PI. VI. f. 18).

S. Head and palpi greyish yellow ; collar yellow fringed with grey ; thorax
greyish yellow ; abdomen yellowish brown.

Primary greyish white tinged with yellow, crossed by a series of six strongly
serrated dark grey lines, the outer five being close together ; between the first line
and the second the wing is clear of marks except a dark grey dot in the cell ;
the basal area is crossed by a series of two or three rows of dark grey spots,
termen spotted with blackish, costa with four blackish spots to beyond the cell ;
between the fourth and the apex are three fine short black dashes. Secondary
spotless dull yellow.

Underside : both wings yellow, the primaries tinged with greyish and showing
some of the upperside pattern through to a slight extent.

? . Head and thorax whitish grey, spotted with darker grey, with interspersed
red hairs ; abdomen rose-red. Primary greyisli white, with all the pattern as in
the male, only, being a much larger insect, it is more scattered. Secondary spotless
rose-red. Underside of both wings rose-red, with the terminal spots showing
through, and some of the other markings showing through to a less extent.

Expanse : S 41—42, ? 60 mm.

Hab. Ekeikei, January and February.

The type is in my collection. A series was taken.

105. Lymantria kebeae spec. nov. (PI. IV. f 22).

S ■ Head black, collar white, or white tinged with yellow ; thorax white or
tinged with yellow, with three black frontal stripes, and two black central spots
close together; abdomen black with yellow anus ; legs blackish, with long tufts of
whitish hair ; femora bright crimson on the upperside.

Primary greyish (a sort of neutral tint) with the veins distinctly marked out
in orange yellow, basal area white, with two or three small black points and a
black basal line, a broad interrupted black antemedial band edged externally
with white, which is again edged externally with black, thus forming the first
medial black line ; a black sjjot in the cell, followed by a reniform black stigma
closing the cell, below which on the inner margin is a white patch intersected by
a double black lunule, and edged externally by a black patch divided by the veins ;
beyond the cell are two or three series of strongly serrated black lines to vein 2,
the outer series being broad and prominent ; termen spotted with black. Secondary
orange yellow, with a small black spot in the cell ; a very broad black inner
marginal area and a black termen, broadest at the apex.

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Underside : Primary orange yellow with a black costa, a black spot at tlie
end of the cell, from which the rest of the wing ia black to the apex, and in a cnrve
to the tornus. Secondary black with an orange-yellow medial patch.

Expanse : 42 mm.

Had. Mount Kebea.

The type is in my collection, a few specimens being taken in March and April.

106. Imaus niveus spec. nov.

(?. Head, tliorax, abdomen, and legs white; palpi white, brownish laterally.
Both wings spotless white, primaries with raised scales over a considerable portion
of the wings.

Expanse : 62 — 64 mm.

J/ali. Ekeikei and Mount Kebea, March and April.

The type is in my collection.

107. Imaus spodea spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 1).

c?. Head and thorax white, the latter tinged with grey ; abdomen blackish,
with white anal tuft; palpi black laterally fringed with white.

Primary white suffused with grey in the costal area, with five raised transverse
lines slightly greyish ; termen dotted with black ; costa with five grey spots, from
which the raised lines have their origin. There is a sparse fine grey irroration in
the terminal and inner-marginal areas. Secondary grey with white fringes.

¥ . Browner than the ?tiale, with the lines less apparent.

Bab. Dinawa, August ; Ekeikei and Mount Kebea, March and April ; Aroa
River (Tring Museum).

The type is in my collection. A few specimens were taken.

108. Imaus aroa spec. nov.

? . Palpi white, brown laterally on the outside ; head, thorax, and abdomen
whitish. Both wings whitish.

Primary with a trace of a basal, an antemedial and a medial dark line, the
postmedial and subterminal lines strongly scalloped and almost confluent in a
single dark line between veins 1 and 2 just before the tornus ; apical portion of the
costa and the whole of the termen spotted with black. In the cell beyond the
middle is an ovate spot and another larger spot closing the cell. Secondary with
a trace of some black points between veins 2 and .5, with the termen in the
same area spotted with black.

Expanse : 98 mm.

Eab. Aroa River, January.

The type is in the Tring Musenm, and is unique. I think that further material
may prove this to be the female of one of the two preceding species ; there are, on
the other hand, points of difi"erence that make me doubtful, so I have described it.

109. Imaus pratti spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 1.5. i PL VI. f. 12. ?).
(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous brown. Primary ochreous grey, with
an a utemedial and a postmedial darker grey Hue, a dark dot at the end of cell

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a subtermiual irregular grey Hue, costa with i'onr dark dots in I'rout of the apex,
termen darkly dotted. Secondary nniform pale whitish ochreons.

?. White. Primary subhyaline, irrorated witli dark grey and with raised
scales, with three antemcdial dark strijjes to vein 1, the third being very oblique
and curved from the costa to the cell, a postinedial line in sha])e like the third
antemedial ; cell with two black dashes at its upper and lower end, where there is a
good deal of dark grey scaling, beyond which is a grey spotted stripe from the costa
to near the angle, a subterminal line strongly serrated on each vein ; termen darkly
spotted in each nerve space. In the cell is a raised patch of white scales darkly
encircled. Secondary pure white, slightly hyaline.

Expanse : S 30, ? 40 mm.

I/ab. Dinawa, August and September.

The type is in my collection.

110. Imaus marginepunctata spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 13).

(J. Head and thorax whitish ; palpi white, black exteriorly ; abdomen straw-
yellow with whitish anal extremity.

Primary greyish white, with a trace of a short basal dark line ; a double dark
antemedial line, an interrupted medial line crossing a round cell-spot of raised
scales finely encircled with grey ; a double strongly serrate postmedial line, beyond
a spot of raised scales closing the cell, also encircled finely with grey, be/low which
is a smaller similar spot having a short but prominent black dash on its exterior ;
a subterminal row of short grey dashes between the veins, extending forwards as
spear-heads on each vein. The base of the costa is finely black for a quarter, then
prominently spotted with black ; termen spotted with black. Secondary nniform
pure white.

Expanse : 32 mm.

Ilab. Aroa River, March.

The type is in the Tring Museum.

111. Imaus dubia spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 10).

c?. Head and thorax grey ; paljii grey, tipped with ochreons ; abdomen
yellowish white ; in fresh specimens probably white.

Primary grey, with a slight yellowish suffusion at the base ; a trace of a basal
line ; an antemedial irregular dark grey line, a medial irregular dark grey line
(receding basewards below the cell) cros>ing a spot of raised scales encircled with
grey at the end of the cell, where there is a suffusion of grey extending to near the
apex ; a postmedial double strongly serrate line, followed by a subterminal line of
dark grey dashes ; termen obscurely dotted ; costa with a grey patch above the end
of the cell, and darkly dotted from thence to the apex ; a spot of raised scales in the
cell encircled with grey. Secondary pure white.

Expanse : 32 mm.

Hab. Aroa River, March and April.

The type is in the Tring Museum.

This sjiecies is a close ally of the preceding : it is, however, darker, and the
lines are not the same as has been stated, whilst veins 10 and 11 do not anastomose
as in that species.

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112. Imaus sulphurea spec. uov. (PI. VI. f. U).

c?. Hoad aud collar Rulphnr-grey ; thorax and abdomen greyish.

Primary snli)hnr-grey, with a black point at the base of the costa, and a black
dash near the inner margin ; an antemedial black irregular line palely edged on its
anterior ; a medial black line, receding suddenly basewards below the cell, crossing
a darkly snft'nsed blackish sjiot cLisiug the cell, beyond which is another darkly
spotted line following the same course ; a subterminal irregular dark line ; termen
darkly spotted, and costa from the end of the cell to the apex darkly spotted.
Secondary whitish, tinged with sulphur.

E.xpanse : 32 mm.

Hah. Area River, March.

The unique type is in the Tring Museum.

Family AOAjSTAIDAE.

113. Deilemera kebeae spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 36).

c? ? . Head black ; collar black, edged sparingly all round and divided in the
centre with deep orange, which colonr sparingly edges also the black patagiae ;
metathorax with an orange spot ; abdomen black above, with orange segmental
divisions. Below the nndersurface of thorax and abdomen is orange spotted with
black.

Primary black, with the entire area below the cell white np to three-quarters
of the inner margin ; beyond the cell a largish white patch, separated from the
white subcellular area by a dark band. Secondary white, with a broad, even,
terminal black margin.

Expanse : 44 — 4.5 mm.

Hab. Mount Kebea, March and April.

The type is in my collection.

114. Deilemera dinawa spec. nov. (PL VI. f. 3").

S ? . Frons whitish, with black centre ; head black, sparingly fringed with
whitish ; patagiae black, edged with whitish ; thorax black ; abdomen black,
with whitish segmental divisions, except two yellow ones at the extremity ; anal
tuft yellow.

Primary dark brown, with the three main veins whitish to the transverse white
patch ; below the cell a white slightly expanding .streak as far as the origin of
vein 2 ; an oblique large whitish patch beyond the cell from the costa, where it is
narrow, but e.xpauds rapidly to near the tornus ; the ground colour invades this
patch slightly in the angles of veins 3 and 4 ; inner margin narrowly white for
nearly all its length. Secondary white, with the termen broadly dark brown, but
slightly excavated between veins 2 and 5 ; the antennae of the male are deeply
pectinated, those of the female narrowly.

Expanse : c? 42, ? 40.

Ilab. Dinawa, August and September.

The type is in my collection, a series being taken.

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115. Deilemera pratti spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 38).

c??. Head whitish, with a black spot; collar black, fringed and divided in
the middle with pale yellowish ; patagiae black, fringed with wliite ; thorax
black, with a white stripe on each side meeting in the centre ; abdomen j'ale
smok}' brown, with fine pale segmental divisions.

Primary smoky brown, with the basal half of the veins showing pale ; a fine
white line in the fold below the cell and another in the cell ; a posterior oblicjue
broad smoky white patch from the costa to close to the tornns, the veins all being
outlined in brown. Secondary subhyaline white, with a broad smoky brown termen
increasing towards each angle.

Antennae of tnale deeply, oi female narrowly, pectinated.

Expanse: c? 41, ? 47 mm.

Hub. Owen Stanley Range, September, and Marcli and April.

The type is in my collection, a series being sent home from various places.

Family ARCTIIDAE.

Subfamily AROTIINAE.

110. Maenas punctatostrigata spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 1.5).

S. Head and thorax creamy white, palpi and antennae black; abdomen
yellow spotted with black on the dorsum of the hinder segments ; legs creamy,
with black tarsi and tibiae black below; thorax with a single black spot on
each patagia.

Primary yellowish cream-colour, with three black costal spots at base above
the middle and beyond the end of the cell ; a single transverse oblique black
spotted stripe from near the apex to near the middle of the inner margin ; by
the inner margin a black spot on each side of it divided by vein 1, and two or
three black spots divided by veins 4 and o be3'ond the strijje ; termen with three
black sjiots below the apex. Secondary sjjotless creamy white.

Expanse, 37 — 40 mm.

llab. Mount Kebea, Dinawa, Aroa River (Tring Museum), August, and
March and April.

Type from Mount Kebea in my collection.

117. Diacrisia pratti spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 23).

<?. Head and thorax pale pinkish brown, commonly called "buff"; thorax
with a broad dark central velvety stripe ; frons and palpi jet black, pectus and
antennae black ; abdomen crimson red above with a central dorsal row of black
spots ; below the abdomen is black, slightly yellowish at the segmental divisions,
with a marked black ellipse, beyond which the extremity is pale buff; legs sooty
black.

Primary pale pinkish brown, with a few black spots ; a small one at the
base of vein Vi, an antemecUal row of five very small ones, the fifth on vein 1
being the largest ; a small one two-thirds along the costa, below which is another
at the lower angle of the cell broken up into three by the veins, below this
shifted inwards a large one divided by vein 1, the least trace of a submargiual
row of points divided by the veins terminating in a small spot at the inner angle.

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This is not present in all the specimens. Secondary orange yellow, tinged with
pink in the internal area; a large black spot closing the cell, and a snbmarginal
row of eight large black spots, the fonrth from the apex being small.

Underside : Primary rosy pink, pale brownish in the postmedial area, a
large black spot closing the cell, bej'ond which is a short transverse oblique
row of black dots; the large spot on the npperside of the inner margin shows
throngh. Secondary orange yellow with the spots showing through.

Expanse, 58 mm.

Hub. Mount Kebea, March and Ajml ; Dinawa, Angnst.

A small series. Type in my collection.

118. Diacrisia dinawa spec. nov. (PL IV. f. 25).

(?. Head pale bnff, palpi and frons jet black, thorax dark brown, with a
central dark stripe and spotted patagiae ; abdomen crimson, with central dorsal
and lateral rows of black spots below the latter ; the abdomen beneath is pale
brown ; legs blackish.

Primary rather pale brown, snffased with darker reddish brown, with blackish
spots and patches ; extreme base deep cream-colour ; a snbbasal patch of blackish
from the costa to lower margin of cell ; a small oblique creamy costal spot, an
oblique black angulated patch from costa to lower margin of cell, followed by a
broad creamy costal patch, beyond which is a large dark patch extending inwards
in the cell to the previous angulated patch, and extending as a spotted stripe
to the inner margin ; a costal creamy spot, followed by a blackish one, a postmedial
oblique dark stripe of eight spots, each divided by the veins from the apex to
the inner margia ; a short submarginal row ; a short parallel marginal row of
three similarly divided small spots on the third, fonrth and fifth veins ; margin
darkly spotted to extremity of fringes ; a broad pale dash above vein 1 . Secondary
crimson red, lighter and slightly orange toned towards the termen ; an oblique
straight subterminal band of large black spots from the apex to the anal angle,
the spot between veins 3 and 4 qnite small ; cell closed by a large black spot.
Fringes ochreons, inner half spotted with black.

Underside : pale brownish grey, with the spots more or less showing throngh.
In the primaries the basal two-thirds crimson red.

Expanse, 6U— 62 mm.

Ilab. Dinawa, August; Aroa River (Triug Museum).

Type in my collection. A series.

119. Diacrisia kebea spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 24).

S. Head pale brownish ; palpi and sides of frous black ; thorax and patagiae
darker brown, the latter long and prominent, with a large double black spot ;
thorax with a dark central streak. Abdomen rose-red, tinged with orange at
the base, with prominent dorsal and lateral rows of black spots ; abdomen below
brownish, with shorter sublateral rows of black spots ; pectus black edged with
red ; legs sooty brown.

Primary brown, with a subbasal costal dark brown patch, and another below
and slightly iu advance of it, followed by a strongly curved broad irregular
medial band, more or less confluent with the very broad irregular postmedial
band — the medial band does not extend to the inner margin ; a subapical dark

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spot, with a second below it; a small spot at the apex, with the smallest trace
of a subtermiual clotted stripe; termen darkly dotted. .Secondar}- orange yellow
tiugcd with red, with a black spot closing the cell, followed by a pair of small
spots, divided by vein 5, another pair divided by vein 2, and a single R])ot in
front of the anal angle.

Underside brown, with the black spots showing throngh to a small extent.
Primary red in the cell ; secondary with the spot closing the cell extended to
the costa.

?. Similar to the male, but with the two snbbasal patches conflnent, and
with a black spot on the inner margin before the inner angle, and one above
it. The secondaries are red instead of orange yellow, with four large spots from
the apex and three large spots by the anal angle, and a black irregular stripe
from the cell-spot to near the inner margin.

Expanse : t? 56, ? 78 mm.

Had. Kebea, March and April.

The type is in my collection. A small series.

Subfamily NOLINAE.

120. Celama fuscibasis spec. nov. (PI. V. i 42).

<?. Head white, collar fuscous, thorax whitish grey, abdomen pale grey.

Primary white, with the basal third snffnsed with greyish brown, terminating
with the black medial stripe, and having an antemedial black line running
through a black spot in the cell ; postmedial dark line produced outwards n
the middle, with a short preceding costal stripe into the cell ; subterminal line
blackish and irregular, edged outwardly with white ; terminal area greyish ;
termen finely edged with blackish. Secondary whitish grey, darker towards the
apex and termen.

Expanse, 21 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

One cj in my collection.

121. Celama aroa spec. nov. (PL V. f 39. ? ; f. 41. c?).

(?. Head ,and thorax pale grey, palpi dark fuscous ; legs black, ringed with
whitish.

Primary pale grey, heavily suifused with fuscous in parts ; a dark costal
patch near the base, beyond which is a smaller one from which the dark interrupted
antemedial line runs nearly to the inner margin; a dark patch of scales in the
cell beyond this ; a broad medial transverse fuscous band, well beyond which is
the black dentate postmedial line, which is strongly angled basewards on vein 2
80 as to touch the fuscous band between that and the inner margin ; beyond this
is an extensive suffusion of dark grey, in which is the snbterminal line of short
black dashes. Secondary greyish brown, darker towards the termen and apex.

?. Uniform gale grey witli no dark suflusion, the transverse lines only being
present with the tuft of scales in the cell.

Expanse : <? ? 22 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, January and February ; Aroa River (Tring Museum).

The type is in my collection.

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122. Roeselia basifusca spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 24).

? . Head and collar whitish, the latter tipped with mauve ; thorax brown,
patagia pale grey ; abdomen pale brownish.

Primary with the basal third and a large patch at the tornns brown ; the
broad band between these patches and the apical two-thirds greyish white ; extreme
base brownish white ; antemedial line dark grey, very indistinct, strongly serrate,
preceded by a purplish brown baud, postmedial line in the whitish area serrate,
curved and angled basewards below the cell ; antemargiual line indistinct, projected
outwards below the apex, then receding to the inner margin ; an indefinite spot
of raised scales near the end of cell ; outer margin finely dark. Secondary whitish,
shading into grey at the outer margin.

Expanse, 27 mm.

Hub. Dinawa, September.

One ? in my collection.

123. Graphosia ochracea spec. nov. (PL V. f. 36).

?. Head, thorax, and legs ochraceous ; abdomen greyish.

Primary ochraceous, slightly and finely irrorated with grey ; an indefinite
obscure grey spot two-thirds along the inner margin, and a very obscure terminal
stripe of grey, otherwise there are no definite markings at all. Secondary some-
what hyaline, pale yellowish.

Expanse, 26 mm.

Hab. Aroa River, March.

The type is in my collection.

Acatapaustus gen. nov.

Palpi hairy, upturned, end segment erect, small ; antennae pectinated for
three-quarters ; midtibiae one ])air, hiudtibiae two pairs of spurs.

Neuration : Primary with vein 2 from three-quarters along the cell, 3 from
immediately below the angle, 4 and 5 from directly above the angle, 6 and 7 from
just below the upper angle, 8, 9, and lU stalked, on a long stalk from the upper
angle, 11 from cell near upper angle. Secondary, 2 from well before the angle,
3 and 4 from the angle stalked, o from below the middle of the discocellulars,
6 and 7 stalked, 8 anastomosing shortly with 7 at the base.

Type : A. basijmca spec. nov.

124. Acatapaustus basifusca spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 25).

c?. Head, antennae, and thorax brownish, patagiae pale grey, abdomen grepsh
brown.

Primary pale brownish, with a dark very broad irregular medial stripe, with a
short reflex fine dark line from the inner margin, beyond which the ground colour
is whitish, expanding slightly along the inner margin nearly to the toruus ; beyond
this the colour is paler than the basal area, a postmedial irregular dotted line,
termen finely dark. Secondary whitish, darker towards apex and termen.

? . Like the male, but decidedly darker.

Expanse : t? 28, ? 33 mm.

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Hab. Dinawa, September and Jaunary, 6 type ; Aroa River, ? .
The type c? is ia my collectiou, tlie ? from tlie Aroa River is in the Triag
Museum.

125. Acatapaustus ekeikei spec. uov. (PI. VI. f. 20).

Head and thora.\ pale grey, collar tipped with brownish, abdomen brownish
grey.

Primary pale brownish grey, with a nearly straight broad darker medial band,
finely edged on each side by a dark line, terminal area darkly suffnsed, with an
obscure trace of a dark spotted postmedial line, between which and the medial
band is a fine obscure obli(iue serrate line from the inner margin to about vein ^.
Secondary j)ale greyish white, slightly darker towards the costa and apex.

Expanse : 28 mm.

Bab. Ekeikei, March.

The type is in my collection.

Subfamily LITHOSIINAE.
126. Lambula aroa spec, no v.

(?. Head and thorax brown, abdomen brownish grey.

Primary greyish brown, with a very broad darker band occupying the medial
and most of the postmedial areas ; ternien finely dark, fringes dark, with paler
extremities. Secondary uniform brownish dark grey.

Underside : in the primary there is a swelling on the costa above the cell,
in the secondary the costa is jiroduced into a slight dark swollen hairy lobe, below
vein 8 is a tuft of pale hairs and a patch of andracouia, whilst in the cell there is
a tuft of long pale hairs.

Expanse : 22 mm.

Hub. Aroa River, Aju'il.

The type is in the Tring Museum, only one specimen taken.

127. Lambula bilineata spec. nov.

S. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey. Both wings grey.

Primary with an autemedial and a j)ostmedial broadish irregular dark grey
line. Secondary thinly clothed with scales.
Expanse : 20 mm.
Ilab. Aroa River, March.
The type is in the Tring Museum. Several specimens were taken.

128. Scoliacma aroa spec. nov.

(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale straw-yellow. Both wings very pale
straw-colour.

In the primary the area below the cell is slightly deeper in colour, and there
is an obscure indefinite darker patch in the postmedial area beyond the cell.

Expanse : 23 mm.

Hab. Aroa River, March.

The type is in the Tring Museum. One specimen taken.

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129. Scoliacma hampsoni spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 20. ? ; PL VI. f. 23. <?).

<?. Heart and thorax white, antennae pale brown, abdomen grey, legs greyish
white. Both wings white, inner-marginal fold tinged with yellow. On the under-
side there is a })encil of longish creara-colonred hairs below the cell of the primaries,
and on the secondaries another of shorter grey hairs near the base of the costa.

? . Primary uniform greyish white, somewhat shining and smooth in te.xtnre,
with a very fine dark costa. Secondary greyish white on the costal half, pale
brownish on the inner-marginal half Underside dark brownish grey in the cell
to the costa and along the termen, inner-marginal area to the cell white.
Secondaries darkish brownish grey, paler on the inner margin.

Expanse : c? ? , 24 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, September ; Aroa River (Mns. Tring).

The type is in my collection. This species will form a third section of the
genns Scoliacma Meyr. It does not follow either of the sections given by Hampson
in his Lepidoptera Phalaenae II. p. lU2 (19U()); the section will differ in the males
by the antennae being pectinate and with bristles, by a tuft of long hairs below
the cell, and by the presence of a large fold on the inner margin of the primary,
covered below by a patch of androconia, whilst vein 11 from the end of the cell is
curved basewards, anastomosing with 12. In the secondaries there is a tuft of hair
on the costa, vein 7 from the cell is inclined upwards to the apex, and 8 is bent
suddenly up to the costa. In i\i& female the neuratiou is peculiar ; vein 2 from near
the end of the cell is strongly curved downwards, reaching the termen jnst above
vein 1, veins 3 and 4 are stalked and slightly curved downwards, whilst vein 11
anastomoses ordinarily from about the middle of the cell ; the inner margin is
also slightly produced, but not so much as to form the large lobe so conspicuous
in the male.

13u. Chrysoscota flavostrigata spec. nov.

i. Head yellow, with a small dark central spot, palpi yellowish tipped with
black, thorax dark brownish, with yellow collar and patagiae, abdomen dark brown
with extremity yellowish below.

Primary dark grey-brown, with a narrow central longitudinal streak, expanding
out somewhat beyond the cell, whence it ascends obliquely to the costa, termen
obscurely yellowish. Secondary uniform greyish black.

Expanse : 26 mm.

Hab. Aroa River, March and April.

The type and a second specimen are in the Tring Museum.

131. Nishada melanopa spec. nov. (PI. V. f 19).

cJ. Head and frons sooty black ; thorax chrome yellow ; abdomen paler yellow ;
pectus roughly haired, black ; legs sooty brown.

Primary unicolorons chrome yellow, secondary paler yellow; the fringed
costal fold is deep, consisting of several layers of almost bare, flat, broad spatulate
scales.

Expanse : 28 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, June — July ; Aroa River (Tring Museum).

Type in my collection.

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Acco gen. nov.

Palpi miunte, upturned ; proboscis present ; antennae of (S with cilia, ?
almost simple ; midtibiae with one pair of spurs, hindtibiae hairy, with two pairs
of long spurs ; cell extremely short, not one-sixth the length of the wing.

Neuration : Primary, vein 2 from near end of cell, 3 and 4 stalked on a
moderate stalk, 5 and G absent, 7, 8, 9, and 11 stalked, iD absent ; inner margin
near base produced into a slight lobe with a tuft of long hairs. Secondary with
costa produced near the base into a slight lobe, veins 2 and 3 stalked on a short
stalk close to the base, 4 and o absent, 6 and 7 coincident in the male, on a very
long stalk in the female, 8 short, free.

Type : A. bicolora spec. nov.

132. Acco bicolora spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 21).

(?. Head and jialpi blackisli ; anterior half of thorax wliite, jiosterior blackish;
abdomen dark grey.

Primary dark grey, darkest beyond the cell ; costa, apical area, and terminal
area to near tornus pure white, defining the dark area by a curve. Secondary
uniform dark grey.

? . Similar to the male, but the dark area extends nearly halfway up the
termen from the tornus, and there is a whitish stripe from beyond the middle of
the inner margin into the white area.

Expanse : c? 18, ? 20 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August and February ; Aroa River (Tring Museum).

Type in my collection.

Pseudilema gen. nov.

c?. Palpi minute, porrect ; antennae with bristles; midtibiae with one pair,
hindtibiae with two jiairs of spurs ; costa straight to end of cell, a sudden knobbed
2)rojection, then slightly excavated to near apex, which is depressed ; termen
obliquely rounded ; inner margin slightly excavated for the outer half. Secondary
with apex highly excised, giving the costa the apjiearance of a lobe.

Neuration : Primary, vein Ic curved highly upwards and then suddenly
downwards to near tornus, connected by a bar with l/j beyond the middle, vein 2
from cell beyond the middle, bent suddenly downwards so as to touch Ic, thence
straight to the termen, 3 from near angle, 4 from the angle, both curved down-
wards towards the termen, 6, 7, 8, and 9 stalked from just beyond the cell, 6 bent
downwards, 9 bent upwards, 10 from cell curved uji to the costa, both 9 and 10
very short ; the cell is extremely narrow ibr two-thirds, the veins nearly touching,
when it suddenly and shortly expands. Secondary, vein 2 from well beyond the
middle of cell, 3 from angle, 4 and 5 absent, 6 from upper angle, bent up shortly
to costa, 8 coincident with 7 for nearly the half, then separating ; a tuft of hairs
below the cell in both wings, and a tuft in the cell of the secondaries. Both sexes
have an anal tuft.

?. The shape of the {)rimary is normal, that of the secondary is practically
square.

Neuration : Primary, vein 2 from beyond the centre, 3 from well before the
angle, 4 from the angle, (i bent down stalked with 7 from beyond tlie u])per angle,
connected by a bar with b to form an areole, 9, 10, 11 stalketl from 8 by a bar

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almost at right angles and touching 12 at the upper angle. Secondary with 2
absent, 3 and 4 stalked and widely divergent, 6 and 7 coincident, 8 bent down to
tonch 7 near base, then suddenly cnrved up to the margin.
Type : P. dinaira spec. nov.

133. Pseudilema dinawa spec. nov. (PI. V. t'. 17. ?; 18. S)-
tj. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown.

Primary uniform pale brown. Secondary very pale yellowish brown, inclined
to be hyaline towards the costa.

¥ . Precisely like the male in coloration.

Expanse : j' 24, ? 32 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August and September ; Aroa River (Tring Museum).

The type is in my collection. A small series was taken.

134. Ilema ekeikei spec. nov. (PL V. f. 16).

c?. Head and collar straw-yellow, thorax grey, abdomen yellowish grey,
legs yellow, underside grey.

Primary moderately dark grey, with a broad costal stripe of straw-yellow,
extending round the apex and narrowly down the termen to the tornus, also in
a short dash from the base to the inner margin. Secondary uniform straw-yellow.
The under surface is precisely like the upper surface.

Expanse : 39 — 40 mm.

Hab. Ekeikei, January and February.

The type is in my collection.

13.5. Ilema dinawa spec. nov. (PI. V. f. \^).

?. Head pale grey, thorax brown, abdomen grey, legs brown, tarsi all
tipped with black.

Primary pale fawn-brown, darker below the cell, with a small black costal
spot a quarter from the base ; a small dark dot at the end of the cell, outer-marginal
area darker. Secondary ochreous.

Expanse : 32 — 34 mm.

Hah. Dinawa, August and September.

The type is in my collection.

This species comes near bipurwfat,a Wlk., but the absence of the black quadrate
costal spot separates it, and the small black costal spot in my species is in a
different position.

1 36. Ilema costistrigata spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 30).

c?. Head, frons, and tegulae ochreous, thorax grey; abdomen grey dorsally,
laterally and below ochreous ; legs yellowish, with fore- and midtibiae and tarsi
grey above.

Primary unicolorous grey, with a pale fine ochreous costa ; fringes grey.
Secondary very pale ochreous subhyaline.

Underside as above, but with the primary slightly darker.

?. Exactly as the c?, but all the colours rather intensified.

Expanse : 31 — 34 mm.

Hab. Ekeikei, August and September ; Aroa River (Tring Museum).

Type in my collection.

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137. Ilema unicolora spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 31).
? . Head, frons, and tliorax pale ochreons ; abdomen and legs ochreons grey.
Primary nnicolorons pale ochreons ; secondary ochreons white.
Expanse : 26 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, Augnst ; Area River (Tring Museum).
The type is in my collection.

138. Ilema hades spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 14).

(? ? . Head, frons, and thorax orange red ; hind part of thorax and abdomen
blackish brown, sides of abdomen and below reddish ; legs brown, forefemora
orange red. Both wings nnicolorons blackish brown, the primary with a small
red basal dot.

Hab. Dinawa.

The type is in my collection.

139. Ilema nivea spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. :,'!).

? . Head, thorax, abdomen and legs white.

Both wings white ; costa very finely dark ; below the costal area is dark
grey, and all the veins are darkly marked out.
Expanse : 23 mm.
Hab. Dinawa, September.
The type is in my collection.

141). Chrysaeglia bipunctata spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 26).

£?. Head and collar yellow; patagia yellow with white extremities, with a large
spot of dark metallic green ; thorax white spotted with dark metallic green ;
abdomen white with yellow anal tuft ; forelegs blackish, mid- and hindlegs
yellowish white.

Primary pearly white, with a large dark metallic green spot below the cell
and a smaller one just beyond the cell. Secondaiy pure subhyaline white.

Expanse : 38 mm.

Hab. Mount Kebea, March and April ; ti/pe : Dinawa, August ; Aroa River
(Tring Museum).

Type in my collection ; several specimens.

141. Oeonistis bicolora spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 34).

£?. Head and antennae black, palpi crimson with end-segment dark ; thorax
pale yellowish with dark centre, collar tipped with pink; abdomen pale yellowish;
legs pinkish ; forelegs with blackish tibiae and tarsi, midlegs with tibiae and tarsi
dark above.

Primary straw-yellow, with a fine crimson costa ; a bronzy dark dash in the
ui)per part of the cell, the outer and lower half of the cell being margined by a
very broad mark, the inner end extended at right angles to the inner margin.
Secondary rather deeper yellow. Below the yellow colour is slightly suffused with
pink.

Expanse : 42 — 44 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, May — June.

Type in my collection.

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Paradohertya gen. nov.

Head smooth, antennae with fine cilia; midtibiae with one pair, Mndtibiae
two pairs of spurs of moderate length.

Neuration : Primary with vein 2 from near middle of cell, vein 3 near angle,
veins 4 and 5 stalked from angle on a long stalk, 6 absent, 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked,
7 from nearer apex than lU, 11 from cell. Secondary, 2 from near angle, 3 and 4
stalked on a long stalk from angle, 5 absent, 6 and 7 on a long stalk.

Type : P. tri/ascia spec. nov. •

142. Paradohertya trifascia spec. nov. (Fl. IV. f 36).

c?. Head white, frons irrorated with chestnut brown, thorax chestnut browu,
jiatagiae tipped with white ; abdomen greyish brown ; legs chestnut brown with
tibiae ringed with white.

Primary silvery white, with three broad transverse bauds of chestnut brown,
the posterior two angled basewards in the centre, the mid band slightly broken in
one specimen. Secondary pale brown, slightly rufous, somewhat hyaline towards
the base.

Expanse : 22 mm.

Hab. Aroa River, March.

The type is in the Tring Museum.

143. Macaduma bipunctata spec. nov. (PL V. f. 29).

cj. Head brownish, palpi jsale reddish brown, thorax dark reddish brown,
abdomen pale brownish grey, legs yellowish grey.

Primaries dark reddish brown, rather darker in the central area, in which
are two small distinct white dots at the end of the cell near to each other, the
one behind the other. Secondaries yellowish grey tinged with pale brownish near
the apex and termen.

Underside : Primaries paler than above, with the costa narrowly orange yellow,
broader towards the apex.

Expanse : 28 mm.

Hab. Dinawa (type), August ; Aroa River (Tring Museum) ; and Ekeikei.

144. Macaduma aroa spec. nov.

c?. Head and thorax red-brown, abdomen yellowish brown.

Primary reddish brown, with a darker basal patch for a third of the wing,
a dark dot at end of cell followed by a dark finely serrated postmedial line.
Secondaries yellowish grey, with termen slightly dusky.

Expanse : 29 — 30 mm.

Hab. Aroa River, March.

The type is in the Tring Museum. Three specimens taken.

145. Halone flavopunctata spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 28).

(J. Head and thorax browu spotted with yellow, abdomen dark brown, legs
banded yellow and brown.

Primary reddish brown, spotted with yellow, three distinct costal spots and
three on the outer margin ; there is also a slight yellow tint in the brown of

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the medial area, a dark dot beyond the cell. Secondary deci) yellow, witli the
apical area broadly black, tapering down to the aual angle.

Unflerside : Basal half of primary yellow, outer half black ; secondary as the
npperside.

Expanse : 21 — 23 mm.

Hab. Diuawa, August ; Aroa River (Tring Mnsenm).

Type iu my collection.

This species is near sohria iVlk., bnt the spots are different, as also is the
general colour and absence of pattern.

146. Garudinistis aroa spec. uov. (PI. IV. f. 37).

cJ. Head lemon-yellow, patagiae and metathorax chestnut brown, abdomen
yellowish brown.

Primary bright lemon-yellow, with a basal chestnut-brown patch margined
by a dark line, and a large postmedial chestnut patch occupying about a third of
the wing up to the toriuis, darkly margined, and with a slight purple snflPusion
in certain lights. Secondary straw-yellow, with a broad dark terminal border.

Expanse : 20 mm.

Hab. Aroa River, March.

The type, unique, is in the Tring Museum.

147. Scaptesyle aroa spec. nov. (PI. VI. f. 19).

?. Head white, palpi brown, thorax white, with brown collar, with a central
brown stripe, and the patagiae edged internally with brown ; abdomen whitish ;
legs alternately sjjotted brown and white on the npperside.

Primary white, with basal, antemedial, medial, postmedial, and subterminal
broadish brown lines, the -first three joined by a dash along the lower margin
of the cell ; the subterminal and postmedial are very confluent, only being
separated by a row of white spots, and the latter is joined to the medial line
near the upper angle of the cell, whilst the subterminal line is projected forward
into the termen by a broad dash on vein 4. Termen narrowly brown, with white
tesselated fringes. Secondary with broad brown termen tapering finely towards
the toruus ; the apex is white, but is margined internally by the brown terminal
area.

Expanse : 34 mm.

Hab. Aroa River, March.

The type, unique, is in the Tring Museum.

148. Chionaema albomaculata spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 35).

<f. Head white, collar and patagiae pale brown, the latter with a large
white spot ; thorax and abdomen brown.

Primary pale brown, with five white spots — viz., a small costal one above
the middle of the cell and a large one below on the inner margin, a large
costal one beyond the cell and one on the inner margin nearer the tornus, and
a large one at the apex ; fringes whitish; the cell is wholly covered by a
large tuft of pale brown long hairs. Secondary ochreous brown, inclined to
be diaphanous.

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Expanse : 20 mm.

Ilah. Aroa River, January and March.

The type and a second specimen are in the Tring Mnsenm.

149. CMonaema aroa spec. nov.

(?. Head and thorax blackish, abdomen dark grey.

Primary dark grey, thickly irrorated with blackish, having a bronze iiue,
an obscure dark antemedial and postmedial indefinite band ; from the costa is
a dark tuft of long hairs, extending over into the cell ; the taft begins at a
quarter from the base, and extends to beyond the end of the cell. Secondaries
darkish grey, paler near the base.

Expanse : 28 mm.

Hah. Aroa River, April.

The type is in the Tring Museum.

15i(. Chionaema brunnea spec. nov.

(?. Head brown ; thorax brown, with a whitish central streak ; abdomen
greyisli brown.

Primary brown, somewhat shining and slightly irrorated with grey in parts ;
at the end of the costal tuft is a pale patch with a pale streak below the cell
and a pale inner margin ; a nearly erect serrate pale postmedial line ; termen
paler. Secondary uniform brownish grey, darker at the base.

Expanse : 28 mm.

IJalj. Aroa River, February.

The type, unique, is in the Tring Museum.

151. Chionaema dinawa spec. nov.

S. Head and thorax black, mesothorax and patagia scarlet, abdomen and
legs black, underside of abdomen scarlet.

Primary scarlet, with a fine black border all round, except the outer half of
the inner margin, where it is broader, the costal patch of hair black. vSecondary
chrome yellow, with very broad black apical area tapering to the anal angle ;
inner margin broadly black, tapering up to the base.

Underside : Primaries, basal half chrome yellow, outer half black. Secondaries,
as npperside.

Expanse : 29 to 32 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

T}'pes in my collection.

152. Chionaema charybdis spec. nov. (PI. V. f 27).

i. Head and thorax bronzy black, abdomen and legs pale greyish.

Primary dark blackish bronze-colour, with basal black line curved and
dentate, median black band obscure, postmedial line strongly serrate and irregular,
beyond which is a liroad band of C(jnfluent black dashes, marginal black line
strongly serrate. Secondary greyish, darker on the margins, with a distinct dark
cell-spot.

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?. Like the male, but with the medial band of the j)rimary replaced by
a dentate stripe, on each side of which is a black spot iu the cell. Secondary
darker than in the male.

Expanse : c? 32, ? 38 mm.

Uab. Dinawa, September.

Type in my collection.

153. Cleolosia aroa spec. uov. (PI. VI. f. 29).

c?. Head and thorax white, collar finely brown. Abdomen brownish.

Primary white, with a dark costal spot near the base ; a medial irregular
line, beginning in a darkish patch on the costa and angled outwards in the cell,
with which is confineut, below the cell, a fine dark line commencing on the
costa nearer the apex and angled boldly outwards, a subtermiual very inter-
rupted dark line ; termen very finely dark and spotted in the vein interspaces,
with tesselated white and brown fringes. Secondary whitish, with a trace of a
postmedial fine line, and a fine darker termen.

Expanse, 2o mm.

Hab. Dinawa, September.

The type is in my collection.

154. Asura ochreomaculata spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 26).

tj. Head orange yellow; thorax dark grey striped with orange; patagia
orange tipped with dark grey ; abdomen orange yellow, banded near the end
with dark grey ; legs, femora, and tibiae red banded with dark grey ; tarsi
deep orange tipped with dark grey.

Primary dark grey with a curved basal spotted pink stripe ; medial and
postmedial stripe spotted and pink. Between the basal and medial stripes is a
large pale ochreuus spot on the inner margin and a smaller one on the costa ;
a row of reddish marginal dashes. Secondary yellow with very broad dark
grey apex and outer margins tapering somewhat to the anal angle.

Expanse, 31 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

Type in my collection.

155. Asura flaveola spec. nov. (PL V. f. 22).

c?. Head and thorax pale canary-yellow; abdomen paler; fore- and mid-
tibiae darkly banded ; foretarsi dark, mid- and hindtarsi darkly tipped.

Primary pale canary-yellow, basal dark line, angled inwards on vein 12,
outwards in the cell, medial line angled inwards in the cell and connected with
the basal line, then angled strongly outwards, and curved strongly inwards to
the inner margin, and connected with both the basal and postmedial lines on
submedian fold and vein 2 respectively, postmedial line rising nearly midway
between the medial line and the inner augle, then excurved strongly, then
receding near the costa, an oblique dash on vein 9 to the cell and a series of
dashes beyond the line, but more or less connected with it, those on veins 4,
6, and 7 the longest. Secondary pale sulphur-yellow.

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Expanse, 24 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, September.

Type in my collection.

This species comes next to sagenaria Wllgr., bnt may be known by the
spotless head and thorax and the different transverse lines, whilst the colour is
also different.

156. Asura bninneofasciata spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 24).

(?. Head and thorax chrome yellow ; abdomen paler bnt deeper at the anal
extremity ; legs yellow : forefemora dark above ; all the tibiae and tarsi darkly
banded.

Primary pale yellow, with the basal line angled and curved sharply out-
wards in the upper part of cell, thence receding to the inner edge, very broadly
conflnent below the cell with the postmedial Hue, which is very broad, angled
inwards at the end of the cell and again angled and recurved above the inner
margin, and confluent with the subterminal line which is composed of confluent
spots mostly confluent with the postmedial line ; marginal area and fringes
spotless yellow. Secondary very pale yellowish, slightly deeper at the margin
and fringes.

?. Exactly like the male, but with the apex slightly folded over and the
fringe commencing on the costa.

Expanse, 6 26, ? 27 mm.

Hab. Diuawa, August and September; Aroa River (Triug Museum).

Type in my collection.

157. Asura unicolora spec. nov. (PI. V. f 25).

3- Head and thorax ochreous ; abdomen pale greyish ; legs ochreons with
fore- and midtibiae darkly banded.

Primary uniform spotless very pale ochreous, slightly deeper on the iuner
margin below the cell ; costa finely edged with dark grey for the basal three-
quarters. Secondary ochreous white, subhyaline.

Expanse, 22 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, September ; Aroa River (Tring Museum).

The type is in my collection.

158. Asura sagittaria spec. nov. (PI. V. f 23).

S . Head and thorax ochreous, abdomen greyish.

Primary ochreous, with basal medial and postmedial dark grey lines, the first
and last serrated ; basal and medial joined by a dark dash below the cell; beyond
the postmedial is a fourth line strongly serrated and cmiflneot in parts with it;
from the end of the cell is a dark arrow-shaped mark running basewards in the cell.
Secondary creamy white.

Expanse : 28 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

The type is iu my collection.

This species is near jiamda Butl., but can be separated at once by the
prominent arrow-shaped mark in the cell.

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159. Asura rosacea spec. uov.

Head, thorax, antennae, and abdomen rose-pink. Abdomen paler than thorax.

Primary rose-pink immacnhite, but with a tracie of greyish shading in the
postmedial area; costa finely dark from the middle; fringes dark. Secondary
j)aler pink than the primary, with dark grey fringes.

Expanse : 22 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, Angnst ; Aroa River (Tring Museum).

The type is in my collection.

160. Asura dinawa spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 38).

? . Head and thorax darkish grey, mixed with pink scales ; abdomen pinkish
ochreons ; legs pink, all the tibiae handed with dark grey at their extremities.

Primary ochreons i)iuk ; basal half strongly suftnsed with dark grey, near the
margin of which three spots of the ground colour show distinctly across the wing,
one on the costa, one in the cell almost confluent with a larger one on the inner
margin ; the rest of the wing spotless ; enter half of costa and outer margin deep
dull crimson, with an inner edging of dark grey scales; fringes dark grey.
Secondary ^linkish ochreons, shading into pink on the outer margin; fringes
slightly darker.

Expanse : 27—28 mm.

IlaO. Dinawa, August.

The type is in my collection.

161. Asura aroa spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 37).

(?. Head and thorax vermilion-red, abdomen ochreons.

Primary vermilion-red, crossed by four transverse strongly serrated fine dark
grey lines, two in the medial area and two near together in the postmedial area;
all the veins are marked ont in pale yellow, termen finely and darkly dotted.
Secondary uniform pale pinkish.

Expanse : 23 mm.

Hab. Aroa River, March, ti/pe ; Owen Stanley Range.

The type is in my collection.

162. Schistophleps bicolora spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 4ii).

(?. Head and collar pale grey, thorax and abdomen whitish, legs grepsh.

Primary whitish, with three costal greyish brown patches, that near the base
being very oblique and reaching below the cell, almost touching a. dark dash in the
centre of the inner margin ; the second patch large above the end of the cell; the
third before the apex, small and obscure ; terminal area dusky. Secondary greyish,
paler in the anal area.

Expanse : 24 mm.

IM. Aroa River, March ; Aroa River (Tring Museum).

The type is in my collection.

163. Schistophleps aroa spec nov.
(?. Head and thorax greyish white, the latter irrorated in parts with dark grey ;
abdomen pale greyish, with a whitish extremity.

Primary grepsh white, with an antemedial strongly serrate dark grey Ime ; a

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small dark spot at the end of the cell, followed by an irregular dark postmedial line,
with a largish dark grey suffusion in front of the apex, confluent with the costal
portion of this line, termeu dark with a dark grey fringe. Secondary uniform
slightly greyish white, with a very fine dark termen.

Expanse : 22 — 24 mm.

Hab. Aroa River, April.

The type is in the Tring Museum.

I'U. Eugoa tricolora spec. nov. (PL V. f. 13).

? . Head and thorax fuscous grey ; frons ochreous ; abdomen ochreons, with
dorsal grey segmental bands ; legs ochreous grey, with ochreons tarsi.

Primary white, with a basal fuscous grey small spot and a subbasal costal spot,
a large fuscous grey inner-marginal medial patch, and a small costal one confluent
across the cell ; a dark dot in the cell ; the whole of the postmedial area fuscous
grej", with a snbmarginal interrupted and very irregnlar white line. Secondary
uniform pale ochreous.

Expanse : 24 mm.

Hah. Dinawa, August ; Aroa River (Tring Museum).

The type is in my collection.

This species is near aequalis, but can be readily separated by the suffusion of
the postmedial area and the pale ochreous secondary.

185. Eugoa conflua spec. nov. (PI. V. f 12).

S. Head and thorax fuscous grey; collar and patagia tipped with ochreous;
abdomen greyish, tipped with ochreous ; legs grey on the exterior, ochreous on
the interior.

Primary fuscous grey ; basal area, except costa, creamy white ; medial stripe,
also whitish, broad on the costa, expanded into an oval in the cell and darkly
spotted, dentate below this ; snbmarginal stripe traceable by a series of irregular
spots. Secondary uniform pale ochreous.

? . With the primary almost entirelv suffused with fuscous grey, with small
creamy white basal area, costal and apical patclies.

Expanse, J ? : 26 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August and September.

The type is in my collection.

Family N 0 C T U I D A E.
Amphoraceras gen. nov.

S . Antennae with bases broadly dilated and curved over from the exterior,
carrying an arch of dense hairs, the dilation suddenly tapering and the antennae
becoming simple ; paljii upturned, roughly scaled to the tip, end-segment swollen
and thickened, proboscis well developed ; legs somewhat hairy ; tarsi bare, midlegs
with two rows of fine spines the entire length of the tarsi, bindlegs with two
pairs of tibial spurs and a double row of fine spines also on the tibiae ; tarsi
finely spinose all their length, like the midlegs.

Primarv with veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to form an areole, 10 from the

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areole, 11 from tlie cell. Secondary of the usual Noctnid nenration. Apex slightly
excavated immediately below posterior margin, then slightly produced, tapering off
in a bold curve to the inner margin.

?. Palpi with the end-segment long, not roughly scaled, looking almost
bare in the heavy rounh scaling of the second segment ; antennae simj)le all the
length.

Ififi. Amphoraceras rothschildi spec. nov. (PI. V. f 1).

cj. Head and collav (lec]i velvety brown; frons and paljii pale reddish brown;
thorax pale brown, closely and finely irrorated with pale grey, with a black patch
on the centre at the abdominal juncture ; abdomen orange yellow, with a tapering
black dorsal patch.

Primary cinnamon-brown, darker be)'ond the second medial line, the basal
line deep red, close to the base, from the costa to the lower margin of the cell ;
basal area tinged with pale lilac grey, the medial lines shaped like an inverted A,
whose inner line is curved from the costa to the inner margin and whose outer
line is oblique and nearly straight ; this fascia has a fine central line of deeji
red, finely edged on each side with lilac, which is again edged indefinitely witli
paler reddish ; within this fascia are the orbicular and reniform stigmata, the
former round, deep velvety red-brown with a lilac iris very finely edged with
dark red, the latter (the reniform) quite pale grey, with two pairs of spots from
the centre and a fifth spot in the lower outer corner ; this stigma is also edged
with dark red, and beyond it is a wedge-shaped patch of pale grey. From the
costa to the end of this patch is a broad band of dark brown adjoining the end
of the outer medial line, a subapical costal large dark-brown patch ; submarginal
area paler, with a row of small rust-coloured spots close to the margin. Secondary
orange yellow, with the basal half black.

Underside ochreous in both wings ; primaries with the cell very hairy, and
the postcellular area shortly and densely haired, giving it a velvet texture ;
terminal area with a few scattered dark scales ; secondaries with the outer three-
quarters sparingly irrorated with dark scales.

? . Similar to the male^ but paler. In the primary the basal area and the
filling-in of the inverted-A-shaped mark is a very delicate pale lilac grey ; tlio
reniform stigma has no dark spots on it, and the postmedial area is much redder,
whilst the submarginal area is paler and lilac-coloured ; the rust-coloured spots
are larger and more distinct. The contrasts of colour in this sex make it a very
beautiful insect.

Exjjanse : c? 84, ? 86 mm.

Hub. Dinawa, August.

I dedicate this most unusual-looking and handsome Noduid to the Hon.
Walter Rothschild.

Type in my collection.

Parabasis gen. nov.

c?. Palpi upturned, roughly scaled, end-segment deflexed, not reaching to the
vertex of the head ; antennae pectinate for three-ijuarters ; legs hairy ; tarsi
smooth ; midtibiae with one pair of spurs, hindtibiae with two pairs of long
stout spurs.

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Neuration : Primar}' with vein 3. well before the angle, 4 from the angle,
5 from the middle of the cell, 6, 7, 8 stalked, 6 from the areole, 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to forma long areole, 11 from the cell, long. Secondar}' :
vein 3 from before the angle, 4 from the angle, 5 from middle of cell, 6 and 7
stalked, 8 lying on 7 for one-third ; close to the base of 8 a short sliarp spnr is
emitted at right angles to the vein. Costa nearly straight, apex slightly depressed ;
termen rounded ; secondary long, rather narrow.

Type : P. pratti.

167. Parabasis pratti s])ec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 26).

3- Head, thorax, and abdomen clear chrome yellow, thorax with a triangle of
three black spots at the back ; antennae yellow in black sockets ; palpi black
internally, broadly yellow externally ; legs yellow with jet black tarsi.

Primary pure pale yellow, with a black basal spot and two larger black
costal spots near the base, and a snbmarginal row of eight black spots, the first
at the apex very small, the second and sixth the largest ; between the two black
costal spots the subcostal area is pale suljihur-yellow, a large pale sulphur patch
below the cell, a larger one above and beyond, covering the end of the cell ;
between this and the inner angle two oblique patches, below which is a broad
inner-marginal dash ; above the largest patch at the end of the cell is an oblique
stripe from the costa to the oblique patches. All these pale sulphur patches are
broadly encircled and separated from each other by a suffusion of brick-red scales.
Fringes yellow, interrupted by a small black patch opposite the sixth spot.
Secondary yellow, with a small black submarginal sjiot below the apex, and a
trace of a very fine submarginal row below it. Fringes uniform yellow.

Expanse : 6.5 mm.

Hab. Dinawa, August.

Type in my collection. It is absolutely unlike anything at present known.

168. CoUusa ekeikei spec. nov. (PI. VI. f 42).

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous grey, palpi dusky.

Both wings pale ochreous grey. Primary with two irregular dark lines, a
dark spot in the cell near the posterior line and a larger one beyond it ; an
oblique postmedial line rising in a dark triangular patch on the costa near
the apex, followed by a waved row of dark points ; a dark patch below the
apex on the termen. Secondary with a darkish irregular line near the base ;
an oblique postmedial line followed by a curved row of dark points, from which
points arise an evenly serrated line.

Expanse : 56 to 60 mm.

Hub. Ekeikei, January and February; Mount Kebea, Marcli and April.

The type is in my collection.

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BEOBACHTUNGEN AUF TENERIFE.

Von RUDOLF VON THANNBR.
7"AHREND eines rnehr als zweijahrigen Anfenthaltes und taglichor

' * Beobacbtnug auf obgeuauuter Insel babe ifb luir an der Hand meiner
Daten ein kleincs Urteil bilden konnen, welclies natiirlich kcino bestimmteu
Nonnen festsetzt, immerhin aber ein Durchschnittsbild abgeben diirfte, wie sich
der Vogelzng anf den C'anaren in den meisten Jahren abspiclen wini.

Teuerife diirfte fiir diesen Zweck die giinstigste Insel sein. Erstens filllt
dem wanderuden Vogel gleich dem Mensehen, sobald er sicb dem Arcbipel naht,
der Pico de Teyde scbou anf grosse Entfernnng in die Augen nnd bietet anf
diese Weise dem ermiideten Wanderer eine Art Anziehnng. Zweitens erfiillt
Tenerife eiiie andere sebr wicbtige, oder vielmehr die wicbtigste Bedingnng. Dnrcb
seine Vielseitigkeit in der Bodenbescbaifenbeit — die sterilen, trockenen, ja teilweise
wiistenartigen Kilsten des Siidens, den griineren, fenchteren Norden nnd die in
der Mitte eingebettete, bumnsreicbe, von Griiben dnrchzogene nnd mit Wasser
gesiittigte Erde der frnohtbaren Ebene von Lagnna, nnd die ebenfalls fenchteu
Reste der Laabwaldnngen (Lorbeer, Heidekrant, n.s.w.) scbafft es einen Anfenthalt,
der jedem der Dnrchziigler melir oder minder seine Specialitiit bietet.

Trotz dieser verhiiltnismassig giinstigen Bedingungen ist das Anftreten von
Dnrchziiglern ein recbt minimales nnd nnr einzeliie Arten scheinen, wie ich
wjlbrend dieser kurzen Zeit beobacbtet babe, regelmiissige Besncher zn sein.

Was die von \'ielen Ornithologen hieriiber gemacbten Beobachtnngen betriflft,
so fallen diese raeistenteils in eine zn knrze Spanue Zeit, oder, was ja natiirlicb
ist, der betrefFende Forscber interessierte sicb banptsiicblicb fttr die canarischen
Arten. Andererseits balten sicb bier die meisten Reisenden iu dem scboneren
Norden der Insel und im Friilijabre anf. Im Friibjabre ist jedocb der Norden
beinahe gar nicht von Wandervcigeln besncht, sondern der natiirlicbe Anflng ist
der Siiden. Im Friibjabre ist ancb der Siiden dnrcb die Winterregen gerade
wiibrend der Zngperiode am prodnktivsten im Pflanzenwncbse, nnd infolge dessen
ancb fiir die Vogelwelt nabrnngsergiebiger an Insekten.

Der Suden der Insel wnrde wenig oder bOcbst selten besncbt. Die Orte
sind weniger bekanut, bieten scblecbte oder gar keine Unterknnft — es wird von
ihnen iiberbanpt uicbt viel gesprocben.

Der ornitbologiscb bekannteste Teil ist die Umgebnng von La Lagnna.
Dort wirkte Dr. A. Cabrera, welcber die Seltenbeiten der Insel selbst sammelte
nnd seine Belege.xemplare befinden sicb im Institnto de (!anario der obgenannten
Stadt, teilweise anfgestellt, teilweise in Bitlgen.

Wie wenig der Siiden, speciell die trostlosen Kiistengegendeu, besncbt worden
sind, zeigt das Vorhandeusein von Eri/thrOHpiza gitliaginea amantum Hart., den
icb diesen Sommer fand. Dnrcb seineu Ruf ware er Jedermann anfgefdllen ! Icb
kannte zwar deiiselben nicbt, als icb ibn zuerst vernalim, nnd suchte mir denselben
von einer Scbaar Pi'tronia petronia madeireusix (Erl.j abznleiten, die ein Sperber
besncbt baben diirfte. Als icb uiiber trat, erkannte icb jedocb gleicb dnrcb das
Glas die Urbeber dieser Musik nnd erlegte einige E.\emplare.' Bei darauf vor-
geuummeneu E.xcursionen nach anderen Teilen dieser Kiiste fand icb deu Vogel

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anch dort. Er wnrde mir ancli von einem Einwohner, der sich fiir Vogel
interessierte, rnit dem Nameu " Moro " bezeichnet. Derselbe hatte auch versucht
diesen Vogel mit Serinus canariensis (L.) za kreuzen, was ihm jedoch nicht gelang.

Von den regelmiissig anftretenden ZugvOgeln mOehte ich Tardus tnmicus,
Antkus arboreus, Motacilla alba nnd Vanellus cristatus erwiihnen. An den Kiistea
finden sich dann ebenfalls regelmiissig Actltis hypoleucus, verschiedene Tringa- und
Totanus-Kt\,&a, Strepsilas inter2>res, Charadriiis nnd Ardea cinerea ein.

Ein schones Beispiel, wie sich viele Sachen einfinden, wenn selbe ihre Lebens-
bediiignngen zu finden glanben, ist folgendes. Im Jahre 1901 trat zar Frilhjahrszeit
audaueruder starker Regen ein, der die feuchte Ebene von La Lagnua so mit
Wasser dnrchtriinkte, dass die Griiben iiberliefen nnd sich an vielen Stellen
Lachen bildeten. Dies sowie im Vereine damit die mit Rohr bestandenen Wasser-
graben lockten zahlreiche Enten (hanptsiichlich Anas boschas), Bekassinen {Scolopax
fjalliiwgo) nnA Kiebitze an. Einzelu kommen diese Arten ja Jef&s ,/«/</• vor, aber
in solchcT Zahl wie damals nnr in bcsonders fenchten Jahreu. Dieser Vorgang
diirfte auch ein Beweis dafilr sein, dass wohl ein Teil dcs Znges iiber die Inseln
geht and, wenn die Bedingungen vorhanden sind, auch die Besucher nicht fehleu.
Durch das sonst nur spilrliche Auftreten vereinzelter Stiicke mOchte man sehr
leicht verleitct werden zn sageu, es wiire kein Zng. Diesc vereiuzclten Stiicke,
speciell bei den Wasser- nnd Sumpfvogeln, sind meiner Bleinung nach von grOsseren
riilgen abgetrennte Exemplare, die dann je nach ihrem Wohlbefinden kiirzer oder
langer verweilen.

Passerina nivalis, Turdiis pilaris (im Institnto in La Laguna), Hi/polais
pallida (im Museum zn Tring nnd von mir erlegt) sind natiirlich als Irrgiiste zn
betrachten.

Mein Anfenthaltsort, Vilafior, liegt leider fiir die Beobachtung von Wander-
viigeln sehr nngiinstig (ca. 140u m. hoch). Die Kiiste ist entschieden giinstiger.
So konnte ich im Vorjahre an einem Morgen Lanius rtij'us, Saxicola deserti, Falco
subbuteo nnd Circus jjyyargus beobachten und yon ersteren Belegexemplare
sammeln. Falco subbuteo beobachtete ich anch im vergangenen Herbst nnd fehlte
ihn leider einmal.

Fiir den Vogelzng wiiren hier einzelne sehr interessante Punkte vorhanden,
speciell an den in letzter Zeit nenangelegten Wasserbehiiltern, gleichsam eine Art
Teiche, und durch die dort angebauten Futterpflanzen, Bananen und Tomatenanlagen.
Ich sah dort wiihrend nur wenige Stuuden ziihlendeu Aufunthalten mehrere
interessante Viigel nnd es wilre wohl der Miihe wert, dort tiigliche Beobachtnngen
anzustellen, was gewiss interessante Ergebnisse liefern wiirde.

Von den Brntvugeln Tenerife's ziehen im Herbste nur die Apus-Avien nnd
Turtur turtur vollkommeu weg. Upupa epops zieht in seiner Mehrzahl ab, nnr
einige wenige bleiben zuriick.

Die Beobachtung Herrn Meade-Waldo's beziiglich eines Znznges von Turdus
merula mOchte ich auf einen Irrtum zuriickfiihren. Die hier ansiissige Amsel,
Turdus merula cabrerae, streicht in den verschiedenen Jahreszeiteu innerhalb der
Insel hin nnd her. Als Winteraufenthalt mOchte ich die verschiedenen Laub-
walduugen und anch die Orte bezeichnen, wo Orangenkultnr betrieben wird. Im
Friihjahre, wenn sich die Feigen- und anderen Obstbiiume zu belauben beginnen,
findet von ersteren Gegenden ein Zuzug nach dem Siiden statt, wo sich im Winter,
ausser in den oberwUhnten Orangenpflanzungen, gar keine oder nur einzelne
befinden. Hier in dieser llOhe bleiben nur einzelne Stiicke zuriick und zwar nur

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Miinnchen, die vor Einbrnch der Nacht dem Pinienwalde znfliegen, von wo sie bei
Morgeiigraueu iu die Brombecrlieckeii des Ortes znriickkehren. In den reineu
Kii^ferbestiinden halteu sie sicb wiihrend des Tages nie anf. Im Herbste, weuu die
Tranben reifen, kommen sie in grosser Zabl nach bier, nm nach der Ernte wieder
ebenso scbnell zu verscbwinden. Dieser Zuzng macbt anf jeden Beobacbter den
Eiudrnck als kiime er von answiirts, da er ja ancb gerade in die Herbstzngzeit
fiillt. Die Amseln warden dann anf ibren Scblafbiiniuen von eifrigen Jiigern
herabgeschossen. Icb nahm mir die Miihe diese Jagdbente ofters anznseben nnd
Messiingen vorznnebmen, kounte jedocb immer nnr Turdus merula cabrerae vor-
iinden, sodass icb einen fremden Znzng fiir ansgescblossen balte. Uber die
I'rozedur der Massabnabme berrschte nnter den Lenten grosses Stannen — docb es
gab ja.ein Gespriich and damit einen Zeitvertreib, was fiir die gnten Menschen die
Hauptsacbe ist. Was die Bemerknng Dr. Hartert's (^Novitatps Zoologicac, vol. viii.
Oktober 19(11, p. 313) iiber die Zabl der Eier betritft, so mnss icb sagen, dass die
zablreicben Gclege, die ich dnrcbsab nnd ancb toilweise ansnabm, gewiibnlicb 4,
mancbmal ancb nnr 3 Eier batten.

Wie leicht man bei fliicbtigem nnd selbst bei liingerem Aufenthalte einen Vogel
iibersiebt, gebt daraiis bervor, dass Passer higpaniolensis ein sehr biinfiger Bnitvogel
iu den Giirten von St. t'rnz de Tenerife ist. Angeblich ist er dort eingefiibrt
worden, jedenfalls aber ist er dort jetzt geiiein. Dr. Hartert sab ihn daselbst 188.5,
aber mebrere Reisende baben sein Vorkommen anf Tenerife gelengnet. Er kommt
ancb anf Las Palmas vor.

Anfangs Jiinner erlegte ich an einem nnd demselben Tage zwei interessante
Vogel, uilmlich : Eiu Bliinncben von Dendrocopus maior cnnariensis mit rosarot
gefarbten Federn an beiden Seiten der Oberbrnst und einen nralten Hahn von
Caccabis petrosa koeniyi mit brannen Federn in der Mitte der Oberbrnst, gleicbsam
dem Schilde des Rebhnbnes entsj)rechend, nnr schwiicher ansgebildet. Sonst sind
beide Vogel normal gefarbt, nnr ist der Caccabis das stiirkste Stiick von ca. 150
von mir erlegten Hilhnera dieser Art. Nach meinen Maassen betriigt der
Dnrcbschnitt der Totalliinge 36-3 Centimeter, wahrend obgenanntes Exemplar
38'5 cm. misst.

Obgleich diesem scbonen Hubne anf alle Weise nnd zn jeder Jahreszeit
nacbgestellt wird, ist der Bestand im Siiden der Insel ein gnter zn nennen, was
banptsiicblicb der Anfsicht der vor einigen Jahren eingefiihrten Guardia civil
(Gensdarmerie) zu verdanken ist. Leider sind die einzelnen Posten zn weit von
einander cntfernt nnd das Personal ein sehr geringes, wiihrend das zngewiesene
Terrain ein sehr scbwieriges nnd ansgedehntes ist. Das Huhn kommt wohl anch
in sehr geringer Anzahl anf der Cnmbre d. i. oberhalb des Pinienwaldes vor,
sein Hauptverbreitnngsbezirk ist jedocb unterhalb des Pinares bis zur Kiiste
herab. Im Dezember nnd Jiinner, bauptsiichlich in letzterem Mouate, liiseu
sich die Volker anf nnd leben dann paarweise.

In den Pinienwitldern des Siidens hiilt sich Columba licia sehr bilnfig anf,
wo sie mitVorliebe den aiisgefallenen Samen der Kiefernzapfen anfnimmt. Bemer-
kenswert ist, dass man sie dort nicbt nnr ausnahmsweise anfgebiinmt findet,
sonderu dass, wcnn sie von einem Baume aus irgcnd einem Grnude abstreiehen,
sie sich bald anf einem auderen niederlassen. Ich jagte sie so ab und zn und
beobacbtete dieses Bcnebmen, so oft ich in den Pinienwald kam. Die dnukle
Form, wie ich sie in Madeira erlegte, konnte ich nnter den vielen, die mir bier
in die Hiiiide kamen, niemals beobachtcn. Die Tanbc wird bier grosstenteils an

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(ler Triinke gojagt, oder man streut etwas Hafer nnd schiesst sie am Futterplatze.
Dasselbe gilt fiir das schone Felsenhuhn. Oft hort auf diese Weise mit einem
Schusse der Bestand einer ganzen Kette anf. Die Hi'ihner werden auch mit
Zugnetzen gefangen. Eine andere Mordart fiir die Steinhiihner ist das Aufriclitei;
eines schweren Steines, der durcli eiuen Stab gestiitzt ist. Unter den Stein werden
einige Samenkorner gelegt. StOsst der Vogel nun an den Stab so wird er von
dem niederfallenden Steine erdriickt. Diese Fangart wird auch auf Emberiza,
CalaticlreUa und Petronia angewandt, hauptsiichlich an der Siidkiiste.

Einer der bestgeliassten VOgel ist Corcus corax canariensis. Wo sich ilim
etwas znm Fressen bietet, ist er der erste nnd umkreist mit Verlangen jedea
ihm gut diinkenden Gegenstand. Selbst die landesilblichen Siittel (Alvardas
genannt) zerzaust er mit seinem Schnabel, wenn sie dem Maultiere abgenommeu
werden nnd der Fiihrer sicti von ihneu entferut. Sie sind niimlich mit irgend
einem Felle iiberzogen, das nur an der Sonne getrocknet ist und desbalb
fiir den Raben immerhin noch ein Leckerbisseo ist. Die Raben leiden hier
allerdings wobl oft Hunger. Ich babe noch nie einen gut genithrten Raben
angetroffen, obwohl ich jeden, der mir begegnet, za schiessen versuche. Im
Vergleiche mit unserem Raben ist er sehr emptiudlich und ich babe bis jetzt alle
mit Hiihnerscbrot auf jede schussbare Distanz heruntergeholt. Mir fiel dies im
Vergleiche zu unserem Kolkraben (Corvus corax) anfangs sehr auf. Es ist aber
sehr erkliirlich : Der Canarier ist bedeuteud leichter gekleidet nnd das Gefieder viel
lockerer. Hier briitet er hauptsiichlich in Felseu oder auf alten Pinien, in deu
Anagabergen auch auf Laubbiiumen. Znr Zeit der Kornernte — Ende Jnni — erscheint
er zum Missvergniigen der Isleuos mit seinem hoflfnungsvollen Nachwuchse in
grossen Schaaren.

Regidus tcnerifae kommt in den reinen Pinienwaldungen des Siidens und
Stidwesteus uicht vor, wobl aber in dem Teile des Pinar's, der sich von Guimar
nordostlich in der Richtung gegen den Weiler Esperanza (oberhalb Lagnna)
erstreckt und wo dieses VOgelchen wenigstens etwas Unterholz (Codezzo) vorfindet.

Die von Herrn Prof. Koenig als spilrlich angefiihrte Si/lcia melanocephalw
leucoyastru kommt im Nordeu der Insel und bei La Lagnna und Esperanza tatsachlich
recht spiirlich vor. In diesen Gegenden bevorzugt der kleine Liirmmacher die hoheren
Lagen. Sein Hauptaufenthaltsort ist wohl der Siideu der Insel, dort, wo sich die
dickstengelige Wolfsmilch zu zweimal MauneshOhe erhebt und einen Umfang von
Zimmergrbsse erreicht. Aus der Mitte diescr Euphorbieuart sfiriesst ein anderes
strauchartiges Gewiichs hervor, welches sich gewOhnlich, wenn es in seinem Wachs-
tume die Wolfsmilch eingeholt hat, oberhalb derselben etwas ansbreitet. Dort,
wo diese beiden Pflanzen gleichsam ineinander verwachsen vorkommen, ist dieser
niedliche Vogel zu Hause — doch immerhin in sehr geringer Anzahl. Hat man
seinen etwas an Si/hi'a cinerea oder nisoria erinnernden Warnungsruf vernommen
und nahert man sich dem miichtigen Strauche auf eine Entfernung, dass man ihn
noch gut iibersehen kann, so tut man am besten, sich dort niederznsetzen nnd dem
Strauche seine voile Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken. Nach einiger Zeit wird man
den stets in diesem Gewirre von Asteii und Zweigen herumhuscheuden Vogel oder
dessen Schatten erblicken und beides wird ebenso schnell wieder iu das dunkle
Innere dieser Gewiichse verschwinden. Dieses Schauspiel kann sich noch einige Male
wiederholen, ohne dass man den Vugel recht zu Gesicht bekommt. Doch auf einmal
sitzt der kleine Kobold mit aufgestniubteu Kopfiederchen und schief nach oben
gestelltem Schwanze auf einem der senkrecht nach oben strebendeu Zweige, blast

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seineu Warnnngsmf in's Freie, nm im Handumclrehen iin selben oder nuchsten
Wolfsmilchstranclie zn verschwinden, nnd sich dort eventuell noch weuiger
sichtbar zu machen. Das Samnieln dieser S\'lvienart — speciell fiir den, der ibr
Benebmea nocb nicht grundlicb kennt — ist nngemeiu scUwierig, aber aufregeiid ;
im Allgemeioen sind nur fliicbtig augebracbte Scbiisse miiglicb uud danu kommt
nocb die grosse Frage, wie and ob man das Tierchen iu die Hand bekommt. Ist
es nnr geflilgelt, so ist es verloreu, da es nacb dem Inneren fliicbtet, wo es zwar
monu-ntan woblgeborgen ist, docb einem scbmerzbaften Tude entgegengebt. Fiillt
das Tiercben bingegen gut getroffen berab nnd stiirzt man nicbt wie ein Besessener
darauf los, so ist es von der aus den verletztea Stengeln fliessenden Milcb voll-
getropft und das lockere Gefieder so verklebt nnd bcscbmutzt, dass man wieder
etwas Unbrancbbares in Hiinden hat. Oder man bat anf den Vogel gescbossen,
wcnn er obeu auf einem inneren Stengel sass, so kann man ibn aus diesem Gewirre
nicbt berausbekommen oder iu den meisten FiiUen iiberbanpt nicbt seben kann.
Am besten ist er erbiiltlich, wenn er sicb am Boden anfbiilt oder einen Moment
auf einem iiasseren Stengel verweijt. In diesen zwar nicbt scbiincn, aber desto
eigeuartigeren Gebieten trifft man diese S3"lvienart von der Kilste bis zn einer
Hobe von ca. 500 m. binauf.

Dort ist ancb das ricbtige Heim von Lanius algeriensis koenigi und stolz
bewusst oder gebeugt, lang gestreckt, zum Abstreicben fertig, tbront er anf dem
bocbsten Zweige der Wolfsmilcb, seine blendend weisse Brnst im Sonuenlicbte
lencbten lassend. Seine Brutstelleu sind dann die verfilztesten Stellen der
Wolfsmilcb mit dem gleichsam mit ihr verwascbsenen Strauche. So siebt man
ibn besonders znr Paarnngszeit dort biiufig Auslng haltend.

Wabrend zweier Herbste konnte icb bauptsiicblicb wiibrend der Steinhnbnjagd
eine mir sebr auflallende Beobacbtung an Tinnunculus tinnuncuhis canaricnsis
macben. An den milden Oktober- und Novembertagen tritt bier eine fliegende
Ameise hiinfig auf Zu meinem Erstaunen miicbte dieser Falke oft zn fiinf nnd
mebr Jagd anf diese Insekten, indem er sie mit den Fiingen im FJnge griff nnd
dann ebenftills im Fliige mit dem Scbnabel ans denselben iiabm und verzebrte.
Icb beobacbtete diese interessanten Ansfiihrangen mit dem Glase oft stnndenlang.
Hierbei wecbselten sie bilnfig die Fangplatze. Nocb erstannter war icb, als unter
dieser Gesellscbaft ein Falco suhhuteo auftancbte (14. Nov. l'J03), der sicb mit
derselben Anfgabe bescbiiftigte. Leider feblte icb ibn einmal im Vorbeistreicben,
docb bielt er sicb noch einige Zeit hier auf nnd ich kouute noch oft dieses Treibeu
der beiden Falkenarten beobacbten. Ein Tinnunculus ? , das sicb seit Jabren
bei meinem Hanse aufbielt und immer die dort gefangenen Miiuse abbolte, musste
ich abscbiessen, da es sicb auschickte, meine Fringilla teijdea ans dem Kafige zn
holen nnd einen sogar scbon verletzt batte.

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NEW SPHINGIDAE.
By the HON'. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Pii.D.

1. Polyptychus murinus spec. nov.

?. Bodj- dark drab-grey r/Z/orc ; a bro^disli mnmm3'-brown mesial stri])<^ from
occiput to metanotum ; sides of palpns aud breast drab, middle of breast wa.slied
with pink ; underside of abdomen dark drab-grey washed with ferrnginons ;
nppcrside of foretibia and -tarsn.s dark drab-grey, the other legs dark drab, mid-
aud hindtibia with a rather large white spot at the base.

Wings, npperside. Forewing like body, a brown-black spot at base of cell

preceded by a vestigial costal dot ; an antemedian band of throe nndnlate chestnut
lines curving costad, the first feeble in middle, ending in a dot behind, the interspace
between the second and third washed with chestnut ; a broad discal band of six
or seven lines just outside cell, curving costad, the lines chestnut posteriorly with
buffish hazel interspaces, the proximal lines to a greater extent than the distal
ones, the latter replaced by a drab shade between 11' and M', the band becoming
blackish olive in front, where it measures 7 mm. in width ; the drab-grey median
interspace is widest at apes of cell (11 mm.) and narrowest at hinder margin
(2i mm.) ; a pale ochraceous stigma bordered with dark brown ; a series of minute
blackish brown dots on outer half of disc, the series evenly curved, ending with
a dark brown shadowy costal blotch, outside which there is another more distinct
spot, a blackish olive triangular shade at distal margin, narrowing behind, stopping
in front at R' ; fringe blackish olive ; distal margin straight, feebly concave, not at

all sinuous. Hindwing : Front's brown, grey at extreme base ; a deeper brown

patch behind cell ; submarginal area also deeijer in tint than disc, a small elongate
submarginal spot deep Frout's brown, with a faint second spot outside it.

Underside. Forewing sepia-brown, costal area washed with ferrnginons

between cell and apex, a shadowy band from apical to hinder angle broccoli-brown,
leaving the edge of the wing deep sepia ; isrosimally of this band two rows of

minute olive-black dots. Hindwing : cell and disc ferruginous, costal margin

narrowly and distal and abdominal margins broadly pale sepia colonr ; a faint
sepia-brown line straight across wing at npjier angle of cell and jioiut of origin
of M-, another very indistinct line at lower angle of cell ; brown distal marginal
area limited by a faint zigzag line accentuated by minute vein-dots ; di.stally of this
line another faint line ; distal margin slightly washed with ferrnginons.

A triangular, acnmiuate, somewhat curved, non-dentate process at each side
of vaginal cavity.

Length of forewing : 44 mm.

Hub. Kassai River, Congo Free State ; 1 ? .

Closely allied to P. pygarga and affinia, agreeing with the latter in the brown
mesial vitta on head and thorax, and with the former in the vaginal cavity being
armed at each side with a pointed process, which, however, is non-dentate in the
new species. There are no white scales at the abdominal stigmata.

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2. Epistor bathus spec. nov.

(?. Deeper brown than yonjon and taedium. Abdomen withont the patches
of woolly scaling fonnd in those species. Forewing with the fold as narrow as
iu E. taer/iiim aiisfralis (Revision p. 407) ; R- not mnch cnrved at base, D^ about
one-half of I)^, lower angle of cell obtuse. Upperside : a dark brown shadow along
fold, continuons with a large triangular discal. patch, which is mnch larger than
in gorgon, extending to hinder angle of wing and gradually shading off in front ;
dark brown apical patch broader and shorter than in the allied species, cellnle
SC^ — SC° being wider than in the other species ; pale halfmoon-shapcd marginal
band narrower than in the species mentioned, its pale proximal border-line continned
along edge of wing to anal angle, the latter rather more produced than in the
allied species ; five or six dark lines rather distinctly marked in the posterior area
of the wing, reappearing at costal margin, second and third lines close together ;

distal margin angulate at M'. Hindwing less extended brown than in gorgon ;

distal margin feebly denticulate.

Underside with two lines on disc of each wing, those of forewing more or
less indistinct, less curved than in taediitm ; the first of hindwing touching cell
at lower angle, the second less marked, accentuated by vein-dots.

Sexual organs similar to those of taedium.

Hah. Hnancabamba, east of Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Boettger), type ; S. Domingo,
Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6500 ft., December 1002 (G. Ockendeu) ; Charuplaya, Bolivia,
1300 m., July lOOl (Simons) ; 3 cJc?.

Also in coll. Charles Oberthiir.

3. Nephele discifera f. rattraya nov.

tS. Hitherto only specimens of this species were known which have a large
ochraceous spot in the middle of the hindmargin of the forewing. We have now
received a specimen withont that spot. This individual may represent the eastern
race of discifera, but for the present we treat it as being an individual (not
geograjihical) form of disci/era.

Had. Kampala, Uganda (Major H, B. Rattray) ; 1 cf .

4. Temnora albilinea spec. nov.

<? ?. Body mummy-brown above, clayish tawny-olive beneath, palpus more
creamy below.

Wings similar in shape to those of T./umosa, broader ; forewing less emarginate

below apex ; mummy-brown on upperside. Forewing : two very faint brown

bands in basal half and another beyond middle, separated from one another by
faintly grey interspaces, the third band disappearing anteriorly in a brown discal
area which is distally sharply limited by a gently curved white line, extending from
subcostal fork to R', reaching this vein about 3 mm. from margin ; outside this
line two faint brown lines converging with the white line behind ; a brown double
line from apex to R', irregular ; a white marginal or submarginal cloud R' — R'.
Hindwing without markings, slightly paler towards base.

Underside clayish tawny-olive. Forewing mummy-brown i'mm base to disc,

excejit margins ; a pair of faint undulate lines from costa to R^ and a straight

oblique line from costa near apex to K^ brown. Hindwing with three faint

curved lines on disc.

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Tenth abdominal segment similar to that of T. J'umosa. Friction scales of
clasper large, 5 or 6 ; harjse long, slender, tapering, strongly curved upwards,
somewhat flexnose. Penis-sheath on right side with a narrow process which bears
a few teeth at the apex, on left side with a large jjateli of minute teeth arranged
in five or six unequal rows.

Length of forcwing : 25 to 26 mm.

Ilab. Pnngo Andongo, Angola, end of June 1875 (A. v. Homeyer) ; a small
series.

5. Temnora elegans polia subspec. nov.

(?. Body above and below and hiudwing below grey, without a rufous tint ;
forewing also more grey than in the northern subspecies, especially on the underside,
where the wing is only obscurely washed with rufous from the base to beyond cell ;
hiudwing dark tawuy-rnfous, not at all so bright as in elegans elegans. Harpe
longer and slenderer than in the northern subspecies (penis-sheath broken).

Ilab. Puugo Andongo, Angola, July 1S75 (A. v. Homeyer) ; 1 S.

6. Temnora rattrayi spec. nov. ■

(? ? . In shape and pattern intermediate between zanfus and atrofasciata
(Revision p. 570). Body raw umber colour above, with blackish brown mesial line
on head and thorax, clayish buff beneath.

Wings, vpperiicle. Forewing : divided into a proximal and a distal area by

a grey line which runs from costal margin just proximally of apex of cell to hinder
angle, being evenly curved behind ; within proximal area a basal patch, proximally
of base of M- a double line which curves costad in front, a similar double line one-
third the way to outer margin, abbreviated in front, stopping at the grey transverse
line, an ill-defined hinder-marginal blotch at emargination, all mummy-brown,
interspaces more or less huffish, that between the two pairs of lines rather distinctly
plumbaginous ; outside the grey transverse line a mummy-brown band which is
4 mm. wide at costal margin, gradually narrowing to M', more or less contiguous
with two black dots, one situated before and the other behind M^ ; these dots them-
selves not completely separated from a black marginal border which extends from
hinder angle beyond M' ; the mummy-brown baud evenly emarginate distally,
bordered by a grey line, at the outside of which there is a mummy-brown line ;
subapical area distally of this line pale claj'ish, with a row of indistinct black vein-
dots ; apex and distal margin washed with mummy-brown ; this colour iutensified
outside the subcostal fork, forming a short obliijue streak ; distal margin sinuate
between SC'' and R- and again before hinder angle, apex truncate, marginal teeth

vestigial ; fringe mummy-brown at apices of veins. Hiudwing : mummy-brown,

slightly clayish towards base and abdominal margin, a mummy-brown submarginal
line becoming visible behind, separated from the edge of the wing by a short
pale line.

Underside pale tawny-olive. Forewing : dark mummy-brown from base to

disc, except at edges ; traces of three or four lines on disc. Hindwiug : with

four lines in outer half, curving costad, the first and last very feeble, the third
accentuated by vein-dots.

S. Tenth tergite slender, rounded at tip; sternite boat-shaped; process of
harpe very slightly narrowed distally ; apical edge sharp, turned upwards, forming
a transverse ridge ; penis-sheath obliquely truncate ; on the left side a long but low

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ridge which bears two rows of teeth, the npper row being abont as long as the
sheath is wide, the more lateral row being shorter than the other.

Length of forewing : 37 to 4(1 mm.

Ifab. Kampala, Uganda, ti/pe, one pair ; Entebbe, Uganda, November 1900,
1 6; collected by Blajor H. B. Rattray, in whose honour the species is named.

7. Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei s{)ec. nov.

S ■ Body greyish salmon-bnff, mottled with cinnamon-rufons at the bases of
the abdominal segments. Longest pectinations of antenna about three times as long
as they arc broad in middle.

Wings, tippei-side. Forewing : not irregular at distal margin, very feebly

emarginate between the posterior veins, straight at costal margin in middle ; apex
a little less than 90° ; a grey basal area, wider at costal than at hinder margin,
limited by a cinnamon-rnfous band of several ill-defined lines, the inner line crossing
M at base of M', the outer crossing subcostals at fork SC^-^, the band mottled with
black scales ; in middle of grey area a thin line of lilack and cinnamon-rufous scales ;
a trace of another line near base ; outer half of wing pinkish grey, salmon-bnff at
hinder angle, a broad line of cinnamon-rnfous and black scales nearl}' parallel to

distal margin, about halfway between margin and subcostal fork. Hindwing :

salmon-bnff; distal edge brownish.

Underside rnfous salmon irrorated with brown scales. Forewing less

bright than hindwing, shaded with clay-colour ; a small white stigma on both
wings ; a broad brown distal marginal band to forewing ; edge of hindwing also
brown ; M' of hindwing midway between M- and W.

Tenth tergite long, spatulate, sinuate at apex ; tenth sternite triangular,
black like the tergite, acuminate. Harpe consisting of a heavy, tapering, pointed
process which is proximally tricarinate, the upper carina or ridge being almost
detached from the process ; penis-sheath with a broad spatulate apical lobe which
is curved laterad.

Length of forewing : 1.5 mm.

Ildb. Mikenga, Angola, September 14, 1903 (Dr. Ansorge) ; 1 c?.

8. Macroglossum augarra spec. nov.

? . Allied to M. passages (Revision p. 004). Upperside of head and thorax
slaty grey, a deep black mesial stripe from palpi to metanotum ; a black lateral
stripe occupying mesothoracic tegula and extending forward to near tip of palpus ;
end-segment of antenna very long and thin ; abdomen with deep chrome spot on
segments 3 and 4, small white lateral tufts on segments 2 and 3, a larger chrome
and white one on 4, tuft of 5 again larger, chrome, feebly tipped with white, tuft
of 0 blackish chestnut, nearly black above, of 7 fulvous distally, tipped with white;
a pair of black dorsal patches on tergites 2 to 5, a black belt on 0, and a large
black mesial spot on 7 ; tail black above, faintly chestnut, mummy-brown beneath ;
palpus white beneath, irrorated with brown, a white line at eye on first segment ;
breast walnut-brown, paler in middle, abdominal sternites reddish chestnnt.

Wings, upperside. Forewing : basal area blackish slaty grey, darker than

thorax, limited by a straight deep black band which widens basad at hindmargia
of wing ; outside this band a purplish grey band which is wider than the black one
and includes close to its distal edge a black line ; then follows a somewhat shadowy
black discal band, which is ill-defined and is produced distad behind R' ; halfway

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between base and apex of R' a black line extending from costal to hinder margin,
an indistinct oblique line from apex of wing to R- and then cnrved to margin also •

black ; interspaces in outer half of wing parti}' chestnut. Hindwing : black ; a

narrow, nearly straight, deep chrome band produced basad at abdominal margin.

Underside deep chocolate, extreme base of forewing, base and abdominal area of
hindwing deep chrome ; forewing from base to middle of disc and an outer marginal
band to both wings deeper in tone than rest of underside ; hindwing with three
lines, the second indistinct, the first, which stands just outside cell, very distinct.

Length of forewing : 29 mm.

Hub. Owgarra, north of head of Area River, British New Guinea (A. S. Meek
and Eichhorn) ; 1 ? .

9. Xylophanes ockendeni spec. nov.

(S. Body green above, a lateral stripe on head and pronotum clayish, pale pink
at base of antenna and behind eye, a short mesial stripe on mesonotuni pinkish clay
(discoloured ?) ; palpi (except apex), breast and sides of abdomen reddish ferruginous,
abdominal sternites pinkish ; external spur of midtibia a little shorter than inner.

Wings, upperside. Forewing green like thorax, rather shorter than in

rothsclnldi, with three black patches of 3 to 5 mm. diameter, one subbasal, the
second just beyond apex of cell, and the third at hinder margin proximally of angle ;
a small black stigma ; a thin black line from outerside of subbasal patch to costal
edge, cnrved, irregular ; an indistinct bar in middle of cell blackish green ; a faint
dentate line just distally of second patch followed by another indistinct line, both
deep green ; a more prominent somewhat crenate green line from hinder margin
beyond middle to costal margin, crossing R' midway between cell and distal margin,
curved costad in front, ending in a small black costal dot, the line bordered distally
by a green shadowy band which ends at the apex of the wing, the line curving away
from it near costal margin ; a vestigial crenate green submarginal line faintly
accentuated on the veins by some tiny dots ; a series of rather prominent marginal

dots standing at the ends of the veins. Hindwing : brownish black, somewhat

jjinkish buff posteriorly, an ill-defined pinkish band on disc ending posteriorly in a
clayish patch, distal edge bordered with green ; fringe pale, a black dot at the end
of each vein.

Underside reddish ferruginous, irrorated with black ; both wings with
green dentate distal marginal band which is irrorated with black scales, the band
of the forewing being rather wider than in rothsclnldi. Forewing : brown-
black from base to middle, a slightly S-shaped blackish line on disc crossing R^
at about one-third the way from the cell to the outer margin ; between this line
and apex of wing two short costal lines which end at the green distal marginal
border. Hindwing with a discal blackish line as on forewing.

Tenth tergite truncate-sinuate, sternite triangular, acuminate, but not acute ;
clasper with about six friction-scales arranged in two rows ; harpe somewhat similar
to that of X. resta, convex on the side away from clasper ; penis-sheath with a
dentate lobe on the right side and a dentate ridge on the left, the ridge being much
more proximal than the lobe.

Ilab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, October 1902, dry season
(G. Ockenden) ; \ S .

In the same collection there came also a <J of A', rothschildi, this being the
second specimen knowij,

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li>. Xylophanes rhodotus siicc. nov.

(J. Closely allied to A', eumeihu. Pale mesial band of thorax broader, divided
by a broad olive-green mesial line ; grey vitta of abdomen also broader, with a faint
olive-green mesial line, which becomes broad and distinct on the basal segment ;
black basal lateral patch more prominent ; yellowish lateral longitudinal band
following this patch much less marked than in eiimedon.

Wings shorter, less elongate, less acuminate. Upperside : forewing with a

dark cloud distally of black stigma ; apex of wing less extended pale than in eumedon,
and the pale band which extends from the apox to the inner margin narrower,
continned to base ; proximally of this interstitial band three olive-green lines,
the tirst the heaviest, but much less heavy than in eumedon, and not so pointed
distally, the second and third partly fused distally, with the interspace not paler
than the interspace between the first and second line, the third line broader behind
than between the median nervules ; the heavy olive-green line beyond the pale
interspace less curved than in eumedon, owing to the less produced apex of the
wing. Hindwiug : the five anterior spots of the band completely separate.

Underside : forewing with a black patch beyond cross-veins, followed by a
rather indistinct line instead of the prominent line found in eumedon ; interspace
between this line and the next wider than in eumedon, and the black dots distally

of the second line more prominent on both wings. Hindwing : the two discal

lines more transverse and more S-shaped.

Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Peru, .Tune, July ami November 1902
(G. Ockenden) ; 4 (?t?.

Also in coll. Charles Oberthiir, from Pern.

11. Theretra polistratus spec. nov.

<?. Allied to T. rhesus (Revision p. 766). Grey dorsal stripe of thorax and
abdomen separated into two sharply marked lines from mesonotnm to apex of
abdomen ; mesothoracical tegnla with a sharply defined grey line near upper edge ;
a strongly marked dorso-Iateral line from metanotum to apex of abdomen ; a
broad lateral stripe on head and thorax also grey ; rest of upperside olive-green.
Underside of breast and abdomen pinkish, irrorated with olive-green ; sides of
breast more extended green, the green scaling forming two rather indistinct stripes
in middle.

Wings, upperside. Forewing with pinkish grey costal edge ; black stigma

very distinct ; olive-green lines as in rhesus, but the interspaces more silvery grey,

except the one outside the heavy line ending at apex of wing. Hindwing

mummy-brown, shaded with green at distal margin, clayish at abdominal margin ;
a snbmarginal and a discal line brown, faint, with clayish interspace which fades
away in front.

Underside of hindwing and middle of forewing pinkish like abdomen, irrorated
with olive-green; three lines on forewing, the first two apjiroximate, two on
hindwing, olive-green, the outer one accentuated by black vein-dots.

Uab. Dinawa, British New Guinea.

In coll. Bethuue-Baker.

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SOME NEW MOTHS.
BY KARL JORDAN, Ph.D.

&YNTOMIDAE.

1. Pseudapiconoma compsa spec. nov.

S. Body pale mummy-brown, a small spot at base of anteuna, a thin border
to protlioracic tegula, aud two thin streaks on mesonotnm tawny-ochraceous ; a
large dorso-lateral basal patch on abdomen, side of forecoxa, npperside of forefemnr
and hinder side of hindcoxa scarlet, abdominal tergites 4 to 7 and middle of 3, and
the underside of abdomen creamy clay-colour ; a series of small lateral tufts on
abdomen orange.

Wings, uppcrside. Forewing : pale mnmmy-browu ; a minute reddish spot

in centre of base, behind which there is a larger pale orange spot ; a round nude
spot before middle of SM- situated on this vein, appearing white on account of
being scaled white beneath ; the following transparent spaces : a square space at
apex of cell, a series of 8 spaces from costal to inner margin, 1 aud 2 small,
2 separated by a brown spot from a small additional sjjace situated at base of
SC — RS space 3 not reaching so far distad as 4, spaces 5 and 6 large, extending
from cell to near distal margin, 7 about two-thirds their length, a small transparent

dot behind base of M- ; vein SC forming an areole with SCI Hindwing :

small, hairy, semitransparent, grey, blackish at the edges ; vein R- from a point
with W.

Underside paler than upper.

Length of forewing : 20 mm.

Hab. Pungo Andongo, Angola, April 26, 187.5 (A. von Homeyer) ; 1 S.

2. Pseudapiconoma gloriosa spec. nov.

¥ . Body black, glossy blue ; a stripe on mesothoracic tegula and one on
each side of mesonotnm, a sjjot on each side of metanotum and another on first
abdominal tergite, terminal belts of tergites 2 to 6, the anterior ones more or
less interrupted and the others narrowed mesially, large lateral spots on the
sternites, inner respectively posterior side of coxae, a minute lateral dot on
prosternnm and a thin line at frontal side of eye scarlet.

Wings, uppeiside blackish hair-brown, faintly shot with blue. Forewing

with two scarlet dots upon C at base, and seven transparent spots : one in cell
near apex, another behind M- distally of base of this vein, square, five in a row
from SC^ to M', the first minute, the third the largest, being about as long as
the cell is broad at apex. Hindwing : with scarlet basal spot at hinder margin.

Underside like upper, fore- and hindwing with a basal spot of scarlet hairs
behind.

SC of forewing before apex of cell, anastomosing with C and connected with
SC^ by a bar ; R^ and R^ of hindwing from a point.

Length of forewing : 32 mm.

Ilab. Pungo Andongo, Angola, April 20, 187.5 (A. von Homeyer) ; 1 ?.

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3. Pseudapiconoma fenestrata spec. nov.

? . BoJ)- olive-black, hinder side of coxae scarlet ; minute lateral dots at the
abdominal stij,rmata yellow.

Wings, above, olive-black, with transparent spaces. Forewing with nine

snch spaces : one in cell near apex, and eight in a row from costal to hinder
margin, the first triangnlar, the second square, the third oblong, not quite so
long as the olive-black space outside it, the fourth elongate-ovate, the fifth
ovate, the sixth the largest, extending to cell, the seventh broader than long,

constricted, the eiglith small, a minute additional spot in front of base of W.

Hindwing (rather abraded) with a continuous band of transparent patches from
W backwards, the first patch transverse, the others elongate, rounded distally.

SC of forewing before apex of cell, anastomosing with SC- and then with 0;
R- and R' of hindwing from a point.

Length of forewing : 23 mm.

Hah. Pungo Andongo, Angola, April 26, 1875 (A. von Homeyer) ; 1 ?, in
which the upjierside of the thorax and abdomen is much rubbed.

ARC TIT DAE.
4. Phragmatobia ansorgei spec. nov.

? . Body yellow, thorax washed with red ; antenna, interrupted basal belts
on abdominal tergites and lateral spots on sternites, npperside of fore- and mid-
tibiae and of all the tarsi (except apices of segments) black.

Wings orange-scarlet above, fading into orange at distal margin. Fore-
wing : a subbasal row of five small and faint black spots placed in yellow ones,
the first spot more proximal than the others ; a transverse spot on cross-veins
also black, somewhat curved, and at the ends dilated ; a trace of minute black
submarginal dots. Hindwing : with a row of black submarginal spots.

Underside yellow, cell of forewing and greater part of hindwing washed
with red ; no black markings, except a trace of the kidne3'-shaped spot on the
forewing.

Length of forewing : 21 mm.

Hah. Bange Ngola, Angola, October 5, 1903 (Dr. W. J. Ansorge) ; 1 ?.

5. Clerckia securizonis guizonis subs]iec. nov.

?. Body as in C. sec. secicri.~onis Butl.

Wings, npperside. Forewing with red area somewhat similar to that of

sec. securizonis, but not extended to apex of cell except between costal margin
and stalk SC''-^ R\ where the area is produced distad for about 3 mm. ; posterior
portion of area orange ; a black streak within this area along inner margin from
base to beyond one-third of margin, narrow, about 1 i to 2 mm. wide ; fringe greyish.
Hindwing : abdominal margin not black ; base with just a trace of black ; black
distal border narrower than in sec. securizonis, strongly tapering.

On the underside the orange and red area of the forewing is not quite so
deeply excised as above.

Length of forewing : 16 to 18 mm.

Hab. Gnizo L, Rubiana Lagoon, Solomon Is., November 19ii3 (A. S, Meek
and Eichhorn) ; 2 ? ¥ ,

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6. Caprimima caerulescens mononis .sulisjiec. nov.

? . Close to C. caer. caerulescens. Yellow area of forewing twice as wide behind
as in front, being at the costal margin as wide as the green-bine basal area ; black
distal marginal border narrower at apex than in caer. caerulescens ; 3'cllow area
of hindwing triangnlar, wider in front than in caer. caerulescens, but shorter, the
black border of the wing being rather broader at anal angle than in average
specimens of caer. caerulescens.

Hah. Treasury Island, Jnly 1001 (A. S. Meek and Eichlinrn) ; o ? ?.

It is worthy of note that this form agrees much better with the form from
Gnadalcanar than with the subspecies occurring on the interjacent islands.

7. Byrsia amoena guizonis subspec. nov.

?. Wings deeper orange and the blue proximal border of the orange-red
subajjical patch on the upperside of the forewing wider than in B. a. amoetia from
Isabel, the black border to the hindwing also much broader at the distal margin
as well as at the abdominal margin, the distal marginal border being about 'Z mm.
wide in front and 1 mm. behind, apart from fringe.

Ilab. Guizo Island, llubiana Lagoon, November 1903 (A. 8. Meek and Eich-
horn) ; 1 ? .

8. Caprimima choiseuli spec. nov.

? . Similar to C. caerulescens, a little smaller. Upperside of head and thorax
metallic bluish green, more strongly glossy than in the forms of caerule.icens.
Foretibia and ai)ex of hindtibia more or less suffused with white, first foretarsal
segment not white.

Wings, upperside, similar in colour to those of C. caerulescens Isabella, which
occurs also on Choiseul ; metallic base of forewing more extended than in caer.
isahelh, but less than in caer. caerulescens, yellow area triangular, almost narrowed
to a point costally, but occupying about half the posterior margin, red-orange pateh
correspondingly extended ; metallic proximal border-line of this patch thiu, hardly
widened at costal edge ; bluish black distal marginal border of nearly even width,
wider than in caerulescens. Hindwing as in ('. caer. isahella,, but narrower.

llah. Choiseul 1., Solomon Is., December 1903 and January 1904 (A. S. Meek
and Eichhorn) ; 4 ? ? .

Both this species and C. caer. Isabella were found on the north side as well as
on the south side of the island.

AGARISTIDAE.
9. Xanthospilopteryx catori sjjec. nov.

? . Body black, head, thorax, legs and underside of abdomen with white spots ;
npjierside of abdomen witli yellow apical belts, which become more or less white
laterally and on segment 6 also apically.

Wings, upperside. Forewing : orange markings merged together, occu])ying

four-fifths of the wing ; a large orange one from close to base to apex of cell)

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triangnlar, widest at SM', not reaching costal and abdominal edges, which remain
black, and including a small oblique bar in the cell followed behind cell liy a
small spot, both with plumbeous scales, the orange area narrowly joined in front
and more broadly before M- to a straight orange discal band extending obliijnely
from near costal edge to a little beyond M' ; an orange spot before hinder angle ;
fringe spotted with white ; a small white basal subcostal dot ; plumbeous scales

on cross-veins. Hindwing orange-red, with narrow black distal border, which

becomes gradually narrower behind ; fringe spotted with white.

Underside similar to upper ; plumbeous scales absent ; forewiug paler orange,
discal band separate behind from basi-discal area, no orange spot before hinder
angle.

Length of forewing : 30 mm.

Hab. Moyamba, Sierra Leone (D. Cator) ; 1 ? .

Resembling the ? of A', poggei.

lu. Burgena splendida pectoralis snbspec nov.

S ? . Differs from spl. splendida in the sterna and coxae being black, except
the hinder side of the forecoxa, which is yellow. The first segment of the palpus
is black or bears only a few white scales.

This form is on the whole somewhat smaller than spl. splendida.

Ilab. Solomons : Isabel, June and July 1901, type ; Choiseul, December 1003
and January 1904 ; Florida, January 1901.

A long series collected by Messrs. A. S. Meek and Eichhorn.

11. Pseudospiris jucunda spec. nov.

S. In structure somewhat intermediate between Pseudospiris and Paida.
Frontal cone large, its upper apical edge more projecting than the lower edge.
Anterior margin of frons not raised to a ridge. Anterior tibiae longer than first
tarsal segment, the thorn at its apex short and obtuse. Tooth of claw nearer apex
than in P. paidiformis (1895) Bntl. Abdomen much less tufted and the hairs of
the hindwing {S) much shorter than in P. pitidiformis. Forewing broader, SC
and SC- before apex of cell, areole rather large, St!'^ from apex of areole, K' from
cell, not stalked with the subcostals, R^ and R^ separate, M' from close to angle
of cell, M- also more distal than in paidiformis ; hindwing a little broader than in
that species, stalk of C and SC- much shorter, R' and R- from a point.

In colour resembling paidiformis. Abdomen with a black dorsal mesial line

from segment 3 to 6. Wings, upperside; forewing : discal line S-shaped as in

Paida pulchra, but not produced into a tooth before R^, being much more regularly
curved ; the veins in the proximal area of the wing streaked with black or ferru-
ginous, subbasal ferruginous patch not extending forward beyond M, tlic black or
ferruginous line distally of it more proximal at costal edge than in paidformis,
the two antemedian annuli separate, smaller, filled in with silvery scales, some
dots on (SM') proximally of second antemedian ring, similar dots centred with
silvery scaling on M, one in angle M — M- a distinct annnliis, silvery spot on cross-
veins narrower and more regularly kidney-shajied thau in paidformis ; vein-streaks

in distal area black, but often shading into ferruginous proximally. Hindwing

ferruginous ; distal edge very thinly black ; a series of small admarginal pale

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yellow spots ; fringe ]iale ye"lIow, the shorter scales black ; lanule on cross-veins
deep ferrnginons.

Underside ferrugiuoas, the markings of the iipperside here vestigial, the rings
filled in with ferrnginons ; forewing with shoit adraarginal jiale bnff streaks or
spots on the veins ; hindwing with similar bnt smaller spots.

Length of forewing : 21 to 25 mm.

Hah. North Bailundn, Angola, September 1901 (Pemberton), type; Bih6,
Angola, October lOUl (Pemberton); 8 (JcJ.

12. Pais ansorgei spec. nov.

S ■ Body yellowish bntf, frontal process, a spot at insertion of antenna, third
segment of palpus and upperside of second, bases of abdominal segments,
Iipperside of fore- and midtibiae, of foretarsns and of first midtarsal segment
black, npperside of thorax also black, four spots on pronotnm and three streaks on
mesonotum pale buff.

Wings pale rufous buff abode, submarginal spots somewhat ochraceous buff.

Forewing : costal margin and vein SM- streaked with black, a pale buff costal
dot at base ; a black bar centred with jilumbeous situated beyond middle of cell
produced distad upon M, an 8-shaped black bar upon cross-veins, centred with
plumbeous and white ; a black discal line almost parallel to distal margin, gently
carved, feebly angulate at R^, extending from costal to hinder margin ; outside
this line, separated from it by a narrow interspace, a line of plumbeous dots, more
or less confluent, placed upon black scaling ; veins black from this line to black

distal edge; hinder margin thinly edged with black. Hindwing slightly paler

than forewing, feebly washed with black at base ; a small but prominent black
stigma ; a black postdiscal line following the curve of the wing, but gradually
approaching the distal edge behind, veins black between this line and black distal
edge, posterior interspace almost filled up with black ; fringe creamy bnff.

Underside paler than upper, forewing paler than hindwing. — Forewing : black
bar in cell and on cross-veins as above, but smaller and without metallic centres ;
black discal line thinner than above, not followed by a plumbeous line, black vein-
streaks thinner, extending to the discal line. Hindwing as above, but posterior

submarginal interspace less extended black.

Length of forewing : 23 mm.

Ilab. Bula Matenga, September 19, 1903 (Dr. Ansorge) ; 1 <?.

13. Tuerta thomensis spec. nov.

? . Head and thorax above purplish chestnut, some scales at base of antenna
dirty white, tip of a lateral tuft on metanotura plumbeous, abdomen dark wood-
brown ; underside of first segment of palpus, tip of second and extreme base of
third, woolly hairs of breast, coxae and femora, innerside of tibiae, tips of tarsal
segments, and bases of abdominal sternites dirty white, spurs of tibiae bnff ; fine
hairs of antenna a little longer than in T. trimeni and allies.

Wings, uppersidc. Forewing purplish chestnut like thorax, somewhat

glossy ; a dot in cell, a spot on cross-veins, divided by these veins into two bars, an
oblique subbasal streak behind cell, connected by a more or less distinct streak with
a discal line, which starts near costal edge a little nearer cell than apex, running

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ol)iinuely clistad to 51', curving Lasad behind M' to near cell, and then turning
towards abdominal margin, which it reaches at distal Ibnrth ; outside the upper i)art
of this line there is a triangular band, and outside the hinder part of the line,
within the loop, a patch ; all these markings dull green, not prominent, bordered
with chestnut.- — — Hindwing dark mummy-brown ; a pale orange basi-discal area,
rounded distally, shaded with brown behind, the veins traversing it more or less
brown ; distal border 0 mm. broad at R', of nearly even width ; edge of wing
teebly scalloped; fringe white at apical and anal angles.

Underside similar to that of the orange form of T. tricolor halans (1895)
Karsch, but the black dot in the cell of the forewing smaller. The white band of
the forewing vestigial in one of the two ? ? (///pf), being shaded over with brown.

(J. Similar to ?, orange area of hindwing paler (faded ?).

Length of forewing : cj, 18 mm. ; ? , 21 mm.

I/al). St. Thome,Bightof Benin, December 1899 to January 1900 (A. Mocquerys).

Two ? ? and one worn S .

The description of the neuration of Tiierta iu Hamjison, Lep. I'hal. iii. p. <J22
(19Ul), is not correct in so far as " vein 7 " often comes from the areole, the position
of that vein being individually variable.

Figures 254 and 255 of the same work have become transposed, the former
representing I'iseudospiris paidiformis and the latter Faida pulchra.

14. Arg'yrolepidia aequalis capiens snbspec. nov.

(?. Similar to A. neq. aequalis; the second white patch of the hindwing
vestigial (>i/i>e), or, if well marked, just touching the first patch, the blue scaling
on the underside of the hindwing at the base much more reduced than iu aeq.
aequalis.

? . The two patches of the hiudwing confluent, as in aeq. salomonis, but the
second jiatch much smaller than in that subsjiecies. Differs from acq. aequalis ?
in the more prominent blue markings on the upperside of the forewing, the more
reduced blue basal area on the underside of the hindwing, and in the white patches
of the hindwing being confluent and the second patch being hardly half the size
of the first.

Ilab. Treasury Island, Solomon Is., July 1901 (A. S. Meek and Eichhorn) ; a
series.

The reduction of the second white patch of the hindwing is very remarkable,
considering that in the subspecies from Choiseul the two patches are so much
enlarged as to occupy, iu the ¥ , the greater part of the wing.

15. Argyrolepidia aequalis Integra subsp. nov.

(?. Similar to the ? of .1. acq. salomonis (from Guadalcauar) ; the white spot
in the cell of the forewing larger, the white discal band slightly wider and somewhat
curved. The two white patches of the hindwing larger and completely merged
together to one large patch which is very feebly excised at M-.

?. White discal band ol forewing elongate-elliptical, 5 mm. broad at R^

Hindwing with a very large white central area showing no indication of a separation
into two patches, almost evenly rounded distally; black distal marginal border 5 mm.
broad at SC^ and 4 mm. at M' inclusive of fringe. On the underside the white area

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of the hiudwing is preceded by a blnish white patch C — SC^, the area extending also
on the upperside beyond St!'-.

Hab. (Jhoiseni, Solomon Is., December 1903 (A. S. Meek & Eichhorn) ; a
series.

CHALCOSIIDAE.
16. Heterusia semiflava s])pc. uov.

S. Body black, with a strong greenish bine metallic gloss on thorax and legs ;
abdomen pale straw-yellow beneath.

Wings, black above and beneath, with a snbapical spot of metallic bine scales

on forewing above and beneath, and on hindwing beneath. Fore wing orange

abote from base ('extreme base metallic blue) to beyond apex of cell, the orange area
slightly rounded distally, its edge crossing SM' about 2 mm. from edge of wing ;
this area paler beneath and densely shaded with black behind cell from base to

halfway to outer margin of wing. Hindwing : a submargiual orange band

narrowing in front and behind, connected on upperaide with base by means of a pale
sulphur-yellow costal streak, the band not extending beyond SM".

Neuration : SC^ of forewing shortly anastomosing with C, stalk of SC and SC*
very short.

Length of forewing : 21 mm.

Eab. Upper Aroa River, British New Guinea, March 1903 (A. S. Meek) ; 1 $ .

P YRALIDAE.
17. Sindris magnifica spec. nov.

? . Antenna, palpus, head at base of antenna, a line behind eye, legs and under-
side of abdomen black, rest of head buff, upperside of thorax and abdomen and
greater part of hindtibia orange-yellow, base of tarsi huffish.

Wings, upperside, with black fringe and thin black distal border.

Forewing : carmine, orange-yellow along hinder margin, this colour extending costad
distally, gradually fading away.- Hindwing orange-yellow.

Underside : orange-yellow, forewing washed with carmine at costal margin,
especially distally ; hindwing also with a faint carmine tone.

Length of forewing : 22 mm.

Hab. Pungo Audongo, Angola (A. von Homeyer) ; 2 ? ? .

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SOME NEW COLEOPTERA COLLECTED BY REV. HENRI
A. JUNOD AT SHILOUVANE, NEAR LEYDSUORP, IN
THE TRANSVAAL.

Bt L. PERINGUEY, south AFRICAN MUSEUM.

CICIUDELIDAE.

1. Dromica (Cosmema) concinna spec. nov.

c? ? . Very dark blue, occasionally bine-Mack ou flie up]ierside, but with tlie
sides of the head, prothorax, elytra, the whole nudersidc, and the legs bright
dark bine ; the knees and the greater jiart of the anterior tibiae are rufesceut,
and the first four basal segments of the filiform antennae greenish. The yellowish
white labrnm has a basal transverse iufuscate band and a narrow apical margin
of the same colour in the mule, and also occasionally in the female ; but the
latter has normally a broad longitudinal fuscous baud reaching from base to
apex. The head and neck are finely plicate. The narrow prothorax is nearly
cylindrical, one-third longer than broad at its widest part in both sexes, strongly
constricted at each end, convex, finely and closely plicate, and with a fine
impressed longitudinal median line. Elytra of 7nale elongated and not much
ampliated past the middle where they are twice as broad as at the base ;
whereas in the female they are twice as broad there, briefly angular at the
sntural angle, and mure strongly so at the outer in the m(de, while in the female
these two angles are slightl}' less acute than in the male ; the anterior part of
the elytra is covered with somewhat deep round jmnctures, separated in both
sexes by a nearly smooth interval almost equal in width to their diameter. These
punctures grow gradually shallower and smaller from the median part to the
apex ; the f'lnale only has a small narrow depression along the suture near
the base, and both sexes have on each side a supra-marginal median elongated
patch, and a longer one at a short distance from the apex.

Length, 13 to 15 mm. ; width, 3 to 4^ mm.*

This species belongs to the same group as JK {Cosmema) transitoriu Per.,
with a long narrow cylindrical neck ; the punctures of the elytra, especially
on the anterior part, are not rugose even in the male.

2. Dromica (Cosmema) specialis spec. nov.

S . Black, shining on the upperside, sides of head, thorax, margin of elytra, and
underside dark cyaneous blue, legs bluish green, base of tibiae rufescent. Antennae
with the fifth and sixth segments narrowly dilated, seventh and eighth very
little ampliated. Labrum whitish, with the base broadly and the anterior

* This species was discovered by me in the Low I'ountry of Pietersburg, not tar from Leydsdorp,
near the Swiss Mission Station of Shilouvane, whicli is about 2000 tt. above the sea-level, on the lower
slopes of the Drakensberg Mountains. It is living in company with C. xexnaoulala, but is much
rarer.— Hbnbi A. Junod.

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margin narrowly iul'uscate. Head and neck deeply plicate. Prothorax narrow,
constricted at each end, bnt more deeply so in front, where it is also wider
than at the base, and not bnlging laterally in the middle, deeply plicate trans-
versely, and with a slightly impressed longitndinal line uniting the two constricted
transverse parts ; the discnidal part is not depressed. Elytra narrow, elongated,
sinuate laterally above the intermediate coxae, and slightly elongate-ampliate
thence towards the apical part, where they are produced into two long divaricating
spines, the outer apical angle being noticeable, but very short ; at their widest
part the elytra are nearly three times as wide as at the very narrow basal part ;
the suture is sharply raised, but there is only a faint trace of an elongated
impression alongside of it in the anterior part ; the whole surface is covered
with a network of deep irregularly arranged foveae, separated by a very narrow
sharp wall, as broad and as deep in the posterior as in the anterior j)arts, and
reflecting a bronze or dark coppery sheen ; in the widest part of each elytrnm
there is an irregularly quadrate yellowish patch, and a supra-marginal band of
the same colour, beginning close to, but underneath, the dorsal patch and
reaching the apical outer angle.

Length (spin, excl.), 12 mm. ; width, 3 mm.

Dr. W. Horn informs me that this species is identical with the example in
the British Museum which I mentioned in my description of M. foveolata P6r.
{Descr. Cat. Col. S. Afric, Cicindel. 1893. p. 64) as differing somewhat from
the type of the latter, and to which it seems I fixed a label bearing the name
of D. specialis. I may also mention that, according to Horn, who has seen
the types of both, Myrmecoptera foveolata P6r. is the same sjjecies as M. granulata
Dokth., and this latter name must therefore prevail.

TENEBRIONIDAE.

OPATRINAE.

3. Anomalipus spectandus spec. nov.

i. Black, covered with an earthy substance in the cavities. Head of the
normal shajie. Prothorax much depressed, very broadly rotundate-ampliate
laterally, and narrower and also straighter in the posterior part towards the
straight basal angle ; it is covered with foveae, and has on the centre of the
disc four smooth aerolets inclosing four more or less distinct impressions. Elytra
nearly parallel, only slightly wider across the posterior declivity than at about
two centimetres from the shoulders, which are slightly diagonally narrowed, a
little more convex towards the median part than most of the species of this
group, and having on each side three rows of small tubercles, closely set, but
coalescing only on the first row, near the base ; the suture is more closely
tuberc\dated, and the outer margin sharp and slightly impressed transversely
at eijuidistant intervals. Anterior tibia not serrate inwardly, strongly bidentate
outwardly ; the apical part is simple, but tliere is a strong vertical tooth under-
neath the two inner apical spurs.

Length, 25 mm. ; width, 11 mm.

Allied to A. .Kulptaratus P6r. ; the elytra are, however, a little more convex
in the dorsal part at about the median part, and the costules, instead of being
round and smooth, consist of rows of small, closely-set tubercles.

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4. Anomalipus deceptor spec. nov.

(? ? . Black, covered with a terrenoiis sulistance. Head of the nonual shaj)e,
bnt very little impressed. Prothorax mnch depressed, broadly aiiipliatcd, and
rounded laterally, but very plainly narrowed in the posterior part, the angles
of which are long and project above the base of the elytra. The latter are
]iarallel, yet slightly wider across the posterior declivity, somewhat short, plane
in the anterior part, and also on each side of the posterior declivity the median
part of which is raised, closely and finely granular, with the granules irregularly
scattered ; the suture and two costae on each side of it are very plainly raised,
and are granulose, and there are faint traces of an intermediate row of grannies
in the first and second intervals, while the lateral costae or costules are obliterated
— that is to say, the granules do uot form there distinct costules, except in the
apical part, where the third costa can be recognised.

Length, 19 mm. ; width, 9 mm.

Not unlike A. yranocostatus Fairm., but narrower, and with the prothorax,
and also the hind part of the elytra, mucli less ampliated ; the costae are also
much less conspicuous, and the anterior tibia of the male has a short vertical
tooth under the apical part, as in A. planus Fahrs., but shorter and thicker ;
this tooth or spine is wanting in A. granocostatus.

5. Anomalipus amplipennis spec. nov.

? . Black, opaque. Head roughly punctate. Prothorax broadly ampliated
laterally, and very little sinuated above the basal angle, which does not project
much ; the base is deeply sinuated near the angle ; the surface is covered with
round foveolate punctures, separated by a narrow interval ; there are four plain
impressions disposed in a transverse row at about the median part of the disc,
and two elongate ones near the base, each one equidistant from the centre and
the outer margin. The elytra are broader at the base than the base of the
prothorax the angle of which is in a line with the sixth elytral costa, strongly
convex from a third of the length, one-fourth wider past the median jiart than
across the base, plainly sex-costate on each side ; the costae are partly smooth
and partly granular, and the intervals are finely granulose.

Length, 19 mm. ; width, 12 mm.

This species is remarkable, owing to the ampliated shape of the elytra,
which project also more horizontally at the base beyond the angle of the prothorax
than in any ot\i«i female of the genus.

6. Anomalipus selatinus spec. nov.

S. Black, suliiip:ii|ue. Head with the normal shape and sculpture. Strongly
depressed on Ijoth the jjrothorax aud elytra. The former is widely rotundatc-
auijiliate, not much narrowed towards the basal angles, which are well devclo|ie(l,
with the base only slightly sinuate, covered with nearly 'contiguous small round
jranctures ; in the central i)art of the disc are four imi)ressiuns transversely
dis])osed, and a deeper longitudinal arcuate one, broader than tlie discoidal
ones, and extending from near the median part to the base ; the four discoidal
impressions consist of two foveae connected together, and none of them is
surrounded or indicated by a smooth areolet. Elytra parallel, only very slightly

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wider at the top of the hind declivity than at the base, plainly tricostate on
each side, with the suture also raised as high as the dorsal costae, but the outer
margin, although nearly equally high, is sharper; the intervals have no traces
of costnles, and are finely granular; anterior tibia strongly bidentate outwardly,
simple at apex, without any apical vertical process underneath, and not serrate
inwardly.

Length, 26 mm. ; width, 12J mm.

Allied to A. sculpturatus Per. and to A. asidioides Oertz. It differs from
the former in the absence of a vertical process underneath the apex of the anterior
tibiae, and from the latter, the anterior tibia of which has the same shape, in
the sculpture of the prothorax.

A NEW AFRICAN MELANITIS.

By tile HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D.

Melanitis ansorgei spec. nov.

S. Upperside of wings purplish violet, blackish towards the apex of the
forewing, without ocelli ; a white subapical band on forewing extending from
costal edge towards marginal projection of wiug : fringe of forewing more or less
dirty white from apex to middle, except at veins; hindwing (of c?) with a grey
elongate-ovate scent-organ in front of SM^ just beyond middle, the patch covered
by a fringe of long hairs projecting from SM' discad. Outline of wings somewhat
similar to that of lihi/a, but the distal margins more even, the jwsterior portion
of the distal margin of the hindwing much more slanting, being almost parallel
to the hinder margin of the forewing if this margin stands at right angles to
the body.

Underside olive-bistre, irrorated with grey, the grey scaling forming patches,
being densest on forewing at apex, across middle of cell, and posteriorly on
disc, and on hindwing from near base to middle of cell, and along costal margin ;
a large anal area of hindwing extending as far as apex of cell washed with
purple-grey ; a series of vestigial submarginal ocelli on both wings ; a small white
stigma at apex of cell on fore- and hindwing, the stigma of the hindwing being
the larger.

Length of forewing : 35 mm.

Hab. Aruwimi Forest, ten days' march from Fort Beni, Congo Free State,
May 14, 1899 (Dr. Ansorge).

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NEW FOEMS OF BUTTERFLIES.

By the HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Pii.D.

L Salamis anacardii ansorgei subsp. nov.

IN xVor. Zool. X. p. 523 fDec. 1903) we said of 5. anacardii : " We have not seen a
specimen of anacardii from the Congo Free State northward to the Niger ; the
species does not seem to occur there." Thongh the sentence still holds good, nothing
to the contrary having come to onr knowledge, we now believe that on further
search anacardii will be found in the districts mentioned. We base this opinion on
the fact that Dr. J. W. Ansorge procured in Northern Angola quite a number of
specimens of a form of anacardii which comes nearer in characters to the subspecies
inhabiting North- West Africa (Sierra Leone, Gold Coast) tlian to the one occurring
in South and East Africa as far north as Eritrea.

This new subspecies is easily distinguished from S. a. uebulosa by the less
great extent of the black apical area of the forewing and the clasping organs,
differing from S. a. anacardii in the following points :

S- Upperside of wings much more glossy jnirple ; basal area of both wings
usually shaded with purple-grey, this colour limited on forewing by the antemedian

line which crosses M at base of M-. Forewing : three discal bars SC*'' — R'

in a nearly straight line, the third bar distinct, the second less proximal than in
<S. a. anacardii, the bars about halfway between cell and black apical area ; this
area continued beyond R^ by purplish grey scaling, which forms a kind of band in
wliich the two black spots M' — SM^ are situated, the band curving distad behind
and fusing with another purplish grey band extending along the black distal

marginal border ; black discal spot M' — M- larger than the spot M- — SM-.

Hindwing more extendedly shaded with puri)lish grey than in ,S'. a. anacardii.

Underside as in .5. a. anacardii, more purplish (or milky) white in the
specimens with grey bases to the upperside than in the individuals with a purer
white upper surface.

Claspers as in S. a. anacardii.

Length of forewing : 30 to 37 mm.

Hab. Canhoca, Angola, end of November and beginning of December 1903
(Dr. Ansorge).

A series.

2. Apaturina erminea xanthocera subsp. nov.

(J ? . Club of antenna bright tawny, this colour extending to near base on
underside. Macular band of forewing white in both sexes. The blue areas of the
upperside of the wings more restricted than in erm. erminea.

Hab. Guadalcanar, Solomon Is., April 1901 (A. S. Meek & Eichhorn).

A series.

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3. Papilio bridgei togonis snbsp. nov.

(J. Pnjrilin hmlgei trynni, Rothschild (iMn Mathew, 1889), Nov. Zool. ii. p. 310 (1895) (partim ;
Isabel).

S- Similar to P. bridgei frijoni. Forewing, above, with a row of seven spots,

geuerally with some additional white scaling behind SM'', the first spot being

small, occasionally absent, rarely preceded by a minute eighth spot. Band of

hindwing outside the cell, patches SC!^— M' decreasing in length, the upper three
patches distally excised, the others more or less rounded distally, especially patch
R-— R', the nervures more or less extended black between the patches ; white
marginal spots more prominent than in the only known c? specimen of tri/oni.

On the underside there is sometimes a white spot on the forewin" between

M= and SMI

?. Forewing as in tri/oni, but the marginal spots rather smaller above and
larger below. The white central area of the hindwing less pure white than in
tryoni, the upper three patches outside the cell rather shorter ; the submarginal
spots, which are bright orange in tri/oni above and below, white, more or less shaded
with orange, especially proximally, the seventh sjiot of this row on the up2)erside
the smallest of all, while in tryoni it is the largest both above and below.

Hab. Isabel, Solomon Is., June— July 1901 (A. S. Meek & Eiclihorn).

A series.

4. Papilio bridgei ortegae subsp. nov.

c?. Wings, upperside : baud of forewing intermediate between those ot bridt/ei
hecataeus and hridgei tognnis, consisting of eight spots and an additional spot behind
SM2, spots R2— M' smaller than spot M'— M^ and more proximal than spot R^— R-,
being rather larger than in hecataeus, spot SC^— SO* about half the size of spot
R- — R'l Band of hindwing as in hecataeus.

U/tdrr.^idi' : forewing with three small white subajncal spots SG^— R' ; sub-
marginal spots of hindwing smaller and less shaded with orange than in hecataeus.

?. Wings, Ujjperside: forewing with larger cell-patch than in hecataeus, white

discal spot SC!^— SC^ less pure in colour, patch R-— R' larger. On the underside

these spots are also larger, and the marginal spots R'— M" are nailhead-shaped,
being more or less completely merged together with an admargiual spot each.

llab. Florida Island, Solomon Is., January 1901 (A. S. Meek & Eichhorn).

Two pairs.

This form connects hecataeus with togonis, and the latter leads over to bridgei,
while extreme individuals of hecataeus come near /jrospero. These insects, inclusive
of togonis, are geographical varieties of one species (of which the oldest name is
hridgei).

5. Delias schoenbergi choiseuli snbsp. nov.

(?. Differs from the two other subspecies of schoenbergi especially on the
underside, coming nearest to sch. isahellae. The black area of the forewing below
as much restricted as in isabellae, but less shaded with white at M-; the basi-discal
area more extended yellow. On the hindwing the red submarginal patches are

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larger and deeper red, and have only a trace of a yellowish white border here and
there, the black area in which they are situated more sharply defined.

? . Upperside less yellowish than in isabellae ; the black discai area of the
forewing larger and more sharply defined, that of the hindwing being also more
extended and more prominent, reaching from C to M- or beyond ; the submargiual
patches of the hindwing of about the same size as in isabellae, i.e. smaller than
in schoenbergi, the fifth separated from the yellowish grey basi-discal area, the sixth

also more or less distinct. On the underaide, the forewing is similar to that

of isabellae, bnt the hindwing presents the same differences as the i in the red
patches and the black area.

Hab. Choiseul, Solomon Is., December 1903 (A. S. Meek & Eichhorn).

A series.

6. Delias alberti spec nov.

S. i'pperside, forewing : a snbapical row of four white patches separated from
the disc by a blackish shadowy band which is accentuated by black vein-streaks,
a fifth spot not isolated ; the black apical and distal border sharply dentate upon

the veins, very thin between M' and W, disappearing behind M-. Hindwing :

black marginal border about 2 mm. wide between the veins, dentate upon the
veins ; a series of submarginal patches tinged slightly with red, separated
from one another, but merged together with the basi-discal area, except the
second and third patches, which are more or less bordered with black scaling
proximal ly.

Underside : forewing white ; costal margin black, continnous with an obliijuely
transverse band which crosses the wing be3"ond the apex of the cell, isolating a

row of five white submarginal patches. Hindwing : yellow from base to disc, this

area excised between SC^ and R^ where the disc is white, the yellow area more
or less bordered with white also between R' and SM* ; six orange submarginal
patches, partly bordered with white, especially the second, and followed by a double
seventh spot which is smaller and white tinged with orange ; proximally of these
patches a black band of nearly even width extending from tlie costal to near the
abdominal margin, somewhat lunulate between R^ and SM-, curved basad at SC-
and produced basad behind this vein, the projection being more or less vestigial
to base of wing ; black margin thin, widest at the veins, measuring here about
2 mm.

? . Upperside dull black, grey between the veins from base to apex of cell, the
grey area extending more distad between cell and abdominal margin ; a small white
dot on cross-vein ; a submarginal row of spots on each wing, the spots much smaller
than in D. schoenbergi.

Underside. Forewing : the black area more extended than in c?, reaching

to M'', where it is about 6 mm. broad ; basi-discal area yellow, shading into white

posteriorly ; subapical spots rather smaller than in S . Hindwing : black band

situated j)roximally of orange spots somewhat broader than in S , with very little
white scaling between it and yellow basi-discal area ; black discai margin wider
than in cf .

Ilab. Choiseul, Solomon Is., December 1903 (A. S. Meek & Eichhorn).

A long series.

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7. Abisara segestes spec. nov.

(?. Wings, above, mumiin'-browii. Forewing shorter than in seffecia, the

distal margin more ronnded ; an ocbraceous band of about 3 mm. width from R'
to beyond M-, situated just outside cell, shaded with mumm3--brown at the edges

and behind; a small white marginal dot at apex. Hindwing similar in

shape to that of segecia ? , unicolorous, with white marginal spots between
the veins.

Underside Front's brown,' markings white, partly shaded with creamy hurt'.

Forewing : a triangular spot before and a bar beyond middle of cell, an oblique
discal band corresponding to the band of upj)erside, but broader and a little longer,

three small subajiical dots and four minnte submarginal ones.- Hindwing : a large

basal costal patch narrowest in front, widest behind, not quite extending across
cell, produced distad in accordance with the shape of the cell, an elongate spot
outside D', an oblique trapeziform patch near base from abdominal margin to near M^,
two discal bars I^P — SIP, followed by a series of postdiscal spots, of which the last
is longitudinal and the one before it transverse, a submarginal series of four bars,
R^ — SM-, and also four marginal streaks.

Length of forewing : 28 mm.

Hab. Dutch New Guinea, probably east of Geelvink Bay.

One 8.

Distantly allied to segecia and statira. There was a J of .A. satraps in the
same collection.

' Ridgway, Xmrnncl. Cohntra iii. 11.

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MISCELLANEA ORNITHOLOGICA.

CRITICAL, NOMENCLATORIAL, AND OTHER NOTES, MOSTLY ON

PALAE ARCTIC BIRDS.

By ERNST HARTERT, Pn.D.
I.

DURING the progress of mj- work on the birds of the jialaearctic famia, 1 have
coiue across varions facts which seem to require longer explanations—
too long to be embodied in a handbook. Some of them are criticisms and
corrections of the " Catalogne of Birds." This does not, of course, mean that
I despise that greatest of all ornithological works, but, on the contrary, that
I consider it so important that every little error is worth pointing out, since
that series of volumes is daily used by hundreds of ornithologists in all civilised
countries.

1. CARPODACUS THURA and its subspecies.
In Cat. B. xii. pp. 425, 427, Dr. Sharpe has recognised two " species,"
Carpoclacus thura and C. flubius, placing C. {Propasser) bh/thi as a synonym of the
latter. There are, however, three subspecies, which may be distinguished as
follows : —

(?. The rosy supercilinm and rosy sides of the head separated by a very wide
deep brown stripe, npperside deeper brown. ? . Foreneck and chest
rnfons Ilab. : Himalayas from Nepal to Sikkim. C. thum thura Bj).
& Schl.
(?. The rosy supercilinm and rosy sides of the head separated by a narrow
but still distinct deep brown stripe, npperside a little lighter brown.
¥ . Foreneck and chest also rnfons, but a little paler. Ilab. : Gilgit,
N. Cashmere. C. tlnira bli/thi Bidd.
(?. The rosy supercilinm and sides of the head not at all separated, npperside
paler brown. ?. Whole underside whitish, not at all rnfons. [lab.:
Ala-shan, Kansn, and Setchnan. C. thura dubius Przew.

2. The proper name of HAEMATOSPIZA SIPAHI.
The bird at present known as Haematospiza sipaki should be called Haemato-
spiza indica (Gm.). The names

Loxia indica Gmelin, Si/st. Nat. i. p. 847 (1780— ex Seba, Brisson, Latham,

hab. " India "), and
Loxia boctonensis Latham, Ind. Orn. p. 377 (1790— ex Seba, hab. "India
insnla Boetoneuse ")
are not mentioned in the " Catalogne of Birds," nor elsewhere in recent ornitho-
logical nomenclature. The two names arc based on Seba, who (i. pi. 60, fig. 4)
figures an entirely red bird with tbe bill oi Haematospiza. It is true that his bird
has a long crest, Imt that crest is of snch a peculiar shape, and so forced, that we
may safely accept thiit it was a falsification. Seba gives as locality the island ot
Boeton (= Baton). As no snch bird occurs iu the Celebesian region, it is not very

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hazardous to suppose that Bnton was an error for Bntan, the bird coming from the
Himalayas, or that some other mistake had been made. Gmelin quotes Seba,
Brisson, and Latham. Latham took his description only from Seba. Brisson says
that Seba's figure is fairly correct (" satis accurata "). This may lead one to think
that he knew tlie bird, but I am inclined to believe that Brisson too only took his
knowledge from 8eba, as he also describes the undonbtedly fictitious crest. It may
be added that a mistake for the " Cardinal " is out of the question, as that bird was
well known to both Seba and Brisson.

In the " Catalogue of Birds " //. sipahi is placed in the genus Carpodacm.
This is not consistent, as Dr. Sharpe cnt the genera of the Frinqillidae generally
very fine. Ilaematospiza differs from Carpod.acus in having a much harder,
shorter body-plumage ; the tail is comparatively shorter, the wing very long, but not
so much pointed ; the distance from the tips of the primaries to those of the
secondaries is less (only 22 — 23 mm.), the first (developed) primary is 7 — 10 mm.
shorter than the longest, the coloration peculiar.

3. The proper name of the Sinaitic Rose-Finch.

This bird has been described by Temmiuck (I'L Col. 375, 1825) as Pyrrhula
synoica, the latter name, of course, meaning " social," a fact that might have been
guessed even by those who knew no Greek from Temminck calling the bird
" Bouvreuil social."' Why the " Catalogue of Birds," and almost all modern works,
call this species Carpodacus sinaiticus — Bonaparte et Schlegel, Monogr. Loxiens,
p. 17, 1850 (!) — is difficult to understand, unless it was suspected that synoica
should have meant sinnitica ?

Among the synonyms of Carpodacus synoica Dr. Sharpe includes Carpodnciis
nropygialis Licht. This is a nomen nudum, and would therefore best be quoted
with a query, but the specimens in existence show that it should have referred to
Serinus xanthopygius, where, in fact, it was also quoted by Sharpe ! Then Dr.
Sharpe quotes Erythrospiza yitliaginea, Ibis, 1874, p. 108. There the author tells
of a party of birds seen by him iu Egypt. That was, of course, not C. synoica,
which is only known from the Sinai peninsula, but really E. githiiginen, which
occurs in Egypt.

4. Notes on the genus PASSER.

The despised House-Sparrow, the " Avian Rat " of Mr. Tegetmeier, is scientifi-
cally as interesting and as difficult as many other birds of greater rarity. As it is
so common and easily collected — often easily enough from one's bedroom windows
— one might expect to find large series from every country in every museum.
This, however, is not so, as many collectors do not think it worth while to trouble
about so common a bird — in fact, specimens in various plumages from various
countries are most insufiiciently represented in most museums. A few — mostly
synonymical — notes which should be added to the short r6sam6 in my " VOgel der
palaarktischen Fauna " might here find a place.

With the exception of the chestnut-headed Italian sparrow, I cannot at present
separate any forms on the continent of Europe, but the North-west African birds
are separable. The name tingitanus Loche (ex Bp. nom. uud. !) might be accepted
for this form. The differences are described in my book on the Palaearctic birds.

Among the list of synonyms in Gat. B. xii. p. 309, figures Fringilla pyrrko-
ptera Lesson, in Belang. Voy. Ind. Or. p. 274 (1834), but doubtless erroneously, for

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that bird is described as haviiis; " la tete et le cou bruii ronx sans tacbos, tout le
dessous dn corps gris roiix blond," besides otiier discrepancies. I shonld say it
might mnch sooner refer to Pas.^er cinitdmomcuK than to a form of domestifus, bnt
if is said to come from the Coromaiidel coast, where P. ci nnamomeus is not fotuid.

Passer rujipecttis Bp., Consp. i. p. 509 is referable to a not very rare variety of
the North-east African race of P. kispaniolensis with rnfous-spottcd chest.

Passer pallasi Bp., Compte Rend, xxxvii. p. 915 (1853 — Northern Asia, in
Mns. Paris) is not mentioned in the "t'atalogne of Birds." It is evidently the
Siberian form of Passer hispaniolensis, thongh tlie sides are said to bo nnspotted.
1 am obliged to Dr. Onstalet for kindly examining the type in the Paris Museum,
which was purchased from Verreanx.

I'assfr pioceisoma Bp., Compte Rend, xxxvii. p. 915 (1^53 — Frankfurt Mns.,
no locality stated) is not mentioned in the " Catalogne of Birds." It is no doubt
a synonym of Fhilaeterus socius {Cat. B. xiii. p. 249), and not a Passer at all.

Passer ruppeli (sic) Bp., Consp. Av. i. p. 510 (1850 — " Afr. or.," in Mus.
Frankfurt) is in Cat. B. xii. p. 318 quoted as a synonym of Passer kispaniolensis,
lint nothing in the description refers to that bird ! P. ruppeli is in fact nothing
else than Plocepasser «?<;3«/e?7«os«s— notwithstanding the ridiculous protest of its
author in the Compte Rend, xxxvii. p. 915. To which other bird in the
Senckenbergian Mnseum or anywhere else could the words " Cinereo-brunneus,
pileo dilute rnfo, gula alba, vitta hinc inde marginali nigricante," etc., refer I
Probably Prince Bonaparte got his notes mixed, for he says of his Passer ruppeli
" Pyj-gita cisalpina ex Afr. or. Riipp." but that is an erroneous note, not aifecting
the diagnosis, which clearly describes Plocepasser superciliosus.

Passer Confucius is quoted {Cat. B. xii. p. 309) among the synonyms of
P. domesticus. First of all the quotation should be Compte Rend, xxxvii. p. 915
(1853), and not " Notes Orn. (Joll. Delattre," to enable the unfortunate reader
to find the publication. Why it is quoted among the synonyms of P. domesticus
is difficult to see, as the description is that of a specimen of Passer jagoensis.
I am obliged to Prof. Onstalet, who has kindly informed nie that the tyjjc is
a specimen of P. jagoensis with a somewhat dark crown. The locality C!hina
(Botta coll.) is an error, of course.

The African .Sparrows consist of a number of very distinct groups. In North
Africa we have Pa,sser domesticus in various races. It is more than lumping, and
not pardonable, to unite Passer rujidorsali.s with Passer domesticus pure and simple.
Shelley's remarks in vol. iii. of his Birds of Africa, p. 240, are not correct.
Passer domestica arboreus Bonaparte is the correct name of this form, which
extends along the Nile valley from Dongola and Berber to 12° north lat. (cf.
Rothschild and Wollaston, Ibis, 1902, p. 9).

Passer castanopterus Blytli and Passer emini-bey (Hartl.) are very singular
species standing quite by themselves. P. castanopterus is apparently nearest and
probably related to the Indian P. rutilnns cinnamomeus, but the back is quite
different. Hartlaub described the other species as " Sorella emini-bey," I therefore
spell the name Passer emini-bey, because the sei)aratiug of the specific name into
two parts might lead some one to believe that " bey " was a subspecies of
" emini." 1 cannot, however, see how we can alter "emini-bey" into "emini":
that would be quite a new method of nomenclatare, and we could just as well
alter Vanessa C-album into Variessa C.

Another and larger group is that of Passer difusus and its various subspecies.

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Shelley's sei)arating dijftijta.s and cr-assirestrin as two species, while not recognising
(jularis, occidentals, stvainsoni and ugandae is quite arbitrary ; moreover it is
most nucertain to accept Heuglin's name crassirostris for the thick-billed form of
P. diffmus swainsoni. The latter inhabits Witu, Lamn, Gongoni, Nairobe, and
goes as far west and north as the Omo River ; bnt that is still a long way from
Fazokl on the Blue Nile, where Heuglin's crassirostris was found. The type
should be examined before accepting the name crassirostris without reserve.

The synonymy of motitensis and its forms in Shelley's book is quite
objectionable. P. motitensis, rufocinctus and shellei/i (auctorumj should be
" lumped " by the adherents of the old shaken school of non-subspecific ornitho-
logists who will only separate conspicuous forms — the " conspicuists " as they are
termed by Rothschild and Jordan — because the second differs from the first only
in the grey ear-coverts and less cinnamon, more brown and black back, the last
only in its smaller size and clearer tints, and a little larger and more conspicuous
black area be3'ond the eye. Moreover, the name cordofanicus Heuglin (not Finsch)
SiippL Orn. N.O. Afr. p. 141 (1871) (ex Heuglin op. cit. i. p. 634, not nom. nud !)
must be adopted for the bird called skellei/i in 1896, but not for rufocinctus.
P. mot. motitensis inhabits S. Africa, P. mot. rufocinctus the Masai country
(Naiwasha lake, Machako's, Nairobe, Kikuyu, extending to Somaliland, teste
Hawker), P. mot. cordofanicus {= shelleyi Sharpe) the White Nile from Lado
to Melpez in Kordofan. According to my ideas of geographical distribution the
Kordofau form must be that of Lado and not that of the Masai country.

5. What is LINOTA PYGMAEA Stoliczka?

In the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. xxxvii. pt. ii. p. 62 (1868)
Dr. Stoliczka described as a new species

Linota pygmaea
from Chini and Padam, Ladakh.

This description has been overlooked by Sharpe, who did not quote it in
Cat. B. Brit. Mks. xii., but he quoted Linnria pygmaea Gray, Pland-list, ii. p. liJU
(1870), from Ladakh as a synonym of Acanthis brevirostris" without saying that
it is a mere " nomen nudum." In Part I. of my Vbgel der paliiarkt. Fauna
I omitted also to mention Linota pygmaea, having overlooked it like Sharpe.

Mr. Oberholser in Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. Bengal, xxii. p. 226 (lOtlO) adopts
Stoliczka's name pygmaea for the Cashmere subspecies of Acantliis J/aeirostris,
calling it Acanthis brevirostris pygmaea (Stoliczka). This is no doubt erroneous,
as the description of Stoliczka cannot refer to a form of Acanthis Jlacirostris (or
brevirostris).

The statements that L. pygmaea is " considerably smaller than Metoponia
pusilla," that the " edges of the outer webs of the primaries and partly also of
the secondaries are yellow," and that the " throat is slightly tinged with yellow, '
cannot refer to an Acanthis of this grou]). The Cashmere form which Oberholser
for the first time duly separated must be called Acanthis Jlacirostris stoliczkme
Hart. Under this name I described it in Viig. pal. Fauna, p. 77 (1903).

With regard to Stoliczka's name pygmaea I do not know for certain where
to refer it, but I am inclined to think that it meant a young Serinus pusillus.
It will therefore be best to quote it with a query under the synonyms of S. pusilltis,
but in no case under Acanthis flaoirostris or brevirostris, the latter being certainly
only a subspecies of the former.

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6. The genus LOXIA.

I have spent considerable time in studying the Crossbills, and 1 am very
mnch obliged to various bi-other-oruitliologists who kindly lent me specimens
and notes, especially to Mr. A. Harvie-Brown and Mr. Eagle Clarke, in Scotland,
Ritter von Tschusi zn Schmidhoft'en, Mr. John Millais, Mr. W. Huskin Butterfield,
Professor Wilhelm Blasins, Mr. Howard Saunders, and Herrn Carl Hellmayr.
I have thus been able to compare 405 Crossbills at one time in the Tring Museum.
The British Crossbills gave the greatest trouble. It took me no time to confirm
what I knew for many years — namely, that pyti/opsittacus (first described by
Borkhansen, 1793, not by Bechstein) was a totally different species, and that
the large-billed Scottish Crossbills are not pyti/opsittacus. The question arose :
What to do with the Scottish form ? Although it is of course possible that
pytyopsittacus occasionally reaches Scotland as an excejrtional visitor, none of those
that I saw belong to it. But even the English Crossbills are not the Scottish
ones ; they are mostly smaller, and are very close to L. rurci rostra curtirostra,
but they have generally thicker bills and duller colours. My conclusions therefore
are, that on the Continent the true pyfyupsittacii.s — though probably originally
developed from curvirostra — has become so widely distinct as to be able to live
and breed in the same districts with curvirostra, and therefore must be regarded
as a species.

In Great Britain, where all Crossbills have thicker bills, a similar develop-
ment took place. Here the British form (Loxia curvirostra anglica Hart., Vog.
pal. Fauna, p. 119) has also assumed larger bills and general dimensions in the
mountain-forests of Scotland, but its development has not gone so far that we
can treat it as a species, for some specimens connect them with anglica. I have
therefore called the Scottish form Loxia curvirostra scotica ( Vog. pal. Fauna,
p. 12U).

7. The forms of PASSER SIMPLEX.

Passer simplex, the Desert-Sparrow, has been originally described from
Ambnkol in Nubia, and was, according to Henglin, common on the wells in the
Bajuda, in northern Kordofan and Senuaar, as well as in the desert east of Berber.
Baron von Erlanger has separated the Tunisian form as Passer simplex saharae,
because it was lighter and clearer grey and had a black bill. The latter character
cannot serve for distinguishing this form, because it is evidently seasonal. In
Tunis and Algiers yellow-billed males occur in autumn, and Heuglin found the
Nubian form black-billed in spring. Unfortunately all recent travellers (Koenig,
the Hon. N. (.'. llothschild and others) liave failed to come across Passer simplex
anywhere in Nubia. Therefore fresh specimens cannot be compared with Tunisian
and Algerian ones. We have the odd case that only fine, freshly collected
examples from Algiers and Tunis are to hand, only old ones (the types in Berlin
being eighty years old) from Nubia. It is true that they look different, as
described by Erlanger, but the study of fresh material is desirable ! It is queer
that P. simplex has not recently been found in Nnbia, especially as Messrs. Koenig
and Rothschild have specially looked out for them. Apjjareutly the birds have
left the Bajuda altogether, though we do not know the reason.

A well-marked form is Passer simplex zarudnyi from Transcaspia.

(these notes will be continued.)

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NEW BBEPANVLIBAE, TEYRIBIDAE, UBANIIBAE, AND
GEOMETBIDAE FROM THE AETHIOPIAN REGION.

By W. warren, M.A., F.B.S.

Family DREPANULIDAE.

1. Oreta angustipennis spec, no v.

Forewiny ; pale yellow, with a few brown speckles ; costa tinged with pale
brown ; a pale brown patch in cell, jirolouged beyond it to apex, which above
the oblique line is wholly brown ; a pale brown line oblique from ape.\ to before
middle of inner margin ; a brown cell-spot at middle of discocellular, connected
by a fine brown line with a slight spot at lower angle ; fringe brown, yellow at
anal angle.

Hindwing: wholly pale yellow, the olili(jae line of f'orewing produced across
the base ; fringe brownish ; a few submarginal brown specks.

Underside of forewing baseward from the oblique line brown, this colour
extending also slightly down the hindmargin ; the rest pale yellow ; a slight yellow
blotch beyond the cell in the brown area ; speckling coarser than above : hindwing
yellow.

Face, pectus, and forelegs dull red ; vertex brown ; thorax and abdomen
yellow, the latter with a brown line continuing that of the wings ; all the tarsi
reddish.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 ¥ from Amambara Creek, River Niger (Braham).

Antennae with clavate serrate uniseriate pectinations : forewing narrower than
usual in the genus.

Family THYRIJJIDAE.
2. Dysodia flammata spec. nov.

Forewing : a mixture of deep red, leaden grey, and fuscous ; the transverse
streaks brownish ; a broad subcostal streak of leaden grey, and a slight tinge of
the same colour along inner margin and at base of wing ; costa with dark spots,
the intervals red in basal half and ochreous beyond ; a bright red spot on disco-
cellular, followed by a crescent-shaped hyaline white spot : the red spot is preceded
and the white blotch followed by darker blotches from the costa of fuscous and
red not reaching below the median ; the marginal area beyond is orange yellow,
varied with red and crossed by brown lines, the apex and hindmargin being again
fuscous and brown.

Hindwing : yellow and fiery orange, with darker cross-lines ; a large loaf-
shaped hyaline white blotch in the end of the cell, which is very broad; fringe
brown.

Underside dull flesh-colour, with the markings dark brown ; a costal blotch
beyond middle of forewing embracing the white blotch and upturned to median
vein before it ; a brownish submarginal streak from costa and patch at anal angle :
hindwing with brown patches at base, below and beyond the hyaline blotch, and
at apex.

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Head and thorax smooth vioh't-jj;i'py ; face and paljii above aud antennae
darker ; scales of the shoulders aud jiatagia verj' broad and flat ; abdomen fiery
orange, ochreons beneath.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 S from Zomba, Ui)per Shire River, 3000 ft., December 1895 (Dr. P.
Kendall).

Forewing with costa inflexed at middle, inner margin sinnate ; hindmargin
vertical to vein 3, then extremely oblique ; hindwing with elbow at vein 3, the
inner margin short ; palpi with very long second segment.

Somewhat TesemhWug 1). J'enestratella Warr. from East Africa, but of (juitc
diflerent colour.

Family URANIIDAE.

Subfamily EPIPLEMINAE.

3. Epiplema dohertyi spec. uov.

Foreiciug : white clouded with grey, the costa dotted with black ; the two
transverse lines finely white with dark edges ; first from costa a little before middle
to before middle of inner margin, sharply angled outwards on the median vein :
outer line from two-thirds of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, vertical and
irregularly waved, indented on vein 4, edged outwardly by a dark grey shading
and inwardly by ferruginous scaling; the space between them above middle
filled in with leaden grey scales outwardly black-edged, the grey scales below the
middle mixed with whitish ; a large brownish fuscous blotch between veins 4
and 6 before margin, outwardly containing a blackish bracket-shaped mark ; a
row of black submarginal dots ; extreme margin grey ; fringe ferruginous, with
a white basal line.

Hindwing : with costal area white ; the inner line biangulate, black-brown ;
outer line curved, finely white, inwardly edged with ferruginous scales, following
a central dark grey cloud ; a deep chestnut-brown blotch, mixed with ferruginous
and plumbeous scales before the lower tooth ; fringe brown ; some dark spots along
inner-marginal fold.

Underside of forewing pale grey, of hindwing whitish, with some brown scales
before margin.

Face and palpi dark brown ; vertex, shoulders, and patagia whitish ; thorax
and dorsum dark grey ; a white spot on metathorax.

Expanse of wings : 10 mm.

1 S from Mombasa (Doherty).

Hindmargin of forewing entire ; of hindwing with curved teeth below veins 4
and (i ; antennae with distinct curved clavate teeth.

4. Epiplema semipicta spec. nov.

Forewing : pale grey, speckled with darker, and in the outer half of wing
with a slight brownish suffusion ; no inner line visible ; outer line fine and
indistinct, from three-fifths of costa, oblique outward to vein 6, then vertical,
incurved from vein 4 aud reaching inner margin a little before anal angle; a
brown crescent-shaped mark, inwardly edged with black, along the margin of the
subapical excision ; fringe brown from apex to middle, below it grey.

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Hindwing : smooth, lilac grey, tiuged with pluui-coloui' ; a dark bracket-
shaped basal line ; outer line angled ou vein 4, sinuous on each side, ferruginous,
edged on both sides with pale, from middle to inner margin edged inwardl}- by
a broad dark brown streak ; discal mark long and curved, like the upper part of
outer line, ferruginous with pale edges ; a ferruginous line along cell above vein 4,
and an angulated ferrnginous mark below the cell-spot ; the angle of outer line
with some grey and ochreous scales ; dark brown marginal lunules from upper tail
to vein 2, with three slight pale dashes.

Underside lilac-grey, with dark speckling.

Face and palpi black ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen grey.

Expanse of wings : 18 mm.

1 c?, 1 +, from Mombasa (Doherty).

Forewing excised from apex to vein 4 ; hindwing toothed at veins 4 and 7 ;
antennae of c? with close clavate-serrate teeth, of ? lamellate.

Family GEOMETRIDAE.
Subfamily GEOMETRINAE.
5. Agathia pauper spec. nov.

Forewing : apple-green ; costa broadly greyish brown ; a dark brown basal
patch ; a narrow red-brown band from the costal streak just before the middle,
kneed outwards on vein 4, then concave outwards to inner margin, nearly touching
the outer band ; this runs obliquely outwards from four-fifths of costa to a brown
blotch at middle of hindmargin, then curves away sinuous to just before anal
angle, leaving a small elongated greenish patch between it and the bi'owa hind-
margin ; both this and the median baud are traversed by a pale Hue along their
centre.

Hindwing : with no median band ; the outer band as in forewing, but bent
above middle, and below middle coalescing with the marginal band to anal angle,
and running narrowly half-way up the abdominal margin.

Underside whitish green, with the outer baud showing through.

Face, fillet, and antennae ochreous ; vertex marked with brown ; shoulders,
patagia, thorax, and basal segments of abdomen green ; rest of abdomen ochreous,
with a reddish tinge.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 (S from Warri, November 1899 (Dr. Ansorge).

The usual tail at vein 4 of hindwing is reduced to a mere blunt tooth.

0. Agraptochlora pallida spec. nov.

Forewing : pule whitish green, powdered with darker green, with very faint
indications of two darker lines, the first from one-fourth of costa carved to one-third
of inner margin, the outer from four-filths of costa to three-fourtlis of inuer
margin, the intermediate space being slightly darker, with a deep green cell-spot.

Hindwing : like forewing, but the darker green powdering more evident.

Underside similar.

Face grey -brown ; vertex and antennae white ; thorax and abdomen pale green.

ExjJanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 <? from Bihe, Angola, November 1901 (Pembertou).

This species differs in coloration from all others of the genus, which are

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without exception deep green ; bnt it agrees with them in the extreme shortness
of the palpi and in the structure of the pectinations of the antennae of the c?,
which are thickened towards their apices and strongly ciliated. In shape of
wings it is much like the following species. The fringes were probably cou-
colorous : in tliis genus they are always short, and appear peculiarly apt to be
worn away.

7. Agraptochlora rubriceps sjiec. nov.

Forewing : deep green ; the costa yellow ; small brown dots at the ends of
veins ; a deeper green cell-spot.

Hindioing : deep green, with similar dots ; fringes grey.

Underside pale green, the costa of both wings yellowish.

Face and vertex deep red ; antennae reddish ; thorax green ; abdomen
(greased) apparently reddish ; legs dull reddish.

Expanse of wings : 3U mm.

1 <S from Bihe, Angola, November 19ul (Pemberton).

The species is near A. nigricornis Warr. ; the wings are short and broad.

Chlorochaeta gen. nov.

Forewing : costa straight, curved towards apes, which is bluntly rounded ;
hiadmargin oblique, slightly curved.

Hi ml wing : with long inner margin, the anal angle rounded, but prominent;
hindmargin slightly curved.

Antennae (t?) with long pectinations ; palpi porrect, second segment roughly
and loosely scaled, third short, drooping ; frenulum very slight ; tongue small,
ill-developed ; legs stout, roughly scaled ; hindtibia with four stout spurs and
a long process ; abdomen with traces of brown and white spots, roughly scaled.

Neuration : forewing, cell two-fifths of wing, discocellalar oblique below ;
first median nervule at three-fourths, second from end of cell with third; lower
radial from above centre of discocellular ; njiper stalked with 10, 7, 8, 9 ; 11 free:
hindwing, 3, 4 and 6, 7 short stalked.

Type : Chlorockaeta longipennis spec. nov.

In the shape of the hindwing this genus approaches the S. American Tachypkyle
Butler.

8. Chlorochaeta longipennis spec. nov.

Forewing : bright yellow-green ; custa white ; cell-spot and marginal Hue red-
browu ; fringe red-browu, mixed with paler scales towards apices.

Hindwing : with cell-sjjot, marginal Hue, and fringe as in forewing.

Underside whitish green ; costal lialf of lorewiug tinged with yellowish green ;
both wings with brown cell-spot and yellowish green postmedian line ; slight
red-brown marginal dashes between veins; fringe white, varied with red-brown.

Palpi white, dusted with red-brown above ; head, thorax, and abdomen green ;
lower part of face, fillet, and tips of shoulders whitish ; dorsum varied with reddish
hairs; a red-brown tuft on second segment and a white spot on third and fourth;
abdomen below, pectus, and legs white ; tarsi spotted with red-brown ; antennae
(broken) white, with red-brown pectinations.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 6 from Degama, Niger, May 1902 (Dr. Ansorge).

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9. Heterorachis rubella spec nov.

Fore/ring : bright greeu, with nimierons ])ale venniculations ; costa cream-
colonred, with fine reddish speclcling, redder at base and before apex ; a bright-red
cell-spot and a blotch of the same colour between veins 2 and 3 ; marginal line
bright red, emitting bright red triangles into the whitish fringe beyond the veins.

Ilindwing : similar ; cell-spot larger and browner ; no spot between veins 2
and 3.

Underside whitish green, with the red markings showing slightly through.

Face, palj)!, and forelegs red above, pale ochreous below; antennae pale, with
a red tinge towards the tips ; vertex cream-colour, edged behind with reddish ;
shoulders, patagia, thorax, and a lateral streak along basal segments of abdomen
green ; dorsum with a dull red streak, becoming ditfuse and broad on the anal
segments, which are pale.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 ? from Amambara Creek, River Niger (Braham).

10. Prasinocyma ampla spec. nov.

Forewivg : very pale green, rippled with whitish ; fringe pale green ; costal
edge ochreous, and the costal area towards base apparently whiter.

Hindwing : the same.

Underside pale green.

Face and palpi reddish above, paler below ; vertex and shoulders white ;
patagia and thorax pale green ; abdomen white, tinged with greenish.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

1 ? from Bihe, Angola, October 1901 (Pemberton).

1 1 . Prasinocyma pictifimbria spec. nov.

Forewinq : bright green, densely rippled with ochreous; the costa broadly
white, with ochraceous edge ; fringe yellow, dotted with pink beyond the veins.

Hindwing : the same ; the pink spots in the fringe more conspicuous.

Underside pale yellowish green ; costa of {brewing yellowish.

Head, thorax, and abdomen greeu, mixed with white scales ; the abdomen
whiter ; face rubbed, apparently dull reddish brown ; verte.x white.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 cJ from Bihe, Angola, November 1901 (Pemberton).

12. Archichlora marcescens spec. nov.
Forewing : pale yellowish green ; a cream-coloured costal streak, thickly
dusted with olive rufous atoms ; inner and autemedian lines white, slender ; the
first from below one-sixth of costa to one-fifth of inner margin, where it is beut
outwards ; the inner margin below submedian vein from base to this line like costa,
pale with rufous dusting ; antemedian line from subcostal vein at one-third, oblique
outwards and bent above median vein, then vertical and again inbeut at vein 1
to middle of inner margin ; beyond this line the area below vein 3 to hindmargia
is cream-coloured, tinged and striated with pale rufous, and slightly greenish in
places, with a greyish-brown patch at anal angle ; above vein 2 the pale area
divides, the inner and broader arm ending in a cone on vein 0 touching a

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projectinj!; tooth from costal streak, the enter running along hindmargin to apex
and broadening inwards to form a paler quadrate patch between veins 5 and T ;
marginal line dnll red-brown, swollen between the veins ; fringe pale brownish.

Hincliviiiq : similar ; basal space before first line washed witli white ; pale
area beyond second line more broken by green spaces ; the whiter sulxpiadrate
marginal blotch not extending above vein 6, the submarginal green interspace
narrower ; the veins beyond middle cream-colonred, dotted with dark grey, more
conspicnously than in forewing.

Underside uniform greenish cream-colonr ; costal edge of forewing and
fringes pale brownish.

Head, collar, shoulders, and abdomen cream-coloured, speckled with rufons
and grey ; face and outer side of jialpi deeper rufous ; thorax and patagia and
basal segment of abdomen pale green (the parts of the thorax are worn, but the
green was probably somewhat varied with jialer) ; abdomen green-tinged above ;
abdomen beneath and legs cream-colour ; forelegs rnfons in front ; antennae pale,
■with a rufous tint.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 ? from Amambara Creek, Niger River (Braham).

Subfamily STERRHINAE.
13. Chrysocraspeda leighata spec. uov.

Forewing : pinkish lilac, covered with darker transverse striae ; the costa
vinous red ; marginal area narrowly yellow, the edge of the red ground-colonr
curving from apex to vein 4, running in basewards slightly at vein 4 and again
at vein 2, preceded by a broad dark pnrple band ; cell-spot vinous red ; fringe
yellow.

Hindwing : with basal half like forewing, outer half yellow, with bright-red
striae ; cell-spot purple, like the outer band, which projects tooth-like into the
yellow margin at vein 4 ; fringe yellow.

Underside ]iink, -without striae ; outer half of hindwing yellow ; the submarginal
band dnll purple, almost obsolete in forewing.

Head, thorax, abdomen, and antennae all red.

Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

1 (S from Durban, Natal (G. F. Leigh).

Emmiltis (Craspedia) magnidiscata spec. nov.

Forewing: bone-colour, with an ochraceons tinge when fresh, with a few
black speckles; first and outer line marked by precise black dots on veins, the
first curved at one-fourth, the outer, parallel to hindmargin, from four-fifths of
costa to three-fourths of inner margin ; the spots connected by a slightly darker
sliade than the ground-colour ; two similar submarginal shades enclosing the j)ale
submarginal line; a row of black marginal dots; fringe glossy, coucolorous ;
cell-spot black, distinct ; an obscure oblique median shade.

J/indwing : similar, but the cell-spot large, roughly angular.

Underside with outer and marginal lines and cell-spots ; forewing slightly
grey-tinged.

Face and jialpi black, paler below ; thorax and abdomen bone-colour, the latter
with black dorsal spots ; vertex white.

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Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 (?, 1 ?, from Calluln, Angola, July 1001 (Pemberton).
A very neatly marked insect.

15. Emmiltis (Craspedia) mombasae spec, no v.

Forewing : bone-colour, with partial fine black speckling; five wavy ochreous-
grey lines, oblique parallel to hindmargin, the antemcdian, median, and postmedian
fairly distinct, the two submarginal very obscnre ; minute black marginal dots ;
fringe concolorous ; cell-spot black, distinct.

Hindwing : with four lines, the antemedian forming a semicircle in front of
the large black cell-spot.

Underside with cell-spots, outer lines, and marginal dots ; cell of forewing
tinged with brownish, and with a few coarse brown speckles.

Face and palpi black ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen bone-colour.

Expanse of wings : 14 mm.

2 S<S from Mombasa (Doherty).

16. Pisoraca sanguinata spec, no v.

Foreioing : smooth ashy-grey, hardly speckled ; basal line denoted by three
neat black dots in a curve at one-fifth ; outer line by smaller dots at four-fifths ;
minute dots at end of veins and indications of otiiers between them ; fringe
ochreous with a red tinge.

Hindwing : similar, with a slight cell-spot ; on middle of inner margin a
small patch of black scales, which is less evident on forewing.

Underside of forewing deep flesh-colour, along costa grey, along inner margin
white ; outer line of red spots ; marginal spots purple ; fringe rufous, paler at
base ; hindwing white along base and inner margin ; the rest as in forewing ;
cell-spots in both wings red.

Face, palpi, and forelegs above deep blood-red, ochreous below; vertex, thorax,
and abdomen grey ; abdomen with lateral blood-red streaks ; below white.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

i ? from Durban, Natal, October 1902 (G. F. Leigh).

Very much like P. cr>/ptor//odu.fa Wlk. from Australia.

IT. Ptochophyle subumbrata spec. nov.

Forewing : yellow, sprinkled with red striae ; the costal edge jmrplish grey ;
no distinct lines ; three red spots on veins denote the basal line ; two red Innnles
on veins 3 and 4 indicate a postmedian line ; some slight clouds in the marginal
area ; a row of jiurplish marginal spots ; fringe yellow, purplish at anal angle.

Hindiving : with indications of lines on inner margin only ; a purplish patch
at anal angle ; marginal spots as in forewing.

Underside paler, without striae ; i'orevviug with basal half, excejit on inner
margin, and a broad submarginal band purplish grey ; purplish marginal spots
more or less coalescent into a line ; hindwing with slight central line and
interrupted submarginal shade pnrplish grey ; marginal spots purple.

Face, jjalpi, thorax, and abdomen yellow, striated with red ; antennae dark,
purplish grey.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 ? from Degama, Niger, April 1902 (Dr. Ansorge).

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18. Ptychopoda circumsticta spec. nov.

Forewing : ochreoas, finely dusted with blackish atoms ; the lines blackish ;
first at one-fourth, angled beneath subcostal vein; outer line at three-fourths,
irregularly crenulate, insinuate beyond cell and on submedian fold, both parallel
to hindmargin ; cell-spot black, conspicuous, followed by a diffuse median shade ;
two submarginal dark shades containing between them a pale submarginal line ;
fringe ochreous, finely dusted with dark, and with large distinct black spots in
basal half beyond veins.

Hindwing : the same, but without basal line ; the shade antemedian, preceding
the cell-spot, which is large and conspicuous.

Underside very thickly dusted with dark atoms ; all the lines shown darker ;
the cell-spots still larger.

Face and palpi dark brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 16 — 17 mm.

2 ? ? from C'aconda, Angola, December I'JOl (Pemberton).

A smooth and neatly marked insect.

19. Ptychopoda minimaria spec. nov.

cJ. Forewing : luteons, tinged and coarsely speckled with darker ; three brown
lines parallel to hindmargin at equal distances apart, the outer followed by a darker
shade ; fringe with rather large dark dots along the base.

Hindiring : with the two outer lines only.

Underside paler, with the lines all marked.

Face and palpi black ; thorax and abdomen like wings ; vertex paler.

The ? is much paler, without speckling, and with the lines hardly marked.

Expanse of wings : S, 10 mm.; ?, 12 mm.

1 (?, 1 ?, from Mombasa (Doherty).

Nearest to Pt. exilinota Warr. from Natal, a very small specimen of which
also comes from Mombasa ; but that species is smoother and darker, and has the
lines more vertical.

20. Ptychopoda torrida spec. nov.

Foreioing : ochraceous, coarsely dusted with dark scales ; the lines distinct,
leaden grey, all angled inwards on submedian fold, and outwards on submedian
vein ; first at one-fifth, the outward angle on the median slight ; median with all
three angles strongly expressed ; the large cell-spot just above the outward angle
on the median vein ; outer line angled inwards on vein 7 and outwards on vein 6>
then parallel to hindmargin to the angle on the submedian fold ; a dark macular
submarginal shade interrupted beyond cell and on submedian fold ; some blackish
marks along hindmargin ; fringe mottled with grey.

Hindwing: without first line.

Underside pale ochreous, with the markings showing through only.

Face and tips of palpi black ; rest of palpi, vertex, thorax, and abdomen
ochraceons.

Expanse of wings : 14 mm.

1 ? from Cunene, Angola, February 1902 (Pemberton).

Forewing narrow, with pointed apex ; hind- and inner margins of ei|nal
length : hindwing with fully rounded hindmargin.

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21. Sterrha hispidata spec. nov.

Forewinc/ : whitisb, slightly trausparent, clothed with rongh sparsely disposed
blackish scales ; the lines black, diffuse ; a small blotch on costa near base ; first
line at one-fourth, oblique inwards, and sharply angled outwards on the veins,
followed shortly by the median line, which is before the middle ; cell-spot blackish,
well beyond the median ; outer line at two-thirds, waved to three-fonrths of
inner margin, insinuate beyond cell and on submedian fold ; followed by a
diffuse dark cloud, which between veins 2 and 4 is much swollen and projects
towards hindmargin ; submarginal line pale, distinct, following the course of the
preceding shade, and therefore between 2 and 4 nearly touching margin ; a black
marginal line ; fringe full and pale, with large black chequerings bej'ond veins.

Hindwing : similar, with no inner line; cell-spot very difliuse.

Underside shining whitish grey, slightly speckled ; the markings showing
through.

Head, thorax, and abdomen speckled like wings ; abdomen with pale seg-
mental rings.

Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

1 ? from Libollo, Angola, July 1901 (Pemberton).

Hindtibiae of ? with two spurs only. Distinguished by its rough loose
scales.

Subfamily DEILINIINAE.

22. Hydatocapnia subapicata spec. nov.

Forewing : grey, dark-speckled, varied with ochreous scales in places, and to
a great extent suffused with darker grey and fuscous ; lines indistinct ; basal line
at one-fifth, curved and marked on veins, with one or two grey lines within it ;
median line before middle, outciirved round the cell-spot, and with a dark grey
shade along it ; outer line a little beyond middle, curved parallel to hindmargin,
black and acutely dentate, forming outward teeth on the veins, accompanied by
yellowish scales ; as far as this line the ground-colour is paler, beyond it suffused
with dark grey ; the line is followed immediately by a leaden-grey dentate shade
and a broad dark grey band ; in the middle of the broad marginal area the pale
dentate submarginal line is preceded by black wedge-shaped marks and followed
by a dentate-edged cloud ; a row of dark marginal spots ; fringe pale ochreous
varied with pale grey.

Hindwing : with only the base pale ; otherwise like forewing, without the
basal line.

Underside dark greyish fuscous ; the outer line represented by a faintly paler
band, bejond which the marginal area is much blacker ; apex of forewing black,
separated from rest of wing by a broad waved whitish baud from costa to hind-
margin ; cell-spots black ; costa of forewing striated light and dark ; fringe of
forewing ochreous.

Head, thorax, and abdomen a mixture of ochreous and grey, the face and
vertex being paler and the abdomen greyer.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

1 ? from Degama, Niger, May 1902 (Dr. Ansorge).

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In the absence of the S 1 place the species in llijchitocapniu Wan-., with which
it agrees in tlie very short cell— only one-third of wiacr — and the necessarily
elongated nervnles. It is easily distinguished by the black pale-banded apex of
forewiug beneath.

Neopolita gen. nov.

Forewing : triangnlar ; costa straight, shortly arched at base and apex; apex
slightly prominent ; hindiuargin vertical to vein 4, there rounded and obli(jue.

IJindwing : with well-rounded hindmargin ; apex rounded ; anal angle square.

Antennae of <S with very long uniseriate pectinations ; palpi porrect, short,
rough-scaled, terminal joint drooping ; tongue and frenulum present.

JSeuration : forewing, cell less than half of wing ; discocellular vertical above,
oblique below ; first median nervule at three-fourths, second close before end ;
radials normal ; 11,7, 10, 8, 9 stalked together from well before end of cell, 11
anastomosing strongly with 12, Sand 9 separating close before apex: hindwing,
costal shortly approximated to subcostal near base only ; 7 and 3 well before
ends of cell.

Type : Neopolita bisecta spec. nov.

Possibly allied to Plutodes.

23. Neopolita bisecta spec. nov.

Forewing : grey fawn-colour, finely dark-speckled ; costal area for two-thirds
pale ochreous, with shining scales especially at base ; from two-thirds of costa a
pale inwardly dark-edged line runs nearly parallel to liindmargin to three-fifths
of inner margin; at about one-fourth there are slight traces of a curved jiale
line with dark outer edge ; cell-spot dark, obscure ; a marginal dark line ; fringe
yellow.

Hindiring : similar, without first line, the other nearly central ; in both wings
the basal space within the line is darker than the marginal.

Underside glossy whitish, speckled with lilac-grey, and with the dark and
light sections of upperside showing through.

Face fawn-colour ; palpi ochreous yellow ; vertex white ; thorax and abdomen
dark fawn, abdomen with pale rings.

Expanse of wings : 33 mm.

1 $ from Libollo, Angola, July 1901 (Pembertou).

Subfamily ABRAXINAE.
Durbana gen. nov.

I propose this as a new generic name for Fidonia setinata Feld., which 1 find
differs considerably in neuration from Lomaspilis pantheraria Feld., which I made
the tyjie of the genus \'criiliodcs (cf. Sor. Zool. i. p. 421).

In setinata vein 11 of forewing rises from 12 ; 10 anastomoses strongly with
11 and again with 8, 9, which are stalked with 7; the discocellular is biangulate,
and the lower radial rises from the lower outer angulation. In pantheraria 11 is
free; 7, 8, and 9, 10 are stalked, 9 anastomosing with 8. In both genera the c?
antennae are pectinated and the ? simple.

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24. Durbana setinata.

Fklimia selimla Feld., Riiae Nov. t. 130 fig. 25, ? . (1874)

Felder's type was a ? , somewliat faded ; in a very perfect (probably bred)
speciiueu from Natal, lately examined, the colour of both wings is deep yellow.
The (? differs much from the ? . The yellow ground-colour of forewing is much
reduced, so that the ground-colour appears dark brown, varied with blotches of
yellow. These consist of a narrow streak along inner margin, a curved blotch
from base of costa through cell to submedian fold, a small blotch towards end of
cell, an irregular fasciaform blotch liej'oud cell towards anal angle, an elongated
blotch before apex, and some spots along hindmargin : all these blotches narrow
and angulated. In a second S these blotches are still farther reduced to mere
yellow lines or streaks ; and in this example the hindwing has the four spots
along margin swollen into blotches, contiguous to each other and the hindmargin,
forming a black marginal border, the usual three spots from costa before apex
being also swollen to form a line.

2 (5'<?, 1 ?, from Durban, Natal (G. F. Leigh).

25. Rhodophthitus castus spec. nov.

Forewing : cream-colour, marked with very fine black linear strigae, more
thickly along costa and inner margin ; the costal edge also with short thick black
dots ; fringe concolorous ; no spots or markings.

Hindwing : generally with fewer strigae.

Underside similar, but the whole surface slightly grey-tinged.

Head and thorax cream-colour ; face sometimes mixed with black scales ;
abdomen orange speckled with black ; legs black, sometimes spotted with cream-
colon r.

Expanse of wings :' 48 mm.

\ S, I ?, from Bihe, Angola; and 2 SS from N. Bailundn, Angola,
October 1901 (Pemberton).

Taken at the same time and localities as a series of R. roseovittata Butler, but
manifestly distinct, in size as well as in coloration and shape of markings.

The (? c? of this genus are without a fovea in forewing. Except for this, there
is little to separate them from Bupahis Leach.

Subfamily BRACCINAE.
26. Hylemera auridisca spec. nov.

Foreicing : grey, dusted with darker, and with some yellow scales intermixed ;
cell-spot oval, orange ringed with dark grey ; fringe grey ; costa towards apex
pale grey.

Hindwing : paler, especially in the costal area; cell-spot round and orange.

Underside yellowish ; the inner margins and apex of forewing pale grey.

Antennae, upper edge of palpi, and tongue black; palpi beneath, face, vertex,
and shoulders orange ; patagia, thorax, and abdomen grey.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

1 S from Degama, Niger, January 1902 (Dr. Ansorge).

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27. Hylemera capitifera spec. nov.

Forewing : ilnll white, slightly diaphanous; the costa with a brown-grey
stripe, outer third of wing brown-grey, invaded between veins 3 and 5 by the
white ground-colour in the form of a beak ; fringe brown-grey ; cell-spot blackish,
large, oblique.

llindwiny : mth a round dark cell-spot ; hinduiargin narrowly gre3--brown
round apex and at anal angle, from vein 3 to 5 reduced to a line ; fringe grey-
brown.

Underside dull greyish white, the dark markings jialer.

Palpi dark fuscous ; face, vertex, and collar yellow ; thorax and abdomen
smoky grey ; antennae blackish.

Expanse of wings : 37 mm.

1 ? from Amambara Creek, Niger River (Brahara).

Subfamily BISTONINAE.

28. Aphilopota ambusta spec. nov.

Foreicing : pale fulvous brown ; the basal area, the costal and hindmargins
darkened by confluent black striae ; the lines very indistinct ; basal line from
one-fifth of costa, bent on subcostal, then oblique to near base of inner margin ;
outer and submarginal lines very obscure, marked on costa at two-thirds and
four-iiftbs, apparently angled above vein 6, tlien oblique inward to middle of
inner margin and a little beyond, only marked above inner margin, and by a series
of slight vein-spots ; cell-spot black, distinct; a series of black marginal lunules ;
fringe blackish.

Hinfhviiig : wholly covered with black striae, slightly paler towards costa,
and more fulvous along inner margin ; two black curved parallel postmediaa lines
near together as in forewing ; black cell-spot touching inner line.

Underside grey, tinged with fulvous, and thickly covered with black striae.

Thorax, patagia, and four basal segments of abdomen pale brown ; head,
shoulders, metathorax, and anal segments of abdomen dark brown ; palpi fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

1 ? from Caconda, Angola, December 1901 (Pemberton).

Agrees with typical Aphilopotd in having the tongue absent, and veins lU, 11
of forewing coincident throughout.

29. Cnsiala? pulverosa spec. nov.

Foreicinq : pale stoue-colonr, thickly covered with greyish green scales ; the
lines and shades of the same colour, but obscnrely marked ; a dark grey-green
blotch at base ; first line at one-fourth, donble, tlie outer arm rather deeper on
the veins ; median shade a little beyond the middle, waved and cloudy, bent out
round the lunular cell-mark ; outer line dark green, more concise, from three-
fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, outcurved above middle, lunulate-
dentate, fdllowed by a cloudy shade ; submarginal zigzag, jireccdod and followed
by a dull gre3--green shading ; dark green marginal spots between the veins ;
fringe concolorons.

Hi7idwi)ig : similar, but without basal line.

Underside cloudy grey, darker towards apex of forewing ; outer line, marginal
spots, and cell-spots marked.

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Face and palpi brown ; fillet white ; vertex, shoulders, and patagia greenish
grey ; abdomen pale grey.

Expanse of wings : 50 mm.

Palpi and tongne sliort.

1 ? from Durban, Natal (G. F. Leigh).

Of doubtful location in the absence of the tj. All the other species of the
genus are Indian and Eastern.

Haggardia gen. nov.

Forewimj : elongate, ample ; costa convex at base, then straight, sometimes
insinuate in middle ; apex distinct ; hindmargin strongly curved ; anal angle
obtuse.

Hitulwing : elongate ; hindmargin well rounded, subcrenulate.

Antennae (?) with joints shortly angulate, tipped with a short bristle ; palpi
quite short, hairy beneath ; forehead flat ; tongue absent ; frenulum present ; legs
short ; ovipositor exserted, short.

Neuration : forewing, cell half as long as wing ; discocellular concave ; vein 1
at two-thirds, 2 at eight-ninths ; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9 stalked from the bend
in subcostal ; 10 aud 11 short-stalked : hindwiug, cell more than half as long as
wing ; costal and subcostal approximating for quite half of cell ; 7 just before end
of cell ; medians as in forewing.

Type : Ilaggardia melanostigma spec. nov.

It will be necessary to transfer to this new genus four species described by
me {Not. Zool. iv.) under the genus Euhjja : viz., cremdata, p. 90, and grisea,
subpunctata, and trisecta, p. 91. They do not assort well with the species of
BistOH from the temperate zone.

30. Haggardia melanostigma spec. nov.

Forewing : fawn-colour, freckled with darker ; the veins pale ; a velvety-black
transverse linear cell-spot ; lines slender, brown ; first from before one-third of
costa to one-third of inner margin, slightly curved; second sinuous, from four-
fifths of costa to four-fifths of inner margin, excnrved above median ; fringe (worn)
concolorous.

Hindwing : without inner line.

Underside with the cell-spots only.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

1 ? from Bihe, Angola, October 1901 (Pemberton).

31. Hirasa? denticulata spec. nov.

Fore wing : dull brownish grey, peppered with black, and in parts suifused
with an olive tint; the lines fine, black ; first before one-third, biangulate below
costa, first above subcostal vein, secondly in cell, then obliquely curved to inner
margin ; outer line from three-fourths of costa, below which it is obscure, running
outwards beyond cell, then strongly incurved to middle of inner margin, forming
an outward angle ou submedian vein ; in the space between the two lines a smoky
grey median shade ; submarginal line obscurely paler, dentate-lunulate, preceded

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and followed by darker clouds ; a black marginal festoon, thickened between the
veins ; fringe concolorous ; cell-s])ot indistinct.

Hindicing : like forewing ; the cell-spot black and distinct.

Underside paler, olive-ochreons, speckled with blackish ; cell-spots black ;
median shades and marginal areas deejier-coloured.

Head, tliorax, and abdomen ochreous grey ; face and palpi darker ; foretarsi
blackish, with pale joints.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

2 ? ? from Durban, Natal, September 1902 (G. F. Leigh).

Hindraargin, especially of hindwing, strongly crenulate ; ovipositor exscrtcd.

Referred to Iliiasa provisionally. It will very probably require a new genus.

Subfamily ASCOTINAE.
32. Chogada acaciaria ab. flavipleta nov.

Forewing ; white speckled with grey ; the lines and markings as in the
type-form ; bnt the basal area and the space between onter and submarginal lines
are tilled np with pale bnff.

llindwinq : with the onter bntT baud only.

1 6 from Durban, Natal (G. F. Leigh).

33. Chogada acaciaria ali. fumata nov.

In this remarkable aberration of acncinria Boisd., the whole of the central
area between the inner and onter lines of both wings is filled in with smoky-
blackish, the rest of the wing-surface remaining white. This smoky tint also
extends to the middle dorsal segments of the abdomen.

1 ? from Durban, Natal (G. F. Leigh).

34. Ectropis? fulvitincta spec. nov.

Forewing : whitish, speckled with black ; the costal edge marked with short
dark striae, the costal area greyer, and tinged with pale fulvous; lines blackish,
bnt mostly marked only by black points on the veins and black spots on costa;
first line at one fourth ; median at a little before middle ; outer line from two-thirds
of costa to just beyond middle of inner margin close to median line, ontcurved
above, and marked by black teeth; the last followed, as the first is preceded, by
a fulvous shade ; submarginal line white, lunulate-dentate, preceded by a similar
black shade and followed by an interrupted one ; space on margin between 3 and 4
white; marginal spots large, black ; cell-spot slight, linear; fringe white, chequered
with grey.

Hindwing : similar, but without inner line.

Underside whiter, slightly grey-speckled ; cell-spots black, that of forewing
large and conspicuous ; a black submarginal border, Ijroad nn forewing, leaving
apex and a spot in middle white, narrow and lading out on hindwing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with grey scales ; face and palpi
externally darker grey.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 ? from Durban, Natal (G. F. Leigh).

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35. Myrioblephara subaurata.

Ectrojiis? mbaHmta Warr., A'.)!'. Zo»/. vi. p. 306. ? (1899).

At the time of describing the type of tbis species, a ? , I remarked that it was
a doubtful Ectropis ; and this proves correct. A S from Bihe, Angola (Pembertou)
taken in October 1901 has the long carved cilia of Mi/rioblephara, to which genus
it must be transferred.

The palpi, as in the ?, arc longer than usual. On the underside of forewing
the black markings are deeper, and the extreme apex is white.

Trigouomelea gen. nov.

Forewing : with a large and eous]}icaous fovea in the S ; veins 10 and 11 free ;
otherwise, like the hindwing, agreeing with ordinary Aids.

Paljii thick, the basal segment peaked below, the second globular, hiding the
third ; forehead produced to a point below ; antennae of S with broadly flattened
triangular segments, the apex of each segment laterally with a small double fascicle
of sessile cilia.

Type : T. semifusca spec. nov.

36. Trigonomelea semifusca spec. nov.

Forewing : white, finely speckled with grey ; the basal area filled up with
grey and whitish scales, limited by a geminate dark line at one-fourth, angled
in cell, then oblique inwards ; median shade outcurved from costa to inner margin
just before middle ; outer line lunulate-dentate, marked darker on the veins, from
three-fourths of costa to inner margin close beyond median shade ; submarginal line
waved, whitish, ill defined ; the whole space between median shade and submarginal
line filled uji by a purplish grey shade, extended to margin also between veins
4 and 7 and above anal angle, excepting a pale yellowish triangular blotch on costa
beyond median shade ; large black marginal spots ; fringe white, dark grey beyond
the shades.

Hindwing : with no grey basal patch, the purplish grey fascia extending to
margin above vein 4, the hiudmargin below middle white to anal angle.

Underside white, with the purplish grey tints showing through only ; forewing
with large black cell-spot and blackish apical patch, leaving the extreme apex
white.

Palpi externally black, beneath and at extreme apex white ; face and thorax
white, the tips of shoulders and bottom of face grey ; abdomen white with grey
rings.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 c? from Durban, Natal, May 19U2 (G. F. Leigh).

Subfamily SELIDOSEMINAE.
Dyscia Hub.

At page 314 of the Verzeicliniss Hiibner, alter this brief description oi Di/scia,
" Die Flugel zieralich dick und miissig, audi nachlitssig bezeichnet and beschattet,"
places under it two species :

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3031 Dj/scia cotispersaria Schift'. ]'erz. Geo. G.S ; Hiib. Geo. 138.

3032 D. emucidaria Hub. Geo. 425.

Both these species are inchided by Lederer in his list of the species of Scodiona,
iu the Abk. Z. B. Ver. Wieii, 1853, p. ISO ; but as cotisjjersariu was already the type
of Dyscia, Scodiona must sink.

37. Dyscia incondita spec. uov.

Forewing : dull luteons grey, with an olive tinge, covered with dark transverse
striae ; the striae darker along costa, especially towards apex ; inner line curved
at one-third, very indistinct ; outer line at quite three-fourths, blackish, ontcnrved
from costa, where it is followed by a pale luteous spot, then jiarallel to hinduiargin,
obscurely lunnlate, the lunules being concave basewards and the teeth pointing
inwards ; fringe concolorous ; cell-spot small, blackish.

Hindwing : similar.

Underside paler, the forewing luteous, the hindwing whitish, both thickly
grey-speckled ; costa of forewing dull yellow, with dark striae ; cell-spots and outer
line visible.

Head and shoulders slightly fulvous-tinged ; thorax grey ; abdomen pale grey.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

1 c? from the foot of Nienwveld Mts., tive miles N.W. of Beaufort West
(Mrs. Butt).

The antennae are strongly plumose to the tip. Iu the forewing a vein is
wanting, presumably 7 ; 8, 9 are stalked, 8 running to just below apex ; 10 and 11
stalked, lu approximated closely to stalk of 8, 9, but not anastomosing.

38. Dyscia perplexata spec. nov.

In coloration and general appearance a facsimile of the last species, of which
I should have considered it the ? , except for certain differences iu the markings
and neuration. The cell-spots are larger and the inner line more distinct ; the
outer line, as in incondita, is dentate-lunulate, but here the lunules are deeper
and concave outwards, and the black teeth on the veins are distinct and point
outwards ; along the margin is a row of black spots.

In the forewing there is no vein missing, 7, 8, 9 being stalked, 10 separate
from 11 anastomoses with 8, 0 ; 11 far back anastomoses strongly with 12.

Expanse of wings : 42 mm.

1 ? from the same locality as incondita, but without date.

39. Petelia glabra spec. nov.

Forewing : dull grey, finely striated with brown, more thickly along costa ;
the lines brown, diffuse ; first close to base, second from just before middle of costa
to beyond middle of inner margin ; outer line at three-fourths, curved outwards
below middle, followed above vein 4 by a brown cloud traversed by a pale
submarginal line ; a tine black marginal line interrupted by the veins ; fringe
concolorous ; cell-spot hardly marked.

Hindwing : without basal line ; cell-spot small, white ; striae thicker towards
anal angle.

Underside pale, with faint striations ; a broad {)ale postmedian band without
striae.

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Head and thorax dark fnscons ; abdomen like wings.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 c?, Amambara Creek, River Niger.

A smooth and slightly glossy insect, reminding one strongly of nicetaria
Gnen. from South America ; the hindwings with a fovea, covered by hair scales,
at base.

40. Selidosema crassata spec. uov.

Foreiving : grey, suffused with dull fiesh-colour and thickly spotted and
striated with grey ; costal edge deeper red ; lines grey-black, more or less obscure ;
first close to base, second at one-third, both curved ; cell-spot black : submarginal
line obscure, preceded by a deep brown-black shade, forming irregular wedge-shaped
marks externally between the veins ; margiual area red-brown, the apex beyond
submarginal line black-brown ; fringe dark brown, with two darker traversing
lines.

Hindwing : with the two dark inner lines and the cell-spot ; submarginal line
not marked.

Underside paler, reddish tinged in forewing, whitish in hindwing ; both
wings with coarse grey speckling, black cell-spots, and darker marginal border.

Face and palpi rufous grey ; vertex pale grey ; thorax and abdomen fuscous
tinged with reddish ; underside of abdomen, like hindwing, whitish with grey
mottlings.

Expanse of wings : 3(J mm.

1 ? from Durban, Natal (G. F. Leigh).

41. Selidosema pinguis spec. nov.

Forewing: mealy white, thickly sprinkled, and in parts sutfused, with black;
the lines black ; first from one-fifth of costa to one fourth of inner margin, angled
on subcostal vein, then oblique, darker sjjutted on veins, preceded by a yellowish
shade, the extreme base blackish ; outer line from two-thirds of costa to a little
beyond middle of inuer margin, sinuous, outcurved between veins 6 and 2, and
insinuate in submedian interval, also darker marked on veins and followed by a
yellowish shade ; median shade a little before middle, slightly curved; space between
it and outer line filled up with blackish ; cell-spot large, of slightly lustrous grey
scales ; submarginal line irregularly waved, whitish, preceded by a thick black
shade, followed by a row of yellowish blotches on veins ; between veins 3 and 4
a pale patch in the dark marginal area ; marginal black spots between the veins,
connected by a fine black festooned line ; fringe pale grey mottled with darker.

Hindwing : dark smoky grey, towards inner and hindmargins whitish with
black speckling ; a straight thick black median shade to just beyond the black
cell-spot ; a black shade preceding the pale submarginal line, which is followed by a
yellowish shade.

Underside dull cinereous ; the cell-spots and marginal borders dull blackish.

Head and thorax black ; abdomen pale grey, with broad black dorsal patches,
the basal segment whitish ; legs black, spotted with whitish.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 ? from Sajua, Angola, June 1901 (Pemberton).

The single specimen, which is as good as bred, has the abdomen very stout
and the antennae finely bipectinated.

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Subfamily SEMIOTHISINAE.
42. Gonodela interlineata spec. nov.

Forewing : whitish, tinged with lateous and finely speckled with grey ; costa
yellower, with short brown striae ; first and second lines very indistinct, curved
below costa and oblique inwards ; first from one-fourth of costa to near base
of inner margin, second from beyond middle of costa, incurved beneath the linear
brown cell-mark, to one-third of inner margin ; outer line from costa a little beyond
median, widely curved then straight, parallel to hindmargin, to two-tliirds of inner
margin, brown and distinct in its uj)per course; this lino is crossed by an equally
distinct straight brown line from inner margin at three-fifths, angled at vein 0
and retracted to the same point on costa as the cnrved line ; marginal area
more luteous tinged, witii an obscure Innulate-dentate cloudy shade following
the outer line, the Innules between veins 2 and 4 darker ; slight dark marginal
spots between veins ; fringe pale grey.

Himhcing : with median and outer lines brown, thick and distinct ; the median
straight, but forming a semicircle inwardly in cell round tlie black cell-spot ; the
outer curved, followed by a waved luteous grey cloud.

Underside with all markings plainer, the speckling brown ; lines brown, tlie
sulimarginal lunnlate-dentate shade well marked, the space between it and
outer liue luteous ; a fine brown marginal line ; the veins yellowish.

Head, tiiorax, and abdomen pale like wings ; face with a broad brown bar
across middle ; palpi pale, dusted with brown.

Expanse of wings : 4U mm.

1 c? from N. Bailuudu, Angola, October 1901 (Pembertou).

Probably near M. rhabdophora Holland. The fovea of forewing is but
slightly marked.

4:3, Gonodela leighi spec. nov.

Forewing : smooth fawu-g ey, becoming darker, somewhat lilac-grey, beyond
outer line, thickly dusted with fuscous atoms ; the lines obscure and slender,
all three oblique from costa, and there, especially the median, better marked ;
first at one-fifth, angled in cell ; median, before middle, bent on vein 6 ; outer
acutely angled on vein G, the angle marked by black scales, then incurved and
again angled, but more slightly, between veins 3 and 4, thence straight ; the
three lines equidistant from each other on inner margin ; submarginal liue
faintly paler, preceded by a darker shade, which below costa forms three cbestnut-
brown lunules, and another less conspicuous between 3 and 4 ; no cell-spot
or marginal spots ; fringe concolorous.

llindiciny : similar, without basal line and brown spots in marginal area ;
cell-spot black.

Underside white, brown-speckled ; the veins and costa of forewing yellowish ;
a dark chestnut-brown submarginal fascia, reaching margin above vein 4 and
containing a white spot between veins G and 7.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey like wings; abdomen with pairs of black
spots.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 ? from Durban, Natal (U. F. Leigh).

Named iu honour of the collector ; the species seems distinct from amandata'W]k.

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44. Gonodela transvisata spec. nov.

Forewiny : pale stone-grey, semi-transparent, finely dusted with darker
atoms ; the basal and median lines very obscnre, more oblique than usual ;
outer line fine, brown, from three-fourths of costa, below which it is curved
straight to three-fifths of inner margin ; the area beyond rather browner grey ;
marginal spots minute, black; fringe pale grey; cell-spot black, distinct; costa
yellowish, with fine dark striae.

Ilindwinti : similar, but the median line straight and plain.

Underside whiter ; outer line in both wings followed by an irregularly
waved brown Hue, coincident towards costa but divergent downwards.

Face, palpi, and vertex dull brown ; fillet whitish ; thorax lilac-grey ;
abdomen whiter.

Expanse of wings : 39 mm.

% $$ from N. Bailundu, Angola, September 1901, and Libollo, Angola,
July 1901 (Pemberton). The fovea of forewing is large, the submedian vein
being bent down below it ; hindmargin of hindwing bluntly prominent at middle.

45. Semiothisa natalensis spec. nov.

Forewing : dingy whitish, speckled with olive ochreous ; the costa with fine
dark striae, and brown spots at the commencement of the lines ; the lines
ochreous ; first close to base, indistinct ; second before middle, vertical and partially
double, touching a slight dark cell-spot ; outer line at two-thirds, oblique outwards
to vein 6, then vertical, slightly waved and double, with four blackish spots, two
above and two below vein 4 ; a brown triangle on costa beyond the line and
a brown erect blotch on inner margin ; two or three dark brown costal spots
before apex ; a pale brownish triangular cloud before the incision ; slight dark
marginal dashes ; fringe pale, except along incision, where it is blackish.

Hiiulwing : without first line ; cell-spot round and black, within a semicircle
of the median line; outer line with no black spots, but followed by a greyish
ochreous shade ; marginal festoon more evident ; fringe wholly pale.

Underside whiter, with brown speckling and brown lines, the outer followed
by a brown band.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; face and palpi somewhat darker.

Expanse of wings : 27 mm.

1 tJ from Durban, Natal.

Allied to S. notata.

Subfamily ENNOMINAE.
46. Colotois integraria.

Odontopera integraria Guen., Phal. i. p. 16G. J .

Guende's ? type came from Abyssinia: he calls it "extremely near the
preceding species (erebaria), but the wings almost completely entire, the dentation
scarcely appreciable." Erebaria came from S. Africa.

Two examples, both S S, from the foot of the Nieuwvcdd Mountains, five miles
N.W. of Beaufort West (Mrs. Butt), are evidently to be referred to integraria ;
the species, judging from these two examples, must be a variable one. In one

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a strong rnions tinge predominates, and the nu'diau nervnles are rufous ; the
markings are obscure, and on the underside practically absent ; in the other
example there is no tinge of rufous, the markings are stronger, and underneath
quite clear; those of the hindwing being a round black cell-spot, a dotted outer
line, and a dark snbmargiual shade. In this specimen the wings above have
distinct black marginal dots, which are absent in the redder example.

47. Hjrposidra smithi spec. nov.

Forewinq : drab, speckled with black, the basal and marginal areas tinged
with pale brownish ; costa with short dark streaks ; the lines blackisli, more or
less iuterrujited, but marked by spots on the veins ; first at one-fourth, curved, pre-
ceded by a brownish shade ; outer line at three-fourths, sinuous, incurved from vein 5
to 3, followed by a slight brown shade : a ditfnse brownish median shade, variable
in inteusity ; submargiual line paler, very obscure, but indicated by black marks
preceding it, of which two, one oblii]^uely under the other, below costa are
conspicuous ; two dark-filled lunules beyond the cell, and two above inner margin
are also visible; fringe concolorons : cell-spot faint.

llindwinij : with the outer Hue fairly distinct, Innulate-dentate ; median line
and cell-spot obscure ; submarginal line variable, indicated by the preceding shade.

Underside paler, with the cell-spots and markings present, but generally
indistinct.

Vertex, thorax, and abdomen concolorons with wings ; face, palpi, and
antennae dark brown ; tarsi fascous, with paler joints.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

3 (JcJ from Bopoto, Upper Congo, June 1901 (Rev. K. Smith).

Forewing subfalcate, with sinuous hindmargin without excision ; hind-
margin of hindwing crenulate, especially in upper half, slightly toothed at
vein 4.

This species is named in honour of the collector.

Subfamily PROSOPOLOPHINAE.
Genus Axiodes Warr.

Axia V Feld., Rctse Xfov. t. 129, fig. 10.
Axiodes Warr., Nov. Zool. i. p. 46.5.

The neuration of this genus was not correctly stated in the original
description ; vein 9 of the forewing is missing ; 7 and 8 are stalked from before
end of cell ; 10 and II are stalked, 10 subsequently closely approximating to
7, 8, but not anastomosing ; the subcostal and median veins are both bent
inwards towards the end of cell, and vein 3 rises well before the end of cell.
The pectus, head, and thorax are all densely hairy.

48. Axiodes euuomaria spec. nov.

Forewing : pale fawn-colour, pink-tinged, with slightly darker transverse
striae ; costal area greyer ; the two lines darker ; first from one-fourth of costa oblii|ue
outwards to median vein, there angled and oblique inwards to nearly one-third of inner
margin, with a slight bend above vein 1 ; internally it is faintly edged with paler ;

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outer line from a little before apex, irrognlarly sinuons and oblique to two-thinls
of inner margin, with a whitish external edge; fringe dull reddish, before which
the ground colour of the wing is deeper.

Ilimbcim/ : tinged with flesh-colour, paler along costa ; a faint outer line.

Underside pinkish ochreous, paler along inner margins ; the outer line alone
marked.

Head, thorax, abdomen above and below, pectus and legs pale ochreons.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

2 a from the foot of the Nieuwveld Mountains, five miles N.W. of
Beaufort West (Mrs. Butt).

Buttia gen. uov.

Forewing : narrow ; costa straight ; hindmargin ronnded.

Iliw/wlnq : with the hindmargin and both angles rounded.

Antennae of 3 bipectinate, the pectinations shortening towards the end ; palpi
porrect, hairy ; head, thorax, pectus, and femora hairy ; tongue and frenulum
present ; hindtibiae with four spurs.

Neuration : forewing, cell longer than half of wing ; first median nervnle at
two-thirds, second shortly before third ; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9 stalked from
before end of cell ; 10, 11 separate, 10 anastomosing at a point with 8, 9 : hind wing,
costal approximated to subcostal for three-fourths of cell, which is more than
half as long as wing; veins 3 and 7 from angles of cell.

Type : Buttia noctiwdes spec. nov.

Named in honour of the collector.

49. Buttia noctuodes spec. nov.

Forewing : dull black, with darker dusting ; the lines black ; first line nearly
at middle of wing, bluntly angled outwards above and below median vein ;
outer line at four-fifths, dentate-lunulate, the teeth on veins 3 and 4 projecting ;
black marginal spots before the fringe, which is coucolorous ; cell-spot black,
ocelloid.

Hindwing : dull grey, with outer line only ; fringe grey.

Underside : forewing blurred cinereous, the costa spotted black and white ;
outer line darker ; fringe marked with jialer beyond veins ; hindwing whitish,
black-speckled ; cell-spot and outer line blackisli.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey ; face somewhat paler.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

1 c? from the foot of the Nieuwveld Mts., 5 miles N.W. of Beaufort West
(Mrs. Butt).

The species is remarkably uoctuid in appearance, reminding one of a dark
£punda.

50. Euomoea carneata spec. nov.

Forewing : pale brick-red, coarsely scaled on a paler ground, slightly inter-
mixed with grey ; a grey-brown outer line from costa just before apex to two-thirds
of inner margin, slightly bent above vein 4 ; a very faint cell-spot ; fringe worn.

Hindwing : whitish, dusted with reddish and grey towards hindmargin.

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Underside whitish, thickly and coarsely speckled with red-brown : a diffuse
curved onter line on both wings in costal half. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale
tinged with flesh-colonr.

Expanse of wings : 33 mm.

I ? from tlie foot of the Nienwveld Mts., 6 miles N.W. of Beaufort West
(Mrs. Butt).

In the original diagnosis of the genus Euomoea, Ifoi-. Zoo/, iv., p. 124 (1897),
vein Id of forewings was said to anastomose and become coincident with the stalk
of 8, 9 ; it anastomoses only, without becoming coincident ; veins 8, 9 separate
only close before costa at apex ; a fact which was overlooked, and hence the
error. The ? proves to have shortly pectinated antennae.

51. Exelis extorris spec. uov.

Forcwimj : ashy-grey, faintly rufous-tinged, slightly specklcil with black ;
lines blackish, very obscure, except on costa and inner margin ; first curved at
one-fourth ; median a little before middle, oblique outward to an obscure dark
cell-spot, then inwards to just before middle of inner margin ; outer line at three-
fourths, below 6 sharply dentate and marked with black spots on veins ; a faint
submarginal shade starting from a dark costal blotch ; a row of black marginal
sjjots ; fringe concolorous.

Hindwing : with antemedian, dentate postmedian, and faint submarginal
shades, plainest on inner margin ; cell-spot black, large and distinct.

Underside with large black cell-spots, and the median and outer lines marked
mainly by black spots on each margin.

Thorax and abdomen like wings ; verte-x, autennal shaft, and shoulders paler
grey ; face and palpi dark brown.

Expanse of wings : 46 mm.

1 (J, 1 ? from Durban, Natal (G. F. Leigh).

I leave this species for the present in the American genus Exelis Guen.,
with which it agrees in the main ; veins lit, 11 are long-stalked, not coincident
throughout.

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NEW TSYBIDIDAE AND GE03IETBIDAE FROM THE
ORIENTAL REGIONS.

By W. warren, M.A., F.E.S.

Family TIIYIilDIDAE.

1 . Banisia salmo spec. nov.

Forewing : deep flesh-colonr with a brownish tinge, especially towards liase ;
marked by a nnmber of fine transverse striae between the veins, which are blacker
and more distinct along inner and outer margins ; fringe concolorous.

[lindwing : similar, with a large brown discal spot ; inner margin whitish ;
fringe concolorous.

Underside paler, especially in the hindwing ; the fine dark striae being inter-
mixed with diffuse thicker reddish markings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; abdomen beneath like hindwing.

Expanse of wings : 33 mm.

] ? from Upper Baram district, Sarawak (C. Hose).

From the description this mnst be like Hypolamprus rupina Swinh., which,
however, has the discal spot in the forewing.

8. Morova? innotata spec. nov.

Foreioing : deep flesh-colonr, with traces of dark spots between the veins ;
costal edge paler, with brown spots ; fringe in basal half brown-black, in apical
half pinky white, except at apex and from vein 3 to 5, where, like the base, it is
brown-black.

Ilimlnniiq : similar, the fringe mottled with brown at apex and vein o ; fringe
of abdominal margin pinkish ochreous.

Underside greyer ; costa of forewing pink ; along the cell and beyond it, below
the median vein and vein 2, and between the basal parts of veins 2, 3, 4, 5, is a
collection of deep and bright vinous scales, enclosing small round patches of the
grey ground-colour ; fringe as above ; hindwing with the vinous spots more
scattered, and limited to the basal area and the costa.

Face, palpi, and vertex vinous red ; thorax and abdomen like wings ; fore-
tarsi blackish red, with pale rings at the joints.

Expanse of wings : S 22 mm. ; ? 25—28 mm.

1 c?, 2 ? ? , from Townsville, Queensland (Dodd).

I cannot find any description of this insect, at all events among the Ihjrididce.
In the Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 216, Meyrick, referring to a c? of Morora subfaseiata
Wlk. from Fiji, as compared with ? ? from New Zealand, says that veins 8 and 9
of forewing are not stalked.

Hampson in his diagnosis of Morova Pr. Z. S. 1897, p. 633, says, "8, 9 of fore-
wing stalked ; tibiae smoothly scaled." In the present species veins 8, 9, are
separate as in the Fiji insect, iu both sexes, and the tibiae are roughly scaled.

In other points they agree well enough with typical Morova.

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3. Striglina divisata spec. nov.

Foreiring : ochreons, suiFnsed at base, along costa, aud beyond the outer line
with brownish ; with thick black-brown short transverse marks between the veins ;
a large somewhat irregularly edged blackish cell-spot ; a square blackish spot
before hindmargin between veins 6 and 7, formed by the union of two streaks,
sometimes separate ; a blackish oblique line from just beyond middle of inner
margin running to the inner of the two submarginal sjiots, intensified by the brown
suffusion beyond it ; a row of distinct black marginal dashes ; fringe ochreons
(worn).

Hindwiny : with the line straight just before middle ; the transverse streaks
swollen into spots so as to suggest a submarginal line, the spots on the folds being
chiefly conspicuous.

Underside rather paler.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreons.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

4 cJcJ from Bunguran, Natuna Islands, July — October 1894 (C!. Hose).

Family GEOMETRIDAE.

Subfamily OENOCHROMINAE.

4. Alex aurantiata spec. nov.

Foreiving : yellow, the basal, costal, and liindmarginal areas slightly decjier-
tinged and more or less thickly sprinkled with dark olive-grey specks and striae,
the paler inner portion of the wing being generally more sparsely speckled, and
sometimes quite clear; a large round black cell-spot; an oblique red-brown line,
sometimes all but obsolete, from below apex to inner margin beyond middle,
thickening downwards ; fringe dark iron-grey, yellow at apex and anal angle.

Hint/whig : with the line, from vein 6 thicker, antemedian, sometimes with
indications of a dark cell-spot ; a submarginal line marked by black sj)Ots, of
varying size and shape, between the veins ; fringe yellow ; costal area above
subcostal vein paler yellow and without speckles.

Underside deeper yellow, the speckles coarser and blacker ; a strongly marked
zigzag blackish submarginal shade broadening to vein 1, and continued across
hindwing as two divergent diffuse lines, the outer one dentate ; cell-spots black ;
black marginal lunules on each wing ; the fringe of forewing black, of hindwing
deep yellow.

Vertex, forehead, and palpi velvety black, second segment of palpi beneath deep
yellow ; thorax and abd6men yellow ; the shonlders aud base of patagia tinged with
dull fulvous : abdomen beneath and femora yellow ; fore and middle legs blackish
externally, red internally ; hind femora red externally, the tarsi fnscons ; the sjiurs
fnscons with pale tips.

Expanse of wings : 50 mm.

2 S<S,1 ?, from Obi Major (Watcrstradt).

The antennae of the c? with pedicellate fascicles of cilia, surmounted by a long
forward-curved claw-shaped bristle.

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5. Arhodia modesta sjmc. uov.

Forewing : stone-grey, with slight darker speckling ; costa with a few black
dots ; lines hardly marked ; first from one-fourth of costa forming a dark smear
outwards and marked by a slight dark dot on median and sabmedian veins ; outer
line at two-tliirds indicated only by a slight costal shade and very faint vein-dots ;
a faint submarginal costal shade ; cell-mark cloudy, grey ; fringe slightly brown-
tinged, darker beyond veins, the tips whitish.

riindwing : with inner margin chalk-white, spotted with chocolate brown and
with the commencement of two lines beyond middle, both of which soon become
obsolete ; cell-spot slight, brownish ; fringe faintly darker.

Underside paler, especially along inner and hiudmargin of forewing ; cell-spot
brown, round ; a purplish brown roundish blotch between veins 2 and 4, and some
brown scales along median vein ; some slight dark marks along the ochreous costa ;
hindwing with brown speckling along costa ; the white blotch of inner margin with
its brown markings distinct ; cell-spot brown.

Palpi and legs reddish dusted with pale ; face above reddish with some pale
scales, ochreous below ; thorax and abdomen like wings ; vertex paler.

Expanse of wings : 36 mm.

1 S from Townsville, Queensland (Dodd).

1 am inclined to think that the ? referred by me to Oenochroma simplex
{Nov. Zool. X. p. 201) really belongs to this species.

Subfamily ORTHOSTIXINAE.
6. Celerena substigmaria spec. nov.

Forewing : with the basal half of wing except a costal streak yellow ; apical
half black, the inner edge diffuse and irregular; from costa beyond two-thirds a
yellow elongated transverse blotch runs to submedian fold, its inner edge straight,
its outer irregularly sinuons ; fringe blackish.

Iliixiwing : yellow, with broad hiudmarginal border, starting from two-thirds
of costa, its inner edge bent on vein 5.

Underside of forewing with only the basal third yellow ; the yellow transverse
blotch much narrower, hardly reaching vein 2 and not touching costa ; hindwing
with the marginal border starting from before middle of costa and with a large
cloudy blackish cell-spot.

Palpi and shoulders smoky black ; head, thorax, and abdomen yellow ; pectus
and hindlegs yellow ; fore and middle tibiae and tarsi blackish.

Expanse of wings : Oo mm.

1 S from Obi Major (Waterstradt) (type; ; also from Manovolka.

Differs from proxima Wlk. in having a transverse blotch from costa instead of
an oval blotch before apex.

Subfamily DYSPHANIINAE.
7. Dysphania chrysocraspedata spec. nov.

Like D. aurilimbata Moore, but differing as follows. The abdomen above is
liale bluish white, belted with black, with no yellow at base as described in
aurilimbatu ; the legs are pale blue, (uly the femora, like the pectus and underside

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of abdomen, being yellow. The yellow border of hiudwing above is more than
half filled up along the margin with elongated lunulate blotches of black between
the black veins, which on the underside are much reduced, and form only spots
iu the anal half of wing ; the inner margin of hiudwing, like its base, is whitish
bine, not yellow, as in aurilimbata. The hiudmargin of hiudwing is bluntly but
decidedly angled at middle. In the forewiug the lowest dark purple basal streak
runs up to submcdian fold, where it touches the extremity of the oblique streak
from costa, and then curves down and joins the lowest blotch of the snbmarginal
fascia before anal angle ; all the purple markings of forewing, as in aiirilimbatu,
are broad and well developed.

Expanse of wings : 82 mm.

1 S from the Battak Mountains, N.E. Sumatra (Dr. Martin).

S. Dysphania deflavata spec. nov.

This Sumatran insect diti'ers from all the forms referred to maldi/dnua Guer.
and its allies by the entire absence of yellow scaling on the wings, both above
and below, except a small patch on the underside of hiudwing above anal angle,
the yellow of the pectus, femora, and underside of abdomen being likewise reduced.
The hiudmargin of hindwing is, as in the last species, bluntly elbowed at middle ;
the sinuous postmedian dark fascia is much narrower, in the hindwing, iu
particular, being reduced to a mere sinuous belt. In the forewing the pnrple line
from base of inner margin is faint, and joins on vein 2 the oblique line from
costa, but there is no dark line from base either along costa or median vein ;
neither is there any dark purple line at the extreme base of hindwing. The
abdomen is dull cream-colour, with faint brownish belts, the anal segment
brownish yellow.

Expanse of wings : 78 mm.

1 (S from the Upper Palembang district, Sumatra (Vidcker).

Generally speaking, Sumatran forms appear to dilFer intrinsically from those
of other islands.

Subfamily GEOMETRINAE.
9. Metallochlora circumscripta spec. nov.

Forewmy : apple-green ; costa flesh-coloured ochreous, with a few minute
black specks ; an obscure paler green snbmarginal line, apparently curved inwards
towards costa, and traces of a curved inner line ; cell-spot ferruginous, with black
scales at middle ; a pale whitish yellow ribbon-like marginal band ; the margin
with slight lunular marks of dark brown scales between veins ; fringe pale
flesh-colour.

Hindwing : similar.

Underside paler green, with the pale marginal line showing through ; forewiug
with costa ochreous, speckled with black, and a small brownish blotch at apex.

Face and palpi externally red-brown ; vertex dull greenish ; thorax and base
of abdomen green ; rest of abdomen yellowish green, the dorsum with five metallic
bronzy red-brown plates.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

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1 S from Isabel Island, Solomons, June — July 1901 (A. S. Meek).

This is, of course, closely related to M. pi-oximata Warr. from Tugela Island ;
the marginal markings will distinguish the two forms.

Subfamily STERRHINAE.
10. Perixera impudens spec. nov.

Forewing : dull ochreous, densely fuscous-speckled ; lines blackish ; first at
one-fourth, forming two large acute angulations, one in cell, the other on snbmedian
fold ; a blackish annular cell-spot, followed by a thick median shade, outcurved
above median vein; outer line at three-fourths, outcurved between veins 7 and 2, the
extremities vertical, darker marked on the veins ; submarginal line itself obscure,
but preceded by a dark lunular shade, often conspicuous above ; a row of black
marginal dashes ; fringe pale, chequered with grey.

Ilindicing : with similar markings ; the basal line curved, not angled.

Underside shining, dull grey, with cell-spots and outer lines marked.

Face and palpi brown ; vertex clear ochreous grey ; thorax and abdomen
grey-speckled.

Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

2 c?(?, 3 ? ?, from Gardner Island, Galapagos Islands (R. H. Beck).
Quite unlike tyjiical Perixera in appearance.

11. Perixera? longidiscata spec. nov.

Forewiny : greyish ochreous, with a slight greenish tinge and very faint dark
speckling ; the inner line, curved, at one-fourth, the median shade, the outer line,
and the two submarginal shades all faintly darker; the dots on the first and outer
lines very minute ; space between median shade and outer line slightly paler than
rest of wing, forming a pale band ; cell-spot extending along the discocellular,
narrow and grey, with darker edges ; marginal dots minute ; fringe concolorous.

llindwiny : similar.

Underside paler, unspeckled ; the markings shown faintly in forewing only.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; top of face and upper edge of palpi
with a few reddish scales.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 ? from Townsville, Queensland.

It is, of course, impossible to locate this sjjecies exactly without seeing the cJ.
The palpi are unusually long and slender. In appearance the insect remind.s
one of Emmemra illepidaria Guen. ; the peculiar cell-marks will serve to
distinguish it.

12. Ptychopoda interalbulata spec. nov.

Forewing : buff, crossed by three sinuous, somewhat silvery, white bands ; the
first band at one-third, broad ; the second just beyond middle, narrow ; the third
submarginal ; the first is preceded and the second followed by a deeper buff
shade ; the second band contains a large buff cell-spot ; the submarginal band is
deeply insinuate beyond cell ; the central parts of the bufl' areas are somewhat
powdered with white, the marginal area especially so ; fringe worn.

Ilindicing : white, apparently without markings ; fringe white.

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Underside glossy white, the dark parts of forewing showing through.
Head aud thorax buff; fillet whitish ; ahdomeu white, like hindwing.
Expanse of wings : 18 mm.

1 ? from Coiiduu, N.W. Australia, August 11)01 (Tunney).
Tliis species is not allied to any that 1 know of. The wings are elongate, the
apex of forewing jwinted and the hindmargiu oblique, hardly curved.

13. Ptychopoda muricolor spec. nov.

c?. Forewing : pale mouse-colour, slightly darker along the costa, witli scarcely
any visible markings ; a very fine pale curved outer line from two-thirds of costa
to three-fourths of inner margin, aud a waved similar snbmargiual line ; fringe
concolorous.

Hindwing : slightly paler, with similar markings.

Underside pale smoky grey, without markings.

Face, palpi, and collar black-brown ; thorax and abdomen like wings ; vertex
pale grey.

Expanse of wings : IT mm.

1 (J, 1 ?, from Tonkin, Montes Manson, April, May, 200i)— 3000 ft.
(Frnhstorfer).

The ? is much worn, but shows distinct dark cell-spots, which arc not visible
in the S.

Subfamily HYDRIOMENINAE.

14. Gonanticlea subpilosa spec. nov.

Forewing : dull purple-brown, the markings deep velvety brown ; the costal
edge and edges of all the markings picked out with pale ochreous ; basal patch
with the edge twice slightly ontcurved ; central fascia formed by two broad bands,
coalescent laterally between the median aud vein 1, the outer band interrupted
between 4 and 6 ; the outer edge of this band is bent on vein 6, aud followed by
a dull purplish grey narrower band ; submarginal line zigzag, preceded by a slightly
paler tinge ; an oblique velvety blotch from apex formed of two lunules ; a dark
brown marginal line ; fringe brown.

Hindwing : uniform dull purplish brown.

Underside paler, fawn-colour, somewhat glossy ; costa of forewing striated
with darker ; basal two-thirds, except costal area, clothed with a bed of furry
hair ; hindwing with large brown cell-spot and brown curved postmedian line,
marked with darker spots on the veins.

Head, thorax, and abdomen fawn-colour ; shoulders and patagia darker ; pal])i
paler, with a fulvous tinge.

Expanse of wings : 37 mm.

1 6 from Batjau, March 1892 (W. Doherty).

Paracomuclia gen. nov.

Apparently a development of Kntcphrin Hiib. {(jllaucopteri/x).
(J. Forewing : ample ; costa curved at base and towards apex ; hindmargiu
curved.

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Hinfliring : with rounded apex aud well-ronuded hindmargin ; abdomina]
margin thickened and contorted, heavily fringed with hair, the submediau interval
before it furrowed and containing dense rows of hairs.

Anal segments of abdomen shaggy, with greatly developed tufts of hair ;
palpi porrect, short and thick, terminal segment minute ; antennae bluntly sub-
serrate beneath, with a pair of sessile tufts of cilia from each side of each segment ;
tongue and frenulum present ; hindtibiae with four spurs.

Netiration : forewing, cell less than half the length of wing ; discocejlnlar
vertical above, oblique below ; first median nervule at about one-half, second close
before third; radials normal; 7, 8, 9 stalked from close before end ; 10 and 11
from cell, 10 anastomosing with 11 and again with 8, 9, forming a double areole :
hindwing, costal anastomosing with subcostal nearly to end of cell, 6, 7 stalked.

Type : Paracomucha chali/bearia Moore (Cidaria).

Subfamily TRICHOPTERYGINAE.
15. Cryptoloba dentifascia spec. nov.

Fori'wing : pale ochreous, washed with yellowish, in the ? sometimes with
flesh-colour, finely speckled with dark atoms ; crossed by two vertical, but fiexuons,
olive-brown bands, at one-third and two-thirds ; the first roundly bent outwards
below the median and angled inwards on submedian fold; the second broadened
below middle and forming three outward teeth on veins 2, 3, 4, more acute and
prominent in the d than in the ? ; both bands are enlarged on costa and are
interruptedly edged with blackish ; a snbmarginal dark shade, and dark oblique
snbapical streak ; fringe yellow, with dark grey mottling beyond veins ; a slight
cell-spot.

Hindwing : coarsely dappled with grey, with the outer band marked in grey,
mainly in lower half of wing ; the inner band indicated.

Underside with the bands and speckling dark grey.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, grey speckled.

Expanse of wings : S, 22 mm. ; ? , 20 mm.

Several of both sexes from the Palnis Hills.

Resembles bifasciata Hmpsn., but that species has the hindwings dark with
pale bands.

Subfamily BRACCINAE.
10. Xanthomima isabellina spec nov.

The form occurring in Isabel Island is intermediate between disrupta Warr.
from Alu, and partita from Guadalcanar. It agrees with the latter in having all
the black markings thick, and the yellow areas restricted ; but the antemedian
yellow blotch is much narrower than in partita, roughly semi-elliptical in shape,
while the outer blotch is larger and as in disrupta reaches almost to costa ; in
the marginal area a macular bluish shade is present, forming a yellow blotch
between veins 3 and 4. In the hindwing this yellow blotch alone is present,
without the bluish shade. In one example a large black cell-spot is visible before
the cross-bar of the hindwing.

2 J cJ, Isabel Island, June— July 1902 (A. S. Meek).

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Subfamily ASCOTINAE.
17. Elphos picaria spec. nov.

Forewing : white, thickly mottled with black granular spots ; first line double,
the centre white, the outer arm thick and lilack, outcurved above and below median;
a ditfuse smoky black elongate blotch from middle of costa along the discocellnlar
to vein 4, the discocellnhir itself in the centre remaining paler ; a strong black
Innnlate-dentate outer line edged with white, followed by a smoky black shade,
interrupted below vein 3 and marked with a black streak along submedian fold
(snbmarginal line showing white and zigzag through the blackish apical area).

lliii(hcii(y : with a cloudy black cell-spot; the outer and snbmarginal lines both
much broken and dislocated; a slight smoky shade at apex; thick black lunules
along hindmargin interrupted by white at the veins ; fringe white.

Underside with the mottlings more confluent, the lines much broken; cell-spots
black ; a broad blackish snbmarginal fascia extended to margin beyond cell.

Head and thorax smoky grey ; palpi paler ; abdomen whitish grey, with the
segments marked darker along dorsum.

Exjjanse of wings : 78 mm.

1 ? from Sawangan, North Celebes.

Entirely without any ochreous or olive tints, simply black and white.

18. Ophthalmodes albata spec. nov.

Forewing : white, speckled with olive-grey ; the lines and shades olive-fuscous ;
first line at one-fourth, blackish, twice curved above median, then retracted inwards
and obsolescent, preceded by a slight smoky cloud ; the whole basal area within
it slightly greenish tinged ; a similar median line, likewise obsolescent below
middle ; cell-mark large, crescentic, with dark edges ; outer line at two-thirds,
concisely dentate-lunulate, followed by a deep olive-fuscous shade, which fills up
tlie lunules externally, leaving a narrow paler line with long teeth along the veins ;
tliis line and shade are interrujjted by the pale gronnd-colnur only between veins
1 and 2 ; snbmarginal line concisely zigzag, jireceded and followed by darker
shades, the whole marginal space beyond outer line being smoky olive-fuscous,
except along margin below vein 4 and along submedian interval ; a row of
distinct dark marginal lunules ; fringe olive-grey, beyond the veins mottled with
paler.

Hindiving : similar, but the whole base white, without inner line ; the space
beyond outer line remaining whitish ; the double lunnle beyond cell in the
postmedian shade large and conspicuous.

Underside dull white ; forewing with apical third black ; hindwiug with a
subapical black band from costa to vein 4 ; both wings with black cell-spots,
that of forewing large.

Palpi olive-fuscous, edged with whitish : face olive-fuscous, paler above and
below ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen whitish sprinkled with olive-grey, the abdomen
on basal segments with pairs of grey spots ; abdomen beneath and legs white ;
antennae dark fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 50 mm.

1 c? from the Upper Palembang district, Sumatra (Villcker).

Nearest to exemptaria Wlk. and claruria Wlk., but quite distinct, especially
on the underside.

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Uliura gen. nov.

c?. Foreunng : elongate; costa straight, except at apex, which is blniit .
hiiidmargin oblique, scarcely curved, crenulate.

Hindtving : with curved and crenulate hindmargin.

Abdomen hairy beneath, as in Gasterocome Warr. ; anal sheaths largely
devoloped and hairy ; hindfemur hairy, its lower end with a tuft of hairs from
each side ; hindtibia swollen, concealing a pencil of hair ; antennae strongly
bipectinate nearly to the tips ; palpi porrect, short, rongh-liaired, terminal segment
invisible ; frenulum well developed ; tongue absent (? broken off), no fovea.

Neuration : forewiug, cell half as long as wing ; discocellular vertical above,
oblique below; first median nervule a little beyond middle; second close before
third ; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9, stalked; 10 from cell; 11 out of 12; hindwing,
costal and subcostal closely approximated for half of cell ; 3 and 7 just before end
of cell ; vein 2 at three-fonrths.

Type : Uliura paUidimargo spec. nov.

The genus is a development of Poecilalcis Warr.

19. Uliura paUidimargo spec. nov.

Foreiving : ochreous, covered with confluent olive-brown strigae, so that the
wing ajipears brownish fuscous ; lines blackish ; first at one-fourth, slightly curved
above and below median vein, preceded by a diffuse dark cloud ; outer line from
three-fourths of costa to just beyond middle of inner margin, oblique parallel to
hindmargin, but forming a sinus inwards between the subcostal vein and veiu 6,
and a second between veins 1 and 2, followed by a dark shade ; cell-spot black,
lying in a dift'use median shade which touches outer line on inner margin ;
submarginal line pale, zigzag, preceded by a dark shade, interrupted below vein 4
by a large quadrate cream-coloured marginal blotch, continued, but narrower and
striated with darker to anal angle ; a row of marginal black lunules ; fringe dark
and light fuscous, with pale base ; inner margin with a ferruginous tinge near base
and before anal angle.

Hindwing : dirty ochreous, with an olive tinge and striated with olive-fuscous ;
dark antemedian, postmedian, and submarginal Hues, all plainest on inner margin,
the postmedian dentate-lunulate ; marginal line blackish ; fringe olive-ochreous.

Underside much paler ; the forewing with grey-brown striae and suffusion ;
the hindwing nearly pure ochreous.

Head and thorax olive-fuscous ; palpi the same, dotted with ochreous ;
abdomen ochreous, the basal segments speckled, the rest blotched with olive-
fuscous, the anal tufts and the underside, as well as the legs, ochreous ; femoral
tufts fuscous ; forelegs fuscous, vrith pale joints.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

1 c? from Tonkin, Montes Manson, April— May, 2000—3000 ft. (Frnhstorfer).

Subfamily SEMIOTHISINAE.
20. Hyperythra rubricata and ab. decolor nov.

Hyperythra lutea rubrimla, Warr,, X:n\ Zunl. v. p. 1^5.
Hyperythra rubricata Swiuh., Trails. E S. 1902, p. 612.

Having seen specimens of both sexes of this insect from Towusville,
Queensland, bred by Mr. Dodd, I am satisfied that it is a good species, quite
distinct from ennomaria Guen.

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The S 6 are, as a rnlo, niiich ilnlier than the ? ?, reddish grey with an olive
tint ; the underside generally dull brick-red, sometimes tinged with olive-yellow ;
the ? ?,on the other hand, are redder, withont the grey tint, beneath deep olive-
yellow; the ? differs in being olive-drab, without any red tint whatever above,
but agreeing with the rest on the underside. In all specimens, cJ and ? alike, the
hindmargin is smooth, not crenulated, and the fringe nnicolorons throughout ;
the three transverse lines are generally more or less visible, but never conspicnons.
While agreeing with typical Hyperijthra in having the cell of hindwing only
one-fifth as long as wing, and the costa strongly rounded, the S is entirely
without the secondary sexual characters of that genus — viz. the basal gland, the
smooth costal area, and the pencil of hairs. In this respect it agrees with the
species I called H. simplex from Sula Besi, which, when further specimens can be
compared, will probably be fonnd to be the same insect, although Colonel Swinhoe
has snuk it as only " one of the many named forms of luteal''

For the pale form without red suffusion, I j)ropose the name ab. decolor.

Subfamily PROSOPOLOPHINAE.
21. Fisera perplexata AVlk.

Fimra perplexata Wlk., xxi. p. 292, tJ (1860).

Fhf.va perphxaki Swinh., Oit. Lep. Het. 0. M. ii. p. 275. PI. 7, 6g. 3 (1900).

Chlenias belidearia Feld., Rehe Nov. PI. 124, fig. 9 (1874).

Criomachn belidearia Meyr., Proc. Liim. Soc. \.S.\V., 1891, p. 659 (1891).

These species are identical ; the insect, according to Meyrick's description of
belidearia, is variable in the distinctness of the markings. Meyrick overlooked
Walker's species and genus altogether, the type not being in the British Museum
Collection.

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NEW AMERICAN THYBIBIDAE, UBANIIBAE, AND
OEOMETRIBAE.

By W. warren, M.A., F.E.S.

Family THYRIDIDAE.

1. Siculodes figurata spec. nov.

Forewiny : chalk-white, covered with dark and light brown transverse lines
forming an irregular reticulation ; costa at base bronzy fiiscons, its edge marked
with tine and regular blackish dots ; from these descend pairs of brownish lines,
which widen out in cell ; before the hindmargin from vein 4 to 7 the reticulations
are filled up with brownish to form an elongated blotch ; marginal line and fringe
very pale pinkish, the fringe below apex mottled with grey ; an oblique brown line
on discocellular.

Ilindwinq : paler ; the transverse striae rufous brown, hardly forming re-
ticulations.

Underside with the striae fewer and thicker, rufous grey in both wings ; in
the cell and beyond it along the subcostal vein and veins 8, 9 are deep black and
metallic scales mixed on a pale rufous subcostal streak ; costal edge with black
dots as above. Head, shoulders, and base of patagia bronzy fuscous ; rest of
patagia, thorax, and abdomen white.

Expanse of wings : S 22 mm. ; ? 26 — 30 mm.

1 (?, 2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., February and
November 1902, wet season (Ockenden).

Allied to both punctum Feld. and rufifimbria Warr., but differing in certain
points from both.

2. Siculodes lacteguttata spec nov.

Foriiwinq : semi-transparent, glossy iridescent white, traversed by numerous
irregular grey-green sinuous interlacing lines, by the coalescence of which the
whole surface is reduced to a closely-packed congeries of roundish white spots of
varying size, the larger ones lying on the veins aad forming bej'ond middle a
postmedian series of large irregular blotches and a snbmarginal row of smaller
more uniform round ones ; costa dark iron-grey with white speckling ; marginal
line interrupted, dark greenish, swollen into spots at the end of the veins, which
partially chequer the white fringe.

Hindwing : similar, slightly whiter.

Underside white with the markings of upperside only showing through ;
the costal edges and marginal dashes marked in green, and a series of black and
white glistening hairs at base and along upper margin of cell of forewing.

Face, palpi, vertex, and thorax iron-grey ; aj)ical half of patagia, metathorax,
and abdomen white ; legs mottled dark grey and white.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 ?, from Santo Domingo, (Jarabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., April 19o2, end
of wet season (Ockenden).

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Loxiorhiza gen. nov.

(?. Forewing : very long ami narrow ; costa convex at base and beyond
middle, sballowly incurved between ; apex prominent, blnnt ; hindmargin very
obliqne, sinuons, longer than inner margin ; inner margin rather convex ; anal
angle hardly evident.

Ilindirimj : triangnlar ; inner margin very short, half as long as outer margin ;
anal angle rectangnlar ; apical angle acute ; costa convex towards base.

Thorax and abdomen stout ; head broad, the forehead bulged ; antennae quite
simple ; palpi quite short, not reaching to forehead ; tongue slight ; frenulum
large and strong ; legs short and stout, with thick spars.

JS'earation : forewing, cell longer than half of wing, widening much outwardly ;
discocellular long, oblique outwards ])arallel to hindmargin, upper angle of cell
reaching two-thirds of wing ; the cell-membrane puckered and swollen ; vein 2
at two-thirds, 3 from end of cell, 4 from discocellular shortly above end, 5 from
some way above it, 6, 7, 8, 9 all from upper part of discocellular, 0 being from
the upper end; lU just before end; 11 near base, from one-quarter of cell :
hindwing, cell broad at end, discocellular -less oblique ; vein 7 before end, 6 from
end of cell ; the rest as in forewing ; a fold within inner margin, containing a
tuft of hair.

Type : Loxiorhiza cervinalis Pag. {Zeuzerodes).

The neuration is anomalous : the genus seems (juite distinct from Zeuzerodes.

Family UR.LSniDAE.

Subfamily EPIPLEMINAE.

3. Epiplema lucisquamata .spec. nov.

ForewiiKj : purplish brown, with darker striae, thickly dusted with fine bluish
scales ; the lines darker brown ; first from costa at one-fourth, very strongly
curved outwards above middle, incurved on submedian fold, to inner margin
nearly at middle ; outer line from three-fourths of costa oblique inwards to
three-fourths of inner margin, with a sinus inwards between vein 4 and the
submedian fold ; the inner line is edged inwardly, the outer outwardly with a
line of blue scales ; a brown submarginal line from apex curved jiarallel to
hindmargin, almost angled at vein 5, to hindmargin at vein 3 ; a dark IJotch,
sometimes ferruginous tinged, at anal angle ; fringe dark.

Iliiidwinff : with the two lines nearly parallel, from about one-fourth and
three-fourths, the outer blnntly angled on vein 4 ; a small black spot, edged
with ferruginous scales, below lower tooth ; area between veins 1 and 2 blurred,
greyish fuscous, the usual scales and lines obsolete.

Underside rust-coloured, with coarse transverse brown striae and towards
inner margins more or less tinged with brown ; a dark diffuse oblique outer
shade in forewing. Face and palpi brown-black ; vertex, thorax, and dorsum
like wings ; rest of abdomen cinereous.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

3 it? from Santo Domingo, ('arabaya, S.E. Peru, 60Uit ft., November 1902,
wet season (Ockendcn).

Costa of forewing arched at base and apex ; hindmargin at apex obliquely
truncate to below vein 7, strongly excised to 4, then oblique ; anal angle lobed ;

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inner margin sinnons. Hindwing with costa sinnoiis, and trnncate npex ; jirominent
teeth at veins i and 7, a slighter tooth at vein 6 ; snbmedian interval on hindwing
with discoloured scaling, the inner margin slightly convolute ; palpi quite short.
In coloration strongly resembling Saccoploca, but in shape of wing and neuration
like Epiplema.

4. Gathynia dilacerata.

Erosia dilacerata Guen., Phal. ii. p. .S7. (J J .

This species must be referred to the genns Gathynia. I have lately seen a ?
from Huatnxco, Vera Crnz, the structure of which is conclusive. Guen6e gave
10 mm. as the expanse of the cJ, adding that the ? was somewhat larger. The
present example expands 26 mm.

Lophopygia gen. nov.

$ . Foretvimi : with costa straight, curved only at base and before apex ;
hindmargin truncate from ajiex to vein 7, with a slight bidendate projection
beyond 7 and (5, then sinuate to the anal angle, which is roundly lobed ; inner
margin sinuous.

Hiruhcivq : costa with a deep sinns at middle ; hindmargin truncate from
8 to 7, which is toothed, then sinuous to anal angle, which is roundly lobed ; inner
margin slightly truncate above anal angle.

Abdomen with the anal segment greatly prolonged, its base with a dependent
lateral tuft of hairs ; hindtibiae swollen, with two pairs of unequal spurs ;
antennae thick, faintly subserrate ; palpi porrect, slender, smoothly scaled ; tongue
and frenulum present.

Neuration : forewing, cell half of wing, narrower towards extremit}-, the
subcostal and median veins both being somewhat incurved ; vein 2 at three-fourths,
3 close to 4, 5 from upper end of cell, 6, 7 stalked from the same point; 8, 9 long-
stalked, 10, 11 free: hindwing with 3, 4 stalked; discocellulars of both wings
excessively fine.

Type : Lopkopijgia f/riseata spec. nov.

In iyOyVwi?o.w««, which also has a pair of praeanal tufts, these tufts are erect,
not dependent, and the hindmargin of forewing is toothed at vein 4, with a sinus
above.

5. Lophopygia griseata spec. nov.

Forewing: purplish grey, with darker grey clouds, and sparsely dusted with
black scales ; lines velvety black, thick ; first from one-third of costa to two-fifths
of inner margin, bluntly angled at end of cell ; outer line from two-thirds of costa
to three-fourths of inner margin, incurved below middle, marked with black
only below vein 2 ; area between the lines darker grey, this hue ditfusely
produced below the median vein to anal angle ; marginal area paler grey ; fringe
ochreous.

Hindwing : with waved antemedian and postmedian slightly darker lines,
enclosing a central fascia, along the outer edge of which a diffuse dark cloud
runs towards anal angle, which is luteous-tinged ; base whitish.

Underside uniform dull grey, speckled sparsely with black.

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Face and palpi velvety black ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen grey like wings ;
internal anal tnfts jiale oclireous ; abdominal tnfts grey.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 <? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, OUUU ft., June 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

Neoplema gen. nov.

This genns is exactly like Epiplema in shape and nenratiou of wings, bat
the antennae in the ? (and therefore almo.st certainly in the S as well) have
nniseriate pectinations, the upper edge being merely spinose.

Type : Neoplema candidata sjiec. nov.

0. Neoplema candidata spec. nov.

Foreuing : white, tinged with lilac-grey, diversified with very nnraerous dark
brown specks and striae ; costal edge with short irregular striae ; no distinct first
line, which seems to be indicated by three small brown spots, one in cell near base,
a second below the median, and the third on inner margin ; outer line a little
beyond the middle, outcarved, formed of distinct hmnles between tlie veins, these
lunnles being filled in with brown, except that at costa and the one between
veins 2 and 3 ; a submarginal series of dark dots between the veins parallel to
hindmargin, the marginal area before the excision brown-tinged ; a fine dark
marginal line ; fringe pale ?

Ilitulicinq : similar, but the lunulate line sharply angled in the middle on
vein 4 ; a golden-brown submarginal line, and two black marks below lower
tooth.

Underside with stronger and coarser brown speckling ; the forewing also dusted
with ochreous grey and with the veins ochreous ; a darker marginal shade in costal
half of each wing.

Face and palpi brown-black ; vertex, shoulders, and jiatagia snow-white ;
abdomen whitish.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 ? from Inambari, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., November 1901, wet season
(Ockenden).

Forewing slightly excised between 7 and 4 ; hindwing toothed at 4 and 7.

7. Psamathia impunctata spec. nov.

Like Ps. laticaudata Wlk. from Venezuela, bat larger ; the forewing without
the black subapical spot beyond the outer line.
Expanse of wings : 46 to 52 mm.

2 c?c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6500 ft., October 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

8. Saccoploca? divergens spec. nov.

Forewing: vinous brown, dusted with bluish white scales, especially along
the veins and margins ; first line brown, a little darker than the gronud-coloar,
from one-fourth of costa, widely outcurved in middle and bent on the median,
to two-fifths of inner margin ; outer line deep brown, from three-fifths of inner
margin, nearly straight to apex, immediately before which it is shortly retracted

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to costa ; tliis line is really double, the outer arm fine, with a line of bluish white
scales between ; above the inner margin between the inner and outer lines is a
spot of black scales varied with bluish white, the area betweeu the lines being
deejjer, especially towards the outer line ; marginal area more thickly sprinkled
with bluish white scales, and with a submarginal line indicated by black pale-tipped
vein-dashes ; extreme margin and fringe deep brown.

Ilindwing : with the two lines close together before the middle ; the rest as
in forewing.

Underside of forewing brown striated with black ; the outer line diifnse, black ;
the inner margin before it, as far as cell, smoky black ; hindwing greyer towards
base, with coarse black striae.

Head, pal]ii, and forelegs in front black ; thorax and abdomen brown dusted
with blue-grey scales ; the shoulders thickly blue-grey.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 0000 ft., April 1902, end of
wet season (Ockenden).

AVithout the c? the position of this species is not actually certain ; but it agrees
in neuratiou and all other structural details, as well as in the character of the
scaling. Of the two species described, both from ? ? , in iVbiJ. Zool. xi. pp. 5, 0,
and doubtfully referred to HemiopUsii H. S., one certainly, alternata, and probably
metallica also, should be j^laCed in Saccoploca.

9. Saccoploca sordida spec. nov.

Forewing : ochreous, sj)eckled and suffused with brown, the costa darker
brown, marked by two black-brown oblique streaks, one before, the other beyond
the middle, from which two very indistinct transverse lines start ; an inwardly
oblique line from apex to above vein 4, then curved outwards to anal angle, marked
by black spots between the veins ; the marginal area beyond it browner ; apical
area before the oblique line paler, bone-coloured ; fringe ochreous and brown.

Hindwing : with costal third pale, without markings; the two black-brown
lines reappear below cell, thickening towards inner margin, which is likewise black ;
a diffuse submarginal line, blackish towards anal angle.

Underside pale ochreous, witii sparse brown striae ; forewing brown-tinged
at base and again along hiudmargiu.

Face, palpi, and front of forelegs dark brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen
brownish ochreous ; dorsum marked with black corresponding to the two black
lines of wings.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 (? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6500 ft, December 1902, wet
season (Ockenden).

The tuft of hair in the abdominal fold on hindwing is ochreous like the wing
itself.

10. Syngria candidata spec nov.

Forewing : white ; the costal edge with short dark striae ; a thick brownish
ochreous vertical mark along discocellular from subcostal vein to vein 2 ; outer
line oblique from two-thirds of costa to above vein 7, then vertical and double
to vein 4, along which it runs shortly basewards and faint, then again vertical

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and double to inner margin at three-fourths ; an iuterrujited snbmarginal Hue
of striae ; marginal line fine, dark ; fringe white.

Ilindiriiiq : with the lower part of outer line and the sulnnarginal line of streaks;
marginal line black, iuterrujited at the lobe : two round blaok spots, one marginal
in the tooth at the end of vein 3, the other subraargiual between veins 2 and 3.

Underside all wliite.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; face and jialpi black.

Expanse of wiugs : 37 mm.

1 <? from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, OUUO to 1U,UUU ft. (Bottger).
Distinguished from Meleaba theclaria AVlk., to which it bears a great resemblance,
by the antennae, wliich are shortly serrate-clavate instead of slenderly bipectinate.

Trotorhombia gen. nov.

Forewing : costa well arched, especially towards ajiex, which is depressed ;
hindraargin shortly vertical from vein 8 to 7, then excised to vein 4, thence straight
and oblique ; inner margin straight ; anal angle well marked.

Hindwing : with ape.x rectangular and hindmargin straight to vein 4, then
forming an oblong projection from 4 to 3, the lower end of which is produced
into a tooth pointing inwards ; the margin twice excavated to anal angle, forming
another tooth between the excavations on vein 1 ; inner margin about half as long
as hindmargin, the whole wing roughly rhomboid.

Antennae of c? unipectinate, the pectinations thickened at their apex, abbre-
viated at each end of the shaft ; palpi porrect, the third joint sjiatulate, smooth-
scaled and distinct ; tongue small ; frenulum very fine ; hindtibia with four unequal
spurs.

Neuration : forewing, cell less than half of wing ; discocellnlar vertical, bnt
oblique below ; vein 2 at two-thirds, 3 close before 4 ; 5 from top end of cell,
whence also the stem of 6, 7 ; 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 free : hindwing with 3, 4
stalked.

Type : Trotorhombia metachromata Wlk. (Erosia).

Family GEOMETRIDAE.

Subfamily OENOCHROMINAE.

11. Pycnoneura convergens spec. nov.

Foreiving : shining white; the markings olive-grey; these are all straight
and oblique, converging, in direction, towards the apes ; a broadish streak at
one-fourth, a broader one from middle of inner margin, with a fine line on each
side, and two broadish, slightly wavy, submarginal streaks; fringe brown, with
black spots at base between veins in upper half of margin ; costa brownish iu
basal half.

lliiiiliring : with all the linos and streaks thicker and plainer; no marginal
spots.

Underside uniform satiny white.

Head dark brown ; thorax and abdomen white.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 (J from Oroya, Inambari, 3UU0 m., April 1901, dry season (Ockenden).

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Subfamily MECOCERATINAE.
1'-'. Hyphedyle siibornata spec. nov.

Forewing : dark brown, aloug basal half of costa with fine white striae, along
inner-marginal half of wing blurred grey with brown-grey striae, tinged with
yellowish along median and submedian veins ; the deep brown area extending
from costa a little before middle to hindmargin above anal angle ; just bevond
middle of costa is a large cream-white blotch reaching vein (5 and tinged there with
brownish, touching a snow-white heart-sliaped blotch between veins 5 and 7, above
the upper lobe of which is a small ronnd spot also snow-white ; fringe brown.

Hindioiny : grey, densely striated with darker grey, becoming smoky brownish
along hindmargin ; cell-spot dark ; fringe brown.

Underside of forewing brown with bluish white striae, thickened towards
hindmargin and forming a subapical patch ; the costal blotch yellower and striated
with reddish ; the white blotch and spot as above ; the veins yellowish brown ;
the whole inner margin below median vein and vein 3 dead white; fringe brown :
hindwiug bluish white with brown striations ; the veins towards hindmargin
yellowish brown ; a dark cell-spot ; fringe brown.

Head and thorax brown dusted with paler ; abdomen cinereous ; legs whitish
spotted with brown.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 i from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 0000 ft., April 1002, end
of wet season (Ockenden).

Both the sex and genus of this insect remain doubtful. . The antennae are
subserrate, with distinct ciliations, but there is no sign of a frenulum or a c?
retinaculum, and the abdomen appears to be that of a ? ; the neuration is normal.
The hindmargin of forewing is bluntly protuberant between veins 5 and 6, with
a shallow excavation above to the blunt apex which does not reach as far as
the projection, below which tlie margin is oblirpiely curved; hindwing with both
angles and hindmargin well rounded.

13. Phellinodes absentimacula spec. nov.

This species is like Iledi/le lucivittata Wlk. both in coloration and markings,
exce])t that it lacks the large white blotch beyond the cell of the forewing which
characterises that species. The hindmargin of forewing also differs, being
vertical from apex to middle, not excised and gibbous as in lucivittata.

Exj)anse of wings : 60 mm.

One c? from Salidero, N.W. Ecuador, February — March 1001 (Flemming
and Miketta).

I have seen only two examples of lucivittata besides the type : all three
are ¥ ? ; it is therefore possible that absentimacula is the S ; bat I know of
no other instance in which the wing-markings of the sexes differ in this group.

14. Phellinodes albifascia spec. nov.

Foreioinc/ : at base smoky gre)-, speckled and striated with blackish grey,
the ground-colour aloug costa whitish ; this grey area reaches along inner
margin to anal angle, along costa to two-fifths only, its outer obliijue edge
undefined ; on the submedian fold at about one-half it contains a snjall biackisli

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blotch, followed by a liori/.oiifnl black streak just below vein :>' ; the ajiical
space is occupied by a large brown black-speckled blotch, with a bluntly ansiled
or curved black inner edge, running out below vein 6 towards the angle of
wing, and also connected by a smaller blotch with a black marginal cloud
stretching from vein 3 to above 4 ; the intermediate space between basal and
apical areas white, speckled along its margins and especially along costa and above
discocellular with grey ; cell-spot thick, black, extending the whole length of
the discocellular, touching a grey costal cloud ; fringe blackisli, interruiitcd by
white above anal angle.

Hhnliviiif) : dark smoky grey, deepest along hindraargin, speckled with
blackish, and with a dark cell-mark ; abdominal margin broadly paler ; fringe
dark grey.

Underside similar, but hindwing, exce]>t along (^osta, with ground-colour
white, and with traces of an irregular submargiual shade.

Thorax and abdomen dark grey ; face and vertex whitish.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

One (J from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., February 1902, wet
season (Ockenden).

The hindmargin of forewing forms a blunt elbow between veins 5 and 7,
above and below which it is faintly concave.

Subfamily CYLLOPODINAE.
15. Campylona brunnea spec. nov.

Fore icing : purplish brown ; a semipyriform yellow blotch from base between
subcostal and snbmedian veins, nearly half as long as wing, its outer end oblique,
the angles rounded ; a transverse yellow blotch beyond it, also oblique, from
subcostal vem to below vein 3 ; costal and subcostal veins yellow from base to
middle; fringe brown, pale at apex.

Hindwing : rather deeper yellow, with the costal and hiudmargins black,
of uniform width to vein 3, then broadened to anal angle.

Underside the same, but only the costal vein yellow in the forewing, not
the subcostal ; hindwing with a yellow streak at base along the costal black
border.

Palpi yellow, externally blackish, the third joint black ; antennae black ; face
yellow ; vertex, shoulders, and thorax black with yellow centre ; patagia yellow
internally, black externally ; abdomen yellow with black dorsal and lateral
stripes ; abdomen beneath white ; legs whitish yellow, externally fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 37 mm.

1 ? from Maripa, Caura River, June 1901 (Klages).

16. Darna flammifera spec. nov.

Forewing : purplish black, the purplish tint varying with the incidence of
light ; a deep reddish orange area shaped much as in Darna praelata ; its outer
edge starts at nearly two-thirds of costa, runs slightly sinuous to vein 4, and
is curved close to margin to vein 2, whence it forms a single convexity to base
of vein 1, touching median vein below cell and slightly encroaching above vein 2 ;
costal margin finely black.

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Hvmhmng : purplish black, semidiaphauous except towards apex, which is more
densely scaled.

Underside like upper, but the orange area somewhat broader.

Head, thorax, abdomen above and beneath, and legs purplish black, the
purplish tints especially strong on the abdomen.

Expanse of wings : 50 mm.

1 ? from Limbani, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 10,000 ft., November 1901, wet
season (Ockenden).

IT. Darna praelata spec. uov.

Close to Darna wlitans Warr., with which it agrees in coloration ; it differs as
follows : the yellow blotch of forewing is ditTereutly shaped towards the hindmargin ;
in volitans the outer edge runs straight from costa to near the end of vein 2, above
which it is bluntly angled and runs inwards, forming a wedge-shaped ending to
the yellow blotch ; in praelata the outer edge starts from costa nearer the apex,
running to near the end of vein 4, where it is rectangularly lient to above the
end of vein 2 close to hindmargin, whence it forms a long convexity, not reaching
median vein, to vein 1 near base, reaching inner margin at base ; the yellow
area therefore has a roundly quadrate termination close to margin, instead of
a wedge-shaped narrow one some distance before it. Secondly, instead of the
pink scales with brown-scaled centre lying in the costal area of hindwing of
volitans, the central bed in praelata is of black scales surrounded by mealy
ochreons ones.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 S from Upper River Toro, La Merced, Pern, 3000 m., August — September
1901 (Simons).

18. Stenoplastis albifrons spec. nov.

Forewing : black, with the veins towards base white or sulphur-yellow,
becoming deep yellow beyond middle ; a diffuse blotch of white scales beyond cell ;
veins 7, 8, 0 forming a tridentate yellow spot ; fringe black.

Hindwing : white, with the hindmargin from before apex to anal angle broadly
black ; the costal and abdominal margins narrowly black.

Underside of forewing with the base of costal vein white ; an elongate white
blotch from base along submedian interspace half as long as wing ; a large white
blotch before ajiex extending from costal vein to vein 3 ; hindwing as above, but the
hindmarginal border narrower, the costa white.

Palpi white above and below, black on each side, the basal joint j'ellow ; face
pure white ; vertex, collar, thorax, and abdomen black ; vertex and'collar each with
a white middle spot, thorax and abdomen with a white line down the middle ;
patagia black with inner edge white ; shoulders with a large yellow lateral spot,
one behind each eye ; the pectus yellow ; abdomen beneath white, with a yellow
lateral stripe ; legs black and white.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

2 ^S from Yuugas, 'Bolivia, 1200 m., November 1901, end of dry season
(Simons).

Differs from S. cingulina Druce in having only the white spot at end of cell
of forewings, and by the white face.

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10. Stenoplastis semimaculata spec. nov.

Intermediate between aurantica Diuce and cingidina Druce. The cream-white
blotcli below the median vein only just oversjireads the submedian fold instead
of reaching to inner margin ; beyond the discocellular instead of an oval cream-
white blotch there are only a few pale scales or, at most, as in the type, a small
round pale sjiot above vein 5. The rest as in aurantica.

1 i from Upper River Toro, La Merced, August — September 19i)l, 3ijiJU m.
(Simons).

Subfamily GEOMETRINAE.
2(i. Blechroma conflua spec. nov.

Forewhuj : yellowish green ; the markings dnll lilac-grey, with darker edges ;
basal patch darkened, with black scales projecting along median vein ; a broad
antemedian and postmediaa fascia, confluent above vein 2, but with small patches
of green intermixed, crossed by tine lines of black scales, tliose of the outer fascia
acutely dentate ; a large black cell-spot; a macular submarginal line of irregular
spots on veins interrupted below an elongate costal mark at apex ; a row of
marginal lunules ; fringe (worn) pale.

Hiiuhcinil : with a basal blackish mark ; a lilac-grey antemedian band
roundly jtrojecting above median vein; a double submarginal band, jiarrially
confluent ; marginal lunules as iu forewing.

Underside whitish, greenish along costa of forewing, the markings showing
through ; cell-spot of forewing black.

Head, shoulders, and abdomen yellow-green ; thorax and basal segment of
abdomen lilac-grey, mixed with black scales.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, Goilii ft., April l'Ju2, end
of wet seasou (Ockenden).

21. Blechroma conspersa spec nov.

Forewing : pale semi-transparent green, covered with lilac-grey striae ; the
lines and markings also lilac-grey, shading iu certain lights to purplish ; liasal
patch slightly darker, limited by an obscure double curved line; central area
slightly darker, inwardly edged by a nearly vertical line, and outwardly liy a line
forming a quadrate projection beyond cell, then incurved to base of vein 3, thence
vertical ; cell-spot purplish, placed in a grey patch ; an outer line most distinct
towards costa, and a submarginal line of grey spots on veins ; fringe green, with
grey chequering beyond the veins.

Hindwinij : with a violet-grey blotch at base, followed by an unstriated baud
of green, which between veins 4 and 6 projects beyond cell ; all the rest of the
wing covered with confused violet-grey partially confluent striae; cell-mark
dark green.

Underside paler, the dark markings sliowing through, most clearly along
costa of forewing.

Face, jialpi, and antennae brown; vertex broadly snow-white; shoulders
and patagia green ; thorax and abdomen pale ochreous green ; metathorax and
basal segment of abdomen dark violet-grey.

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Expanse of wings : 36 mm.

1 cf from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6500 ft., December 1902,
wet season (OckenJen).

22. Blechroma nigricincta spec. nov.

Like B. exertata Moeschl. from Surinam, with all the darker marking's of
forewing above middle emphasised with brown-black scales, forming a large
black-brown diffnse blotch at base, another at middle of costa, and a third
towards ape.x, all accompanied with smaller scattered spots ; but whereas in
Moeschler's species the body is said to be all yellow, in the present species the
metathorax and two basal segments of abdomen are black-brown, like the base
of hiudwing. In other respects the species agrees with exertata.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

2 c?(? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 600(1 ft., March and June
1902, dry season (Ockenden).

23. Dichorda obliquata sjiec. nov.

Forewimj : bluish green, with a few brownish speckles in marginal area ;
costa whitish, with coarse olive-grey speckling ; first line obscure, whitish, bent
below costa, then sinuous inwards to one-third of inner margin ; outer line oblique
and straight, white, with its inner edge olive-yellow from costa just before apex
to two-thirds of inner margin; cell-spot small, black ; fringe green.

llindwiru/ : with the line central, running to two-thirds of inner margin;
a black mark at base.

Underside paler, in the hindwiug whitish green ; the lines obscurely whitish ;
cell-spots black ; a i)atch of black scales below middle of cell of both wings.

Palpi white, above greyish olive ; face, vertex, and fillet white, with a
few pinkish olive scales ; thorax and abdomen green, the latter whiter on anal
segments, white at sides and underneath.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 i from Huatuxco, Vera Cruz.

24. Dichorda perpendiculata spec. nov.

Forewing : bluish green, with darker green striations ; costa white, coarsely
and thickly striated with olive-fuscous, more broadly at the base ; the lines
straight, white, edged conversely with yellow ; first from before one-third of
costa to one-third of inner margin, vertical and straight, except for a slight
outward angle on median vein ; outer from costa shortly before apex to beyond
two-thirds of iiuier margin, broader than the inner line, edged inwardly with
yellow ; cell-spot black ; fringe pale green, with white basal line ; veins towards
margin whitish.

Uindwing : with the outer line running from two-thirds of costa straight to
inner margin just above anal angle ; cell-spot black ; no inner line.

Underside jialer, with sparse black scales ; the lines faintly jiale ; cell-spots
black ; hindwiug whitish green, with a patch of black scales before the rise of
vein 2.

Face and palpi olive grey, white below ; vertex and basal joint of antennae

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suow-white ; thonix and abilomea greeu, the latter white at sides and beneath ;
legs white, the forelegs with black mottliugs.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 (? from Huatuxco, Vera Cruz.

The lines of forewing far apart on inner margin.

25. Lissochlora punctata spec. nov.

Forewing: apple-green; the fringe yellowish green, with a deep pink spot
at apex ; cell-spot red-brown, with blackish centre ; lines represented by red-
brown vein-dots ; first at one-third, curved ; second from three-fourths of costa to
two-thirds of inner margin, parallel to hiadmargin ; a dark green shade connecting
the dots scarcely visible.

Hindaing : without first line.

Underside pale green, the costa of both wings yellowish.

Head, thorax, and abdomen (damaged) all apparently green.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 (? from St. Lucia, West Indies, June 19U2 (Branch).

Hindmargin of hindwing slightly beut at middle.

26. Melochlora albiceps spec. nov.

Forewing : mealy green ; lines deeper green edged by bluish white lines ;
first obscurely marked, from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin,
edged inwardly with paler; outer line from quite two-thirds of inner margin
towards apex, before which it becomes obsolete, outwardly edged with paler;
a black cell-sjiot ; fringe pale green.

Hindwing : with only one line, central, and clearly marked ; cell-spot black.

Underside whitish green, with small cell-spots ; hindwing with a blackish
blotch from base of vein 2 to inner margin.

Palpi, vertex, thorax, and abdomen green ; face and shaft of antennae snow-
white, the pectinations blackish.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

1 (? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (5000 ft.. May 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

The apex of forewing is acute, the hindmargin ubliijue and straight, not excised
below apex, as in typical Melochlora. The snow-white face is a remarkable
feature.

27. Oospila restricta spec. nov.

Forewing: deep sea-green; costa ochreous, speckled with lirnwn; marginal
line dark brown, interrujited by large cream-white spots at the vein-ends; a
shallow cream-white blotch at anal angle, edged with dark brown ; fringe cream-
colour, chequered with darker beyond veins ; cell-spot dark brown ; all tlie
cream-coloured spots are finely edged with red scales.

HindwiiKj : with the cell-spot white; a lengthened white blotch at apex;
the rest as in forewing.

Underside pale green ; the forewing flushed with rosy and the costa yellow.

Face and palpi red-brown ; vertex and antennae white ; collar crimson ;

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thorax, base, aud sides of abdomen green ; rest of abdomen ochreous ; the sides
with red spots ; the dorsal segments with flattened red-brown lustrous crests.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6500 ft., December 1902, wet
season (Ockenden).

Nearest to Oospila delacfuzi Dogn., but the white blotches much restricted
in size.

28. Oospila rufiplaga nov. spec.

Forewing : semi-transparent, dark green, with faintly darker striae ; the
costal edge reddish ochreous ; a round brown-black cell-spot, with a minute pink
centre ; marginal border with two blotches as in tnlnnnria Gnen., but smaller and
of different coloration ; a small semicircular one from vein 6 to below vein 5,
blackish brown with a few pink scales in it ; a larger oval blotch at anal angle,
reaching to halfway between veins 2 and 3, but narrower laterally than in
trilunaria, blackish brown, with a round pink space in the upper part above
vein 1, the green along its inner edge with a yellowish tint ; marginal line finel)'
black ; fringe black-brown, chequered narrowly with white between the veins,
above vein 1 with pink.

Hindwlnq : with the blotch at anal angle quite small, and only a slight
thickening of the marginal line at apex ; cell-sjiot as in forewing, near lower
end of discocellular ; a small round shining white spot at the upper end ; fringe
as in forewing.

Underside whitish, with cell-spots and marginal spots red-brown ; costa of
forewing yellowish ; the large blotch at anal angle of forewing showing through.

P'ace and palpi dull reddish; fillet and antennal shaft white ; the pectinations
rufous ochreous ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen green, the latter with a pink dorsal
stripe, containing five crests, the first three of raised black and metallic scales
mixed with pinkish hairs ; the last two of pink hairs only ; anal tuft white ;
abdomen below and legs whitish ; forelegs rosy-tinged.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 $ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., June 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

Apparently the Peruvian form of the Brazilian trilunaria Guen.

Guenee does not allude to any dorsal crests.

Poecilochlora gen. nov.

Fore/wing : costa slightly curved ; apex bluntly rounded ; hiudmargin bluntly
toothed at vein 4, slightly emarginate from 7 to 4, very oblique and somewhat
crenulate below ; anal angle well marked ; inner margin short.

Iluidiving : bluntly toothed at vein 4 and less so at vein 6, excised between ;
straight and crenulate to anal angle.

Antennae of c? of delicate structure, the shaft and pectinations semi-transparent,
the pectinations sliort and stout, strongly ciliated; palpi porrcct, roughly scaled,
terminal joint pointed ; tongue and frenulum present ; hiudtibia with four spurs.

Nenration : forewing, cell less than half of wing ; discocellular concave ; first
median nervule at three-fourths, second and third short-stalked ; lower radial from
above middle of discocellular, upper stalked with 7, 8, 9, 10; 11 anastomosing with
12 : hiudwing with 6, 7 long-stalked, 3, 4 short-stalked.

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Type : Poecilochlora minor spec. uov.

The insect described by me as Neocrasis f heterograpta (^Nob. Zool. xi. p. 23)
must be transferred to tliis genus.

20. Poecilochlora minor spec. uov.

Foreicinq : pale green, towards liiadmargiu passing into yellowish, before a
thick vinous-red marginal line which is swollen into a shade towards anal angle ;
costa rosy at base ; lines slender, white ; first from one-fourth of costa, bent in cell,
then straight to one-third of inner margin ; outer line from two-thirds of costa straight
to two-thirds of inner margin ; fringe white, marked witli red beyond veins.

Ilimhv'nui : with the first line straight, the second slightly curved ; nearly the
whole marginal half yellowish, and the vinous shade above middle of wing broader.

Underside of forewing green ; inner margin whitish ; base of costa and a
narrow marginal line vinous ; of hindwing whitish green, with reddish marginal
shade.

Palpi externally red ; face itself rubbed, but probably the same ; top of face
bright fulvous ; fillet white ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen i)ale green, the last with
some reddish scales on the fifth segment ; antennae and legs greenish white ; foreleg
with knee and pencil of hair of tibia red.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Garabaya, S.E. Pern, 6(100 ft., March 191)2, wet
season (Ockenden).

Distinguished from /'. heterograpta (Neocrasis) by the absence of white scaling
between the lines.

30. Racheospila conflua spec. nov.

Fori'wimj : yellow-green ; the costal edge white ; a large ronnded red-brown
blotch below apex reaching below vein 4, and tingeing the fringe beyond it brown ;
a flattened spot at anal angle, not reaching above vein 2 and along one-third only
of inner margin ; fringe except beyond the brown blotches green, marked with
brown at the veins; cell-spot round, red-brown, at lower end of discocelhilar, with
a larger, somewhat leaden grey spot above it.

Hindwing : with the round apical red-brown blotch as large as in forewing,
that at anal angle much smaller ; a small cell-spot ; fringe as in forewing.

Underside with the a]>ical and anal blotches of forewing united by a broad
snbmarginal band ; cell-spot red-brown ; in the hindwing the anal blotch is absent,
but the apical blotch is extended towards the angle by a faint snbmarginal shade.

Face, palpi, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; the dorsum with two white
spots ; fillet white ; vertex, shoulders, and patagia green ; abdomen beneath and
legs pale green.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 <? from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Biittger). Nearest to la/agaria
Dogn. and semiornata AV'arr., but ()uite distinct from both.

31. Rhodochlora albimac'ula spec. nov.
Forewing : bright green ; the costal edge narrowly ochreous ; first line from
one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; second from three-fourths of costa
to two-thirds of inner margin, slightly darker green, but marked by red-brown

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vein-dots ; the outer line is swollen into a red-brown blotch between veins 3 and 4, and
between veins 2 and 3 into a snow-white larger blotch edged with dark red-brown ;
cell-spot black, edged with red ; some slight red marks on margin between the
veins, clearer towards costa ; fringe pale green, with a red spot at apex.

Hindwing : similar, but without first line ; the outer line with the white blotch
only, and that smaller.

Underside pale green ; without markings, except the red marginal spots in the
upper half of forewiiig ; costa of forewing yellowisji ; the two white blotches sliowing
through.

Palpi greenish white below, reddish externally and above ; face, vertex, thorax,
and abdomen green ; fillet white ; anal segment and underside of abdomen and the
legs white.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 ? from St. Lucia, West Indies, July 1903 (Branch).

iSmaller than the other species, but otherwise agreeing.

32. Tachyphyle aeretincta spec. nov.

Forewing : olive-green shot with bronzy fulvous, this tint strongest in cell ;
costa from middle to apex white, broadening outwards ; the basal half of costa, a
subcostal streak beneath the white edge, and the apex deep sea-green ; from three-
fourths of inner margin a pale bluish green streak curves into apex, which it does
not quite reach, the ground colour in front of it rather deeper ; an inner line is faintly
visible, chiefly on inner margin : cell-spot black ; fringe blnish white.

Hindwing : with the bluish green streak straight, just beyond the middle ;
cell-spot black ; costal area white.

Underside j)aler, dull green, the cell of forewing bright fulvous; hindwing with
costal half paler; a dark blotch on inner margin to cell-spot.

Face, palpi, verte.x, and base of antennae white ; thorax green ; abdomen
yellowish green.

Expanse of wings : 27 mm.

1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., March 1902, wet
season (Ockenden).

The apex of forewing is falcate.

Subfamily STERRHINAE.
33. Anisodes decorata spec. nov.

Forewing : pale yellow, with a faint olive tinge, thickly dusted with brick-red
atoms ; the red atoms thickened and confluent along costa ; the lines red ; first at
one-fourth, thickened and rather squarely projecting above and below median ;
median line rather beyond middle, distinct and strongly lunnlate-dentate ; cell-spot
minute, snow-white, with a fine black edge set in a rnst-red ring ; outer line at three-
fourths, nearly straight, slightly dentate outward on veins, incurved towards costa,
preceded by a band of yellow ground-colour and followed by an irregular line of
wedge-shaped marks, those at costa, beyond cell, and on submedian fold filled up
with red ; submarginal line similarly sharply lunulate ; marginal spots black between
the veins ; fringe yellow, spotted with red beyond the veins.

Hindwing : similar.

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Underside with all the tints paler.

Face and palpi reddish above, pale below ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen yellow,
thickly sprinkled with red ; a white spot between antennae, which are reddish.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 6 from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 8.E. Pern, 6000 ft., January 1903, wet
season (Ockenden).

A species unlike any other. Hindlegs broken.

34. Anisodes falgurata spec. uov.

Forewing : dull chocolate-brown with ochreous dusting; the lines ochreous ;
first from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, angled on subcostal vein,
then vertical, externally slightly darker-edged ; outer line fiom five-sixths of costa to
five-sixths of inner margin, curved and slightly bent inwards at vein 4, darker-edged
internally ; submarginal line acutely zigzag, occupying the whole marginal area
the outer teeth touching the black marginal spots, which are connected by a dark
festoon ; fringe concolorous ; cell-spot dark reddish above, with some whitish slightly
raised scales below.

Ilindwing : similar, the outer line more strongly bent at middle ; cell-spot
linear, ochreous white, outwardly edged with deep brown.

Underside dull blurred reddish-ochreons, darker in forewing ; the outer lines
broad and pale, inwardly edged with a reddish crennlate lino.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; uj)per half of face dark brown.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 S, Upper River Toro, La Merced, Peru, 3000 m., August, September 1901
(Simons).

Hiudmargins crennlate ; hindtibiae of S with terminal spurs only. A very
distinct species.

35. Anisodes gigantula spec. nov.

Forewing: yellow-ochreous, thickly dusted with bright rosy striae ; the tliree
cross-lines or bands, as in annularis Feld., but narrower and more distinct, also
bright rosy, like the cell-mark, which resembles that ot arrnularis; a row of marginal
spots, sometimes hardly visible ; fringe like wings.

Ilindwing : similar.

Underside with fewer striae and much brighter markings.

Upper half of face, upper edge of palpi, and forelegs externally rosy ; vertex,
collar, and antennae ochreous, without speckling; thorax, patagia, and basal
segments of abdomen ochreous, covered with rosy speckling ; rest of abdomen
ochreous, with a large red dorsal blotch on fourth segment ; underside of
abdomen and legs ochreous onl}'.

Expanse of wings : 50 to 02 mm.

Numerous from Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia.

I have hitherto referred this to annularis Feld., but I now feel convinced thai
they are distinct species ; among the numbers from Santo Domingo, S.E. Pern, only
one has been received which can possibly be considered annularia ; in this latter
species the ground-colour is more blurred, and the bands, though broader, are
less distinct. Felder's type was from Brazil, and expands 40 mm. only ; gigantula
expands 00 mm.

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36. Anisodes maculidiscata spec. nov.

Foreiving : pale wood-brown, tinged with grey, and with transverse dark
striae ; the costa narrowly brownish ; lines smoky fuscous ; first near base, out-
curved a little above and below the median vein ; outer line thick, lunulate-
dentate, at two-thirds, outcurved beyond cell ; a cloudy lunulate snbmarginal line,
marked darker on veins, and followed by some smoky grey patches ; cell-spot
of glistening white scales placed in the middle of an oblong blotch of
whitish and greenish scales between veins 4 and 6 ; hindmargin crenulated ;
fringe white, with dark flecks beyond the veins.

Ilimlwiny : with the whitish green blotch round the white cell-spot occupying
the whole middle of wing, extending above subcostal and below median vein,
only the ends of the central dark line being visible ; the rest as in forewing.

Underside glossy whitish, in the forewing with a flesh-coloured tinge ; the
cell-spot whitish, followed by a dark grey postmediau and dotted snbmarginal
line; a dark lunulate marginal line; hindwing with marginal line only, the
submarginal dots indicated.

Head, thorax, and basal half of abdomen like wings ; vertex white ; anal
half of abdomen whitish.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm,

1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 600ij ft., January 1903,
wet season (Ockenden).

Hindtibia of S with one median and two terminal spurs, as in Pisot-aca.

37. Anisodes multipunctata spec. nov.

Forewing : yellow, covered with dense transverse reddish striae, leaving only a
small space in cell before the cell-spot, and a larger one on inner margin towards
anal angle, pale yellow ; lines marked liy distinct black spots on veins and
darkened by grey shades ; first line near base with six points, the usual three on
the veins, one on each fold, and one sub-costal nearer base ; cell-spot a thick
black ring with pale centre ; median shade thick, reddish, dentate, nearly vertical,
slightly inbent at middle ; outer line angled outwards on vein 4, and inwards
on the submedian fold, the spots nearly in a straight line on each side of the
middle angle ; submarginal line formed of large wedge-shaped black marks ; large
round black marginal spots ; fringe reddish.

Hindwing : like forewing, but the lines of spots curved ; cell-spot silvery
white.

Underside yellowish ochreons, the forewing with red striation and suffusion ;
a large dark cell-spot ; postmediau, submarginal, and marginal spots represented ;
costa striated with fuscous ; hindwing with the three outer series of spots, the
postmediau red.

Face and palpi red; vertex, thorax, and abdomen yellow tinged with red;
abdomen with a yellow dorsal line ; fillet yellow ; antennae red.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OOOU ft., January 1903,
wet season (Ockenden).

Hindtibia with terminal spurs only, as in Perixera.

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38. Anisodes pomidiscata spec. nov.

Forewing : biscnit-colour, tinged ami iieatl}' striated with jwle brownish
fawn ; the lines denoted by dnll reddish vein-spots on a darker fawn-coloured
shade ; the inner line at one-fourth, the outer at three- fourths, the latter followed
by patches of deeper fawn beyond cell, and between veins 1 and 3, and to a
less degree beneath costa ; snbmargiiial lino more or less macular ; median shade
diffuse, obscurely dentate-lnuulate, ontcurved ronud the cell-spot ; this has a
yellow centre within a thick orange-red ring ; all the veins finely dotted with
reddish and fawn ; fringe of the pale ground-colour, with red scales at base
beyond the veins.

Hindwiiiy : similar, but tiie cell-spot much larger.

Underside of forewing brown-red from base to median shade, except along
inner margin, and with a macular reddish band beyond outer line ; marginal
Inuules red ; cell-spot whitish with dark outline ; median shade distinctly lunnlate-
dentate ; outer line marked by vein-dots : liindwing wholly pale ochreous, with a
few red striae along costa, reddish marginal lutinles, dots of outer line and ring
of cell-spot.

Face and j)alpi red-brown above, ochreous beneath ; vertex and antennae
dark fawn-brown ; thorax paler fawn, the metathorax with red spots ; abdomen
jialer, with dark speckles.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

'Z 3S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., February 1902,
wet season (Ockenden).

39. Anisodes rufistigma spec. nov.

Forewing : cream-colour, finely sjieckled with grey, broadly grey along the
costa; the lines greyish ochreous, all parallel to liindmargin ; the inner marked
on its inner edge with blackish vein-dots ; the median and outer dentate, the
former thick, the latter finer, marked outwardly with dark vein-dots ; the
inner snbmarginal shade thicker than the ' outer ; the usual marginal dots
between the veins placed a little before the margin ; minute specks at the
vein-ends, at base of fringe, which is ochreous ; all the markings tinged with
reddish ferruginous across the two folds ; cell-spot annular, red.

liindwing : with all five lines ; the cell-spot annular, red and conspicnons ;
a dark sjiot at base.

Underside pure cream-colour ; forewing with costal region tinged witli ochreous
and with darker striae ; the lines well marked and the red spots distinct.

Head, thorax, abdomen, and antennae cream-colour ; palpi above and forelegs
in front rosy-tinged.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 cJ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (iilOO ft., June 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

The hindwiug is angled and toothed at vein 4, crenulate from apex to tooth,
straight below.

40. Anisodes rufulata spec. nov.
Foretoing : deep yellow, very densely sprinkled with red striae, which
become in places more or less confluent ; the lines of the same red tint ; first

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at one-fifth, slightly ontcnrved above and below median vein, its inner edge
with darker vein-points ; lonter line at fonr-fifths, Innnlate-dentate, outcurved in
middle, the teeth only slightly deeper on veins, followed, in the c? only, by
yellow nnspeckled blotches : snbmarginal line hardly marked, except by some
obscure macular clouds preceding it ; median shade thick and diffuse, indistinctly
dentate, from just beyond middle of costa to beyond middle of inner margin
almost vertical; cell-spot white, smaller in the ? than in the 6; red marginal
spots between the veins and smaller ones bej'ond them in the yellow friiiue.

Ilindidng : similar, without basal line ; the cell-spot in the t? large and
conspicuous.

Underside with the ground-colour and all markings dull.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; palpi and face below, vertex and
antennae yellow without red speckling.

Expanse of wings : t? 30 mm. ; ¥ 32 mm.

2 c?c?, 3 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 0000 ft., February-
April, 1902 (Ockeuden).

Smaller and duller than aiirantiata Warr., with which and subaencscens
Warr. it agrees in the vertical direction of the median shade of forewings ; the
difference in size of the cell-spots in the two sexes is characteristic.

Deinopygia gen. nov.

S . Forewing : triangular ; costa straight, curved before apes, which is acute ;
hindmargin as long as ianer margin, obliquely curved ; anal angle rounded oif.

IJindwing : with inner margin very long, the anal angle produced and
lobed ; hindmargin rounded from apex to vein 6, thence to anal angle excised.
The submediau interval beneath with convergent fringes of long hairs, one along
the inner margin (in addition to the usual abdominal fringe) directed upwards, and
another along median vein and vein 3 directed downwards ; the costa also fringed.

Antennae of c? ciliated ; palpi slightly upcurved, third segment minute ;
hind legs aborted, the tibia attenuated and bare, the tarsus with a flap of rough
hairs ; abdomen with lateral tufts beneath at the base of the anal segment ;
the anal sheath enormously elongated, almost as long as the rest of abdomen.

Neuratlon as in Pti/c/w/>0(/a ; 6 and 7 of hindwing on a long stalk.

Type : Deinopygia caudata spec. nov.

41. Deinopygia caudata spec. nov.

Forewing : pale ochreous, tinged and dusted with brown ; costa with two
brown spots at one-third and nearly two-thirds, indicating origin of linos, which
are difficult to trace ; a large black cell-spot ; the outer line is followed by a
more or less interrupted brown band, forming a patch beyond cell and on sub-
median fold ; submarginal line wavy, pale, preceded in upper half of wing by
a brown cloud which is produced into apex,; fringe ochreous, with large black
spots at the base.

Hindwing : with the brown band less interrupted, running from about
middle of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, passing inside the large black
cell-spot ; fringe spotted as in forewing.

Underside with the black cell-spots and fringe-dots conspicuous : the sub-
marginal line of forewing distinct ; hindwing with very few dark speckles ; the
two fringes of hair ochreous like the wing.

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Thorax and abdomen ochreons ; collar brown ; vertex white ; face and palpi
black-brown.

Expanse of wings : 16 mm.

2 Si from Valencia, Venezuela.

42. Emmiltis (Craspedia) cinerosaria spec. uov.

Forewing : whitish, densely speckled with dark grey scales ; the lines dark
grey, all more or less parallel to hindmargin, the basal and median obscure, the
outer at four-fifths black and conspicnously lunulate-deutate ; the slender pale
submarginal line also clear between dark grey shades ; marginal spots black
between the veins ; fringe whitish, with small black dots at base beyond the
veins ; cell-spot blackish.

llindwing : similar, without first line.

Underside of forewing dull cinereous, the inner margin white ; all the lines
shown except the basal : of hiudwing white ; cell-spots black.

Face, palpi, and collar black ; vertex, base of antennae, and shoulders
snow-white, without speckling ; thorax and abdomen like wings ; legs whitish,
front of forelegs black.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

2 Si from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6u00 ft., March 19U2,
wet season (Ockenden).

43. Emmiltis (Craspedia) convergens spec. nov.

Forewing : bone-colour, thickly dusted with fine black atoms ; the lines and
shades olive-grey ; first line slender, obscure, from one-fourth of inner margin,
oblique towards cell-spot ; median shade thicker, slightly bent, from middle of
inner margin to four-fifths of costa, oblique parallel to first line ; outer line from
two-thirds of inner margin, also slightly bent, to just before apex ; marginal
area occupied by two broad olive-grey bands, with lunulate outer edges, separated
by a broadish pale space representing submarginal line, these shades narrowing
off to a black apical spot ; cell-spot small, black ; marginal line finely black,
swollen between the veins and interrupted by them ; fringe bone-colour.

llindicing : without basal line and apical black spot.

Underside of forewing almost wholly olive-ochreous ; of hindwing bone-
colour ; the markings plain beyond middle.

Thorax and abdomen like wings; collar brownish; vertex white; face and
palpi black.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

3 cJcJ, 4 ? ? from Onaca, Sta. Martha, June— August (Engelke).
Distinguished from the two other species with black apical spot, umhilicata

Fab, and crenatilinca 'NV'arr., by the much more oblique markings.

44. Emmiltis (Craspedia) perfumosa spec. uov.

Forcuiiig : dark smoky cinereous, with darker lines and shadings, but all
generally obscure ; in fresh specimens a strongly dentate-lunulate outer line is
seen, from beyond two-thirds of costa curving in below middle to two-thirds of
inner margin ; cell-spot large, blackish ; above it a spot on costa indicating the
beginning of a median shade, preceded by an obscure curved dark inner line ; some

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dark submarginal blotches indicate the snbmarginal liue ; a line of black marginal
dots ; fringe like wings.

Ilindwing : with dark cell-spot and outer line, and dark submarginal cloud.

Underside uniform pale cinereous.

Face and palpi black ; thorax and abdomen like wings ; vertex white.

Expanse of wings : 19 mm.

0 cJc?, 1 ? from Agualani, S.E. Peru, Hl.OUO ft., September 1901 (Ockenden).

4.'5. Ligonia bottgeri spec. nov.

Forewhiff : brick-red; the costa broadly liver-coloar ; lines dark brown; first
close to base, obscure ; median shade broad and diffuse, from beyond middle of costa,
vertical above, touching the silvery white raised cell-spot, but outcnrved below
to two-thirds of inner margin ; outer line fine, very sinuous, from three-fourths of
costa to three-fourths of inner margin, insinuate beyond cell and in submedian
interval ; the marginal space below vein 6 filled in with dark brown, but con-
taining small pale patches before the black marginal spots ; fringe brick-red,
below vein 6 and at anal angle dark brown.

IlindwiiH/ : with no first line ; the median shade fine ; the white cell-spot
minute ; brown marginal patches beyond outer line at apex and anal angle ;
fringe brick-red.

Underside smooth, deep rosy ; forewing with costa and marginal area brown ;
all the lines marked except the basal ; hindwing paler.

Face and palpi deep red-brown; vertex, antennae, and shoulders liver-colonr ;
thorax and abdomen red, like wings.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

2 fj(? from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 6000—10,000 ft. (Bottger).

Differs from the type-species, exquisitata Moeschl., in having the underside of
body and wings smooth and glossy, not woolly. The hindlegs of both specimens
are broken off.

46. Ptychopoda taeniolata spec. nov.

Forewinij : pale yellow, crossed by four pale red belts ; the first forming a
basal patch, and traversed at middle by a slender yellow line ; the second median ;
third and fourth submarginal, separated by a slender wavy yellow line ; a thick red
marginal line, interrupted at the veins ; fringe yellow.

Hindwing : similar, but the basal patch small.

Underside like upper.

Face dark brown ; head, thorax, and abdomen dull reddish, with yellow scales
intermixed.

Expanse of wings : 14 mm.

1 c?, 1 ¥, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., March 1902,
wet season (Ockenden).

Smaller, and with narrower, more pointed forewing than either quadririibrata
or nigricosta Warr.

47. Semaeopus carnearia spec. nov.

Forewing : deep flesh-colour, finely dusted witli greyish, especially towards
hindmargin ; lines olive-grey, obscure ; first at one-third, slightly curved ; median

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siunous at two-thirds ; outer luimlate-dentate at five-sixths ; cell-spot obscure ;
fringe concolorons.

Ilindiriixj : similar, withont basal line.

Underside paler; costal edge of forewing deep pink.

Vertex, face, and palpi dark grey-brown ; face and i)alpi pale below ; thorax
and abdomen like wings ; bair-tnft of hindtibia pale ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (JOOii ft., November lOiil, wet
season (Ockenden).

48. Semaeopus incolorata spec. nov.

Foreiving : pale stone-colonr, with a faint pinkish ochreous tinge, greyer along
the costa ; lines very ill-defined, slightly darker ; first at about one-third, outbeut
above and below the median vein ; median and outer both lunuliite-dentate ; the
former a little beyond middle, bent outward round cell-spot, which is linear and
faint ; outer at five-sixths, insinuate on the folds ; small dark marginal spots
between the veins ; fringe paler.

Ilindwiiuj : paler, especially along costa, with the two outer lines marked;
cell-s])ot brown, distinct.

Underside smooth, without any grey tint ; all the markings indicated.

Face and palpi grey-brown, lower i)art of face and palpi beneath whitish ;
vertex and thorax like forewing ; abdomen paler, like hindwing ; hair-tufts of
hindleg yellow-ochreons.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 S from R. Solocame, Bolivia, 1200 m., January 1901 (Simons).

49. Synelys impunctata spec. nov.

Forewing : white, very finely speckled with dark scales ; costa ochreous-
tinged ; lines very indistinct in <5, in the only ? much better marked ; basal line
oblique from inner margin, rarely visible, and not reaching costa ; middle line
from middle of inner margin oblique towards two-thirds of costa ; outer line
parallel to hindmargin from three-fourths of inner margin, more waved ; sub-
marginal line suggested only ; marginal line none, or very slight and towards costa
only ; fringe white, sometimes with minute grey dots beyond veins.

Hindwing : without inner line ; the dots in fringe more conspicuous.

Underside more thickly and darker speckled towards base ; costa of forewing
broadly ochreous ; cell-spots small.

Vertex, thorax, and abdomen white ; face and palpi black.

Expanse of wings : 30 — 32 mm.

7 (?(?, 1 ?, from Chimney Gulch, Colorado, May 1901 (Oslar).

The lines in the <S 6 are pale ochreous, sometimes slightly greyish, in the ?
grey.

I have hitherto referred this insect to quin(juelinearia Pack., wiiich Packard
says " is rather a Pacific coast species, though it occurs not infrequently iu
Colorado." Hulst places qtiinijui'liwaria in Leptomeris, not in Sgndgs, tlu' genus
which ho erected for the species with angled hindwings, altliough Packard compares
it with the European strigilaria, which has angulated hindwings. According to
Packard, quinqudinenrin has cell-spots marked on npperside and a marginal line ;
these are not present in the Colorado form.

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Trichosterrha gen. nov.

A development of Sterrfia, the hiudtibiae iu both sexes with terminal spurs
only. In the S the hindtibia is thick, and clothed on the inner side with a tnl't
of thick stont hairs ; the first segmt^'nt of tarsus is swollen j)ouch-like, and as long
as the other four segments together ; the antennae have long pedicellate fascicles
of cilia, ciliated themselves laterally and aiiically.

Type : Trichosterrha olimta spec. nov.

50. Trichosterrha? brunneofasciata spec. nov.

Foretvirig : glossy ochreous, stained with darker ; a red-brown median fascia
edged by the first and second lines, as far as vein 2, from 2 to 6 continued only
along outer line : the inner line acutely angled outwards in cell, the outer angled
outwards on vein 3 ; a black cell-spot, touching upper inner edge of the fascia;
submargiual line waved, between two slightly darker clouds ; fringe ochreous, with
minute dark dots at the base.

IJindwiiiy : with the fascia entire throughout.

Underside with the fascia indicated in grey ; cell-spots black.

Face, palpi, and collar red-brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen ochreous ;
dorsal segments at middle tinged with red-brown.

Expanse of wings : 18 mm.

2 ¥ ? from Valencia, Venezuela.

Hindtibia of the ¥ with terminal spurs only.

There is much superficial resemblance between this insect and the Indian
Acidalia pulckrifascia Hmpsu., figured in the Journal of the Bombay Natural
History Society, vol. xv. PI. C, fig. 13.

51. Trichosterrha? dentatilinea spec. nov.

Foretviny : greyish ochreous, with a slight dusting of rufous ; the three lines
dark gre)', lunulate-dentate ; first at one-fourth, dentate basewards ; median and
outer parallel to each other and hindmargin, dentate outwards ; the median some-
what thickened ; cell-spot a grey annulus ; marginal line dark, interrupted ; fringe
ochreous.

Himliviiiy : similar, with all three lines.

Underside ochreous, without grey tinge or dusting; forewing tinged with dull
rosy ; all the lines dull rosy.

Face black, pale below ; palpi externally rosy ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen
ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 19 mm.

1 ¥ from Valencia, Venezuela.

Hindtibia of ¥ with terminal spurs only.

52. Trichosterrha olivata spec. nov.

Forewing : smooth pale stone-colour, with a snflPnsion of olive-grey ; a few
coarse black speckles at base only ; first line at one-fourth, slightly deeper grey,
but marked by blackish dots on veins, projecting in cell towards the small black
cell-spot ; median angled outwards on vein 6, then sinuous to snbmedian folil,

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thence vertical, darker grey ; onter line cream-white, from three-fourths of costa.
to jnst before anal angle, very sinnous, roundly iirodnced on vein 6, forming a
sinus inwards beyond cell and in submediiui interspace, preceded between 4 and (5
and followed between 4 and 7 by dull red stains, the latter reaching hindmurgin ;
a row of small black marginal spots ; fringe olive-grey, the basal half deejier ; the
olive-grey tint deepens in each case before the lines.

HindiciiK/ : like forewiug, but without basal line and the red marginal stain.

Underside browner grey, with the black cell-spot and marginal spots and pale
outer lines ; costa of forewing black at base.

Face and palpi black ; vertex white ; thorax and abdomen pale stone-grey ;
the tuft of hairs on hindtibia black.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 (?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., November IPOl,
January 1902, wet season (Ockenden).

The cJ, dated November, is considerably wasted; the ?, taken later, quite fresh

Subfamily HYDEIOMENINAE.

53. Anapalta subfusca spec, no v.

Forewing : brown, with the markings fuscous, the whole with an olive tinge ;
basal area and central fascia and the shades limiting the submarginal line fuscous ^
the edges blackish ; basal line from about one-sixth of costa to one-half of inner
margin ; inner edge of central fascia from one-third of costa to two-fifths of
inner margin, bluntly angled outwards on the folds ; space between basal patch
and central fascia brown, edged with pale lines ; outer edge of fascia irregularly
dentate-lunulate, from two-thirds of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, squarely
projecting between veins 6 and 2 ; the fascia is crossed by four waved dark lines,
which are broad and distinct at costa ; cell-spot black ; a pale brownish band
beyond fascia with a dark middle line, and forming small white teeth on the
outer edge of fascia ; submarginal line pale brown, between dark shades which
are both themselves red-brown between veins 3 and 4 ; pairs of black marginal
spots separated by a pale dot at the vein-ends, from which a pale ray traverses
the fnscous fringe.

Hindwing : whitish tinged with yellowish ; some grey scaling along hind-
margin and at apex ; marginal dots in pairs ; a dark grey blotch at anal angle
and traces of grey lines above it ; fringe yellowish, cell-spot grey.

Underside of forewing dark grey, with traces of outer and submarginal lines
paler, especially at extremities ; sometimes these are quite pale, as well as the
extreme hindmargin ; fringe mottled dark grey and ochreous ; cell-spot black ;
hindwing dirty ochreous, grizzled with grey, with a dark grey cell-spot, curved
postmedian line, and marginal border ; fringe pale.

Head, thorax, and dorsum dark fnscous ; abdomen beneath and at sides like
underside of hindwing; legs blackish with the joints ochreous.

Expanse of wings: 38 mm.

•iSS from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Pern, 6000—10,000 ft. (Bottger).

The sjiecies can be distinguished by the square projection of the outer edge of
central fascia in middle, as well as by the difference in shade of the underside of the
two wings.

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54. Epirrhoe limitata spec. nov.

'Forewing : olive-ochreous tinged with brown, this ground-colour, however, only
showing in the cross-lines, especially the broad outer line, and an oblique apical
streak ; the rest of the wing dark olive-fnscons ; basal patch small, crossed by three
black lines followed by a jiale one ; a pale band before central fascia with a dark
line down it; this band ontcurved above and incurved basewards below the median;
central fascia with three dark thick wavy lines on both edges, meeting in middle and
leaving paler spaces on costa and inner margin ; outer edge slightly protuberant
below middle, but without teeth or lunules ; cell-s])ot black ; band following
fascia broad, outwardly dentate-lunnlate, traversed by a dark line, the space inside
it white, outside pale brownish ; submarginal line lunulate, brownish flesh-colour,
preceded in its lower course and followed throughout by dark suffusion ; a broad
pale brownish streak oblique from apex to outer line at vein 4, the shading above
it towards costa dark; pairs of black marginal dots'; fringe dark in basal half,
chequered dark and light in apical half.

Hindwing: whitish, smoky grey at base, with small black cell-spot and pairs
of marginal spots below vein 5 ; some dark shading and indications of two lines
at anal angle; fringe whitish, darker towards anal angle.

Underside of forewing dark grey with the broad outer and macular submarginal
line pale ; hindwing pale ochrcous, dusted with grey, with dark cell-spot and four
lunulate-dentate lines, the last submarginal, double and filled up with grey.

Paljii externally dark fuscous ; face and vertex brownish ; thorax mixed brown
and fuscous ; abdomen cinereous, with blackish dorsum.

Expanse of wings : 39 mm.

2 (?(? from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 6000—10,000 ft. (Bottger).

The forewiugs are much like those of //. subguttaria H. S., but smaller; the
white hindwings distinguish it at once.

55. Erebochlora ruficostaria ab. semifumata nov.

This form is intermediate between typical ruficostaria Warr. and its ab.

pernigrata. The forewing remains the same ; the hindwing, instead of being
white, with the concise black border of the type, is greenish white, with a broad
black border, of which the inner edge is diffuse, and runs up iu the form of
blackish striae along the veins and costal and inner margins.

On the underside the cream-coloured patches are tinged with greenish.

2 c? c? from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Bottger).

56. Eriopygidia isolata.

Arlma isolata Kaye, Trans. E. S., 1901, p. 149, T. G, fig. 25 ? , Trinidad.
Erinpygidia engeUcei Warr., Nov. Zool. xi. p. 49 (J (1904) Santa Martha.

Among the insects lately received from Santo Domingo, S.E. Peru, captured
by Ockenden, I have seen a pair in which the S agrees with my type of E. engelkei,
while the ? is exactly like that of .1. isolata Kaye, and I have no doubt that they
represent the sexes of one and the same species. The S i are larger than the
? ?, 35—37 mm. as compared with 30 mm. The fulvous markings of the forewing
seem confined to the S, iu which sex the black tints of the lines are also more
prominent, especially the shading on each side of the submarginal line ; in the

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hindwing tbe S lias the iuner and hindmargius broadly greenish grey, the centre
only being dnil fulvons ; in the ? the whole of the hindwing is brighter fulvous
with the hindmargin alone narrowly greenish grey.

57. Eriopygidia nigrirubrata spec. nov.

Foreiving : deep grceu ; tbe lines and markings brown-black ; basal patch
consisting of two lines and a shade between thi-m, all bent or angled on tlie
.subcostal vein ; central fascia in middle of wing, the same width on costa and on
inner margin, rather bulged outwardly in middle, formed of two thick black shades
embracing a central green space, the edges lunulate between the veins ; the
narrow green bands on each side marked by a black tooth on costa and an
indistinct central thread ; marginal area traversed by four black lines, divergent
towards costa, constricted below, the outer ones consisting of wedge-shaped black
marks between the veins ; a row of large black marginal lunules, their bases
outwardly marked with red scales, and their apices touching these of the
outermost wedges ; fringe dark green, mixed with red scales.

Iliiuhcing : bright red ; tbe base and the iuner margin to two-thirds, olive-
fuscous ; the costal margin, a cloud from anal angle to vein 4, and a median
lunulate line black; cell-spot and marginal lunules black; fringe reddish, blacker
at base.

Underside of forewing dull olive-fnscous, with scattered red scales ; a red
curve from costa beyond central fascia, and streak aloug upper half of cell :
hindwing dull red, thickly black-speckled, with a clearer curved postmedian
band ; cell-spot black ; inner margin and base tinged with green.

Vertex, face, and palpi pale greenish ochreons ; shoulders, patagia, and thorax
olive-green ; abdomen blackish with pale speckling ; pectus and legs beneath
greenish ochreous ; legs in front blackish mottled with ochreons.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 (J from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Biittger).

Distinguished by the dark underside of wings.

58. Eriopygidia rufivena Warr.

The ? of this species differs very considerably from the c?. The forewing
is the same, except that the pale lines edging the dark markings are much brighter
and more consjiicuons ; but the hindwing is bright copper-red, with the inner
margin broadly pale olive as far as aa obscure curved median line, then narrowly
olive to anal angle, with traces of the commencement of a submarginal line ; the
fringe olive.

Underside as in the c? ; abdomen much paler, yellowish ochreous, the dorsal
segments pale olive.

2 ? ? along with 1 S , even darker than the type, from Santo Domingo, C'arabaya,
S.E. Peru; 1 ? taken in March, wet season, the other witii the c? in June, dry
season, 1902 (Ockenden).

AVere it not for the actual identity in the markings of the forewings, the sexes
of this insect might well be supposed to belong to different species, so great is
the contrast in the coloration of tbe hiudwiugs.

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59. Gagitodes plumbinotata spec. nov.

Foreiviny : ochreous washed with brown ; basal patch, the broad baud
following it, a triangular patch on costa before apes, and a submarginal blotch
along vein 2 purplish slate-colonr ; the edge of basal patch and the bands edging
central fascia marked at costa by velvety black blotches ; the margins of the
bands preceding and following the central fascia finely ochreous ; the inner band
of central fascia is continued across the wing, but interrupted below middle
by the brown dusting of the central ochreous space ; cell-spot a brown Innule
with a broad pale ochreous edging, forming an ear-shaped blotch with two
dark spots on its outer edge ; the pale line edging central fascia externally is
right-angled above vein 6, then incurved and marked by black dots on veins ;
a black oblique streak from apex ; submarginal line hardly indicated ;; extreme
margin and fringe deeper brown, the outer half of fringe mottled with grey ;
pairs of small black dots along margin at the ends of the veins.

llindicinc/ : cream-white, with indications of black lines at and above anal
angle ; fringe pale brown ; cell-spot grey.

Underside pale ochreous, in the forewing suffused with purplish grey except
towards anal angle and along the outer line which is marked by black vein-dots ;
in the hindwing dusted only with dark grey, with the cell-spot and outer row
of dots conspicuously black as in forewing ; fringes as above.

Palpi, head, and thorax purplish black ; abdomen ochreous grey, with the
base broadly and the anal segment purplish black.

Expanse of wings : 29 mm.

1 cj from Hnancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 0000 to 10,000 ft. (Buttger).

60. Hydriomena scalata spec. nov.

Foreiciiig : grey speckled with darker, tinged in parts with pale green and
pale flesh-colour ; a small grey blotch at base of costa ; the rest of the wing crossed
by five dark grey bands ; the first narrow and oblique, from near base of costa
to one-fourth of inner margin ; the second broad, also oblique outwards, angled
outwards on the median vein and inwards on the submedian fold ; the third
Y-shaped, the two upper arms rising obliquely from costa as squarish black
blotches, angled outwards in cell, then becoming blackish lines, parallel to each
other, and angled inwards on submedian fold, crossed by the black veins ; fourth
vertical and slightly sinuous, oblique inwards from vein 6 to submedian fold,
its outer edge wedge-shaped between the veins ; fifth marginal ; a dark oblique
streak from ajiex with two short black dashes on it ; the paler spaces between
the bauds along costa, where they are broader, are pale green, and below, where
they become narrowed, pale reddish ; a linear black cell-spot touching the inner
arm of the middle band ; a marginal line of black dashes at the vein-ends ;
fringe concolorous with marginal band ; when fresh most of the veins are black
and the bands edged with black.

Hindwing : pale grey, with traces of curved median, postmedian, and marginal
darker bands ; fringe pale grey.

Underside greenish cinereous ; the bands of both wings slightly darker ; costa
of forewing broadly greenish ochreous with the bands darker, the fourth and outer
arm of the third black,

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Head and thorax fnscons and dark tjreen : abdomon pale cinereous with a
brown tinge.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

2 cJc? from Gold Hill, Oregon (Biedermauii).

In one of these cJcf , which is not so fresb as the type, the jiale spaces are
more prominent, the dark scales, as well as tlie pink and green ones, being more
or less lost ; and the dark lines of the veins are wanting.

fil. Hypolepis brunneata spec. nov.

Forewing : olive-brown ; basal and median areas deeper brown ; basal patch
edged by a bright white, dark-edged line, vertical but slightly waved ; inner
edge of central fascia similarly edged, the line more waved, slightly projecting
at middle; outer edge more broadly white, limnlate-dentate, sharply indented
inwards in cell and incurved below middle, so that the fascia is only half as
broad on inner margin as on costa ; marginal area confused, brownish olive, a
darker snbapical shade with a paler blotch below it, but none of the markings
with the usual clearly defined outlines ; fringe pale olive-brown (worn).

Hindwimj : dark smoky olive-brown, with a darker cell-spot.

Underside of both wings with a strong ferruginous tinge, especially along
the costal areas ; the lower parts of the wings dull grey-brown ; in forewing a
large ferruginous patch from costa beyond central fascia ; hindwing paler striated
with brown, and with a distinct brown cell-spot.

Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-brown ; abdomen beneath greyish ochreous.

Exjjanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 60(10 ft., January 1902, wet
season (Ockenden).

Allied to //. castanea and sordida Warr.

62. Hypolepis completa spec. nov.

Forewing : bone-colour, the markings dark olive-brown ; basal patch small,
its edge oblique outward to submedian fold then oblique inwards, bisected below
median by a short pale streak parallel to lower edge ; inner edge of central fascia
straight, inwardly oblique, parallel to lower edge of basal patch, so that the pale
interval between them is Y-shaped, the broader costal portion containing a brown
central patch ; outer edge unevenly dentate, the fascia constricted on submedian
fold, and projecting between 2 and 4 so as to coalesce with a large snbapical brown
triangle and a brown blotch extending to anal angle, leaving a paler space on
margin between 3 and 4, and another on inner margin beyond the fascia; the pale
apical triangle with a brown streak from costa ; in the middle of central fascia,
above median vein a small pale spot of ground-colour of varying size ; fringe
ochreous with fine brown dashes in the ?, with broader brown mottlings in the d,
in which all the brown markings are more complete.

Ilirultcing : smoky fuscous, witli jialer base ; a dark cell-spot and median
line ; hindmargin darker ; marginal line dark brown ; fringe pale with dark
chequering.

Underside of forewing blurred grey-brown, with the paler spaces showing
through ; of hindwing straw-colour, slightly striated with brown, with brown
cell-spot and macular central line.

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Head, thorax, and abdomen straw-colonr ; base of shoulders and patagia mixed
with brown ; antennae brown, annnlated with pale.

Expanse of wings : t? 18 mm. ; ? 20 mm.

2 c?c?, 1 ? from 8auto Domingo, C!arabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November
1 902, wet season (Ockenden).

Very mnch like //. ;j«f/m^f Guen., but smaller, withont the yellow markings,
and with the dark marking.s mucli stronger and more complete.

63. Hypolepis serratilinea.

Psalindes scrriitiHiiea Warr., Noc. Zool. xi. p. 70. ? .

The examination of the c? of this species proves it to be a Ili/polepis. It
differs in coloration from the ?, being olive-tinged thronghont. The antcnnal
structure, moreover, is abnormal ; the shaft is thickened, rasped above, and beariuu-
short curved clavate teeth below.

The only S hitherto seen was taken at the same place as the ?, Santo
Domingo, S.E. Pern, and at the same time of year (Ockenden).

Isodiscodes gen. nov.

Differs from all other Ili/driomeninae in having the discocelhilar of forewing
exactly like that of the hindwing, biaugulate, the upper and lower ends vertical,
the middle oblique, the lower radial from the lower outward angulation ; the
upper radial is stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; the areole donble. Antennae lamellate,
without pubescence ; palpi short, straight, rough-haired below.

Type : Isodiscodes •polycyma spec. nov.

64. Isodiscodes polycyma spec. nov.

Forewing : cream-colour ; the lines and shades dark olive-fuscous ; the edge of
the basal patch, the narrow central fascia, the space before submarginal line,
and the marginal area are all olive-fuscous, formed by the coalescence of two
or three dark lines leaving irregular pale spots; these are separated by three pale
bands, antemedian, postmedian, and submarginal, consisting each of two lunulate
lines separated by a similar line of olive-fuscous; the basal patch itself is also
traversed by a donble pale line; cell-spot olive- fuscous ; a distinct marginal Hue;
fringe mottled cream-colour and fuscous.

Hindwing : cream-colour, with grey marginal line and mottlings in fringe
beyond veins ; a small grey cell-spot on upper half of discocelhilar ; a grey spot at
anal angle.

Underside the same, the markings of forewing blurred.

Palpi dark fuscous, the tips pale ; face cream-colour, with a large fuscous
central sjwt; vertex fuscous ; antennae fuscous, the basal joint cream-colour ; collar
cream-colour ; thorax olive-fuscous intermixed with grey ; abdomen cream-colour,
the dorsum tinged with grey ; a dark ring before anal segment ; legs mottled,
fuscous and cream-colour.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

1 <? from Hnancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 6000—10,000 ft. (BiJttger).

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Orthoprora gen. nov.

Foreu'ing : elongate ; costa somewhat abrnptly arched at base, then straight ;
hindmargin well cnrved, more oblique below.

llindwing : narrow, elongate; inner margin short, anal angle obtuse ; antennae
of <? simple, lamellate ; palpi straight, porreot, long ; the last segment short ;
tongue and frenulnm present ; a strong metathoracic tuft.

Nenration : forewing, cell less than half the length of wing ; discocellnlar
straight, obliquer below ; first median nervnle at five-eighths, second close before
third; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9, stalked from just before end, 10 just before them,
anastomosing with 11 which rises at five-eighths, and again with 7, 8, 9 : hindwing,
costal and subcostal anastomosing till close to end of cell; 6, 7 long-stalked.

Type : Orthoprora rojiza Dogn. {Cidaria).

65. Psaliodes analiplaga spec. nov.

Foreicing : chocolate-brown, becoming paler towards the costa, the costal edge
speckled black and white ; a pale pinkish brown blotch occupies thejouter two-thirds
of inner margin, its inner edge curved and white ; towards the anal angle are traces
on the margin of three white dentate lines curved outwards and becoming obsolete
above snbmedian fold, but reappearing shortly above vein 4 as three white lines, of
which the outermost is composed of Innules ; the brown ground-colour is deepest
along the edge of the blotch ; fringe brown, with a whitish spot on each side of
vein .5, showing a dark marginal line, and preceded by some white scales beyond the
lunules of the last line.

Hindwing : cinereons, with an obscure darker snbmarginal shade ; the fringe
chequered.

Underside of forewing dnll cinereous, with indications of markings, especially
the three white lines towards hindmargin ; veins pale, spotted with dark ; hindwing
speckled, and tinged with yellowish ; a dark cell-spot and interrupted dark
snbmarginal sliade.

Head, i^alpi, and thorax pale ochreous ; abdomen grey, the dorsnm darker.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 0000 ft., February 1902, wet
season (Ockendeu).

Allied to l/'xera Dogn. &nd/ractilinea Warr.

CO. Psaliodes lilacina spec. nov.

Foreiving : lilac- grey ; crossed by two lines of lemon-yellow ; the first near
base, slightly waved, broader and forking on inner margin ; the second from
two-thirds of costa to inner margin a little before anal angle, broader at costa and a
little (Hitcurved below middle, and Innulate-edged, joined beyond cell by a broader
yellow area from costa ; both lines are edged with rather deeper lilac-grey, and
the whole marginal area is of the same deeper tint ; costa slightly dotted with
yellow ; fringe mottled yellow and lilac.

Hiiidifing : lilac-grey with dark cell-spot, and yellow fringe.

Underside with the lilac and yellow both deeper-coloured ; the yellow lines
much interrupted ; hindwing with cell-sjiot black and traces of a darker median
line ; the base of both wings yellow.

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He.ad, thorax, and abdomen lilac-grey; palpi and tips of patagia yellow;
antennae lilac with yellow anuulations.

Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

1 c?, 1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GOiH) ft., November 1902,
wet season (Ockenden).

Much like Ps. infantulu Warr., but in that species the lines are green.

67. Psaliodes nodosa spec. uov.

Forewing : dark olive-brown ; a pale subcostal streak from base to ajje.x,
the costal edge brownish, speckled with pale, and with whitish streaks at the origin
of the lines, which are shining white ; first line single, vertical, close to base,
but bent in on median vein ; inner band consisting of three crinkly white lines
enclosing two brown ones, starting from before middle of costa, constricted just
below median vein ; outer band formed by three similar lines, interrupted by
the brown ground-colour between veins 5 and 2 ; snbmarginal line shown only
by a white blotch before middle of hindmargin ; fringe brown, chequered with
white.

llindtrinij : brownish fuscous, with an obscure dark cell-spot ; marginal line
dark ; fringe pale, mottled with dark beyond veins.

Underside of forewing blurred grey, the apex darker ; costa speckled dark
and light ; an orange subcostal streak ; costal part of outer band and the
submargiualj spot coalescent, forming a curved pale blotch mottled with darker :
hiudwing white densely speckled with brown, with dark cell-spot and curved,
brown median and submarginal lines.

Head, thorax and abdomen, all somewhat rubbed, olive-brownish ; jialpi
externally paler.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November 1902,
wet season (Ockenden).

Exceedingly like Fs. lisera Dogn., but smaller, the markings more vertical.

68. Psaliodes vulpina spec. nov.

Foretving : reddish brown ; from two-fifths of costa to one-fonrth of inner
margin an oblique broad cream-coloured belt, traversed by two ill-defined grey
lines ; outer line from two-thirds of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, very
fine, pale at costa and ontcurved in middle, blackish and lunnlate below middle,
the ground-colour just beyond it somewhat paler ; fringe concolorous ; costa slightly
dotted with pale.

Hindwing : grey with a rufous under-tint, darker towards hindmargin, and
with a rufous blotch at anal angle ; a small dark cell-spot.

Underside dull reddish ; cell-spots black; costa of forewing yellow-speckled ;
outer line in both wings yellowish, crenulate.

Head ochreons ; palpi externally coarsely fuscous scaled ; thorax red-brown ;
abdomen dark grey.

Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., March 19(12, wet
season (Ockenden).

Somewhat resembles Ps. vinosata Warr., but quite distinct on the underside.

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(J'-->. Sarracena brevilinea spec. nov.

Foretcing : olive-green ; crossed by three cream-coloured black-edged narrow
bands, much as in chlamydaria H. S. ; the first slightly curved, the second straight,
nearer the first than the third ; the third sinuous, and with a red central line ; the
black edges are also finely edged with red ; costa cream-coloured, edged below by
red scales above black ones ; fringe cream-coloured beyond a black marginal line.

Jlimlivinq : with the upper half of wing to median vein pale ; inner margin
below vein 2 and apex to vein 6 blackish : a white streak from vein 2 curving into
anal angle, with black edges and a red line, almost hidden below vein 1 by the
black sutiasion ; marginal space beyond olive-green ; marginal line black ; fringe
cream-colour tipped with rosy.

Underside much as in Mamijdariu ; the red in both wings fiery orange.

Palpi, tiiorax, and a spot on second segment of abdomen olive-green ; face
cream-coluur ; abdomen blackish, with broad reddish lateral stripe ending in lateral
tuft ; anal tufts olive, blackish above, red beneath ; first joint of paliji, pectus, and
femora red.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

2 Si from Hnaucabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Pern, 6000 to 10,000 ft. (Bottger).

Inner margin of forewing strongly rounded in basal half ; the apex of both
wings falcate.

70. Triphosa ochricostata spec. nov.

Forewing : grey-brown, with a reddish tint in places ; the costal area broadly
pale ochreous, its lower edge starting from inner margin at one-sixth ; it is
interrupted at two-thirds of costa by the lines forming the outer edge of central
fascia, beyond which it forms a broad apical blotch reaching vein 6, bounded
exteriorly by an oblique tint from apex ; basal patch dark grey, the limiting lines
ending on inner margin within the pale area ; inner band of central fascia dark
brown, limited by two lines, leaving inner margin before middle and interrupted at
vein 6 ; outer band formed of four wavy lines, the outer edge lunulate and angled
at vein 6 ; submarginal line denoted in lower half of wing by ochreous spots
between the veins, with a brown shade preceding them ; a row of brown marginal
lunnles ; fringe brown. The lines are all obsoletely marked on the costal streak.

Ilinclwing : brown, with numerous waved darker transverse lines.

Underside uniform pale brown, with scarcely any markings ; cell-spots distinct,
black.

Head and palpi blackish ; ■ thorax ochreous mixed with grey ; abdomen
grey-brown.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 6 from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 6000 to 10,000 ft. (Bottger).

The single example is rather worn ; it is probable that in fresher sijecimens
the markings will be found to be much more distinct.

71. Triphosa uniplaga spec. nov.

Forewing ; dark smoky grey, with the lines and shading black, separated by

grey lines which form pale dashes on the veins ; all the lines wavy, and marked

more distinctly on the costal edge, where the black shadings are more intense and

the grey intervals whiter ; cell-spot oval, black in a pale grey or whitish ring ;

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submargiQal liue forming a large round white spot between veins 3 and 4, and
a smaller one jnst below vein 2 ; a black lunulate marginal line containing a spot
of white scales in the centre of each lunnle and a white dot between each at the
end of the veins ; fringe blackish, with pale tips.

Ilindwiny : smoky grey, with three central and two submarginal dark wavy
lines ; cell-spots blackish ; veins marked with black and white dashes.

Underside dnller with the markings faint ; cell-spots black ; the white
submarginal blotch of forewing showing througli.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dull black mixed with grey scales ; palpi black.

Exjjanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 tS from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 6000—10,000 ft. (Bottger).

Subfamily ASTHENINAE.
72. Amaurinia angulata spec. nov.

Forewing : lilac-grey below median vein, this colour also filling up the basal
jjatch and running up narrowly along hindmargin to apex ; the central costal area
being olive-ochreous, dusted below with lilac-grey ; the lines thick, brownish ;
first from one-fonrth of costa to one-third of inner margin, forming a prominent
angle on median ; outer line from just beyond middle of costa to beyond middle
of inner margin, strongly rounded beyond cell ; submarginal line near and parallel
to margin, thickened on the folds, preceded between veins 4 and 7 by three
contiguous white hyaline spots, and throughout by a narrow line angled inwards
on both folds ; traces of obscure and slender parallel lines between the others ;
the subapical marginal space with traces of two lines separated by small white
dots ; fringe worn.

Hindwing : with basal area and hindmargin narrowly from apex to middle
lilac-grey ; the basal area is crossed near base by a pale darker-edged line and
a dark line beyond the small cell-spot, and is limited by an irregular yellowish
white space j the rest of the wing, which is pale ochreous, is crossed by three
thick lilac-grey lines, plain at costa, but lost below in an olive-green suffusion.

Underside lilac-grey, with the markings all blurred but darker ; a patch in
cell of forewing, the hyaline patch, and the outer half of hindwing pale.

Thorax and dorsum lilac-grey ; vertex, collar, and antennae pale ochreous ;
face rubbed ; abdomen below and at sides, and legs ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6500 ft., December 1902,
wet season (Ockenden).

This species difters from typical Amaurinia in having the hindmargius of both
wings bluntly angled at vein 4, and the apex of forewing subtruncate.

73. Amaurinia brunnea spec. nov.
Forewing : olive-grey or ochreous ; the shading dark brown ; the costal area
remaining grey ; a velvety brown shade from base along median vein, and between
veins 3 and 4 ; a curved dark central fascia and the marginal area dark brown ;
cell-spot round, large and black ; just before it the slender sinuous inner line is
bent on the subcostal vein; median line strongly and squarely bent outwards
between veins 6 and 2, the outer line more or less parallel to it, but projecting at
vein 4 ; the space between them brown ; three submarginal lines are visible in the

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pale grey apical area ; space preceding marginal area yellowish grey ; a line of
dark marginal lunnles ; fringe brown, with pale base.

Jlimlwiny: without first line; the whole wing nearly uniformly brown; the
lines all obscure.

Underside yellowish, thickly brown-speckled ; all the lines brown and distinct ;
marginal area of forewing lirown.

Face and palpi deep brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; centre
of thorax and patagia black-brown, like the basal streak of forewing.

Expanse of wings : IS mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Tern, 60OO ft., October 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

This comes near A. bifilata Warr. and niyrijjlaija Warr. (Cambogia) from
Brazil.

74. Amaurinia commixta spec. nov.

Forewing : pale olive-grey, with a small blackish cell-spot and small yellow
costal spots, especially towards apex, indicating the commencement of cross-lines ;
these are only visible along the inner margin bej-ond middle, where the ground-
colour becomes yellow and the lines rufous grey ; two of them appear again on a
small yellow space beyond cell ; the whole of the anal region of the wing overlaid
with vinous scales ; fringe bright yellow, beyond a purple crenulated marginal line.

Ilindwii'g : olive-grey only in basal third ; the rest yellow, crossed by six
rnfous irregular lines ; of these the inner three are more or less obscured by a
dull rufous suffusion ; instead of the purple line before the yellow fringe a narrow
purple fascia ; cell-spot small, on the edge of the grey basal space.

Underside of forewing lilac-grey with the outer line yellowish ; of hiudwing
yellowish tinged with lilac-grey, and all the lines of the same colour ; fringes
yellow.

Face, palpi, vertex, and collar red-brown ; fillet snow-white ; thorax and
abdomen lilac-grey ; anal segments yellowish ; abdomen beneath and legs yellowish-

Exjjanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaj'a, S.E. Peru, G500 ft., October IW2, dry
season (Ockenden).

Probably allied to A. violada Dogn., which 1 have not seen.

Leucoctenorrhoe gen. nov.

Forewing : costa and hindmargin curved.

Hiudwing : with hindmargin strongly rounded.

Antennae of S plumose ; the pectinations of the outer row longer than those
of the inner, as in Anisolasia Warr. ; the apex simple. Palpi exceedingly short ;
tongue ill-developed ; frenulum present ; forehead bulged ; hindtibia with two
approximate pairs of short spurs.

Neuration : forewing, cell less than half of wing ; discocellular vertical above,
oblique below ; vein 2 from just beyond middle of cell, 3 and 4 from the end ; lower
radial from the angulation of discocellular ; upper short-stalked with 7, 8, 9 ;
10, 11 stalked, anastomosing with 7, 8, 9, forming a short single areole : hindwing,
costal and subcostal anastomosing to near end of cell ; <>, 7, and 3, 4 long-stalked ;
2 from four-fifths of cell ; radial from the angulation of discocellular, as in forewing.

Type : L. quadrilinea spec. nov.

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75. Leucoctenorrhoe quadrilinea spec. nov.

Forewing : silky white, crossed by fonr pale brownish lines : the first inwardly
oblique, and slightly curved from before middle of costa to one-third of inner
margin ; second straight from two-thirds of costa to quite two-thirds of inner
margin ; third and fourth submarginal, faintly marked and approximated at anal
angle ; fringe white.

Ilindwing : without basal line.

Underside white ; the costa of forewing bronzy grey.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; antennae white ; ])alpi black.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6500 ft., December 1902, wet
season (Ockenden).

Subfamily TRICHOPTERYGINAE.

76. Dyspteris parvula spec. nov.

Forewing : pale bluish green, with two faint whitish lines ; the first, slightly
curved, at one-third from base, followed by an equally faint linear whitisli mark
on discocellular ; outer line irregularly waved from two-thirds of inner margin,
running parallel to hindmargin, but not reaching costa : fringe pale green with
square brown spots beyond veins ; costa marked with dark beyond middle.

Ilindwing : narrow, pale green, with a single whitish line just beyond middle.

Underside of forewing with basal half deeper green, containing a more
distinct white cell-spot, and bounded by a white line from middle of costa, slightly
oblique outwards and inbent below middle, not corresponding with any line above ;
costa tinged with yellow, costal edge brown, broader towards apex with white dashes:
hindwing with dark green middle line, and basal half deeper green than outer.

Face, palpi, vertex, and thorax deep green ; abdomen paler green with whitish
segmental rings ; legs green, forelegs externally fuscous with whitish joints.

Expanse of wing : 19 mm.

1 (? from Bartica, British Guiana.

Palpi porrect, long ; antennae of S pectinated in basal half.

77. Rhopalodes perfusa spec. nov.

Forewing: very much like Uh. Ugereza Doga. (Lobop/iora), but larger and
darker, the whole wing suffused with dull reddish brown, especially along hind-
margin, which in Ugereza always remains olive-yellowish ; the broad band jirecediug
central fascia is more or less olive-greenish, especially along its edges, and the
narrow edging beyond the central fascia is conspicuously greenish ochreous, except
between veins 2 and 4, where it is abruptly obsolete ; the submedian fold is marked
with blackish right across the central fascia, and the inner margin below submedian
vein is equally marked with the rest of the wing.

Hindwing : greyish ochreous, thickly speckled with dark grey, especially
along hindmargin and on the lobe.

Underside duller ; costal area of forewing tinged with reddish ; submarginal
line marked by a row of pale sjwts between the veins ; cell-spots blackish.

Head greenish grey ; shoulders, patagia, and thorax rufous ; abdomen cinereous.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

2 (JcJ from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 6UU0— 10,000 ft. (Bottg-er).

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Subfamily TEPHROCLYSTIINAE.
Brabirodes gen. nov.

Forewing : elongate triangular ; costa straight, becoming convex towards
apex, which is bhiut ; hindmargin obliquely curved, longer than inner margin, and
slightly crenulate ; anal angle ronudod off.

IlindwiiKj : small, bluntly toothed at all the veins, that at vein 4 prominent.

Palpi porrect, long, pointed, terminal segment obscured ; antennae lignlate,
with nniseriate clavate teeth to beyond middle, the upper edge spinulose ; tongue
and frenulum present.

Xeiiration : forewing, cell not iiuito half as long as wing ; discocejlnlar
vertical ; first median uervule at two-thirds, second at five-sixths ; radials normal ;
7, 8, 9 stalked from end of cell ; 10 and 11 from cell, 10 anastomosing with 11 and
again with 8, 9, forming a double areole : hindwing with costal anastomosing with
subcostal to near end of cell, 7 absent, coincident with 8.

Type : Brabirodes peruviana spec. nov.

The type-species is a wonderful mimic of the Oriental genus Jjrabira.

78. Brabirodes peruviana spec. nov.

Forewing: smooth greyish brown, darker towards apex; the costa ochreous ;
the two lines starting from black costal spots at one-fourth and two-thirds, dentate-
Inuulate, marked mainly by the black teeth on the veins, the lunules being obscure ;
a slight blackish cell-spot ; fringe concolorous.

Hindwing : with only the cell-spot marked.

Underside with the costal spots and cell-spot of forewing marked ; the apex
dark grey ; the costa yellowish ochreous.

Head and shoulders yellowish ochreous ; abdomen like wings ; jiatagia and
thorax blackish ; legs ochreous ; foretarsi blackish, with paler joints.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OOUO ft., June 19i»2, dry
season (Ockenden).

79. Eucymatoge albirivata spec. nov.

Forewing: dark grey or whitish grey, tinged more or less with reddish
brown, the costa and space between outer and submargiual lines always red-
brown; the lines white, not wavy or denticulate; basal line curved, inwardly
oblique; antemedian and median, angled in cell, then oblique, parallel to basal
line ; outer line double, oblique, slightly bent below middle ; submargiual very
slender ; from the angle of antemedian line a white line runs through the angle
of postmedian to the outer line ; the median vein is marked with white ; the
edges of the central fascia are marked internally by dark red dashes on the veins ;
the space between median and outer lines sometimes grey only, sometimes reddish ;
marginal area always dark grey ; cell-spot black, touching median line ; marginal
spots black ; fringe full, double ; the basal half with dark grey mottling, the
apical paler.

Hindwing : like forewing, but greyer, less red ; the antemedian line double.

Underside dark grey, with all the white lines expressed; cell-.spots velvety
black.

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Head, palpi, and antennae dark groy ; thorax and abdomen ochrcons white ;
dorsal surface brownish, with a fine central white line.

Expanse of wings : 18 mm.

2 c?(?, 1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GOOO ft., March ; 1 1
November 1902, wet season (Ockenden).

Allied to E. linda Dogn. ; the head grey, not white ; the lines straight, not
waved.

SO. Eucymatoge decorata spec. nov.

Forewing : whitish, shaded with reddish brown ; the lines blackish ; basal
jiatch small, edged by a curved blackish line ; inner edge of central fascia blackish,
from Ijefore one-third of costa to one-fourth of inner margin ; the interval before
it filled with brownish, edged on each side by a white line ; outer edge of fascia
from two-thirds of costa nearly straight to vein 4, then sinuate inwards to
three-fourths of inner margin, marked with black and grey scales ; traces of
brown lines along costa ; the centre of fascia whitish, with small grey cell-spot ;
the fascia is followed by a band, the iuner half of which is white and the outer
brown ; marginal area brown ; submargiual line dentate, white ; the teeth filled
in with black ; a row of black marginal dashes between the veins, connected by
black white-edged bars with the teeth of the submarginal line ; fringe with inner
half grey, mottled with blackish beyond veins ; outer half white ; a narrow
white basal line.

Hindwing : without basal markings ; otherwise similar, but without brown
tinge except along hindmargin.

Underside whitish, with the markings all distinct and grey.

Head and thorax brownish grey ; abdomen wanting.

Expanse of wings : 21 mm.

1 S from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 6000 to 10,000 ft. (Bottger).

81. Eucymatoge longipennata spec. nov.

Forewing : cloudy pale olive-grey ; the outer band of basal patch, the two
bands of central fascia, and the submarginal shade darker ; traces of the usual
oblique lines faintly visible, those beyond the central fascia appearing sharply
dentate ; cell-si^ot dark, obscure ; submarginal line pale, lunulate, the lunules
filled up with darker ; the pale spot below veins 4 and 2 larger and plainer,
as in P. hialbata Warr. ; marginal line fine, blackish, interrupted at the veins ;
fringe olive-grey.

Hindwing : similar, the cell-spot more distinct ; the outer band of central
fascia darker.

Underside glossy dark olive-grey, with the cell-spots large and black ; the
postmedian and submarginal bauds well defined, especially towards costa.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale greenish ochreons ; palpi externally, frontal
tuft, tips of patagia, and a broad lateral stripe on abdomen rufous.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 0000 ft., November l;)(il,
wet season (Ockenden) ; the one in fairly good condition, the other nuu'li worn.
Hindmargin of hindwing straight from aual angle to vein 4; palpi unusually long.
Distinguished by the elongate narrow wings and rufous streak of abdomen.

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82. Tephroclystia brunneicosta spec. nov.

Forciving : whitish grey, broadly tinged along costa with dull red-brown,
this tint broadening outwards and at hindmargin reaching to vein 4 ; the lines
are all acutely angled below subcostal vein, then inwardly oblique ; central fascia
broad, its inner edge sharjily angled in cell before the small concise black cell-
dot ; the white baud preceding it traversed by a grey line ; inner edge formed
of two, outer of three dark lines, plain on costa, marked in the paler inner
marginal half of wing by dark dashes on veins ; similarly the pale band following
with its central line marked by a black dash between two whitish ones ; sub-
marginal line very tine, dentate-lunnlate ; a blackish marginal line interrupted
at the veins ; fringe grey, slightly darker mottled.

Hindwing : very dark grey, with dark cell-spot ; the inner margin broadly
reddish tinged ; a faint pale submarginal line ; fringe pale grey, chequered with
dark.

Underside dull dark grey ; lines on costa of forewing dark ruibus grey,
separated by pale intervals ; cell-spot dark ; fringe paler.

Face, vertex, and sides of shoulders dull rnfons, the palpi brighter ; thorax,
patagia, and abdomen grey, the last tinged with reddish.

Expanse of wings : 27 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., March 1902, wet
season (Ockenden).

This woi;ld seem to be related to T. panda Druce.

83. Tephroclystia casta spec. nov.

Forewing : white ; the shadings olive-grey ; the lines black, interrupted,
starting from black costal spots ; first close to base ; middle and outer, forming
the edges of central fascia, at two-fifths and two-thirds ; these both waved, the
outer projecting on veins 6 and 4 and incurved between, each preceded and
followed by an olive-grey line ; the broad interval between basal line and fascia
traversed by an olive-grey band ; the outer line is followed by a broad white
band, edged externally by a grey line parallel to outer line; marginal area
beyond it olive-grey, traversed by a wide crenulate white submarginal line,
close to and at anal angle touching the margin; the outer line in the sinus is
more thickly marked with black, and the submarginal grey shade with darker
grey beyond the cell; cell-spot black; fine black marginal dashes between the
veins ; fringe white.

Hindwing: similar, but the outer line from inner margin to cell broadly
and prominently black.

Underside of forewing smeared with grey throughout, the markings indistinct,
of hindwing whitish, with the markings plainer.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; palpi externally with some blackish
scales ; the abdomen in the S ringed with grey, the rings forming a brownish
grey blotch on third and fourth segments.

Expanse of wings : 17—19 mm.

1 cJ, 1 ? from Santo Domingo, (Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November 1901,
wet season (Ockenden).

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84. Tephroclystia cupreata spec. nov.

Forewing : bronzy olive towards base, becoming dark purplish coppery in the
outer half; the lines very indistinct, slightly darker tliaa the ground-colour ; a
short basal line and curved extra-basal, both plainest on inner margin ; a thick
median line, bent in cell beyond the black cell-spot, then oblique inward, followed
by a carved and waved line before the thick cloudy outer line, which is plainest
on costa; an indistinct jialer band with a darker central line; submarginal line
very indistinct, preceded by a broad dark shade distinct on costa, filling up the
teeth of the line, which are tipped externally with a pale dot, that between
veins 3 and 4 with a pale spot ; a patch of dark rough scales at anal angle ;
fringe coppery purplish.

Hindwing : similar, with all the lines cloudy ; the outer band of central
fascia and the basal space darker.

Underside paler and duller, with all the lines and shades indicated.

Head, palpi, and shoulders rufons ochreous ; thorax and abdomen like wings;
the patagia darker.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm. *

2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., January and May
1902 (Ockeuden), the latter, caught in the dry season, mnch worn.

85. Tephroclystia densicauda spec. nov.

Forewing : white ; the markings olive-grey and the lines black ; all very
mnch as in T. casta described above, but the grey shadings darker and forming
distinct grey blotches on costa, and the lines more oblique ; the basal line
farther from the base, and forming a strong black mark on inner margin ; the
dark markings beyond cell larger and more conspicuous ; some grey spots instead
of black dashes along margin, which is white ; fringe white mottled with dark
grey ; cell-spot obscure.

Hindwing : with the lines grey ; the outer line not prominently black at
inner margin.

Underside of forewing grey-tinged, of hindwing whiter, the lines thick and
fairly distinct, especially on hindwing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; palpi externally fawn-colour ; dorsal
segments tinged with brown and grey, the third and fourth segments with a
broad brown and black ring.

The abdomen is very short, the anal segments thickened, squat, and sharply
truncate.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

1 ? from Caradoc, Marcapata, Peru, 4000 ft., February 1901 (Ockenden).

Wonderfully like T. casta, but the forewings are longer, with sharper
apex and more oblique hindmargin ; the peculiarly shortened and thickened
abdomen is also distinctive.

86. Tephroclystia erectinota spec. nov.

Forewing : white, with sparse grey speckling ; basal patch edged by a thick
black vertical line from inner margin at one-fourth, interrupted and bent on
subcostal vein ; central fascia with its edges starting from black costal spots ;

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tbe outer cloudy :mil black ncross wing, angled on veins 4 aiul (i, between
which it is insinnatc, thence incurved; the inner edge broken, indicated by
two fine grey lines varied with brown scales ; cell-spot snoall, near a middle
grey line; bands limiting tl\e fascia white, with a broken grey lino tlirongh
them, the outer band edged externally from costa to vein 4 by a black line, and
followed by a brown band starting from a blackish costal blotch ; above and
below vein 5 tiiis brown baud is crossed by a black dash ; submarginal line
pale, obscure, and close to margin ; a row of black marginal dashes interrupted
by the pale veins ; fringe white, much chequered with grey.

Hiiuhving : white ; lines marked in black along inner margin only ; outer

margin grey.

Underside of forewing cinereous, darker along costa and hindmargin ; of
hindwing paler, with indistinct lines ; both wings with cell-spot.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white, with grey dusting ; third segment of
abdomen with a black dorsal mark.

Expanse of wings : 17 mm.

1 I?, 1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6500 ft., October 1902,
dry season (Ockenden).

The upright black bar on inner margin will at once distinguish this species.

87. Tephroclystia magnipuncta spec. nov.

Foretcing : brownish olive, tlie bands ochreous, the central fascia dull blackish;
the bands before and after the fascia curved and slightly waved, with an olive
thread along each ; submarginal line zigzag, ochreous ; a short ochreous line
across basal patch ; in the blackish central fascia a large round black cell-spot ;
a row of fine black marginal dashes ; fringe olive, with dark base.

Hindwing : dark olive-grey, i)aler along costal margin ; a slight black cell-spot
and pale waved submarginal Hue.

Underside glossy grey, with the lines slightly shown ; the cell-spot of forewiug

plain.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark olive ; metathoras, tips of patagia, and basal

segments of abdomen ochreous.
Expanse of wings: 15 mm.
1 S from Charaplaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., June 1001 (Simons).

88. Tephroclystia nigrithorax spec. nov.

Foretcing: greyish white flushed with dull flesh-colour; the markings blackish
purple ; basal patch entirely blackish, crossed by a thin pale line, its outer edge
projecting roundly above and below median vein ; inner edge of central fascia,
at one-third, angled below subcostal vein, then oblique inwards ; outer edge at
two-thirds, thick on costa, obliciuely curved oiitwards and bent on vein (i, thonce
incurved to two-thirds of inner margin, the lines traversing the fascia waved but
indistinct ; the paler bands preceding and following it each with a grey thread ;
marginal area slightly darker grey traversed by a pale waved submarginal line, the
teeth of which are filled up inwardly with blackish, and externally connected by
black dashes with the black marginal line, which is interrupted by the paler

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veins ; on the costa the snbmarginal line is preceded by a large and followed
by a smaller black blotch ; fringe whitish.

Hindivimj : similar, bnt without basal patch.

Underside cinereous; outer edge of central fascia diffusely and thickly black;
the wliite waved submarginal line and the dark shade preceding it distinct ; cell-
spots blackish.

Face and vertex white; collar, shoulders, and ])alpi ochreons white; thorax,
patagia, metathoracic tuft, basal and anal segments of abdomen purple-black, the
two middle segments of the abdomen white with a black point.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, GOOO ft., November 1901, wet
season (Ockeuden).

89. Tephroclystia pallidicosta spec. nov.

(?. Forewing : grey-brown or wood-brown ; the lines slightly darker, ill-
expressed, and generally shown more by their paler edging ; costal streak above
subcostal vein to submarginal line yellowish straw-colour, the costal half more
or less darkened with olive, so that only the subcostal vein shows yellowish ; in
the ¥ the subcostal vein is narrowly white, and the wing markings reappear on
the costal edge ; before the middle of wing a dark line runs obliquely outwards
from costa, is acutely angled in cell, and then runs obliquely inwards to before
middle of inner margin, edged by a pale line ; in the c? this line starts from the
subcostal streak, which is expanded into a sort of tooth beyond the angle ;
snbmarginal line narrow, waved, whitish, or straw-colour, and broader, more
diffuse, in the latter case preceded and followed by darker shades ; an outer
waved line with pale edge is generally visible at three-fourths, preceded by a
dark shade ; and traces of waved lines are more or less discernible in the basal
and median areas, marked mainly by dark and light dots on the veins ; cell-spot
black, placed close to, sometimes on, the angle of middle line ; marginal line fine,
black, interrupted by pale dots at the veins and often with dark dashes between
them to the teeth of the submarginal line ; marginal sjiace between veins 3 and
4 pale, in the ? whitish. The markings are all plainer in the single ¥ than in
any of the c?(?.

Hind icing : whitish or ochreous- whitish, sometimes dusted with darker ; an
inner broadish line, three curved median lines, the outermost thickest, followed
by a pale curved band with a dentate line along it; submarginal line distinctly
and regularly dentate, followed by a brown marginal shade, and generally also
preceded, by a dentate-edged brown band ; fringe of both wings distinctly mottled
brown and whitish.

Underside of forewing whitish suffused with cinereous, of hindwing less
suffused ; all the markings expressed in dark grey or brownish fnscous.

Prothorax and basal half of patagia yellowish straw-colour ; shoulders, vertex,
face, and palpi deeper coloured, more ochraceous, even in the ¥ ; metathorax brown ;
abdomen in c? yellow, in y brownish grey and white, like the liiudwings.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

3 c?c?, 1 ¥,from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November
1901, January and February 10o2, wet season, c?(?, and June 1902, dry season, ¥
(Ockeuden).

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90. Tephroclystia seminigra spec. nov.

Forewing : brownish flesh-colour; costa beyond the middle broadly blackish
grey, narrowly blackish at extreme base ; cell-spot large, cloudy black ; the usual
transverse lines not visible, exeei)t in the black costal suflnsion ; fringe lirown,
beyond a fine interrnpted dark marginal line.

I Unci wing : coarsely speckled with blackish and with four or five waved
blackish lines ; the submarginal paler ; fringe blackish.

Underside cloudy grey ; cell-spot and costa of forewings blackish ; hindwing
paler, with the lines dark.

Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish ; the palpi black, triangular ; anal tuft
ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 14 mm.

1 (? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 0000 ft., March 1902, wet
Beason (Ockeuden).

Forewing triangiilar, with apex sharp and prominent ; hindwing narrow ;
inner margin short ; outer margin insinuate slightly beyond cell.

91. Tephroclystia suffecta spec. nov.

Forewing : greyish fawn-colour, below the median reddish fawn, without the
grey ; the usual waved lines all obscurely marked, except on costa, where they
are dark grey ; across the wing they are indicated by dark vein-marks, esi)eciaHy
on the median ; cell-spot black, round : submarginal line wavy, pale, preceded
by a darker shade, which is slightly blackish at costa and on submedian fold ;
an interrupted dark marginal line ; fringe pale fawn, mottled with darker.

Ilimhring: costal half whitish, without markings; inner and hindmargins "rev;
the former with the commencement of all the lines dark grey and emphasised bv
blackish vein-dashes ; a small grey cell-spot.

Underside of forewing dull fawn-grey, of hindwing whitish, with large black
cell-spots and obscure grey lines.

Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish fawn ; paljn and abdomen darker.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November 1902, wet
season (Ockenden).

Of the same size and shape as T. pimpinellata Hiib.

92. Tephroclystia triangidifera spec. nov.

Foreicing : delicate whitish green, crossed by a succession of wavy dentate
lines, all parallel to the hindmargin, of a slightly deeper green ; the submarginal
line is preceded by a shade of olive-green, which fills up its lunules ; the basal
patch is represented by a coal-black costal streak from base, widening outwards
to one-fifth ; the central fascia is marked on costa by a large reddish brown
triangular blotch, the inner edge of which is blackish and contains the black
cell-spot ; some dark marginal marks before the fringe, which is greenish.

Hindwing : with the four waved lines of the central fascia darker green
than the rest of the wing.

Underside pale green, in the forewing almost wholly, in the hindwing only
slightly tinged with fuscous-grey ; forewing with dark cell-spot.

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Head, thorax, and abdomen pale areen ; palpi externally rnfous ; dorsum
rnfons-tinged ; forelegs dark fnscous ; tarsi spotted with fuscons.

Expanse of wiugs : 28 ram.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 0500 ft., Uecember 1902, wet
season (Ockenden).

Evidently allied to T. acidalioides (Psaliodes) Kaye, from Trinidad, but mnrh
larger ; the palpi are long and rouglily haired.

Thysanoctena gen. nov.

Forewing : costa straight, convex before apex ; hindmargin curved : inner
margin in ? straight, in c? convex.

Hindwing ; of ? with rounded hindmargin and angles ; of S small, hindmargin
bluntly protrnding at middle, costa strongly rounded ; inner margin ample.

Antennae of i ciliated, of ? simple ; palpi long, porrect, rough-scaled ;
abdomen of c? elongate, the anal sheath very long, with lateral tufts of hair
beneath at the base.

Forewing of c? with an oval cavity below median vein near base, with
thickened edges ; from the upper edge a tuft of fine silky hairs, like spun glass,
reaching to inner margin ; base of wing before the cavity scaleless ; hindwing of
S with veins 4 and 5 beyond cell thickened and rough with hairs.

Nenration as in Tepln-ocb/gtia ; but in forewing the cell is narrow, and
vein 2 rises from the outside of the cavity ; in the hindwing the cell is wide and
the discocellular oblique.

Type : Thysanoctena dormita Schaus.

Allied to Dochephora Warr. and Sekistia Warr.

Trichoclystis gen. nov.

A development of Tephroch/tstia, with which it agrees in neuration. It is
specially characterised by the presence, on the underside of the forewing of the c?,
of a long tuft of black hairs springing from the base of wing and reaching to three-
fourths of inner margin, as in the Palaearctic genus Photoscotosia. In the ?
the forewing is of ordinary shape and size ; in the S both the costa and inner
margin are somewhat convex, the apex is more acute, and the hindmargin curves
into the inner margin w-ithout forming a defined anal angle. The hindwing also
is broader and rounder, the costa being arched. The abdomen of i beneath bears
along the middle segments a sort of double keel roughened with hairs. The
antennae of c? are thickened, roughened above, and distinctly ciliated beneath.
Palpi lengthily porrect, decumbent, heavily scaled, the terminal segment hidden ;
face below with a frontal tuft of hairs.

Type : Trichoclystis peregrina spec. nov.

93. Trichoclystis peregrina spec. nov.

Forewing : flesh-coloured ochreous, but this ground-colour, when the insect
is fresh, nearly hidden by olive-fuscous suffusion ; the bands of the central fascia
and the marginal area deeper in tint, the narrower bands preceding and following
it, the submarginal waved line, an oblique ajncal streak, and the central area of
the fascia, especially this last, remaining slightly paler ; in the pale middle space

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is a strong black cell-spot ; all the lines and shades ol)lii|uely cnrved parallel
to hiudmargin ; a row of black marginal dashes ; fringe olive, with dark mottling
lioyond veins.

Ilinchcinti : with similar markings but less distinct.

Underside of ? pale, somewhat glossy, oclireons-grey, with all the lines
dark fuscous and distinct; of c?, especially in forewing, dark smoky inscous,
not glossy, with the markings obscure ; the tuft of hair raven-black.

Head, collar, shoulders, and abdomen flesh-coloured ochrcous ; thorax and
patagia dark olive-fnscons, this tint extending over the two basal segments of
abdomen and darkening the dorsal crests ; the i>alpi sometimes tinged with fuscous
externally.

Expanse of wings : 17 — 18 mm.

3 c?c?, 3 ? ? from Santo Domingo, and 1 ? from R. Inambari, Carabaya,
S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November 1901 and 1902 (Ockenden).

The pale band beyond central fascia frequently joins the pale oblique streak
from apex ; in one ? the olive-ochreous ground-colour is predominant, especially
along inner margin, and the dark markings are more or less obsolete.

Subfamily HETERUSIINAE.
94. Erateina coeruleopicta spec nov.

Forewing : olive-black, sprinkled with blue scales ; a hyaline white bar beyond
cell as in cynthia Dbld. and discalis Butler, but no white streaks or scales on
inner margin ; the fringe only of inner margin bluish white.

Hindwing : with the dark area before the white blotch and along inner margin
thickly sprinkled with blue scales and clothed with bluish hairs.

Underside dull red dusted with yellow : the white bar continued upwards
to costa and downwards as a thin curved bluish white streak to inner margin ;
a silvery white mark on discocellular and streak along submedian fold ; inner
margin dull greyish olive with a streak of pale scales along submedian vein ;
hindwing with the blotch broadly white, attenuated to costa and inner margin ;
the lobe white with two red blotches.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 c? from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Bottger).

95. Heterusia binotata spec. nov. and ab. suflfusa uov.

Forewing : black ; the cell white, forming, with a white triangular spot
between 2 and 3, a rostriform blotch ; a narrow white transverse mark before
apex from vein 7 to 4, crossed by veins 5 and G ; an indefinite whitish streak
from base along submedian vein to centre ; fringe black.

Hindtciny : white, with costal and hindmargins black, the latter more broadly,
and containing a white mark from vein 6 to 4, corresponding to tlie white subapical
mark of forewing, suggesting a pale submarginal band, which is more or less
visible towards anal angle ; inner margin narrowly black.

Underside similar, but the white markings all intensified, the streak along
submedian vein of forewing nearly reaching anal angle ; the subaj)ical white
spots large and oval ; a distinct white spot before anal angle of hindwing and a
small mark in the middle of costal border.

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Head and palpi black ; face dull whitish ; collar and front of pectns bright
yellow ; thorax black ; abdomen cinereous, whitish beneath.

The form above described is the palest ; another <J has the white rostriform
blotch of forewing; invaded by smoky blackish scales, the snbmedian streak almost
obsolete, and on the hiudwings the veins black, the inner margin more thickly
black, and black scales running up along the veins ; but the underside is as white
as in the ty]ie form.

The aberration siiJ/'/tm di Iters greatly : in the forewing the rostriform blotch
and the snbapical spot, which is much larger, are both yellow, the base of cell
being also overlaid with black scales ; in the hindwing the snbapical spot is of
ordinary size and only faintly yellowish, but the whole wing is suffused with smoky
black, the veins and marginal borders being denser black. Beneath, the two
blotches of forewing are yellowish, and the submedian streak white ; the hindwing
is nearly normal, but has all the veins thickly black, and the white marginal
blotches all large and well developed.

ExiJanse of wings : 34 mm.

3 c?c? from Upper River Toro, La Merced, Peru, 3000 m., August, Septemlier
1901 (Simons).

96. Heteriisia clarimargo spec. nov.

The counterpart of H. salcini Butler, but rather smaller, 30 — 32 mm. in
expanse instead of 35 mm. Salvini, however, has in tlie hindwing a blackish
border running irregularly from the dark apical area to the anal angle ; this is
entirely wanting in clarinmrgo, but its place is taken by a few bright vinous
scales.

"i S S from Juan Vinas, Costa Rica (Underwood).

97. Heterusia tessellata spec. nov.

Forewini/ : black, the markings pale primrose ; three costal streaks, at one-
sixth, one-third, and two-thirds respectively ; three streaks from base, one short
below costa, one along median vein, and one quite narrow along submedian vein ;
the first and second costal streaks and that along median run into an elongated
blotch, obliquely placed, lying partly in cell and partly on each side of vein 1 ;
fringe black with pale primrose mottlings above middle.

Iliiidwiiiff : primrose, with broad black hindmargin and narrower inner margin ;
costa with three black blotches, indicating three bands ; first at base, with another
beneath it, forming a basal patch ; second acutely triangular, continued as three
separate black spots to middle of inner margin ; the third quadrate with a small
blotch below it, and four more in lower half of wing ; these blotches lie between
the veins; fringe black, broadly mottled with primrose, wliolly primrose round apex.

Underside of forewing with the pale markings much developed ; a fourth
costal streak beyond the third ; a yellow marginal line from apex to vein 3, the
yellow mottlings of the fringe produced inwards across marginal line as acute
teeth ; veins G, 7, 8 shortly yellow to apex : hindwing yellow, with four black
curved bands, cut up by the yellow veins into irregular-shaped spots ; the spots
of the marginal series in the shape of a magnet with the yellow vein at centre.

Palpi internally black, externally primrose ; face black, hairy ; fillet primrose ;
vertex, antennae, shoiilders, patagia, thorax, and abdomen black; tips of shoulders

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and patasjia primrose ; abdomiuiil sei>'mouts finely edged with primrose, the yelluw
edges widening laterally ; legs and pectus black and primrose.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

2 (Si from Huancaliamba, Cerro de Pasco, I'lrn (Bottger).

Intermediate between preciosa Mssn. and l/hirnta Warr.

Oreonoma gen. nov.

Agrees with Apodroma Warr. in having a double areole in forewing, while
that in [h'terusia is single ; but the antennae are bipectinate, not simply serrate ;
the pectinations club-shaped, swollen at ajie.x ; the face, pectus, and femora are all
densely hairy.

Type : Oreonoma submavmorata spec. nov.

98. Oreonoma submarmorata spec. nov.

Foreicing : dull olive-black ; costa with a few small white specks and three
cream-coloured streaks, the first minute, 'close to base ; the second, oblique outwards,
at one-third ; the third at two-thirds, vertical, ending in a slight rounded knob ;
fringe mottled with white.

Hindwiny : without markings ; fringe scarcely mottled.

Underside of forewing olive-fuscous, frosted with whitish, more coarsely along
costa and hindmargin ; the three costal streaks larger and whiter, the last giving
rise to an obscure bent outer line ; a dull brownish olive space at apex, speckled
with white ; fringe mottled ; hindwing blackish olive, coarsely speckled with
ochreons and white ; two broad ochreous white sinuous interrupted bands with
deeper edges ; marginal area brown.

Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-black, with sparse slight pale scales ;
abdomen whiter beneath ; legs black with white spots ; pectus and femora with
short white woolly hairs ; head and face hairy.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

1 S from Hnancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Bottger).

Subfamily EUCESTIINAE.
99. Callipia admirabilis spec. nov.

Forewing ; rose-pink, becoming cream-white tinged with pale brown along
hindmargin ; costa above subcostal vein broadly white, with four groups of velvety
black striae, at base, before and beyond middle, and subapical ; the last the largest,
forming part of a large patch of black striae extending from cell nearly to hind-
margin above vein 4 ; fringe white with black Innules between the veins.

Ilindwing : pink ; with a broad band of black striae at base and a broad black
submarginal band formed of coalesceut striae ; the extreme margin white, before
the black lunules of the fringe, which are more developed than in forewing.

Underside brighter ; the costal striae blacker ; the pale hindmargin washed
with olive, leaving the veins white ; hindwing with ground-colour j)inky white,
the lilack striae all on a brown ground.

Head, ))alpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs all black ; back of collar
crimson ; shoulders and patagia rosy ochreons ; fourth segment of abdomen ringed
with ochreous, the sides with ochreous patches ; hindfemora bright rosy.

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Expanse of wiugs : 65 mm.

1 c? from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Bottgerj.

A remarkably beautiful insect.

100. Callipia languescens spec. nov.

Forewing : deep rosy ; costal and marginal areas greenish Inteons ; the costa
with numerous irregular blackish striae ; an oblique black blotch on discocellular,
broader at top ; a broad blackisli submarginal band from inner margin just before
anal angle to vein (3, diverging from hindraargin, from 6 bent outwards to apex ;
the edges of this band are reversely luuulate ; fringe Inteuus, above vein 6
rufous grey.

Ilindwing : rosy ; the hindmargin luteous, preceded by a black fascia, of
which the outer edge is nearly straight, broader at inner margin and broken up
at apex ; fringe luteous, black at apex and anal angle.

Underside of forewing like upper, but brighter, the costa and apex brown-
tinged ; inner margin paler ; the veins blackened across submarginal fascia ;
hindwing suffused with pale brown ; a deep brown triangular patch from base of
inner margin embracing lower half of cell and reaching to three-fifths of wing ;
a similarly rich brown submarginal band ; both these brown areas traversed by
pale linear striae ; costa at base marked with brown-black striae, partly confluent ;
marginal area and fringe luteous ; fringe of inner margin bright rosy.

Head, j)alpi, and thorax black; shoulders and patagia luteous yellow; abdomen
luteous with broad black belts, the anal segments wholly blackish ; underside of
abdomen and legs black ; all the femora spotted with crimson.

Expanse of wings : 54 mm.

1 S from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Bottger).

This species and the preceding are most nearly related to C. parrkasiata Guen-

101. Cophocerotis argentistriga spec. nov.

Forewing : dull fawn-brown, olive-tinged ; the costal area above subcostal vein
and the fringe both a little paler.

Hindwing : similar.

Underside of forewing darker ; the costa and apex paler olive-brown ; interval
between veins 7 and 8 with a broad white stripe, a shorter one below 7, and a fine
one above 8 ; marginal line preceded by some white scales ; basal half of fringe
whitish tinged : hindwing wholly paler olive-brown ; all the intervals with broad
white stripes, that in the upper half of cell continuous to hindmargin ; a continuous
white line before hindmargin ; fringe with the tips pale.

Head and palpi brown frosted with white; antennal shaft white, the pectina-
tions dark ; thorax olive-brown ; abdomen cinereous brown, with a dull red tinge
along the sides, and mixed with white beneath ; legs fawn, speckled with pale.

Expanse of wings : 35 — 38 mm.

2 cf <? from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Rottger).

The wings are narrower and more elongated than in the other species.

102. Cophocerotis ebria spec. nov.
Forewing : dull smoky fuscous ; costal area speckled with dull red, the base
wholly reddish ; fringe fuscous ; an obscure dark cell-spot.
Hindwing : slightly paler ; fringe fuscous.

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Underside of forewiiig tilive-fuscous ; costal area and the apex broadly
checjuered with red and fuscous : hiudwing. much paler, reddish sprinkled with
fnscons ; a diffuse smoky dark fuscous band from iuncr margin above anal angle
towards apex, which it does not reach.

Face, vertex, aud palpi olive-fuscons, with a few rciUlish scales ; shoulders
and patagia reddish like base of costa ; abdomen olive-cinereous, basal segment
paler, olive-ochreons ; antennae pale ochreons yellow.

Expanse of wings : 37 mm.

1 c? from Hnancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 0000—10,000 ft. (Bottger).

Differs from ('. sobria Warr. in having no trace of pale enter line either above
or below. The anteunal pectinations are much shorter than in the other species,
being reduced to mere stout pubescent serrations.

103. Cophocerotis margaritacea spec. nov.

Forewing : satiny white, with a slight grey tinge from the underside ; costa
with four large olive blackish blotches, separated by pale spaces, all increasing
in size towards apex, the edge of the dark areas finely speckled with pale, the
last one before apex with a white tooth in middle ; fringe white with concise
black cheqnerings beyond the veins.

Hindioing : without markings ; the fringe with black dots only and one
sjiot at apex.

Underside pale green with the last costal blotch velvety black, the four
blotches produced as dull olive-brownish coalescent fasciae across wing, the last
interrnpted between 4 and 6 by a rosy brown tinge marked with black at
hindniargin ; fringe with velvety black mottlings : hindwing with three widely
interrnpted olive-brown fasciae, represented by three elongated blotches on inner
margin, and two above middle, the outer one isolated, the middle touching costa
and angled below.

Palpi and anal tuft of abdomen black ; face, vertex, thorax, and abdomen
greenish white ; antennae speckled black and white ; abdomen below and femora
black mixed with pale green ; tibiae and tarsi rufous ochreons ; pectus and sides
of shoulders black.

Expanse of wings : 37 mm.

1 $ from Hnancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Pern (Bottger).

104. Cophocerotis submuscosa spec. nov.

Foretving : blurred grey, with a slight pink tinge, which is more evident
along costa and at apex ; costal edge with fine black specks ; costa witli three jiiile
streaks, indicating so many lines ; first at one-sixth, not developed ; second at
one-third, edged outwardly with dark, the line from it obscure, bent in cell, then
straight to inner margin, forming the inner edge of an ill-defined central
fiiscia; outer line pale with dark inner edge, from two-tlurds of costa to
two-thirds of inner margin, outbeut from vein 6 to 2 ; a slight dark cell-mark ;
apical area deep dull rosy, striated with dull grey ; fringe deep, the inner half
dull rosy, the outer yellowish white, with double black mottlings beyond veins.

Jliruhring : with blurred and indistinct grey mottlings on a dull pink ground ;
the outer line pale and distinct throughout, the inner more or less obscured ; tracej
of a pinkish waved submarginal line ; cell-spot dark grey ; fringe dull luteous
with black mottlings.

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Underside of forewing blurred olive-brown ; costal area olive-green with black
speckling and a few pinkish scales below ; outer line marked at costa by a curved
pinkish white streak with black inner edge ; on hindmargin below apex a large
patch of green scales : hindwing, a medley of green, black, and ochreons scales on a
flesh-coloured ground, the green forming streaks along the two folds and along
hindmargin ; the lines ochreons, ill-defined, except on inner margin, accompanied
by black shading; at apex a patch of dnll plumbeous scales.

Palpi black ; antennae black speckled with white ; face yellowish ochreous ;
collar rosy and black; thorax black; shoulders olive-green; patagia rosy Intcous ;
abdomen dull flesh-colour, the anal tuft black ; legs black spotted with flesh-
colour.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 (? from Hnancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Bottger).

As in C. argentisMga, the difference between upper and underside of wings
is noticeable.

105. Eudule arctiata spec. nov.

Forewing : deej) red, with numerous irregular black blotches ; seven oblong
black blotches along costa, the second, fourth, and sixth shorter than the others,
separated by white streaks ; the basal blotch reaches inner margin ; the fourth
has a narrow, elongated blotch below it above the median ; below the median a
diamond-shaped blotch below the third costal blotch, followed by three lying in
a curve and two beyond cell below the sixth blotch ; three submarginal blotches
and two marginal, one subapical, the other between 3 and 4 ; three smaller
spots below submedian vein and one or two close to hindmargin ; fringe black.

Hindwing : red, with base and outer margin narrowly black ; a black
cell-spot ; fringe of outer and inner margin black.

Underside similar, some of the markings of forewing showing through only.

Head and thorax black ; abdomen yellow with black segmental rings, the
anal segments marked with white below ; basal segment of palpi and pectus
white ; legs bronzy black spotted with white.

Expanse of wings : 19 mm.

1 S from R. Slncuri, S.E. Peru, 2500 ft., June 1901, dry season (Ockenden).

Nearest to E. leopardina Druce.

106. Eudule simulans spec. nov.

Forewing : deep orange ; the costa shortly at base and the whole inner
margin narrowly black ; apex of wing black beyond a line running straight from
two-thirds of costa to hindmargin just above vein 2 ; fringe black.

Hindwing : black, more smoky towards anal angle ; an orange costal streak.

Underside like upper.

Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs all black ; tarsi beneath paler.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

1 t? from Hnancabamba, Cerro dc Pasco, Peru (Bottger).

Neodezia gen. nov.
I propose this name for Odczia albocittata Guen., a species which 1 erroneously
made the type of Trichodezia {Nov. Zool. ii. p. 119), so named from the presence
of a tuft of hair on the underside of forewing, which albomttata lacks ; in its stead

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kaberkaueri Led. mnst stand as type. The two species agree with each other ia
having the areole of forewing simple, and the discocellular of hiudwing obli(jue.
but are distinguished by the presence or absence of the tuft. From Coamorhoi'
Hub., with which it agrees in nennitiou, Neodezia is separated by the much slenderer
thorax and abdomen, as well as by the difterence in markings. Odi'zia tihiah' Esp.
has the areole of forewing double, and the discocellular of hiudwing biangulate.
With this ueuration Baptria exsecuta Feld. agrees, but differs, as kaberkaueri does
from alhovittata, by the possession of the tuft of hair, which tibialf is without.

In one of three 6 <S oi alhovittata Gueu., taken in North Vancouver, May 1902,
by the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, a curious instance of irregular ueuration occurs.
Normally vein 11 parts from 10 shortly before the anastomosis of that vein with
8, 9 ; in this particular case it anastomoses, coincidently with 10, with 8, 9, and
much more strongly than usual, the two veins again separating coincidently from
the stalk of 8, 9, and parting from each other towards the costa. The ueuration
is identical in both forewings.

Subfamily PALYADINAE.
107. Opisthoxia casta spec. nov.

Forewing : white ; a broad brown-grey stripe below costa, its edge running
from near base of inner margin, of even width except towards hindmargin, where
it becomes broader, traversed by innumerable whitish ripples, the costal edge
remaining pure white ; fringe white below vein 4, brown above it.

Hiiidwiny : pure white along costa, the rest of the wing finely speckled with
purple ; near before the apes a short metallic streak from costa to vein 7, there
forking and thinner, the two branches concave inwards, reaching the cell-fold and
filled up with yellowish round an embossed spot of black and metallic scales ; a
small submarginal silvery round spot above vein 4, continued as silvery streaks
along margin to anal angle ; fringe above middle white, fawn-coloured below.

Underside dull white ; the tip of forewing dark grey ; thorax brown-grey ;
collar and shoulders whitish ; palpi externally fawn-colour ; face rubbed, probably
fawn-colour too ; abdomen white.

Expanse of wings : 41 mm.

1 ? from Huatuxco, Vera Cruz.

The brown belt of forewing shows no traces of cross-lines ; the colouring and
ornamentation of the hiudwing is much restricted.

108. Opisthoxia laticlava spec. nov.

Forewing : white, with a broad chocolate-brown band from base to outer
margin, its lower edge slightly curved from one-fourth of inner margin to below
vein 4 on hindmargin, the costa! area irregularly whitish, and the band itself
traversed by whitish striae, with traces of darker curved bands at one-fourth,
one-half, and three-fourths ; fringe brown above, white below.

flindwing : with base narrowly brown, followed by a pure white belt ; metallic
submarginal streaks between veins from anal angle to vein 4, above which there
is an irregular metallic blotch, from which a metallic line runs obliquely to costa
before apex, is narrowly curved, and returns, parallel to its former course and
thickened, to below vein 5, the included space olive-fulvous and containing below
an oblique oval ocelloid blotch, velvety black in a vellow ring, the metallic boss

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being situate at tlie lower end ; the interiur of tlie wing white, finely dusted with
chocolate atoms ; marginal area below middle yellowish, with the fringe beyond it
grey, the fringe above middle white.

Underside white ; forewing with a black apical blotch narrowing to below vein 4.

Palpi white, tinged externally with pale brown ; face and vertex white ; collar,
shoulders, patagia, thorax, and two basal segments of abdomen brown, somewhat
varied with whitish hairs ; rest of abdomen white, with a slight grey tinge.

Expanse of wings : 48 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GOOO ft., June 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

109. Opisthoxia vigilans spec. nov.

Forewing : cream-white, the costal half of wing fuscous, the edge of this
fuscous area running from one-sixth of inner margin to liindmargin at vein 4 ;
the fuscous ground is formed by dense striations which are actually coalescent
below, but become less dense towards costa, which is whitish with fuscous striae
from base to beyond middle, where it is broadly clear white ; traces of darker
transverse shades across the fuscous band from below each end of this white blotch,
and of two or three antemedian blotches on the edge of the band ; towards the
apex the pale striae of the fuscous band are yellowish, and there are two patches
of bluish silvery scales, one below costa on vein 8 some little way before hind-
margin, the other above vein 4 close to hiiidmargin ; fringe fuscous from apex to
vein 3, then white.

Iliiidwing : with short basal fuscous streak ; an olive-tawny triangular blotch
towards a])ex, bounded below by vein 4, its inner edge vertical at middle of wing,
its outer oblique ; the costal and lateral edges of this patch are broadly overlaid
with metallic greenish scales, and there is an oval thicker patch of the same at
the angle on hindmargin, before which there stands a patch of brick-red scales ;
in the centre of the blotch a large ocellus, the outer ring ochreous, the centre
velvety black, with an outer metallic ring ; from anal angle to vein 4 an olive-grey
marginal band with jjatches of silvery blue scales between the veins ; costal area,
a band beyond the basal fuscous streak, and the apical area beyond the triangle
pure white, the rest of the wing speckled with purplish scales ; fringe grey from
anal angle to vein 4, then white, the white portion with a yellow basal line.

Underside of forewing white, with a dull blackish apical patch and some dark
striae in cell and beyond, and also along costal edge : hindwing with a grey border,
narrower and submargiual from costa to middle, broader and marginal below ; fringe
in both wings grey, becoming white beyond the white ground-colour.

Head, thorax, and first segment of abdomen fuscous, speckled with whitish ;
rest of abdomen white, speckled with purplish like hindwing ; abdomen beneath and
legs white ; antennae, palpi, and front of forelegs fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 ? from Bulim^ N.W. Ecuador, 100 ft., Jauirary 1901 (Flemming & Miketta).

Subfamily ABRAXINAE.

110. Abraxas transvisata spec. nov.

Fort'U'iiig : white, semi-transparent, with numerous pale brown partially
coalescent spots ; a broad pale brown costal streak ; the veins finely brown ; a
brown spot ou upper half of discocellular ; a row of semicircular spots along

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hindmargiu between the veins ; friuge white ; the uarrow submargiual area is
white without auy spots, and the cell and space beyond are less thickly dusted ;
before ajicx a pale brown streak on costa.

Jlimlicimj : witlioiit spots, except the cell-spot, a submargiual row on the
veins, and the marginal spots as on forewiug.

Underside like upper.

Palpi blackish ; face and vertex white ; shoulders yellow ; thorax and jiatagia
whitish with large black spots ; abdomen yellow with dorsal and lateral rows of
smaller spots.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., April 1902, end of
wet season (Ockenden).

This is, I believe, only the second species of the Old-World genus Abraxas
yet known from S. America.

M. Dognin described the first, ^1. estria<la, from Chiriipii.

Subfamily BRACCINAE.
111. Devarodes subtincta spec. nov.

Forewing : velvety black, the fringe whitish ; from the centre of the base a
dull whitish space extends between the median vein and snbmedian fold, expanding
in middle of wing into a clearer white round blotch, occupying the lower half of
the end of cell and embracing the origin of the three median nervnles.

Hindwing : pale sulphur-colour for three-fiftiis, with a liroad velvety black
border from apex to anal angle.

Underside of forewing with tlie white basal patch reaching inner margin, and
bordered by a velvety black band, starting from base of cell and carving round
twice as broad as at its origin into anal angle ; the basal half of costa and the
apical area remaining dull white, the veins black : hindwing pale yellowish with
outer border smoky grey, the veins black.

Palpi black ; face blackish with the sides whitish ; vertex black with a white
spot in middle ; a white mark behind the eyes ; shoulders black with the tips
white ; patagia black with the tips and inner edge white ; thorax black ; abdomen
with- dorsal streak, segmental ring,s, and anal segment black, the sides and
underneath white ; legs white beneath ; antennae black, with the shaft, at middle
white.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 (J from Upper River Toro, La Merced, Peru, August, September I'JOl
(Simons).

Allied to buioiM Druce and stibcaria Wlk.

112. Sangalopsis velutina spec. nov.

Forewing : deep velvety black ; a large red blotch wilii curved .sidi's iieyund
cell, broadening downwards, crossed by veins 2 to 6.

JliiKhoiiig : wholly black ; fringes black.

Underside of forewing with the red blotch as above and the disc velvety
black ; all three margins and the apex broadly ])aler ; the last with a dull sheen
in certain lights : hiudwiug smoky blackish, the veins deeper ; the kiudmargia

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paler beyond a dark baud, which is itself preceded by a broader but less distiuct
paler space.

Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs all black, with no trace of red.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

2 (? c? from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (BOttger).

Subfamily NEPHODIINAE.
113. Astyochia membranacea spec. nov.

Forcwimj : pale silky ochreons hyaline ; the veins hardly darker ; costal area,
apex, and hindmargin slightly darkened with luteons grey ; costal edge and fringe
darker ; discocellular blackish.

Iliniiwing : with a dark cell-spot on upper half of discocellular only.

Underside somewhat darker ; wings slightly clothed with dark hairlike scales ;
cell-spots blackish.

Palpi and forelegs fuscous ; face and vertex whitish ; thorax and patagia grey ;
abdomen whitish, with some blackish scales.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, H.E. Peru, OOUU ft., Blay 1002, dry
season (Ockenden).

114. Fulgurodes subnotata sjiec. nov.

Forewiii;/: dirty grey ; the veins darker; a dull smoky grey cloud from costa
near base ; a dull fuscous band from three-fifths of costa outwardly carved into anal
angle, where it becomes very broad ; the apex grey ; marginal edge, especially
between veins 3 and 4, paler ; fringe fuscous, paler between 3 and 4 ; cell-spot
linear, fuscous.

Ilimlw'nuj : with the veins brown ; the hindmargin diffusely fuscous, liroader
at apex and anal angle ; a dark line from before middle of costa to before middle
of inner margin, forming a rounded projection between veins 3 and 4 beyond lower
angle of cell.

Underside of forcwing dull grey to outer line, which is black at costa, and
cloudy bulow ; marginal area whitish ; a thick brown submarginal band from costa
to middle, its outer edge luuulate-dentate ; some marginal dark clouds ; fringe and
veins .fuscous : hindwing wholly whitish, the veins fuscous ; a fuscous patch at
base along inner margin, a large patch at anal angle and below apex ; the line
of the upperside strongly marked, thickened at margins; a zigzag marginal and
cloudy interrujited submarginal line.

Head and thorax dull grey ; abdomen whitish ringed with dark ; antennae
lilackish.

Expanse of wings : 3.j mm.

1 ? from Huancabamba, (Jerro de Pasco, Peru, 60UU— 10,U0U ft. (Bottger).

115. Heteroleuca apicilineata.

Nq)tcnatijjmlineata Dogu., Ann. S.E. Di!ij. 1893, p. 86. cJ.

The c^ of this species has the short stiff pectinations, thickened towards their
apices, that characterise this genus, as well as the angled discocellular of

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forewing. A third difference in strnctnre, which had escaped me before, is the
absence of the foveal bar in the forewing.

The ? of apicilineata has a repetition on the hindvving of the brown streak
of forewing ; though not so strongly marked, it is quite conspicuous, and runs from
below middle of inner margin to near the end of vein 6.

These observations are made from a pair from Santo Domingo, Carabaya,
S.E. Pern, November 1902 (Oekenden).

116. Nipteria basiplaga spec. nov.

Forewing : blurred grey, except along costa, apex, and hindmargin, which are
striated and speckled with fuscous, the apex and hindniargin somewhat darker ;
costa at base blackish ; an oblique black costal blotch at one-third, from which
a very obscure curved line runs to inner margin near middle, marked by dark spots
on veins ; a transverse black cell-spot ; outer line straight and oblique, hardly
marked itself except at costa, where it is preceded by a black spot, but indicated by
black dashes on veins, reaching inner margin just beyond middle, close to inner
line ; fringe grey, slightly darker beyond veins.

Iliiuhving : striated throughout, with dark cell-spot and curved line just
beyond middle showing through from underside.

Underside bright pale ochreous, with the markings and striae black and
distinct, like those of the upperside ; cell of hindwing with a black blotch at base.

Head and abdomen grey, the latter with black segmental rings ; paljii,
shoulders, and patagia black-brown ; antennae black.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 6 from Sauto Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, CjOO ft., October 19(i2, dry
season (Oekenden).

117. Nipteria dispansa spec. nov.

Forewing : pale grey with a slight luteons tinge ; the costal area somewhat
paler and more luteons, thickly striated and spotted with dull smoky blackish ;
some finer striae in the cell, and a greyish dusting at apex and along hindmargin ;
two dull blackish lines ; the first from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner
margin, sharply angled on subcostal vein, thence nearly vertical ; outer line from
three-fifths of inner margin oblique with a slight curve outwards to three-fourths of
costa, becoming indistinctly double above median and diffusely forked on costa ;
fringe mottled light and dark grey.

Hindwing : thickly but obscurely striated with smoky grey, with two smoky
dark lines, starting from a point below middle of abdominal margin, then diverging,
and approximating again at three-fourths of costa ; fringe mottled.

Underside tinged with pale brownish ; forewing with marginal area jiale, with
fine dark speckling ; from base to outer line much darker, towards costa with coarse
black-brown striae ; the oblique line black-brown : hindwing with coarse black
speckling, the two lines and the veins between them black-brown.

Palpi black ; face whitish ochreous ; vertex, thorax, and patagia Inteous grey ;
abdomen whitish with dark segmental divisions ; antennae black with pale basal
segment ; legs all blackish.

Expanse of wings : 39 mm.

1 (J from Chancliamayo, June— August 1901 (Hoffmanns).

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118. Nipteria exclamationis spec. nov.

Foreiving : blurred Inteons grey, the costal area clear, pale lateons, thickly
mottled with blackish, towards base wholly blackish ; hindmarginal area grey
mottled with darker ; a cloudy blackish cell-spot ; a blackish outer line from
three-fourths of costa parallel to outer margin, thick and distinct to vein 4,
then obsolescent and marked faintly only on the veins ; fringe grey mottled
with darker.

Ilindwinq : mottled with dark fuscous throughout, with a curved postmediau
line, a large spot on discocellular, and another in middle of cell showing through
from underside.

Underside with all the markings much darker and more distinct ; the spot in
cell of hindwiug elongate.

Head, thorax, aud alidomen luteous grey ; shoulders and patagia marked with
darker ; segmental divisions of al)domen fuscous ; legs dark fuscous.

The ? is altogether paler, both in ground-colour and markings. The position
of the outer line seems variable ; in one ? it rises only just before apex and in the
hindwing is at two-thirds ; in another it rises at four-fifths, only a little nearer
margin than in the S-

Several examples from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru (Ockendenj.

Closely related to N. nigrisignata Warr.

119. Nipteria nigrisignata spec. nov.

Forewing : greyish white with a brownish tinge; along the costa somewhat
paler, more ochreous, and coarsely striated with black ; a black blotch from base,
and a large irregular curved blotch at three-fourths of costa, the lower pointed end
reaching vein 5 ; from it can be traced a faint oblique Hue to three-fifths of inner
margin, edged by a paler space; marginal area diffusely smoky brown with darker
transverse striae ; cell-spot large, black ; fringe grey, with darker patches beyond
the veins.

Hindwing : wholly speckled with fuscous, the marginal area and fringe as in
forewing ; a smoky black cell-spot, a larger blotch in cell before it, and a bent
interrupted line lieyond it showing through from underside.

Underside brighter, more ochreons-tinged ; forewing with base of costa, cell-
spot, and subapical blotch velvety black ; hindwing with large blotch at base and
middle of costa, cell-spot and blotch in middle of cell, and a blotch below vein 2
velvety black.

Head, palpi, and patagia black ; thorax and abdomen like wings, the segments
of abdomen marked with black and broadened laterally ; abdomen beneath whitish,
black-speckled ; legs all blackish.

E.Kpanse of wings : 48 mm.

I ¥ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6U00 ft., March 1902, wet
season (Ockenden).

120. Nipteria occulta spec. nov.

Forewing : semi-transparent, smooth pale grey, unspeckled ; the costal and
apical areas suffused with brownish grey and dark-speckled ; a small blackish
cell- spot; from just before the apex, where it is followed by a small pale spot, a
dark obliijue line, marked by black dashes on veins, runs tn vein G, is deflected

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inwards and becomos obsolete ; from the same costal point another line rnns
vertically to vein 0 and there stops, this latter being a line showing tlirongh from
beneath ; fringe brown-grey.

Iliridwing : pale grey, dark-speckled, and towards apex tingod witli darker
grey ; a small lilackisii cell-spot, and traces of a transverse line showing throngh
from the nnderside, from below middle of inner margin towards apex ; fringe spotted
with dark.

Underside darker, the speckling black, the tint browner ; outer line of forcwing
black and distinct to vein 4, and marked by dots on veins 3 and 2, followed by a
pale fulvous subapical tint : hindwing with a lunulate-dentate line from the
submedian fold straight to vein 0, then upturned to costa before a2iex.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dingy grey.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 (? from River Inambari, Caraba3-a, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November lOill, wet
season (Ockenden).

121. Nipteria pallida spec. nov.

Forewing : cream-colour, with slight brownish speckling ; two blackish lines ;
the first curved, from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; the outer
nearly straight, from six-sevenths of costa to three-fifths of inner margin ; the latter
is followed by a line of blackish spots on the veins, which becomes obsolescent
below middle ; cell-spot blackish ; the apex and hindmargin tinged with bronzy
grey ; fringe bronzy grey.

Hindwing: with dark cell-spot, curved, thin, and sliglitly wavy postmedian
line, and obscure row of spots on veins ; fringe pale with dark spots at veins.

Underside very similar, but all the markings and speckling much darker.

Palpi externally and antennae blackish ; head, thorax, and abdomen cream-
colour ; shoulders laterally and base of patagia brownish.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

1 i, 1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OOUO ft., March— April
1902, wet season (Ockenden).

Distinguished at once by the coloration.

122. Nipteria partita spec. nov.

Forewing : pale biscuit-colour along costa, hindmargin, and broadly at apex ;
the costal area above subcostal vein thickly striated with olive-fuscous, and with
a fuscous streak at base ; the striations beyond cell reaching vein 0, the marginal-
area merely speckled ; the rest of the wing blurred ochreous without speckling;
cell-spot fuscous ; at one-sixth of costa an obliqne fuscous streak, bent in cell,
then oblique, but obsolete below median, represents the inner line ; at five-sixths
an oblique fuscous line from costa towards middle of inner margin is visible as
far as vein 4, then becomes almost obsolete and curves outwards ; fringe olive-
fuscous throughout, spotted with dark.

Hindwing : wholly ochreous ; freckled with fuscous along hindmargin ; a
fuscous cell-spot, and straight dark line from three-fourths of inner margin to
three-fourths of costa; fringe dappled, ochreous and fuscous.

Underside deeper ochreous, thickly speckled and tinged with olive-fuscous,
except the inner marginal half of forewing, which is quite pale ochreous without

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speckling ; forewing witli costal streak at base, cell-spot, onter line, and fringe
dark olive-fnscous ; hindwing with marginal half beyond the dark transverse line
suffased with olive-fnscous.

Palpi and basal half of patagia olive-fnscons ; head, thorax, apical half of
patagia, and abdomen pale oclireons ; all tlio legs fnscons.

Expanse of wings : 45 mm.

1 c?, 1 ?,from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 0000 ft., March 1902,
wet season (Ockenden).

In both wings tlie hindmargin is slightly elbowed at vein 4, the forewing being
also indented below apex. The s])ecies is related to -A', dis/iansa Warr.

123. Nipteria sibylla spec. nov.

Forewing: olive-black; a broad oblique white blotch from below costa at
two-fifths to vein 1 at three-fonrths, rounded below, its onter edge bluntly bent
at vein 3 ; the costa olive-grey across its upper end and the subcostal vein black
across it ; a smoky grey costal streak at two-thirds, broadened on the costal edge,
in one example with two whitish spots below it ; marginal space somewhat paler,
preceded by an obscurely pale zigzag line ; fringe olive-brown in basal half, whitish
in outer half, with thick black mottling beyond veins.

Hindiciny: wholly dark, with cell-spot and postmedian line showing black
from the underside ; fringe as in forewing.

Underside browner ; the white blotch of forewing entire, and recurved to
inner margin, edged with black, as is the pale streak from two-thirds of costa ;
marginal area much paler and greyer : hindwing with large cell-spot, waved
postmedian line, and all the veins black ; a zigzag pale submarginal line ; a pale
spot at base of cell ; fringes pale, spotted with black beyond veins.

Head, thorax, antennae, and legs smoky black ; abdomen somewhat paler, more
whitish below.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

4 c? tj from Hnancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Pern (Bottger).

Closely allied to aetldopissa Dogn. and sororcula Dogn., as large as the former,
but apparently marked more like the latter.

124. Nipteria trisecta spec. nov.

Forewing : pale smoky grey in the basal and marginal fields, whitish in the
centre ; this central area is narrow and dead white at the middle of costa, widening
out and whitish, semi-transparent, below vein 5; the edges lunulate-dentate, the
teeth in both directed inwards, the inner at one-third, the outer at three-fourths ;
a small whitish spot on costa before apex ; the grey of the basal and outer areas
becomes deeper along costa : cell-spot dark, linear, lying on the outer edge of
the pale space ; fringe dark grey.

Hindwinq : wholly dull pale grey, with a waved postmedian darker lino,
beyond which the marginal area is slightly darker ; an obscnre round grey cell-spot :
fringe dark grey.

Underside dull grey, darker towards costa of forewing, at the middle of which
is a white flattened flgure-of-8-shaped blotch ; from the subapical white spot a
faint submarginal line descends to inner margin before anal angle : hindwing with
dark median band.

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Palpi and antennae dark grey; fapp dull wiiite ; thorax and al)domen pale
grey, the latter ringed with darker.
Exjianse of wings : 35 mm.
2 cJJ from Hnaneabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Pern, GOOO— 10,000 ft. (Bottger).

125. Nipteria unilinea s])oc. nov.

Forcuiiuj : dull groyish ochreoiis, more clearly oohreons along costa and
beyond the onter line ; the whole with fine fnscons striae, which are plainest and
densest in the ochrcons {tortious ; base of costa fuscons ; a bent inner line is hardly
traceable from one-fifth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; a blackish, inwardly
diffuse, straight oblique line from three-fifths of inner margin to costa shortly
before apex ; cell-spot cloud}', blackish ; fringe brownish.

Ilimlwing: with small dark cell-spot and slightly sinuous dark postmedian
line, which is indistinctly double ; fringe pale.

Underside brownish ochreous, thickly freckled with fuscous ; inner area of
forewing semi-transparent dark grey without ochreous tint or dark speckling; the
lines and cell-spots distinct ; the line of hindwing plainly double ; a black spot at
base of cell.

Palpi and legs black ; head and thorax pale ochreous ; abdomen greyer ;
outside of patagia at base blackish ; antenual shaft ochreous, the pectinations dark.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 $ from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Pern, 6000—10,000 ft. (Bottger).

Evidently near secturata Dogu., which, however, is larger, and differs, judging
from the description, iu several particulars.

126. Nipteria vestigiata spec. nov.

Forewing : dull whitish with dark veins; the costa tinged with grey and witli
two darker grey elongated clouds at one-third and two-thirds, the costal" ed^'e near
base blackish ; from the onter costal grey cloud an outer line rises, running more
or less parallel to hindmargin, and marked with dark dashes on veins, thick and
diffuse to vein 4, then slightly outcurved and linear, beyond the dark vein-spots ;
a l.road diffuse snbmarginal grey clond, narrower and interrupted below middle';
cell-spot linear, vertical ; fringe pale and dark grey.

Hhuhchiy : like forewing, the outer line thin and outcurved, but insinuate
beyond cell.

Underside with the dark shades and markings much stronger : hindwing with
a basal and inner line as well.

Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish ; tips of shoulders and patagia and
segmental divisions of abdomen grey ; legs, antennae, and palpi blackish."

Expanse of wings : 37 mm.

1 $ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., April 1002, end of
wet season, and 2 ? ?, October I'jo:.', dry season (Ockenden).

Subfamily ASCOTINAE.

127. Bronchelia fiimistrota spec. nov.

Forcunng : white, thickly sprinkled with coarse grey granulations ; the lines

blackish grey ; first at one-fourth, outcurved above and below median vein, dentate

inwards and darker marked on the veins, preceded by a similar line ; median

shade a little before middle, outcurved round the black cell-spot and cloudy, then

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nearly straight to inner margin, also dentate inwards on the veins ; outer line
at two-thirds, distinctly dentate-lunulate throaghout, outcurved above, the teeth
pointing outwardly, followed by a slight grey shade, which is very indistinct,
except above and below vein 4, where it is thickened into two grey blotches ;
submargiual line whitish, regularly waved, preceded and followed by dark grey
shading ; marginal line black, crenulate ; fringe whitish ; starting from inner line
a smoky grey smear runs along the lower half of cell and then above vein 4, to
join the blotch beyond outer line ; all the lines are darker at costa and on inner
margin.

Hindwing : with a slightly curved grey antemedian shade, touching above the
black cell-spot ; a lunulate-dentate median line, followed by a geminate grey blotch
on each side of vein 4 and some grey clouds towards inner margin ; submargiual
line and shades less marked than in forowing.

Underside white, with a somewhat diffuse blackish border, thinning out before
anal angle, with a few slight pale marks before the black marginal line ; forewiug
grey-speckled, with all the lines marked ; the veins beyond outer line with long
black dashes ; cell-spot distinct : hindwing without speckling or marking except
the dark border.

Face and palpi dull fuscous ; shoulders grey ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen
whitish ; fore and middle legs fuscous-grey.

Expanse of wings : 72 mm.

2 c?c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 0000 ft., March 1902, wet
season (Ockendeu).

It is possible that this may be the missing d of B. pudicaria Gnen.

128. Bryoptera ruficana spec nov.

Forewing : rough-scaled, whitish peppered with black scales, the lines and
shades tinged with vinous; first line at one-fourth, thick, blackish, roundly
bent in cell, preceded by a vinous shade ; cell-spot round, large ami blackish ;
median line double, squarely outbent beyond cell-spot, then obliipie ; outer line
blackish, edged with whitish, at two-thirds, vertical to vein 4, with the j)art
from 6 to 4 somewhat projecting, then oblique ; followed by a thick vinous shade,
which beyond cell deepens into a black blotch ; submarginal line deeply zig;«ag,
marked and preceded by shining whitish scales and followed by vinous, the line
itself edged with darker ; marginal black spots ; fringe vinous ; the submedian vein
and the intervals between veins 2 and 4 are sometimes longitudinally vinous,
interrupting the markings ; veins in places dotted with black.

Hindwing : without basal line ; the median shades broader ; veins more
black-spotted.

Underside dirty grey, tinged with reddish, the borders broadly black ; cell-
spots blackish ; fringe whitish ; apex of forewing white.

Head, thorax, and abdomen mixed rufous, grey, and white.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

2 (S (S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6OU0 ft., November 1901,
January 1902, wet season (Ockeuden).

129. Bryoptera viridirufa spec. nov.

Foretviny : pale greenish, more or less overlaid with dull vinous mixed with
grey and whitish scales ; the hindmarginal area and the submedian interspace

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ou each side of the onter line aloue remaining green ; lines dark vinons, thick ; first
at one-fonrth, bluntly bent in cell ; onter at two-thirds, thick, and nearly vertical to
vein 4, the part from 0 to 4 slightly projecting, then oblique and thinner to
two-thirds of inner margin ; median shade diffuse and double, outcurved above,
the inner arm passing over a roundish rather large cell-spot ; submarginal line
irregularly zigzag, whitish ; marginal spots black ; fringe pale vinous.

lUndu-iny : with an irregularly waved black-red postmedian line, edged
with pale scales; the basal half of wing pale green, with a dark blotch^'at
base of inner margin and a broad vinous cloud from upper margin of cell, including
a black cell-spot, to inner margin before the postmedian line ; onter ' half as in
forewing.

Underside dark olive-fuscous, with reddish reflexions, and a pale postmedian
band broader in hindwing ; marginal areas darker ; costa of forewing spotted
with black ; inner margin broadly 'pale ; fringe of both wings pale ochreous with
a reddish tinge, except at apex of forewing, where the fringe and apex itself is
paler ochreous.

Head, thorax, and abdomen a mixture of greenish and rnfous scales.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 600U ft., May 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

130. Cymatophora modesta spec. nov.

Forewing : greenish ashy grey, finely and sparingly dnsted with dark atoms ;
costa ochreons, with short black streaks; the lines somewhat darker, but incon-
spicuous ; basal line at one-fifth, slightly curved, preceded by an olive shade ;
median line oblique, a little before the middle and nearly straight, touching
a black cell-spot, and accompanied by an olive shade ; outer line from three-
fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, lunulate-dcutate, finely black,
followed by an olive-ochreous shade; submarginal line indicated by the black
scales filling up its luuules, which form four black spots from costa to vein 4
and a double spot in the snbmedian interspace ; a slight olive-ochreous shade
beyond cell on hindmargin ; marginal sjiots small, black, obsolete below middle ;
fringe concolorous.

Ilindwiny : paler ; with fine straight antemedian and black distinct post-
median lines, the latter crinkled, and followed by an olive-ochreous shade, which
becomes blackish at inner margin ; three submarginal black spots above anal angle ;
cell-spot distinct ; marginal spots hardly visible ; fringe concolorous.

Underside j'aler, almost cream-coloured, speckled with grey ; forewing with
a grey submarginal shade, hindwing with only a line ; cell-spots black and
distinct.

Head and thorax like forewing ; abdomen paler, like hindwing ; face paler,
with a brown bar above and below; palpi greyish; abdomen beneatli and legs
pale ochreous, speckled with grey ; forelegs mottled blackish and ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 ? from Sapucay, Villa Eica, Paraguay, November 1902 (Foster).

In coloration and smoothness of appearance this sjiecies resembles C. limosa
Dogn., but in markings it is nearest C. dislocata Warr. from Peru, of which
it may be a local, more southern, form ; but the submarginal line of forewing
is not concave outwards below costa, but vertical as in C. commotaria Mssu.

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131. Cymatophora reducta spec. nov.

dloselj' allied to C. didocata Warr., bnt smaller, darker in gronnd-colonr,
and densely covered with dark speckling, so that the markings are all more or
less obscnre ; in dislocata, on the other hand, the gronnd-colonr is jiale, with slight
speckling, and the lines and markings stand ont distinctly. On the contrary,
the underside has the dark markings much less expressed.

Expanse of wings : 46 mm.

4 cJcJ from Hnancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Pern, 6000 to 10,000 ft.
(Biittger), sent along with several uniformly marked examples of dislocata.

132. Cymatophora striata spec. nov.

Foreiving : whitish ochreous, tinged with darker in places, and speckled
with black ; all the lines indistinctly geminate ; the second arm generally
faint, and except the outer line all interrupted ; basal and median marked
mainly by black dashes on the veins ; cell-spot black ; outer line slightly
Innnlate-dentate and nearly straight, parallel to hindmargin, followed by a brown
shade, which is distinct only at inner margin and beyond cell, bnt is marked
by black striae on the veins ; snbmarginal line lunular, the Innules filled in
with black, forming spots and followed by a dark shade ; marginal spots large,
black ; fringe concolorons.

Iliriduing : similar ; but without basal line ; the outer line and shade strongly
marked.

Underside rather duller ; the lines and shades indistinctly indicated; the
cell-spots and marginal spots black.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, with darker sjieckling ; dorsum with
pairs of black spots.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

2 S i from Hnancabamba, C^erro de Pasco, Peru, 6000 to 10,OUO ft. (Bottger).

133. Iridopsis alternata spec. nov.

Forewirig : grey with a slight greenish tint, with fine dark striations ; crossed
by three bands of pale red-brown ; the two lines black ; first from one-fourth
of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, nearly vertical, but incurved at both
extremities, preceded by a dark grey shade, the interval between filled np with
red-brown foraiing the first band ; outer line from three-fourths of costa to three-
fifths of inner margin, black and thickened at the veins, forming an outward
projection on each side of vein 5 and three sinuses basewards, first between costa and
vein 5, second between veins 4 and 2, third between veins 2 and 1, followed by
the second red-brown band, edged externally with dark grey, the red tinge running
in on the innerside of the line between veins 2 and 4 and again on inner margin
as far as submedian vein ; median line dark grey, double on costa, the inner
arm touching a grey, darker-edged, ocelloid cell-spot ; snbmarginal line wavy,
pale grey edged with darker; marginal area red-brown, forming the third band,
shaded with black between veins 6 and 7 ; black marginal spots ; fringe reddish
grey ; besides the three bands, the costal area and the veins in outer half of wing
are reddish.

llindwing : like forewiug ; but the space between basal bar and median
shade pale grey or whitish, as in /. htiumbaria Oberth.

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Underside pinkish ochreous, with dark eel l-sjicits and snbmargiuul bands ; the
cell-sj)ot of forewiiig large and ocelloid, of hindwing slight ; the band in forewing
twice as wide as in hindwing, and extended to margin between veins 4 and 7 ;
costa of forewing with distinct black striae ; both wings speckled with dark,
the forewing with a dark clond in and below cell.

Palpi dark fnscous ; face, vertex, and thorax recUlish brown ; abdomen
ciiiereons, with whitish basal belt and ochreons anal tnft ; nnderside of abdomen
and legs ochreons ; tarsi blackish with ochreons joints.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

2 dd from Hnancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Pern, 6000—10,000 ft. (Bottger).

Nearest /. huamharia Oberth., from which it is separated by the alternate
grey and reddish bands, and by the ochreons nndersurface ; the whitish belt
at base of hindwing is less conspicnons, and is not produced, as in huamharia^
on to the median area of the forewing.

134. Iridopsis striata spec, no v.

Foiru'imj : pale grey, covered throughont with obscure darker gre}' suft'iision,
mixed in places with pale olive-brown ; all the markings indistinct ; a double
basal line, the arms well separate, angled in cell, then oblique inwards; a similarly
double median line, the inner arm touching a large diffuse cell-spot ; outer line
at three-fourths, black and waved to . vein 5, there angled and running obliquely
to just beyond middle of inner margin, closely approximated to median line ;
on the costa it is followed by a fulvous patch and apparently another line ; sub- ■
marginal line pale, waved, followed by a dark shade ; marginal spots and festoon
black ; fringe pale with dark mottling.

Hindwing : with basal half whitish ; a double dark antemedian line, black
cell-spot, and dark postmedian line, marked blacker on the veins; the rest as in
forewing.

Underside whitish, speckled with grey, darker in the forewing ; costa ochreous
with numerous black striae ; a dull blackish apical cloud, leaving the apex itself
white ; cloudy dark cell-spots on both wings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey varied with darker ; base of abdomen with
a black ring ; second segment with a pair of black spots ; the others black on
dorsum ; foretarsi black with pale joints.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 c? from Caradoc, Marcapata, Peru, 4000 ft., February 1901 (Ockenden).

The hindmargin of hindwing is very deeply dentate.

135. Iridopsis schistacea ab. radiata nov.

Diiferiug from the type form as follows : the outer line, instead of rising
at three-fourths of costa, starts at three-fifths, and is not angled outwards at vein 6,
but curves at once and runs obliquely inwards to the submedian fold, where it almost
touches the inner line, reaching the inner margin well before the middle ; on the
costa between the two lines are two distinct black spots, one representing the
median shade which is crowded out below, the other joining the cell-spot, which
is close to outer line ; the rusty shade preceding the inner and following the
outer line is much broader than in the type form ; the marginal black spots are
produced inwards as bars between the veins, those below middle short, those above

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continued to outer line. In tlie Iiiiidwiiig the position of the outer line varies
similarly, but the marginal bars are all short. Beneath, the marginal bars are
rejiroduced, and take the ])lac.e of the dark snbmargiual fascia jiresent in the tyjie.

1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., Jane 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

Received along with numerous examples of the usual form. The single
specimen is of the same size as the rest, but of a much deeper slate colour.

136. Melanoscia commaculata.

Cymato2)hora commaculata Warr., Nov. Zool. vii. p. 195. ? .

I have now seen several c? c? of this species, as well as another ? , from Santo
Domingo, S.E. Peru, and find that it must be referred to Melanoscia. The Jc?
are uniformly darker and smaller.

Monroa gen. nov.

Forcwing : elongate, narrow ; costa straight ; hindmargin oblique, somewhat
bulged at middle.

Hindwing : narrow, inner margin short ; hindmargin irregularly crenulate,
with a sinus beyond cell.

Antennae of S bipectinate, of ? simple ; forehead bulging ; palpi short and
stout ; tongue invisible ; hindtibia with four short spurs.

Neuration : forewing, cell more than half as long as wing, and broad ; first
median nervule at quite three-fourths, second close before third ; radials normal ;
7, 8, 0 stalked; 10 and 11 coincident: hindwing with costal and subcostal
approximated for three-fourths of cell ; 6 and 7 short-stalked. Forewiug without
fovea.

Type : Monroa quinquelinearia Pack. (Cymatophora).

This species and plumosaria Pack, must surely be allied to Exelis Gueo.
and its congeners ; how Mr. Hulst came to put it into Aids I cannot understand.

137. Neofidonia olivescens spec. nov.

Forewing : dull olive-drab, dusted with fine black striae, the olive tinge
deeper along hindmargin ; lines thick, black ; first at one-fifth, angled in cell,
then oblique and bent inwards ; median, at two-fifths, oblique and straight, parallel
to hindmargin ; outer line at two-thirds, marked only on costa and inner margin,
obsolete between ; snbmargiual line scarcely paler than ground-colour, but well
indicated from costa to vein 4 by four black lunules preceding and a dark cloud
following it ; a row of black marginal spots before the fringe, which is concolorous
with wing below middle and darker above ; the first three lines are broad towards
costa.

Hinciwiiig : with straight diflFuse antemedian and obscurely double postmediau
lines ; submarginal marked by a curved row of black blotches between veins.

Underside duller, with the markings indistinctly shown ; cell-spots small,
but clear; both wings with darker submarginal cloud.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous ; antennae black ; forelegs dark, dotted
with pale.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

1<S from Bulim, Ecuador, December I'JOO (Flemmiug & Miketta).

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138. Stenalcidia latimedia ali. circumfumata no v.

This is .1 melanic form of latimedia AVarr. : instead of tlie ordinary pale lilac-
giry, the marginal aroa beyond onter line, except the space just before the fringe,
is filled in with smoky black, in the middle of which the whitish edgings of the
Innnles of the submarginal line stand out as a row of pale spots.

1 (? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., April 1902, end
of wet season (Ockenden).

Subfamily SELIDOSEMINAE.
139. Cidariophanes mamestrina spec, no v.

Forewing: pale brownish ochreons, thickly striated with olive-grey; the
markings deeper olive ; the veins paler thronghont, interrupting the darker
transverse markings ; basal area edged by an interrupted olive shade, obliipie
from costa at one-fourth, then vertical and wavy; inner edge of central fascia
obliqne from one-third of costa, curved outwards above and below the median
vein, to two-fifths of inner margin ; outer edge from three-fourths of costa, angled
above vein 7, then oblique inwards to three-fourths of inner margin, forming
flattened lunnles between the veins, those between veins 2 and 4 projecting outwards
and rounder; this lunular edge is finely margined with whitish, and is preceded
within the fascia by a more obscure and straighter olive shade ; cell-spot large,
olive-brown ; a submarginal series of pale spots, those above middle white, that on
the submedian fold linear and angled ; marginal lunules olive ; fringe concolorous,
with paler base.

Hindwing : pale greenish ochreons, freckled with olive, more thickly along
hindmargin ; a cloudy dark cell-mark ; an irregularly waved dark postmedian
line, and a slight cloudy submarginal shade ; fringe and marginal lunules as in
forewing.

Underside yellowish ochreous, tinged with olive and speckled with darker
olive ; both wings with large dark cell-spots, distinct waved postmedian lines, and
pale spotted marginal shades ; marginal lunules inwardly edged with whitish.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dull greenish ochreous speckled with darker.

E.\]>anse of wings : .52 mm.

1 3 from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., February 1002, wet
season (Ockenden).

The insect has the a])pearance of a large Noctnid.

14(1. Ischnopteris albipennis spec. nov.

Forewing : moss-green, varied with brown and dark speckles ; space between
first and outer lines rather darker ; first line oblique outwards, forming three small
curves, from one-sixth of costa to one-third of inner margin, the space from base
to line below vein 1 and partially above it snow-white ; outer line from middle
of costa, obliquely concave outwards to vein 4, toothed on veins 4, 3, 2, and lunnlate
between, then incurved to two-thirds of inner margin ; costal area beyond outer
line bluish white, with a small greenish costal cloud ; a dark blackish green
projection towards apex from the tooth at vein 4 ; marginal area dull greenish,
with a distinct and broad bluish white submarginal line from costa to vein 4, below
costa slightly zigzag ; marginal line blackish ; fringe greenish and brown ; a rufous
shade is visible along submedian fold.

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Ilindwing : semi-transparent white ; the veins and a broad marginal border
smoky grey ; fringe whitish.

Underside of forewing dirty whitish with the dark markings of upperside
showing through ; of hindwing like ujiperside.

Head, shoulders, and base of patagia moss-green ; apical half of patagia,
thorax and basal segments of abdomen white ; rest of abdomen smoky grey.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 <S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., Ajiril 1902, end of
the wet season (Ockenden).

The hiudmargin of both wings is smooth, not crennlate, and cannot therefore
be confounded with /. xijlinata Guen.

141. Ischnopteris discolor spec. nov.

Foreiving : a mixture of dull sage-green and luteons, thickly striated with
dark ; lines as in viruli/ascia described below ; the whole of the basal patch
dnll green, with a spot of white scales above the base of vein 1 ; beyond the outer
line, which is simply curved, not angled outwards on vein 1, instead of the briglit
green defined band of viridifascia there is a dull green diffuse shade ; submarginal
line Inteous, not green, and above inner margin white beyond a dark brown blotch
which is preceded by a patch of pale green and whitish scales intermixed ; fringe
dull green and luteons.

Ilindimruj : wholly dull fuscous, the fringe rufous yellow.

Underside of forewing dnll cinereous; the costa and hiudmargin Inteous, the
apex broadly paler ; an indistinct dark middle shade and large submarginal black
cloud ; hindwing luteons, speckled with black, with an obscure straight antemedian
and curved postmedian line, and diffuse submarginal shade.

Head, thorax, and dorsum olive-green ; abdomen at sides and beneath pinkish
ochreous ; legs dark green with the joints pinkish ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 42 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6500 ft., October 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

Much smaller and less brightly coloured than viridifascia.

142. Ischnopteris festiva spec. nov.

Forewing : deep brown with darker speckling ; costa with pinkish spots ; the
lines paler, fine and obscure ; first from about one-sixth of costa, straight and
oblique, to two-fifths of inner margin, preceded by a band sprinkled with whitish
scales ; outer line from three-fifths of costa, oblique outwards to middle, there
bluntly angled, and oblique inwards to three-fifths of inner margin, followed by
a short band of white scales, reaching from inner margin to vein 2 ; submarginal
line represented by white i^oints on veins, and a waved white line above inner
margin, preceded by a square black blotch; there is also another black blotch in
the submedian interspace a little beyond the first line ; cell-spot blackish, obscured ;
fringe concolorous , with pinkish mottlings.

Ilindwing : fuscous black, with the apical area from three-fifths of costa to
below middle of hiudmargin orange, the extreme apex narrowly fuscous ; fringe
orange to below middle, then fuscous.

Underside blurred cinereous in forewing, with some paler patches of ochreous
towards hiudmargin ; costa flecked with dull reddish ; hindwing with two darker

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bauds ill the fuscous area, aud a snbuiarginal baud in lowir iialf of wino- ; the
orange apical area speckled witli fuscous ; fringe dull orange.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish fnscons ; anal tufts ochreous ; legs
fuscons, broadly mottled with dull orange.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

1 6 from River Slucnri, S.E. Pern, 2S>W ft., June 1901, dry season (Ockeuden).

Of the small size and slender build of I. abnormipalpis ftml fiffelis "W &tt., hnt
with the yellow apex in hindwings of some of the larger and stouter species.

143. Ischnopteris praeluteata spec. nov. and ab. albirupta nov.

Forewing : dark moss-green in the cJ, whitish or pale greyish green in the ? ;
the basal area only dark green in both sexes ; the lines blacki.sh, ]ilaiu only
in the ?, more or less obscured by the darker tints in the cf ; first, obliquely
concave, from one-fifth of costa to one-third of inner margin, angled outwards
on subcostal vein, on snbmedian fold, and above inner margin below submediau
vein, the last angle acute ; a diffuse median shade from about one-third of costa,
at first oblique outwards, more or less obsolete across vring, but ending in an
oblique black mark on middle of inner margin, shortly beyond first line ; it is
sometimes indicated by a dark mark between median vein and snbmedian fold
beneath the origin of vein 2 ; onter line from just beyond middle of costa, oblique
outwards to vein 4, then luuulate-dentate inwards to inner margin just beyond
median line, between veins 2 and 4 generally obliterated ; submarginal line pale,
bluish white, more distinct in <S than ? , dentate towards costa and waved below,
preceded by a darker shade, especially at costa, and followed by a dark spot before
anal angle ; a row of black marginal lunules ; fringe greenish grey or rufous grey ;
discocellular marked by a fine twice concave black line ; veins pale, dotted with
brown-black ; in the c? at the end of the cell, aud along the course of the submediau
fold, there appear patches of testaceous.

Ilindwing : dark olive-fuscous with darker cell-spot, postmcdian curved line
aud submarginal blackish shade, interrupted above vein 6 by an apical testaceous
patch which runs along hindmargin narrowing to anal angle ; fringe testaceous
with interrupted dark marginal line.

Underside rufous ochreous, thickly black-speckled ; an oblique diffuse broad
median band ; a broad black submarginal fascia from below costa to anal angle,
followed by a square white marginal blotch from vein 3 to above vein 4 ; in the
hindwing this submarginal fascia does not reach above middle of wing, and there
is an antemedian black mark on costa.

Head and thorax dark green, in ? mixed with reddish grey; abdomen
cinereous with a greenish tinge ; underside of abdomen aud legs rufous ochreous
speckled with fuscous; pectus rufous testaceous, sometimes greenish tinged; all
the tints darker in c? than in ? .

Expanse of wings : <?, 52 mm. ; ? , .56 mm.

1 (J, 2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GUUU ft.. May 19U2,
January 1 903, both wet and dry seasons (Ockenden).

144. Iscliiiopteris viridifascia spec. nov.
Forewing: purplish gre}-, striated with dark ; the basal and onter lines broad,
moss-green ; the first straight and oblique from one-sixth of costa to one-third of
inner margin, the inclosed area dark purplish mixed with greenish ; the outer at

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two-tliirds, obliqne ontwards and bent in middle, then incurved and towards inner
margin donble ; it is followed by two green horizontal streaks in and above cell
before the snbmarginal line, which is pale greenish and inwardly angled beneath
costa, interrupted in midwing, and ending in a narrow green line before anal angle ;
apical and anal areas darker purplish ; the median shade, slightly before the
middle, is deep purplish, concave above and below median and angled outwards
on median and submedian veins ; cell-spot jiurple ; dark purple marginal lunnles ;
fringe rufous grey with a paler base.

Ilimhring : wholly olive-fuscous, with traces of two dark lines, approximated
on costa and diverging towards anal angle ; the marginal border deeper ; marginal
lunnles black ; fringe luteous grey with paler base.

Underside of forewings above median smoky fuscous, beneath whitish ; an
obscure oblique black median line followed by a pale patch in end of cell ; a broad
black snbmarginal fascia to anal angle ; apex testaceous with black marginal
spots ; hindwing greenish testaceous, speckled with black ; a black cell-spot,
indistinct and interrupted postmedian line and snbmarginal fascia swollen at
middle, and interrupted above ; marginal spots black.

Head and thorax dark purplish grey and green intermixed ; abdomen
cinereous, tinged with green.

Expanse of wings : 56 mm.

2 SS from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 0000 ft.. May 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

145. Oenoptila ignea spec. nov.

Forewing : orange, covered with deep reddish fulvous striae, which in the ?
are suffused together and almost hide the orange ground-colour ; a broad brown
costal streak nearly reaching apes ; the lines dark fuscous ; first straight, from
one-third of costa to two-fifths of inner margin ; median from costa beyond middle
straight to vein 4, running in shortly along that vein, then straight to inner
margin at three-fifths ; outer line from five-sixths of costa, obliquely curved
outwards to near hiudmargin below vein 4, then curved inwards, but the lower
half very obscure ; the orange ground-colour most visible above middle, forming
especially a small patch before first line and another beyond the median line ; fringe
dull red with darker chequering ; cell-spot black.

Iliiuhciny: with a straight antemedian line and outer line like that of forewing.

Underside blurred, dull red with dull fuscous striations ; all the lines dark.

Face and palpi dull red ; vertex brown ; shoulders grey tipped with red ; thorax,
patagia and basal segments of abdomen red ; rest of abdomen cinereous.

Expanse of wings : 35 mm.

1 c?, 1 ? from Santo Domingo, (Jarabaya, S.E. Peru, 0000 ft., January 1902,
wet season (Ockenden).

In forewings vein 11 is stalked with 7, 10, 8, 9, 11 anastomosing with 12.

146. Oenothalia nummifera.

C'ertima nummifera Warr., Nuc. Zool. viii. p. 485 (I'JOl).

This species, described originally from a ? , was provisionally referred to the
genus Certima ; lately I have seen a pair from Santo Domingo, S.E. Peru, of
which the 3 has pectinated antennae, but is otherwise in all points exactly like
the ? ? . They must be transferred to Oenothalia.

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147. Porona fidoniata spec. nov.

Fomcing : whitish straw-colonr, with a few scattered fuscous striae ; the
costal edge fuscous, and with a few striae ; a dark mark just before middle
indicating origin of median fascia, which is represented onl}' by a curved sliade at
inner margin ; another costal mark at two-thirds ; whole outer margin ]nirplish
fiiscons, limited by a nearly straight line from four-fifths of costa to before anal
angle ; a submarginal line of slight pale dots on veins ; pale marginal dots at the
ends ; fringe fuscous ; eell-sjiot grey.

Hiivhring : with marginal area only half as wide ; a broad grey antemedian
shade ; a small cell-spot ; the end of a postniediau grey band on inner margin.

Underside similar, but the inner bauds absent ; cell-spots larger and
conspicuous ; forewing grey-tinged towards base.

Head and antennae fuscous ; thorax and abdomen like wings ; dorsum tinged
with fuscons.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, Gi.ioo ft., March 19U2, wet
season (Ockenden).

Tlie species agrees well with Porona Schaus, except that vein lU is absent,
coincident with 11, which anastomoses with 12.

Psodopsis gen. nov.

Foreicing : costa slightly curved ; apex prominent, blunt ; hiudmargiu
obliquely curved.

Ilindwiny : with well-rounded hindmargin, conspicuously insinuate beyond cell.

Antennae ((?) lamellate, subserrate ; palpi short, slender ; tongue and
frenulum present ; hindtibiae with four spurs.

Neuration : forewing, cell longer than half of wing ; discocellular vertical ;
first median nervule at three-fourths, second at eleven-twelfths ; radials normal ;
7, 8, 9 stalked, lU, 11 stalked, 10 anastomosing with S, 9 : hindwing, costal and
subcostal anastomosing to about half of cell ; 3 and 7 from before angles of cell ;
no radial.

Type : Psodopsis incommoda spec. nov.

148. Psodopsis incommoda spec. nov.

Forewing : dull sooty blackish, with black cell-spot, and traces only of dark
lines.

Hindwing : similar ; fringe concolorous.

Underside dull cinereous ; forewing with indistinct broad darker marginal
border ; hindwing with dark antemedian and postmedian lines, and cell-spot
between.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; abdomen below paler grey.

Expanse of wings : 19 mm.

1 c? from t'hulnmani, Bolivia, 2O00 m., December 1901, beginning of wet
season (Simons).

Although considerably smaller and more indistinctly marked, this species
will very probably prove the c? of a ? described by me as Fidonia tristata
{Nov. Zool. viii. p. 479) from Pallasco, Peru. Both are insignificant in appear-
ance, and I have only seen one specimen of each.

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Subfamily SEMIOTHISINAE.
149. Lozogramma carneata spec, no v.

Forewing : pale greyish flesh-colour, with faintly darker dusting ; two pink
cross-lines, antemedian and postmedian, oblique inwards and slightly curved,
parallel to hindmargiii, from two-fifths and two-thirds of costa to one-third aud
two-thirds of inner margin ; a small blackish cell-spot between them ; marginal
area slightly deeper-coloured than the rest of wing, the edge of this deeper
shade running from costa before apex to shortly before anal angle, approaching
outer line in middle ; fringe concolorons with tliis deeper shade.

Ilindwiiig : pale at base, becoming more flesh-coloured towards hindmargin,
without markings.

Underside of both wings pale pinkish, darker along margins, without
markings.

Face, palpi, and forelegs deep pink ; vertex pale ochreous ; thorax and
abdomen ochreons with a pink tinge.

Expanse of wings : 27 mm.

1 ? from San Juan Mts., Colorado (Oslar).

150. Lozogramma erubescens spec. nov.

Forewing : cream-white at base and along costa, densely dusted with pink,
this dusting becoming thicker outwards, so that the marginal area and fringe
are wholly deep pink ; a black cell-spot, followed at two-thirds by a very obscure
olive-tinged line running parallel to hindmargin, and only visible in certain lights.

Ilindicing : whitish, ^vith only the marginal area pink; the cell-spot and
outer line both visible.

Underside whitish, pinkish-tinged ; the apex of forewing and the fringe
deep pink ; cell-spots marked on both wings, but no trace of line.

Face, palpi, and forelegs deep pink ; vertex, thorax, aud abdomen white,
the last somewhat pink-tinged.

Ex^iaase of wings : 30 mm.

1 ? from Chimney Gulch, Colorado, September 1901 (Oslar).

Evidently closely related to the last species, L. carneata.

151. Lozogramma sinuata spec. nov.

Foreiving : dull flesh-coloured ochreous, with two slightly deeper lines ; the
first curved, at one-fourth ; the second sinuous, at three-fourths, outcurved above,
incurved below middle ; outer line followed by a deeper fascia, which leaves
tte line at vein 6, not curving inwards, but running parallel to the hindmargin ;
this fascia is edged by the submarginal line, which is only visible above inner
margin, where it is followed by a deeper tint along margin ; fringe quite pale ;
in the pale median area is a small pink-edged annulus.

IliiuhiHiiy : throughout rather darker than forewing, with a sinuous post-
median line, becoming faint towards costa.

Underside paler, with the lines just indicated.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, faintly tinged witli pink ; vertex
whitish.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 ¥ from San Juan Mts., Colorado (Oslar).

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152, Semiothisa formosa spec, no v.

Forrwing : pearly grej-, spriukled with dark brown atoms ; the lines dark
brown, fine, starting from ontwardly obliqne costal streaks ; first from oue-fifth
of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, bent in cell ; second near the middle,
undefined, waved, and approaching first line ; outer line concise, lunulate-dentate,
the teeth dark-marked on veins, followed by an undefined, thick flexuous line,
beyond which the marginal area is rather bright ruf)us, except the apical area
above vein 6 ; beyond the thick flexuons lino is a darker shade, well defined
above vein 6, and also marked below vein 4 ; fringe rnfous, with a pale shining
basal line ; cell-spot linear, dark brown.

Ilinihvhicj : with ill-defined median shade, ronnd black cell-spot, and Inniilate-
dentate outer line ; marginal area lilac-grey, with two darker cloudy shades ;
an interrupted dark marginal line.

Underside white, brown-speckled, the veins and costa of forewing rufous ;
all the lines brown ; apical area of forewing white, brown-speckled ; the two
submarginal shades of hindwiug dark brown, the outer one thick and dentate.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white, speckled with brown ; legs rnfous.

Expanse of wings : 32 mm.

1 $ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., April 10u2, end of
wet season (Ockenden).

Hindmargin of forewing excised between 4 and 7, the apex depressed and
rounded ; hindwings angled at middle ; forewings of $ without fovea ; antennae
of S ciliated.

153. Tephrina disparata spec. nov.

S. Foretving : bluish grey, with brownish speckling; some short dark striae
along costa ; crossed by four reddish brown lines ; the first, well curved, at
one-fourth, fine; the second, median, at two-fifths, sinuous, more diffuse and
obscure, touchiug a dark linear cell-mark ; outer line fine, sinuous parallel to
median, at two-thirds, double in its lower course; submarginal line slightly
waved, starting from a large brown costal spot, sinuous like the two preceding,
followed by a pale space ; the marginal area beyond darker, greyish brown ;
.some small dark marginal spots ; fringe grey-brown.

lliiidioing: greyish white, with a slight brownish tinge, and freckled with
brown towards hindmargin, with faint traces of outer lines.

Underside tinged and freckled with greyish brown, with cell-spots and
marginal dots ; costa of forewing 3-ellowish, with dark brown marks ; fringe
of forewing dark brown.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey.

?. Smaller and darker; all the lines thicker, dark brown aud tawny; the
double outer line and the brown shade following it forming a prominent band.

Expanse of wings : c?, 32 mm. ; ? , 26 — 30 mm.

1 <?, 2 ? ? from South Park, Colorado, August I'JUl (Oslar).

154. Tephrinopsis fragilis spec. nov.

Forewing : pale grey, densely dusted with darker, crossed by three straight
and oblique lines, generally marked with fine black dashes on the veins, the
first and second near together before the middle, both slightly bent below costa,

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the second tonching a small dark cell-spot ; third at three-fourths ; some small
black spots along margin ; fringe g^e3^

Jlindwing : with the two outer lines only.

Underside paler, with the markings showing tlirongh.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey.

Expanse of wings : c?, 20 mm. ; ? , 22 mm.

1 cJ, 4 ? ? from Pisco, Pern (Hoffmanns).

In one ?, which is more heavily dusted with dark atoms, the lines are almost
hidden ; on the other hand, in two of the ? ? the lines are all very distinct,
and the outer is followed by a broad dark grey band, containing a blackish blotch
above vein 1, this band being continued on the hindwing and the undersides
as well.

155. Thamnonoma nubilata spec. nov.

Forewing : pale smoky grey, with darker smoky grey markings ; two diffuse
shades inwardly oblique before middle, followed by a stout linear black cell-
mark ; outer line sinuous from two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of inner
margin, the marginal third beyond dark smoky grey, with a paler submarginal
line visible through it ; the shade preceding it somewhat deeper, and towards
costa with some blackish lunular marks ; fringe smoky grey, beyond some small
black marginal dots.

Ilim/wi/iff : paler grey, with a sinuous grey line just beyond middle and
the extreme hindmargin darker grey ; a grey cell-spot.

Underside dull pale grey, with postmedian line and outer margin darker
in both wings ; forewing with a dark cell-spot.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey.

Expanse of wings : 34 mm.

1 (S from South Park, Colorado (Oslar).

Subfamily FIDONIINAE.
Hypometalla gen. nov.

Foreirififf : costa straight, strongly convex before apex; hindmargin curved,
oblique.

Hindiving : with a deep excision in hindmargin between 4 and 0 ; 0 forming
a tooth.

Antennae simple, lamellate ; palpi quite short, not reaching iu front of
face ; tongue and frenulum present ; legs stout ; hindtibiae large, with terminal
spurs only.

Neuration : forewings, cell half as long as wing ; discocellular vertical ;
first median nervule from about middle, second well before end of cell ; lower
radial from decidedly above middle of discocellular, upper from upper end of
cell ; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 all stalked together; 10 and 11, coincideut, anastomose and
become coincident with I'Z ; hindwing, costal quite shortly approximated to
subcostal, no radial.

Fringes of both wings deep ; scaling beneath largely lustrous.

Type Hypometalla mimetaria Feld. (Acidalia).

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Subfamily ENNOMINAE.
150. Acrotomodes lichenifera spec. nov.

Forr/rhuj : fawu-colonr, witli a pink tinge, inernstod with spots of hoary scales,
which ill tlic middle of inner margin become conflnont, and along liindmargiii
coarsely spotted with black ; the lines dnll reddish, strongly waved : first from
jast before middle of costa, angled on snbcostal vein, then obliqne inward to
one-third of inner margin ; onter line from shortly before apex to two-thirds of
inner margin, slightly siuuons ; fringe deep reddish ; costa in places whitish along
the edge ; cell-spot linear, reddish, but indistinct.

Hindicing : similar, with traces of both lines, blacker, towards inner margin
only.

Underside reddish, especially in the hindwing, more greyish towards costa of
forewing and at its apex whitish ; both wings thickly and coarsely spotted witli
black ; an outer red line on both.

Face and palpi deep red ; vertex whitish ; thorax and abdomen pale fawn ;
abdomen beneath reddish ; pectus and forelegs red.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

'Z SS from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., January 1902,
wet season (Ockenden).

157. Aeschropteryx praecurvata spec. nov.

Forewing: lilac-grey, with a slight olive tinge, covered with long slender
olive striae ; a black cell-spot ; outer line jiale lilac-grey, edged on each side with
brown, obliqne and straight from three-fifths of inner margin towards apex, before
which it becomes much fainter, and is curved, not angled, above vein 6 and
retracted to costa at five-sixths ; fringe rnfous olive ; the costa is paler, with a
rufous tinge ; the inner line is hardly traceable, slightly paler than the ground-
colour, and outcnrved.

Hindwing : similar ; costal area pale and shining ; the obliqne line of forewing
crossing just before middle and more distinct ; within it is a small black cell-spot ;
submarginal line represented by an irregular zigzag cloud with dark edge.

Underside uniform lilac-grey, hardly speckled, with the cell-spots both marked.

Head, including vertex aud palpi, and the collar, very deep grey ; thorax and
abdomen pale ochreous ; legs mottled dark fuscous grey and white ; pencil of hairs
of hindtibiae partly dark fuscous, partly ochreous.

Expanse of wings : CO mm.

1 S from Sapucay, Villa Rica, Paraguay, November 1902 (Foster).

158. Anisoperas dentilineata spec nov.

Forewing : grey-brown, densely dusted with dark scales, the veins finely dark ;
costa with short dark and light striae ; first line blackish, from before one-third of
costa to before one-third of inner margin, vertical, but slightly outcurved above and
below median vein, preceded by a pale grey shade containing faint white spots on
the veins ; enter line blackish, from just before apex to four-fifths of inner margin,
sinuous, slightly bent outwards on the two folds, followed by a ])alc grey shade ;
submarginal line jiale grey, dentate outwards on the veins, preceded aud iblloweil
by dark grey shadings; a distinct diffuse brown median shade, uearer and parallel

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to onter line, but retracted above to costa ; cell-spot obscure ; friuge grey-brown,
the basal half much darker than the apical.

Himhving : like forewing, but paler, without basal line ; fringe dark-chequered
beyond veins.

Underside much paler, greyish ochreous, thickly speckled; inner margin of
forewing whitish ; the lines of the npperside hardly shown, but both wings with a
very concise dark brown lunulate-dcntate submarginal line.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 S from Huatuxco, Vera Cruz.

The hindmargin of hindwing is crenulate without an elbow at vein 4 ; that of
forewing distinctly elbowed. The species must be nearly allied to A. hirida Bruce,
but neither his description nor figure correspond exactly.

159. Anisoperas olivata spec. nov.

Forewing : olive-drab, finely speckled with darker ; the inner and outer lines
marked by black and white vein-dashes, in which the white is very conspicuous,
placed in both cases on diffuse dark grey shades ; the onter line is much nearer
the hindmargin than in general, the spots on veins 8, 7, 6, 4, 3 being all exactly
vertical and parallel to hindmargin, and the spot on vein 1 being at least at
four-fifths from base, instead of three-fourths as usual ; a cloudy median shade,
indistinct, in which lies the black cell-spot ; fringe concolorous.

Hindiving : the same, without first line.

Underside paler, with sligliter speckling ; the spots of outer line of forewing
marked from costa to vein 2, blackish, in a smoky cloud which leaves the apex
jiale : hindwing without markings.

Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous.

Exi)anse of wings : 35 mm.

1 c? from Charaplaj-a, Bolivia, 1300 m., June 1901 (Simons).

Forewing with a scarcely perceptible bend in hindmargin at vein 4 ; hindwing
with a slight tooth.

160. Anisoperas undilinea spec. nov.

Exceedingly like the last species, differing in the following particulars : —

The hindmargin of forewing is decidedly angled at vein 4, above and below
which it is faintly concave, while in the hindwing the tooth at middle is more
developed, and the margin on either side crenulate.

The two lines are fine and brown, very sinuous, the inner line forming a deep
projection above middle towards cell-spot, and a rounded one below, preceded by
a narrow grey shade, with paler spots on the veins ; the outer line is strongly
sinuate inwards beyond cell and in submedian interspace, followed by a neat grey
shade with pale vein-spots, of which the upper ones are in a less vertical position
than in A. olivata ; the hindwings are entirely without the inner shade. Beneath,
the costa is concisely striated with blackish, and there is no dark cloud from costa
along the outer line of dots.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

$ from Tucuman, Argentina, April 1902 (Dinelli).

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101. Apicia bbttgeri spec. uov.

Forewing : pale pearl-grey, faintly waslied with olive, with very fine dark
striae ; lines brownish olive, fine ; first from one-fourth of costa, strongly outcurved,
bent on median, below which it is semi-obsolete ; onter line fine, edged externally
with paler, from three-fifths of inner margin oblique towards apex, acutely angled
on vein 7, and retracted to a broad olive costal streak at three-fourths ; a siiuihir
but longer streak at middle of costa indicates a median line ; a dark spot before
apex the beginning of a submarginal line ; cell-spot minute ; fringe concolorous.

Ilindicinij : paler, tinged with green only along hindmargin, where there are
traces of a zigzag submarginal shade ; median line obsolete above cell.

Underside pale grey, more thickly striated and speckled ; an olive suffusion
before hindmargin of both wings ; cell-spots minute ; oblique line of forewing
indicated only.

Head and shoulders olive-greenish ; patagia, thorax, and abdomen pearl-grey.

Expanse of wings : 39 mm.

2 Jc? from Hnancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Pern, 6U(JU— 10,000 ft. (Bottger).

162. Apicia citrina spec. uov.

Foreioing : pale lemon-yellow, without markings of any kind, except an oblique
enter line, pale brown, from two-thirds of inner margin towards apex, bent at
right angles on vein 7 and retracted to costa ; a small brown cell-spot ; fringe
concolorous.

Ilindwixij : with the line crossing just before middle.

Underside paler ; the outer line on forewing fine and curved, uot angled,
below costa.

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow.

Expanse of wings : 20 mm.

1 <? from Duaca, Estada Lara, Venezuela.

163. Azelina albisecta spec. nov.

Forewing : pinkish grey-brown, covered with olive striae, which are thicker
and stronger along the costa ; first line at abont one-third, forming three outward
curves, finely blackish, edged inwardly by some greenish white scales ; outer line
from four-fifths of costa to four-fifths of inner margin, vertical to vein 5, then
bluntly bulged on 3 and 4 and again on 1, with a sinus between, narrowly black,
with thick black spots on the veins, finely edged outwards with greenish white ;
it is preceded by a broad brown band of uniform thickness, edged inwardly by a
darker shade ; a largish black spot on discocellular, placed immediately above
a streak of greenish white scales running along and beyond the lower half of
cell ; a zigzag submarginal line of greenish white scales ; marginal festoon black,
edged with pale ; fringe brownish, crenulated, with two darker lines separated by
a paler one.

Hi7idwing : paler brown, with the postmedian band fainter beyond a cloudy
dark cell-spot ; at the anal angle a dark cloud, edged outwardly by a streak of
white scales ; veins paler, speckled with black.

Underside of forewing olive-brown, thickly black-dotted above the median and
vein 2, dead white below ; marginal area beyond submarginal line powdered with

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white ; cell-spot blackish : hindwing wholly powdered with white ; cell-spot large,
blackish ; a postmedian row of black vein-spots.

Head, thorax, and abdomen olive grej^-brown ; pectns the same ; legs dark
fuscous, spotted with whitish at the joints.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 (J from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Pern (Bottger).

Resembling .1. munita Dogn., and hardly a true Azelina ; the margins of both
wings are evenly crenulated throughout, tlie fringe deep ; thorax and pectus very
hairy ; the patagia shaggy, and extending back well beyond the metathorax, which
bears an erect quadrate tuft of scales ; antennae thick, simple, bluntly suliserrate.

164. Azelina coronata spec. nov.

This species may easily be overlooked, from its great resemblance to marcaria
Oberth. The outer margin of the fore\<'ing is almost smooth, the projection at
vein 6 being extremely slight. The space between the two lines of forewing is deep
brown tliroughont, the costal area as deep as the rest ; the leaden grey spot on
discocellular, instead of being round, as in 'marcaria, is an elongated oval, touching
a yellow isolated spot preceding it ; the outer line rises farther from the anal angle
and reaches costa nearer apex, being therefore more oblique, and straight or slightly
concave outwards, without any bend beyond the cell ; the outer area, instead of
being crossed by paler veins, is marked by a series of long, brown, pale-edged,
wedge-shaped marks running along each vein to hindmargin, which is marked by
slight pale submarginal dots. On the underside the white postmedian lines of
both wings are thick and straight, instead of being fine and waved, and the yellow
spot of forewing is conspicuous in front of a fine white bracket-shaped black-edged
cell-spot.

Expanse of wings : 46 — 48 mm.

1 c? from Chauchamayo, June — August 1901 (Hoffmanns), t.;/pe ; 1 c? from
Rio Demerara, British Guiana.

165. Bassania fortis spec. nov.

Foreiving : olive-fulvous, striated and in parts suffused with rich olive-brown,
the central area with a violaceous flush ; first line ill-defined itself, indicated by a
pale space of the olive-fuscous ground-colour, curved from one-fourth of costa
to one-third of inner margin ; outer line dark violaceous, finely edged externally
with lilaciue, crenulated between the veins, oblique from just beyond middle of inner
margin towards apex, before which it is roundly bent to costa ; a large round black
cell-spot ; the violaceous tinge of the area between the two lines does not extend
over the subcostal vein, the costal area remaining of the olive-fulvous ground-
colour ; veins in the marginal area pale fulvous, the intervals rich brown ; a
dentate-lunulate submarginal line, marked by black spots on the veins ; fringe
brown.

Ilimlwini/ : uniform deep olive-fuscous, almost black ; fringe rufous ; hairs of
the basal area and inner margin pale olive-fulvous ; a small reddish l)Iack-speckled
patch at anal angle.

Underside of forewing like upperside of hindwing ; costal area broadly olive-
fulvons ; fringe rufous ; of hindwing deep olivc-fulvons, striated with dark, and with
a dark suffusion along costa and hindmargin.

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Head and shoulders deep fnlvons ; patagia violaceous brown ; abdomen
olivaceous gre}', fulvous tinged towards base ; antennae brown with the basal joint
beneath snow-white ; pectus fulvons ; abdomen beneath brownish fulvous ; legs
speckled, fuscous and whitish.

Expanse of wings : ^r2 mm.

1 c? from Hnanciibamba, (Vrro de Pasco, Pern, OOmO — 1U,UUU ft. (Bottgev).

106. Bonatea viridilinea spec, no v.

Fo>-ewi/>ff : lilac-grey, sometimes suffused with brownish, and then more thickly
covered with dark speckles than in the unsuffused form ; the lines themselves not
strongly marked, but the inner preceded and the outer followed by a distinct pale
green shading ; the inner line shortly oblique outwards from costa, bent in cell, then
nearly vertical to inner margin, forming only a slight blnut projection above the
median vein, and hardly curved below it ; the outer line formed of shallow
crenulatious, not strongly dentate-lunulate, always ending in the middle of a
black spot on inner margin ; submarginal line black, forming angulations at inner
margin and below costa, and represented by black points on veins between; the
costal blotch beyond ithe retracted portion of outer line smeared with white on
the inner side between veins 7 and 8 only , a faintly marked median shade beyond
the black cell-spot ; fringe concolorous.

Ilindwing : with crenulate dark postmedian line edged with green externally,
and an irregularly waved and dentate green submarginal line ; cell-spot small.

Underside pale sepia-bro's'u speckled with darker ; a dentate-lunulate dark
postmedian line with paler outer edge and broad whitish marginal border, inter-
rnpted on forewing only by a brownish cloud between veins 2 and 4 ; cell-spots
black and distinct ; fringe, darker than the border.

Head and thorax like forewing ; abdomen rather paler.

Expanse of wings : 60—70 mm.

3 cJcJ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GOOO ft., November, ti//ic,
and January, wet season ; and June, dry season, 1002 (Ockenden).

The example taken in June, dry season, is clearer lilac-grey, without brown
suflusion and dark speckling ; the brown tints of the underside paler, and the
marginal border greyer than in the type form ; and it is the smallest of the three
in expanse. The hindmargins of both wings are strongly denticulate throughout,
as in B. duciata Mssn., in the tyjje form ; but this denticalation is less expressed
in the dry-season example.

167. Certima ambusta spec. nov.

Forewing: uniform dark olive-fuscous, paler and greyish tinged towards base ;
the costal area fawn-coloured, freckled with black, the costal edge striped cream-
colour and blackish ; just beyond the middle a blackish thick line can be seen
running parallel throughout to the hindmargin ; fringe fawn-colour, darker beyond
veins, the tips cream-colour.

Ilindwing : without any line visible ; basal and inner marginal areas paler,
olive-grey.

Underside of forewing with tlie hindmargin broadly, as well as the costal area,
fawn-colour; the dark line as above; towards tlic hindmargin the commencement
of an outer line is visible on costa, marked with black on the veins ; hindwiug

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fawn-colonr, tinged with browu ; a round blackish cell-spot with grey centre ;
two curved lines parallel to hindmargin, one median, thick and brown, the other
postmedian, thin, dentate-lnuulate ; inner margin and fringe whitish, dusted with
black scales.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with fawn-colonr, finely sprinkled with
black ; pectns cream-white, covered with long wool mixed with scales with lii;u'l<
spatulate tips ; legs jjale fawn, speckled with fuscons ; inside of anal sheath below
brilliant scarlet.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

2 (Jc? from Huancabamba, (Jerro de Pasco, Peru, OUOU — lu,UOU ft. (Bottger).

168. Certima bottgeri spec. nov.

Foreiving : purplish grey ; costa spotted with pale ; lines diffusely darker,
obscure ; first curved from one-fourth of costa to one-fifth of inner margin, marked
internally on the veins by grey dashes ; outer line blacker, from close to apex to
three-fifths of inner margin, sinuous, and marked externally by small whitish
dashes on veins ; an indistinct median shade near before outer line and not visible
above vein G ; space between inner and outer lines on inner margin dull pale brown,
becoming darker above and running up inside the outer line to vein G ; the
purplish grey area is sprinkled with minute pale scales ; fringe purplish grey ;
cell-spot minute.

Hindwing : purplish grey, more ashy grey at base, with three dark shades ;
the first thick, before the middle ; the other two, postmedian and submargiual,
indistinctly Inunlate-dentate, the teeth in both marked with whitish vein-dashes ;
a similar submargiual line is faintly visible on forewing also ; space between inner
and postmedian line brownish.

Underside purplish grey with an olive tinge ; a dark median and diffuse
cloudj' submargiual shade ; costa striped ochreous and dark.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ashy grey.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

2 (?c? from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 6000 — 10,000 ft. (Bottger).

In outline of wing and general appearance most like C. mima Th. Mg.

169. Colpodonta phyllodontaria spec. nov.

Forewing : lilac-grey, covered witli olive striae, and with a strong violet tinge ;
base of wing pinky grey, becoming strongly tinged with vinous before the first
line ; this is dentate-luuulate and blackish green, outwardly oblique, from before
one-third of costa to beyond one-third of inner margin, preceded by an olive-green
shade which fills up the lunules and is flecked with greenish white scales ; the
median shade, outer and submargiual lines all near together ; the median reddish,
from two-thirds of costa, obliqne outwards to vein 6, there angled and luuulate-
dentate, but obscure to three-fourths of inner margin ; outer line at five-sixths,
concisely lunulate-deutate, i)ale green picked out with whitish scales, quite white
on costa ; followed by a thick lilac and vinous shade, equally lunulate-dentate,
edged by the lilac-grey submargiual line ; lower part of marginal area filled up
with blackish green scales ; cell-spot small, black ; fringe olive-brown, tij)ped with
snow-white in the sinus on each side of vein 3.

Hindwing : deep dull black, the base with some long jjale hairs ; fringe pinkish.

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Underside of forewing black ; the costal area and a fnnnel-shaped fascia before
snbmarginal line from costa to anal angle lilac-grey and pale green, with dark
striae ; hindwing lilac-grey and pale green, with fascous speckling ; a large
blackish cell-spot and dentate-lnnnlate postmediun and snbmarginal reddish black
lines with some dark shading between ; marginal area pale green, with a very fine
Lilack marginal line.

Head, thorax, pectus, and underside of abdomen ])early grey with a pink tinge
and sparsely black-speckled; dorsum blackish, paler towards base; legs lilac-
grey speckled with olive and reddish ; antennae dark tlaked with whitish scales.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

2 66 from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, OOUU— 10,000 ft. (Bottger).

170. Crocopteryx aurora spec. nov.

<S. Foreiving : pale yellow; basal patch rusty brown, its edge darker, from
two-fifths of costa to one-third of inner margin, angled on subcostal vein and
bent on median ; outer line from three-fourths of costa to three-fourths of inner
margin, oblique outwards at costa, where it is followed by a brown costal triangle,
obsolete between veins 4 and 6, then oblique inwards, marked by brown spots
between veins : an indistinct partial submarginal line, accompanied by brown
striae ; costa between lines with red-brown striations ; fringe yellow.

llindicing : with a broad rusty shade across wing beyond middle.

Underside with all the markings and striae bright red.

Thorax and abdomen like wings ; face and palpi deep red.

? . Forewing : with the basal patch and marginal area rosy pink ; the three
lines commencing as dark red-brown costal streaks ; costa between the lines pink ;
outer line marked only by a small red-brown spot on submedian fold ; fringe deep
red, paler towards apex.

Ilindiving : with marginal area pink, with a reddish spot at costa on its inner
edge.

Underside with the red much brighter. Abdomen laterally and legs rosy.

Expanse of wings : 26 mm.

■2 SS,2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E.Peru, 6500 ft., October 1902,
dry season (Ockenden).

171. Eusenea castanea spec nov.

Forewing : bright pale chestnut ; costa, in basal half, marked with white
and grey ; a patch of grey scales at base of wing; inner line broadly interrnptod,
dark brown, oblique outwards from costa at one-third, curved in cell, but not reaching
median vein, inwardly edged by a broad streak of whitish grey scales, reappearing
on inner margin at one-fourth in a patch of grey scales dark-margined on both
sides ; outer line paler than ground-colour, preceded by a shade deeper than ground-
colour, from costa at four-fifths, where it is marked by a small white spot, to
inner margin at middle, where it ends in a similar spot to the first line ; the
line is straight except for a faint bend above vein 4 ; a large round semi-hyaline
whitish spot on upper half of discocellular ; between this and the costal part
of first line the ground-colour is lilac-grey ; tliree blackish, pale-tipped submarginal
spots below apex, and two black dots below middli; ; fringe concolorous.

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Hindiciiiij : rosy grej-. with a ferrnginons patch at anal angle, and the inner
margin cream-coloured with coarse black speckling ; a dark crinkled postmedian
line from three-fonrths of costa to above anal angle, ending iu a black spot, pale-
edged thronghont, the edging at the angle becoming broad and white ; an indistinct
brown cell-spot ; snbmarginal dots black ; fringe concolorous, greyer towards apex.

Underside of forewing paler chestnut ; the cell-spot whitish, caudiform on
lower half of discocellular ; costa marked light and dark ; outer line fine, curved,
starting from a bright white spot at costa; apex blue-grey ; more than half the
inner-marginal area dull whitish, reaching anal angle ; hindwing with black
cell-spot, quartered with white ; inner-marginal third white, with black striae ;
outer line marked by white spots on veins ; two black submargiual dots below
apex.

Face, thorax, and abdomen chestnut ; fillet and shaft of antennae white ; palpi
and vertex olive-fuscous ; legs speckled fuscons and whitish ; pectus and abdomen
beneath chestnut : metathoracic tuft grey and black.

Eximnse of wings : 44 mm.

0 (? c? from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (BOttger).

172. HygTochroma catenulata spec. uov.

Forewing : stone-grey, tinged with pale pink in basal half and deeper towards
margin ; thickly speckled with fuscous and olive ; first line olive-green, from costa
at nearly one-third to before one-third of inner margin, angled in cell, then straight ;
median line starting from costa at middle as a broad outwardly oblique red-brown
streak, sharply angled at vein 6, then obliqne inwards to before middle of inner
margin, iu the form of an acutely dentate-lunulate olive-green line, the teeth
touching the outer line, and the interval between the lines pale olive-green, and
forming a dark blotch at inner margin; outer line lunulate-dentate, outwardly
edged with pinkish white, running from inner margin close beyond and j'arallel
to median line, sharply angled on vein 7 close before apex, and retracted to costa
where it forms an obliijue brownish green streak, followed on costa by a triangular
greenish mark edged with white scales, beyond which the extreme apex is dark-
speckled ; an indistinct pale submarginal line, with darker clouds on each side ;
fringe greenish ; cell-spot small, dark green.

Hindwing : paler, especially along costa, two lunulate-dentate green lines
from beyond middle of inner margin not reaching costa, and a cloudy greenish
grey submarginal shade.

Underside yellowish ochreous, coarsely spotted with dark brown ; the lines
dark brown ; costa of forewing olive with finer markings ; a submarginal olive-
brown shade containing a small tawny blotch before middle of hindmargin, which
is narrowly lilac-grey ; apex pale grey ; fringe olive-green and grey ; hindwing
with fewer and finer speckles, with a broad olive-brown marginal border, the
ma/rgin grey towards apex ; dark cell spots on both wings.

Face and palpi olive-grey ; vertex, collar, and shoulders pinkish grey, the
shoulders also olive-tinged ; patagia and thorax pale stone-grey ; abdomen pinkish
ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

4 (?(? from Charaplaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., June 1901 (Simons).

Closely resembling H. subusta Warr.

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173. Isochromodes duplicata spec. nov.

Forcwing : coppery red, with blackish specks and striae : the costa blackish
thi'onghont ; first line blackish, at one-fourth, oiitcurved in cell, then vertical ;
enter line sinnous, donble, from costa shortly before apex to three-fourths of inner
luargin ; oblique inwards to vein 5, then concave inwards to submedian fold,
black-brown with the space between the arms lilacine ; followed immediately by
a large ashy grey blotch ending above in an obliiiue black apical streak and mi.xed
with blackish at vein 2 ; marginal line dark, crennlate ; fringe pale, with dark
dashes beyond the vein-ends; cell-spot small, blackish.

Hindwinq : with the outer line carved, the lilacine centre ending in a white
spot on inner margin ; a black blotch beyond it between veins 2 and 4.

Underside pale ochreous, black-speckled ; the costa darker ; blotches beyond
onter line smoky blackish, leaving apical areas whitish.

Thorax like wings ; face and shoulders darker, like costal streak ; abdomen
riifons cinereous, dark at base.

Expanse of wings : 36 mm.

2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 0.500 ft., October 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

Nearest to /. canisquama Warr., the hindwings deeply creuulate. A dentate
snbmarginal line is partially visible beyond the outer line.

174. Isochromodes maculosata spec. nov.

c?. Forewing : straw-colonr, densely speckled with orange-ferruginous, these
speckles in places becoming confluent and sufi'ased, the whole overspread with
black specks ; costa with black striae, and in outer half brown-tinged ; inner
and outer lines broad, dark olive -grey ; the first from one third of costa to one-third
of inner margin, dentate basewards on subcostal vein and on submedian fold,
marked externally with a white, outwardly black-edged spot on the median and
submedian veins : outer line from two-fifths of costa to three-fourths of inner
margin, sharply angled outwards below vein 4, concave above and thrice concave
below, preceded by a row of black wedge-shaped spots on veins ; snbmarginal
line marked by large black spots on veins 6, 5, 2, and sometimes 1 ; a black median
line vertical to vein 4, then inbent and sinuous, approaching outer line on inner
margin ; hindmargin crennlate, with black dots at end of veins, projecting into
the straw-coloured fringe ; a slight black cell-dot in a clear space.

Jlindwing : like forewing, but without basal line ; the outer line dentate
throughout.

Underside pale straw, with grey-brown frecklings ; the lines and marginal
spots grey-brown.

Palpi ochraceous, spotted with brown ; face ocliraceons, brown above ; vertex
fulvous, with two brown spots ; shoulders and patagia bright fulvous, their apices
tinned with brown ; abdomen ochraceous, varied with brown and with black-brown
blotches on basal segments above ; abdomen beneath and legs grey-speckled.

In the % the couflneuce of the orange speckling is greatly developed ; the
whole of the space between inner and onter lines, except towards middle of costa,
becomes suffused with red-brown, the outer edge of basal area, the middle costal
space, and two semi-oval blotches before hindmargin standing out yellow; the

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hindwing has the basal two-thirds red-brown and a series of small 3'eIIow sub-
marginal blotches ; in both wings the cell-spot is black in a yellow circle.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 cJ, 1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Porn, 6000 ft., the ? dated
January, the c? June 1902 (Ockendeu).

As the darker ? was taken in tlie wet season and the paler c? in the dry,
the diiFerence between the two examples may not be really sexual, but seasonal
only.

175. Isochromodes miniata spec no v.

Forewiiig : deep red, finely speckled with blackish ; costa at base dark ; first
line at one-third, marked by blackish blotches on subcostal, median and snbmedian
veins ; cell-spot black, forming part of a triangular black blotch stretching from
vein 3 to the subcostal and outwardly lunate-edged before the submarginal line
of the ground-colour, which is followed by a blackish blotch at apex, and two others
on veins 3 and 4 ; the outer line is marked below the large blotch by black spots
on veins 1 and 2 ; fringe red.

Hindwing : with a quadrate black anal blotch, formed apparently, as in
forewing, by waved contiguous shades ; a small black cell-spot, followed by a
larger spot on vein 6.

Underside dull rosy pink ; the dark blotches of upperside slightly showing
through ; cell-spots black ; fringe like wing.

Head, thorax, and abdomen red like the wings : base of abdomen with a black
dorsal blotch.

Expanse of wings : 36 mm.

1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6500 ft., October 1902, dry
season (Ockenden).

176. Melinodes subapicata spec. nov.

Forewing : yellow, thickly freckled with reddish orange ; costa and lines
brown-black ; first line straight from before one-third of costa to one-third of
inner margin ; outer line straight from three-fourths of costa to four-fifths of
inner margin ; marginal area filled with a smoky fuscous suffusion except a clear
oval space at apex and another, somewhat blurred, at anal angle ; marginal line
finely black ; fringe yellow, finely chequered with black beyond veins ; cell-spot
black.

Hindioing : without first line ; outer line curved parallel to hindmargin ;
marginal area as in forewing, but the space at anal angle discoloured, leaden grey ;
cell-spot black ; inner margin and fringe pale ochreous.

Underside whitish ochreous, with a faintly darker tinge towards base, and
striated with fuscous ; costa of forewing, lines, and marginal area smoky black ;
aj)ex of both wings with an oval whitish blotch ; that at anal angle of hindwing
pale leaden grey.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; abdomen in anal half cinereous, with
pale ochreous anal tuft ; collar and base of shoulders brown-black ; underside
of abdomen and legs pale ochreous.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6OOO ft., April 1002, end of
wet season (Ockenden).

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This cf answers the description of J/, conspicua ? Schaus, bnt is notliing like
that of the S, which is possibly a diiferent species. Of it I have seen two examples,
both <S S, from Popayau, Colombia.

177. Microg'onia affinis Warr.

The description of this species iu Noc. Zool. iv. p. 495, was made from tlie S.
In the ? , of which sex I have seen two examples only, the lilac tmts are
absent, being replaced by whitish, and the ground-colour is dnll olive, but this
iu the forewing only appears in the central space, the basal and marginal areas
being filled with black, partially confluent, striae ; beyond the outer line on the
inner margin is a ronndish blotch of the olive ground. The hindwing is almost
wholly blackish. The underside is darker, olive-fuscous.

Expanse of wings : 65 mm.

Both examples were from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, June 10U2,
dry season (Ockenden).

178. Microgonia particolor spec. nov.

Forewing : yellow, mainly suffused with brick-red, the only yellow spaces
being a large blotch along costa beyond the middle not reaching apex, and some
irregular small patches in and below cell ; the yellow of the large patch is spotted
and blotched with red, the lines rather deeper red ; first from one-third of costa
to one-third of inner margin, bent and blotched iu cell, where it passes beyond
the yellow patch in the cell and between the two patches below it ; outer line from
three-fifths of inner margin, vertical to vein 4, then strongly curved outwards
to vein 7, where it is angled and shortly retracted to costa at three-fourths,
followed on costa by a white spot ; the inner line is preceded, and the outer
followed, by a pale slightly lustrous line ; in certain lights a pale lustrous blotch
is visible along hindmargin above anal angle ; fringe red.

Hindwing : with the outer line nearly straight from three-fiftlis of costa to
two-thirds of inner margin ; cell-spot black, in a small yellow patch.

Underside duller in tint, the yellow areas much larger.

Face, palpi, and forelegs dark fuscous ; vertex, shoulders, and patagia
bright pale fulvous ; fillet narrowly whitish ; abdomen red.

Expanse of wings : 56 mm.

1 6 from Paramaribo, Nov. 1892 (C, W. Ellacombe),

The yellow coloration is probably variable in extent ; I have seen an
exanij)le from San Ernesto, Bolivia, in which the whole wing surface above was
red. It is close to, and may be a form of rhodaria H.S., the type of Microgonia.

179. Microgonia siccifolia Warr.

The type is a ?, described in Nov. Zool. xi, p. 158. The $ is different,
brownish olive, instead of chocolate-brown, as far as the outer line, with the basal
area scarcely paler ; the outer line is marked by the difference in ground-colour
merely, the pearl-grey of the marginal space again becoming olive along the
hindmargin and fringes.

The apex of forewing is only shortly produced, the hindmargin gibbous
below the subapical indentation.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 ? from Huancabamba, Cerro dc Pasco, Peru, 6000 to 10,000 ft. (Bottger).

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180. Microgonia subumbrata spec, no v.

Forewing : olive-green, with a few darker transverse striae ; first Hue from
one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, indistinct, slightly ontcurved
above and below the median vein, darker olive mixed with rufous scales ;
faintly double, and preceded by a dark spot on median ; an oblique darker olive
shade from middle of costa, narrow at first, then widening out and joining the
deep lolive shade that precedes the outer line ; this is dark olive-brown edged
outwardly with rosy grey, starting at five-sixths of costa, sharply angled on
vein 7 before apex, then oblique and nearly straight to beyond middle of inner
margin ; the outer rosy grey arm is marked externally by dark olive spots on
the veins ; marginal area occupied from vein 4 to anal angle by a dark olive
blotch narrowing to the angle, the teeth of the submarginal line marked by
white dashes ; fringe reddish olive ; cell-spot black with pale edge.

Hindwing : with the line slightly antemedian ; submarginal line indicated
by a diiFuse rufous zigzag shade, the teeth marked white.

Underside uniform dark olive-grey with a broad submarginal diffuse
fascia of pale olive, enlarged at each anal angle and paler at apex of forewing ;
a line of submarginal pale dashes ; cell-spot pale iu forewing, black in hind-
wing ; inner margin of hindwing pale olive.

Thorax pale olive like the wings ; abdomen olive-grey, with a rufous tinge ;
head darker, mixed with rufous ; pectus and underside of abdomen dark olive-
grey, the pectus hairy ; legs pale olive ochreous dotted with fuscous.

Expanse of wings ; 58 mm.

1 ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November 1902,
wet season (Ockenden).

The npperside agrees well with the description of olivata Dogu., but the
underside is altogether different.

181. Microgonia umbrosa Sehaus, ab. interclarata nov.

This aberration of M. umbrosa is analogous to that of Ji. apidania Cram.,
which I described under the name of bicolor (Nov. Zool. iv. p. 494, 1897).
The central area of forewing between the two lines is brownish olive with
sparse striatiou, instead of being thickly striated and suifused with dark ; by
way of compensation, the dark tints of the basal and marginal areas are intensified
from brown to black ; while the whole of the hindwing except the marginal
area from apex to vein 4 is dull black. The example described is one of 15 cJc?
from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco', Peru, 6000 — 10,000 feet (BOttger) ; among
these four others differ from the type form in having the outer line pale olive-
yellow instead of dark brown.

182. Microxydia rufifimbriata spec. nov.
Forewing: glossy straw-colour, with very fine reddish dusting; costal edge
bright red, thickened from base to first line and from second line to apex ; lines
bright red ; first fine, from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, bent
in cell ; second double, from two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of inner margin,
bent on vein 6 and marked there externally by a black point ; generally with
slightly darker points on all the veins ; cell-spot small, red ; fringe full, deep red.
Hindwing : with the double line central, not reaching above vein 0

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Underside similar ; the speclcling coarser, aud limited to the costal area of
forewing only.

Thorax and abdomen straw-colonr ; face white ; collar and front of shoiildtTS
reddish.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Teru, OUUO ft., March l'.J02,
Avet season (Ockenden).

Decidedly larger and more strongly built than ^f. orsitaria Gnen., from which
it is separated by the red fringe ; the outer line also is not so near the margin
of the wings.

1n3. Microxydia strigosa spec. nov.

Forewing : cream-colour, thickly covered with pale rufous olive striae ; the
lines of the same tint, thick ; first at one-third, bent in cell; second at two-thirds,
curved below costa, and outcurved towards inner margin ; an obscure cell-spot ;
fringe pale rufous.

Hiiulicing : with outer line only, from three-fourths of costa to just above
anal angle ; cell-spot small.

Underside without striae, except along costa of forewing ; cell-spots brown ;
outer line marked by spots on veins and a large brown spot on costa of
forewing.

Head, thorax, aud abdomen like wnngs.

Expanse of wings : 22 mm.

2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GoUO ft., December 1902,
wet season (Ockendeu).

184. Mimogonodes faliginosa.

Mdtincimi fuUginosa Warr., Nov. Zool. xi. p. 156. ? (19U4).

Having now seen a c? of this species, of which the antennae are quite
simple, I find it must be transferred to Mimogonodes. The hiudwing, unlike
the other species, has the hindmargin bluntly bent at middle, not rounded.
The c? is slightly smaller than the ? , but otherwise resembles it.

185. Mixopsis leodorata.

Cirsofles leofloratn Guen., Plud. i. p. 42. ? (1857).

Laudosiu li/pUiria Feld., Jicise Nnv., t. 133, fig. 30. cJ (1874).

I have lately met with ¥ ? of this species ; and there seems no room to doubt
that Guen6e's ? is the other sex of tgptaria Feld.

186. Mixopsis pulvei-ata spec. nov.

Forewing : pale ochreous, densely dusted with blackish scales ; costal area
with fewer black scales, but tinged with pale brown in outer half ; an indistinct
green shade at one-third, and a narrow green outer line from near apex to before
anal angle, with faint traces of a greenish submarginal line ; cell-spot large, oval,
filled up with green scales ; a row of dark marginal dots at end of veins ; fringe
rufous.

Ilindwing : paler, the dusting finer; a smaller round cell-spot, greenish
traces of two greenish outer lines ; marginal dots aud fringe as iu forewing.

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Underside less heavily dnsfed ; oell-spots and marginal dots distinct ; the
green shades only indicated.

Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings, the last thickly dnstcd with dark ;
lace and shoulders brownish tinged ; legs ochreons, spotted with dark.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 65U0 ft., October 1 902, dry
season (Ockenden).

This may possibly ])rove to be an abnormally marked ? of M. bclla Warr., but
the lines and colouring, instead of being, as in that species, distinct and clear, are
here all bat absent.

187. Nematocampa ? confusa spec. nov.

Forewing : yellow, covered with fine close orange striae ; costa and marginal
line brown ; lines ill defined, orange ; first from one-third of costa to one-third of
inner margin, slightly curved and oblique inwards ; outer from three-fonrths of
costa, incurved below middle to before two-thirds of inner margin ; submarginal
line represented by a small brown blotch on vein 5, and a brown blotch in an orange
shade at anal angle; fringe yellow, brownish below middle ; cell-spot small, black.

Hindwing : without any distinct line ; cell-spot black ; marginal line brown.

Underside smooth jjinkish yellow ; cell-spots and marginal lines brown ; fore-
wing with broad brown shade from three-fourths of costa outcurved to margin and
ending in anal angle ; apical area whitish.

Palpi externally brown ; face yellow, brown above ; vertex bright yellow ;
collar brown ; thorax and abdomen like wings.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, OOUO ft., November lOOl,
wet season (Ockenden).

The hindmargins of both wings are crennlate ; it may be an Isochromodes, but
the palpi are very short for that genus.

188. Nematocampa cuprina spec. nov.

Foreidng : bright reddish orange, with a few blackish striae ; the veins and
diseocellular narrowly black ; costa dnll brown with darker striae ; lines dark
brown ; first oblique inwards, from one-third of costa to one-fourth of inner margin,
preceded by white dashes on veins ; outer line vertical, but bent slightly at vein 1,
broad at costa, from two-thirds of co.sta to two-thirds of inner margin, followed by
bluish white wedge-shaped marks on veins, which between veins 3 and .5 develop
into a blotch ; marginal area dark brown, containing two large marginal blotches
of ground-colour, one at apex, the other at anal angle ; marginal line black,
festooned ; fringe like wing, with dark dashes beyond veins ; an interrupted obscure
submarginal line.

Ilindwiny : with a dark line at base ; outer line fine, angled at vein 4, then
concave to inner margin at two-thirds, followed by whitish dashes on veins ; sub-
marginal line indicated by dark blotches between veins ; veins 3 and 4 thickened
to margin.

Underside washed with yellow, and with brown striae ; the lines and onter
shades dull brown ; marginal blotches whitish.

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Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; basal segment of abdomen with a
brown ring.

Expanse of wings : 30 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Cavabaya, S.E. Pern, 0500 ft., October 1902,
dr}' season (Ockeudeu).

189. Paracomistis plumosa spec. nov.

Foreicing : lavender-grey, densely dusted with fine blackish atoms ; the costa
with short dark striae ; the lines all marked by dark dots on the veins ; the first,
curved, cIo.se to base ; the median before the middle ; the onter from three-fonrths of
costa to two-thirds of inner margin, parallel to hindmargin, marked by larger black
points, and followed below middle by an olive-ochreous shade ; snbmarginal Hue
very obscare, but indicated by olive-oehreous wedge-shaped sjjots preceding and
slighter marks following it from costa to vein 4, where the olive-ochreons tint
appears to pass to the outer line ; large black marginal spots between the veins and
small ones at the vein-ends at the base of the grey fringe, which is somewhat
glossy ; cell-spot small, black.

Ilindwing : paler, with antemodian and postmedian dark Hues, not reaching
above vein 6, the onter lunulate-dentate and followed by an olive-ochreons shade ;
cell-spot black.

Underside darker, the forewing suffused with brownish grey ; cell-spots and
outer lines indicated ; marginal spots absent.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey ; face below and collar darker ; abdomen
with pairs of dark spots ; palpi externally dark ; vertex white.

Expanse of wings : 38 mm.

1 c? from Limbaui, Carabaj'a, S.E. Pern, November 1901, wet season
(Ockenden).

This differs from typical Paracomistis in having a decided fovea in the forewing
and in the more plumose antennae.

190. Pero olivacea spec. nov.

Forewing : dull olive, slightly dusted with darker ; the median area darker,
especially before outer line ; first line edged outwardly with dark from costa, but
obscure below median vein, forming three rounded curves of equal size to one-third
of inner margin ; onter line oblique from three-fourths of costa to three-fil'tlis of
inner margin, with two similar protuberances beyond cell and in submedian interval,
with a sinus inwards between them ; a slight pale cloud indicates the cell-mark ;
the line is followed by an olive cloud, containing darker lunulate S{K)ts ; marginal
area paler, with a deeper shade at apex to vein 3, and a smaller cloud above anal
angle ; a white snbmarginal spot above vein 0, and a black one above vein 2 ; fringe
deep olive.

Ilindwing : with a dark curved line beyond middle, the space beyond somewhat
paler tiian the basal area; a white sjwt above vein C, and a black spot ou each side
of vein 3.

Underside paler olive, especially along inner margins ; a postmedian crinkled
dark line on both wings ; a pale space with dark centre ou discocellular of
forewing, a black cell-spot ou Ilindwing ; apex of forewing whitish ; the white
Bubmarginal spots 2>rominent.

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Head and thorax deep olive ; abdomen paler and greyer ; antcnnal pectinations
rnfons.

Expanse of wings : 40 mm.

1 (? from Tncnman, Argentina, April 1902 (Dinelli).

191. Perusia subsordida spec. nov.

i^orezw;^ ; pale stnaw-colonr, thickly irrorated with olive-grey sjseckling; first
line very obscure, angled on the median, and indicated by dark spots on the veins ;
onter line oblique, from a little before apex to three-fourths of inner margin, reddish
and marked by red dots on the veins, the apical area beyond it also tinged with red ;
cell-spot faint ; fringe straw-colour with grey dusting.

Ilindidng : pearly white ; fringe white.

Underside of forewing suffused with olive-grey, darker towards base and along
costa, which is dusted with darker ; a triangular red patch at apex ; cell-sjiot dark ;
hindwing whitish, with very faint dusting, chiefly along costa.

Head and thorax straw-colour ; abdomen whitish.

Expanse of wings : 28 mm.

1 jj from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Pern, 6000 to 10,000 ft. (Bottger).

Near to P. paja Dogn., distinguished by the discoloured underside of wings
and the absence of the dotted lines thereon.

192. Phyllodonta pseudonyma spec. nov.

Forctinncj : grey-brown, with a tinge of brick-red, and with scattered fine
dark striae ; costal edge with alternate pale and dark marks ; the two lines moss-
greeu, edged with reddish ; inner line from one-fourth of costa to one-third of
inner margin, outwardly curved and thick ; outer line from five-sixths of costa,
shortly oblique outwards, from vein 7 oblique inwards to below 3, bent out-
wards on submedian fold, and reaching inner margin at three-fifths ; in both
lines the veins are marked with white dashes across the green, most plainly
in the outer line on veins 1, 6, and 7 ; the outer line is followed by a lunulate-
edged vinous shade, which is paler close to the line between veins 3 and 5,
and on inner margin forms a kidney-shaped pale blotch edged with vinous ;
it is followed towards anal angle by a collection of black and brown scales
and striae; cell-spot red-brown, round which an indistinct reddish median shade
can be traced ; the brick-red tinge is strongest between the two lines ; fringe
concolorous.

Hindwing : dull reddish, towards hindmargin olive-green ; a dark jwstmedian
line followed by a paler red band, then a curved green line followed by a reddish
shade, as in forewing, but both much more obscure ; veins and fringe paler,
the fringe with dark spots beyond the vein-ends.

Underside of forewing fawn-colour, tinged slightly in places with rufous and
greenish, and with fine dark striations ; median and outer lines brown, not reaching
below vein 2, the whole inner margin being blurred grey ; between veins 2 and 4
touching outer line a large diffnsc purplish blotch edged outwardly by a whitish
cloud ; hindwing with the three lines of upperside marked, the basal half with
thick conspicuous vinons-red striae ; cell-spot a thick black ring with pale centre,
much larger than that on forewing.

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Head, thorax, and abdomen all reddish grey like wings ; the abdomen paler
along sides.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 (?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., Febrnary 1902,
wet season (Ockenden).

This species is remarkable for the absence of teeth and excision in the
hindmargius of wings ; in forewing the hindmargin is Bhortly indented below
apex, then evenly gibbons, passing into the convex inner margin with only a
faint bend at anal angle ; the hindmargin of hindwing is well rounded throughout.

193. Pyrinia derasata spec. nov.

Forcidng : pale ochreons, striated and suffused with dull chestnut ; the lines
thick, dark chestnut ; first from before middle of costa, obliipie inwards and slightly
curved, to two-fifths of inner margin ; outer line from two-thirds of costa, oblique
outwards to vein 7, then angled and oblique inwards, slightly flexuous to two-
thirds of inner margin ; an oblique chestnut mark on discocellular meeting
outer line ; space between the two lines whitish ochreons, rounded above and
bounded by the cell-mark and vein 6 ; basal area striated with chestnut ;
marginal area suffused chestnut, forming a triangular blotch on hindmargin,
with the apex at the discocellular, the costal area and a small spot at anal
angle remaining paler ; traces of a darker submarginal line on costa and before
anal angle.

Hindwing : costal area yellow, the rest suffused with chestnut ; a thick
diffuse median line; a submarginal shade, plainest at costa and anal angle.

Underside like upper.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreons, edged with chestnut.

Expanse of wings : 24 mm.

1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft, November 1902,
wet season (Ockenden).

Cell longer than half of wing ; vein .5 from aliove middle of discocellular ;
7, 8, 9, 10, 11 all stalked from two-thirds: in hindwing vein 7 well before end
of cell ; antennae of i ciliated.

194. Spododes basipunctata spec. nov.

Forewing: pale testaceous, tinged with olive-grey, and densely powdered
with olive and brown scales ; a black spot at base of submedian vein ; the lines
brownish, all marked by black vein-dots ; first from one-third of costa to one-
third of inner margin, outcurved above and below median ; the whole basal
area olive-grey ; outer line from costa just before apex to two-thirds of inner
margin, angled outwards on vein 4, concave above and below, accomjianied by
an olive-brownish shade ; median shade from two-thirds of costa, slightly out-
curved above and closely apiiroacliing outer line on inner margin ; a brown linear
cell-spot ; fringe pale ochreons, with black dots at base at the ends of the veins.

Hindtving : similar, without basal line, and with the basal area pale.

Underside much paler, speckled thickly with olive-grey ; cell-spots, outer
line of si)0ts, and the marginal dots distinct ; forewing with the outer line of
spots on a thick olive-grey shade, which is almost obsolete in hindwing.

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Face and jialpi dark brown ; vertex pale ocbreous ; thorax and abdomen
like wings ; anal tufts ochreons ; legs ocbreous, brown-speckled ; forelegs brown
in front.

Expanse of wings : 44 mm.

1 (? from Jalapa, Mexico.

Tbe antenoae are qnite simple ; otherwise the insect might well be taken
for an Isochromodes.

195. Tetracis inquinata spec. nov.

Foreunng : glossy white, tinged and sprinkled with olive-grey and a few
black atoms ; costa striated with olive ; inner and median lines diffuse, wavy,
reddish brown ; inner at one-fonrtb, median just beyond middle, approaching outer
line on inner margin ; outer line fine, reddish, nearly straight, from two-thirds of
inner margin to vein 7 before apex, there retracted and curved to costa, the angle
followed by two dark blotches to costa, continuing the direction of the line ; the
line is thickened at the veins and finely edged with paler; it is followed by an
outwardly Innulate-dentate-edged red shade, which fills np most of the apical
area ; a blackish spot between veins 3 and 4, from which a grey streak descends to
above anal angle ; fringe red ; cell-spot black ; the extreme base of wing and the
space between median and outer lines are tinged with darker olive-grey.

Ilindwing : with the line continued and marked darker on the veins ; a slight
median shade from cell to inner margin ; inner two-thirds whitish, speckled with
grey and black ; outer third with a reddish grey cloud except at apex.

Underside whitish, thickly dark-speckled, without reddish suffusion except
towards middle angle of forewiug ; cell-spots black.

Head and thorax ochreous and rufous ; abdomen paler ; fillet and shaft of
antennae white ; the latter with black dots ; palpi with third segment blackish
with a white tip.

Expanse of wings : 52 mm.

1 ? from Santo Domingo, Caraba3-a, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., January 19ii3, wet
season (Ockenden).

Both wings have the hiudmargin crennlate, the hindwing more deeply.

Subfamily PROSOPOLOPHINAE.
196. Exelis? fumida spec. nov.

Forewing : dull smoky cinereous, covered with dark scales ; the lines blackish ;
first from one-fourth of costa to one-fifth of inner margin, vertical, or slightly
oblique outwards, to median vein, thence oblique inwards ; outer line from three-
fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, parallel to hindmargin, but slightly
projecting between veins 3 and 6, somewhat thickened ou the veins and obsoletely
curved between them ; a black cell-spot midway between the two lines, traversed
by a dark median line, which below middle is parallel to and equidistant from
the other two lines; submarginal line pale, interrupted, preceded by a slightly
darker band ; a black marginal line swollen between the veins ; fringe concolorous,
with paler base.

Ilindwing : like forewiug, but without the basal line.

Underside paler cinereous, with black cell-spots and smoky darker marginal
borders.

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Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorons.

Expanse of wings : 36 mm.

1 S from South Park, Colorado, August 1901 (Oslar).

I refer this species with a query to Exelis Gueu. ; structurally it agrees
precisely neither with that nor either of the other genera into whicli Mr. Hulst
has distributed the species of this group — viz. Tornos Morr., Coenocharis Hulst,
Ilolochroa Hulst, and Si/nylochis Hulst. Possibly it has been described as an
ordinary Boarmia. The forewing has a moderately developed fovea ; the antennae
of the c? are pectinated, but the pectinations are of an unusual character, being far
apart, short and regular, and thickened towards their apices. The face is flat,
without tubercles ; palpi quite short ; tongue very slight ; the frenulum strong ;
hindtibiae with four short spurs and no pencil of hairs.

Neuration : forewing, cell half as long as wing ; discocellular vertical above,
oblique below ; first median nervule at three-fourths, second close before third ;
radiiils normal ; 7, 8, 9 stalked from just before end of cell; 10 and 11 stalkcMl,
neither anastomosing : hindwing with costal closely contiguous to subcostal for
half of cell, which is more than half the length of wing ; 3 and 7 before the ends
of cell ; no radial.

Leucolithodes gen. nov.

Closely allied to Ei-ilophodes Warr., Nov. Zool. i. p. 465, from which it diflers
in having simple antennae instead of pectinated, and in the absence of abdominal
tufts. The head, thorax, pectus, and femora are all hairy.

Neuration: forewing, cell more than half the length of wing; discocellular
vertical ; first median nervule at quite five-sixths, second almost from the same
]ioint as third ; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9 stalked from just before upjier angle,
8 and 9 separating only just before apex ; 10 and 11 free, 10 closely approximated
to stalk of 8, 9, but not anastomosing ; hindwing with costal and subcostal closely
approximated for three-fourths of cell ; 6, 7, and 3, 4 from ends of cell ; no radial ;
vein 2, as in forewing, at five-sixths.

Type : Leucolithodes pantherata Feld. {Bri/optcra).

The type species is superficially very mnch like Erilophodes arana Dogn.,
described as a Caripeta.

Brijoptera lecideata Feld. from (.'hili is also a Leucolithodes.

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NOTES ON THE SPECIMENS OF WILD ASSES IN
ENGLISH COLLECTIONS.

BY E. LYDEKKER.

(Plates XVII.— XX.)

THE gift to the British Museum by Mr. N. 0. Rothschild of the skeleton and
mounted skin of a wild ass (No. 59), collected by himself and Messrs.
Henley and Wollaston at Nakheila, Atbara River, Eastern Sudan, on February KJth,
1904, affords an opportunity of reviewing the state of our knowledge with regard to
the species and races of the wild asses of both Africa and Asia. Unfortunately,
owing to the lack of a sufficiency of specimens and of definite information with
regard to the place of origin of several of the few available examples, such a
review cannot be regarded as anything like final or complete ; several points in
regard to nomenclature and affinities being left for future determination. The
plan followed has been to review such of the more recent descriptions of these
animals as appear the most trustworthy, and to give coloured figures of specimens
in the museums and menageries in this country. Of the two races here included
under the specific title of Equus hemionus coloured figures have already appeared
in a paper recently contributed by myself to the Zoological Society's Proceedings ;
and it has therefore been considered unnecessary to repeat figures of these forms
in the present article.

Apart from the question of species and subspecies, wild asses have an interest
from another point of view — namely coloration. In an article originally published
in the /e'e^fl? newspaper, but reprinted in my volume entitled " Mostly Mammals,''
and in a later article which appeared in the Field for October 17th, 1903, I have
pointed out that a large number of mammals change their colour from rufous in
summer to grey in winter,* and I have also endeavoured to show that such colour-
changes are in the main confined to extra-tropical species. Excellent examples of
this type of colour-change are afforded by the European roe-deer, the North
American white-tailed deer, and the fallow-deer ; while the muntjac and the Indian
chital may be cited as examples of tropical species which undergo no seasonal
change of colour.

The wild asses of the extra-tropical countries conform, in greater or less degree,
to both the above laws ; such colour-changes as take place being from rufous in
summer to grey-fawn in winter. The most marked instance of this type of change
being presented by the form described below as Equus onager castaneus. On the
other hand, the African wild asses, which are the only members of the group
found within the tropics, exhibit no seasonal colour-change ; their tint being at all
times of the year grey-fawn, which we may perhaps venture to assume is better
suited to their surroundings than sandy or rufous.

The remarkable feature in connection with the conformity of colour-change iu
the non-tropical species of wild asses to that which obtains in the roebuck and the

' By an unfortunate oversight, on p.ige 24 of " Mostly Mammals " the red is said to he the winter,
and the grey-fawn the summer colour.

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white-tailed deer, is tliat in the one case it occnrs in desert>-hannting and in the
other in forest-dwelling types. Some other cause than protective resemblance must
apparently therefore be connected with the change in at least one of the two cases ;
as what holds good in regard to protective resemblance of this nature in the case of
forest animals can scarcely also obtain in the case of desert forms. Possibly the
seasonal colour-change in the smaller Asiatic wild asses may be a feature inherited
from forest-dwelling ancestors. In any case, the kiang seems to have almost
discarded snch a seasonal change of colour — perhaps in special harmony with its
surroundings, which in parts of Ladak, at any rate, show a predominance of red
tints. It is further noteworthy that the colour of the kiang approximates to what
we may probably regard as the ancestral colour of the horse — namely, the rufous
dun, with black points and a white muzzle, displayed by the Mongolian wild
pony.

So close, indeed, does the kiang come to tlie horse, that it seems to me
impossible to refer the two species to separate subgenera. On the other hand,
the former animal appears to be intimately connected, through the chigetai, with
the ghor-khar and onagers. Consequently the proposed reference of the horse to
the subgenus Equus, and the separation of the asses as a second subgenus {Asinus),
seem no longer logical.

I. THE CHIGETAI, OR KIANG.
Equus hemionus.

Equus hemioiiua, Pallas, Noi: Comm. Petmp., vol. six. p. 395, pi. vii. (1775).

Hab. Mongolia and Turkestan, ranging northwards to Transbaikalia and
westwards to Transcaspia.

Size large, the height at the shoulder reaching to 4 ft. 3 in. Ears (in
comparison with those of E. nsimis) relatively small and horselike. Hoofs
large and broad, the width of the front ]>air markedly exceeding that of the hind
ones. Tail-tuft large, and a slight rudiment of a forelock present. Dark dorsal
stripe relatively narrow, reaching the tail-tuft, and (in most cases at any rate)
not bordered with white. No shoulder-stripe, or dark barrings on the limbs ; a
dark ring immediately above the hoofs. General colour of upper-parts, in summer
coat, varying from Ijright rufous chestnut (with a more or less marked tinge of
greyish fawn on the neck) to reddish sandy ; muzzle, inside of ear, throat, under-
parts, inner side of legs, and a streak on the buttocks, pure white or huffish white.
In the long winter coat tiie general colour apparently not distinctly grey, although
greyish in the typical form. Cry, a " shrieking bray."

The skull of the kiang differs markedly from that of the onager, but from lack
of specimens of that of the chigetai, I am unable to give the cranial characters
of the species as a whole.

I have experienced great difficulty in deciding whether to regard the chigetai
and the kiang as a species by themselves, or to include under the same specific title
the ghor-khar and the onagers.

The ;kiang, as is well shown by comparing the mounted specimen in the
British Museum with the example of the Somali wild ass standing in the
same case, is characterised by the great width of the hoofs, more especially the front

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pair. In this respect it approaches Equus caballus (as it does in its relatively small
ears and its colour), and differs widely from E. asinus. The ghor-khar and onagers,
on the other hand, have small and narrow hoofs, like those of the last-named species.
The chigetai I have had no opportunity of examining, so far as this feature is
concerned.

As regards colour, the kiang is by far the reddest of all the Asiatic wild asses,
and apparently becomes but little greyer in winter. On the other hand, some of the
ghor-khar and onager group are quite grey in winter ; and it is difficult, from this
character alone, to believe that they are specifically identical with the kiang.

I have regarded the chigetai (the type of E. hemionus) as nearest to the kiang, , ^._
but I am told by Mr. Pocock that some individuals of the fornier exhibit a broader icliMl''
dorsal stripe than usual, and thus approach the onager and ghor-khar group ; and it
is thus possible that there may be a gradation from the one towards the other
type. If this be so, the kiang may be entitled to rank as the type of a distinct
species, under the name of {E. kiang), while the chigetai (£". hemionus) may typify
a second species which may stand by itself, or may also include the various local
forms of onager and ghor-khar.

As a provisional measure, I take the species E. hemionus to include the kiaug ;
while the onagers and ghor-khar are grouped together as E. onager.

In addition to its small ears, broad hoofs, narrow dorsal stripe, and general
colour, the kiang appears to be affiliated to Equus caballus (inclnsive of the wild
ponies of JMongolia, E. c. przevalskii or equuleus) by the nature of its cry, which
there is little doubt is to a great extent intermediate between that of the horse
and the ass. It is true that there is a certain amount of discrepancy between the
accounts of the kiang's call given by different observers. General Cunningham, for
instance, in his work on " Ladak," calls it a neigh, and other observers have
described it as being as much like neighing as braying. On the other hand,
Moorcroft, and subsequently General Strachey, described it as more like braying
than neighing ; the latter traveller observing that " my impression of the voice
of the kiaug is that it is a shrieking bray, not like that of the common ass, bnt
still a real bray, and not a neigh." Evidently it is perfectly distinct from the
bray of E. asinus, while, as noticed below, it also differs from the cry of one of
the races of E. onager.

A. THE KIANG.
Equus hemionus kiang.

Equus hang, Moorcroft, Tmreh in Lwlid; etc., vol. i. p. 312 (1841).

Equus j)uhjmh,ii, Hodgson, Calculla Journal of Natural Jlisturi/, vol. vii. p. 4i">SI, pi. vi. (1847) : this
specific name was given owing to the circumstance that in the type specimen of E. Iieuumnis
described by Pallas some of the incisor teeth were wanting, which was then considered to
be a normal feature.

Equus hemionus Many, Lydekker, Proc. Zuol. Soc. Loud. 1904, i. p. 432, pi. xxviii.

Ilab. Ladak and Tibet ; kiang of the Ladakis and Tibetans.

Profile sinuous, being concave below the eyes, and above the nose distinctly
convex. Dorsal stripe always narrow, chocolate in colour, without trace of white
borders. Tips of ears, mane (which is rather long), a narrow ring just above each
hoof, and tail-tuft dark brown or blackish. General colour of ujiper-parts full

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rnfons chestnut, sometimes with a tinge of greyish fawn on the neck, and tending
to sand}' on the rnmp and legs ; mnzzle, inside of ear, side of neck, throat, chest,
nnder-parts, inner side of legs, and a streak on the hinder border of the thigh,
]inre wliite, sharply defined from the rnfons and fawn areas. In some instances
the light area of the nnder-parts rnns behind the shoulder so as to partly insulate
the rufous of the latter. Colour of winter coat not markedly different from the
summer one.

The skull of the female, which measures eighteen inches in basal length, is
characterised (a*", all events generally) by the presence of a small but deep depression
in the lower part of the forehead at the junction of the frontal with the nasal bones,
just below the line of the eyes ; and likewise by the intrusion of the frontals into
the base of the nasals in the form of a pear-shaped projection, with the point
directed forwards. In an old male skull presented to the British Museum by
Brian Hodgson the frontal depression is absent, although present in two female
skulls of nearly the same age, as it is in others of apparently the same sex. The
first upper premolar, or " wolf-tooth," is very generally present.

Tlie following dimensions are taken from the mounted specimens of the
kiang and the Somali wild ass in the British Museum : —

E. hemionus
kiaiiff.

E. asinics
somatiensis.

Height at withers ....

Length of ear

Width of front hoof ....
„ „ hind „ ...

4 ft. 3i in.
7| inches.
31 „
3

4 ft. 1 in.
11 inches
2i „

2i :

The two animals being of practically the same height, the great proportionate
width of the hoofs in the kiang is well displayed. In the ghor-khar they are of
the narrow type of E. asinics ; the width of the front hoofs in a specimen standing
;5 ft. 10 in. being 2h in.

B. THE CHIGETAl.

Equus hemionus hemionus.

Equus hemionus Lydekker, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loml. 1904, i. p. i'ii, pi. xxvii.

Hah. Mongolia and Turkestan; chigetai of the Mongols, kulan of the Tatars
and Kirghiz.

In its make and actions — especially of starting when alarmed with the head
so elevated that the plane of the face is almost horizontal — as well as in the
general type of coloration, this wild ass agrees essentially with the kiang of
Ladak and Tibet. Both in the winter and summer coat it lacks, however, the
distinctly rufous-chestnut tint so characteristic of the latter, while it is further
characterised by the much less marked contrast between the light and dark areas
of the coat ; the light areas on the muzzle, buttocks, legs, nnder-parts, etc., being
" Isabella-coloured" instead of pure white, and thus much less sharply differentiated
from the fawn of the rest of the body. The light areas on the neck and slionlder
are also much smaller. The general colour is pale sandy fawn, with the tips of
the ears, mane, dorsal stripe (which is continued down the tail) brown ; and there

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seems to be but little difference in this respect between the snmmer and winter
coats. The mane is shorter than in the kiang. Dr. Matschie describes the general
colour of the upper-parts as yellowish red with a tinge of grey ; the lower part of
the neck being of the same colour as the body, but ])a]er, while the iinder-]i irts, etc.,
are greyish white, which is not sharply defined from the fawn of the upper-parts.
The brown dorsal stripe extends down the tail to the terminal tuft. In winter the
colour of the coat tends, I believe, to greyish.

A male specimen from north-eastern Mongolia was living in the park at
Woburn Abbey in 1903 and 1004, and is figured in the Proceedimjs of the
Zoological Society for 1904.

Judging from its coloration, the chigetai should be an inhabitant of more
desert country than that frequented by the kiang ; and by comparing accounts of
Mongolia and the Gobi with what I know of Ladak, this would seem to be the case.

The exact locality where this particular specimen was obtained (by the
members of an expedition sent out by Mr. Carl Hagenbeck, of Hamburg), is the
neighbourhood of Lake Balkash in Central Kobdo, north-western Mongolia, a
spot lying east-north-east of Tarbogatai, the well-known hunting locality.

The skull of a female (?) wild ass in the British Museum (No. 94. 2. }<. 3),
killed by Mr. St. George Littledale near Lake Koko-Nor, on the north-eastern
frontier of Tibet, adjacent to Mongolia, differs from that of the kiang by the
absence of the frontal pit, and may therefore belong to the chigetai. The form
of the fronto-nasal suture is not shown.

IT. THE ONAGER, OR GIIOR-KHAR.
Equus onager.

Equus onager, Pallas, Acta. Ace. Peirop. 1777. p. 254, pi. xi.

Ilab. The desert districts of Western and (?) W. Central Asia and North-
Western India.

Size considerably less than in E. hemionus, the minimum recorded height being
3 ft. 8 in. and the maximum 3 ft. 10 in. Ears apparently much the same as in
the latter. Hoofs narrow and ass-like ; the front pair but little wider than the hind
pair. Profile of face nearly straight or markedly sinuous. Tail-tuft moderate. Dark
dorsal stripe very broad, iu some cases stopping sliort of the tail-tuft, and bordered,
at least jiosteriorly, by a band of white or whitish, which joins the white on the
buttocks and the back of the thighs. Colour of upper-parts, in the summer coat,
usually some shade of pale reddish fawn or sandy (isabelline) ; the light areas, which
vary from pure white to whity-brown, much the same as in E. hemionus, but
extending more on to the buttocks, and thence along the sides of the dorsal stripe,
and in some cases occupying more of the body and head. In winter, the long and
rough coat more or less decidedly grey ; in one instance distinctly mouse-grey with
sharply defined white areas.

The cry of the Indian ghor-khar is described as being a '' shrieking bray," and
therefore perhaps not unlike that of the kiang ; but in the case of the Syrian
onager, and probably also iu that of the true onager, it is stated by the late Mr. E.
Blyth to be more like that of the common ass,* to the wild forms of which

• See Jerdon, MammaU of India, p. 239.

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animal the present species approximates not only in its narrow hoofs, broad dorsal
stripe, and small tail-tuft, but likewise in the distinctly grey colour of the winter
coat in at least one of the local races.

In connection with this species it may be of interest to notice that in a recent
memoir Dr. J. Niiesch * has reproduced t the well-known figure of some member
of the horse family incised on a fragment of reindeer antler of prehistoric age found
in the cave of Kesslerloch, Schaffhausen. This figure represents a sleuder-limbed
and small-headed equine, with an upright mane and long ass-like tail. The body
is marked with what might be taken for stripes, but I think these are intended for
shading, as they are scarcely more pronounced than those on the lifelike figure of
a reindeer reproduced by Dr. Niiesch on the same plate.

Other noticeable features of this sketch are to be found in the distinctly concave
profile of the face and the large size of the ears as compared with those in many of
the contemporary sketches of the horse.

By some writers the sketch in question has been regarded as indicating the
existence of a second species of horse in Europe during prehistoric times,! but there
is much to be urged against such a view, and very little in its favour.

On the other hand. Dr. Niiesch is of opinion that the Kesslerloch sketch is
intended to represent the onager or ghor-khar ; and there seems much to support
this view, although the author has not noticed the most important evidence. Firstly,
attention may be directed to the slender short-haired tail, which is quite unlike
the same appendage in the contemporary sketches oi Eijuuis caballas.^ Secondly,
the ears, although not proportionately so large as in the onager, are certainly
superior in size to those in most of the prehistoric representations of the horse,
where they are so small as to be almost unnoticeable. Thirdly, we have the concave
profile of the face, which is almost the exact representation of that of the true, or
North Persian, onager — the very race of Equus onager which we should naturally
have expected to range into Western Europe in prehistoric times.

Whether certain equine teeth from Kesslerloch, described and figured by
Dr. T. Stnder|| as those of E. onager (kemiom/s), supjiort the view that this species
formerly occurred in Western Europe, I am not prepared to say.

A. THE GHOR-KHAR.
Equus onager indicns.

Er/uiis imiii-tis, .Suhiler, Pruc. Zuul. Sou. Loiul. 1862. p. 1G3 ; Matschic, S.B. Ges. iiatuifui: Berlin,
1893. p. 208.

(Plate XVII.)

Ilab. Typically the Indian Desert (Bickanir, Jeysulmere, and the Rann of
Kutch), thence apparently ranging eastwards into Baluchistan, Afghanistan (in the
north of which large herds were seen during the Boundary Commission's journey),
and Southern Persia to the north of the Khorasan Desert.

If there be any transition from the ghor-khar in the direction of the knlan, or

* Denks. Schwek. Ges., vol. x.xxix., art. 1, p. 1.

t T. c, pi. u. fig. 3.

J See Ewart, Trans. liir/hland Soe. 1904, p. 9, where the sketch is reproduced.

§ See Dawkins' Earhj Man in Britain, p. 220.

II Denie. Schwei:. Get., oj>. cit:, art. 3, p. 95.

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Turkestan phase of the chigetai, it should occur in the mrth-eistern range of the
present form ; bnt the undermentioned specimen from Meshed does not differ in
stature, and but little in colour, from the typical form of the race. On the other
hand, a Baluchi shnll referred to below indicates a larger animal.

Height at shoulder (as given by Blanford from a wild specimen) 3 ft. ID in.
Profile of face straight. General colour of upper-parts sandy in summer, with the
light band on each side of the dorsal stripe narrow, ill-defined, and whity-brown in
colour ; and the white on the rump not pure. The coloration — presumably in the
summer coat — is described by Dr. Matschie as follows : Upper-parts bright sandy ;
throat, nnder-parts, etc., white, the white extending to the flanks ; the broad dark
dorsal stripe bordered with white posteriorly, and stopping short of the tail-tufc.

It will be noticed that in this description the light areas are said to be " white,"
whereas in the specimens mentioned below they are whity-brown. In the absence
of a figure of Dr. Matschie's specimen, I have not, however, regarded this as a racial
distinction, esi)ecially as he alludes to the light areas in the Syrian and Persian
races as " silvery white."

The pair of wild asses figured by Gray in plate liii. of Gleaiiinqs from the
Knowslei/ Menagerie under the name of E. hemioims (the skin and sknll of one
of which are in the British Museum [Nos. 4(). 1. 10. 3. and 5]), and said to be from
Kntch, agree fairly well with this description, being fawn in colour, with the light
areas not pure white and much less than the fawn. They are evidently represented
in the summer coat. These animals are, however, said to have been grey in winter ;
and this is confirmed by the one in the British Museum, which is in the winter dress
and distinctly grey. The whitish on the hind-quarters appears to have extended
well on to the buttocks.

A male wild ass purchased in the spring of l'.M)4 by the Zoological Society
of London from Professor J. G. Ewart (by whom, as a " kiang," it had been
employed in mule-breeding) seems to belong to this race. This animal (Plate XVII.)
was bought by Lord Arthur Cecil some years previously in India from a Baluchi
horse-dealer, by whom it was stated to have been captured as a foal in the desert
near Meshed, on the northern border of South-Eastern Persia, by shooting its dam
while drinking at a pool.

So far as I can see, this animal presents all the distinctive features of the
present race ; and if this identification be correct, and the locality rightly given, the
range of the latter will inclnde that portion of Persia lying on the north-eastern
border of the great salt desert of Khorasan. This desert thus seems to form the
limits between the ranges of the ghor-khar and the onager.

A photograph of this ghor-khar is reproduced on p. 462 of the Proceedimjs
of the Royal Society of Edinburgh to illustrate a paper by Professor Ewart, who
alludes to it in the text as a kiang.

I greatly doubt whether the Equus hamwr of Hamilton-Smith, said to be the
wild ass of the province of Ears, in Southern Persia, is a distinct form. It is
reported to be reddish fown-colour, without any dorsal stripe. Certainly such an
animal is unknown to modern naturalists, save by report.

The skull of the Knowsley Menagerie wild ass mentioned above (British
Museum, No. 46. I. 10. .5) has the same general contour as that of the female
Syrian specimen referred to later on, the profile being sinuous, markedly convex
iu the upper part of the face, and then becoming very convex in the nasals, which
are very short, and recall those of a rhinoceros. The basal length is 15 inches.

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The skull of a young male wild ass from Balnchistan presented by Mr. W. T.
Blaiiford to the British Mnsenm (No. 91. 5. 13. 1) is, however, considerably larger
than the preceding, measuring 17^ in. in basal length, and also differs by its
perfectly straight profile. It is in fact practically as large as a kiang's skull, bnt
with a much narrower muzzle. There is no depression at the root of the nasals,
aud the frouto-nasal suture forms a very open V, with straight borders, and is thus
totally dififerent from that of the kiang.

The difference between the reputed Kutch and the Baluchi skulls is so
great that it is difficult to believe it to be due merely to sex ; and the suggestion
therefore arises that the two specimens indicate distinct races. One theory would
be that the Knowsley animals belonged to the North Persian instead of to the
Indian race of the species ; bnt their coloration (both in the plate and, so far
as can be determined, in the faded skin in the British Museum) is of the
Indian as opjwsed to the North Persian type ; and in this respect these specimens
appear to accord with the reputed Meshed ghor-khar.

Another alternative is that the Baluchi skull indicates a race apart from
the Indian one. This latter suiiposition would be a not improbable one were
it not that Balnchistan lies in the direct line between Kutch and Meshed, and
that the wild ass reputed to be from the latter locality apparently agrees with
the Indian race of the species.

The matter must remain in abeyance until a series of the skulls of wild asses
from Kutch and Baluchistan are available for comparison.

B. THE KOBDO ONAGER.
Equus onager castaneus (n. subsp.).
(Plate XVIII.)

Ilab. Said to be Kirghis-Nor, Kobdo, Western Mongolia.

Characterised by the straight profile of the face, the rufous isabella hue of
the summer coat, the full mouse-grey colour of the winter coat, the large amount
of pure white on the buttocks, and the distinctness of the pure white band on
each side of the dorsal stripe, which extends quite down to the tail-tuft.

The type of this form is the Asiatic wild ass represented in Plate XVIII.,
which is a female purchased by the Duke of Bedford from Mr. C. Hagenbeck,
and stated by the latter to have come from Kirghis-Nor. One portrait of this
animal (in the possession of the Duke of Bedford) was taken in September 1903,
when the animal had assumed the long grey winter coat ; bnt the one repro-
duced in Plate XVIII., in July 19U4, about the same time as those of the other
Asiatic races. The writer is indebted to the Duke of Bedford for the sketch
from which the plate is reproduced.

The broad chocolate-coloured dorsal stripe reaches to the tail-tuft, and
is bordered on each side by a wide pure white band, which expands to join a
large white bla.ze on the buttocks and the hind-surface of the thighs. The other
light areas arc the muzzle, throat, chest, under-parts, aud inner sides and
lower portions of the limbs ; the inside of tlie ears being greyish white ; elsewhere
the general colour in the winter coat is grey-fawn, with a faint tinge of sandy
rufous in places. In the summer coat the dark areas are bright sandy fawn or

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rnfons Isabella, witli pure white rnmp-patch, muzzle, aud under-parts ; the sides
of the face and throat, as well as the outer sides of the lower parts of the
legs, being pale isabella, as is an indistinct line running np the flank in front
of the thigh.

In no other onager with a uniform body-colour that I have seen is
there such a large, pure white rump-patch, although there is an approach to
this in one of the two specimens figured in the " Knowsley Menagerie." The
continuation of the dorsal stripe down the tail seems also to be peculiar ; while
the full grey of the winter coat is noticeable. From the specimen here referred
to E. 0. indicus, the present animal is distinguished by the pure white light
areas and the large size of the rump-patch. The latter character, together with
the extension of the dorsal stripe to the tail-tnft, the small size of the light
area on the flanks, the larger amount of whity-brown on the sides of the face,
and the straight i)rofile, distinguish it from the description of E. o. hemippas.
I am therefore inclined to regard this animal as representing a distinct race.
Lack of specimens precludes, however, anything like certainty iu this determination.
If the locality be correct, it largely extends the range of the species.

C. THE SYRIAN ONAGER.
Equus onager hemippus.

Eq^ims liem'nipiis, E. Geoffroy, C. E. Ac. Paris, Vol. xli. pp. 1214 and 1220 (1885) ; Matschie,
S.B. Ges. iialiafoi: Berlin, 1893. p. 208.

Ilab. Syria (deserts between Bagdad and Palmyra), Mesopotamia, and
North Arabia.

Dr. Matschie deseribes this race — seemingly iu the summer coat— as
follows : —

" Colour of upper-parts reddish isabelline ; the dorsal stripe not reaching
the root of the tail, the tip of which is moderately haired ; neck aud outer side
of limbs Isabella-coloured ; throat, uuder-parts, a broad band on each side of the
dorsal stripe, hind border of thigh aud au oblicjue band above the flanks silver-
white. Ears [and (?) head] relatively small."

The skull of a Syrian wild ass in the British Museum (No. 67. 12. 3. 1)
is characterised by its very small size (basal length 14 J in.), aud the markedly
sinuous outline of the profile, which would thus ajipear to be very similar to that
of the true onager. The present race would accordingly appear to be characterised
by its small size, coupled with the sinuous profile of the face and the predominance
of the fawn over the white areas on the body.

D. THE PERSIAN ONAGER.
Equus onager onager.

Equus oiiafjer, Pallas, Ai-ta Ace. Petrop. mi. p. 2.^4, pi. xi. ; Matschie, S.B. Ges. imlurfor.

Berlin, WSA. p. 2U8
.\siims nmir/rr, Hamilton-Smith " Naturalist's Library," Eijaidir, pi. xviii. (1841).

(Plate XIX.)

Ilab. Northern Persia ; Pallas's type locality being Kasvin, in the north-west,
near the southern shore of the Caspian Sea.

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Characterised by the iiredominauce of the white over the fiiwn-colonred areas
ou the body aad head, aud the markedly siuuous profile of the latter.

The Persian onager would appear to be the race of the present species
most specially adapted for a purely desert existence, so far as coloration is
concerned.

The identification of the nnder-mentioned specimens with this race (and
conseqnently the distinctive characteristics of the race itself) depends, in the
first place, whether the example fignred by Colonel Hamilton-Smith really came
from North Persia ; and, secondly, whether the one described by Dr. Matschie was
lil;ewise a native of that district.

Dr. Matschie's description of a yonng male referred to this race living in
the Berlin Ziwlogical Gardens in 1883, is as follows : —

"The head is relatively high, with a convex ram-like profile to the face,
and the ears comparatively small. At the termination of the sharp and upright
uiaiie commences a broad dark dorsal stripe, becoming narrower and less well
defined at the withers, but expanding at the loins, and on the rnmp diminishing
to a narrow line, which disappears some distance above the tail-tuft. This
dor.<al stripe is bordered by a broad silvery white baud on each side. Root of
tail, hinder edge of hips, a broad area above the flanks and likewise the shoulder,
the under-parts, legs, the throat, and the muzzle, silvery white. Upper part of
head, sides of the neck, a small ill-defined oblique band in front of the shoulder,
a larger quadrangular patch on the sides of the body, the middle of the hips,
and the upper parts of the limbs, pale isabella-colour."

Briefly summarising this description, the same author gives the leading
features of this race as follows : —

" Colour silvery white ; the dorsal stripe not reaching the tail-tuft ; head, sides
of neck, a small, ill-defined band in front of the shoulder, a larger quadrangular
patch on the sides of the body, middle of the hip, and upper part of the
limbs isabella-colour."

Allowing for the circumstance that the colour has been printed too low
down, so as to render the belly and throat fawn-coloured, and the back and
upper part of the neck white, this description accords very well with the figure
of the onager (country not stated) given in plate xviii. of Col. Hamilton-
Smith's volume on Horses in Jardine's " Naturalist's Library."

If these identifications be correct, the present race is the lightest in colour
of all the Asiatic wild asses, the fawn-coloured area being reduced to large
isolated patches.

A pair of wild Asiatic asses received in exchange by the London Zoological
Society in 1892, and still living in the menagerie in the Regent's Park, agree in
all essential respects with the preceding descriptions. Both show the remarkable
contour of the profile of the face, in which the forehead is swollen and
convex, while the nasal region is concave. In both the greater part of the hea<l
is white, and the white areas on the body predominate over the fawn-coloured,
which in the summer coat is pale sandy. This predominance of the pure silvery
white areas is, however, somewhat more marked in the female (Plate XIX.) tlian
in the male.

Both specimens are clearly referable to the same race as the one figured by
Col. Hamilton-Smith and the young example described by Dr. Matschie. There
appears to be no record of their place of origin.

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III. THE AFRICAN ASS.
Equus asiuus.

/•!quus asinus, Linn., Stjst. Nat. vol. i. p. 100 (1706).
Asinus vulgaris, Gray, Zool. Joiirn. vol. i. p. 244 (1845).

Hab. In a domesticated condition, the whole habitable world ; as a wild
animal, North-eastern Africa, sonth of the Tropic, from Upper Nnbia to Somaliland.
This is the only wild ass found within the tropics ; and it is interesting to note that
it is the only one which is completely grey at all seasons of the year.

The typical form of the species appears to be the domesticated ass of North-
western Europe.

Size (in the wild state) medium or large, the height at the shoulder ranging
from 3 ft. 9J in. to 4 ft. 1 in.* Ears very long. Hoofs small and narrow, with
no marked superiority in the size of the front pair. Tail-tnft moderate, and no
t race of a forelock. Dark dorsal stripe narrow, and in some cases discontinuous,
not reaching tail-tuft, and without white borders. Either a shoulder-stripe or
dark barrings on the legs, or both together (in domesticated race) ; uo dark ring
above the hoofs. A distinct white ring round the eye ; no white on buttocks or
rump. General colour of upper-parts (at all seasons) pure or tawny grey-fawn ;
mu^-zle, a ring round each eye, uuder-surface of lower jaw, inside of ear, under-
parts, and inner-siirface and much of lower portion of legs, pure white. Apparently
no marked (if any) difference, either in colour or length, between the summer
and the winter coat. Cry, a bray.

A. THE NUBIAN WILD ASS.
Equus asinus africanus.

PJqtius africanus, Fitzinger, Naturrjescldchte Siiugethiere, vol. iii. p. 666 (1857).

Equus asinus africanus, ScLater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1884. p. 542 ; Forbes, Sokotra and Abd-el-

Kuri, p. 9, pi. ii. (I1I03).
Equus ttnnio/nts (iu part), Heuglin, Petermann's Mittheilungcn, 18G1. p. 19.
Equus asinus, de Wiuton, in Anderson's Mammals of Egypt, p. 329 (1902).

(Plate XX.)

Hab. North-eastern Africa, that is to say Seuaar and Nubia, ranging formerly
as far as the filth cataract of the Nile, and eastwards to the River Atbara and
the Danakil district,, but not extending into Abyssinia. Half-wild in Socotra.
Year by year the range of this race appears to become more and more restricted ;
and unless special measures be taken for its protection, there appears considerable
danger that this handsome animal may become exterminated.

Characterised by its generally inferior size (ranging from about 3 ft. OJ in. to
3 ft. 11 J in.) as compared with the Somali race, the generally greyish fawn-colour,
the continuous, although very narrow dorsal stripe, the presence of a short shoulder-
stripe, and of a dark patch on each side of the front fetlock, and the jxbsence of
distinct dark barrings on tlie legs.

* These mea^suiemeuls, like tliat of the kiang (p. .'iSlJ), are takeu from stuffed specimens ; the height
of a mounted specimen of the ghor-khar iu the British Museum agrees precisely with that taken by
Blanford in the flesh.

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The following is the ilescription of the skin (of which the head is mounted)
of a marc shot by Mr. H. W. Haig, at Yalalnb, iu the Eastern Sndan, and pre-
sented by that gentleman in I'JUl to the British Mnseum, where it bears the
register nnmber 1. 7. 1. 1.

" General colour of upper-parts greyish fawn, with the muzzle, a broad ring
round each eye, the nnder-snrface of the lower jaw (iuter-ramine space), the angle
of the throat, and the nnder-parts, white or whitish ; the legs being of the same
pale hue, with some greyish on the front surface, and a few small dark spots
on each side of the fetlocks. The mane, which commences between the ears, is
short, upright, and dark brown or blackish in colour. The narrow dorsal stripe
measures from f to i in. in width, and is continued as a thin line well on to the
tail ; the two branches of the shoulder-stripe, which are of about the same width as
the dorsal one, are about 5 in. in length. The long hairs of the terminal tail-tnft,
measuring about .5J in. long, are mingled black and grey. The ears are about
lOi in. in length, and are black at their tips on both surfaces, for a short distance.
On the inner side of the lower part of the fore-leg is a chestnut patch of 2 in.
in length."

Another skin, from near Kassala, referred to by Mr. de Winton, agrees in
all respects with the preceding, although the hair has acquired a faint yellowish
tinge in the process of curing. Apparently the specimen living in the London
Zoological Gardens in 1884, and figured on a very small scale by Dr. Sclater
in Plate L. of the Zoological Society's Proceedings for that year, was likewise of
the same general type.

The specimen forming the subject of Plate XX. of the present article is a
young but adult male, collected (with two others) by Messrs. Charles Rothschild,
Henley, and Wollaston, on February 10th, 1904, at Nakheila, on the south bank
of the Atbara River, in the Eastern Sudan. Of this animal the skin (mounted
by Rowland Ward, Ltd.) and skeleton were presented by Mr. Rothschild to the
British Museum. The second example from the same locality is mounted in the
Museum at Tring, and the third in the Edinburgh Museum.

The figured specimen, as mounted, stands 3 ft. 9| in. at the withers ; the
ear is 10| in. in length, and the width of the front hoof 3^ in. The general colour
(of the winter coat) is pale grey fawn ; the mane is short and sparse ; and the
ears and head are proportionately very large, the latter being of nearly the same
size as in the much larger Somali race. The blackish dorsal stripe is extremely
narrow, and the shoulder-stripe, which gradually narrows to a point, extends only
about 6 in. on each side of the middle line ; the dorsal stripe becomes almost
obsolete above the tail-tnft. There is an irregular brownish patch on each side
of the front fetlock— larger on the inner than on the outer side — but no other
markings on the limbs.

A somewhat older male, killed in the same locality and now in the Edinburgh
Mnseum, stands, as mounted, 3 ft. IH in. at the withers; and a third example,
now in Mr. Rothschild's Museum at Tring, is fully as large.

Botli in Mr. Sclater's paper on the Somali wild ass and in the notice of the
Nubian race in Anderson's Afamimds of Egypt, reference is made to the impossibility
of employing Baron Heuglin'.s l-jquus taenioputi for either. According to lleuglin,
it is the Nubian wild ass that has barred legs and no shoulder-stripe, and the
Somali animal in which these conditions are reversed ; and it would accordingly
seem that he transposed the localities of his specimens.

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Considerable interest attaches to the account of a small breed of wild asses of
this race inhabiting the island of Socotra given in Dr. Forbes's Natural History of
Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri. The anthor of this notice states that his companion and
himself were struck by the beauty of these animals, " and by the perfect similarity
in colour and markings of the large number seen. In all, the nose and a wide
ring round the eye, as well as the chest and belly, were white, the legs nearly so,
contrasting strongly with the mouse-coloured head and back, while the black stripes
on the shoulder and down the middle of the back, and a few somewhat irregular
dusky rings round the legs, were clearly defined."

One of these asses, which stand only about 3^ ft. at the shoulder, is represented
in Plate II. of the work cited, and appears to be a miniature of the truly wild
Nubian race, the markings on the legs being confined to a few streaks near the
fetlocks.

" There can be little doubt," it is observed in the work last cited, " that the
wild asses of Socotra are the feral descendants of animals imported many centuries
ago. The natives, when questioned on the subject, stated that they have been there
from time immemorial ; and the entire absence of colour-varieties among the number
we saw leads us to believe that their statement is correct."

After remarking on the curious circumstance that the Socotran wild ass is
diiferent from the one inhabiting the adjacent portion of the African mainland,
Dr. Forbes proceeds as follows : —

" When we remember, however, that the great trade ronte of ancient Egypt,
and later of the Romans which started from Beruice, passed down the Red Sea to
Arabian and Somaliland ports, this circumstance is less surprising. It is conseijuently
by no means imj^robable that the progenitors of the Socotran wild ass may have
actually come from a Nubian port to their present home ; and that the introduction of
this race into the island may very likely date back to those far distant days. The
difference of the Equus asinus africanus from the common domestic breed strikes
one at once. Among the animals employed in conveying our baggage from the shore
where it was landed to our camp on the Hadibu plain was a donkey which at once
attracted my attention, not only by the burden so disproportionate to its size which
it carried, but by its bright and sharply defined markings. It was only later that
I recognised it as a tamed wild ass."

B. THE SOMALI WILD ASS.
Equus asinus somaliensis.

Equus somaVensis, Noack, Zool. Garten. 1884. p. 374.

Equus ktenioims (in part.), Heuglin, Acta Ac. German, vol. xviii.pl. 1 (18G1).

Equus samaliciis, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1884. p. 540, pi. "2.

Equus nuhkanus somaiicus, Peel, Somaliland, p. 300 (1900).

JIab. Somaliland, through Danakil and Gallaland, to the Red Sea.

Distinguished from the Nubian race by its superior size, the paler and more
greyish colour, the absence of a shonlder-stripe, the slightly developed and discon-
tinuous dorsal stripe, and the presence of a number of distinct black bars on the
legs, and of a brownish patch on the front of each foot above the hoof. The head
and ears are also relatively shorter, with less black on the front of the tips,
the mane is longer and inclined to be pendent; and the white round the eye and

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on the mnzzle ib less pure <an(l less sharply defined from the fawn, while there is no
white on the underside of the lower jaw and the angle of the throat.

The general characters of the Somali specimen living in the Zoological Society's
Menagerie in 1884 are given by Mr. Sclater as follows : —

Size larger than in E. a. nfricamis ; colour pure grey ; dorsal stripe obsolete,
and shoulder-stripe wanting; mane comparatively long and pendent; legs with
numerous and distinct bars.

In Mr. Sclater's figure of the Zoological Society's specimen the ring round the
eye is not complete ; but this must apparently be either an individual jjeculiarity,
or due to the fanlt of the artist.

The following is the description of a Somali male specimen presented to the
British Museum in 1893 by Colonel A. Paget : —

Height at shoulder 4 ft. 1 in.; general colour of upper-parts French grey,
speckled with white, and passing into sandy on the front of the lower part of the
face. Under-parts, the front of the thigh, and the inner sides and lower portions
of both legs dirty white, the white being less marked on the abdomen than
elsewhere. The white on the muzzle and round the eyes much less pure and less
sharply defined than in the Nubian specimens in the Mnseum, and that surrounding
the eyes forming a much less regular, and less well-defined ring. No white on
under surface of lower jaw (inter-ramine space) or at angle of throat. Ears
measaring 11 in. in length, with the black on the inner surface of the tips
scarcely extending beyond the margins. Mane of considerable length, and tending
to become pendent. Dark dorsal stripe visible only as very short and narrow
streak between the mane and the crest of the withers. Front and outer side of
fore-legs, and the same portions of the hind-legs below the hocks, marked with
a few irregular blackish bands, and a dark patch above each hoof in front.

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NEW SPECIES OF PTEROPUS, MUS, AND POGONOMYS
EEOM THE AUSTRALIAN REGION.

By OLDFIELD THOMAS.

The following new mammals are among the collections recently obtained
in Papuasia and Australia by Messrs. Meek, Tunney, and Pratt.

1. Pteropus solomonis spec, no v.

A small species allied to P. brunneus and aneiteanits, with short ears ; the
hind-limbs furred two-thirds down the tibiae.

Size about as in F. aneiteanus. Fur short, woolly for the most part, but
straight and smoothly adpressed on the middle third of the back, where it is
about 2 in. across. A line along the onter side of the proximal third of the
forearm thinly clothed with fine brown hair. Upper surface of hind-limbs covered
with woolly hair about two-thirds down the tibiae, the ankles and feet naked.

Ears short and narrow, their anterior edge evenly convex, tip narrowly
rounded, outer edge faintly concave above, convex below.

Colour of head brown (" hair-brown "), the end of the muzzle with a whitish
sheen ; woolly hair of occiput, nape, and shoulders coppery rufous (between russet
and walnut-brown of Ridgway). Straight hairs of back " seal-brown." Woolly
hair of rump and hind-legs brown, with shining coiijiery ends. Below, the throat
and sides of the chest and belly are dull rnfous brown, darkening along the
centre line to blackish brown.

Skull light and delicate, the braincase of the same narrow form as in
P. aneiteanus. Palate narrow, the toothrows evenly divergent, not curved. Upper
incisors broad and spatulate, touching one another. Canines small. Anterior
upper premolars present, but exceedingly minute. Sizes of molars about as in
P. aneiteanus (see dimensions).

Dimensions of the type : —

Forearm, 108 mm.

Head and body (skin), 180 mm. ; ear (dry), 16 ; thumb (s.u.), 38 ; tibia, .50;
lower leg and foot (c.u.), 80.

Skull, greatest length (c), 54 mm. ; tip of nasals to angle behind postorbital
processes, 24-3 ; interorbital breadth, 6-7 ; breadth of braincase, 19 ; length
of palate from gnathion, 29-3 ; breadth between inner sides of m*, upper
incisive row, 7-3 ; length of canine from cingulum, behind, 5 ; horizontal length
of last premolar, 3-9 ; of m", 4 ; m^, 5'1 ; m', VS. Below, length of canine, 4-1 ;
horizontal lengths of the six cheek teeth in succession, 2, 3-8, 3-9, 4, 3-2, 1-7.

Hab. Gizo Island, Solomons.

Type: an old female, B.M. No. 4. 4. 11. 1. Collected November 10th, 1903,
by Mr. A. S. Meek.

This species differs from P. aneiteanus by the nakedness of the lower part
of the tibia and the absence of the whitish hairs on the shoulders, and from
P. brunneus by its smaller size and much smaller teeth. Its coloration is not
unlike that of P. brunneus, allowing for the fading of Dobson's tj^pe.

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2. Mus verecundus spec. nov.

A peculiarly built species, with long slender feet. Mammae 1 — 2 = 0.

Size about as in Mus rattus. Fur soft and straight, hairs of back about
15 mm. in length, a small number of softer piles, about 20 mm. long, intermixed
on the hinder back. Whiskers unusually] strong and numerous. General colour
above sepia-brown, faintly "ticked"* with bnffy. Undersurfiice dull slaty buffy,
not defined laterally, the bases of the hairs broadly slate-coloured, the tips dull
bufty ; chin not lighter. Head greyish, darker than back, and with less buffy
suffusion. Ears short, laid forward in a spirit specimen they barely reach to
the middle of the eye, practically naked, slaty grey. Arms and legs coloured
like the body, scarcely lighter on their inner surfaces ; upper surface of metacarpus
brown, digits white; hindfeet unusually long and slender, the lengthening being
mainly in the metatarsus ; soles naked, smooth, the last pad elongate, fifth
hindtoe nearly reaching (without claw) to the middle of the first phalanx of the
fourth ; upper surface of metatarsus brown, digits lighter. Tail rather longer
than the head and body, evenly ringed (scale-rings about 10 to the centimetre),
finely haired, not pencilled, though rather more hairy terminally; hairs about I5 —
2 scales in length; uniformly brown above and below, the terminal | in. white.
Mammae 1 — 2 = 6 ; the anterior behind the axillae ; clitoris very long.

Skull smooth and rounded, the braincase small and the muzzle remarkably
long. Nasals long, narrow behind, much expanded anteriorly. Supraorbital
edges, even in old specimens, but very slightly ridged, the ridges quite incon-
spicuous where they cross the parietals. Interparietal fairly large. Anterior
edge of zygomatic plate slanting, scarcely convex. Palatal foramina large,
widely open, just reaching to the level of the front root of m'. Palate ending
well behind m'. Bullae small.

Incisors narrow, smooth in front. Molars worn down in both Aroa
specimens, but apparently — and in the Dinawa sjiecimens — of a very simple
murine type. In one of the latter examples, young, the molars, as compared
with those of Mus rattus, are ystj similar, with the exception that there is no
antero-external supplementary cusp on m-, or external one on the second lamina
of m,.

Dimensions of the type, measured in skin : —

Head and body (stretched), 170 t mm. ; tail, 168 ; hindfoot, 34 ; ear, 18.

Skull, greatest length, 40-.'5 mm. ; basilar length, 32 ; zygomatic breadth,
18; nasals, 15*2x4-8; interorbital breadth, G ; breadth of braincase, 16 ; inter-
parietal, 5x9; zygoma root, 3'4 ; palate length from henselion, 18'6 ; diastema, 11 ;
palatal foramina, 7-1x3; length of upper molar series, 6"7.

Ilab. Avera, Aroa River, British New Guinea.

Tf/pe: an old fe male. B. M. No. 3. 12. 1. 1. Collected May 31st, 1003,
by A. S. Meek.

Two specimens.

Two other specimens, in spirit, apparently of the same species, were collected
at Dinawa, Owen Stanley liauge, altitude 4000 ft., by Mr. A. E. Pratt.

* From the French tiqvete. A word to express a colour smoother and less coarsely variegated than
" grizzled " or " mottled " is often wanted in writing descriptions of mammals, and " ticked " might
be made to serve the purpose.

t True head and body length probably about 150 mm.

I

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This rat is a very peculiar one, and I have considerable doubt whether it
ought to be in\t in Mi/s at all, but in the absence of marked differential characters
of generic importance I do not think it advisable to form a geuus for it at
present.

3. Mus colletti spec. nov.

A dark-coloured spinous rat, with 3 — 3 = 12 mammae.

Size medium. Fur of medium length, ordinary hairs of back about 12 mm.
in length, liberally mixed on the rump with longer piles attaining 30 mm., and
also, to a very variable extent, with flattened spines, about 12 mm. long and
^ mm. in breadth. General colour above heavily lined grizzled greyish brown,
not unlike that of Mus sordidus, Gould, the spinous hairs and the long jjiles
broadly tipped with black, the others with creamy buiF, the latter colour becoming
rather more dominant on the sides. Undersurface jiale soiled buffy, not sharply
defined, the slaty bases of the hairs showing through. Face dark grizzled
grey, like back. Ears of medium size, almost naked, brown, their extreme
edges lighter. Outer side of arms and legs like back, inner sides like belly ;
ujiper surface of hands and feet dull whitish or brownish white. Tail rather
shorter than head and body, prominently scaled (12 rings to the .centimetre),
well haired, the hairs averaging about 2 scales in length proximally, shorter and
less numerous terminally; uniformly black. Mammae, 3 — 3=12.

Skull not unlike that of 2J. sordidus in general shape, though smaller ; the
interorbital region similarly narrow, its edges margined by a well-marked bead
running back to the outer corners of the interparietal. Zygomatic plate broad,
convex above. Palatal foramina long, narrow, reaching back to the anterior
lamina of m'. Bullae fairly large.

Dimensions of the ti/pe, measured in skin : —

Head and body, 136 mm. ; tail, lOT ; hindfoot, 29 ; ear, 16.

Skull, basilar length, 31 mm.; zygomatic breadth, 18-5 ; nasals, length, 12'5;
interorbital breadth, 4'7 ; braiucase, breadth, 14'0 ; zygomatic plate, 4-2 ; palate,
length, 17-3; diastema, 10; palatal foramina, 7'3x2; length of upper molar
series (worn down), 6"3 ; of another specimen, 6'6.

llab. S. Alligator Kiver, Northern Territory, Australia.

Tijpe : ikVioXA female. B. M. No. 4. 4. 4. 4. Original number, 1838. Collected
August 30th, 1903, by Mr. J. T. Tunuey; presented to the British Museum by the
Hon. Walter Rothschild.

" Dug out of hole in open clay flats."

Twenty-five sjjecimens examined.

This rat is perhaps a tropical representative of Mus sordidus, which it
resembles in its dark colour and general characters ; but it is smaller than
that species, and far more harshly clothed, M. sordidus being quite a soft-furred
animal. Correlated with the harshness of the fur the strong lining of the back
is unusually conspicuous, almost resembling in this respect the members of the
genus Sigmodon.

I have named this species in honour of my friend Dr. llobert Collctt, of
Christiania, the author of the chief paper on the mammals of the region in
which it occurs.*

* P. Z. S. 1897, p. 317.

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4. Pogonomys dryas spec. nov.

Closely allied to P. mollipilosus, but ears mnch larger.

Size, proportions, and other essential characters as in P. mollipilosus.
General colour above dull buffy brown ; head and sides lighter and denser bnfty.
Undersurfiice pure sharply defined white. Ears of medium size ; laid forward in
the spirit specimen they reach to the centre of the eye ; their front edge nearly
straight, end broadly rounded ; practically naked, pale greyish. Ujjper surface
of hands and feet white or brownish white. Tail long, finely scaled (12 rings
to the centimetre), practically naked, pale brown throughout* except on the
naked and jjrehensile terminal portion above, which is pale flesh-coloured.
Mammae 1 — 2 = 6.

Skull closely similar to that of P. mollipilosus, but slightly larger ; frontal
region flatter ; braincase smaller ; palatine foramina more strongly curved ; but
the differences in all cases very slight.

Teeth of the typical Pogonoimjs pattern, nut of the more complicated
Chiruromys type ; their size and structure quite as in P. mollipilosus.

Dimensions of the type, measured in spirit : —

Head and body, 114 mm. ; tail, 184 ; hindfoot, 23-5 ; ear, from notch, 15 ;
from crown, 12-3; breadth, 118.

Skull, greatest length, 32 mm. ; basilar length, 27-6 ; greatest breadth, 18-7 ;
nasals, 11x3-3; interorbital breadth, 44; breadth of braincase, 14-8; palate
length, 15; diastema, 9-8; palatal foramina, 4-5 x 2-9; length of upper molar
series, 6'3.

Hab. Dinawa, Owen Stanley Range, British New Guinea ; altitude 1300 m.

Ti/pe : an adult female in spirit. B. M. No. 4. 4. 10. 6. Collected by
Mr. A. E. Pratt.

Two skins from Avera, Aroa River (Coll. Meek).

This species is very closely allied to P. mollipilosus Peters & Uoria, obtained
at Katau, near the mouth of the Fly River, of which the typical skull has been
kindly lent me by Dr. Gestro for comparison. That animal, however, has so
much smaller an ear (length from notch 11 mm., above crown 9-2, breadth 9),
that I do not feel justified in assigning the Dinawa form to it ; moreover, its
tail is differently coloured, being brown for its basal third only, then marbled,
and finally wholly yellow above and below.

* The Avera specimens have a tew pale markings on the middle third of the tail.

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TWO NEW SATTIBNIIBAE.

By the HON. WALTER R0TII8GI1ILD, Pn.D.

1. EiOthschildia steinbachi spec, no v.

c?. Allied to R. stiiarti Rothsch., which may tnrn out to be the same as
R. condor Stand., Iris vii. p. 84 (1804). Head and breast pale rnfous red ; legs
and underside of abdomen yellowish grey; abdominal tergites edged with grey,
the two grey longitudinal lines generally present in this genus thin.

Wings of a peculiar olivaceous wax-yellow colour distally, paler than in

stuarti also from base to discal line. Forewing : antemedian band more evenly

curved than usually in this genus ; discal spot anguliform as in stuarti, closer to
the discal line, which it touches in the C^^jg-specimen, broader distally, its posterior
projection proportionately shorter ; discal line strongly crenate; the two upper black
submarginal spots proximally bordered by a red and then by a white line as in

stuarti, but these lines more sliarply defined. Hiudwing : semivitreous patch

triangular, proximally not rounded as iu stuarti, but eraarginate, touching the
strongly crenate discal line or extending close to it.

Underside much paler than in stuarti, only slightly washed with red, the
hindwing being almost entirely olivaceous wax-yellow ; black lines and spots very
prominent; discal lines strongly crenate; submarginal line of hindwing dark
wax-yellow, the black spots situated proximally of it prominent.

Length of forewing : 40 — 42 mm.

liah. Tucuman (J. Steinbach).

3 SS.

2. Opodiphthera papuana spec. nov.

S ? . Similar to 0. astropkela ; smaller, ujiperside of antenna more tawny, sides
of palpi and upper surface of foreleg purple-brown.

Forewing much shorter than in astropkela, with the distal margin straight
((?) or convex (¥), not emarginate ; costal area irrorated with purple-brown as far
down as eye-spot, the latter circular on both wings, with a much larger brown-
black centre than in astropkela ; the discal line of both wings followed by a row
of more or less luniform small spots, which are more distinct in the ? than in

the cJ. On the hindwing the discal line is crenate, and there is a nearly

straight snbmedian line jiroximally of the eye-spot.

Underside deeper yellow than upper, both wings irrorated anteriorly with
purple-brown ; antemedian lines heavy on both wings, snbmedian line of hindwing
vestigial ; discal line of hindwing undulate ; postdiscal Innules prominent on both
wings ; purple-brown outer ring of eye-spot of forewing distally very thin, as is
also the case on upperside.

Hab. Astrolabe Bay, German New Gtuinea.

1(J, 2 ??.

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FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE
OE THE SIPHONAPTERA.

BY THE HON. N. C. ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.L.S.

(Plates VII.— XVI.)

Lycopsylla gen. iiov.

THE front of the head bears a small sinus, which is limited behind by a very
distinct tooth (PI. VII. fig. 1). The genal edge of the head is prodnced
downwards into a beak-like process as in Hectopsylla. The labial paljius consists
of five segments ; the first and third segments are somewhat broader than long ; the
tliird, which is not quite twice as long as broad, is a little longer than the fourth
and somewhat shorter than the fifth. The mandibles are not distinctly serrate ;
in Hectopsylla they are very strongly serrate. The maxillae are long, rather
narrow, and obtuse at the apex. The eye is distinct. There are no combs. The
seventh abdominal tergite has no apical bristles. The hindcoxa is devoid of the
comb of spines which is found in many Palex. The fifth segment of the tarsi is
long, and bears on each side six stout spines, besides a thinner subapical bristle,
while Hectopsijlla has only four sjiines and a subapical bristle. On the ventral
surface of this segment there are two contiguous apical bristles. The claw is long
and simple, the basal projection being very small and the oblique striation being
absent as in llectopsijUa. The anal segment of the ? is devoid of a stylus.

This genus is allied to Pulex, but differs markedly in the characters mentioned.

1. Lycopsylla novus spec. uov. (PI. VII. fig. 1. 2. 3. 4).

Head. — The head bears on the dorsal surface a great number of short hairs
situated in punctnres. There is a row of three long bristles between the eye and
the maxillae. The bristles near the hinder edge are short and few in number.
The second segment of the antenna is devoid of the regular series of bristles found
in Pulex irritans and allies, there being present only a few bristles at the anterior
and posterior sides. The first and second segments of the maxillary palpus are of
equal length, the third is only half the length, and the fifth is a little longer
than the second. The rostrum reaches to the trochanter.

Thorax. — The bristles of the thorax and abdomen are very thin. The three
thoracical segments bear each one row. The mesonotum has in addition two long
thin subajjical spines, and the metanotum a few short hairs in the middle. The
ej^imernm of the mesothorax bears two bristles, oue at the stigma and the other in
front. The epimernm of the metathorax bears also only two bristles, one close to
the stigma and the other in the middle towards the ventral edge.

Abdomen, — The first abdominal tergite bears two rows of hairs, while
tergites 'Z to 7 have only one row. The anterior row of the first segment does
not extend far down. The stigma stands on segments 2 to 7 below the most
ventral bristle, and there is very often a wide interspace between the first and second
bristle. The sternite of the second segment bears a patch of three to seven hairs
on the side j the following five steruites bear a row of four or five bristles.

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Legs. — The forecoxa bears eight or nine hairs near the anterior edge aud a
scries of five at the hinder edge, there being no hairs on the posterior portion of the
outer surface. The mid- and hindcoxae bear at the apex posteriorly one bristle, and
anteriorly a row of about six. The femora have no bristles at the ventral edge near
the base ; there are two ventral bristles near the apex one on each side, that
on the outerside being the longer. Each femur bears one hair on the innerside
towards the base, and the anterior femnr several hairs on the outer surface. The
tibiae are stout and do not bear any hairs at the ventral edge, apart from the apical
bristles. The anterior tibia is not longer than the fifth tarsal segment (claw
excluded). The spine-like bristles of the tibiae and tarsi are very heavy. The
longest dorsal apical bristle of the midtibia reaches beyond the middle of the
second tarsal segment. The hindtibia bears three hairs on the outer surface
towards the ventral side. The fourth segment of all the tarsi is stout and cup-shaped.
The first segment of the hindtarsus is not quite half the length of the tibia.
The measurements of the tarsal segments are : —

First segment. Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

Foretarsus
Midtarsus
Hindtarsus .

15
23
40

17
25
35

14
17
19

10
13
15

38
40
40

Modified Segments. — -For the clasping organs compare PI. VII. fig. 2.

The manubrium (m) is narrow and curved upwards, the clasper very large
and rounded at the top, bearing a great number of short hairs at and near the edge-
The finger (f) is very strongly chitinised, slender, produced into a ])oint, and bears
a row of hairs on the inner surface. There are, besides, three very short hairs at the
hinder edge near the apex, and some longer ones farther down. The ninth sternite
is narrow and bears ventrally a series of single hairs. The eighth tergite (VIII. t.)
of the c? is enlarged and bears many bristles, three of which standing at the edge
are long. The eighth tergite of the ¥ bears a dense patch of bristles at the
apex on the innerside (PL VII. fig. 3), and some longer ones on the outerside
(PI. VII. fig. 4).

Length : c?, 3-08 mm. ; ¥,4-1 mm.

We are indebted to Dr. J. P. Hill for six examples of this species :

1 c?, Hampden, New South Wales, December 17th, 1809. Phascolomijs mitchelli.

5 ¥ ?

Malacopsylla.

Malacopsylla Weyenbergh, Periodica Zunlog/cu iii. p. 271 (1881) (type : grossivciilria).
Megapsylla Baker, Journ. N. York Eni. Soc. iv. p. 5.S (1898).

Weyenbergh proposed the generic term Malacopsylla for the species of
flea described by him previously as Pulex grossiventris. The diagnosis of the
genus is very short. The author says : " . . . Pero cuando mi F. testtido pertenece
al ge'nero ITcctnpsylla, eutonces es cierto qui mi P. grossiventris non puede
pertenecer al mismo genero, porque la diferentia en el habito general es demasiado
grande, d pesar de que d la primera vista haya alguna semejanza, lo que, por lo mas,
puede indicar una aliacion entre los g(5neros. ... P. grossiventris probablemente

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debe formar nu unevo genero para, el cual en tal caso, quisiera proponer el nombrc
de Malacopsylla m. por cansa del vientre blando de la hembra."

The long description of this insect given by Weyenbergb does not fit the two
species I describe below, though one of them was sent to me as grossimntris, being
thns named, doubtless, because it was found on Dasypm minutus, which is the host
given for grossicentris.

Baker, having overlooked the name ^^nlacopsylla, diagnosed a genus
J/cyOyWsyZfa, Ac, basing his dia":nosis on SS and ? ? of what he supposed to be
grossiventris. These S <S belong, however, to a different species than the ? ? , if his
specimens are really specifically the same as ours. Anyhow, for the present
Megapsi/lla must sink as a synonym of Malacopsylla, until it is shown that
Baker's two species called by him grossiventris are geuerically distinct from
Weyenbergh's grossiventris.

2. Malacopsylla androcli spec. nov. (PI. VII. tig. 10; VIII. fig. 11. 12. 14. 15).

Head. — The head (PI. VIII. fig. 11), which is similar in the two sexes, is
punctured all over, and bears a small frontal tubercle. A depression situated jnst
in front of the eye extends from the antennal groove obliquely forward to the
oral edge, separating a broad rounded ventral lobe from the frontal part of the
head. At this groove there are two bristles near the eye, one above the other,
and two more between them and the oral edge. There are also some hairs at
the frontal edge near the maxillary palpus. The occiput bears only two or three
subapical bristles on each side, and in the t? two more bristles above the
antennal groove. The row of fine hairs along the antennal groove is distinct in
the c?, while it is very much reduced in the ?. The second segment of the
maxillary palpus is half as long again as the third, and as long as or longer than
the fifth, the latter appearing rather strongly rounded when looked at from the
flat side, and bearing a number of very short hairs along the inner and apical
edges. The rostrum reaches nearly to the apex of the anterior coxa. Its segments
2 and 3 are nearly the same in length, 4 is a little longer, and 5 half as long
again as 4.

Thorax. — The prothorax has no comb. It bears a row of very long bristles
situated close to the base (PL VIII. fig. 11), a solitary, very long bristle in
the middle of the ventral edge above the stigma (st.), and some very thin and
short hairs laterally towards the apical edge. On the mesonotum there is a row
of numerous very fine hair-like spines near the apex. The mctanotnm, which
is much longer than broad, has a row of bristles beyond the middle. The
epimernm of the metathorax bears three (c?) or four (?) bristles from the stigma
downwards.

Abdomen.— The abdominal tergites bear each one single row of bristles. The
apical bristle of the seventh tergite is long and slender, and is not accompanied
by fine hairs on either side. The stigmata are very large and stand just a little
above the most ventral bristle of the tergites, but nearer the base. The basal
sternite bears a patch of hairs on tlie side, the hairs being more nnmerous in
the ? than in the c?, and has in addition a ventral bristle. Tlie stornites of
segments 3 to 7 bear a row of three or four bristles, before which row stand
several hairs on the sternite of the third segment. The jjygidial plate is trans-
verse and mesially divided (PI. VIII. fig. 12).

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Legs. — The bristles on the forecoxa are long but not numerons, being sitnatecl
at or near the anterior edge. The hindcoxa, which is very little longer at the
meral sntnre than it is broad near the base, is covered on the anterior part of
the onter snrface with slender hairs, and bears posteriorly at the apex two long
bristles. The spines on the back of all the femora are long. The forefemnr bears
a row of hairs on the onterside beginning dorsally at the base and ending veatrally
near the apex at a pair of longer bristles, accompanied by some short hairs. On
the inuerside of the forefemnr there are some long hairs at the side and two
ventrally near the apex. The mid- and hindfemora bear on the onterside
a row of hairs beginning laterally at the base and ending ventrally near the
apex. On the innerside the femora bear two ventral subajncal bristles. The
curved apical spine of the forefemnr and the dorsal spines of the foretibia are
very stout and blunt. The foretibia bears four pairs of such spines, bnt one
or the other spine is generally absent, or replaced by a hair (PI. VII. fig. 10).
The dorsal bristles of the mid- and hindtibiae are normal in size; the first
pair is small, the third minnte, and the sixth stands close to the seventh. The
tarsal segments 1 to 3 bear, besides the apical bristles, only one or two hairs
ventrally at the onterside. The first segment of the mid- and hindtarsi have one
or two hairs also on the innerside. The fifth tarsal segment (PI. VIII. fig. l.j)
is very large, and its apical third is dilated. The segment bears ventrally at each
side four heavy spines from the base to the middle, and on the dilated portion
a bristle, a spine, and a snbapical bristle. The two subapical ventral spine-like
bristles of the fifth segment stand close together and on a level with each other.
The claw is not quite so long as the fifth segment, being nearly as long as the
foretibia measured at the ventral edge. The proportional length of the mid- and
hindtarsal segments is in so far very remarkable, as the first hindtarsal segment
is shorter than the second. The longest apical bristle of the first hindtarsal
segment reaches to the base of the third spine of the fifth segment. The fourth
tarsal segment is separated from the fifth. The measurements of the mid- and
hindtarsi are as follows : —

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

Midtarsus, ^ ■

¥ . .
Hindtarsus, cJ

?

17
22
33
35

30
37
36

40

20
25
23

25

12
15
13
16

52
58
57
60

Modified Segments. — The clasper of the c? is very large, and bears a large,
somewhat diamond-shaped, finger (PL VIII. fig. 14). The ninth sternite (ix. st.)
is ventrally not completely separated into two halves. It bears at each side two
long apical hairs, and at the upper edge several short ones. The tenth tergite is
longer than the pygidial plate. It is covered with numerous bristles, of which
one (situated laterally at the base) is very long. The tenth sternite is small but
quite distinct, and bears a bunch of bristles at the apex. The eighth tergite of
the ? has no bristles above the stigma, and about seven bristles on the onterside
(PI. VIII. fig. 12), besides numerous shorter bristles on the inner surface. The
anterior edge of the jiygidial plate is more strongly raised in the ¥ than in the
c? dorsally in the mesial line, projecting backwards. The anal tergite, in a lateral
view, is strongly rounded, being almost semicircular. Its bristles are relatively

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short, none of them being essentially louger thau the tergite itself. The stylet
is subconical, being about three times as long as broad.

Length : c?, 3-2 mm. ; ? , 4 mm.

We have seven examples of this species, as follows : —

2 c?cf, Santa Cruz, Brazil, 1897. Canis griseus.

Collected by Dr. Ihering.

The c? referred to by Baker, I/;., as being that of (jrossiccntris belongs most
probably to this sj^ecies.

3. Malacopsylla agenoris spec nov. (PI. VII. fig. u. 0. 7. 8. 9 ; VIII. fig. 13).

Head. — The head is similar in the two sexes. It is punctured above and is
evenly rounded in front, being without a frontal tubercle (PI. VII. fig. 7). There
are two bristles in front of the eye, and two short blunt spines. The ventral
edge is rotundate-angulate just behind the maxillae, and then horizontal as far
as the antennal groove. The occiput bears an oblique series of bristles behind
the insertion of the antenna, three bristles farther back above the antennal groove
situated in a triangle, the most ventral one being very long, and moreover some
dorsal subapical bristles. The row of fine hairs above the antennal groove does
not extend to the point where the antennal groove bends upwards. The first
and second segments of the maxillary palpus are nearly the same in length,
while the third is shorter and the fourth longer. The rostrum is shorter than
the maxillary palpus, reaching barely half-way down the forecoxa when this is
perpendicular in position. The end segment of the rostrum is less than half as
long again as broad, while the three preceding segments are twice as broad as long.

Thorax. — The pronotum is very short (PI. VII. fig. 7, pnt.). It bears close to
the base a row of bristles, and at the apex a comb of six broad, short, blunt teeth
which stand far apart. The meso- and metanotum bear each one row of bristle.s,
the metanotum being shorter than vertically broad (on the slide). The mesonotum
bears a row of very thin hair-like spines near the apex. The epimerum of the
mesothorax bears one bristle near its upper edge and another farther down at the
hinder edge. The epimerum of the metathorax bears three or four bristles from
the stigma downwards. It is produced, like the epimerum of the pro- and
mesothorax, into a small rounded lobe at the hinder edge (PI. VII. fig. 5).

Abdomen.— On the abdominal tergites there is one row of bristles. Between
the first and second bristles there are two very fine hairs, this being the case also
with some of the other bristles, especially on the posterior segments of the S.
The wide interspace and the presence of two small hairs in one interspace shows
that some of the bristles have become obliterated in this species. The apical
bristle of the seventh tergite is slender and rather short, not being longer than
the ventral one of the seventh tergite. The stigmata are large and stand between
the first and second bristles. The pygidial plate is transverse. The anal tergite
is nearly scmicircnlar. The stylet of the ? is very short, and the anal steruite
distinct also in the cJ. The liasal steruite bears in the S one or two, in the ?
four to six, short and thin hairs on the side. The steruites of segments 3 to G
have two ventral bristles on each side. The sternite of the seventh segment
has in the S two bristles, while in the ? it is small and triangular, bearing two
or three bristles. The abdomen of the ? is distended.

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Legs.— The ibrccoxa on tlio outer surface bears about eight bristles, of which
four stand on the hinder edge. The hindcoxa is very short, being only as long
at the meral suture as it is broad. Along its anterior edge there is a row of
fine hairs. There are no bristles posteriorly at the apex of the hindcoxa, nr very
seldom there is a single one. The hairs at the upper edge of the femora are
rather long. There is one single subapical bristle on the outerside, while on the
inuerside of the mid- and hiudfemora there is a series of from five to seven
The curved dorsal apical spiue of the forefemur (PI. VII. fig. 9) is long
and thick, while tlie corresponding one of the mid- and hindfemur is much
slenderer. The dorsal spine-like bristles of the foretibia (PI. VII. fig. 'J) are
less slender than those of the mid- and hindtibiae, but are not at all so much
enlarged as in Malacopsylla anilrocli. There are no ventral hairs or only one
on the mid- and hindtibiae and two or three subdorsally on the outer surface.
There are only three pairs of heavy dorsal bristles on the mid- and hindtibiae,
besides a short subbasal pair and one or two which are the remnants of two
more pairs. The longest apical dorsal bristle of the hindtibia almost reaches to
the apex of the second tarsal segment. The tarsi are peculiar in structure, the
fourth segment appearing so closely connected with the fifth as to form one piece
with it in a ventral view (PI. VII. fig. 8). In a lateral view the fifth segment
is observed to be inserted on the back of the fourth in the middle. That the
two segments are employed together as one organ is shown by the fourth segment
bearing on each side a large spine corresponding to the spines of the fifth segment.
This latter segment is somewhat constricted before the middle and then widened
out again ; it bears three pairs of heavy spines, those of the third pair being
approximate ; then follow two shorter and much thinner spines on each side ; and
there is at the apex, which is produced distad on each side of the claw, a long bristle.
The claw is as long as the fifth segment. The heavy bristles of the hindtarsal
segments 1, 2 and 3 are very long, the longest of the second segment reaching
to the apex of the fifth. The measurements of the tarsi are as follows : —

Midtarsus, $ .

First segment.

Second segment*

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

10

12

9

5

26

? ■ .

14

l.--)

9

5*

29

Hindtarsus, $ .

2.i

21

12

6

26

¥ . .

27

22

12

6

29

Modified Segments. — The clasper of the S bears some long bristles, as shown
in the figure (PI. VIII. fig. 13). The finger (f) is hook-shaped, being curved
upwards and bearing a number of short hairs. The manubrium (m) is curved
upwards, sickle-shaped, its basal half being narrower than its a{)ical half. The
ninth sternite (PI. VIII. fig. 13. ix. st.) is narrow, slightly curved upwards at the
apex, and bears a row of fine hairs near the dorsal edge and two hairs at the
apex, the lower one being the longer. The internal plate of the penis is very
broad, being elongate-ovate. The eighth tergite of the ? has no hairs above the
stigma, or only a minute one, and one bristle on the outerside (dotted in the figure).
But on the innerside there is a row of rather short and stout bristles (PI. VII.
fig. 0), the most ventral one standing alone and the longest. The eighth sternite
bears a patch of short hairs at the apex.

* Measured dorsally.

30

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Length : 6 , '-i'OS lum. ; ? , 27 imii.

The ? of what, Baker referred to itti ffi-ossiMntris is most indbalily this s|it'(!ios.

According to the description, tlie four segmeuts of tiic maxilhiry i>al[ins of
ffro.ssive/itris Weyeiibergh are tlie same in k'ligth, the tirst being a litth> longer
than the others. The fifth tarsal segment has only one pair of si)iMe-like
bristles. The thoracical and abdominal tergites bear each only one pair of
bristles. The abdomen of the ? has no hairs at the ajiex, and the legs of the
same sex have no heavy bristles.

Weyenbergh calls the coxa trochanter, and the real trochanter femur.

We have thirty-three examples of this species, as follows : —

5 (?c?, Cruz del Eje, Argentine, November lOOl. Da)<i///us. V. 0. Simons.

7 ? ? "

1 c?, Patagonia.

3 ??, _„

2 d"c?, Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia. Daxi/pus iniuutus. Dr. Berg.

2 (JfT, Pamba Central. Ckuctapltiactus minutus. „

2 Si, Rio Negro, N. Patagonia. Chfictnphnwtus miiiutKs. ,,

4 9 2

4. Pulex creusae spec. nov. (PI. VIII. fig. 18 ; IX. fig. 25).

Head. — The head is strongly rounded in front in both sexes, more strongly
in the S than in the ? , and is covered on the dorsal surface with numerous pale
dots, each bearing an extremely short hair. In the S the occiput is horizontal
above and hollowed out iu the middle line, this depression bearing short hairs.
The interspace between the most ventral and the second bristle of the apical row
of the occiput is twice as wide as that between the second and third bristles. The
second segment of the maxillary paljuis is a little longer than the third and fourth
together, and the third segment is only half the length of the fourth, being only half
as long again as broad. The last segment of the rostrum is little longer than the
two preceding ones together, being nearly three times as long as the last liut one.

Thorax. — The bristles of the thorax and abdomen are thin, but rather long.
The cpimerum of the mesothorax bears three rather short and stout bristles, one
in front and two behind, and a longer bristle above the stigma. The metathoracical
epimerum bears a series of four or five at the hinder edge and a single one towards
the base and on a level with the most ventral bristle of the apical row.

Abdomen. — The thoracical and abdominal tergites bear each a single row of
bristles, the most ventral bristle being the longest. The seventh tergite bears in
addition a stout apical bristle, accompanied on each side by a very short hair, this
apical bristle being shorter than the most ventral bristle of the jjostmedian series.
The diameter of the stigma of each tergite is less than twice the length of the
diameter of the groove in which the ventral bristle of the tergite is inserted. The
stigma stands on a level with or above the second bristle, or, if this bristle is not
developed, half way between the first and next, but mucii nearer the base of the
segment. In the S the second and third bristles are apparently always absent. The
sternite of the second abdominal segment bears one bristle on each side, the four
following sternites three or four bristles with a small hair in front, and the sternite

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of the seventli sej^im-iit ln-ars six or seven, whieli are mostly ventral, the n]iiierraost
stamlitif; i|iiitc isohited.

Legs. — The coxae are long. There are very few bri.stles on the outer surface of
the forecoxa, apart from a row of fonr which extends obliquely from the apex to
the hinder edge. The hindcoxa has an irregular comb of four to six spines, and
bears three stout bristles jmsteriorly at the apex, the uppermost being the longest.
The anterior femur bears in tlie ? on the outerside an irregular series of four hairs,
and on the innerside two hairs : in the c? two hairs on the outerside and one on
the inner, besides a ventral sabapical bristle on each side in both sexes. The hind-
femur has on the outerside two subapical ventral bristles, one in front of the other,
and on the innerside a row of five or six in the c? and of seven or eight in the ?.
The tibiae bear on each side only two short hairs near the ventral edge, one standing
near tlie apex and the other in or near the middle, one or the other of which may
be missing. The hindtibia has one row of hairs on the outerside near the dorsal
bristles. The longer bristle of the fifth pair of the hindtibia is twice as long as the
tibia is broa<l, being longer than the longest dorsal apical bristle. This apical
bristle reaches just beyond the middle of the first tarsal segment in the ? , being a
little longer in the cJ, while the longest apical ventral bristle reaches in both sexes
to the apex of the segment. The fourth tarsal segment is very short and cup-
shaped. Tlie first hindtarsal segment is more than half as long again as the fifth,
excluding claw.

The measurements of the tarsi are : —

Foretarsus, g .

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

7

8

7

5

17

¥ . .

7

9

8

5

18

Midtarsus, ^ .

10

14

9

6

1.5

¥ . .

14

16

10

7

18

Hindtar.sus, (^ .

24

l.'i

8

6

15

¥ . .

31

18

10

7

18

The third stout bristle of the two ventral rows of the fifth segment are a|i[)roxi-
niate. The shorter bristle of the snbapieal mesial ventral j)air of the same segment
is much more proximal than the longer one.

Modified Segments.— The sexual apparatus of the S (PI- VMII. fig. 18)
resembles that of Piili:r i-s/dis; the second process of the clasjier is, however,
longer than in that species, and the ninth sternite is more curved and bears a
number of very short hairs along the ventral edge.

The bristles on the eighth tergite of the 5 are rather short and jiartly stout ;
their position is shown in the figure (PI. IX. fig. 25).

Length : J, M.) mm. ; ¥ , 2-4 mm.

We have sixty-three sj)ecimens of this species collected by Mr. C. J. B. Grant,
as follows : —

March 14th, l'.itt2. Fdis (Mracnl.

2 Si, Deelfontein, (!ape (jolony,
4 ? ?

1 t?i » ,,

ScJcJ, „ „

50 ? ¥

This species can be distinguished from Filler isii/is by the iiindcoxa bearing

May 19U2. Spreo bicolor.

April 1st, 1902. Procnria ruiiendx.

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three instead of two bristles posteriorly at the apex, by the second and third
bristles of the abdominal tergites being obliterated in the S (the second sometimes
also in the ?), and by the slight differences in the last abdominal segments.

5. Pulex erilli spec.

(PI. VIII. fig. 10. i: ; IX. fig. 22).

This species is allied to Pulex creusae.

Head. — The rostrum reaches in both sexes beyond the trochanter. The first
of the four segments of the labial jialpiis is nearly as long as the fourth, being half
as long again as the intermediate ones. The maxillary paljms is also longer than
in Pulex creusae.

Thorax. — The epimerum of the metathorax bears two rows of bristles, the
anterior row consisting of two in the S and of three or four in the ? , the posterior
row of fiiur iu the S and five in the ?.

Abdomen. — The first abdominal tergite bears two long bristles iu front of the
postmedian row. The apical bristle of the seventh tergite is longer and slenderer
than in Pulex creusae. The abdominal sternites of segments 3 to 7 bear in the S
two bristles on each side, and in the ? three or four.

^egs. — The mid- and hindcoxae have posteriorly at the apex two bristles. The
comb of spines on the innerside of the hindcoxa is more regular, and does not stand
so close to the apex, the last spine of the comb standing rather nearer the middle
than the apex of the coxa.

All the femora have on the outerside one subapical ventral bristle. The hind-
femur bears on the innerside a row of five bristles.

The mid- and hiudtibiae bear one pair of dorsal bristles less than P. creusae,
the third pair being alisent or replaced by a small hair, and the sixth pair being
moreover mnch reduced in size. The longest apical ventral bristle of the second
hindtarsal segment reaches to the apex of the fifth. The fifth tarsal segment and
the claw are slenderer than in P. creusae. The measurements of the tarsi are as
follows : —

Midtarsus, cJ .

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

10

16

9

6

13 ■

? . .

11

19

10

7

18

Hindtarsus, <J .

30

20

13

8

20

¥ • .

35

23

13

8

20

Modified Segments.— The movable process k of the clasper (PI. VIII. fig. 16)
is slenderer than in P. creusae, and the ninth sternite is less curved (PI. VIII.
fig. 17). The eighth sternite of the S bears an irregular horizontal row of three
bristles from the middle to near the apex, there being a row nf four in /'. creusae,
with an additional bristle above the third.

The eighth tergite of the ? (PI. IX. fig. 22) bears a row of seven or eight
bristles, and two more bristles on the outer snrface. The stylet is conical and three
times as long as basally broad, being much slenderer than in P. creusae.

Length : S, 1-7 mm. ; ?, 2-02 mm.

We have forty-four specimens of this species, collected by Mr. C. J. B. Grant,
as follows : —

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1 i, Deelfontein, CJape ("olony, Angust 26th, 1902. Zoiilla striata.
3 (?(?, „ „ „ April luth, 1 902. Xerus capemis.

1 'A 2 9

^^ * * J n ,) jj „ „ „ „ ,,

IS cJcf, „ „ ,, ,, 26tb, ,, Luricula fetradactyla.

12 S S

n. Pulex eridos spec. nov. (PL VIII. fig. 21 ; IX. fig. 23).

This species is close to P. nubicus, having the hiiidfemnr strongly angulate
near the base.

Thorax. — The epimerntn of the metathorax bears only nine to eleven bristles,
arranged in two vertical rows converging towards tlie stigma.

Abdomen. — The number of Ijristles on the abdominal tergites i.s also smaller
than in P. luibiciis, the rows containing abont eight bristles on the middle
segments. On the sternites of segments 3 to 0 there are three or fonr bristles
on each side.

Legs. — The ventral snbbasal tooth of tlie liindfemiir is more ])romineut than
in P. nubicus.

nCodified Segments. — The clasper of the c? bears two processes, of which the
one is half as long again as the other, the shorter one bearing a number of
moderately long hairs (PI. VIII. fig. 21), and the longer one some minute hairs.
The ninth sternite is larger than in P. nubicus. The manubrium (m) is not quite
so slender at the base, and distinctly curved. The bristles on the eighth sternite
are fewer in number and less heavy than in P. nubicus. The penis plate is
acuminate.

The eighth tergite of the ? bears an ajiical row of ten bristles, and on the
lateral surface two or three long ones beneath the stigma, and some more farther
down, the number not being quite constant (PI. IX. fig. 23).

Length, 1-6 mm.

We have eleven examples of this species, as under : —

1 Si, Deelfontein, Gape Colony, March 19th, 1902, Otomi/s branti.

Collected by Mr. C. J. B. Grant.

T. Pulex rigg'enbachi spec nov. (PI. VIII. tig. 19. 20 ; IX. fig. 24).

Head. — The dorsal edge of the liiuder part is horizontal and slightly curved
in the cT, while in the ? the head is rounded from the hinder edge to the palpi.
The upper surface bears numerous very short hairs, which are more distinct on the
hinder portion in the c?. There are no long bristles on the anterior part of the
head. On the hinder part there is one long bristle above the antennal groove,
with a smaller one in front, and a series of bristles near the hinder edge. Of this
series the lowest is the longest, and its distance from the next is abont the same
as from the long lateral bristle. The club of the antenna is about as long as
broad. The oval edge of the head is produced on each side into a narrow, triangular,
pointed process, which projects downwards and backwards. The second segment
of the maxillary palpus is not quite so long as segments 3 and 4 together ;
segment :5 is one-fourth shorter than 4.

Thorax. — The bristles of the thorax are short and stout, the dorsal ones being

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loiigiT iuid ihiiiiiiT lliMii the liifenil diics. Tlu' I liomcical segments bear one row
each. The epiiiu'niin of the luesothorax bears five bristles, one being situated
in front and ioiir behind. The epiinernm of the metathorax bears two rows of
bristles, tlie first row consisting of four to seven, and the second of six to eight.
The threi' lowest iiristles of the secon<l row stand closer together than the others.

Abdomen. — Tliere is one row of bristles on the alidoininal tergites, the first
tergite bearing some hairs in addition. The stigma is very large, and stands in
tlie (J above the first bristle, in the ? above the second, except segments 2 and 7,
where the stigma is situated as in the 6. The seventii abdominal tergite bears
one long apical bristle accompanied bj- two very short ones. The sternites of
segments 2 to 0 bear in the S one bristle, which is sometimes absent from the
first two sternites. On the sternites of segments 3 and 6 there is one short stont
bristle more than halfway up to the tergifes. On the sternite of the seventii
segment there is a third bristle in between. In the ? the first tno sternites have
one or no liristle, while the others have from four to seven.

Legs.— The hairs of the forecoxa are short except those at the hinder edge.
There is a coml) of six or nine spine-like bristles on the hindcoxa, and at the ajiex
on the hinder side of the same coxa there are three stout bristles. The hindfemnr
is ventrally almost evenly rounded from base to apex, being more convex ventrally
than dorsally. There is a subventral row of bristles on the outer surface of the
hindfemnr, and a snblateral row on the inner surface. All the tibiae have a few
liairs at the ventral edge, and the interspace between the short subapical pair of
dorsal bristles and the preceding one is very wide. The dorsal bristles of the
hindtibia are short and rather slender. Of the seven pairs the third is miiuite,
and the first and sixth are much shorter than the tibia is broad. The longest
apical dorsal bristle reaches to the tip of the first tarsal segment. There is one
row of hairs on tlie outerside of the hindtibia, besides the ventral hairs. The tarsi
are very sh'iider ; the fourth segment is short and cup-shaped. The longest apical
bristle of tlie second hiiidtarsal segment reaches beyond the middle of the fil'tli.
The raeasnrfiuents of the tarsi are : -

Foretarsus
.Midtmsus
Hindtarsus

Fii-st segment. Second segment.

Third segment.

FoLlrtti segment.

Kiftli segment.

15
35

80-82

20

40

50—55

17—20

23—25

30

11
14
16

32
;i.5
35

Modified Segments. — The clasjiing organs of the S somewhat resemble those
of /'ii/i'.r ^^/>/^^. There are three processes (PI. VIU. fig. 19), the uppermost being
tlie longest and the ventral one the broadest. The ninth sternite (PI. VIII. fig. 2(1)
is beset with very smnll bristles at and near the ajiex.

The eighth tergite of the ? (PI. IX. fig. 24) bears a row of bristles near the
edge and two short bristles on the side. The stigma is large. The segment is
completely divided on the back.

Length : d, 4-2 mm. ; ¥, S2 mm.

We have the following examples of this species: 10 cJc? and 8 ? 9, Mazagan,
Morocco, Se[)tember 24th, 19(J(J, on Hi/strix cristata, collected by Mr. W. Riggen-
bach ; and 4 3S and 10 ? ? from Deelfontein, Cape Colony, .July 14tli, l'.)i)2,
collected by Mr. C J. B. (Jrant on the same host. Type from Deelfontein.

This species is named in li(jii(iiir of Mr. W. Riggenbach.

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8. Pulex australis si)eo. uov. (PI. IX. fig. 2f> ; X. fig. 34. 3fi).

Head. — The anterior part of the head, which is more strongly ronnded in the
c? tlian iu the ?, is covered with minute hairs, and bears a row of four bristles
between the antennal groove and the maxillarj- palpi, and a row of three longer
ones before the e)-e. On the posterior part of the head, which is longer in the t?
than in the ?, there are three rows of bristles, besides a number of smaller hairs,
situated in front on the back, these small ones being especially numerous and
prominent in the S. The bristles of the last or snbapical row are nearly ecjui-
distant from one another (PL X. fig. 34). Above the antennal groove there is a
row of about twentj'-five short spine-like hairs standing close together, the posterior
ones being much larger than the anterior ones (PI. X. fig. 34). The maxillary
palpns is as long as the rostrum, the first segment being a little longer than the
third, the second half as long again as the third and a little shorter than the
fonrth. The labial palpus consists of five segments, the second, third, and fourth
being nearly equal in length, and tlie fifth. nearly twice as long.

Thorax. — The pro- and mesonotum bear each two rows of bristles, tlie anterior
row of the pronntum not extending halfway down the sides. The epimerum of the
mesothorax bears three bristles, two in front and one above the stigma. The meta-
notnm bears three rows of bristles, besides some hairs near the base on the back,
and is armed at the edge with ten to fifteen very short teeth. The epimerum of the
metathorax bears two rows of bristles — namely, a row of five at the hinder edge
from the stigma downwards and a row of six halfway towards the base, the
uppermost bristle being on a level with the stigma or a little more dorsal.

Abdomen. — The first abdominal tergite bears two rows of bristles, the anterior
liristies being short. On the other tergites there is one row of bristles, besides a
few hairs on the back, representing the second series. The first tergite has a comb
similar to that of the metanotum, while tergite 2 bears only two teeth on each side
on the back, the following four tergites one or no tooth. The seventh tergite bears
a stout apical bristle on each side, whicli is less than twice the length of the most
ventral bristle of the same tergite, and which is acct)mpanied dorsally by a very
short hair. The stigma stands in between the first and second bristle, or on a level
with the second. Its diameter is less than three times the length of the diameter
of the groove of the ventral bristle of the tergite. The abdominal sternites have a
regular row of bristles. On the first sternite the row is lateral, the bristles being
short, and there is another row of three or four in front of it.

Legs. — The hiudcoxa is as broad as it is long at the meral suture, which
separates the coxa into a posterior and an anterior portion. There are three bristles
]iosteriorly at the apex, the ventral one being the shortest, and a regular row
anteriorly at the edge. There is no comb on the coxa. Besides the hairs near
the anterior edge of the hindcoxa, there is on the outer surface before the middle
a downward row of four or five bristles. The anterior femur bears on the onterside
numerons short hairs. The mid- and hindfemora bear on the onterside two rows
of hairs, one subventral and the other lateral, this being irregular and more or
less incomplete. On the innerside there is a regular series of from si.x to eight
bristles. The tibiae have a number of hairs along the ventral edge. On the mid-
and hindtibiae there are on the onterside, besides those ventral hairs, a row of
ten from the base to the apex, and two more hairs which are situated between
the fourth and seventh pair of dorsal bristles, being more dorsal in position than

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tlio hairs oi' tlic liitcnil row. Tin- lil'rh pair of dorsal liristlcs of tliesp tibiae is
represented by a minute hair. The longest dorsal apical bristle of the hindtibia
does not quite reach to ajiex of the first tarsal segment, while the longest ventral
bristle reaches a little beyond. The first and third segments of the foretarsns
are practically equal in length, while the second is somewhat longer, the fifth
(exclusive of daw) being nearly as long as the first three together. The pro-
portional length of the mid- and hindtarsal segments are as follows : —

Midtarsus, (J .

? . .
Hindtarsu.s, (J .

? . .

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

11
13

40
46

18
21
28
31

11
15
18
19

7

8

10

11

24
30
.30
32

The longest apical bristle of the second hindtarsal segment reaches beyond the
apex of the fourth, and the longest ajiical bristle of the fourth segment extends
beyond the middle of the fifth.

Modified Segments. — The clasper is broad, and bears at the apex two stout
spiue-lilie bristles, besides numerous thinner hairs as shown in the figure (PI. X.
fig. 36, ('1.). The finger (f) is almost cylindrical in outline, rounded at apex,
and bears a number of very short and thin hairs along the edge. The ninth
steruite (PI. X. tig. 36, IX. st.) is gradually iiiirrowed to the apex, being pointed,
and bears a number of hairs, of which one near the a])ex is the longest.

The eighth tergite of the ? (PI. IX. fig. 2'.t) bears a regular row of bristles
of unequal length from the stigma downwards, a few bristles above the stigma, and
a series of bristles along the apical edge. Of this series four bristles, which stand
close together, are longer and stouter. On the inuerside of the eighth tergite there
are a number of hairs near the ajiex standing in a more or less irregular row, being
(on the slide) proximal iu position to the external hairs. The stylet of the anal
segment is cylindrical, being three times as long as broad.

Length: J', 2 mm. ; ?, 2-06 mm.

We have twenty-tliree examples of this species, as follows : —

3 (J (J, Santa Andrea, Tabasco, May 3uth, 1897, P/co/i//i'x labiatii.'i.

1 "5 9 2

it# + t , ,, ,, ,, „ ,, ,, ,, ,,

2 S 3, Pereno. Tat/iaia novenicincta. P. 0. Simons.

2 (?(?, I 'liarnplaya, Bolivia, June 2Tth, I'.iol (P. O. Simons). Speothos reiiatii-its.

2 6S, Minas Geraes. A. Kennedy.

This species comes close to Pitlr.f boldsi Wagn. and Piilex liitzi Baker ; the
former has two complete series of bristles on the abdominal tergites, and in Pulcx
lutzi the third segment of the maxillary paljjus is longer than the first, atid the
second longer than the fourth. The sexual armature of the (?c? is also different iu
the three insects.

'.). Pulex cleophontis spec. nov. (PI. X. fig. 32).

This species is closely allied to Pule.i- a/istralis, and may possibly be only a
geograjjhical form of it.

Head.— It bears a row of three bristles between the eye and paljii, but no
second row above it.

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Thorax. — Tlie luetaiiotnm bears tlireo rows of bristles, iiiid no lulilitioiiiil
bristles as in Piilex a/istralis.

Legs. — The first sei^ment of the midtarsus is tliree-fiftlis the length of the
second. The second segment of the hindtarsns is fonr-fifths the length of the
first.

Modified Segments. — The ninth tergite of tiie c? bears three stont, spine-like
bristles instead of two. The ninth sternite of the d is mncli larger, and bears
more bristles (PI. X, fig. 32).

Length : c?, 2-" mm. ; ? , 3-7 mm.

We have twenty-seven exam])les of this, as follows :

2 Si, Sontliern part of Bnenos Aires. M/tlflia sfjjtt'meuictd. Dr. Berg.

" + + ? j» ?5 '; JJ Jj J) J)

4 (?(?, Minas Geraes. A. Kennedy.

14 T + , ,y )) 1j ,J

1 S, Sapncay, Paraguay. Aguti. W. Foster.

10. Pulex concitus spec, no v. (PI. X. fig. 38. 40).

¥ . This species comes also close to Pulex australits, but is much smaller, and
the bristles of the body and legs are less heavy.

Head. — The maxillary palpus is much shorter than the rostrum ; the second
segment equals the fourth segment, while the third is about one-third longer.
The rostrum reaches to the apex of the forecoxa, being much longer than in
Pulex australis. The last (fifth) segment of the labial palpi composing the
rostrum is half as long again as the fourth, while the third segment is much
shorter than the fourth, being about one-third the length of the fifth and equal
in length with the second. There are two bristles beneath (he eye near the
ventral edge of the head.

Thorax. — The anterior row of hairs on the pronotum extends farther down
than in Pulex australis. On the metanotum there are three rows of hairs as in
that species, but no additional hairs on the back. The metanotum bears a comb
of very short teeth at the apex, the number of teeth being eleven and eight in
our two specimens.- The epimernm of the nietathorax has two vertical rows of
bristles, the numbers being in one specimen four and four, and in the other four
and three.

Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites bear eai'h two rows of bristles, the first
row being complete like the second, its most ventral bristle standing below tlie stigma
on nearly all the tergites. The first tergite has a comb of thirteen teeth in one specimen
and seven in the other, while the second and third tergites bear four teeth each
in one specimen and three respectively one in the other specimen. The long apical
bristle of the seventh tergite is not accompanied by a fine hair on either side.
The triangular projection of the apical margin between tlie long apical bristles is
much more obtuse than in Pulex australis. The sternite of the second segment
(basal sternite) bears a patch of thin hairs on the side, and three or four longer
ventral hairs. On the next sternite there is a I'ow of five or six bristles, with a
few short hairs in front. The sternites 4 to 0 bear a row of four to six bristles
while the seventh has a curved row of six or seven and some short hairs in front)
the uppermost bristle being long.

Legs. — The hindcoxa is longer at the meral suture than it is broad, being

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longer thiiu in I'lilcr. aiixtralix. There are two bristles dorsally at the apex of the
hindcoxa.

Tlie mid- and hindfeniora have on each side one row of bristles.

The tifth tiirsal segment is shorter and broader than in Filler (nistnilis
(^Pl. X. fig. 4tl). The measnrements of tlie mid- and hindtarsal segments are : —

Midtarsus .
Hindtarsus

First segment.

12
30

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fuurth segment.

Fifth .segment.

15
19

8
U

6

7

17
19

Modified Segments. — The eighth tergite is siuiihir to that o( Pulex australis;
the bristles are nut s > heavy, and are somewhat different in arrangement CPl. X.
fig. 38). The edge of the pygidial plate is, anteriorly in the mesial line, prodnced
into a proeess which projects backwards a short way over the base of the plate
in I'lilf.r aiixtrali^, while in the present species there is no snch process.

The stylet is abniit half as long again as broad, being mnch shorter than in
Piili'.v auKtrali.-^.

Length: ?,1-Tmm. ; ? ,* 2-(J mm.

We have 3 ? ? of this specie.s. Lucre, P.olivia, September 0th, lOtil, from
Ileroilon Mieii'iisis, collected by Mr. P. 0. Simons.

11. Fulex simonsi spec. nov. (PI. IX. fig. 30 ; X. fig. 37).

A pale species.

Head.— The occiput is more than twice as long as the fmns (measured along
the side) in the c?, while the occipnt and frons are nearly the same length in tiie ? .
There are five (cj) or four (?) bristles along the oral edge, of which the anterior
one is very long, and three (cJ) or two (?) more in front of the eye. The occipnt
bears only one series of bristles situated near the apex, and in the S a number
of short liairs in the dorsal depression. The row of sliort hairs above the antennal
groove extends to the insertion of tlie antenna. These hairs are thin, and the
anterior ones in the S, or all in the ? , are rather far apart. The first and second
segments of the maxillary jialpns are of the same length and one-fourth longer
than tiie tliird, while the tunrth segment is as long as the second and third together.
The laliial palpns consists of five segments, the last reaching to the end of the
forecoxa and being about as long as the two preceding segments together.

Thorax.— The pro-, meso-, and metanotnm bear each two rows of bristles, but
the anterior row of shorter ones contains only a small nniuber of bristles. The
mesonotniu bears in addition a row of very fine and long hair-like spines before
the apex. The epimeruin of the mesothorax bears four long bristles, two standing
before the middle— namely, one above and one below, and two near the stigma.
The metathnracical epimerum bears two or three bristles [i) or four (?) from
the stigma downwards.

Abdomen.— The abdominal tergites bear eacli one row of bristles. On the
first three tergites there are moreover some short bristles representing the median
row. The stigma stands above the ventral bristle, its diaiueter being twice the
length of the diameter of the groove of tlie ventral bristle. The seventh tergite has
on each side one stout apical bristle. The basal sternite bears on each side one
• In this specimen the segments are exlemleil:

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ventral l)risU(', and three or f'onr minute hairs on the hiteral surface in the c?, while
iu the ? the lateral hairs are very numerous. The sternites of segments 3 to 7
bear on each side two or three bristles iu the <?, in the ¥ there being a few more
bristles on segments 5 to 7. Tlie eighth sternite, which is sinuate at the apex
in the S , bears on each side of the sinus three stout bristles.

Legs. — The mid- and hindcoxae are rather long, and bear posteriorly at the
apex two bristles. There is no comb on the hindcoxa. The hindfemur bears
on eacii side a regular row of nine or ten hairs iu the S, the bristles being more
numerous in the ? . All the tibiae are provided with some hairs at the ventral
edge. The mid- and hindtibiae have one row of bristles on the outer surface. The
dorsal bristles of the tibiae are very long. The long dorsal ai)ioal bristle of the
foretibia is very much prolonged ; that of the fifth pair of the hindtibiae is nearly
as loug as the tibia, and much longer than the longest dorsal apical bristle, which
does not extend to the apex of the first tarsal segment. The tarsi are slender.
The second foretarsal segment is a little longer than the foretibia is broad. The
hindtarsal segments 1 to 4 bear at least one very long apical bristle, that of the
first segment reaching to the base of the fifth. The claw is slender and the basal
lobe rather long. The description of the tibiae and tarsi refers only to the S,
as these parts are not preserved in onr only ? . The measurements of the tarsi
are : —

Foretarsus
Midtar.sus .
Hindtarsus

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

11

19
41

11
16

24

8
10
12

6
7
9

IG
16
18

Modified Segments. — The clasper of the S (PI. X. fig. 37), which bears at
the distal edge a regular series of bristles, is produced ventrally into a slender
process bearing loug bristles at the apex (fig. 37, P-). The manubrium (m) is
very broad and curved upwards at the end. The finger (f) is narrow and pointed,
being somewhat dilated liefore the apex. The ninth sternite (fig. 37, ix. st.) is very
peculiar. It is liroad and trnneate at tlie apex, ivith the acuminate ventral corner
pointing downwards, and bears three brushes of hairs as shown in the figure.

For position of hairs on the eighth tergite of the ? see PI. IX. fig. 30.
The stylet is cylindrical, being a little more than twice as long as broad. The
bristles on the anal sternite are very numerous.

Length : c?, ~;-l mm. ; ?, 3-3 mm.

We have four examples of this species collected by Mr. P. 0. Simons : —

'■i 3(S, Challopata, Bolivia, October 11th, 10(11. Neoctodon simonsi.

1 ?

1 (?, Potosi, Bolivia, September 2(ith, 11)01. Ahodoii (dhh-ener.

12. Pulex COCjrti spec. nov. (PI. IX. fig. 26; X. fig. 31).

This is a small and very pale species.

Head. — The head is nearly evenly rounded in the ?, while in the i the dorsal
line of the occiput is nearly horizontal. The occiput is two and a half times
as long again as the frons in the S. There is a row of three bristles in front
of the eye. The occiput bears a regular series of long and short hairs, the most

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vcntnil cuii' being the longest. The intcrspaoe between this liristle ami the next
long cue is a little wider than the interspace between the second and third. Above
the antennal groove there are two or three more hairs, but there are no farther
hairs on the sides. In the c? the dorsal depression of the occiput is covered with
nuniorous very tine hairs. Above the antennal groove there is a regular row of short
and tine spine-like liairs which stand close together. This row extends in the
S nearl.v to the groove in which the antenna i.s inserted, while in the ¥ the row
is much shorter, being restricted to the hinder third of the occiput. The second
segment of the maxillary palpus is twice as long as the third and one-tliird
shorter than the fourth. The labial palpus consists of tive segments, the second
and third being the sliortest.

Thorax. — The prouotum bears one row of short bristles and some additional
ones on the back. Between the row of long bristles of the mesonotnm and the
hinder edge there is a row of about nine long and very thin hair-like spines. The
epimerum of the mesothorax bears four bristles, two in the middle and two behind.
The metanotnm bears a row of long bristles, and an abbreviated row of shorter ones
in front of it, and some additional hairs on the back. The epimerum of the
metathorax bears two or three hairs in front and two or three from the stigma
downwards, the uppermost anterior bristle being on a level with the stigma.

Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites bear each one mw of long bristles, with
a rather lung tiiin hair between each two, as on the thoracic tergites. In the ?
there is on all tergites an additional row of shorter ones, which extends only half-
wsiy down the sides. In the c? this additional row is present on the first tergite.
The seventh tergite bears a long apical bristle on each side, accom])anied by a very
short hair. The stigmata of the abdomen are more proximal and more dorsal in
the ? than in the <?, standing above the first bristle in the <? and on a level with
or above the second in the ? on segments 3 to 7. The basal sternite l)ears
only one minute ventral hair. The other sternites bear in the <S two or tliree, in
the ? three or four, seldom five, on each si<le.

Legs. — The hairs on the forecoxa are not numerous. The mid- and hindcoxae
have posteriorly at the apex two bristles, the upper one being the longer. There
is uo comb on the hindcoxa. The hindfemur bears on the outerside one
subventral bristle near the apex, and one or two lateral ones near the base, and
on the innerside a series of eight or nine. The tibiae have hairs on the
ventral side, and on the outer side one row of bristles. At the dorsal edge the
tibiae bear seven pairs of bristles, those of the sixth pair being about the same
size as those of the third. The long apical dorsal bristle of the foretibia reaches
beyond the second tarsal segment, while the corresponding bristle of the hindtibia
reaches to the base of the second segment. The longer bristle of the fifth pair of
the hindtiliia is about three times as long as the tibia is broad in the middle. The
measurement nf the tarsal segments are : —

Foretarsus, cJ .

? • •
Midtarsus, cJ .

? ■ •
Hindtarsus, (J .

? ■ •

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

6

7

11

13

2r,

25

7
8
12
If)
17
17

6

7
10
11
l:i
13

;')
6
G

7
7
7

12
IG
14
17
15
17

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The longest apical bristle of the first hindtarsal spgment reaches nearly to
the middle of the third segment, and that of the second segment almost to the ai)ex
of the fourth.

modified Segments. — The cJasper of the c? (PI. X. fig. 31, (!1.) is large, and
bears numerous hairs along the edge. The finger (f) is very small. The ninth
sternite is slightly dilated before the middle, obtuse at the ape.x, and bears a number
of hairs along the ventral edge (ix. st.).

The eigiith tergite of the ? (PI. IX. fig. 26) has a few hairs above the
stigma, about eight to ten lateral ones farther down, and a row of short and
rather stout ones at the apex, there being on the innersido of the segment a
dense apical patch of hairs.

Length : c?, 1-5 mm. ; ?, 1-V( mm.

We have thirteen examples of this insect : —

5 cJc?, (!oast Hills, Chile. Burrowing Rat. Mr. .1. A. Wolifsolin.

'* ^ + ' TJ )1 )> J) )? T) ))

~ (?c?, Valparaiso, ,, „ „

13. Pulex corfidii spec nov. (PI. IX. fig. 27; X. fig. 33).

? . Head. — Tlie front of the head bears a pointed tnberculo directed backwards
an<l projecting from a groove (PI. X. fig. 33). There is a row of three bristles in
front of the eye, the upper one standing at the antennal groove and the lower one
behind the maxillary palpus. In between these bristles there are two shorter ones.
Above the eye there is a number of short hairs. The genal edge bears a series of
eight or nine bristles (which are nearly all broken off in my single sj)eciraen). On
the hinder part of the head there are a number of bristles along the antennal
groove, and a complete subapical series of eight. The short hairs above the antennal
groove stand in an almost regular row, but are not numerous. The head is
punctured from the eye-bristles upwards (PL X. fig. 33). The rostrum is much
shorter than the forecoxa. The labial palpus consists of four segments only, tlie
fourth segment being as long as the two preceding ones together.

Thorax. — The prothorax bears two rows of bristles, and one or two bristles
in front of them on the back. There is also a hair-like subapical dorsal s])ine on
each side. The mesonotum bears three rows of bristles and a subapical series of
five hair-like spines. On the metanotum there are two rows of bristles. The
epimerum of the mesonotum bears four bristles. The metathoracical epimerum
bears twelve bristles in two vertical slightly curved rows (7.5) and three short
hairs behind the second row ; the third bristle of the first row is nearer the liase
than the others.

Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites have two rows of bristles, the first tergile
bearing two or three additional bristles on the back. The bristles in each row are
very numerous, there being as many as thirteen or fourteen in the second row on
each side on the middle segments. The first tergite bears an apical comb of
fifteen spines on the two sides together. On the second tergite there are five
spines, and on the third two. There is one long apical bristle on the seventh tergite.
The stigma is small, and stands just in front of the anterior row of bristles and
above the third bristle of the second row on the middle segments. The first
abdominal sternite bears several hairs at the ventral edge, and a curved row on
the sides, with a number of additional hairs in front of tliis row. The sternites

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of segments 4 (o 7 lieai' a row of seven or eiglit bristles, and five to seven liairs
in front, the iinmbers being rather larger on the sternite of the third segment.

legs.— The mid- and hindcoxae bear two bristles posteriorly at the apex. The
iiiiteriiir feinnr bears about fifteen hairs on tlie outer surface and three bristles
ventrally before the ajiex, tliere being on the innerside a row of four or five from
the a})ex forward. The mid- and himlfemora are also hairy on the outer snrt'aee,
and bear a subventral row of hairs on the innerside. The last four or five ventral
liristle.s on tlie onterside of the hindfemur are long and stand in a regular row.
The bristles at and near the ventral edge of the mid- and hindtibiae are nnmerons,
and there are two rows of bristles on the outer surface, besides some additional
lateral bristles from the fifth dorsal pair to the apex. The third dorsal pair is
represented by a fine hair. The longest ajiical bristle of the midtibia reaches
bevond the ajiex of the first tarsal segment. The longest bristle of the second
hindtarsal segment rea('hes beyond the apex of the fourth segment. The hairs
on the back of the third tarsal segment are numerous. The fifth tarsal segment
bears on each side three rather slender bristles, the third pair being somewhat
approximate, and there is a fourth short bristle halfway towards the apex. The
measurements of the tarsi are as follows : —

Midtarsus .
Hindtarsus

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

22
39

18
21

11

14

8
9

18
18

Modified Segments. — The eighth tergite bears a number of bristles above the
stigma, and a regular series from the stigma downwards, there being in front of
this series an irregular row of shorter ones, as shown in PI. IX. fig. 27. Near
the apical edge there is a row of about fourteen bristles, while on the inner surface
near the aj)ex there are two rows of short ones. The stylet is subcylindrical, being
about three times as long as broad.

Length : $, 2-na mm.

This sjiccies comes near to bohlsi and littii, but can easily be distinguished by
tlie short rostrum, the frontal tubercle, and the row ofbristles along the genal edge
of the head.

We have of this species one ? , Valjiaraiso (Chile), from Octodon dujus, collected
bv Mr. -J. A. Wolffsohn.

14 Pulex klagesi sjiec. nov. (PI. IX. Hg. 28; X. fig. 3.5. 3'.t).

Head. The anterior part of the head bears a row of three long bristles before
the eve, and another row of five shorter ones between the maxillary palpus and
the antennal groove, besides one very long bristle below the eye and a second
behind the eye. On the jiosterior jiart of the head there are three rows of stout
bristles. The first segment of the maxillary palpus is hardly longer than the third,
while the second is as long as the third and fourth together. The rostrum does not
quite reach to the end of the forecoxa ; its last segment is about twice the length
of the third.

Thorax. — The three thoracical tergites bear each a postmedian row of bristles,
which are heavy but not long, and an antemediau row of short ones, there being on

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the metathorax u third, anterior, row in aihlitinn. The i'|iiniernnj of'tiic nii'sotiiorax
bears three bristles, one near the njnier and two near tlie ventral edge. On tlie
epiiueniru of the metathorax tlicre are two vertical rows of bristles, the first row
situated before the middle containing four or five bristles, and the second row
extending from the stigma downwards containing four.

Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites bear each two rows of bristles in the ? , tlie
anterior row being incomplete on the middle seg-ments, while in the S the anterior
row is present only on the first segment. At tlie ajiical edge of the first segment
there are three very short teeth on each side, while the following four segments
bear one or two teeth. The stigma stands a very little below the second bristle,
its diameter not being quite twice the length of the groove of this bristle. The
seventh tergite bears one stout apical bristle on each side. The first abdominal
sternite of the ? bears a lateral row of short hairs, with another row of three or
four in front of it, besides some veutral hairs. In the c? these ventral ones are
present, but the lateral rows are represented only by one or two very tiny Jiairs.
The sternites 3 to 7 bear on each side a row of three bristles in the d and four or
five in the ?.

Legs. — The bristles of the forecoxa are numerous and stout. The hindcoxa
is devoid of a comb. There are three bristles of about the same length posteriorly
at the apex of the hindcoxa. The hindferaur bears on the onterside five hairs, of
which the two last are longest, there being on the inuerside three short hairs, one
near the base, the second in the middle, and the third near the apex. The tibiae
have several hairs at the ventral edge, and bear on the outerside two rows of
longer and stouter ones. There are six pairs of dorsal bristles on the hindtibia,
besides a very stout hair before the third and sixth pairs. The longest apical
dorsal bristle does not reach to the apex of the hiudtarsal segment, wliile the longest
apical ventral bristle reaches beyond that segment. Above the ventral apical pair
of bristles of the hindtibia there is another pair, of which the longer bristle is longer
than the tibia is broad. The fifth tarsal segment bears three heavy bristles on each
side, upon which follow a fine hair, a stout bristle, and a long hair ; the two veutral
apical bristles are unequal in length, but stand on a level with one another. The
measurements of the tarsi are : — •

Midtarbu.s .
Hindtarsus

First segment.

Second segment.

Tliird segment,

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

10
31

18
25

11
14

6

8

16
18

Modified Segments. — The clasper of the c? is about as long as the manubrium
(m), being triangularly produced at the upper corner (PI. X. fig. 35, ('1.) ; it bears
a number of hairs on the upperside and at tlie apex, and one ventrally near tlie
base of the finger. The finger (f) is slender, somewhat lanceolate in outline, and
projects a little beyond the apex of the clasper. The finger bears near the base two
hairs, of which the upper one is the longer, a number of short hairs at the apex, and
a few more farther down. The manubrium is slender. The ninth sternite (Fl. X.
fig. 39) is not completely divided ventrally, the two halves being proximally
connected by a bar of chitin. The eighth tergite of the ? (PI. IX. fig. 2.S), drawn
from dissection, is strongly angulated. There are several hairs above the stigma,
a row from the stigma downwards, another row at the apical edge above and below

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the angle, ami several hairs proximally near the ventral e.lge, as shown in the
figure. The .stylet is cylindrical, being about three times us long as broail.

Ijeugth : cJ, 1 4 ram. ; ?,l-7mru.

We have 29 s(ieciiuens of this collected i)y Mr. S. M. Klages, 12 ,S tS and 17 ? ?,
from La Vuelta, (Janra Hiver, Veneznela, May 17th, 1'.)!);!. On spring rat.

This species diflers I'rom its allies Fulfx kililsi, etc., in the bristles of the head
and legs, the proportional length of the segments of the maxillary palpus, the
clasping organs of the S, the eighth tergite of the ?, etc.

The species is named in hononr of Mr. S. M. Klages.

\^. Ceratophyllus hilli spec. nov. (PI. XI. fig. 4:?. 44).

Head. — The front portion of the head bears a row of six fine bristles between
the anteunal groove and maxillary palpus. Beneath this row is a number of small
hairs irregularly scattered over the sides of the head. Again below this row
there are two long bristles, and farther down another pair. The hinder part of
the head bears one snbapical and two obliijue lateral rows of bristles. The ventral
bristle and the second of the snbapical row are situated widely apart. There is a
single bristle and a number of small hairs placed above the antenna! groove.
The second segment of the maxillary palpus is as long as the fourth, or a little
longer. The rostrum, which is longer in the ? than in the S , reaches beyond the
end of the forrcoxa, being in the ? nearly twice the length of the maxillary palpus.
The fourth segment of the labial palpus equals the fifth in length, being about as
long as the second and third together.

Thorax. — The pronotum has a comb of seventeen to twenty teeth, and bears
two rows of bristles. The mesonotnm has about six rows of bristles, the anterior
rows not being regular. Before the apex of the mesonotnm there is one hair-like
spine. The mesothoracical epimernm has two vertical rows of three bristles each.
The metanotum bears three rows of bristles, and a few additional ones in front.
On the metathoracical epimerum there are fourteen to sixteen bristles.

Abdomen. — The first abdominal tergite bears three rows of bristles and a
number of hairs in front, while the tergites 2 to 7 have two rows with a short
third row and some additional hairs on the back. The bristles of the seventh
tergite of the ? are restricted to the back of the segment, not extending halfway
down to the stigma. The seventh tergite bears two heavy long apical bristles
on a double cone, the lower one being more than twice the length of the upper
one. On the sternite of the first segment there is only one ventral bristle on each
side, and no lateral ones : while on the following five sternites there is a ventral
(iatch of bristles, of which the posterior ones are loug. The stigmata are pear-
shajied. The pygidial plate of the ? is much longer than it is broad in side-view,
and raised liehind, projecting backwards.

Legs. -The hairs of the forecoxa are nuiucrous. The mid- and hindcoxae have
a patch of hairs anteriorly on the onterside, and bear j)Osteriorly at the apex two
long and one very short hairs. On the forefemur there are several hairs scattered over
the onterside, one long one standing ventrally before the apex. The hindfemur bears
two or three fine hairs behind the basal ventral incision, and on the onterside three
or four hairs ventrally near the apex, the posterior one being the longest. This row
is generally continued basad by one or two very short hairs. The foretibia has
six pairs of dorsal bristles, the first and fifth being short, and bears two rows of

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hairs on the outersidc, tlic np]ici' row standing close to the dorsal bristles. All
the tibiae have hairs along the ventral edge. The mid- and hindtibiae have each
seven pairs of dorsal bristles. The hindtibia bears on the outerside a great number
of hairs arranged in four irregular rows. The longest dorsal apical bristle of the
hindtibia is about one-fourth shorter than the first hiudtarsal segment. The
apical spines of the hindtarsal segments are stout, the longest of the second segment
not reaching to the ape.x of the third. The fourth segment of the hindtarsns is
more than twice as long as it is broad. The fifth segment of all the tarsi bears
five lateral bri,stles and a subapical hair. This segment has in the ? two short
ventral spine-like bristles at the apex. In the <S, however, there are two such
bristles on the hindtarsus onl}', the fifth segment of the mid- and foretarsus bearing
four. The measurements of the mid- and hindtarsus are as follows : —

Midtarsus S ■

„ ? ■ •
Hindtarsus tJ .

? • •

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

24
28
41
50

22
25
36
39

15
16
22
23

10
10
13

14

23
23

25
26

Modified Segments.— The clasper of the c? (PI. XI. fig. 43) is produced into
rather a long ])rocess, which bears dorsally one long bristle preceded by two
shorter ones. There are, besides, some hairs at the apex and at the ventral edge
of the clasper. The finger (f) is long, scythe-shaped, and pointed at the apex,
bearing a few hairs, as shown in the figure. • The ninth sternite (PI. XI. fig. 43, ix. st.)
is rather broad, and bears several hairs at and near the apex ; it is not divided
ventrally. The manubrium (m) is broad at the base, and strongly attenuated
towards the end. The s])iral of the penis consists of two coils. The eighth sternite
is large, and bears numerous bristles.

The eighth tergite of the ? bears a few hairs above the stigma, four or five
long ones at the apical edge, and a number of small ones besides, as shown in
the figure (PI. XI. fig. 44). The stylet is conical.

Length : <?, 3 mm. ; ? , 4'2 mm.

We have eight examples of this species, as follows : —

1 <S, Williams, West Australia, Augnst 1, lOUU, Bettongia penicillata (Mr.
B. H. Woodward).

1 S, Sydney, New South Wales, September 1898, Dasi/wus civerinus.

3 S6 and 3 ??, Sydney, New South Wales, August 10, 1890, Perawefes
nasuta (Dr. J. P. Hill).

This species is named in honour of Dr. J. P. Hill.

16. Ceratophyllus woodward! * spec. nov. (PI. X. fig. 41; XI. tig. 42).

About the same size as C. /till/.

Head.— The eye is large. There are many fine hairs situated between the
antennal groove and the oral edge of the head, and a number of moderately
long bristles. Above this hairy area there are two very heavy curved spines
on one side of the head and one on the other (PI. X. fig. 41). The bristles on
the hinder part of the head are all broken in the specimen, but the grooves
indicate their position, as shown in the figure. The dorsum of the head is
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deosely pnnctnrcd, each i)Uiicture bearing a very fine and extremely short hair.
The second segment of the maxillary palpns equals the fonrth in length, being
nearly twice as long as the third. The rostrum reaches a little beyond the apex
of the coxa. The labial palpus consists of five segments, of which the first is
the longest and the second the shortest.

Thorax. — The pronotnm bears two rows of hairs and a comb of twenty -one
teetli. The mesonotum bears three rows of hairs, besides numerous short ones
near the base and two hair-like spines near the apex. On the metanotum there
are two rows of hairs, with a few in front. The metathoracical rpimerum bears seven
bristles (2.3.2.) and two or three fine hairs in addition.

Abdomen. — The first abdominal tergite has three rows of hairs and a few
in fnint, while the following segments bear only two rows and an abbreviated
third one. On the seventh tergite the number of hairs is much reduced, the anterior
rows being represented by a few hairs only and the posterior row of longer bristles
hardly extending half way down to the stigma. There are two apical bristles
on the seventh tergite (broken). The first sternite bears a row of fine hairs
along the ventral edge, while the steruites 3 to 7 have a patch of bristles standing
close together and partly arranged in a curved row, the last one being long.
The stigmata are pointed behind.

Legs. — The lateral and posterior bristles of the forecoxa stand widely apart.
The hindcoxa bears three bristles posteriorly at the apex, the third being short.
The hindfemur has two bristles ventrally before the apex on the outerside, and one
or two behind the basal ventral incision. All the tibiae have a row of ventral
hairs, and on the outerside a lateral row of hairs and a subdorsal row of spine-like
bristles, these standing close to the dorsal bristles. The longest dorsal apical
bristle of the hindtibia is two-thirds the length of the first hindtarsal segment. The
fifth tarsal segment bears on each side six bristles and a subapical hair, the first
bristle being more ventral and the fourth more dorsal than the others. The
ventral surface of this segment is hairy, and bears two spine-like bristles at the
apex, these bristles standing widely apart. The apical spines of the hiudtarsus
are stout and short, the longest of the second segment not reaching to the apex
of the third. The first segment bears eight pairs of short stont bristles at each
side. The measurements of the fore- and hindtarsi are as follows : —

Foretarsus.
Hindtarsus

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

17

77

18
52

14
32

10

15

23

27

The pygidial plate is long, being highest posteriorly, projecting backwards as
iu C. hilli. The stylet is conical, and more than twice as long as it is basally
broad. The anal sternite is peculiar, bearing ventrally near the base a transverse
ridge or projection, which is beset with long bristles (PI. XI. fig. 42).

Modified Segments. — The eighth tergite (PI. XI. fig. 42) has some bristles
above the stigma and a number of bristles farther down, of which the position is
indicated in the figure ; the bristles, however, are nearly all broken in the specimen.
The eighth sternite is small and narrowed, bearing a few fine hairs at the apex.

This species is known from the ? only. We have one specimen from Perth,
West Australia (B. H. Woodward). The host from which this specimen was secured
is mifortunately not recorded.

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IT. Ceratophyllus tristis (PI. XI. fig. 4.5. 47).

Typhlopsylla tristis Rothschild, FMt. Rec. xii. p. 36. t. 2. f. 1 (lOOi)).

This is one of the species whicli stand intermediate between Cerafciphijllus
and Ctmophtl/almus (= Ti/plilopstjllrt). Alter a more exhaustive stud}' of the
species allied to ('. tristis, we find that C. tristis is better placed in the geuns
Ceratophyllus than in ( Typhlopsylla = ) Ctenojjhthalmus, at least for the present.

We here take the opporttmity of supplementing the original description given
in the Knt. liec.

Head. — There are no genal spine?. What is called in the original description
a spine placed anterior to the antennal groove is the vestige of the eye. Segments
1 and 2 of the maxillary palpns are the same in length, being a little shorter
than the fourth and much longer than the third. The rostrum reaches to the
end of the forecoxa. The labial palpns consists of five segments, which are nearly
equal in length, the second and third being only a little shorter than the others.

Thorax. — The metathoracical epimerum bears seven or eight bristles (3.3.2
or 3.2.2).

Abdomen. — The first abdominal sternito (PI. XI. fig. 45. ?) bears iu the ?
a great number of small hairs on the lateral surface, and about five long ones.

Legs. — There are two bristles posteriorly at the apex of the hiudcoxa. They
stand widely sejiarate from one another, the second being very small. On the
fifth tarsal segment there are four bristles on each side, besides a subapical hair.
The segment bears, moreover, on the ventral surface, a subbasal pair and a
thinner apical pair.

The eighth tergite of the ? is represented by fig. 47 on PI. XI. The
eighth sternite (viii. st., PI. XI. fig. 47) bears some bristles at the apex-
The bristles of the anal tergite of the ? are short ; those standing in the middle
of the anal sternite are long and close together. The stylet is conical, being more
than twice as long as broad.

18. Ceratophyllus thomasi spec. nov. (PI. XL fig. 46. 48).

Head. — The head is slightly rounded, and is nearly the same in both sexes,
being only a little more rounded in the i than in the ¥. There is a row of fine
bristles between the antennal groove and the maxillary palpus, and beneath this row
another row of three longer ones, the uppermost of which stands at the antennal
groove. On the hinder part of the head there is a subapical series of bristles,
a single bristle above the antennal groove, and an oblique row placed anterior
of these. The first and second segment of the maxillary palpus are of the same
length, while the third is shorter and the fifth a little longer than the first. The
rostrum reaches to the end of the forecoxa. The labial palpus consists of five
segments.

Thorax.— The short prouotum bears one row of bristles and a comb of twenty-
two teeth. The mesonotnm bears also one row of bristles, but has in addition
some hairs before this row, and some short spine-like hairs at the base, besides a
hair-like spine before the apex. On the metanotum there are two rows of bristles.
The metathoracical epimerum bears seven bristles (3.2.2).

Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites 1 to 6 bear two rows of bristles, the
anterior row being very much reduced, and the second row consisting of four
bristles on each side. On the seventh tergite the first row is vestigial iu the $,

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and the sccoml row consists only of two bristles on eacli side. Tiiis tergite bears
two rather short apical bristles on a double cone in the <?, the ? having an
additional bristle below them which is not situated on a cone. There is one small
ajiical tooth on each side of tergites 1 to 4. The first sternite in the c? bears
a single ventral hair. In tiie ? there are ventrally some small hairs, and in
addition a bristle and a patch of small hairs sitnated near the upper edge, with
one long bristle above it. On sternites 2 to 6 there are two bristles in the <S and
a row of three or fonr in the ? . The seventh sternite in the ? bears two or three
farther up. The stigma is small, pear-shaped, and is situated between the first
and the second bristles of the posterior row.

Legs. — The forecoxa has very few bristles. On the mid- and hindcoxae there
are a few bristles at the anterior edge and two or three on the outer surface.
The hindcoxa bears posteriorly at the apex two bristles standing widely apart.
The femora have one bristle ventrally before the apex on the onterside. The
tibiae bear a few hairs on the ventral side and one row on the outer. The hind-
tibia has seven pairs of dorsal bristles ; the longer one of the fifth pair being
as long as the tibia is broad. The longest apical dorsal bristle of the hindtibia
is one-third shorter than the first tarsal segment. This segment is only a little
shorter than the hindtibia. The fifth segment is similar to that of C. tristis (Roths.)*

The measurements of the tarsi are as follows :^

Midtarsus .
Hindtarsus

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

19
40

13

22

10
12

7
8

13
13

modified Segments. — The eighth sternite of the S is large. The finger (f)
(PI. XJ. fig. 40) is large, slightly curved, and bears a few hairs at the edge,
of which one, sitnated at its aj)ical fourth, is the longest. The exact outline of
the clasper cannot be made out from the single cJ specimen. The ninth sternite
(ix. st.) is apparently not divided ventrally, bearing at the apex on each side two
spine-like bristles, of which the lower one is the stouter.

The eighth tergite of the ? bears no bristles above the stigma. At the
apex and near the ventral margin there are about ten to twelve bristles. The
eighth sternite (PI. XI. fig. 48) bears at the apex a row of about six hairs.
The stylet is conical and not quite three times as long as it is basally broad.

Length: c?, 2-0.5 mm. ; ?,2-Tmm.

We have one pair (<?, ?) of this species taken by Mr. Oldfield Thomas,
F.R.S., of the British Museum, off spirit specimens of Acrobates pyymaea from
Australia. The precise locality is not known to me.

19. Ceratophyllus zethi spec. nov. (PI. XI. fig. 50 ; XII. fig. .52).

Head. — The forehead (PI. XI. fig. 50) bears a row of eight fine bristles
sitnated between the npper end of the antennal groove and the frontal corner.
There is one long bristle sitnated some distance before the eye, and another at tlie
ventral edge a little in front of the long one. Between these bristles and the upper
row the forehead bears on the side numerous small hairs. There are also two
hairs beneath the eye at the ventral edge. The hinder part of the head bears two

• Typhlopsylla tristis Rothschild, £nt. Rw. xii. p. 36 (1900).

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oblique rows of seven or eight bristles each, extending from the base of the antennal
groove upwards and backwards. Farther back there is one bristle above the
antennal groove, and a snbapical row of long ones. The distance of the ventral
bristle of this row from the next bristle is about twice as long as the distance from
the second to the third. The back of the head is punctured. The first segment
of the maxillar}' palpus is a little stouter than the second, while this is as long
as the fourth and about twice the length of the third. The rostrum reaches beyond
the end of the coxa. The labial palpus consists of six segments, the fourth and
fifth segments appearing, however, to be completely fused.

Thorax.— The pronotum bears two rows of bristles and a comb of eighteen teeth.
The bristles of the posterior row of the thoracical and abdominal tergites are very
long, as is the case with that of the head. The mesouotum bears three rows of
bristles, besides a basal row of fine hairs and two abbreviated and irregular ante-
median rows. Dorsally before the apex on each side there are two long slender
spines. The metanotum bears three rows of bristles, besides some additional liairs
on the back. The epimerum of the metathorax bears about fourteen bristles.

Abdomen. — All abdominal tergites bear three rows of bristles and some hairs in
addition, the latter being especially numerous on the first tergite. Tlie rows of the
seventh tergite are all abbreviated. The second tergite bears on each side two short
apical spines, and the third and fourth one. The seventh tergite bears two moderately
long bristles on a double cone on each side, the lower one being the longer. The
stigma is small and pointed behind. The first sternite bears one ventral apical
bristle. The following three bear a ventral patch of hairs, of which the last two
or three are prolonged. The hairs of the sixth sternite are more numerous, there
being about twenty-five on each side. Those of the seventh are about eighteen in
number, of which the posterior ones, although prolonged, are shorter than the
respective bristles of the sixth segment.

Legs. — The mid- and hindcoxae are hairy on the onterside at and near the ventral
edge from near the base to near the apex. The hindcoxa bears, moreover, a patch of
small hairs situated on the innerside near the apex, these hairs pointing forward. There
are two long bristles posteriorly at the apex of the mid- and hindcoxae, followed by
one small hair. The anterior femur bears two rows of hairs on the outer surface,
and two additional ones ventrally before the apex. On the hindfemnr there are
two subajiical ventral bristles on the onterside, preceded by one or two small hairs,
while there is only one small bristle ventrally near the apex on the innerside. The
outer surfaces of the tibiae are hairy, there being on the hindtibia three rows of
hairs besides a number of additional hairs standing near and at the ventral edge.
The longest apical dorsal bristle is shorter than the first hindtarsal segment,
while the corresponding bristle of the midtibia is longer than the first midtarsal
segment. The fourth hindtarsal segment is more than twice as long as it is broad.
The fifth segment bears four bristles on each side, besides a snbapical hair and two
short ventral apical bristles standing widely apart. The second segment of the
foretarsus is one-third hinger than the first. The measurements of the tarsi are
as follows : —

Midtar.sus .
Hindtar.su.s

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

2.5
47

25
38

15
23

9
13

22
24

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Modified Segments. — ? . The eighth abdominal tergite bears some hairs above
the stigma. There is a subapical row of about eight hairs, of which the npper ones
are the longest, the j>osterior ones being very small, and there is in addition a
number of hairs on the lateral surface (PI. XII. fig. .52). The eighth stcruite bears
a few hairs at the apex. The stvlet is conical and a little over twice as long as it
is basally broad.

Length : ? , 3-08 mm.

We have one ? of this species taken from Bettongia cuniculus, Gippsland,
Victoria, Augnst 1st, 1898.

20. Ceratophyllus ochi spec. nov. (PI. XI. fig. 41) ; XII. fig. 54).

Head. — The front of the head is much more rounded in the S than in the ? .
There are two rows of bristle.s in front of the eye, the first row consisting of six
short ones, the second row of three very long ones, the S bearing in addition one
moie long bristle standing above the npper one of the second row, but nearer to the
first row. On the liinder part of the head there are four bristles above tlie antenual
groove, the first standing near the base of tlie groove, and the last belonging to
the subapical row. This row is, in addition, represented by two more l)ristles
placed farther upwards. Above the second supra-anteunal bristle there is a
smaller one placed a little farther back. The small hairs above the antennal
groove stand in a row, and are more numerous in the g than in the ? , there being
about twelve in the S and si.\ in the ?. The head is minutely dotted on the back.
The long hairs at the apex of the second segment of the antenna, of which hairs
there are about ten in number, are longer than the club of the antenna in the ? and
shorter in the S, the club being much more elongate in the c? than in the ?.
The rostrum is much shorter than the anterior coxa, the last segment being about
one-fourth longer than the last but one. The labial palpus consists of five segments.

Thorax. — The pronotum bears one row of bristles and a comb of seventeen or
eighteen teeth. The meso- and metanotum bear each two rows of bristles, the first
row consisting of three, the second of fonr or five on each side. The mesonotum
is much longer than the metanotum ; it bears a very few short hairs at the
basal edge. On the epimerum of the metathorax there are seven bristles (3.1.3),
the middle one of the first three and the ventral one of the last three being anterior
in position to the other bristles of the respective rows.

Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites bear each two rows of bristles, the anterior
row containing on the middle segments three bristles on each side, and the posterior
row five. The stigma, which is somewhat pear-shaped, stands above the ventral
bristle of the second row. Tergites 2, 3 and 4 hear a short stout apical spine on each
side. The sternites of segments 2 to 6 bear in the cj a row of two or three, in the ?
three or four bristles and an additional bristle in front. On the basal sternite of the
? there are besides, near the upper edge, which is shallowly emarginate, some small
hairs and one long bristle. On the seventh sternite of the ¥ there are twelve to
fourteen bristles on each side, standing nearly all in a strongly cnrved row. The
seventh tergite bears two long apical bristles, of which the upper one is about
one-third or nearly one-half shorter than the lower one. In the ? there is a third
bristle standing beneath the two, being intermediate in length.

Iiegs. — The mid- and hindcoxae bear two bristles jiosteriorly at the apex, the
bristles being separate. At tiie anterior edge of the hindcoxa there are five or six
bristles, and on the outerside a vertical row of five. The mid- and hiudfemora

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have ventrally near the apex one bristle oa the outerside and a short hair on the
innerside. The mid- and liindtibiae bear three (seldom two) short hairs at the
ventral edge, and a row of seven longer ones on the outer surface close to the dorsal
bristles. The longer bristle of the fifth dorsal pair is as long as the tibia is broad.
The long dorsal apical bristle of the midtibia reaches to the apex of the first tarsal
segment, while the respective bristle of the hindtibia is only oue-third the length
of the first hindtarsal segment. The apical bristles of the tarsal segments are short,
the longest of the second hindtarsal segment reaching to the middle of the third.
The fifth tarsal segment bears four bristles on each side, besides a snbapical liair,
and in addition a ventral subbasal pair.
Measurements :—

Midtarsus J ¥
Hindtarsus (J ?

Firat segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

17

50

17
30

11
16

8
9

14
1.5

The first hindtarsal segment is as long as the hindtibia measured along the
ventral edge.

Modified Segments. — The eighth sternite of the i is very large. It bears on
each side about nineteen bristles, of which one situated at the apex is the longest,
two more situated farther upwards being also generally long. The clasper (PI. XI.
fig. 49) is produced into a long slender process (p) bearing some bristles. The
finger (f) is slightly carved, and bears a number of hairs of various sizes at the
apex. The finger does not appear to be jointed with the clasper, but represents
apparently a second process. The ninth sternite is not divided ventrally ; it is
rather large, boot-shaped, and stands in connection with a peculiar unpaired organ
bearing three very stout spines (PI. XL fig. 49).

Tlie eighth tergite has no bristles above the stigma. Ou the ventral portion
of the tergite there are a great number of bristles, as shown in the figure (PI. XII.
fig. 54). The eighth sternite has some hairs at the apex.

The stylet is slightly conical, being four times as long as it is basally broad.

Length : <?, 2-02 mm. ; ? , 2-9 mm.

We have five examples of this insect, as follows : — •

4 (J cJ and 1 ¥ from Victoria, Australia, from an Opossum.

21. Ceratophyllus novaeguineae sjjcc. nov. (PI. XIII. fig. 06. G7).

Head. — The forehead (PI. XIII. fig. 06) of this species is rather strongly
rounded for a ¥ . There are six small bristles between the upper end of the
auteunal groove and the maxillary palpus, and farther down another row of
three, of which the ventral one stands just behind the palpus and the upper one
halfway between the first row and the eye. Between the two rows there are
two more bristles, the upper one being long and the lower one short, besides a
number of small liairs situated near the antenual groove. From the eye forward
there is a nearly horizontal row of three bristles, the one at the eye being short
and the one at the oral edge of the head being long. The hind part of the head
bears two oblique rows of bristles and a long bristle above the antennal groove.
The ventral bristle of the snbapical row and the next bristle stand widely apart.
The second segment of the antenna bears a long apical bristle and some finer
hairs in addition. Segments 1, 2, and 4 of the maxillary paljjus are nearly of

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the same length, being longer than the third. The nistrnm reaches beyond the
apex of the forecoxa, the labial palpns consisting of six segments.

Thorax. — The prouotum bears two rows of bristles and a comb of eighteen
teeth. The mesonotum has three rows of bristles and some additional hairs on
the back, besides a row at the base, there being also a long snbapical spine on
the back at each side. The mesothoracical epimerum bears six bristles (3.3). The
metathoracical epimerum bears ten (4.2.4), and a few small hairs in addition
situated between the posterior bristles.

Abdomen. — The first abdominal tergite is very hairy, bearing six rows and a
few additional hairs, the anterior rows being short and irregular. The posterior
row of bristles of all the tergites is curved. Tergites 2 to 0 bear three rows
each, the first row reaching only halfway down to the stigma. The bristles of
the seventh tergite are reduced in length and number. There are two apical
bristles on this tergite, situated on a double cone, with one bristle above and
another below them not situated on a cone. There is one apical si)ine on each
side of tergites 2 to 5. Tlie stigma is pointed behind. It stands on a level with
the third or fourth bristle of the posterior row on segments 4 and 5. The basal
sternite bears one ventral bristle and no lateral ones. The sternites of segments 3
to 7 have a ventral patch of about sixteen hairs each, extending from near the
base to near the apex, the jjosterior hairs being long and arranged in a row, the
others short.

Legs. — The mid- and hindcoxae have on the oaterside a patch of hairs
extending up to the middle, and bear, in addition, some hairs farther up at the
anterior edge, and two or three on the outer surface. There are two long and
one short hair posteriorly at the apex. All the femora have one small snbaj)ical
ventral hair on the innerside. On the outerside the forefemur bears a few small
hairs and one longer subapical ventral one. The hindfemur bears three sub-
apical ventral bristles exteriorly, jireceded by a row of five minute ventral hairs.
The tibiae bear some ventral hairs, and on the outerside two rows of bristles,
of which one stands near the dorsal bristles. All the tibiae have seven pairs of
dorsal bristles, the longer bristle of the fifth pair of the hindtibia being fully
twice as long as the tibia is broad at the apex. The tarsi are only partly
preserved in the single specimen. The fifth segment bears five bristles on each
side, besides a subajjical hair. The measurements of the tarsi are as follows :—

Midtarsus
Hindtarsus

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment. Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

30
62

22
42

13 8

19

?

SEodified Segments. — The exact outline of the eighth tergite cannot be made
out from the type. There are some fine hairs above the stigma, and about fifteen
at and near the apex, four of which placed along the edge are long (PI. XIII.
fig. 67). The pygidial plate is longer than broad in side view, elevate behind
and projecting backwards. The stylet is cylindrical and about five times as long
as it is broad.

Length : ? , 3-8 mm.

We have one specimen of this species taken from Pcramelea raffrayanus, Huon
Gulf, New Guinea.

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22. Ceratophyllus ahalae spec nov. (PI. XI. fig. 51 ; XII. fig. 55 ; XIII. fig. 60).

Head. — The head is very strongly rounded (PL XI. fig. 51). There are
about eighteen bristles on tlie forehead, and some additional small hairs distributed
as shown in the figure. On the hinder part of the head there are two oblique rows
of bristles, besides a subapical row and a single bristle above the antennal groove.
Above the antennal groove are a great number of small hairs, and also several
behind the subapical row. The first and second segments of the maxillary palpus
are of the same length, being a little shorter than the fourth. The rostrum does not
quite reach to the apex of the forecoxa. The labial palpus consists of five segments,
of which the last is the longest, being nearly twice the length of the second. The
first segment of the antenna bears an oblique longitudinal row of four hairs, while
the second bears a transverse row.

Thorax. — The prouotum has a comb of twenty-four teeth, and bears two rows
of bristles besides some additional hairs on the back and three or four short hairs
laterally. The mesonotum bears five oblique rows of hairs, besides numerous
additional ones, and has one subapical spine. There are five bristles on the
mesothoracical epimerum, and four on the episternum. The metanotum, which is
somewhat longer than the mesonotum, bears four rows of bristles. The meta-
thoracical epimerum bears twelve or thirteen bristles, besides some small hairs.

Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites have three rows of bristles, the first row,
however, being short on segments 2 to 7, while on the first tergite there is an
additional fourth row in front. The seventh tergite bears two strong apical bristles
on a double cone on each side, the lower one being more than twice the length of
the upper and being of the same length as the metathorax. The stigma is long,
acuminate, and stands on all segments above the first bristle of the last row.
Between the first and second bristles there are two short hairs, indicating that the
species has here lost one long bristle. The first steruite bears a number of hairs
on the ventral surface, but none on the side. All the other sternites have a rather
large ventral patch of hairs, of which the posterior ones are prolonged.

Legs, — The bristles of the forecoxa are very numerous. The mid- and hindcoxae
bear on the outerside a number of bristles at and near the ventral (anterior) edge from
the apex to the middle, the apical and subapical ones being long. There is also a
row of hairs at the ventral edge from near the base to the apex. The hindcoxa has
on the innerside a number of small hairs anteriorly near the apex. Posteriorly at
the apex there are two long bristles followed by a small hair. All the femora have
one small bristle ventrally near the apex on the innerside. On the outerside there
are on the forefemnr two rows of hairs and two subapical ventral bristles, while
on the mid- and hiadfemora there are three subajiical ventral bristles. The hind-
femur bears, in addition to the basal ventral pair of bristles, another bristle situated
behind the sinus. The tibiae are hairy all over the outer surface and at the ventral
edge. The longest dorsal apical bristle of the hindtibia is nearly one-third shorter
than the first hindtarsal segment. The first foretarsal segment is longer than the
second. The fifth segment of the fore- and midtarsus is peculiar. It bears on
each side six pairs of bristles besides a subapical pair. Of these bristles the first
and third are more ventral, while the fourth is more dorsal and thinner than the
others. Moreover, there are ventrally at the apex four siiiue-like bristles (PI. XIII.
fig. CO). The fifth segment of the hindtarsus bears five lateral bristles and two
ventral apical ones. The sole of the fifth tarsal segment is hairy. The first

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midtarsal segment is ranch longer than the second. The first hindtarsal segment
is nearly as long as the liindtilna, and bears nine or ten pairs of short bristles at
each side. The apical bristles of all segments are short. The measarements of the
tarsi are as follows : —

Midtarsus .
Hindtarsus

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

36

78

21
53

13
29

9
17

22
25

Modified Segments. — The eighth tergite is small, while the sternite is very
much enlarged and bears numerous heavy and long bristles. The clasper is
short and rounded, and bears a few hairs at the edge (PI. XII. fig. 55). The
fiao-er (r) is very much prolonged, curved down at the apex and pointed. It bears
at the ventral edge a row of long hairs, and some small hairs at the upper edge and
on the outer surface. The manubrium (m) is large, acuminate, and curved upwards
at the tip. The ventral portion of the ninth steruite is densely hairy at the apex,
and bears a lateral lobe as shown in the figure. The spiral of the penis is not
coiled, being only slightly curved upwards.

Length : cj, 4-2 mm.

We have one cj specimen from Sidapur, India, May 24th, 1901, from the
" small jungle squirrel."

23. Ceratophyllus alladinis spec. nov. (PI. XII. fig. 53).

Head.— The front of the head bears a distinct tooth. Before the eye there is
a series of three bristles, the upper one standing just in front of the eye. In
between these bristles, as well as between them and the antennal groove, there
are a number of short hairs. The head from these bristles upwards is punctured.
The hinder part of the head is similarly pimctured nearly as far down as the
antennal groove. There are several small hairs above the antennal groove on
the hinder part of the head and one bristle, which is occasionally preceded by a
second. The subapical bristles are five in number on each side, the first and
second being rather widely apart. The rostrum reaches a little beyond the end
of the foreco.Ka, the last segment being about one-fourth longer than the last
but one.

Thorax.— The prouotum bears one row of bristles and a comb of eighteen
or nineteen teeth. On the mesonotum there are two series of bristles and a
subapical comb of about sixteen hair-like spines on the two sides counted together.
There are also a number of small hairs at the base. The episternum of the meso-
thorax bears several small hairs in front, one or two longer ones in the centre,
and one or two bristles behind. On the mesothoracical epimerum there are five or
six bristles— two or three in front and three behind. The metanotum, which is
much shorter than the mesonotum, bears two rows of bristles and a few hairs on
the back, and possesses on each side two or three short stout apical spines on each
side. There are three long bristles on the metathoracical epimerum— one near the
hinder edge, one just below the stigma, and the third farther down. Besides
these there is generally one shorter bristle below the stigmalical one, and two or
three are placed towards the base.

Abdomen.— The abdominal tergites bear each two rows of bristles; tergites

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1 and 2 have two short apical spines on each side, and the third tergife one.
The seventh tergite bears three or t'onr long apical bristles. Between the first
and second bristles of the posterior row there are on most of the tergites two very
small hairs instead of one. The stigma is rather large and rounded, being obtusely
produced backwards. It stands below the first bristle of the first row and above
the first bristle of the second row. The basal sternite of the abdomen bears a
long ventral bristle and a lateral row of three or four. The sternites of segments
3 and 7 bear on each side a row of five or six long bristles, with one or two smaller
hairs in addition ; while there are one or two bristles less on the intermediate
segments. The seventh sternite is rather deeply sinuate.

Legs. — The bristles ou the forecoxa are not numerous. The mid- and
liiudeoxae have two bristles posteriorly at the apex. All the femora have
ou the outerside one long veutral subapical bristle, the forefemur bearing in
addition several small lateral hairs. Ou the inner surface there is a row of
hairs, of which the last is ventral and subapical, the hairs being four to six in
number on the hiudfemur and four ou the mid- and forefemora. The tibiae bear
on the outerside one row of hairs standing near the dorsal bristles, and on the inner-
side a row of foor to six shorter hairs. There are also a number of hairs at the
ventral edge. The three bristles in the subapical ventral incision of the tibiae are
rather stout. Tlie longest apical dorsal bristle of the hindtibia is one-third shorter
than the first hiudtarsal segment. This segment bears five pairs of bristles on
each side, and only one or two smaller bristles on the ventral surface. The other
hiudtarsal segments are also nearly devoid of bristles situated on the ventral
surface except the fifth, which is hairy. The fifth segment bears five bristles
on each side, besides a subapical hair. The measurements of the tarsi are as
follows : —

Jlidtar.sus .
Hindtarsus

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

21
48

19
29

12
17

9
10

19
20

Modified Segments. — On the eighth tergite (PI. XII. fig. 53) there are
rather a large number of bristles above the stigma and two long ones below it.
The apex of the tergite is emarginate. There are a number of hairs on the lower
half of this tergite, as shown in the figure. The stylet is about three times as
long as it is broad, being slightly conical, but becoming suddenly narrowed at the
apex. The tenth sternite bears two long apical hairs, besides a number of short
ones, and several short spine-like bristles ventrally and laterally in the middle.

Length : ?, 3-0 mm.

We have two ? ? from Sidapnr, 24th May, 1901. " Small jungle squirrel."

This species is nearest to C. califondcus and C. ciliatus, of Baker, according
to the descriptions of these insects. Both these species possess, however, a row
of bristles anterior to the eye-row. In C. ciliatus, moreover, the abdominal sternites
have two rows of bristles, and the eighth tergite bears five long bristles below
the stigma. In C. californicus the mesouotum is described as having three rows
of bristles, and the first segment of the midtarsus as being distinctly longer than
the second.

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24. Ceratophyllus endymionis sjiec. nov. (PI. XIV. fig. To).

This species is closely allied to C. alladinu, but diflers in the following
details : —

Head. — The frontal tootli of the head is less distinct. The small hairs iu
front of the eye are much less numerous, and there are two or three small bristles
situated near the antenual groove in a transverse row iu front of the three eye-
bristles.

Thorax. — The mesonotum is much more hairy on the back than iu C. allndinis.
Tile metanotnm bears several bristles in front of the anterior row. There are
one or two short apical spines. The short hairs on the mesothoracical episternum
are rather more numerous.

Abdomen. — The first abdominal tergite bears three rows of bristles and some
additional hairs on the back in front of them. The other tergites, except the
seventh, have also a few bristles in front of the anterior row. The anterior row
of hairs on the seventh tergite is restricted to the back, consisting of five hairs
on the two sides together. There are three bristles at the apex of the seventh
tergite. The basal sternite of the abdomen bears one ventral bristle on each side
and a small lateral hair. The seventh sternite is much less obviously sinuate.

Legs. — The first hindtarsal segment bears six pairs of bristles on each side
and a ventral row of three or four smaller bristles on the posterior (outer) side.
The second and third segments bear such a ventral row on each side. The
measurements of the mid- and hiudtarsus are as follows : —

Midtarsus .
Hindtarsus

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

24
50

22
32

13
21

8
12

18
21

modified Segments. — The eighth tergite (PI. XIV. fig. 70) is much less
emarginate at the ajiex than in C. allatlinis.

Length, 3-4 mm.

We have two ? ? collected by Mr. J. A. Wolii'sohu at Valparaiso, Chile, from
Marmosa elegans.

This species is also closely allied to C. cidifornicus Baker, but differs from that
insect in having the mesonotum much more hairy on the back, the metanotum of
C. endymionis having also several additional hairs in front of the two rows.

25. Ceratophyllus agrippinae spec. nov. (PI. XII. fig. 50. 57 ; XIII. fig. 02. 04).

Head. — The head is slightly but evenly rounded iu both sexes, resembling in
outline somewhat that of the ¥ of Pidcx irrilaiis. On the front there is a groove
from which projects a heart-shajied si)ine (PL XIII. fig. 02). The forehead
bears two rows of bristles between the antenual groove and the maxillary palpus,
the rows being close together, the upper consisting of three or four bristles, the
lower of three longer ones. Below the eye, at the antenual groove, there is a long
spine-like structure, which is not completely free, being separated from the genal
process only by an impressed line. The hinder part of the head bears one bristle

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in fnnit, an oliliqiie row of three behind the raiddle, and a subapical row. Tlie
interspaces between these bristles of the subajncal row are nearly the same.
The second segment of the antenna bears an apical row of long hairs. The clnb
is short. The first segment of the maxillary jialpus is of the same length as the
second, and is a little shorter than the fonrth, but longer than the third. The
rostrnm reaches to the apex of the coxa, the labial palpus consisting of four long
segments.

Thorax. — The pronotnra bears two rows of bristles and a comb of twenty-seven
teeth in the d and of thirty to thirty-five teeth in the ? . The mesonotum of the c?
bears three rows of bristles and a row at the base, besides some hairs on the back.
In the ? it is hairy from the base to the last row of bristles, there being in addition
a subapical row of four to seven long hair-like spines. The metanotura, which is
little over one-half the length of the mesonotum, has two rows of bristles and some
hairs besides. The episternum and epimerum of the mesothorax bear together
twenty bristles or more, four of these standing in a row at the ventral edge. The
episternum and sternum of the metathorax have together a vertical row of seven
to nine bristles, while (Jie epimerum bears seventeen to twenty-seven, there being
more in the ? than in the S.

Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites bear two rows of bristles, the anterior row
being reduced in the <S , and only vestigial on segments 6 to 7. The small hairs
between the bristles of the second row are short. The seventh tergite bears in the
<S three long apical bristles situated on a triple cone, the middle one being longer
than the mesonotum and more than twice the length of the upper, while the lower
one is one-third shorter than the middle one. In the ? there are fonr bristles, the
third being the longest, the fonrth the shortest, while the first and second are not
much shorter than the third. The tergites 1 to 5 bear each a comb, as follows : —

? . . . .

First tergite.

Second tergite.

Third tergite.

Fourth tergite.

Fifth tergite.

22 teeth
25—33 teeth

15 teeth
13—16 teeth

11 teeth
11— 12 teeth

6 teeth
6—8 teeth

0 teeth
1—2 teeth

The stigma is small, somewhat pointed behind, and stands between the first and
second bristles of the second row on the middle segments, being placed close to the
second row in the cJ, and to the first row in the ?. The basal sternite bears two
ventral bristles, while the following four sternites bear three in the S and seven or
five in the ? on each side. The sternite of the second segment has four bristles in
the c? and a scries of about eleven in the ¥ . All the sternites bear in the ? two
or three hairs before this row. The pygidial plate is not elevate behind.

Legs. — The hairs of the forecoxa are numerous. The midcoxa bears hairs at
and near the anterior edge. These are situated from the apex halfway down towards
the base. On the hiudcoxa the hairs are more numerous than on the midcoxa, the
hairy area being rather more extended. There are three bristles posteriorly at
the apex of the hindcoxa, the upper one being slightly the shorter. The femora
have one subapical ventral hair on the innerside, and no hairs laterally on the inner
surface, except one situated before the middle (which is sometimes absent). There
are two subapical ventral bristles on the outerside, the second being the longer.
The basal ventral sinus is not deep, there being behind it one or two hairs. The
bristles of the tibiae are Heavy. There is ventrally before the apex of the hiudtibia

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an incision bearing five or six sliorf heavy Ijristles. Above tliese there are some
hairs. The dorsal jiaired bristles of the tibiae are accompanied by two rows of
heavy bristles, the dorsal row standing close to the dorsal pairs. The longest
apical bristle of the foretibia reaches nearly to the apex of the second tarsal segment,
while that of the hindtibia e.xtends to the apex of the first segment. The longest
apical bristle of the first hindtarsal segment extends to the apex of the second,
and that of the second to the apex of the fifth. The first hindtarsal segment is a
little over half the length of the tibia. The first midtarsal segment is longer than
the second. The fifth segment bears fonr bristles on each side, besides a snbapical
hair. The claw is slender. The measurements of the tarsi are as follows : —

Midtarsus t? •

? . .
Hindtarsus cJ .

? • ■

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment. . Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

23

.30

42
47

14
17
29
32

9
10
14
16

7

7

9

10

I.')
16
16
16

Modified Segments. — The eighth sternite of the <S is large, bearing nnraerous
hairs. It is emarginate below at each side. The clasper (PI. XII. fig. 50) is
produced into two small lobes, the upper one bearing a long bristle. On the lower
one there are several short hairs and one long one. The finger (f) is long, curved
downwards at the apex, and bears some fine hairs at the end. The manubrium (m)
is large, elongate-triangular, with the tip curved upwards. The ninth sternite is
(apparently) not divided ventrally (PI. XIII. fig. 64). It bears five bristles just
before the apex and two farther basad, besides some fine hairs. The spiral of the
penis lias a single whorl. The eighth tergite of the ? projects backwards above.
It bears a number of rather heavy hairs above the stigma. The bristles on the
lower half are numerous (PI. XII. fig. 57). The stylet is very long and slender,
being at least seven times as long as it is broad.

Length : t?, 2-5 mm. ; ? , 3-3 mm.

We have six specimens of this sjiecies, collected by Mr. ('•. J. B. Grant : — •

1 c?, Deelfonteiu, Cape Colony, March 19th, 1002, Otomijsbmnti.

3 ? ? , „ „ )) )) )) !I )> )I

1 ?, „ „ ,, April 11th

1 ?j „ ,, „ August 27th „ „ unisidcatus.

26. Ceratophyllus dorippae spec nov.

Similar to C. agrippinae, but diflering from it in the following characters ;—
Head.— The rostrnm is longer, the last segment being nearly twice the length

of the fourth segment of the maxillary palpus.

Abdomen.— The bristles on the abdominal tergites are numerous. The seventh

tergite bears three long apical bristles (?), of which the uppermost is longer than

in C. aqrippinae. The teeth in the combs of the abdomen are fewer in number, the

numbers being : —

1st tergite.

Second tergite. Third tergite.

Fourth tergite.

Fifth tergite.

12

2

3 (or 4 ?)

1

0

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The bristles on the seventh sternite are more minierniis. The eijrhth tergite bears
a greater number of small hairs between the stigma and the apical bristles. The
stylet is mnch shorter.

Legs. — The hindferanr has three snbapical ventral bristles instead of two on
the outerside. The bristles of the tibiae and tarsi are rather stouter, the longest
apical bristle of the hindtihia not reaching to the apex of the first tarsal segment,
and tliat of the second hiudtarsal segment hardly reaching the middle of the fifth
segment. The measurements of the tarsi are as follows : —

Midtarsus .
Hindtarsu.s

Firat segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

42
65

24
48

13
23

10
14

21
23

We have one ? collected by Mr. C. J. B. Grant at Deelfontein, Cape Colony,
April 3rd, 1902, from Ilerpestes badius.

27. Ceratophyllus numae spec. nov. (PI. XII. fig. 58 ; XIII. fig. 59. 63. 65).

Head. — The head is much more strongly rounded in the S than in the ?. The
forehead is very strongly angulate, but the angle is situated close to the ma.xillae,
giving the head a peculiar shape (PI. XIII. fig. 63). There is a row of rather
thin bristles between tlie antenna! groove and the maxillary palpus. Two longer
bristles are situated between the eye and the palpus, and one more below the eye-
The forehead from the upper row of bristles upwards, as well as the back of the
hinder part of the head, is densely punctured. The genal angle bears two heavy
spines standing close together, the upper one partly covering the second. The
posterior part of head bears one bristle close to the base of the antennal groove, three
bristles farther l)ack, and a subapical series, besides some fine hairs along the
antennal groove. The first segment of the maxillary palpus is a little longer than
the second and shorter than the fourth. The rostrum does not quite reach to the
apex of the forecoxa, the labial palpus consisting of four segments only, of which
the last is longer than the preceding one.

Thorax. — The pronotum is short ; it bears one row of bristles and a comb of
twelve teeth. The mesonotum has two rows of bristles and a basal row of short,
ones, and bears two or three long subapical spines. The metanotum has two rows
of bristles and a comb of four short black apical teeth (two on each side). The
epimerum of the mesothorax bears three bristles, while that of the metathorax has
seven or six (4.3 or 3.3).

Abdomen. — The bristles of the abdomen are slender but long. There is an
abbreviated antemedian row and a postmedian row on each segment. Tergites 1 to 4
have one short apical spine on each side, and bear, like the metanotum, some
extremely short spines in addition. The seventh tergite bears on each side oue
long apical bristle, accompanied by a very small hair above and below. The basal
sternite bears one hair, the following four sternites a row of three in the S and fonr
or five in the ? . The sternite of the seventh segment bears three in the S and
six in the ? .

Legs. — The hindcoxa has on the innerside a comb of four (in S) to six or seven
(in ? ) spines, the hairy area of the outerside extending from the apex beyond the

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midillf. There are two bristles posteriorly at the apex, the second being the shorter.
The forefemiir has one subapical ventral hair and three lateral ones on the ontcr-
side. On the hindfemur there are two ventral snbapical bristles on the outerside
and one lateral subapical bristle on the innerside. The tibiae have one row of
lateral bristles on the onterside and a number of ventral hairs, of which the
snbapical pair is heavy, but short. The fifth and sixth pairs of dorsal bristles of
the hindtibia are far apart, with a single short stout bristle in between. The longer
bristle of the fifth jiair is longer than the longest apical one, the latter not reaching
to the apex of the first hindtarsal segment. The longest a[)ical bristle of the second
hindtarsal segment reaches to the apex of the fourth segment. The fifth segment
bears four bristles on each side and a subapical hair. The sole of this segment is
hairy, and bears at the apex two short widely separated bristles. The measurements
of the tarsi are as follows : —

Midtarsus (J .

? . .
Hindtarsus S .

? • •

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment. 1 Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

13
15

28
34

12
14
19
20

8
10
11

12

6

7
8
8

15
15
15

17

Modified Segments.— The eighth tergite of the c? is large, with some long bristles
placed as shown in the figure (PI. XII. fig. 58, drawn from slide). The eighth
sternite is very small, curved, finger-like (PI. XII. fig. 58, viii. st.). The finger (f)
is straight, elongate-conical, with some hairs, of which one near the apex and another
above the middle are the longest. The manubrium (m) gradually narrows to the
apex, and is slightly curved. The ninth sternite (PI. XIII. fig. 65, ix. st.) is
mesially not divided (as far as can be made out from the slide). It is very peculiar
in structure, bearing three large scales (modified bristles) near the apex, of which
two are frayed out at the edges. The spiral of the penis consists of a (piarter of a
coil only.

The eighth tergite of the ? is without hairs above the stigma. It bears one
long bristle below the stigma, and a number of hairs farther down, as shown in
PL XIII. fig. 59 (taken from the slide, the outline in eouseixuence not being
exact). The eighth sternite is small. The stylet is cylindrical, being about four
times as long as it is basally broad. The anal sternite bears some heavy spine-like
bristles beneath.

Length : S, 1'7 mm. ; ? , 2 ram.

We have three examples of this species, 1 c? and ^i ? ? , from Deelfontein, Cape
Colony, March 19th, 1902, from Otomtjs (5/-a«<?, collected by Mr. C. J. B. Grant.

28. Ceratophyllus octavii spec. nov. (PI. XIII. fig. 61).

?. This species is closely allied to C. numae in having two genal spines.

Head.— The head is much more strongly rounded than in that species. The
frons is not angulate, but bears just a trace of a notch about midway between
the maxillary palpi and the first pale spot. The two genal spines lie across each
other, the point of the second being visible in front of the first.

Thorax.— Each of the thoracical and abdominal tergites bears one row of

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linstles and oiiu or two hairs indicating ao anterior second row. The minute
serration of the nietanotiim and the abdominal tergites 1 to 6 is more distinct
than in C. mnime. The metathoracical epimerum bears three bristles from the
stigma downwards and one in front.

Abdomen.— Tiic steriiite of the third abdominal segment bears five bristles
on each side, tln)se of segments 4 to 6 only three bristles, and that of segment
7 four.

legs.— WiiiJe in C. numae there are six pairs of dorsal bristles on the hind-
tibia with an additional short bristle between the second and third and between
the fifth and sixth i)airs, there are no additional bristles in the present species,
or only one between the second and third pairs. Tlie row of hairs on the outer-
side of the hindtibia consists only of four or five hairs, as compared with the eight
hairs of ('. vinnne.

Modified Segments.— The seventh abdominal sternite is not sinnate, as in
C. namfu\ and the eighth tergite bears a much smaller number of bristles (PI XIII.
fig. (31).

The stylet is somewhat shorter than in C. numae.

Length : ? , 2 mm.

We have two ? -examples of this species from Deelfontein, Cape Colony,
November 11th, 19ii2, from Grapkoctdans biurus, collected by Mr. C. J. B. Grant.

29. Typhloceras rosenbergi * spec. nov. (PI. XIII. fig. 68. 69 ; XIV. fig. 71. 74).

Head. — The front of the head bears a very slight notch in both sexes. There
are three long bristles between the antennal groove and the insertion of the
maxillary jialpi, and in front of this row there is another of eight or nine shorter
bristles. The anterior part of the head is, besides, covered with numerous very
short hairs. There are four genal spines. The first and second are broad,
acuminate, their anterior outline being curved ; the two spines stand close
together, the second covering the first. The third spine is a little longer than
the second, but much narrower, while the fourth is shorter and slenderer than the
third. The geua itself is produced backwards below the eye into a pointed process.
The eye is distinct and transparent. The occiput bears three oblique rows of
hairs besides the subaj)ical row. Above the antennal groove there are in the J
numerous very short hairs, not situated in one single row, and extending from
the insertion of the antenna to the hinder edge of the head. In the ? these
hairs are practically restricted to a patch situated near the hinder edge of the
head. The first, second, and fourth segments of the maxillary palpus are of
about the same size, while tlie third segment is a little over half their length.
The rostrum reaches almost to the end of the forecoxa. The labial palpus consists
of five segments, the last being a little longer than the fourth and half as long
again as the second.

Thorax. — The pronotnm bears a comb of eighteen or twenty teeth, and one row
of long bristles, behind which row there are laterally two hairs. The mesonotum
IS very hairy, bearing two regular series of bristles and numerons other hairs in
front of them. Near the ape.\ of the mesonotum there are on each side two or
three hair-like spines. The metanotum bears two rows of bristles and a third

* This species is named in honour of Mr. W, F. H. Rosenberg.

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irregular row in front, besides a number of hairs on the back. The ejiimerum of
the mesonotum bears a downward row of four bristles before the middle and two
bristles behind. On the epimerum of the metanotnm there is a row of four bristles
(seldom three) in front, two bristles behind, situated below the stigma, with a
short hair in between and an additional bristle between the anterior and posterior
ones and on a level with the most ventral anterior one or a little farther down.
There are also two or three short hairs near the posterior bristles.

Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites bear each two rows of bristles, with one
or two additional bristles on the back. The second to the fifth — or, at least, the
second to third — have on each side one apical spine. The seventh tergite bears
two long apical bristles on each side, standing close together (PI. XIV. fig. 74).
The stigmata of tergites 2 to 7 are pear-shaped, being ronnded in front and i)ointed
behind ; they stand close to the second row of bristles, the point mostl}' l}nng
within that row. The first abdominal sternite is without hairs, the second bears
three, and the others four bristles on each side ; the sternite of the seventh segment
is shallow, sinuate on each side, with the lateral lobe verv broadly rounded.

Legs. — The bristles of the forecoxa are very numerous. The mid- and hindcoxae
bear two bristles posteriorly at the apex, the upper being the longer. All the femora
bear ventrally before the apex two hairs on the outerside and a shorter one on
the innerside. Besides these hairs there are on the outerside of the forefemur
two irregular rows, and on the innerside of the mid- and hindferaora two or three
subventral hairs. The tibiae are provided on the outerside with three rows of
hairs and a number of ventral hairs, and some additional lateral ones. There are
seven pairs of heavy dorsal bristles on the hindtibia, and a single bristle between
the fifth and sixth pair. The longest apical bristle of the hindtibia is a little
more than half the length of the first hindtarsal segment. The tarsal segments
bear on the ventral surface a number of hairs arranged in more or less regular
rows. The lateral hairs of the first tarsal segments are rather nnmerous, the
first hindtarsal one bearing eight or nine pairs on each side. The apical bristles
of hindtarsal segments 1 to 3 are very heavy and short, the longest apical bristle
of the second segment not reaching to the middle of the third. The fonrth hind-
tarsal segment is more than twice as long as broad. The fifth segment of the
tarsi bears on each side four bristles and a slenderer apical one, and on the ventral
surface a pair close to the base (PI. XIII. fig. 60). The measurements of the
mid- and hindtarsi are : —

Midtarsus S •

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

28

25

16

10

19

? . .

31

26

16

10

10

Hindtarsus ^ .

62

39

23

12

21

-to

78

41

25

13

21

Modified Segments. — The eighth abdominal tergite of the <? is very large, while
the sternite is very much reduced. The process of the clasper (PI. XIV. fig. 71)
is triangular, and beset at the upper edge with bristles. The finger (f) is large,
rounded at the apex, and constricted in the middle, being somewhat club-shaped
in side view, as shown in the figure. At the hinder edge the finger is beset with
a regular row of hairs, of which the lower ones are longer and closer together

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than the' upper oues, the uppermost hair being stouter aud more spine-like than
the others. The ninth sternite is boomerang-shaped, the ventral portion being
mesially divided as in T. poppei ; each half of this ventral part bears at the apex
three curved spine-like bristles (PI. XIII. fig. 68). The tenth segment is very
long and narrow (PI. XIV. fig. 71, x.t. and x.st.).

The eighth tergite of the ? bears a number of hairs above the stigma
(PI. XIV. fig. 74). The hairs on the lateral surface and at the apex are disposed
as shown in the figure. The stylet of the anal segment is about three times as
long as broad.

Length : (?, 3-4 mm. ; ? , 4-4 mm.

We have twelve specimens of this species, collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg,
as follows : —

1 c?, Cayembe, Ecuador, 12. June, 1807, from MeAachirus opossum.

2 2 2

1 (?, „ „ 21. „ „ „ Didelphys azarae.

2 2 2, Tharra „ 31. May „ „ „ „

30. Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes (PL XIV. fig. 73. 78 ; XV. fig. 81).

Ct. ps. Baker, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mw. xxvii. p. 421. t. xi. f. 7-12 (1904).

Head. — The head is practically the same as that of Ct. bisoctodentata (Kol.),
there being three genal spines.

Thorax.— The prothorax bears a comb of eighteen teeth and one row of bristles.
The mesonotum bears in front another row of shorter ones, and between this and
the base a great number of more or less irregularly placed short bristles. Near the
apical margin of the mesonotum there are on each side three long hair-like spines,
two being dorsal and one halfway down the side. The metanotam bears two rows
of bristles, besides one or two additional ones. The epimerum of the metathorax
bears six bristles, one standing just beneath the stigma, three being more proximal
and standing in a triangle, the fifth being placed near the ventral edge, and the
sixth being somewhat distal of the stigma and about on a level with the lowest
anterior bristle.

Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites bear two rows of bristles each, one bristle of
the posterior row standing beneath the stigma. The first tergite bears in addition a
number of hairs on the back. The first four tergites bear each a short spine at
the apex. There are three apical bristles on the seventh tergite in both sexes.
The upper one is about as long as the third bristle of the posterior series of this
segment, the middle one is about twice (?) or nearly three times (t?) as long as the
upper one, while the ventral one is about half as long again as the upper one. The
sternite of the first abdominal segment of the S bears one bristle on each side ;
the following four sternites bear a series of four bristles with a nnmber of shorter
ones in front ; on the sternite of the seventh segment there are a few more hairs.
In the 2 the sternites of segments 3 to 7 bear one to three hairs more than in
the cJ.

Legs. — The mid- and hindcoxae bear on the innerside just above the trochanter
one long and one very short hair, and are dilated beneath into a rounded flap, as is
the case in Ct. agijrtes and Ct. bisoctodentata. The femora are devoid of liairs on
the lateral surfaces, except one minnte hair on the innerside of the midfemur.
The mid- and hiudfemora bear two subventral hairs near the apex, followed by

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one very short spine-like hair, as in the species just mentioned. The tibiae and
tarsi are practically the same as in CK bixoctodentata, bnt the first segment of
the foretarsns is rather shorter.

Modified Segments. — The clasper (PI. XV. fig. 81) is sinnate. The njijier
lobe (i'') bears three long and several short bristles ; the lower lobe (p-), which is
somewhat cnrved, bears one bristle. There is a fifth bristle at the bottom of the
sinus. The finger (f) is long, and bears a number of fine hairs (as shown in PL XV.
(ig. 81). The manubrium (m) is about the same length as the finger, and slightly
curved. The ninth sternite is hairy at the end (PI. XIV. fig. 73).

The eighth tergite of the ? (PI. XIV. tig. 78) has no bristles near the stigma.
There is a row of bristles near the ventral angle. The eighth sternite (viii. st.)
is bifurcate, each lobe bearing a few very short hairs.

Length: c?, 1 -9 to 2 mm.; ?, 2-3 to 2-4 mm.

We have a large series of this species colleeted by Messrs. Brimley Bros, and
Mr. G. F. Dippie.

8 ¥ ?, Raleigh, New Carolina, 22 August 1901. Scnloj/s ai/iiat/cus.

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■* ^ ' JJ JJ J] »J ?» )) >J J)

^ + ) )J ?) JJ o V )J )» JJ

4<Jc?, „ „ „ May 1901

' + + J jj )> )) n )) )) j>

6 c?c?, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, 21 August 19U1. Microtus dru7nmondi,

'^ + + » )) ») J) )j >) )» J) J) ))

7 <?c?, „ „ „ „ 6 April „ „ „

1 S, „ „ „ „ 28 „ „ „ saturates.

31. Ctenophthalmus wenmanni spec nov. (PL XIV. fig. 75. 77. 79).

Head. — The head (PL XIV. fig. 79) bears a small frontal tubercle projecting
from a groove. There are two rows of bristles between the antennal groove and
the oral edge. The eye is vestigial. There are two genal spines, one lying on
top of the other, as shown in the figure. The genal edge is produced ventrad
into a triangular projection {;//'). On the hinder part of the head there are
three rows of bristles.

Thorax. — The pronotum bears a row of bristles and a comb of twelve teeth.
On the mesonotum there are three rows of bristles, besides numerous short ones
near the base ; and there are also two dorsal subapical spines and one lateral one on
each side. The metanotum bears three rows of bristles, and some additional hairs
on the back. There are five bristles on the mesothoracical epimernm, two on the
episternum of the metathorax, and eight or nine on the metathoracical epimernm
(3. or 4.4.1.)

Abdomen. — The tergites of the abdominal segments bear two rows of bristles,
and some additional ones in front on the back. The stigma, which is elongate^
stands above the first bristle of the second row. The first two tergites bear one
or two apical spines on each side, and the third and fourth tergites one. The
seventh tergite has in the S four apical spines, of which the second from the top
is the longest, and in the ? three, the middle one being twice the length of the
uppermost. The first sternite bears ventrally one bristle and several hairs in front

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of it, the sternites of segments 3 to 0 liaviiig a series, witli a iinralicr of shorter
bristles before them, these bristles being rather more numerous in the ? than in
the c?. The steraite of the seventh segment bears abont twelve bristles in the c?
and twenty in the ?. It is sinuate in the ? (PI. XIV. fig. 75, vii. st.).

Legs.— The hindcoxa has a comb or small patch of short spines on the inner-
side, and bears three bristles posteriorly at the apex. The mid- and hindfemora
bear ventrally two bristles before the apex on the outerside and a smaller one on
the innerside. The tibiae bear on the outerside two rows of bristles, the upper
row standing close to the dorsal edge. There are seven pairs of dorsal bristles on
the hindtibia, the third and sixth jiairs being short and one of their bristles often
missing. The hairs of the tarsi are numerous. The longest apical bristle of the
first hindtarsal segment does not ((uite reach to the apex of the second. The
fifth tarsal segment bears on each side four bristles besides a subapical hair,
and on the ventral surface two subbasal bristles on the fore- and midtarsi. The
measurements of the tarsi are as follows : —

Midtarsus (J.

? . .
Hindtarsus (J .

? . .

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

16
21
32

38

13

16
24

27

9
10
15
15

7
7
9
9

13
13

15
15

Modified Segments. — The eighth steruite of the c? is large, and bears ventrally a
patch of numerous hairs. The clasper (PI. XIV. tig. 77, C)l.) is sinuate at the apex.
It bears a number of hairs at and near the upper edge, and on the two lobes
" p' " and " p^." The finger (f) is conical, with the lower corner rounded ; it bears
numerous short hairs. The ninth steruite is very slender, somewhat curved upwards
at the apex, bearing a row of four spines apically at the ventral edge followed by a
row of four shorter ones. Farther proximal there is a row of slender hairs.

The eighth tergite of the ? (PI. XIV. fig. 75) bears a number of hairs
above the stigma, a row of three or four farther down, and aljont twelve hairs
on the ventral half, besides some short ones on the inner surface (punctured in
figure). The stylet is conical, being about six times as long as broad.

Length : cj, 2-2 mm. ; ¥ 2-5 mm.

We have two examples of this species, collected by Mr. W. Wenraanu :

1 <?, British Columbia, from Peromi/sei/s leiwojjus.

1 ? , „ ,, „ Neotoma cinerea.

32. Ctenophthalmus antiquorum spec. nov. (PL XIV. fig. 72 ; XV. figs. 80. 82).

This species is allied to the European T. (lasycnemus, but is easily distinguished
by the bristles of the thorax and abdomen, by the legs and the structure of the last
abdominal segments.

Head. — The head is practically the same as in T. dasj/cnfimus.

Thorax. — The prothorax bears two rows of bristles and a comb of eighteen
teeth. There are three rows of bristles on the mesonotum, besides a number of
hairs situated near the base ; the first row of bristles extends only halfway down
the sides. There are on each side of the mesonotum two long slender subapical

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spines. The epimernm of the metathorax bears a snbbasal series of three or four
bristles and a snbapical series of three, the uppermost of these three standing close to
the stigma. The metanotnm bears three rows of bristles, besides a few additional
dorsal hairs.

Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites 1 to 7 bear each two rows of bristles, and
tergites ] to 0 bear each a slender bristle-like apical spine on each side. These spines
are much longer than in T. ddsi/cnemus. In the S there is on tergites 2 and 7
one bristle below the stigma, while on tergites 3, 4, 5, and 0, there are two below
it. In the ¥ there is one bristle below the stigma on tergites 2 and 6, two bristles
on tergites 3, 4, and 5, and none on 7. The seventh tergite bears two long
stont apical bristles, of which the lower one is about three-quarters the length of
the other, and a very minute hair above them representing a third bristle. The
sternite of the second abdominal segment of the S bears on each side one bristle,
and of the third segment two bristles, while the sternites of segments 4 to 7 bear
a patch of three long and four short bristles. In the ? there are similar patches
on sternites 3 to 7, the hairs being rather more nnmerous than in the S ; the
sternite of the second segment bears, besides a ventral bristle, several small
lateral ones.

Legs. — The bristles of the forecoxa are more numerous and the rows rather
more regular than in T.dasijcnenitts. At the hinder edge of the mid- and hindcoxae
there are three bristles, two being long and one short. On the mid- and hindfemora
there is a ventral basal pair of hairs near the apex of the mid- and hindfemora,
and none on the lateral surfaces. The mid- and hindtibiae resemble those of
T. dasycnetnus. They bear a row of hairs near the dorsal paired bristles, another
row near the middle of the lateral surface, and a number of small hairs at and
near the ventral edge. There are seven dorsal pairs of bristles on the hindtibia ;
the first pair is small, the second, fourth, fifth, and seventh are long, while one
of the bristles of the third and sixth pairs is either reduced to a minute hair
or absent. The longest dorsal apical bristle of the hindtibia is about two-thirds the
length of the first hindtarsal segment. The first segment of the foretarsus is
nearly as long as the foretibia is broad, being about three times as long as broad.
The first segment of the midtarsns is longer than the second, being as long as
the longest apical bristle of the midtibia. The first segment of the hindtarsus is
three-quarters the length of the tibia. It bears eight pairs of hairs on the anterior
edge and seven on the hinder edge. The second segment bears six and five pairs
on their respective edges. The fourth segment is two-thirds the length of the
third ; the fifth (exclusive of claw) is a very little shorter than the third.

Modified Segments. — The sexual apparatus is very diflerent from that of
T. dasycnemus. The plate of the penis is very broad, being irregularly ovate.
The clasper is large and conical (PI. XV. fig. 82, CI.), bearing two long bristles
at the apex and a few short ones. The movable finger (k) is very large. It
bears one moderately long bristle near the apex, accompanied by a few short ones ;
there are, besides, two extremely small spines at the apex and a number of
small hairs along the dorsal edge. The ninth sternite is long and slender
(PI. XIV. fig. 72), bearing some hairs at the apex.

The eighth tergite of the ? (PI. XV. fig. 80) bears one hair above the stigma,
a long one below the stigma, and a number of hairs on the ventral third, as shown
in the figure. The apical margin is rounded below the middle and then sinuate.

Length : S, 2-4 mm. ; ¥, 3 mm.

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"We have four specimens of this species collected by Dr. Ihering ;
3 (?(?, Tigneti Zech, Brazil, 1897, DuMphjs aurita.

'■ * J !! !» ;) )) I)

33. Chaetopsylla mikado spec nov. (PI. XIV. fig. 76).

Head.— The anterior part of the head bears a series of four bristles iu front
of and close to the eje, and obli(|uely above the eye a row of four short hairs, of
which the two lower ones are stout, while the other two are thin. On the hinder
part iif the head there are three bristles behind the base of the antennal groove,
followed by another row of three. The bristles of the subapical row stand rather
close together, there being about nine on each side. There are no short hairs
above the antennal groove except at the apex. The bristles of the second antennal
segment are shorter than the club. The labial palpi reach to the end of the
forecoxa, and consist of six segments, of which the last is about twice the length
of the penultimate one.

Thorax. — Tiie pronotum bears one row of bristles. On the mesonotum there
are two rows of bristles, with a few additional hairs anteriorly on the back, and
there are also four long slender subapical spines on each side. The metanotnm,
which is much longer than the mesonotum, bears two rows of bristles and an
abbreviated row in front of them on the back. The epimerum of the metathorax
bears two vertical rows of bristles, the first row containing nine or ten, the
second six.

Abdomen — The first and second abdominal tergites bear two rows of bristles,
with one or two additional ones. On the five following tergites both rows are
very much reduced, the anterior row consisting of three (occasionally two)
bristles on each side, standing above the stigma, and the posterior row consisting
of six bristles on the third tergite and of four or three on the other tergites. On
the second tergite there is below the stigma a patch of seven or eight bristles
arranged in two rows corresponding to the rows of bristles situated farther towards
the back. The first sternite bears a ventral bristle and four to six small hairs
near the upper edge. The other sternites have a subapical series of four to six
bristles, precedetl by some short hairs on sternites 3 to 6.

Legs. — The bristles of the forecoxa are very much shorter than those of
€. trickosa. There are two slender bristles posteriorly at the apex of the hind-
coxa. The midfemur has on the outerside a series of eight bristles, and on the
innerside two ventral subapical ones. On the hindfemur there are on the outer-
side twelve to fifteen bristles arranged in a row, and on the innerside four or five
situated in the posterior half. The tibiae bear one somewhat irregular row of
hairs on the outerside, and a number of ventral and subventral hairs, which are
very much shorter and thinner. The measurements of the tarsi are as follows : —

Midtarsus .
Hindtarsus

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

24
38

22

27

15
15

10
10

25
25

Modified Segments.— The eighth tergite (Pi. XIV. fig. 76) bears about five
hairs above the stigma, and from the stigma downwards a regular series. At

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the apical margin there is a row of about eight, gradually decreasing in length,
the upper one being the longest, and towards the base there are three long ones
preceded by two short ones. On the innersidc the tergite bears a great number of
hairs at the apex. The eighth sternite bears a few bristles at the apex (PI. XIV.
fig. 76, viii. St.).

Length, 3-7 mm. (measured on the slide, the abdomen being rather extended).

This species agrees with C. trichosa in many respects, but differs in the details
given in the description.

Our examples of this species are as follows : —

2 ? ? , Japan, Mustela itatsi (Pryer).

34. Ctenopsyllus granti* spec. nov. (PI. XV. fig. U. 87 ; XVII. fig. 91).

Hea/d. — The eye is situated near the npper end of the antenual groove. The
anterior part of the head ^inclines backwards as in C. muticali (PI. XV. fig. 84, tJ).
Parallel with the frontal edge there is a row of bristles, and halfway to the
antennal groove a vertical row of five spines, of which the third is very long and
pointed. On the posterior part there are a number of very heavy bristles on the
back, one above the antennal groove and one near the apex being es|)ecially long.
This last bristle is the longest. It belongs to the subapical row, and stands widely
apart from the next long bristle of this row. Along the antennal groove there is
a row of seven (t?) or four (?) hairs. The hairs on the second antennal segment
are short. The rostrum is very little longer than the maxillary palpus. The labial
palpus consists of four segments, of which the last is about twice as long as broad.
The fourth segment of the maxillary palpus is as long as the second.

Thorax. — The pronotum is much longer above than at the side, being produced
backwards above. It bears a comb of tliirteen long teeth in the S and of seventeen
in the ? . The teeth do not stand close together. In front of the comb there is
a row of four bristles with minute hairs in between, there being on the back one
more bristle before the middle. The mesonotum bears two rows of bristles and a
few hairs on the back. There is also one short subapical spine on each side near
the ventral edge. Tiie metanotnm is much longer than the mesonotum, and bears
two rows of bristles. There are two short stout a])ical spines on each side of the
metanotum and the first and second abdominal tergites, and one spine on the third
fergite. The epimerum of the metathorax is strongly rounded in the middle of
the apical margin, and bears four bristles (2.2).

Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites bear one row of bristles (about five on each
side), the first tergite possessing in addition a few hairs before the middle. The
stigma is placed within this row, and stands either above or below the first bristle
present. The seventh tergite bears one long bristle, accompanied on each side by
a short hair. The first five sternites bear in the i one bristle, in the ? two, with
the exception of the first, which has only one. On the seventh sternite there are
two bristles in the S and three in the ?. This sternite is deeply sinuate in the ?
(PI. XVI. fig. 91, vii. St.).

Legs. — The bristles on the coxae are few in number. The hindcoxa bears on
the iunerside four or five short spines and posteriorly at the apex two bristles.
The mid- and hindfemora have on the outerside two subapical ventral hairs, and on

• This species is named in honour of Mr. C. J. B. Grant.

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the. iiHierside one. There is one regular row of long slender bristles nn tlie onter-
side of the tibiae. The hindtibia bears at tlie dorsal edge nine bristles of nearly
the same length, the second, sixth, and eighth being [jaired with a long bristle on
the innerside of the dorsal edge. The second long bristle (standing at the apical
third) is longer than the subapical one, and more than twice as long as the tibia
is broad. The tarsi are slender, and their bristles are nnmerons. The first hind-
tarsal segment is one-fourth shorter than the hindtibia, being as long as the second
and third segments together. There is one stout spine at the apex of the tarsal
segments, the longer of the second segment not reaching to the apex of the
third. There are four bristles on each side of the fifth segment, besides a subajiical
hair. The measurements of the tarsi are as follows :—

Mic;ltaisu.s ^ .
Hintltarsiis cJ .

First segment.

17
21
.3.5
40

Second segment.

Tfiird segment.

'Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

13

IG
19

24

9

10
12
13

G
G

7
8

11
13
11
13

Modified Segments.— The eighth tergite of the S is small, while the sternite is
large, bearing ventrally two bristles on each side. The ninth sternite is slender,
slightly curved, and provided with a few hairs at the apex {VI. XV. fig. 87). The
clasper is long (PI. XV. fig. 87, CI.). It bears two bristles at the upper edge and
a longer one at the apex. The finger (f) is triangular, hardly projecting beyond
the clasper. The tenth tergite bears scarcely any hairs, except a long one standing
just behind the sensory jilate.

The eighth tergite of the ? (PI. XVI. fig. 91) has no hairs above the stigma.
There is one long bristle below the stigma and a number of others farther down,
as shown in the figure. The eighth sternite is small. The stylet is cylindrical,
being about four times as long as basally liroitd, ei|niilling the first midfarsal
segment in length.

Length : S, MJ mm. ; ?, 2-5 mm.

We have three examples of this sjiecies, collected by Mr. (1. J. P.. Grant, as
follows : —

1 c? and 2 ¥ ¥:, Deelfontein, ('■,i\>e Colony, from Macro prohoschhniti.

The present species and the following one are placed in the genus Cteiiopsiillua
in spite of the presence of a well-developed eye, as these insects agree fairly well
with C muscuU and C. pectiniceps. The position of the eye near the upper end
of the antennal groove and the position of the genal spines halfway between the
eye and the frontal edge of the head is peculiar to the two new species described
here. The position of tlie comb of genal spines is suggestive of the anterior comb
found in Step/ianocirci/s.

35. Ctenopsyllus aganippes spec. nov. (PL XV. fig. 83; XVI. fig. !mi).

Head. — The front of the head (PI. XV. lig. 83) is much longer than in C.granti.
The comb consists of ten spines which gradually become longer from the top one to
the eighth and then decrease again. The frontal tubercle is rather more distinct
than in C. yranti. The eye stands rather closer to the antennal groove. The

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hinder part of the head bears a' snhapical series of five bristles on each side, and
between the second bristle and the antennal groove three more bristles, of which
the second is the longest. TLere are in addition a number of bristles on the back
and six short ones along the antennal groove. The bristles on the second segment
of the antenna are hardlv the length of the club. The maxillary palpns is shorter
than the rostrum, the latter not reaching to the apex of the anterior coxa. The
labial palpus consists of four segments, of which the last is the longest, being
nearly four times as long as broad.

Thorax. — The prothorax bears two rows of five bristles on each side. The
comb consists of fifteen teeth. The mesonotnm and metanotnm are about eijual
in length, and bear each two rows of bristles. On the mesonotum there is on
each side a dorsal snbapical hair-like sjjine, and near the ventral angle a short
sjiine-like bristle. The metanotum and the first four abdnminal tergites bear on
each side two short stont apical spines, and the fifth tergite one s])ine. The epimerum
of the metathorax bears six bristles (3.3), the ventral one of the posterior row
being about twice the length of the other.

Abdomen. —The abdominal tergites bear one row of bristles, the first tergite
having in addition one or two hairs in front of it. The number of bristles on the
middle segments is six or seven on each side. The stigma stands above the second
bristle on the middle segments. The seventh tergite bears one rather short apical
bristle, accomjianied on each side by a minute hair. The first abdominal sternite
bears one bristle, the second two, the next four sternites three on each side, the
sternite of the eighth segment, which sternite is large, a row of four or five bristles.

Legs. — The bristles on the forecoxa are numerous and heavy, while those on
the mid- and hindcoxae are few in number. The hindcoxa bears a few hairs on the
innerside and two bristles posteriorly at the apex. The mid- and hindfemora
bear on the outerside a curved vertical row of four bristles, the upper one being
dorsal, the others ventral. There is one regular row of bristles on the outer
surface of the tibiae. The heavy bristles situated on the outerside of the dorsal edge
of the tibiae are all practically of the same length. There are eleven or twelve in
number. On the innerside of the dorsal edge there are three long bristles. The
bristles on the tarsi are numerous, but all short. The first hindtarsal segment is
one-third shorter than the hiudtibia. The filth tarsal segment bears four bristles
on each side, besides a snbapical hair, and is less than twice as long as broad. The
measurements of the tarsi are as follows : —

Midtarsus.
Hindtarsus

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment.

16
29

1-2
15

8
9

5
5

11
11

Modified Segments.— The clasper (PI. XVI. fig. 90) is shorter than in C.granti.
It bears a stout bristle at the upper edge and another below the apex, besides some
slender hairs. The finger (f) is very small. The ninth sternite is elongate-
triangular, and bears a few hairs at the apex. The tenth tergite is devoid of hairs.

Length, 2-2 mm.

We have one S specimen of this species collected by Mr. (!. J. B. Grant, at
Deelfontein, Cape Colony, April 8th, 1002, from a species of Mus.

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30. Ctenopsyllus brooksi* spec. nov. (PI. XV. fig. 86. 88; XVI. fig. 89).

Head.— The front of the liead is vertical (PI. XV. fig. 86, S), being much
more rounded in the ¥ than in the S. Tliere is an oblique row of si.x long
bristles, and a single long bristle below this row at the antennal groove. There
are, besides, numerous short hairs scattered over the lateral surface. There are
five genal spines, of which the second is the longest. Between the second and
third spine, counted from below, there projects the sharp hinder corner of the gena.
The hinder part of the head bears two oblique rows of bristles and a subapical
row. The club of the antenna bears numerous minute hairs in the c?.

Thorax.— The pronotum has a comb of about fifty to fifty-six spines in the c?,
and thirty to forty in the ?. There are two rows of bristles, besides numerous
additional hairs situated in front and on the back. The mesonotum is very hairy
in front and on the back. There are about eight long bristles in the postmedian
row. The mesonotum bears about five long subajiical spines. On the episternum
and epimerum of the mesothorax there are together about sixteen bristles, besides
some small hairs. On the metanotum there are three rows of bristles, the first
being irregular, and an interrupted row between the first and second, besides some
additional hairs in front. The metanotum bears, moreover, three long hair-like
spines dorsally on each side near the apex. On the epimerum of the metathorax
there are fourteen to eighteen bristles, while the episternum bears two very long
bristles, besides three or four shorter ones.

Abdomen. — The first abdominal tergite bears four rows of bristles; and some
additional hairs in between. On the second tergite there are two rows, and several
hairs laterally in front. On the other tergites there are two rows, the anterior
row being generally incomplete and mostly preceded by some hairs representing
a third row. The first tergite bears on each side two to four apical spines, the
second four, the third two or three, the fourth one or two, and the fifth none or one.
The seventh tergite has in the S one long stout apical bristle, and in the ? two
on each side. In front of these bristles there are several hairs, in addition to
the hairs of the postmedian row, the additional ones being especially numerous in
the c?. The first abdominal sternite bears a ventral bristle and some extremely
short hairs on the side. In the (S the sternites of segments 3 to 7 bear a row of
bristles, with one or two bristles in front, there being four or five bristles in the
row of the anterior sternites, the number increasing gradually to eight or nine as
we proceed backwards. The number of these bristles is larger in the ?, the
bristles in front of the row being especially numerous. The seventh sternite of
the ? , which is broadly sinuate (PI. XVI. tig. 89, vii. st.) bears as many as twenty-
eight bristles.

Legs. — The hindcoxa has on the inner surface a regular comb of nine or ten
spines, and bears posteriorly at the apex two bristles. The mid- and hindtibiae
are very hairy, bearing on the outerside two lateral rows of hairs, besides a number
of ventral hairs. The dorsal bristles are very long and stout, there being eight
pairs on the hindtibia. The longest dorsal apical bristle of the midtibia reaches
beyond the apex of the first tarsal segment, while that of the hindtibia does not
quite extend to the apex of that segment. The lateral bristles of the tarsi are
numerous and long, the short hairs on the ventral and dorsal surfaces being also

* This species is named ia bonour of Mr. Allan Brooks.

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nnmeroiis. The loun-est bristle of tlie second liimltursal segiueiit reaches to the
apex of the third. The iirst hindtarsal segment is one-eighth sliorter than the
hindtibia. The fifth segment bears five bristles on each side. The measurements
of the tarsi are as follows : —

First segment. Second segment.

Third segment.

Fourth segment.

Fifth segment

Midtarsus. . . 36 29
Hindtarsus . . 67 40

19
26

12
15

24

2ri

Modified Segments. — The eiglith sternite of the S is large, and bears ventrally
before tlie middle on each side five to eight bristles. The eighth tergite is small.
The clasper (PI. XV. fig. 88, CI.) is large, oblong, bearing a row of bristles at the
ajiical edge, and several longer ones dorsally near the base. On the innerside
the clasper bears a patch of short slender hairs. The finger (f) is elongate half-
moon-shaped, bearing a row of slender hairs at the distal edge and some very short
ones on the side. The ninth sternite (PI. XVL fig. 88, i.\. st.) is very peculiar, being
curved upwards at the end, this apical portion bearing at the distal edge long
thin hairs. The tenth segment is conical, being more than twice as long as broad,
the sternite bearing three long bristles at the apex.

The eighth tergite of the ? (PI. XVI. fig. 89) bears one hair above the
stigma and another small one below it. The bristles on the ventral half are very
numerous, as shown in the figure. The stylet is slightly bottle-shaped, being about
three times as long as broad.

Length : S and ?, 3-6 mm.
We have fifteen specimens o:
Brooks, as follows : —

* 2 SS, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is. August, I'.Mi]

* 3 ??, „ ' „ „ ,. " „

* 3 ? ?, Neresall, British Columbia, November 190U

* 1 S, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 21. August, 19(M).
» o o 2

* \ S, type, „ „ „ 27.
1 " , 1, 11 '1 11 11 II

t 1 c?i Mabel Lake, British Columbia, 2. May, 1902.

I 1 ? , ,1 ,1 ., 11 11 11 1

this species, collected by Messrs. Dippie and

I'dtoriKS ricliartlsoiii.

11 II

11 II

lonyieauddtHS.

11 '1

II 11

II II

Afit.^fi'l" amrricdim.

37. Ctenopsyllus hygini sjiec. nov. (PI. XV. fig. S:") ; XVI. fig. 93, 94).

Head.— The head of this si)ecies is similar to that of C. hrooksi. The bristles
on the posterior part are, however, less numerous.

Thorax.— The prothorax bears one row of bristles and a comb of twenty-four
(?)or twenty-eight (c?) spines. On the mesonotum there is one row of bristles, and
on the metanotum two rows. The ei)imerum and ei)isternum of the mesothorax
bear together fonr ])ristles. The episternnm of the metathorax bears one long

• Collected by Mr. Ci. F. Dippie, of Calg;iry, Alberta, Canada,
t „ ,, Mr. Allan Brooks.

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bristle, the epiiueniin having four bristles, two short ones near the stigma, and two
]oL)g<'r ones further back.

Abdomen. — The first abdominal tergite liears two rows of bristles, the other
tergites one, occasionally with an additional bristle indicating the first row. There
are only fonr or five bristles on each side on the middle segments, the stigma
standing above the first bristle. At the apex of the seventh tergite there is one
long bristle in the S and two in the ? . There are on each side of the first tergite
two or three ajiical spines, on the second two or three, on the third two, on the
fonrth none or one, the apical edges being, besides, minntely serrate (PI. XVI. fig. 94).
The first sternite bears one ventral bristle on each side. The sternites of segments
2 to 7 bear two bristles in the c?, while the ? bears two on the second sternite,
three on the following three segments, and four on the seventh segment. The
seventh sternite is bisinnate in the ? (PI. XVI. fig. 93, vii. st.).

Legs. — The hindcoxa has a comb of five to seven spines on the iunerside, rather
close to the apex, and bears posteriorly at the apex two bristles, the second being
small. The tibiae bear one row of bristles on the outerside, the row consisting
of seven on the hindtibia. There are seven pairs of bristles on the back of the
hindtibia. The bristles on the tarsi are somewhat less nnmerous than in C. hroolm
and shorter. The measurements of the tarsi are as follows : —

Midtarsus.
HindtarsiLS

First segment.

Second segment.

Third segment.

Fonrth segment.

Fifth segment

18
.39

15
23

10
15

7
9

15
17

BCodified Segments. — The eighth sternite of the <?, which is enlarged, bears
two bristles on each side. The clasper is similar to that of C. brooksi, but the hairs
at the apex are less numerous ; the long bristles near the dorsal edge towards the
base are absent ; there are near the middle of the dorsal edge two bristles which
are not found in C. broohsi, and the tine hairs on the iunerside of the clasper are
much less numerons than in C. brooksi. The manubrium is much slenderer than in
l\ brooksi, and the finger is longer and much narrower, being slightly clnb-shaped.
The finger bears one rather long bristle at the distal edge below the apex, two
more hairs farther down, and a series of four near the base, there being also some
small hairs on the outer side at and near the apex. The ninth sternite (PI. XV.
fig. 8.5) is only slightly curved upwards at the end, bearing a number of short
hairs along the ventral edge and a row of minute ones at the dorsal edge. The
tenth segment is broader than in C. brooksi, and the bristles at the apex of the
sternite are shorter.

The eighth tergite of the ? (PI. XVI. fig. 93) has no bristles neai- the
stigma. There is a jjatch of six bristles below the apical projection, and there are
two more bristles situated farther down and nearer the base. The stylet is slender
and long, being about six times as long as broad.

Length : (J, 2-4 mm. ; ? , 28 mm.

We have eleven specimens of this species, as follows : —

4 (?<?, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, March lOth, 1901, from Putorius richardsoni.

' + + 1 I) )i )) )> >> I) )) >'

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38. Ctenopsyllus hyrtaci spec. nnv. (PI. XVI. fi;;. 0','. 9:")).

This species is closely allied to C. /ii/f/i/ii, l)ut differs in the following cliaracters :

Thorax. — The cf has thirt3--four s])ines iu the comb of the prothorax.

Legs. — The mid- and hindtibiae have, in addition to the regular lateral row of
eight bristles, two or three more bristles situated on the ventral side of that row.

Uodified Segments.— The apex of the clasper (PI. XVI. tig. 9',') is strongly
ronnded, bearing a row of hairs. There are no bristles in the proximal three-
qnarters of the dorsal edge, while there are several short hairs on the enter surface.
The patch of minute hairs situated on the outer surface is indicated in the figure
by dots. The finger (f) resembles somewhat that of C. f/roo/isi, but is widest
near the ajiex. The ninth sternite is, however, very different, being gently curved
and bearing a much smaller number of hairs, as shown in the figure. The tenth
tergite has one moderately long bristle at the apex, and the sternite two much
longer ones.

The eighth tergite of the ? (PI. XVI. fig. 95) bears four bristles ventrally near
the base, and the seventh sternite is shallowly qmarginate.

Length, 2'4 mm.

We have four specimens of this species, as follows : —

1 c?, Cariboo, British Colnmbia, March 31st, 1001, from Putorius cncnjumenos,
collected by Allan Brooks.

2 c? cf , British Colnmbia, from Sorex obscurus, collected by W. Wenmann.
■^ +> )i » >> II 11 i> I) 11

39. Ceratopsylla palposus spec. nov.

Head. — The anterior flap of the head is not quite three times as long as broad
at the base. The second flap is widest beyond the middle, being apically more
strongly rounded in front than behind. The hairs of the frontal row are small,
the posterior ones being the longest. From the middle of the antennal groove
forwards there is a row of three or fonr bristles, and beneath this a row of very
minute hairs, besides the long bristle situated at the antennal groove below the
middle. On the hinder part of the head there are the following hairs : three or
four very minute ones along the antennal groove ; three or four somewhat larger
ones ventrally at the apical margin ; above these a very long subapical bristle,
followed npwards by an apical row of rather short bristles ; between the long
bristle and the base of the antennal groove there are three bristles, one in the
middle and two more forward. On the back of the posterior part of the head
there are a number of minute punctures bearing excessively short hairs, hardly
visible as such.

Thorax.^The pronotum bears two rows of bristles and a comb of twenty-two
teeth. The mesonotum, which is much longer than the metauotum, bears four more
or less irregular rows of bristles, besides a basal row of short spine-like ones. There
are laterally before the apex two slender spines. The mesothoracical ej)isternum
and epimerum bear together eleven to thirteen bristles, of which three stand above
the stigma. The metathorax has three rows of bristles, the first and third row
being incomplete, and bears on each side three short apical spines. On the
epimerum of the metathorax there are seven bristles (2.2.3), of which the first and

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third ventral ones are sometimes absent. The last three stand at the apical margin,
the nppermost being the longest.

AMomeu. — The first abdominal tergite bears two rows of bristles, with some
additional ones on the back. All the other tergites bear only one row, except the
second, where a few hairs indicate the anterior row. On the middle segments the
row consists of five bristles, one standing beneath the stigma. On tergite 1 there
are two or three short apii^al spines on each side, on tergite 2 two, and on the
3rd tergite one. On the seventh tergite there is one long bristle accompanied on
each side by a minnte hair. The basal sternite bears one ventral bristle on each
side, the second one or two, the three following three, and that of the seventh
segment five to eight.

Legs. — The bristles on the mid- and hindcoxae are very few in nnmber, there
being about four or five on the onter surface, besides those standing at the anterior
and apical edges. The mid- and hindfemora bear a pair of bristles in front of the
basal ventral sinns, and another pair behind it. There are no bristles on the outer
surface except two or three subapical ones, of which one or two are ventral and
one lateral. The mid- and hindtibiae bear on the innerside three or four short hairs,
and on the outerside one regular row of bristles. At the dorsal edge of the
hindtibia five bristles are prolonged, the first, third, and fifth being much longer
than the second and fourth. The first hindtarsal segment bears seven or eight
pairs of bristles on one side and six on the other. The fourth segment of the
hindtarsns is triangular, being about half as long again as broad.

Modified Segments. — The eighth tergite bears two long bristles below the
stigma, with or without a shorter one in front, seven along the apical edge, of
which two or three are short and stout, and five or six between the apex and
middle.

Length : ? , 2'5 mm.

We have two ? ? of this species from Cowicham Demeans, British Columbia,
August 4th, 19U3, from " Brown Bat," collected by Mr. Allan Brooks.

This species somewhat resembles Ceratopsi/Ua martialis, described in Nov.
Zool. X. p. 322 (1903), from Reunion, but differs in being much less hairy. The
only other Oeratopsi/lin known from North America is Ceratopsi/lla insignis, I.e.
p. 319, an entirely different species.

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A NEW SUBSPECIES OE TEOIDES VICTOBIAE.

By the HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D.

Troides victoriae rubianus subsji. nov.

c?. The snbajjical patch on the uppcrside of the forewing is very much
reduced and of the same colour as the basal area. It consists of three or four
spots. The uppermost spot SC — SC^ which is long in all the other subspecies,
has only a length of 5 mm. ; the second sjiot, situated in the subcostal fork,
is triaugnlar and 10 to 12 mm. long ; the tliird spot is irregularly trapeziforni,
10 to 12 mm. long in front and about 0 mm. long behind ; the fourth spot,
which is present only iu the ^//if-specimen, is rounded and about 3 mm. wide.

The hiudwing, on the iipperside, is without golden jsubmarginal sjiots ; the

green area is not washed with golden in the submarginal region, and is more
sharply defined, not being quite so far extended towards the distal margin as in
the other forms, the black distal border being broader.

On the iimhrside the golden green submarginal patches of the forewing are more
reduced than in the other forms of victoriae, the costal margin of the hindwing
is more extended black, and the black admarginal spots are rather larger ; the base
of the cell of the forewing is bluish green.

? . Similar to the subspecies from Guadalcanar. There are three discal spots
R3 — (gM') on the upperside of the forewing ; the third spot is triaugnlar, pointing
backwards and being very often connected with the subbasal streak situated along
SM- ; the last submarginal spot is large ; the discal spots situated distally
of the apex of the cell are on the whole larger than in vict. victoriae. The
first submarginal spot of the hiudwing, on the upperside, is small, often shaded
over with black ; the discal spots R' — SM^ are large, the spot M' — M- usually
extending, on the urnlerside, to the submarginal spot either at M- or also at M'.

Hah. Rcndova, Rubiana Group, Solomon Islands, February 1904 (A. S. Meek).

Two (? S and a long series of ? 9 .

The c? is more different from vict. victoriae than are the S6 of the other
subspecies.

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INDEX.

abbreviata (Ptcroc3'pha), 73.
abbuna(Abisara), 318.
Abisara, 317, 318, 354. 453,
abnormipalpis (Ischnopteris), 116-18, 658.
abnormis (Huphina), 812.
Abraxas, 543, 544.
absentimacuia (Hedyle), 499.

— (Phellinodes), 499.
absolon (Euryphene), 352.
abyssinica (Antanartia), 348.

— (Halcyon), 198.
acaciaria (Chogada), 474.
Acanthis, 459.
Acatapaustus. 415, 410.
Acco, 418.

acerbata (Anapalta), 43.

acheloia (Byblia), 3oM.

achine (Teracolus), 358.

Acidalia, 615, 5G3.

aoidalioides (Tephroolystia), 535.

Acleros, 362.

Acorynus, 232, 254.

aculeatus (Tachyglossus), 229.

acuminatus (Heteropygia), 187.

— (Totauus), 187.

acutangula (Psaliodes), 61.

Acraea, 325-9, 346, 348.
aci-aea (Telipua), 335.
Acrobates, 620.
Acrotomodes, 504.
actia (Precis), 348.
Actitis, 431.

acutipennis (Lomograpba), 92.
ada (Gymnognatbus), 243, 2-14.
aderna (Spindasis), 354.
adberbal (Lycaenesthes), 366.
admirabilis (Callipia), 538.
adulta (Anisoperas), 129.
aemula (Herbita), 140.
aeuea (Sangala), 98.
auqualis (Argyrolepidia), 440.

— (Corrhecerus), 271.

— (Eugoa), 427.
aequatorialis (Cyclyrius), 350.
aeretincta (Tacbypliyle), 607.
acruginata (Hammaptera), 51.
Acschroptery.x, 128, 504.
aetLiopica (Atella), 348.

aethiopissa (Nipteria), 549.
aetbiops (Salamis), 348.
affiais (Caprimulgus), 202.

— (Gymnognatbus), 247.

— (Microgonia), 574.

— (Polyptychus), 435.
afncanus (Equus), 693, 595, 596.
aganippes (Ctenopsyllua), 647.
Agatha, 463.

agatha (Neptis), 330, 350.
agathina (Mylothris), 356.
agenoris (Malacopsylla), 006.
agilis (Macropus), 225.
agliata (Microgonia), 158.

— (Oxydia), 157.
Agraptochlora, 463, 404.
agrippinae (Ceratophyllus), 034, 030.
agyrtes (Ctenophthalmus), 041.
ahalae (Ceratophyllus), 631.
Ahodon, 617

ajax (Euparius), 303, 304.
alba (Motacilla), 431.

— (Pinacopteryx), 358.

— (Porthesia), 398.
albata (Opbtbalmodes), 4'JO.

— (Cxylides), 354.
alburti (Delias), 454.
albertisi (Delias), 312.
albibasis (Devarodes), 96.
albiceps (Euparius), 307.

— (Melochlora), 504.
albicornis (Kedestes), 362.
albida (Heteroleuca), 101.

— (Ypthima), 344.
albidulata (Psaliodes), 62.
albifascia (Phellinodes), 499.
albifrons (Lomograpba), 92.

— (Stenoplastis), 501.
albiguttata (Ischnopteris), 117.
albilinea (Temnora), 430.
albimacula (Melanoscia), 112.

— (Rhodochlora), 500.
albimaculata (Acraea), 329, 346.

— (Amauris), 344.
albinata (Argyrotome), 93.
albinodosa (Diactinia), 40.
albiuus (Anthribus), 29S.

— (Limnas), 344.

42

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albipcnnis (Ischnopterls), 556.
allii|ilaga (Abisara), 317.
albipupillata (Anisodcs), 28.
albii'ivata (Eucymatoge), .528.
albirosti'i.s (Tropideres), 254.
albirupta (Ischnopteris), 558.
albisccta (Azelina), riOii.
albistriga (Hypolepis), Hi.
albitumida (Asestra), i:i2.
albivener (Ahodonj, G17.
albiventiis (Pisorbina), IDO, lai.
albociliata (Euproctis). 401.
albocinctus (Ptilinopus), 173.
alboguttatns (Physopterus), 2IS1.
aibnmaculati (Chionaema), 422.

— (Nervicompressa), 391, 392.
albovittata (Neodezia), 541.

— (Odezia), 541.
Alcedo, 195, 19G-8.
alciope (Acraea), 348.
alcippina (Acraea), 346.
alcippoides (Hypolimnas), 348.

— (Limnas), 344.
alcippus (Limnas), 344.
Alcis, 475, 555.
Alcyone, 196, 197.
AJex, 484.

alfredi (Pisorbina), 191.

algeriensis (Lanius), 434.

alicia (Acraea), 346.

alladinis (CeratophyUus), 632, 634.

AUandrus, 242.

alligator (Ptilinopus), 179.

alligatoris (Macropus), 224.

alma (Gymnognathus), 247.

Alopecoena.s, 175, 185.

alternans (Phloeobius), 235.

— (Piezocorynus), 279, 281.
.alternata (Hcmioplisis), 5.

— (tiaccoploca), 497.
altboffi (Acraea), 346.
Alydda, 62.

amabilis (Dicallaneura), 318.
Amadina, 218.
amanga (Axiocerses), 354.
amantuni (ICrytbrofpiza), 430.
aniarab (Lycaenestlics), 354.
araaranta (Diestogyna), 352.
amatus (Teracolus), 35S.
Amaurinia, 81, 525, .')26.
Amauiis, 324, 325, 344.
Amaurornis, 181, 185.
ambarilla (Cambogia), 82.
ambusta (Aphilopota), 472.

— (Certima), 568.
Ameria, 81.

aniericana (Mustek), 050.
amoena (Byr.sia), 443.
Aniphoracuras, 427, 428.
anipla (Prasinocyma), 465.

amplata (Perizoma), 50.
amplilicata (Ileterusia), 80.
amplipennis (AnomaMpus), 450.
anacardii (.Salamis), 452.
aiiagog.iria (Petelia), 122.
.analiplaga (P.saliodes), 522.
analis (Antbribus), 298.
Auapalta, 43-5, 516.
Anas, 188, 431.
Anauxesis, 365.
ancedon (Acraea), .326.
anchises (Rliop.alocampta), 362.
ancora (Gymnognathus), 242, 247, 248.

— (Ormiscus), 287.
andicola (Xemotrichus), 269.
androcli (Malacopsylla), 604, 007.
andromedae (Geocichla), 2U9.

— (Myiothera), 209.
Andronj'mus, 362.
aneiteanus (Pteropus), 597.
anglica (Loxia), 460.
angolanus (Papilio). 360.
anguinata (Cambogia), 82.
angulata (Amaurinia), 525.

— (Eurytela), 350.
angusta (Apiciopsis), 131.
angustipennis (Oreta), 461.
angulatus (Ormiscus), 290.
angustistriga (Cyllopoda), 15.
Anisodes, 27-32, 161, 507, 511.
Anisolasia, 46, 526.
Anisoperas, 129, 564, 565.
annularis (Anisodes), 508.
annulifer (Ormiscus), 287.
annulipcs (Monocloeus), 256.
Anomalipus, 449-51.
ansorgei (Asterope), 350.

— (Euxanthe), 352.

— (Kallima), 3.50.

— (Melanitis), 451.

— (Myciilesis), 344.

— (Pais), 445.

— (Phragmatobia), 442.

— (Salamis), 452.

— (Spbingonaepiopsis), 438.
antalus (Yirachola), 354.
antanossa (Zizera), 356.
Antanartia, 348.

autennatus (Gynandrocerus), 302.
antbedon (Hypolimnas), 350.
Antbela, 403.

Anthrenosoma, 281, 282, 283.
Antbribus, 235, 236, 239, 296-300.
Anthus, 217, 431.
Anticica, 60.
anticlea (Charaxes), 352.
antifaunus (Hypolycaena), 354.
.antigone (Teracolus), 358.
autilopinus (Macropus), 224.
anlinorii (Uranthauma), 356.

( 657 )

autiopata (Cambogia), 82.
antiphates (Sangala), 98.
anvatara (Byblia), 350.
Apatenia, '254.
Apaturina, 452.
Apaturopsis, 350.
apecida (Acraea), 346.
Aphilopota, 472.
Aplinaeus, 354.
Aplmeus, 338.
apicalis (Euparius), 303, 307.

— (Goniocloeiis), 262.
Apicia, 130, 134, 1.52, 153, SOfi.
apicilineata (Heteroleuca), 545.

— (Nipteria), 545, 54(3.
Apiciopsis, 131.

apicta (Hammaptera), 51.
apidania (Microgonia), 575.
Aplodes, 111, 24, 25.
Aplonis, 221.
Aplorama, 91.
Apodroma, 538.
Apolecta, 236, 237.
approbata (Craspedia), 35.

— (Spargania), 77.
appropriata (Phrygionis), 92.
apricata (Coenocalpe), 46.
Apus, 431.

aquaticu.s (Scalops), 642.
arana (Erilophode.s), 582.
arboreus (Anthus), 431.

— (Passer), 458.
archesia (Procis), 348.
Arcbichlora, 465.
arcillata (Anticlea), 60.
arctiata (Eudule), 541.
arctitorquis (Pacbyccpbala), 212, 213.
Ardea, 188, 431.

Arenaria, 186.

arenaria (Planema), 348.

aretaria (Caripeta), 135.

argentistriga (Cophoceroti,?), 539, 541

argia (Luceronia), 358.

Arguda, 395.

argus (Eurostopus), 202.

Argyrolepidia, 446.

Argyrotome, 93.

Arhodia, 485.

ariel (Petaurus), 227.

Arima, 517.

armata (Nesaiara), 2.33, 234.

armatua (Goniocloeus), 260, 264.

— (Nemotricbus), 267, 270.
arnhemensis (Trichosurus), 227.
aroa (Asura), 426.

— (Ceryx), 382.

— (Chionaema), 423.

— (Celama), 414.

— (Cleolosia), 424.

— (Cycetbra), 393.

aroa (Diversosexus), 403.

— (Euproctis), 401.

— (Oarudinistis), 422.

— (Gunda), 371.

— (Imaus), 409.

— (Lambula), 411).

— (Lasioceros), 381.

— (Macaduma), 421.

— (Xarosa), 380.

— (Nervicompressa), 392.

— (Opsirhina), 395.

— (Paracery.x), 383.

— (Parelodina), 368.

— (Porthesia), 397.

— (Scaptesyle), 422.

— (SchistopUeps), 426.

— (Scoliacma), 416.
aroae (Delias), 314.

— (Pieris), 314.
aroensis (Boarmia), 322.

— (Bordeta), 319.

— (Milionia), 321.
arruana (Ornitboptera), 311.
Artamus, 221.

artaxia (Precis), 348.

Artitropa, 362.

asboloplintba (Acraea), 346.

Asellodes, 39.

asellus (Phloeobius), 239.

Asemorbinus, 234.

Asestra, 132.

asidioides (Anomalipus), 451.

Asinus, 584, 591,593.

asinus (Equus), 584, 585, 586, 593, 595.

Aslanga, 354.

asmura (Drucia), 20.

asopus (Catochrysops), 340.

asper (Tracbytropis), 266.

aspcra (Anisodes), 30, 31.

aspericoUis (Apolecta), 236.

Asterope, 350.

asterope (Ipthima), 362.

— (Yptbima), 344.
astrophela (Opodiphtbera), 601.
Astur, 189, 190.

Astyocbia, 102, 545.

astyocbiodes (Nipteria), 102.

Asura, 424-6.

ategna (Hydatoscia), 101.

Atella, 348.

Aterica, 350.

atomaria (Craspedia), 35.

atrata (Anauxesis), 365.

atridiscata (Craspedia), 33.

— (Haemalea), 37.

atristicta (Isocbromodes), 146, 147.
atrofasciata (Temnora), 437.
atroviridis (Oospila), 24.
audacis (Geocicbia), 208, 209.
augarra (Maoroglossum), 438.

( 658 )

aulacuta ((lligopleura), 58.
aiilis (Himeromima), 141.
aurantiaca (Anisoperas), TiO.
aurantiata (Alex), 484.

— (Anisodes), 27, 511.
aurantica (Steuoplastis), I'J, 502.
aurata (Callipia), 70, 80.

— (Paraplodcs), 25.

— (Perameles), 227, 228.
aurativena (Psaliode.s), 62.
auratus (Perameles). 228.
aurea (Parazeuzera), 384.
aureoviridis (Perizoma), 50.
auridisca (Hylemcra), 471.
aurilimbata (Dysphania), 485, 48G.
aurita (Didelphys), 64.5.
auritinctus (Daoris), ,302.
aurivillii (Aeraea), 348.

aurora (Crocopteryx), 570.
aurorina (Precis), 348.
australasia (Alcedo), 100.

— (Halcyon), 10(5, 197.
australasiae (Halcyon), I'JO.
australis (Epistor), 430.

— (Eurystomus), 195.

— (Pulex), 013-16.

auxilians (Lsocbroraodes), 147, 151.

auxo (Teracolus), 358.

avera (Al.isara), 317,

Axia,480.

axina (Aeraea), 327.

Axiocerses, 354.

Axiodes, 480.

Azanus, 356.

azarae (Didelphys), 041.

Azelina, 132, 133, 560, 507.

azurea (Alcyone), 196.

bacccatus (Goniocloeus), 200, 261.
badius (Horpestes), 637.
baeticus (Polyommatus), 356.
balicnsis (Ptilinopus), 170.
bammakoo (Elymnias), 344.
Banisia, 483.
Baoris, 302.
Baptria, 542.
barbara (MycalesLs), 310.
barbicornis (Xcmotrichus), 209-71.
barca (Durbania). 336.

— (Poultonia), 337.
barker! (Catachrysops), 350.
Barra, 274.

basalis (Chrysococcyx), 200.

— (Monocloeus), 250, 257.

— (Piezocorynus), 277, 280.
basifusca (Acatapaustus), 415.

— (Roeselia), 415.
basiplaga (Xipteria), 540.
basipunctata (Spudodes), 580.

basisiguata (Bryoplcra), 106.

Basitropini, 280.

Bassania, 507.

bassetti (Zosterops), 213, 214.

batbus (Epistor), 436.

battangi (OlenecamptiH), 365.

baumanni (Ch,araxes), 352.

Bolenoi.s, .358.

belidearia (ChlcDias), 492.

— (Criomacha), 402.
bella (Cascera), 374.

— (Gymnognatbus), 245.

— (Mixopsis), 102, 577.

— (Pha.scogale), 222, 229.

— (Stauropus_), 370.
bellipicta (Spargania), 76.
bellissima (Carabogia), 82.
bengalensis (Centropus), 201.
bentet (Lanius), 210.

bergii (Sterna), 185.
bermeja (Isocbromodes), 147.
bernardus (JIacropus), 222, 225
Bettongia, 623, 028.
bialbifera (Phaeochlaena), 18.
bibulus (Lachnoonena), 354.
bicellata (Isostigena), 306.
bicolor (Campylona), 15.

— (Diversosexus), 403.

— (Microgonia), 575.

— (Parachrysops), 369.

— (Spreo), 600.
bicolora (Acco), 418.

— (Dasychiroides), 407.

— (Oenisti.s), 420.

— (Schistopbleps), 420.
bicolorata (Peribolodes), 126.
Bicyclus, 344.

bifasciata (Cryptoloba), 489.
bifenestrata (Emplocia), 96.
bifilata (.\maurinia), 526.
bilineata (L:imbula). 416.

— (Leuculopsis), 101.
binigrata (Petelia), 122.
binotata (Heterusia), 536.
biplagiata (Oligopleura), 58.
biplagiatus (Physopterus), 231.
bipunctata (Anisodes), 27.

■ — (Cbrysaeglia), 420.

— (Ilema). 410.

— (Jlacaduma), 421.
Birthama, 385.
birthama (Contbeyla), 386.
bi.secta (Neopolita), 470.
bisinuata (Terias), 358.
bisoctodentata (Ctenophthalmus), 641, 642.
bitias (Tmetomorpba), 173.

biurus (Graphocularis), 630.
Blaberops, 238, 230.
Blaberus, 238, 239.
blanca (Gymnognathus), 243.

( 059 )

Blechroma, ri02, 503.
bijthi (Carpodacus), 45fi.

— (Propasser), 456.
Boarmia, 100, .322, 582.
boarula (Motacilla), 217.
boetoiiensis (Loxia), 456
bohlsi (Anthrenosoma), 282.

— (Piilex), G14, 020, 022.
boisduvali (Asterope), .350.
boliviensLs (Herodon), 010.
bomba (Acraea), 326.
bonasia (Acraea), 346.
Bonatea, 568.
Boneatea, 146.

boobook (Ninox), 191.
borbonica (Parnara), 302.
Bordeta, 3 HI, 320, 321.
bornemanni (Delias), 313.
boschas (Anas), 431.
bottgeri (Apicia), 500.

— (Certima), 501).

— (Lignnia), 51.3.
Ijoiiriiensis (<-)i'iolu.s), 210.
bowei'i (Hapalotis), 222.
Brabira, 528,
Brabirodes, 52S.
Brachyctenistis, 133, 134.
brachyotis (Petrogale), 225.
Brachystichia, 134.
Brachytarsus, 308.

branti (Otomys), Oil, 030, 038.
Brentliis, 348.
breviceps (Petaurus), 227.
brevilinea (Sarracena), 524.
brevipes (HeteractitLs), 187.
brevirostris (Acanthis), 459.

— (Eugonodes), 302.

— (Gymuognathus), 249.
breYis (Ormiscus), 288, 290.

— (Piezocorynus), 277, 280.
bridge! (Papilio), 453.
brigitta (Terias), 358.
bromius (Papilio), 300.
Bronchelia, .050, 551.
l)rontes (Papilio), 300.

brooksi (Ctenopsyllus), 040, 050-52.
brunuea (Amaurinia), 525.

— (Campylona), 500.

— (Chionaema), 423.

— (Dasychira), 404.

— (Odontoptila), 30.

— (Pygmaeomorpha), 387.
brunneata (Hypolepis), 520.
brunueicosta (Tephroclystia), 530.
brunneofa.<iciata (Asura), 425.

— (Trichosterrha), 515.
brunneostrig.ata (Dasychiroides), 407.
bruuneu.s (Pteropus), 597.

brutus (CUaraxes), 352.
Bryoptera, lOG, 107, 115, 551, 582.

bubona (Derarodes), ilO, 07, 544.

Bubulcu.s, 188.

bupaloides (Devarodes), 00.

Eupalus, 471.

buqueti (Liiceronia), 358.

Burgena, 444.

Buttia, 481.

biittikoferi (Rhipidura), 200.

liyatti (Acraea), .328.

Byblia, 350,

Byisia, 443.

Byssodes, 91.

caballus (Equus), 585, 588.

Caberodes, 130,

Cabira, 93, 125.

— (Acraea), 340.

cabrerae (Turdus), 431, 4.32.

Cacatua, 105.

C'accabis, 432.

Caccorhinus, 23G.

Cacomantis, 201.

cacuminata (Hammaptera), 52.

Cacyreus, 350.

caecilia (Acraea), 340.

caeliloma (Hypercydas), 372.

caeiiis (Cymothoe), ,352.

caerulescens (C'aprimima), 44,3.

ciilabarica (Anauxe.sis), 365.

Calais (Teracolus), 358.

Calandrella, 4.33.

Calanthemis, 304, .305.

calcaratus (Euparius), 303, 304, 306.

caldarena (Acraea). 34i).

caledonica (Nycticorax). 188.

caledonicus (Nycticorax), 188.

calice (Castalius), 341.

californieus (Ceratophyllus), 0.33.

caliginosa (Auapalta), 4.3.

— (Hammaptera), 43.
calliope (Lopochorista), 22.

— (Pachycephala), 210.
Callipiii, 70, 80, 5.38, 539.
Callip.seustes, 1 10.
callosus (Eupurius), 308.

— (Mecocerus), 231.
Calornis, 174, 22(1, 221.
calvus (Porpliyrio), 185.
calypso (Belenois), .358.
C.alyptooome, 32, 33.
Cambogia, 82, 52(5.
eamillus (Marpesia), 350.
Camptotropis, 270.
Campylona, 14, 15, 500.
canariensis (Corvns), 43.3.

— (Dendrocopus), 4.32.

— (Serinus), 431.

— (Tiununculus), 434.
Cancroma, 188.

( 660 )

Candalides, 3C8, 369.
candidata (Iridopsis). 110.

— (Xeoplema), 490.

— (Sj-ngria), 497.
candiope (Charaxes), 352.
canidentata (Bryoptera), 107.
Cauis, 222, 006.
canisparsa (Certima), 135.

— (Dolichopyge), 46.
canisquaraa ( Isochromodes), 572.
canopus (Caprona), ,'500.
capensis (Luceronia), 358.

— (Procavia), 009.

— (Xeru.s), Oil.

capiens (Argyrolepidia), 440.
capitifera (Hylemera), 472.
eaprata (Jlotacilla), 209.

— (Pratincola), 209.
Caprimima, 443.
Caprimulgus, 202.
Caprona, 300.

capueinus (Goniocloeus), 201, 204.
caracal (Feiis), 009.
Carcharodus, 3C0.
cardinea (Semiothisa), 127.
cardui (Pyrameis), .348.
carinifrons (Acorynus), 232.
Caripeta, 135, 582.
carmentis (Acraea), .348.
carnearia (Scmaeopus), 513.
carneata (Euomoea), 481.

— (Hymenomima), 109.

— (Lozogramma), 561.

— (Phyllodonta), 166.
carnuta (Telipna), 354.
Carpodacus, 45G, 457.
Carpopbaga, 180, 181.
Cascera, 374.

casta (Opisthoxia), 542.

— (Tephroclystia), 530, 531.
c.istalis (Ter.acoliis), .358.
Castalius, 340, ?A], 356.
castauea (Eusenea), 570.

— (Hypolepis), 55, 56, 57. 520.
castaneus (Equus), 683, 590.
castanopterus (Passer), 458.
castanotis (Taeoiopygui), 218.
castor (Charaxes). 3.02.
castus (Rhodophthitus), 471.
Catachrysops, 350.
catachrysops (Teracolns), 358.
Cataclysme, 40.
Catacroptera, 348.
Catascia, 115.

catenulata (Hygrochronia), 571.

Catochrysops, 339, 340.

Catopsilia, 358.

catori (Xanthospilopteryx), 443.

Catuna, 350.

caudata (Dcinopygia), 511.

Caviria, 397.

Ceblepyris, 207, 208.

cebrene (Precis), 348.

cedreatis (Charaxes), 352.

celaena (Parazeuzera), 384.

CelaenorrhiuuB, 360.

celaeus (Catachrysops), 356. '

Celama, 414.

colebeosis (Caprimulgus), 202.

Celerena, 485.

celimene (Teracolus), 358.

centralis (Monocloeus), 259.

centralistrigata (Odonestis), 396.

Cenlropus, 201.

Ceratopbyllus, 022, 039.

Ceratopsylla, 052, 653.

Ceratrichia, 362.

cerocampata (Pyrinia), 171.

Certima, 133, 135, 130, 137, 104, 550, 568.

Cerura, 381.

cervina (Herbita), 140.

cervinalis (Loxiorhiz,a), 494.

— (Zeuzerodes). 2.

cervinus (Macropus). 365.

ceryne (Precis), 348.

Ceryx, 382, 383.

Chactapbractus, 608.

Chaetopsylla. 045, 640.

Chalcococcyx, 199.

Cbalcophaps, 183.

chalybea (Calornis), 221.

cbalybearia (Paracomucha), 489.

Chapra, 302.

Ch.aradrius, 186,431.

Charaxes, 334, 335, 352, 354.

charina (Pinacopteryx), 342.

charybdis (Cbionaema), 423.

Chelura. 322.

chelys (Gnopbodes), 314.

chibcha (Cyllopoda), 15.

Chibia, 220.

Chilades, 350.

chimaera (Troides), 311.

Chiouaema, 422, 423.

chlamydaria (Sarracena), 524.

Chlenias, 492.

chloris (Alcedo), 197, 198.

— (Halcyon), 197, 198, 199,

— (Mylothris), 350.
Chlorochaeta, 404.
Chloroclysta, 118.
chloroclystata (Iscbnopteris), 117.
Chloroclystis, 80.

Cbogada, 474.

choiseuli (Caprimima), 443.
_ (Delias), 4.53.
cborimene (Precis), 348.
chromiferus (Teracolus), 358'
Cbrysaeglia, 420.
Chrysauge, 96.

( ofii )

chrysippus (Limnas), 3211, 344.
ehrysoclilora (Chalcopliaps), 183.

— (Columba), 183.
Chrysococcyx, 199—201.
Chrysocraspeda, 322, 4lit5.
chrysocraspedata (Dysphania), 485.
chrysonome (Teracolus), 358.
Chrysoscota, 417.

Cidaria, 51,58, 489, 522.
Cidariopliane.s, 550.
ciliatus (Ceratophyllus), G33.
Cimicodes, 137.
cincta (Columba), 177.

— (Ptilinopus), 177, 178, 179.
ciuctus (Ptilopus), 177, 178.
cineracea (Carpophaga), 180.

— (Columba), 180.
cineraceus (Philemon), 211').

— (Tropidorhynchus), 21(!.
cinerascens (Drymophila), 207.

— (Monarcha), 207.
cinerea (.^.craea), 325, 340.

— (Ardea), 431.

— (Neotnma), 04.3.

— (Scolopax) 187.

— (Sylvia), 433.

— (Terekia), 187.
cinereus (Poliolimnas), 185.

— (Porphyrio), 185.
cinerosaria (Craspedia), 512.

— (Emmiltis), 512.

cingulina (Steuoplastis), 19, 501, 502.
cinnamomeus (Passer), 458.
Cinnyris, 214, 215.
circeis (Acraea), 340.
circumfumata (Stenalcidia), 550.
circumscripta (Calornis), 221.

— (Metallocblora), 480.
circumsticta (Ptychopoda), 408.
circumvallaria (Lomogi'apha), 92.
Circus, 431.

Cirsodes, 570.
cisalpina (Pyrgita), 458.
cissus (Cupidopsis), 350.
Cisticola, 209, 210.
cisticola (Cisticola), 209, 210.
citrina (Apicia), 500.
citrinata (Psaliodes), 03.
citrinella (Zosterops), 213.
claelia (Astyochia), 102.
clara (Gymuoguatlius), 245.
clararia (Ophtbalmodes), 490.
clarei (Acraea), 327, 340.

— (Neptis), 330, 350.

— (Pentila), 354.
clarimargo (Heterusia), 537.
clathrata (Delias), 315.

— (Psaliodes), 03.

clathratus ((tymnognatlius), 252.
clelia (Gymnognathus), 248.

clelia (Precis), 348.
clcocharis (Apaturopsis), 350.
cleodora (Eronia), 358.
Cleolosia, 424.
cleonica (Scea), 19.
cleophontis (Pulex), 014.
(j'leora, 107.
Clerckia, 442.

clericus (Eugonops), 285, 280.
clitelliger (Euparius), .305.
cloanthe (Catacroptera), 348.
cocama (Hammaptera), 52.
coccinata (Cymothoe), 352.
cocyti (Pulex), 017.
coelebs (Discotenes), 272.
coelestina (Precis), 348.
Coelura, 7.
C'oeluromima, 8.
coenobita (Pseudoneptis), 350.
Coeuocalpe, 40.
Coenoch.iris, 582.
coerulea (Rapala), 354.
coeruleopicta (Eiateina), 530.
coliadata (Emploci.a), 97.

— (Heterusia), 89.
Colias, 358.
collari.s (.\lcedo), 198.

— (Anthribus), 299.

— (Halcyon), 198.
colletti (Mus), 599. '
CoUocalia, 203.
CoUusa, 429.

colonus (Halcyon), 199.

colorata (Microxydia), 100.

colorifera (Spargania), 77, 78.

Colotois, 479.

Colpodonta, 509-

Columba, 177, 179, 180, 181-3, 432.

columbina (.4tella), 348.

Comibaena, 20.

commaculata (Cymatophora), 555.

— (Melanoscia), 555.
commixta (Amaurinia), 520.

— (Euchontba), 10.
commixtata (Epiplema), 2.
commotaria (Cym.atophora), 108, 552.
compar (Pacbycephala), 212.

— (Piezocorynus), 277.
completa (Hypolepis), 520.

— (Nematocanipa), 103.
complicata (Perusia), 105.
compsa (Pseudapiconoma), 441
comptus (Gymnognathus), 252.
concinna (Carpophaga), 181.

— (Cosmema), 448.

— (Dromica), 448.

— (Peradorcas), 221).

— (Petrogale), 222, 220.
concitus (Pulex), 015.
concolor (Homocloeus), 204.

( 662 )

condor (Rothschildia), GOl.
condnplicata (Craspedia), 34.
confiais (Mesedra). 153, 154, 155.
conflaa (Blecliroma), 50-'.

— (Eugoa), 427.

— (Racheospila), 50G.
Confucius (Passer), 458.
confusa (Cymothoe), 352.

— (Nematocampa), 577.
cotigolensis (Euryphene), 352.
conifera (Phellinodes), 14.
Conilurus, 222, 223.
consimilis (Saccoploca), 9.
consors (Discotenes), 272.

— (Euparius), 305.
conspera (Blechroma), 502.
conspersaria (Dyscia), 47C.
conspersata (Hypolepis), 55.
conspicua (Melinodes), 574.

— (Xeptis), .329, 350.
constantinaria (Callipia), 83.
constellata (Pseudasellodes), 3'.t. 40.
coustricta (Hammaptera), 51.
constric.tifascia (Azelina), 133.
contacta (Melinodes). l.'j.'i.
Contheyla, 385, 380.
contingens (Campylona). 14.
contrariala (Ophthalmosphora). 94.
convergens (Craspedia). 512.

— (Emmiltis), 512.

— (Pycnoneura), 498.
conversa (Calyptocorae), 32.
Cophocerotis, 539-41.
coprates (Euphaedra), 352.
corax (Corvus), 433.
cordofanicus (Passer), 459.
corfidii (Pulex), 619.
cornutus (Anthribus), 300.
coromanda (Bubulcus), 188.

— (Cancroma). 188.
coronata (Azelina), 507.
coronatus ((Jymnognathus), 240.
Corrhecerus, 270, 271, 275.
corrosa (Psaliodes), 72.
Corvus, 208, 221, 433.
Cosmema, 448.

Cosmorhoe, 542.
costata (Oenoptila), 120, 122.
costatus (Monocloeus), 259.
costifer (Ormiscus), 287.
costifrons (Ormiscus), 289.
costistrigata (Ilema), 419.
costivallata (Tephroclystia), 87.
Craspedia, 33-0, 400, 407, 512.
crassa (Isocbromodes), 148.
crassata (Selidosema), 477.
crassirostris (Passer), 459.
— (TringaX 187.
Cratoptera, 137.
crawshayi (Belenois), 358.

crawshayi (Lycaenesthes), 350.
cronatilinea (Cra-spedia), 512.

— (Emmiltis). 512.
crenulata (Eubyja), 47.3.
crescens (Sangalopsis). 99.
creusae (Pulex), 008, 010.
Criomacha, 492.
cristata (Hystrix), 012.
cri^tatus (Vanellus), 431.
crithea (Catun.a), 350.
crocatum (Zamium), 304.
Crocopteryx, 570.
crossleyi (Euxantbe). .352.
Cryptocephalus, 290.
Cryptoloba, 489.
cryptorbodata (Pisoraca). 407.
Ctenophtbalmus, 025, 041-3.
Ctenopsyllus, 04i'>, 047-52.
Cuculus, 175, 201.
cuneifera (Cyllopoda), 15.
cuniculus (Bettongia), 028.
cuningputi (Delia.'*). 313, :'.I4.

— (Pieris), 31.3.
Cupidopsis'l, 350.

cupreata (Tephroclystia), 531.

cupreus (Ormiscus), 280.

cnprina (Nematocampa), 577.

curtaria (Ptychopoda), 40.

curvifascia (Tepbroclystia), 87.

curvifera (Sangalopsis), 99.

curvipes (Phaenitbon), 292.

cnrvirostra (Loxia), 460.

Cusiala, 472.

cyanocephala (Eudynamis), 201

cyanoccpbalus (Eudynamis), 201

cyara (Pbylaria), 350.

Cycetbra, 393.

Cyclomia, 02.

cyclopeata (Microgonia), 100,

Cyclopides, 343. 302.

Cyclyrius, 35li.

cylindricua (Mecotropis), 230.

Cyllopoda, 15.

Cymatophora, 552, 553, 55.5.

Cymothoe, 352.

Cynandra, 350.

cynorta (PapiUo), 342, 300.

cynthia (Erateina), .530.

Cyornis, 234.

cypraeofila (Papilio), 342, 343.

cythereata (Syrtodes), 124.

daedalus (Leucosticba), .3.50.
dahli (Pseudocbirus), 222, 227.
daira (Acraea), 340.

— (Epirrboe), 70.

— (Spargania), 70.
danniKTiana (Halcyon), 190, 197.
damoclides (.Vmauris), 344.

DanaiJata, 95.
dardaniis (Papilio), 3lil).
Darna, 15, 18, 500, 501.
Dasychira, 404, 405.
Dasychiroides, 405-7.
dasycnemus (Typblopsylla), C43.
Dasypus, i;04, 008.
Dasyrhopala, 272, 273, 274.
Dasyurus, 228, C23.
daurica (Hirundo), 203.
davisoni (Halcyon), 138.
deaurafa (Craspedia), 34.
deceptor (.\nomalipu.s), 45i>.
deciu.s (Charaxes), 352.
decolor (Hyperythra), 491, 402.
decorata (Anisodes), .■■)07.

— (Eucymatoge), 529,

— (Miantonata), 22.
decorus (Gymnognathiis), 242.
deflavata (Dysphania), 481;.
degener (Cinuyris), 214, 215.
Deilemera, 411, 412.
Deinopygia, 511.

delacruzi (Oospila), ,504.

delectans (Certima), ISfi.

Delias, 31(1, 312-17, 453, 454.

delicatula (Cambogia), 83.

Demiegretta, 188.

demodocus (Papilio), 3G0.

Deadrocopus, 432.

Dendrodorcopxis, 225.

denotata (Isochromodes), 147.

densa (Chilna), 220.

densicauda (Teiihroclystia), 531.

den.sus (Dicrurus), 220.

dentata (Mycalesis), 344.

dentatilinea (Acidalia), 515.

denticulata (Hini.sa), 473.
dentifascia (Cryptoloba), 4.'=!0.
dentilineata (.\nisopera«), 504.
— (Lagyra), V',.
dependens (Racheo«pila), 25.
depressipennis (Apolecta), 2:!G.
derasata (Pyrirjia), 580.
deserti (.Saxioola), 431.
desjardinsi (Terias), .358.
detecta (Paruara), 3G2.
Devara, 9ii.

Devarodes, 9G, 97, 544.
Diacrisia, 412. 413.
Diactinia, 40.
diaphana (Hydata), 8G.
Dicaeum, 175, 214.
Dicalhneura, 318, 370.
Dichorda, 503.
Dichromatopodia, 3G.
Dicotyles, (114.
Dicrurus, 220.
Didelphys, G41, C45.
Diestogyna, 334, 352.

( 663 )

diffusus (Passer), 458, 459.
digus (Octodon), 020.
dilacerata (Ero.sia), 495.

— (Gathynia), 495.
dilutus (Chara.xes), 354.
dinarcha (Hypolimnas), 350.
Dinawa, 38G.

dinawa ( Asura), 42G.

— (Birthama), 385.

— (Caviria), 397.

— (Chionaema), 423.

— (Deilemera), 411.

— (Diacrisia), 413.

— (Euproctis), .399.

— (Ilema), 419.

— (Omichlis), 370.

— (Pseudilema), 419.

— (Scopelodes), 384.

— (Stauropus), 379.

— (Taragama). 394.

— (Thyatira), .S81.
dinawensis (Tarsolepis), 373.
dingo (Canis), 222.

dira (Amauris). 324, 325, 344.

Dirades. 8.

discalis (Erateina), 53G.

discifera (Xephele), 436.

discifer (Ormiscus), 289, 290.

discolor (Ischnopteris), 557.

Discotenes, 272.

discus (Delias), 312.

disjuncta (Acraea). .^48.

dislocata (Cymatophora'), 108, 552, 553.

— (Ira), 142.

di-^mutata (Rhopalista), 75.
di-ipansa (Nipteria), .540. 549.
dispar (Edoliisoma), 208.

— (Paracomisti.s), 148.

— (Piezocorynus), 270, 277, 278, 281.
disparata (Tephrina), 5152.
disrupta (Xanthomima), 489.
dissipata (Isochromodes), 14i), 147.
distans (Dicbromatopodia), 30.

— (Microgonia), 150.
disticbata (Microgonia), 1.57.
diva (Milionia), 321.

dives (Delias), 313.
divergens (Saccoploca), 49G.
diversa (Apolecta), 237.

— (Pseudogargetta), 373.
diversicolor (Oligopleura), 58.
Diversosexus, 402, 403.
divisa (Xelo), 91.

divisata (Striglina), 484.
di.xeyi (Pinacopteryx), 341, .358.
djaelaelae (Sarangesa), 3G0.
Dochepbora, 535.
dognini (Ira), 145.
dobertyi (Epiplcma), 402.
Dolichopyge, 40, 47.

( 664 )

domcstica (Passer), 4J8.
domesticus (Passer), 458.
dominicanus (Amauris), 3-14.
dominicus (Charadrius), 18G.
Domoptolis, 253.
dorippae (Ceratophyllus), 03(5.
dorippoides (Hypolimnas), 350.
dorippus (Lininas), 344.
dormita (Thysanoctena), 535.
dorsalis (Gerygone), 205.

— (Homocloeus), 2GG.

— (Piezocorynus), 279, 281.
dor.sinigrata (Craspedia), 34.
dorsomaculatus (Xemotriclius), 270.
dorsoDotatus (Gymnognathus), 250.
dosithcata (Certima), 136, 137.
doubledayi (Acraea). 327, 34('i.
draco (Epinlema), 5.
Drepanodes, 13.S.

Drymopljila, 207.
Dromica, 448, 449.
drucei (Aphneus), 338.
Drucia, 2n.

drummondi (Jlicrotus), G42.
dryas (Pogonomys), GOO.
dryope (Eurytela), 350.
dubia (Imaus), 410.

— (Xervicompressa), 391.
dubiosus (Stauropus), 379.
dubius (Carpodacus), 45G.

— (Hypolimnas), 350.
duciata (Bonatoa), 51)8.
duperreyii (Megapodius), 17C.
duplicata (Isochromode.s), 572.
Durbana, 470, 471.
Durbania, 330.

durus (Piezonemus), 275, 27G.
Dyscia, 475, 470.
Dysodia, 4G1, 4G2.
Dysphania, 485, 48G.
Dyspteris, 527.

Eagris, 3G0.

ebria (Cophocerotis), 539.
eburneata (Craspedia), 34.
ecberia (Amauris), 344.
Ectropi.s, 474, 475.
edipus (Pardaleodes), 362.
editba (Gymnognathus), 250.
Edoliisoma, 208.
egesta (Cymothoe), 352.
egina (Acraea), 34G.
eichhorni (Delias), 3IG,

— (Eubordeta), 320.
ekeikei (Acatapau.stiis), 4IG.

— (Anthela), 403.

— (CoUusa), 429.

— (Contheyla), 385.

— (Dicalleneura), 370.

ekeikei (Ilema), 419.

— (Lymantria), 408.

— (Porthesial, 398.

— (Thyatira), 382.
elapbrinu.s (Monocloeus), 255
clecto (Colias), 358.
eleg.ins (Marmosa), G34.

— (Temnora), 437.
elegantula (Rhipidura), 20G, 207.
eleus (Euphaedra), 334, .352.
elgonensis (Teracolus), 358.
elisabetliaereginae (Troides), 31 1
elnia (Carcharodus), 3G0.
Elodiiia, .309.

elongata (Paromala), 58.
Elphos, 490.
Elymnias, 344.
emanata (Coenocalpe), 40.
Emberiza, 433.
emilia (Delias), 314.
emiliaiia (Macropygia), 182.
emiui-bey (Passer), 458.

— (Sorella), 458.

cmma (Gymnognatbus), 244.
Emmesura, 487.
Emmiltis, 4GG, 4G7, 512.
Emplocia, 96, 97.
emucidaria (Dyscia), 47G.
encedon (Acraea), 34G.
endymionis (Ceratophyllus), G34.
Enedreytes, 242.
energumenos (Putorius), G52.
engelkei (Eriopygidia), 49, 517.

— (Phlcbospbales), Gl.
enigma (Halcyon), 199.
ennoniaria (Axiodes), 480.

— (Hyperythra), 491.

— (Sicya), 171.
Ennomos, 173.
enotrea (Rrgolis), 350.
Entepbria, 488.
Entogonia, 12.

epapbia (Glutophrissa), 358.

Epbialtias, IG.

epijasius (Cbaraxes), 3.52.

Epiplema, 2-5, 7, 9, 462, 494-6.

Epirrhol", 43, 76, 517.

Epistor, 43G.

Epitapbius, 240.

Epitola, 354.

cpops (Upnpa), 431.

ecjuatorialis (Acraea), .327, 34G.

equestris (Euparius), 308, .309.

equuleus (Equus), 585.

Equus, 583-96.

Erannis, lOG.

Erateina, ,536.

ereb.aria (Colotois), 479.

Erebochlora, 47, 48, 53, 517.

erectinota (Tephroclystia), 531.

( C65 )

erectistria (Josia), 17.

Ergolis, 3.50.

erido.s (Pulex), 611.

erilli (Pulex), 010.

Ei'ilophodes, 173, 582.

Eriopygidia, 49-61, 517, 518.

eripbia (Plerpaenia), .'356.

eris (Teracolus), .'!58.

erminea (Apaturina), 452.

erna (Gymnognathiis), 248.

Eronia, 358.

Ero.sia, 495.

Erotylopsis, 308, 309.

erubescena (Lozogramma), 561

— (Macropus), 224, 225.

erxia (Eronia), 358.

erycinoides (Chrysauge), IMl.

Erythro.spiza, 430, 457.

Erythrura, 217, 218.

Esacus, 187.

esculenta (Collocalia), 203.

esebria (Acraea), 348.

estriada (Abraxas), 544.

etesipe (Charaxes), 352.

etheocle.s (Charaxes), 352.

ethosea (Mesoxantha), 350.

Eubordeta, 320, 321.

Eubyja, 473.

Euchontha, 10.

Eucyclotropis, 273, 274.

Eucymatoge, 86, 87, 528, 529.

eudoxus (Charaxes), 334, 335, .352

Eudule, 81, 541.

Eudynamis, 201.

Eugigas, 230.

Eugoa, 427.

Eugonodep, 302.

EugoDops, 285, 280.

Eugonus, 300—302.

eumedon (Xylophaues), 440.

Euomoea, 481,482.

eupale (Charaxes), 354.

Eupariu?, 303-9.

Euphaedra, 333, .334, 350, 352.

Euphlueobius, 2.39.

eupompe (Teracolus), 358.

Euproctis, 398-402.

Euptera, .552.

Eurostopus, 202.

Eurypliene, 352.

Euryphura, 352.

Eurystomus, 195.

Eurytela, 350.

eurytus (Pseudacraea), 33S«.

Eusarca, 130, 132, 163.

Euselasia, .309.

Eusenea, 570.

Eusphyru.'i, 286, 290

euteles (Psittacus), 193.

— (Trichoglossus), 193.

Eutomopepla, 139.

putychus (Eusolasia), 369.

Euxanthe, .352.

evarne (Teracolus), 358.

Everes, 356.

everetti (Eudynamis), 201.

— (Gerygone), 204.

— (Ptilinopus), 179.

— (Xenocerus), 230.
evippe (Teracolus), 358.
exaleuca (Xeptis), 331.
excelsior (Acraea), 328.
excisa (Saccoploca), 8, 9.
e.xclamationis (Nipteriii), 547.
Exechontis. 283-4.

Exelis, 482, 555, 581, 582.
exemptaria (Ophthalmodes), 490.
exertata (Blechroma), 503.
exilinota (Ptychopoda), 408.
exilis (Cisticola), 210.

— (Malurus), 210.
Exillus, 284.

expallidata (Amaurinia), 81.
expansa (Pseudacraea), 350.
exquisita (Cinnyris), 214, 215.
exquisitata (Ligonia), 513.
exsecuta (Baptria), 542.
extensus (Gymnognathus), 242.
extimaria (Isochroraodes), 140, 149
extorris (Exelis), 482.

fahraei (Gymnognathus), 251.
Falco, 190, 431,434.
falkensteini (Uranthauma), 356.
fallax (Blaberus), 239.
farinatus (Anthribus), 296, 297.
fasciata (Hirsutopalpis), 375.
fasciatus (Rallina), 184.

— (Rallus), 184.
faunus (Oxylides), 354.
fenestrata (Pseudapiconoma), 442.
fenestratella (Dysodia), 462.
felina (Melanoscia), 111, 112.
Feli«, 609.

femoralis (Homocloeus), 205.
ferruginata (Anisodes), 31.
ferruginea (.irgyrotome), 93.

— (Lasiolimacos), 389.
ferrugineus (Gallus), 171'., 177.
festiva (Ischnopteris), 557.
ficifera (Sangalopsis), 99.
fidelis (Ischnopteris), 117, 558.
Fidonia, 470, 471, 500.
fidoniata (Porona), 560.
figurata (Siculodes), 49.3.
figuratus (Phaenithon), 293, 294.
filata (Oenoptila), 120, 121.
finschi (Oriolus), 219.

Fisera, 492.

( 666 )

flabellaria (Pliyllotlonta), ICS.
flaccidus (Corrheccnis), 271.
flagrans (Callipia), 80.
flammata (Dysodia), 4('il.
flammea (Strix), 192.
flammifera (Darna), 500.
flava (Ceratriehia). 'MV2.
flaveola (Asura), 42-1.
fiavescens (Acraea), .541).
fiavicaput (Euproctis), 402.
Havida (Asura), 4'2'i.
flavidisca (Comibaena), 20.
tiavidiscata (Anisodes), 2S.

— (Herbita), 141.
flavifulva (Cambogia), fi.'J.
flavilimes (Lissochlora), 21.
flavinota(Eudiile), SI.
flavipes (Phascogale), 229.
flaviplaga (Nipteria), 102.

— (Sangalopsis), 100.
flavipleta (Chogada), 474.
flavirostris (.\cantbis), 450.
flarocinctus (Oriolus), 218, 219.
flavolimbarioides (Cidaria), 51.
fl.avopunctata (Halonc), 421.
flavostrigata (Chrysoscota), 417.
flebilis (Xipteria), 102.

flesus (Tagiades), .'JGO.
flexa (Mimosema), 1G2.
flexilinea (Ae.schropteryx), 128.

— (Hygrochroma), 141.
floccosa (Gyostega), 94,
flora (Sangalopsis), 100.
florella (Catopsilia), :^58.
floresiana (Alcedo), 195, 19G.
floresianus (Geoffroyus), 194, 195.
floris (Spizai'tus), 189.

forbesi (Erythnira), 217.
forestall (Rhopalocampta), I^)(i2.
formosa (Belenois), 358.

— (Melinda), .^44.

— (Pyrinia), 170.

— (Semiotliisa), 5li2.
formosus (Cyclopides), P>G2.
fornax (Ephialtias), IG.

— (Lyces), IG.
forsteui (Halcyon), 198.

— (Oriolus), 219.
fortis (IJassania), 567.

— (Trichoglossus), 192, \9H.
fractifascia (Heterusia), 89.
fractilinea (Psaliodes), G4, 522.
fractilincata (Apicia), lil".

— (Eusarca), i:'0.
fragilis (Prostoma), 12'!.

— (Tophrinopsia), 5G2.
fragmentata (Calyptocome), 32.
fraterna (Isochromodes), 148.
frenatus (Antbribus), 298.
Fringilla, 217,4.34, 457.

frontalis (Anthribus), 2.35.
frulistorferi (Mecotropis), 230.

— (Sympacctor), 233.
fulgorifera (Eutomopepla), 139.
fulgurata (Anisodes), 508.

— (Cliloroclysta), 118.

— (Isclmopteris), 118.
Fulgurodes, 545.

fuliginosa (Metanema), 15G, 57G.

— (Mimogonodes), 570.
fulminea (Chloroclysta), 118.

— (Iscbnopteris), 118.
fulvescens (Gerygone), 205.
fulvicollis (Microxydia), ICl.
fulvifascia (Thysanopj'ga), 124.
fulvibnea (Drepanodes), 138.
fulvimedia (Sangalopsis), 100.
fulvistriga (Dolichopyge), 47.
fulvitacta (Morphomima\ 7, 8.
fulvitinfta (Eetropis), 474.
fulvus (Charadrius), 18G.
fumata (Cbogada), 474.
fnmibrunnea (Stenalcidia), 114.
fiiDiida (Exelis). 581.
fumistrota (Bronchelia), 550.
fumosa (Teranora), 43G, 437.
funerea (Ira), 143, 146.

— (Osica), 374.
funesta (Heterusia), 91.
funiculata (Cambogia), 84.
furva (Melinodes), 153.
fusca (Ninox), 192.
fiiscata (Psaliodes), Gfi.
fuscibasis (Celama), 414.
fu.scicapilla (Cisticola), 209.
fuscoradiata (Euproctis), 400.
fuscus (Neuiotrichus), 269, 27l>.
fiistina (Sangala), 99.

Gagitodes, 519.

gaika (Zizera), 356.

galactotes (Megalurus), 210.

galene (Aterica), 350.

gallienus (Papilio), 342, .34.3, .3G0.

gallinago (Scolopax), 431.

Gallinula, 184.

Galhis, 176, 177.

galua (Gamia), 3G2.

Gamia, .362.

Garudinistis, 422.

Gasterocomc, 491.

gastropacbata (Oxydia), 1.57.

Gathynia, 495.

Gegenes, 362,

Gelasma, 20.

gcminipuncta (Tbysanocraspeda), 10.

Geocichla, 208, 209.

geoffroyi (Charadrius), 186.

— (Ochthodromus), 18G.

( 667 )

Geoffroyus, 194, 195.

Gcopelia, 182.

germaini (Eugonops), 285, 286.

gerontes (Abisara), 354.

Gerygone, 204, 205.

gibberifrons (Anas), 188.

gidica (Belenois), 358.

gigantula (Anisodes), 508.

gitbagiuea (Erythrospiza), 430, 457.

glabra (Petelia),- 476.

glareola (Tetanus), 187.

glauca (Osica), 374.

Glaucopteryx, 488.

gloriosa (Pseudapiconoma), 441.

Glutophrissa, 358.

Gnophodes, 344.

godmani (Planema), 348.

gofiini (Cacatua), 195.

goliath (Ornithoptera), 311.

— (Troides), 311-12.
golo (Mycalesis), 344.
Gonanticlea, 488.
Goniocloeui?, 260, 266.
Gonodela, 478, 479.
Gonops, 286.
gorgon (Epistor), 436.
gounellei (Anthrenosoma), 282.

— (Antbribus), 296.

— (Barra), 275.
gracilicornis (Camptotropis), 276.

— (Piezocorynus), 277, 278, 279, 280.
gracilis (Cleora), 107.

grandis (Calomis), 221.
granocostatus (Anomalipus), 450.
granti (Otenopsyllus), 646, 647, 648.
granula (.Sabulodes), 161.
granulata (Myrmecoptcra), 449.
graphiea (Perusia), 166.
Graphocularis, 639.
Graphosia, 415.
Graucalus, 207, 208.
gregori (Castalius), 340, 341.

— (Neoooenyra), 344.

— (Precis), 348.
grisea (Eubyja), 473.

— (laochromodes), 149.
griseata (Lophopygia), 495.
griseicosta (Cambogia), 84.
griseisticta (Hemichelidon), 204.

— (Muscicapa), 204.
griseiventris (Zosterops), 213.
griseocostata (Ptychojioda), 40.
griseola (Omicblis), 377.
griseomarginata (Odonestis), 397.
gi-iseus (Canis), 606.

grossiventris (Malacopsylla), 603, 604, 606.

— (Pulex), 603.
gueendei (Microgonia), 157.
guizonis (Byr-sia), 443.

— (Clerckia), 442.

guizonis (Prothoe), 366.
gularis (Passer), 459.
Gunda, 370, 371.
guttata (Stenalcidia), 114.
gutturalis (Hirundo), 203.
Gymnognathus, 242-54.
Gynandrocerus, 302.
Gyostega, 93, 94.

haberhaueri (Neodezia), 542.
Habrissus, 234, 235.
hades (Ilema), 420.
Haemalea, 37.
haematodus (Psittacus), 192.

— (Trichoglossus), 192, 193.
Haematospiza, 456, 457.
Haggardia, 473.

halans (Tuerta), 446.
Halcyon, 196-9.
Haliattus, 176, 189.
Haliastur, 175, 176, 189.
hallucatus (Dasyurus), 228.
Halone, 421,422.
hamar (Equus). 589.
hamatus (Eusphyrus), 291.

— (Gymnognathus), 251.
Hammaptera, 43, 51, 52.
hampsoni (Omicblis), 375.

— (Scoliacma), 417.
hanningtoni (Brentbis), 348.
Hapalotis, 222, 223.
harmandi (Eugigas), 230.
harpax (Axioceraes), 354.
harterti (Delias), 312.
Hasodima, 133.

hatita (Hypolyraena), 354.
hauseri (Calantbemis), 364.

— (Mecocerus), 238.
haydenata (Catascia), 115.
hecataeus (Papilio). 453.
hecate (Amauris), 325, 344.
Hectopsylla, 602, 603.
hedylaria (Phellinodes), 14.
Hedyle, 499.

hegemone (Pseudargynnis), 350.
helena (Gymnognathus), 249.
Hemichelidon, 204.
Hemigymnodes, 17.
hemileuca (Chelura), 322.
hemilcucurus (Hapalotis), 223.
hemionus (Equus), 583-9.
Hemioplisis, 5, 6, 497.
Hemipodius, 177.
hemippus (Equus), 591.
Hemixera, 139.
Henotesia, 344.
Herbita, 140, 141.
Herodou, 616.
Herpaenia, 356.

( 668 )

Herpestes, 637.
Hesperia, Slid,
hesperus (Piipilio), 360.
Heteractitis, 187.
Ileterephyra, 37.
Hetererannis, 106.
betcrograpta (Xeocrasis), 23, 506.
• — (Poecilochlora), S06.
Heteroleuca, 101, o-Jo.
Heteropygia, 187.
Heterorachis, 465.
Heterusia, SO-fll, 447, 536-8.
liiarbas (Eurytela), 350.
hieroglyphica (Anisodes), 28.
hilda (Gymnognathus), 244.
hUli (Ceratophyllus), 622, 623, 624.
Himantopus, 186.
Himeromima, 141.
hippocoon (Papilio), 360.
hippocrates (Cupidopsis), 356.
Hirasa, 473, 474.
Hirsutopalpis, 375.
hirsutus (Conilurus), 222.

— (Goniocloeus), 262.
Hirundo, 20,1, 204.
hirundo (Euptera), 352.
hispaniolensls (Passer), 432, 458.
hispidata (.Sterrha), 4r,0.
hispidoides (Alcedo), 196.
hobleyi (Diestogyna), 334.

— (Lycaeuesthes), 33'J.

■ — (Pseudacraea), 331, 350.
hoedti (Alopecoenas), 175, 184.

— (Rhipidura), 206.
hoedtii (Leptoptila), 184.
hoUandi (Aplmaeus), 354.
Holochroa, 582.
homeyeri (Papilio), 360.
Homocloeus, 260, 264-6.
homoeu.s (Piezocorynus), 279, 281.
Hormiscus, 286.

hottentota (Gegenes), 362.
huambaria (Iridopsis), 553, 554.
humerata (Loxapicia), 152.
humii (Alcedo), 108.

— (Halcyon), 198.
humilis (Acraea), 346.
Huphina, 312.

hutchinsoni (Aphneus), 338.
hyacinthina (CyorniB), 204.

— (Muscicapa), 204.
Hyalopola, 101.
Hyalorrhoe, 21
Hyalospila, 101.
Hydata, 21, 86.
Hydatocapnia, 469, 470.
Hydatoscia, 101.
Hydriomena, 53, 74, 519.
Hydrocorax, 189.

hygini (Ctenopsyllut), 650, 652

Hygrochroma, 141, 142, 571.
Hylemcra, 471, 472.
Hylopemon, 254.
Hymenoniima, 109, 110.
Hypercydas, 372.
Hyperythra, 491, 492.
Hyphedyle, 499.
hypocala (Bordeta), 321.

— (Eubordeta), 321.
Hypocharmosyna, 175.
Hypochrysops, 369.
Hypolais, 431.
Hypolampnis, 483.
Hypolepis, 54, 55-7, 63, 520, 521.
Hypoleucis, 362.

hypoleucus (Actitis), 431.

— (Sphecotheres), 175, 220.

— (Tringoides), 187.
Hypolimnas, 348, 350.
Hypolycaena, 354.
Hypometalla, 563.
Hyposidra, 480.
hypsideres (Euparius), 307.
hyitaci (Ctenopsyllus), 652.
Hystrix, 612.

iccius (Bicyclus), 344.
idaeus (Jlonocloeus), 258.
ignea (Oenoptila), 559.
igniplaga (Ira), 143.
ignita (O.xypalpus), 362.
igaivenata (Psaliodes), 65.
Ilcma, 419, 420.
ilias (Parelodiaa), 369.
ilithyia (Byblia), 350.
illcpidaria (Emmesura), 487.
ilma (Tetraharnis), 354.
Imaus, 409-11.
imparistigma (Anisodes), 29.
improbaria (Rhopalista), 76
impudens (Perixera), 487.
impunctata (Psamathia), 496.

- (Synelys), 514.
impura (Yptliima), 344.
inaequalis (Anthribus), 299.
inanis (Ptychopoda), 41.
inaria (Hypolimnas), 350.
incaudata (Aeschropteryx), 128.
incerta (Pardaleodes), 3G2.
incolorata (Semaeopus), 514.
incomraoda (Psodopsis), 560.
incondita (Dyscia), 476.
incongruata (Hasodima), 133.
incopularia (Apicia), 130.
indecora (Neobapta), 93.
indentiita (Semiothisa), 127.
indica (Haematospiza), 456.

— (Loxia), 456.
indicus (Equus), 588, 591.

( 669 )

indicus (Habrissus), 234, 235.

— (Porphyrio), 185.
iiulistincta (Erilopbodes), 173.
indistinctus (AUandrus), 2i2.
indus (Haliastur), 17u, 170, 18'J.
infantula (Psaliodes), b23,
inferna (Amauris), 325.

■ — (Psaliodes), 65.
infracta (Precis), 348.
infundibulata (Anapalta), 43.
innomiaatus (Chalcococoj'x), l'J9.

— (Chrysococcyx), 200.
innotata (Isoohromodes), 148, 151.

— (Morova), 483.
iuornata (Ca'yptocome), 33.

— (Monarcha), 207.

— (Thy.sanocraspeda), 10.
inornatus (Monarcha), 175, 207.

— (Philemon), 210.
inquinata (Tetracis), 581.
insignis (Acraea), 34f3.

— • (Ceratopsylla), 653.

— (Strabops), 253.
insularis (Amadina), 218.

— (Amaurornis), 185.

— (Taeniopygia), 218.
intacta (Cambogia), 85.
integra (Argyrolepidia), 446.
integraria (Colotois), 47'J.

— (Odontopera), 47'.!.
intensa (Spargania), 76, 78.
intensata (Semiothisa), 127.
interalbicans (Caripcta), 135.
interalbiilata (Ptyliopoda), 487.
iuterclarata (Microgonia), 575.
intei'lineata (Gonodcla), 478.
intermedia (Melochlora), 22.

— (Platalea), 188.
intermedius (Cuculus), 175.

— (Haliastur), 175, 176, 189.
iateruexata (Craspedia), 35.
intei'posita (Halcyon), 196, 197.
interpres (Morinella), 186.

— (Strepsilas), 431.

— (Tringa), 186.
interrupta (Phellinodes), 14.
invaria (Ameria), 81.
iobates (Cupidopsis), 356.
iodutta (Acraea), 348.
Ipthima, 862.

Ira, 142-6.

Iridopsis, 110, 111, 553. 554.

iris (Neopsittacus), 194.

— (Psittacus), 194.

— (Trichoglos.sus), 194.

irma (Gymnognathus), 247, 248.
irregularis (Euproctis), 401.
irritans (Pulex), 602, 634.
irrorativiridis (Xotodouta), 380.
isabella (Cambogia), 83.

isaliella (Caprimima), 443.

isabellao (Delias), 453, 454.

isabellina (Xanthomima), 489.

Ischnopteris, 116-19, 124, 550-8.

i.sidis (Pulex), 609,612.

Isochromodes, 146, 147-51, 161, 572, 573, 577

581.
Isodiscodes, 521.
isolata (Arima), 517.
— (Eriopygidia), 517.
Isostigena, 395, 396.
ispida (Alcedo), 195.
itamputi (Delias), 314.
itonia (Ipthima), 362.
iturina (Acraea), 320, 346.

jacksoni (Amauris), 344.

— (Mylothris), 358.
jagoensis (Passer), 458.
javanica (Hirundo), 203.

— (Strix), 192.
javanicus (Centropus), 201,
jekeli (Nemotrichus), 209, 270.
jesous (Azanus), 356.
jimenezaria (Azelina), 133.
johnstoni (Acraea), 346.
jouquillaceus (Platycercus), 195.

— (Ptistes), 195.
Josia, 17, 18.

jucunda (P,seudospiris), 444.
junctaria (Pyrinia), 171.
juncturaria (Apicia), 130.
juvenis (Mesedra), 154, 150.

Kallima, 350.
katharina (Delias), 312.
kebeae (Deilemera), 411.

— (Diacrisia), 413.

— (Euproctis), 399.

— (Gunda), 370.

— (Lymantria), 408.

— (Nervicompressa), 391.
■ — (Stauropus), 378.

kebirensis (Pachycephala), 212, 213.

— (Stigmatops), 215.
Kedestes, 302.
keiana (Abisai-a), 317.
kenricki (Dasychira), 405.

— (Lasiolimacos), 388.
kerstcni (Lycaenesthes), 356.
kiang (Equus), 585.

kirki (Charaxes), .352.
kisserensis (Gerygone), 205.

— (Monarcha), 207.
klagesi (Pulex), 020.
koenigi (Caccabis), 432.

— (Lanius), 434.
krausi (Mimacraea), 337.

( 670 )

kuehiii (Calornis), 174,220, 221.
— (Myzomela). 17-1, 175, 215.
kuuiioH'i (Pseudacraea), 331, 350.
kiiliui (Gerygone), 205.
kummeri (Delias), 313.

labtlaca (Libythea), 354.
labiatus (Dicotyles), 014.
Lachuocnema, 354.
lacteguttata (Siculodes), 493.
lacteus (Tagiados), 360.
laevicoUe (Zamium), 364.
laevipennis (.\nthribus), 2'J7.

— (Phaenithon), i'J-i, 2'.i4.
lafayaria (Racheospila), 500.
Lagopezus, 272, 274-5.
Lagyra, 13.

Lalage, 208.
Lambula, 416.
Lampropteryx, 57.
lauguescens (Callipia), 530.
Lanius, 210, 431, 434.
lappouica (Limosa), 187.
lara (Leptomyrina), 354.
larima (Belenois), 358.
Larinopoda, 354.
larydas (Lycaenesthes), 356.
Lasioceros, 380, 381.
Lasiochara, 392.
Lasiolimacos, 388, 389.
latata (Cimicodes), 137.
lateralis (Eusphyrus), 291.

— (Petrogale), 365, 366.
— ■ (Piezonemus), 276.
lateripictus (Caccorhinus), 236.
latibrunnea (Anisoperas), 129.
laticaudata (Psamathia), 496.
laticlava (Opisthoxia), 542.
latifascia (Isochromodes), 149.

— (Pergama), 165.
latifasciata (Planema), 848.
latimargo (Drucia), 20.

— (Ephialtias), 16.

latimedia (Stenalcidia), 115, 556.
Laudosia, 576.
lautus (Xenocerus), 230.
lebona (Hypolycaena), 354.
lecideata (Bryoptera), 582.
leda (Eronia), 358.

— (Melanitis), 344.
leighata (Chrysocraspcda), 466.
leighi (Gonudela), 478.
lemnos (Lycaenesthes), 356.
lemoloa (Spalgis), 354.
leodorata (Cirsodes), 570.

— (Mixopsis), 576.
leonidas (Papilio), 360.
Icopardina (Eudule), 541.
lepeletier (Cyclopides), 362.

lepidaria (Comibaena), 20.
Icprosata (Oenoptila). 120.
Icptogrammica (Macropygia), 182.
Leptomeris, 514.
Leptomyrina, 354.
Leptoptila, 184.
Leptosia, 356.
lettiensis (Grauealiis), 207.

— (Ptilinopus), 178, 179.

— (Ptilopus), 178.

— (Zosterops), 213.
leucocephalus (Himantopus), 186.
leucoceraria (Racheospila). 25.
Leucocteuorrhoij, 526, 527.
leucogaster (Haliaetus), 170, 189.
leucogastra (Sylvia), 433.
Leucolithodes, 582.
Icucomelaona (Amauroriiis), 184.

— (Gallinula), 184.
leucomelas (Gymnognathus), 251.
Leuconotha, 0.

leucopus (Peromyseus), 643.
Leucoreas, 12, 13.
leucorhynchus (Artamus), 221.
Leucosticha, 350.
Leuculopsis, 101.
liara (Hypolycaena), 354.
libya (Melanitis), 344, 451.
Libythea, 354.
lichas (Cbaraxes), 352.
lichenifera (Acrotomodes), 564.
lichenosa (Rhodomena), 74, 75.
ligata (Delias), 313.
ligereza (Rhopalodes), 527.
liguicolor (Cabira), 125.

— (Ptychopoda), 41.
lignosata (Alydda), 62.
Ligonia, 513.

Jigures (Lycaenesthes), 339, 360.
lilacina (Cambogia), 85.

— (Psaliodes), 522.
liliana (Pinacopteryx), 358.
litnitata (Epirrhoe), 517.
limnaiitus (Spizaetus), 189.
Limnas, 344.

limniace (Tirumala), 344.

Limonites, 187.

Limosa, 187.

limosa (Cymatophora), 552.

Linaria, 459.

liuda (Eucymatoge), 87, 529.

liiieata (Ophthalmophora), 95.

lineatiis (Ormiscus), 289.

— (Parexillus), 284, 285.
lineifer (Phloeobius), 240.
lineiger (Anthribus), 299.
lineola (Nessiara), 233, 234.
lingeus (Oacyreus), 350.
Linota, 459.

liutearia (Loxapicia), 152.

Lipomelia, 37, 38.
lippa (Sangalopsis), !)9.
lisera (Psaliodes), Gil, 52'2, 523.
Lissochlora, 21, 504.
lita (Eurytela), 350.
Litocerus, 233, 254.
liturata (Heterusia), 89, 538.
livia (Columba), 432.
Lobivanellus, 186, 188.
Lobopliora, 527.
loeuples (Eriopygidia), 49.
Lomaspilis, 470.
Lomographa, 92.
longicaudatu.s (Piitoriiis), 050.
longicornis (Phaenithou), 293.
longicorpus (Eucymatoge), 87.
longidiscata (Perixera), 487.
longipennata (Eucymatoge), 529.
longipennis (Chlorochaeta), 464.
longistria (Josia), 17.
longitarsis (Phaenithon), 292.
Lophochorista, 22.
Lnphopygia, 496.
Lophotosoma, 7, 495.
lormieri (Papilio), 360.
losiuga (Euphaedra), 352.
Loxapicia, 132, 152.
Loxia, 450, 460.
Loxiorhiza, 494.
Lozogramma, 561.
Luceronia, 358.
lucetia (Eagris), 360.
lucida (Zizera), 356.
lucidus (Chrysococcyx), 200.
lucisquamata (Epiplema), 494.
lucivittata (Hedyle) , 499.
lucretia (Pseudacraea), 350.
lucretius (Charaxes), 352.
ludisignata (Heterusia), 90.
lugubris (Lagopezus), 275.
Innatus (Epitaphius), 240.
— (Eup,arius), 303, 306, 307.
lunulata (Nervicompressa), 390.
Luricata, Ijll.
lurida (Anisoperas), 565.
lutea (Hyperythra), 491, 492.
luteiplaga (Sangalopsis), 100.
lutzi (Pulex), 614, 620.
lyaeus (Papilio), 360.
Lycaenesthes, 339, 354, 356.
Lyces, 16.
lycia (Acraea), 346.
lycoa (Acraea), 348.
Lycopsylla, 602.
Lymantria, 407, 408.
lysimon (Zizera), 356.

Macaduma, 421.
machacosa (Heftperia), 360.

( ^i71 )

mackinnoni (Papilio), 360.
mackloti (Dicaeiim), 214.
Macro, 647.
Macrocephalus, 296.
macrocerus (Authribus), 235.

— (Blaberops), 238, 239.
Macroglossum, 438.
Macropus, 222, 223-5, 365.
Macropygia, 182.
tnacrorhynchos (Corvus), 221.
macriira (Perameles), 227. 228.
macruriis (Conilurus). 222.

— (Hapalotis), 222.
maculidiscata (Anisodes), .509.
maculosata (Isochroraodes), 572.
maculosus (Hemipodius), 177.

— (Turnix), 177.
madagascariensis (Precis), 348.
madeirensis (Petronia), 430.
Maenas, 412.

magna (Macropygia), 182.
magnidiscata (Ani.sodes), 211.

— (Craspedia), 466.

— (Emmiltis), 466.
magnifica (Sindris), 447.
magnipalpata (Cyclomia), 62.
m.agniuuncta (Tephroclystia), 532.
magnirostris (Esacus), 187.

— (Oedicuemus), 187.
maior (Dendrocopus), 432.
Malacopsylla, 603, 604-7.
malaicus (Authribus), 235.
malathana (Catochrysops), 340, 350.
malayanus (Dysphania), 486.
malefida (Eudule), 81.

malina (Hydata), 21.

Malurus, 210.

mamestrina (Cidariophanes), 556.

manadensis (Pisorhina), 190, 191.

mandanes (Mycalesis), 344.

manilensis (Caprimulgus), 202.

manillensis (Caprimulgus), 202.

marcaria (Azelina), 567.

marcescens (Archiclora), 465.

mardania (Euryphene), 352.

margaritacea (Copbocerotis), 540.

margaritaceus (Castalius), 356.

margaritata (Artitropa), 302.

marginata (Odontoptila), 38.
marginepunctata (Imaus), 410.
marianna (Gymnognathus), 243.
marmoreus (Eugonodes), 302.
— (Mecotropis), 230.
Marmosa, 034.
Marpesia, 350.
marpessa (Neptis), 350.
martha (Gymnognathus), 250.
martialis (Ceratopsylla), 653.
martins (Mycalesis), 344.
mathanavia (Pergama), 165.

43

( 672 )

mathias (Cbapra), 3(i2.
matiita (Mycalesis), .'i44.
maugei (Geopelia), 182.
maugeus (Oeopelia), 182

— (Columba), 182.
mea (Mycalesis), 319.
Mecoceras, 141.
Mecocerus, 231, 238.
mechowi (Charaxes), 334, 352.
Mecotropis. 230.
medioliiieata (Anisodes), 30.
mcdius (Antluis). 217.
medon (Eupbaedra), 352.
medusa (Leptosia), 350.
meeki (Delias), 31(5.

— (Eubordeta), 320.

— (Porthe.sia), 39.S.
Megalopalpus, 354.
Megahirus, 210.
Megapodius, 170.
Megapsjlla, G03, 004.
melaloucus (Corrbeceriis), 271.
MelanergoD, 372.
Melanitis, 344, 451.
melanocephala (Sylvia), 433.
melanogenys (Falco), I'JO.
melanoleuca (Muscicapula), 204.
melanoleueos (Hydrocorax), 189.

— (Phalacrocorax), 189.
melanopa (Xishada), 417.
melaoope (Motacilla), 217.
melaDops (Corvus), 208.

— (Graucalus), 2U8.
Melanoscia, 111-13, 555.
melanostigma (Haiggardia), 473.
melanotus (Porphyrio), 185.
melas (Goniocloeus), 201, 202.
Meleaba, 498.

melicerta (Neptis), 35(1.
Melinda, 344.
Melinodes, 153, 573, 574.
Melochlora, 22, 504.
membranacea (Astyocbia), 545.
memor (Euchontba), IG.
menestheus (Papilio), 3G0.
menetriesi (Gymnognathus), 253.
mephasaria (Pyrinia), 171.
mercedonia (Melinda), 344.
meridionalis (Troides), 310.
Merops, 2(J2.

merula (Turdus), 431, 432.
Mesedra, 153-G.
Mesotrophe, 32.
Mesoxaiitba, 350.
Messaras, 318.
Metachirus, 041.

metacbromata (Trotorbombia). 498.
metallica (Calornis), 221.

— (Columba), 181.

— (Hemioplisis), G.

metallica (Saccoploca), 497.

Metalloeblora, 480, 487.

Metanema, 150, 570.

metis ((y'yclopides), 302.

Metoponia, 459.

mexicaUi (Miorogonia), 159.

Miantonata, 22,

micans (Parnar.a), 302.

Microgonia. 140, 15G-00, 574, 575.

microptilota (Chloroelystis), 80.

micTOsticba (Delias), 315.

Microtus, 042.

Microxydia, IGO, 57.">, 570.

micyclus (Everes), 350.

midas (Cyclopides), 302.

migrator (Oriolus), 218, 219.

mikado (Cbaetopsylla), 045.

milca (Vanessula), 348

miles (Lobivanelhis), 180, 188.

Milionia, 321.

mima (Certima), 104, 509.

— (Hypolimn.as), 300.
Alimacraea, 337, 354.
Mimeta, 219.

mimetaria (Hypometalla), 563.
mimeticus (Papilio), 300.
mimicus (Messaras), 318.
Mimogonodes, 576.
Mimoprora, 117, 101.
Mimosem.a, 102.
mimula (Certima), 104.
miniata (Isochromodes), 573.

— (Psaliodes), llO.
minimaria (Ptychopoda), 408.
minor (Calornis), 220, 221.

— (Dasychira), 405.

— (Goniocloeus), 202.

— (Halcyon), 197.

— (Poecilochlora), 500,
minutus (Chactaphractus), 008,

— (Dasypus), 004, G08,
mira (Delias), 31,5,
miranda (Eubordeta), 320,
mirifica (Delias), 314,

— (Perizoma), 00.
mirza (Azanns), 350,
misippus (Hypolimnas), 348, 350.
Misocalius, 201,

mitchelU (Pbascolomys), 603,
Mixopsis, 102, 103, 570, 577,
modesta (Arbodia), 485,

— (Columba), 181,

— (Cymatopbora), 552,

— (Pbrygionis), 91.

— (Pygmaeomorpba), 387.

— (Turacoena), 181.
mobozutya (Baoris), 302,
mobozutza (Kedestes), 302.
molitor (Euparius), 304, 305, 30G.
moUiculata (Racheospila), 26.

( 673 )

mollipilosiis (Pogonomjs), COO.
moluccensis (Tinnunculus), 190.
momb.isae (Craspedia), 4()7.

— (Emmiltis), 4117.
Monarcha, 17.5, 207.
mongolus (Charadrius), 180.

— ((jehtliodromus), 18C.
Monocloeus, 255-60.
mononis (Caprimima), 443.
Monroa, 555.

monteironis (HypoIimna.s), .350.
moranti (Parosmodes), 362.
Morinella, 180.
Morova, 483.
Morphomima, 7, 8.
mosonica (Nessiara), 234.
mosonicus (Acorynus), 232.
MotaciUa, 201), 217, 431.
motitensis (Passer), 450.
Muletia, G15.

miilleri (Oriolus), 218, 210,
multipunctata (Anisodes), 509.

— (Cerura), 381.

munda (Mesedra), 154. 155.
Munia, 175, 218.
munita (Azelina), 507.
muricolor (Ptychopoda), 488.
murinus (Polyptychus), 4.^5.
MuB, 222, 223, 598, 599.
Muscicapa, 204.
MuRcicapula, 204.
musicus (Turdus), 431.
muRcivaria (Pseudapicia) 109, 170.
muscosa (Cymatopliora), 108.
musculi (Cteuopsyllus), 040, 047.
Mustela, 650.
Mycalesis, 319, 344.
Myiagra, 207.
Myiothera, 209.
Mylothri-s, 341, 356, 358.
Myrina, 354.
Myrioblephara, 475.
Myrmecoptera, 449.
mystica (Acraea), 327, 346.
Myzomela, 174, 175, 215.

nandensis (Catochrysops), 339, 350.
nanus (Gymnognathus), 248.
napariata (Craspedia), 35.
napassa (Anisolasia), 40.
narcissus (Mylotliris), 358.
Narosa, 380
Nasiterna, 175.
na.suta (Perameles), 023.
natalensis (Precis), 348.

— (Semiothisa), 479.

— (Spindasis), 354.
nazada (Aplorama), 91.
neander (Andronymus), 302.
neanthis (Charaxes), 352.

iicliuligera (Anisodes), 27, 28.
nebiilosa (Mycalesis), 344.

— (Salamis), 452.
nebulosus (Asemorhinus), 234.

— (Gymnognathus), 242.
Nectarinia, 214.
neglecta (Collocalia), 203.

— (Zosterops), 213 •
neis (Melochlora), 22.

Nelo, 98, 101,
Nematocampa, 163, 577.
nemetes (Neptis), 350.
Nemotricbus, 267-71, 275.
Neobapta, 92, 93.
neobule (Acraea), 340.
Xeocoenyra, 344.
Neocrasis, 23, 506.
Neoctodon, 617.
Neodezia, 541, 542.
Neodirades, 8.
Neodora, 133.
Neofidonia, 113, 555.
Neonemoria, 23, 24,
Neoplema, 496.
NeopoUt;i, 470.
Neopsittacus, 194.
Neotonia, 643.
Xephele, 430.

nepticulata (Ptychopoda), 41.
Neptidopsis, 350.
Neptis, .329-31, 350.
nervaria (Perigramma), 105.
Nervicompres.sa, 389-92.
Nessiara, 233, 234, 254.
neumanni (Pseudacraea), 350.
ne.^iiUnea (Psaliodes), 00,
noyi (Delias), 312,
niavius (Amaurls), 344.
riicetaria (Petelia), 470.
nicomedes (Neptis), 350.
nictitans (Psaliodes), 67.
niepelti (Delias), 310, 317.
nietneri (Apolecta), 237,
niger (Monocloeus), 200.

— (Nemotricbus), 208, 270.
nigra (Azelina), 132.
nigrata (Zeuzerodes), 2.
nigricans (Dinawa), 386.
_ (Hirundo), 204.

— (PetrocheUdon), 204.
nigricincta (Blechroma), 503.
nigricomma (Semiotbisa), 127.
nigricornis (Agraptocblora), 464.
nigricosta (Perigramma), 104.

— (Ptychopoda), 42. 513.
nigriplaga (Amaurinia), 52l'i.

— (Urocalpe), 78, 79.
nigrirubrata (Eriopygidia), 518.
nigrisignata (Xipteria), 547.
nigristigma (Neofidonia), 113,

( 674 )

nigritarsis (Euparius), 306.

— (Phaenithon), 294, 2'.)o.
nigrithorax (Tephroclystia), OS'i.
nigroapicalis (Euproctis), 401.
nigrofasciata (Cidaria), .08.
nigrolineata (Hammaptera), 52.
nigroliturata (Cimicodes), 137.
nigrostigmata (.Squamosala), 393.
nigrostrigata l^Dasychiroides), 40().
Ninox, 191, 192.

Nipteria, 101-4,545-50.
nireus (Papilio), 3G0.
Nisliada, 417.
nisoria (Fringilla), 21H.

— (Muuia), 218.

— (Sylvia), 433.
niten.s (Scopelodes), 385.
nitidia (Brachysticha), 134.
nivalis (Passerina), 431.
nivea (Ilema), 4211.
nivestrata (Thalassodes), 322.
niveua (Imaus), 409.
nobilis (Papilio), 3U0.
noctuodes (Buttia), 481.
nodosa (Psaliodes), 523.
nodosus (Euparius), 305.
notabilis (Stigmatops), 175,215.
notata (Semiothi-sa), 479.
Notodonta, 380.
Notophoyx, 188.

novaeguineae (Ceratiiphyllus), C29.
novaehoUandiae (Ardea), 188.

— (Notophoyx), 188.

— (Scythrops), 175.
novaezealandiae (Limosa), 187.
novaguineensis (Lymantria), 407.
novaguinensis (Euproctis), 402.
novella (Tephronia) 115.
uovemcincta (Tatusia), C14.
novus (Lycopsylla), r)02.
ntebiae (Acraea), 346.
nubicauus (Equus), 595.
nubicus (Pulex), 611.
nubifera (Certima), 136.
nubiluta (Thamnonoma), 563.
nubilus (Eusphyrus), 291.

— (Gymnognathus), 246.

— (Olenecamptus), 365.

numae (Ceratophyllus), 637, 638. 630.
numbalensis (Sangala), 99.
numeues (Charaxes), 352.
Numeuius, 186.
numniifera (Certima), 559.

— ^Oenothalia), 559.
nyanza (Telipna), 335, 354.
nyassana (Phrissura), 358.
Nycticorax, 188.

Oberonia, 356.

obesula (Perameles), 227, 228.

obcsus (Euparius), 303.
obliqua (Birthama). 38.5.
obliiiuaria (Apiciopsis), 131.

— (Hetereranuis) 1(16.
oblii|uata iDichorda), 503.
oblitaria (Nipteria), 103.
obliterata (Catascia), 115.

— (Simopteryx), 172.
obscura (Calornis), 221.

— (Pseudacraea), 333, 3511.
obscurata (Apicia), 130.

— (Neocrasis), 23.
obscurissima (PseustopLica), 164.
ob.scurus (Caccoihinus), 236.

— (Sorex), 652.

obsoleta (Dasychiroides), 405, 406.
obstructa (Phellinodes), 14.
obtusus (Nemotrichus), 269, 271.
obumbrata (Gegenes), 3112.
occidentalis (Passer), 459.

— (Tinnunculus), 190.
occidentalium (Asterope), 350.
occlusa (Melanoscia), 113.
occulta (Callipia), 80.

— (Nipteria), 547.
ocellata (Niuox), 191, 192.
ocbi (Ceratophyllus), 628.
ochracea (Graphosia), 415.

— (Neptis), .330, 350.

— (Omichlis), 376.

— (Poultonia), 354.
ochrascens (Poultonia), 336.
ochreiplaga (Hydriomena), 53.
ochreomaculata (Asuia), 424.
ochricomata ( Auisodes), 30.
ochricostata (Tripbosa), 524.
ochrilinea (Tiiysanopya), 125,
ochriplaga (Ira) , 144.
ochriscripta (Azelina), 133.
ochropurpuraria (Cabira), 93.
ochrosoma (Eucymatoge), 86.
Ochthodromus, 186.
ockendeni (Xylophanes), 439.
octavia (Precis), 348.

octavii (Ceratophyllus), 038.
Octodon,620.

oculatus (Physopterus), 231.
Odezia, 541, 542.
Odonestis, 396.
Odontopera, 479.
Odontoptila, 38, 39.
Oedicnemus, 187.
Oenochroma, 485.
oenone (Precis), 348.
Oenoptila, 120-22, .559.
Oecothalia, 559.
Oeouistis. 420.
Olenecamptus, 365.
Oligopleura, 58.
olivacea (Pero), 578.

( 675 )

olivata (Aeschropteryx), 128.

— (Anisoperas), Slio.

— (Microgonia), 575.

— (Sterrha), 515.

— (Trichosterrha), 515.
olivescens (Neofidonia), 555.
Omichli-i, 375-77.

onager (Asinus), 501.

— (Equus), 583, 685, 587, 588, 590, 5U1.
Onychogale, 2'27.

Oospila, 24, 504, 505.

opalinus (Celaenorrhinus), 300.

opalizans (Ira), 143, 144.

ophione (Xeptidopsis), 350.

ophiopsis (Gjranognathus), 242.

ophiusa (Hypoleucis), 362.

Ophthalmodes, 4!I0.

Ophthalraophora, 94-(5.

opis (Cynandra), 350.

Opisthoxia, 542, 543.

Opodiphthera, 001.

opossum (Metachirus), 04 1.

oppositata (Ischnopteris), ll'.l.

Opsirhina, 395.

oreas (Acraea), 329, 340.

Oreonoma, 538.

Oreta, 461.

orientalis (Eudynamis). 201.

— (Eurystomus), 195.
orina (Acraea), 346.
orinata (Acraea), 340.
Oriolus, 218, 219.

orion (Ophthalmophora), 94, 95.
orithya (Precis), 348.
Ormiscus, 285, 286-90.
ornatus (Eugnnus), 301.

— (Merops), 202.

— (Ormiscus), 287.
Ornithoptera, 311.
ornytion (Delias), 312.
oroanda (Thysanopyga), 125.
orpheus (Pachycephala), 211.
orsitaria (Microxydia), 576.
ortegae (Papilio), 453.
Orthoprora, 522.
orthosiodes (Hemixera), 139.
Orthotropis, 254.

O-sica, 374.

osiris (Catachrysops), 356.

— (Cyllopoda), 15.
ossicolor (Psaliodes), 67.
Otomys, 611, 636, 638.
ottonis (Ptilinopus), 178, 179.
oxione (Euryphene), 352.
Oxydia, 157.

Oxylides, 354.
Oxypalpus, 362.
Ozotomerus, 297.

Pachycephala, 210-13.

pachymerus (Phloeobius), 240.

Padraona, 302.

Paida, 444, 44ii.

paidiformis (Pseudospiris), 444, 446.

Pais, 445.

paja (Perusia), 579.

paleata (Hypolepis), 521.

palksi (Passer), 458.

pallene (Aphnaeus), 354.

paUicostata (Cimicodes), 137.

pallida f Agraptoehlora), 4(',3.

— (Hypolais), 431.

— (Munia), 218.

— (Nipteria), 548.

— (Psaliodes), 66.
pallidiceps (Rhipidura), 205, 206.
pallidicosta (Tephroclystia), 533.
pallid ifimbria (Isochromodes), 1,00.
pallidifrons (Certima), 136.
pallidimargo (Uliura), 491.
pallifrons (Epiplema), 2.
palliolatus (Cuculus), 201.

— (Misocalius), 201.
palposus (Ceratopsylla), 652.
palumbata (Isochromodes), 150.
panda (Tephroclystia), 530.
pantheraria (Lomaspilis), 470.
pantherata (Leucolithodes), 582.
paphianus (Cliaraxes), 352.
Papilio, 310, 342, 343, 300, 453.
papuana (Opodiphthera), 601.
par (Pachycephala), 211, 212.
Parabasis, 428, 429.
Paraceryx, 383.
Parachrysops, 369.
Paracomistis, 148, 1U3, 164, 578
Paracomucha, 488, 489.
Paradisea, 31)7.

paradisea (Troides), 311.

Paradohertya, 421.

paradoxa (Euphaedi-a), 333, 353.

Paradoxodes, 164.

paragea (Planema), 348.

Paragonia, 107.

parallelaria (Euproctis), 399.

— (Eusarca), 153.

— (Loxapicia), 132.
Paranthribus, 283.
Paraplodes, 24, 25.
Parazeuzera, .384.
Pardaleodes, 302.
Pardopsis, 345.
Parelodina, 368.
ParexiUis, 284, 285.
parhassus (Salamis), 348.
parmeno (Gnophodes), 344
Parnara, 362.
Paromala, 5H.
Parosmodes, 362.
parrhasiata (Callipia), 80, 539.

( (i76 )

passalus (Macroglossum), 438.
Passer, 432, 4b1-'.\ 460.
Passerina, 431.
particoliir (Eugonus), 301.

— (Jlicrogonia), 574.
partita (Xipteria), 548.

— (Xanthomima), 480.
parva (Jlilionia), .'ii'l.
parvidens (Apscliropteryx). 128.
parvula (Dyspteris), 527.
parvulus (Euparius), 307.
pauper (Agathia), 4ri3.
pectiniceps (Ctenopsyllus), (>47.
pectoralis (Burgena), 444.
peculiaris (Papilio), 342, 300.
pelasgis (Precis), 348.
pelasgius (Acraea), 34G.
Pelecanus, ISO.

peneleos (Acraea), 340.
penicillata ( Bettongia), 023.

— (Petrogale), 365.

— (Phascogale), 228.
penicillatus (Conilurus), 223.
pentapolis (Acraea), 340.
Pentila, 354.
Peradorcas, 226.
Perameles, 227, 228, G23.
perciliata (Tephroclystia), 87.
perdecora (Anapalta), 44.
Perdix, 177.

peregrina (Trichodystis), 535.
peregrinus (Falco), 190.
perenna (Acraea), .346.
perfumosa (Craspedia), 512.

— (Emmiltis), 512.

perfusa (Mierogonia), 150, 157.

— (Rhopalodes), 527.
Pergama, 165.
Peribolodes, 126.
Perigramma, 104, 105.
PerLxera, 487, 509.
Perizoma, 50, 60, 78.

pernigrata (Erebochlora), 47. 48, 517.

Pero, 165, 578.

Peromyseus, 643.

peronii (Geocichla), 208, 200.

perpaiipera (Sarangesa), 300.

perpendiculata (DicLorda), 503.

perple.xata (Dyscia), 476.

— (Fisera), 492.
pcr.sonata (Ccblepyris), 207.

— (Graucilus), 207.
personatus (Geoft'royus), 194, 105.

— (Graucalus), 207.

— (Psittacus), 104.
persordida (Leuconotha), 6.
perspicillatus (Artamus), 221.
perspicua (Henotesia), 344.
pertusa (Sarangesa), 360.
Perusia, 165, 166, 579.

peruviana (Brabirodes), 528.
pervasata (Psaliodes), 08.
pervia (Acraea), 34(5.
Petaurus, 227.
Petelia, 122, 12.3, 476, 477.
peliveraua (Tirumala), 344.
petreia (Pentila), .354.
Petrochelidon, 204.
Petrogale, 222, 225, 226, 365, 366.
Petronia, 430, 433.
petronia (Petronia), 430.
petrosa (Caccabis), 432.
phaegopterata (Ischnopteris). 1 18,
— (Syrtodes), 118.
Phaenithon, 202-5.
Phacochlaena, 15, 18.
phaeopus (N'umenius), 186.
Phalacrocora.x, 189.
phalantha (Atella), 348.
pharis (Luceronia), 358.
pharsalus (Acraea), 346.
Phascogale, 222, 228.
Pliascolomys, 603.
Phaulimia, .'507.
phegca (Elymnias), 344.

Phellinodes, 14, 400.
Pliilaeterus, 458.
philander (Andronymus), 362.
phillippinensis (Anthribus), 235.

philippus (Hypolycaena), 354.

Philiris, 360.

philyra (Astyochia), 1U2.

Phlebosphalcs, 60, 61.

Phlegoenas, 184.

Pbloeobius, 2.35, 239-41.

phoebe (Phrissura), 358.

phoeuicura (Amaurornis), 184.

phoenicurus (Amaurornis), 184, 185.

— (Rallus), 184.

pholata (Pyrinia), 171.

phorcaria (Calyptocomc). 32.

phorcas (Papilio), 360.

Photoscotosia, 535.

Phragmatobia, 442.

Phrissura, 3."i8.

Phrygionis, 01, 02.

Phylaria, 356.

Phyllodonta, 106-8, 579. '

phyllodoutaria (Colpodonta), 669.

Physopterus, 231.

jjicaria (Elphos), 490.

-^ (Polypoetes), 18.

picta (Psaliodes), 68.

pictiooUis (Anthribus), 207.

jiictifimbria (Prasinocyma), 465.

pictus (Phaenithon), 295.

Pieris, 31.3, 314.

Piezocorynus, 272, 275, 28.3.

Piezouemus, 275, 276.

pigea (Pinacopteryx), 358.

( 677 )

Pigia, 30.

pilaris (Turdus), 43] .

pilieornis (Nemotrichus), 270.

pimpinellata (Tephioclystia), b'M.

Pinacopteryx, 341, 34-', 358.

pinguis (Selidosema), 477.

pinodoides (Epitola), 354.

pintada (Anisodes), 31.

pirata (Phascogale), 228.

Pisoraca, 29, 4(57, 509.

Pisorhina, 190, 191.

placidiis (Aclcros), 3r>2.

plagiatus (Anthribus), 300.

plagifei- (Piezocorynus), 277, 278, 279, 281.

plagosus (Chrysococcyx), 200, 201.

— (Cuculus), 201.
plana (Neonemoria), 24.
planatus (Anthribus), 239.
Planema, 333, 348.
planemoides (Papilio), 360.
planiplaga (Psaliodes), 69.
plantilla (Euryphura), 352.
planus (Anomalipus), 450.
Platalea, 188.
Platycercus. 195.
Plemyriopsis, 74, 78.
plenilunata (Perigama), 165.
Pleuroceres, 286.

plicata (Eagris), 360.
ploceisoma (Passer), 458.
Plocepaaser, 458.
ploetzi (Aoleros), 362.

— (Hesperia), 360.
plumbescens (Hypolepis), 55.
plumbinotata (Gagitodes), 519.
plumosa (Paracomistis), 578.
pluraosaria (Monroa), 555.
Plutodes, 470.

Poecilalcis, 491.
Poecilochlora, 505, 506.
poecilurus (Chrysococcyx), 200.
poecilus (Nemotrichus), 268, 271.
poggei (Planema), 348.

— (Uranthauma), 356.

— (Xanthospilopteryx), 444.
Pogonomys, 600.

polia (Temnora), 437.
policenes (Papilio), 360.
Poliolimnas, 185.
polistratus (Thoretra), 44(1.
polius (Euparius), 303.
Polla, 172.

polIux (Charaxes), 352.
polycyma ( Isodisoodes), 621.
polyodou (Equns), 585.
Polyomni.atus, .356.
Polypoetes, 18.
Polyptyclms, 435.
pomidiscata (Anisodes), 510.
pomponia (Acraea), 346.

poppea (Mylotliris), 356.
poppei (Typhloceras), 641.
Porona, 560.
Porphyrio, 185.
Porthesia, 397, 398.
Poultonia, 336, 337, 354.
poultoni (Mimacraea), 337, 354.
praccisaria (Perusia), 166.
praecurvata (Aeschropteryx), 564.
praelata (Darna), 500.
praelatata (Rhodomena), 74.
praeluteata (Isehnopteris), 558.
praemundata (Rhodomena), 74.
praeponina (Acraea), 346.
Prasinocyma, 465.
prasinorrhous (Ptilinopus), 180.
Pratincola, 209.
pratti (Arguda), 395.

— (Contheyla), 385.

— (Dasychiroides), 406, 407.

— (Deilemera), 412.

— (Diacrisia), 412.

— (Euproctis), 400.

— (Imaus), 409.

— (I..asiolimacos), 388, 389.

— (Omichlis), 377.

— (Parabasis), 429.

— (Stauropus), 380.
preciosa (Hetcrusia), 538.
Precis, 348.

pretiosa (Heterusia), 90.

probosciderus (Macro), (547.

Procavia, 609.

Prohydata, 21.

promontoria (Racheospila), 26.

Propa.sser, 456.

proserpina (Melanergon), 372.

— (Taragama), 394.
prospero (Papilio), 453.
Prostoma, 123.
Prothoe, 366.
proxima (Celerena), 485.
proximata (Metallochlora), 487.
proximus (Celaenorrhinus), 360.
prunicolor (Hypolepis), 56.

— (Microgonia), 158, 159.

— (Oenoptila), 121, 122.
przevalskii (Equus), 585.
Psaliodes, 54, 61-74, 521-3, 525.
Psamathia, 496.
Pseudacraea, 331-3, 360.
pseudagyrtes (Ctenophthalmus) 641.
Pseudapicia, 1.63, 169, 170.
Pseudapiconoma, 441, 442.
Pseudargynnis, 350.
Pseudasellodes, 39, 40.
pseudegina (Acraea), 328.
Pseudilema, 418, 419.
Pseudochirus, 222, 227.
Psendodreata, 371.

( 678 )

Pseudogargetta, 373.

Pseudoneptis, 350.

pseudonyma (Phyllodonta), 57y.

Pseudospiris, 444, 446.

Paeustoplaca, 164.

P.sittacus, VJ->-i>.

Psitteutele.s, 193.

Psodopsis, .560.

psyttalea (Amauris), 344.

Pterocypha, 73.

Pteropus, 2:i2, .597.

Ptilinopus, 177-80.

Ptilopus, 177, 178, 179!

Ptistes, 195.

Ptochophyle, 467.

Ptyehopoda, 40-42,468, 487, 488, 511, 513.

pudicaria (Bronchelia), 551.

pujoli (Erotylopsis), 308, 309.

pulclielloides (.Sioulodes), 1.

pulchra (Alcyone), 196.

— (Lasiochara), 392.

— (Paida), 444-6.

— (Tarucus), 356.
pnlchrifascia (Acidalia), 515.
Pulex, 602, 603, 608-20, 634.
pulrerata (Mi.xopsis), 576.
pulverosa (Cusiala), 472.
pulvina (Semalea), .362.
punctata (.\pIodes), 19.

— (Lissochlora), 504.
punctatissima (Pardopsis), 345.
panctatostrigata (Maenas), 412.
punctatus (.\corynus), 232.

— (Oberonia), 356.
punctulata (Munia). 218.
punctulosa (Anisodes), 31.
punctum (Siculodes), 493.
puritana (Phyllodonta), 167.
purpurascen.s (.Aslanga), 354.
purpurea (Petelia), 123.
purpureoviridis (Racbeospila), 26.
pusilla (Metoponia), 459.
pustulata (Eucyclotropis), 273.

— (Heterephyra), .37.
Putorius, 6.50, 651.
Pycnoneura, 13, 498.
pygarga (Polyptycbus), 435.
pygargus (Circus), 431.
pygaria (Thysanopya), 125.
pygmaea (Acanthi.s), 459.

— (Acrobates), 626.

— (Linaria), 459.

— (Linota), 459.
Pygmaeomorpha, 387.
pylades (Eucyclotropis), 274.

— (Papilio), 360.
Pyrameis, 348.
Pyrgita, 458.
Pyrinia. 170. 171, 5H0.
pyrrhoptera (Fringilla), 457.

Pyrrhula, 457.

pythodoris (Charaxes), 352.

pytyopsittacus (Loxia), 460

quadrata (Orthotropis), 254.
quadrilinea (Leucoctenorrhoe), 526, 527.
quadrilineata (Polla), 172.

— (Sphacelodes), 172.
quadrirubrata (Ptyehopoda), 42, 51.3.
quadrisignatus (Cyclopides), 34.3.
quadruplicaria ( Heterusia), 89.
quagga (Euparius), 308.
quinqueliuearia (Jlonroa), 555.

— (Synelya), 514.
quirinalis (Acraea), 326.
quirnalis (Acraea), 346.

raiiltenii (Perdix), 177.

— (Synoicus), 177.
Racbeospila, 22, 25, 26, 506.
radiata (Iridopsis), 554.

— (Nelo), 98.

radiosii (Eriopygidia), 51.
raffrayi (Beleuois), 358.
raggiana (Paradisea), 367. "
Rallina, 184.
Rallus, 184.
Rapala, 354.
Ratiaria, 91.
rattraya (Nepbele), 436.
rattrayi (Temnora), 437.
rattus (Mus), 223, 598.
rauana (Precis), 348.
rectilinea (Epiplema), 3.
reducta (Cymatophora), .553.
regia (Platalea), 188

— (Sangala), 98.
regularis (Terias), 358.
Regulus, 433.

reichenowi (Rhipidura), 206, 207.
resta (Xylophanes), 439.
restricta (Uospila), 5il4.
restrictata (Cambogia), 85.
reticulata (Cambogia), 84.
rex (Papilio), 360.
rhabdophora (Gouodela), 478.
rhesus (Theretra). 440.
Rhinura, 74, 78.
Rhipidura, 205-7.
rhodaria (Microgonia), 574.
Rliodochlora, 5U6.
Rhodomena, 74, 75.
Rhodophthitus, 471.
rhodosticta (Leucoreas), 13.
rhodostigma (Ani.sodes), .30, 31.
rhodotus (Xylophanes), 440.
rhombeus (Mecocerus), 238.
rhombifer (Monocloeus), 257, 258.

( 679)

Rhopalista, 75, 76.
Rhopalocampta, 362.
Ehopalodes, 527.
ribbei (Prothoe), 3liG.
ribensis (Diestogyna), 352.
richardsoni (Putorius), (350, 651.
ridleyanus (Papilio), 360.
riedelii (Lalage), 208.
riggenbachi (Pulex), 611.
rivolii (Ptilinopus), 180.
robustus (Eugonus), 301.

— (Macropus), 224, 225, 365.
Boeselia, 415.

rojiza (Orthoprora), 522.
rosa (Craspedia), 34.
rosacea (Asura), 426.

— (Carpophaga), 180.

— (Columba), 180.
roseipileum (Ptilinopus), 179.
rosenbergi (Typhloceras), 639.
roseoliva (Anapalta), 44.

— (Calyptocome), 32.
roseoviridis (Rhodomeua), 75.
roseovittata (Rliodophthitus), 471.
rostrifera (Epiplema), 4.
rothschildi (Amphoraceras), 428.

— ( Chrysocraspeda), 322.

— (Petrogale), 366.

— (Xylophanes), 439.
Rothschildia, 601.
rubella (Heterorachis), 465.
rubellicincta (Tephroclystia), 87.
rubiada (Cambogia), 82.
rubianus (Troidcs), 654.
rubicoUis (Zeuctostyla), 105.
rubiginea (Taragama), 394.
rubra (Mimojirora), 161.
rubricata (Hyperytbra), 491.
rubriceps (Agraptochlora), 464.
rubricosta (Mylothris), 358.
rubripileum (Neopsittacus), 194.
rubriplaga (Darna), 15.
rubritorquis (Trichoglossus), 193.
rubroba.salis (Piuacopteryx), 358.
rubroradiata (Euproctis), 400.
rueppelli (Mylothris), 341, 356.
rufa (Dinawa), 386.

— (Mimosema), 162.
rufaria (Microgonia), 140.
rufata (Hymenomima), 109.
rufescens (Parantliribus), 283.
ruficana (Bryoptera), 551.
ruficollis (Limonites), 187.

— (Phaenithon), 295.
ruficostaria (Erebochlora), 47, 517.
rufidorsalis (Passer), 458.
rufifimbria (Siculodes), 493.

— (Spargania), 77.
rufifimbriata (Micro.xydia), .575.
rufigrisea (Isocliromodes), 150, 151.

rufigrisea (Spilocraspeda), 151.
rufigula (Myiagra), 207.
rufipectus (Passer), 4.58.
rufipiaga (Oospila), 505.
rufistigma (Anisodes), 510.
rufivena (Eriopygidia), 50, 518.
rueventri.s (Rhipidura), 205, 206.
rufocinctus (Passer), 459.
rufofasciata (Oiuiohlis), 377.
rufomerus (Chrysococcyx), 199, 200.
rufulata (Anisodes), 510.
rufulus (Anthus), 217.
rufus (Euparius), 305.

— (Lanius), 431.

— (Macropus), 365.
rumia (Kallima), 350.
rupina (Hypolamprus), 483.
ruppeli (Passer), 458.
ruptimacula (Cimicodes), 137.
ruspina (Euphaedra), 350.
rustica (Hirundo), 203.
rutilans (Passer), 458.

Sabulodes, 147, 161, 164.
Saccoploca, 8, 9, 495, 496.
saclava (Neptis), 350.
sacra (Ai-dea), 188.

— (Demiegretta), 188.
safitza (Mycalesis), 344.
sagenaria (Asura), 425.
sagittaria (.-isura), 425.
saharae (Passer), 460.
Salamis, 348, 452.
salmacis (Hypolimnas), 350.
salmo (Banisia), 483.
salomonis (Argyrolepidia). 446.
salvadorii (Dicaeum), 214.

— (Stigmatops), 215.
salvini (Heterusia), 537.
sancta (Halcyon), 196, 199.
Sangala, 98, 99, llll.
Sangalopsis, 99, 100, 544.
sangaris (Cymothoe), 352.
sauguinata (Pi.soraca), 467.
Sarangesa, 360.
Sarracena, 524.

satraps (Abisara), 317, 318, 455.
saturatus (Cuculus), 201.

— (Microtus), 642.
satyrata (Nipteria), 103.
saussurei (Mycalesis), 344.
Saxicola, 431.

scabra (Epiplema), 4, 5.

scabrosus (Brachytarsus), 308.

Scalops, 642.

Scaptesyle, 422.

scapulatus (Pteropus), 222.

Scea, 19.

schaeneia (Antauartia), 348.

( G80 )

schistacea (Entogonia), 12.

— (Iridopsis), Ul, 554.

— (Spargania), 77.
schistioolor (Hymenomima), 110.
Schistophk'ps. 4'2(i.
schoenbergi (Delias), 453, 454.

— (Troides), .-ill.
scintillans (Lipomelia), 37.
Scodiona, 47G.
Scoliacma, 416, 417.
Scolopax. 187, 431.
scolytinus (Gymnognathus), 252.
Scopelodes, 384, 385.

scotica (Lo.xia), 4150.
sculpturatus (Anomalipus), 449, 451.
scutellaris (Eusphyrus). 290, 291.
scutulata (Ninox), 192.
Scymnopis, 282.
.Scythrops, 175.
Sebastia, 535.
secturata (Nipteria), 550.
securizonis (Clerckia), 442.
segecia (Abisara), 317, 455.
segestes (Abisara). 455.
selatinus (Anomalipus), 450.
Selidosema, 477.
Semaeopus, 42, 513, 514.
Semalea, 31)2.

semialbata (Devarodes), 97.
semicastanea (Thysanocraspeda), 10.
semicava (Phyllodonta), 108.
semicollaris (Rhipidura), 206.
Bemicostata (Pigia), 39.
semiflava (Heterusia), 447.
semifulva (Scea), 19.
semifumata (Erebochlora), 517.
semifusca (Trigonomelea), 475.
semigriseus (Phaenithou), 294.
seraimaculata (Stenoplastis), 502.
seminigra (Ameria), 81.

— (Tephroclystia), 534.
semiornata (Racbeospila), 506.
Semiothisa, 127, 479, 562.
semipallida (Spargania), 78.
semipicta (Epiplema), 462.
semipleta (Perigramma), 105.
semirasa (Psaliodes), 69.
semirubra (Eriopygidia), 50.
semiusta (Pergama), 1 65.
semivitrea (Acraea), 346.
senegalensis (Terias), 358.
separata (Carpophaga), 18 I
septemcincta (Muletia), 615.
sequens (Gcrygone), 205.
Serena (Acraea), 328, .346.
Serinus, 431, 457.
serratilinea (Ilypolepis), .521.

— (Psaliodea), 70, .521.
servona (Acraea), 346.
sesamus (Precis), 348.

setinata (Durbana), 47ii, 471.

— (Fidonia), 470,471.
setosa (Rhipidura), 200.
severina ( Bclenois), 358.
se.xmaculata (Cosmema), 448.
shelleyi (Passer), 459.
Sibylla (Nipteria), .548.
siccifolia (Microgonia). 158, 574.
Siculodes, I, 493.

»Sicya, 171.

slcnnata (Psaliodes), 70.
sigillata (Dichromatopodia), 36.
sigillatus (.Yzanus), 350.
Sigmodon, 5',I9.

signatus (Gymnognathus). 242.
signifer (Semaeopus), 42.
signigcra (Saugalopsis), 100.
silenus (Myrina). 354.
simana (Pinaoopteryx), 358.
simbangana (Abisara), 318.
simills (Euparius), 304, 305.

— (Megalopalpus), 354.

— (Phaenithou). 294.
simousi (Neoctodon), 617.

— (Pulex), 616.
Simopteryx. 172.
simplex (Anauxesis), 65.

— (Eugonus), 300.

— (Hyperythra), 492.

— (Oenochroma), 485.

— (Passer), 460.
simulans (Eudule), 541.
sinaiticus (Carpodacus), 457.
Sindris, 447.

sinuata (Lozogramma), 561.
sipahi (Haematospiza), 456, 457.
smiiragilinus (Porphyrio), 185.
smithi (Hyposidra), 480.
sobria (Cophocerotis), 540.

— (Halone), 422.
socius (Philaeterus), 458.
Solaris (Cinnyris), 214, 215.

— (Xectarinia), 214.
solilucis (Belenois), 358.

— (Campy lona), 15.
solomonis (Halcyon), 198.

— (Pteropus), 597.
somaliensis (Equus), 586, 595.
sombrera (Anapalta), 45.
sommeri (Tarsolcpis). 373.
somuolenta (Ira), 145.
songaria (Phyllodonta), 168.
sophia (Precis), 348.
sophrosyne (Mycalesie), 344.
sordida (Hypolopia), 55, 56, 520.

— (Saccoploca), 497.
sordidiis (Halcyon), 198. 199.

— (Monoclocus), 258.

— (Mus), 599.
Sorella, 458.

( «81 )

Sorex, 652.

soror (Gymnognathus), 24;i.

sororcula (Nipteria), 549.

— (Pseudapicia), 170.
sotikensis (Aoraea), 340.
Spalgis, 354.
Spargania, 70-8.
spar.sa (Exechontis), 284.
sparsilis Ormiscu.s), ^288.
spatiosa(Euphaedra;, 352.
specialis (Cosmema), 448.

— (Dromica), 448, 449.
spectandus (Aaomalipus), 4411.

, Speothos, 014.
Sphacelodes, 172.
Sphecotheres, 175, 220.
Sphingonaepiopsis, 4,^8.
spiculosus (Goniocloeus), 2i;i, 204.
Spilocraspeda, 120, 140, 151.
spiloderes (Calanthemis), 365.
spilotus (Ormiscu-s), 289.
Spindasis, .354.
spiniger (Monocloeus), 255.
spio (Hesperia) 300.
Spizaetus, 189.
splendida (Burgena), 444.
spodea (Imaus), 409.
Spododes, 580.
Sporostigena, 390.
sportella (A.semorhinii»), 234.
Spreo, 609.

spumata (Stenoplastis), 19.
spurcata (Neodirades), 8.

— (Tephroclystia), 88.
squamata (Stigmatops), 21.').
squamiplaga (Thysanocraspeda), 10, 11.
Squamosala, 392, 393.

Squatarola, 180.
squatarola (Charadrius), 180.

— (Tringa), 186.
stagnatilis (Totanus), 187.
statira (Abisara), 455.
Stauropus, 378-80.
steinbachi (Rothscbildia), 601.
Stenalcidia, 114, 115, 556.
Stenopla.stis, 19, 501, 502.
Stephanocircus, 047.
Sterna, 185.

Steri-ha, 469, 515.
sticticus (Litocerus), 23.S.
stigmatica (Gelasma), 20.

— (Hyalorrhoe), 21.
Stigmatops, 175, 215, 216.
stoliczkae (Acanthis), 459.
Strabops, 253.
Straboscopus, 254, 204.
straminea (Loxapicia), 152.
Strepsilaa, 180, 431.
striata (Cymatophora), 553.

— (Eucyclotropis), 273.

striata (Geopelia), 182.

— (Iridop.si.s), 554.

— (Josia), 1 7.

— (Pseudacraea), 333.

— (Zoriila),011.
btriatus (Oriolus), 219.
striga (Phloeobius), 240.
strigata (Neptis), 330, 350.

— (Pseudodreata), .371.
strigilaria (Synelys), 514.
Striglina, 484.

strigosa (Callipseustes), IIG.

— (Hypolepis), 54, 55, 57.

— (Microxydia), .576.
striolata (Hirundo), 203.
Strix, 175, 192.

stuarti (Rothscbildia), 601.
stuposaria (Pero), 165.
stygia (Precis), 348.
subaenescens (Anisodes), 31, oil.
subalbata (Hammaptera), 53.
subapicata (Cimicodes), 1,37.

— (Hydatocapnia), 409.

— (Meliuodes), 573.
subaurata (Ectropis), 475.

— (Myrioblephara), 475.

— (Tachyphyle), 27.
subbuteo (Falco), 431, 434.
subcitrina (Cratoptera), 1.S7.
subcostata (Ira), 145.
subcyliudricus (Eiigonus), 300, 302.
subdecora (Par.idoxodes), 104.
subdecorata (Microgouia), 158.
subdentilinea (Microgouia), 159.
subductaria (Microgonia), 159.
subeida (Belenois), 358.
subfasciata (.A.picla), 130.

— (Coeluromima), 8.

— (Morova), 483.
subformicina (Ceryx), 382.
subfulvata (Zeiizerodes), 1.
subfulvescens (Psaliodes), 71.
subfu.5ca (Anapalta), 516.
subfusoata (Lipomelia), 38.
subguttaria (Hydriomena), 517.
sublactea (Erebochlora), 48, 53.
sublutea (Euproctis), 41)2.
submarmorata (Oreonoma), 538.
submu.scosa (Cophocerotis), 540.
subnigra (Dasycbira), 404.
subnigropunctata (Dasycbira), 404.
subaotata (Fulgurodes), 545.
subocellata (Nipteria), 103.
subornata (Hyphedyle), 499.
subpilosa (Gonauticle.a), 488.
subpunctata (Eubyja), 473.
subscripta (Comibaena), 20.
snbsequa (Moscdra), 1.55.
.subsignata (Callipseustes), 110.
subsordida (Perusia), 579.

( 682 )

subspurcata (Heterusia), SO.
substigmaria (Celerena), 485.
subtincta (Devarodes), 544.

— (Lipomelia), .S8.

subtractata (Paracomistis), lljH, 164.
subtridactjla (Squatarola), 186.
subumbrata (Microgonia), 575.

— (Ptochophyle) , 467.

subusta (Hygrochroma), 142, 571.
subvaria (Devarodes), 544.
subviridis (Zeuctoneura), 43.
suffecta (Tephroclystia), 534.

— (Thysanopyga), V^r>.
suffusa (Heterusia), 536, .537.

— (Precis), 348.
Siila, 1811.

sula (Pelecanus), 180.

— (Sula), 189.
sulcirostris (Acoryaus), 232.
sulphurea (Tmaus). 41 1,
sumatrana (Ardea), 188.
sumatranus (Physopterus), 231.
sumbaensis (Astur). 100.
sumbavensis (Geoffroyus). 104, 105.
superciliosus fPlocepasser), 458.
superstes (Perusia). 166.
supremus (Troides), 311.
suturalis (Euparius), 308.

— (Piezocorynus), 278, 281.

— (Scymnopis), 282.
suvensis (Halcyon), 198.
swainsoni (Passer). 459.
swinhoei (Ceryx), 383.

— (Porthesia), 398.
sykesi (Acraea), 327, 346,
sylvanus (Lyoaenesthes), 356.
Sylvia, 433.

sylvia (Phriasura), 358.

Sympaector, 233.

Syncblora, 25.

Synelys, 514.

synestalraenus (Sarangesa), 360.

Synglochis, 582.

Syngria, 8, 407.

synoica (Carpodacus), 457.

— (Pyrrhula), 457.
Synoicus, 177.
Syrtodes, 118, 124.

Tachyglossus, 229.
Tachyphyle, 27, 464, 507.
Tachyris, 314.
taedium (Epistor), 436.
taeniolata (Ptycbopoda), 513.
taoniopus ( Equus), 593, 504, 595.
Taeniopygia, 218.
Tagiades, 360.
Tanaostyla, 106.
Tantalus, 186.

tapirus (Euparius), .30.3,
tapponia (Nipteria), 103.
Taragama, 394.
tarsal is (Dasyrhopala), 272.

— (Eupariu.s), 307.

— (Ctoniocloeus), 263.
Tarsolepis, 373.
Tarucus, 356.
Tatusia, 614.

technatis (Mycale.'iis), 344.

telicanus (Tarucus), 356.

Telipna. 335, 354.

tellus (Planema), 333, 348.

Temnora. 4.36, 437.

temora (Salamis), .348.

tempestatis (Pisorhina), 190, 101.

tenerifae (Regulus), 433.

tentyris ( Eury phene), 352.

tenuicornis (Lagopezus), 275.

tenuis (Eugonus), 300.

Tepbrina, 562.

Te|ihrinopsis, 562.

Tephroclystia, 87, 88, 530-35.

Tephronia, 115.

tera (Larinopoda), 354.

Teracolus, 358.

terea I Precis), 348.

Terekia, 187.

Terias, 358.

Teriomima, 331), 354.

terminata (Isochromodes), 151.

terra ( Pseudacraea), 332, 350.

tessellata (Cambogia), 84.

— (Heterusia), 537.

testudo (Pulex), 603.

Tetracis, 581.

tetradactyla (Luricata), 611.

tetragouata (Aeschropteryx), 128.

Tetrabarnis, 354.

teydea (Fringilla), 434.

thalassina (Luceronia), 358.

Thalassodes, 322.

Thamnonoma, .563.

tbecla (Sarangesa), 360.

theclaria (Meleaba), 498.

Theretra, 440.

thersander (Papilio), 360.

thomasi (Ceratophyllus), 625.

thomcnsis (Tuerta), 445.

thura (Carpodacus), 456.

Tbyatira, 381, 382.

thyridata (Heterusia), 91.

thysa (Belenois), 358.

Thysanocraspeda, 7, 9-11.

Thysanoctena, 535.

Thysivnopyga, 124.

tibiale (Odezia), 542.

tibialis (Anthrenosoma), 281, 282.

— (Phaenithon), 292.

tigrina (Columba), 182.

( 683 )

tigrina (TurtuO, 182.
tigris (Eu]i:ii-ius), 303.
timorensis (Chalcophaps), 183.
timoriensis (Ceblepyris), 208.

— (Lalage), :.'08.

— (Megalurus), 210.

— (Philemon), -.'lO.

— (Tropidorhynchus), 21G.
tincta (Uraspedia), 35, 3G.
tiiigitaniis (Passer), 457.
Tinnunculus, 190, 434.
tiridates (Charaxes), 352.
tirikensis (Mylothris), 341, .3oG.

— (Pseiulaci'aea), 332, 350.
Tirumala, 344.

titau(Troides), 310, 311, 312.
tithonus (Troides), 311.
Tithraustes, 17.

tjindanae (GeofEroyus), 194, 195.
Tinetomorpha, 173.
togonis (Papilio), 453.
tonkiniana (Apolecta), 23G.
tonkinianus (Aeorynus), 2.32.

— (Habrissus), 234.
Toruos, 582.

torquatus (Astur), 189, 190.
torrida (Ptychopoda), 468.
toruna (Acraea), 34G.
torsivena (Anisodes), 32.
Totanua, 187, 431.
Toxotropis, 286.
Trachytropis, 266.
traillii (Pergama), 1G5.
transducta (Nipteria), 104.
transitoria (Cosmema), 448.

— (Dromica), 448.
translucens (Devarodes), 97.
transversata (Ophthalmophora), 96.
transvisata (Abraxas), 543.

— (Gonodela), 479.
triangulifera (Tephroclystia), 534.
trias (Craspedia), 35.
Trichechus, 226.
Trichoclystis, 535.
Trichodezia, 541.
Trichoglossus, 192-4.

trichosa (Chaetopsylla), 645, 646.
Trichosterrha, 515.
Trichosurus, 227.
tricolor (Erythrura), 217.

— (Fringilla), 217.

— (Rallina), 184.

— (Tuerta), 446.
tricolora (Eugoa), 427.
trifascia (Paradohertya). 421.
trigenuata (Tephroclystia), 88.
Trigonomelea, 475.
triliueata (Lampropteryx), 57.
trilunaria (Oospila), 505.
trilunata (Psahodes), 71.

triinaculata (Melochlora), 22.
trimeni (Tuerta), 446.
Triiiga, 18G, 187, 431.
Tringoides, 187.
tripartita (Psaliodes), 72.
Tripho.sa, 524.
tripita (Psaliodes), 72.
trisecta (Eubyja), 473.

— (Niptei-ia), 549.

trisignatus (Cyclopides), 343, 3G2.

tristata (Fidonia), 560.

tristis (Ceratophyllus), 625, 62G.

— (Piezocorynus), 27G, 277, 280.

— (Typhlopsylla), G25, 62G.
triumphans (Siculodes), 1.
trivirgata (Monarcha), 207.
trochilus (Chilades), 356.
Troides, 310-12, 654.
Tropideres, 254.
Tropiderides, 286.
Tropidorhynchus, 216.
Trotorhombia, 498.
trygodata (Craspedia), 30.
Trygodes, 101.

tryoni (Papilio), 453.
Tuerta, 445, 446.
tunueyi (Mus), 222, 223.
Turacoena, 181.
Turdus, 431, 432.
turneri (Osica), 374.
Turnix, 177.
turpis (Nipteria), 104.

— (Pyenoneura), 13.
Turtur, 182, 431.
turtur (Turtur), 431.
Typhloceras, 639, 641.
Typhlopsylla, 625, 626.
typtaria (^Laudosia), 576.

— (Mixopsis), 163, 576.

Uganda (Euphaedra), 334, 352.
ugandae (Passer), 459.
TJhura, 491.
umbilicata (Craspedia), 512.

— (Emmiltis), 512.
umbrilinea (Spilocraspeda), 126.
umbriaus ((Toniocloeus), 264.
umbrosa (Microgonia), 575.
unchall (Macropygia), 182.
undilinea (Anisoperas), 565.

— (Brachyctenistis), 133, 134.

— (Lomographa), 92.
unguifera (^Onychogale), 227.
unicolor (Certima), 136.
uuicolora (Asura), 425.

_ (Ilema), 420.

uniformata (Calyptocome), 33.

uniformis (Nemotrichus), 269.

— (Phellinodes), 14.

( 684 )

uniforniis (Sporostigena), 39fi.
unilinea (Xipteria), 550.
unimacula (Tanaostyla), 100.
uuimaculata (Acraea), H4S.
uniplaga (Triphosa), i)2i.
unistrigata (Xervicompressa), .390.
unisulcatus (Otomys), li.SG.
Upiipa, 4.31.
Uranotliauma, .356.
TJrocalpe, 78, 7'.l.
uropygialis (Carpodacus), 457.
usemia (Castaliiis), 340, 35C.
ustanalis (Loi)liotosoma), 7.
ustularia (Asestra), 132.
uvui (Acraea), 34G.

validaria (IriilopsN). 111.
Vanellus, 431.
Vanes.'jula, 348.
varanes (Charaxes), 352.
variegata (Rhinura). 74.
variegatus (XuQieniu.s), 180.

— (Parexillis), 285.

— (Tantalus), 180.
variolosus (Cacomantis), 201.

— (Cuculus), 201.
velleda (Neptidopsis), 350.
velatina (Sangalopsis), 544.
venaticus (Speothos), 014.
venosa (Scopelodes), 385.
ventralis (Milionia), 321.
Ventura (Acraea), 328.
venusfcx (Apicia), 15.3.

— (Mesedra), 155.
vereoundus (Mus), 598.

verrucatus (Piezocorynus), 278, 279, 281.
versilinea (Microgonia), lljO.
vesta (Teracolus), 3.58.
vestalis (Teracolus), 358.
vestigiata (Devarodes), 97.

— (Isochromodes), 151.

— (Nipteria) 550.

vestitus (Homocloeus), 2G4, 2G5, 26G.
vibicaria (Apicia), 130.

— (Loxapicia), 152.
vibius (Pardaleodes), 362.
vicinus (Gymnognathus), 243.
victa (Rallina), 184.
victoriao (Troides), 054.
vigilaus (Opisthoxia), 543.
vinidia (Acraea), 340.
vinocinctata (Haemalea), 37.
vinosata (Anapalta), 43.

— (Psaliodes), 73, 523.
violacea (Mesedra), 155.
violada (Amaurinia), 526.
violetta (Anapalta), 45.
Virachola, 354.
virginea (EuproctU), 398.

viridifascia (Ischnopteris), 557, 558.
viridifiLseus (Oriolus), 219.
viridilinea (Bonatea). 568.
viridirufa (Bryoptera), 551.

— (Ira), 145.

viridis (Ptilinopus). 180.
viridissimus (Stauropus), 378.
vitticollis (Gymnognathus), 250.

— (X'emotrichus). 207. 270.
vittifrons (Sympaector), 233.
viverinus (Dasyurus), 623.
vivida (Phyllodonta), 168.
volitans (Darna), 15, 18, 501.
vulgaris (Asinus), 593.

— (Mycalesis), 344.

— (Ormiscus), 288, 290.
Tulneraria (Sphacelodes), 172.
vulpecula (Epiplema), 5.

— (Trichosurus), 227.
vulpina (Psaliodes), 523.
vultunita (Josia), 18.
Tiilturinus (Tropidorhynchus), 216.

wallacei (Anthribus), 235, 236.

— (Ptilinopus), 180.

— (Astur), 189, 190.
walshi (Eusphyrus), 291.
waterhousei (Ozotomerus), 297.
weiskei (Abisara), 317.

— (Delias), 314.

— (Papilio), 310.

— (Tachyris), 314.

wenmanni (Ctenophtbalmus), 042.
westermanni (Muscioapula), 204.

— (Precis), .348.
westwoodi (Belenois), 358.
wetterensis (Gerygone), 204.

— (Ptistes), 195.
whitnalli (Papilio), 342, 3l'>0.
wigginsi (Acraea), 326, 340.
willemi (Cyclopides), 362.
woodwardi (Ceratophyllus), 623.

— (Dendrodorcopsis), 225.

— (Macropus), 224. 225.

— (Xeptis), 331, 350.

xantha (Teriomima), 354.
xanthocera (Apaturina), 452.
xanthogaster (Columba), 179.

— (Ptilinopus), 179, 180.

— (Ptilopus), 179.
Xanthomima, 489.
xanthopygius (Serinus), 457.
Xanthoroe, 46.
Xanthospilopteryx, 443, 444.
xanthospilos (Candalides), 369.
Xenocerus, 230.

Xerus, 1)11.

xylinata (Ischnopteris), 557.

Xylophancs, 439, 440.

yamdenae (Alcyone), lOO.
Ypthima, 314.
julei (Euproctis), 399.
— (Mylothris), 35G.

Zamium, 3(34.
zantus (Temnoi'a), 437.
zarudnyi (Passer), 4G0.
zebra (feuparius), 308.
zeno (Padraona), 3(32.
zenobia (Papilio). 3(31).

( 68,07;

zetes (Acraea), 34(3.

zethi (Ceratopliyllus), Qog,

Zeuctoneura, 43.

Zeuctostyla, 10.5.

Zeuzerodes, 1, 2, 494.

zingha (Chara.\e.s), 354.

Zizera, S.OG.

zochalia (Belenois), ,358.

zoolina (Charaxes), 352.

Zorilla, Gil.

Zosterops, 213, 214.

KND OF VOI-. XI.

frauu ,y Bam. W«U.n i Vin,y, I,,.. u,u,on a.i Ay„>,u.-y.

PLATE I.

1. Amauris dira

2. Neptis clarei

3. Acraea wigginsi .

4. „ clarei

5. Keptis ochracea .

6. Apkneus dritcei .

7. Papilio peculiaris

8. Cyclopides frisignatus

9. Mylothris tiiikensis

10. Pinacopten/x dixeyi

11. Castalius usemia .

12. Catoc//iysci/is nandensi

13. Poultonia ochrascens

14. Pseudacraea tirikensis
1.5. Neptis conspicua .

16. ^4cra/'a cinerea

IT. ,, hijatti

15. Mimacraea poultoni
19. Telipna nyanza .

l>. 324

p. 330

p. 326

]). 327

p. 33U

p. 338

p. 342

p. 343

p. 341

]). 341

]>. 340

].. 339

]i. 336

p. 332

p. 329

p. 325

J), 328

]K 337

p. 335

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EXPLANATION OF PLATES II. AND III.

l-'iir.

PLATE 11.

1.

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2.

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25. Troiili'n chimii'.r'i ¥

20. Euhorrlefa lii/jjnrala S ■

2 7. „ mechi i

28. Abisara iceisltui ? .

29. Boarmia aroensis ?

30. JiJil/onia jiarra ? .

31. Cliri/xncraspida rotJischildi S

32. Etibonlftd ficliltonii S ■

33. ., „ ? .

34. ., mirunda S

35. Chi'birn hemileuca S

30. Tkalassodes nicestrata S

37. Bordeta aroensis ?

38. MiUonia veiitralis S

39. „ f//i-« (^ .

40. „ „ ? . .

41. „ nrof/ms c?

42. Mijcalcf:!"; bdrbara tnea S

43. Mesf:ar(i.s miiiiiciis S

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Pl. II.

lltiNISClIFT. COLOUR-TYPH.

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PL. 111.

MHN7SC1IHL CoLOUK-TYI'h.

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26.

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32.

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37.

Stauropus riridissimus
Taragama ruhiginea .
Nervicompressa alhomaculata
„ lunulata

„ unistrigata

„ aroa .

( >doiiesfris cent)-altstrigata
Taragama dinawa

„ proserpina c?
Nermcompressa kebeae
Sporostiaeiia uniformis
hostiyeua bicellatu
Euproctis pratti
Stauro]>tis bella .
Imaas pi-ntfi S ■
Euproctis parallelaria
Stnuroptis dinawa

„ pratti
JVen-icompressa dabia
Euproctis swinhoei

„ rubroradiata
Lgmantriu. kebeae
Didcriaia pratti .

„ kebea .

„ diiuura
Farabasis pratti
Dasychira kenricki S
Euproctis yulei .

„ dinawa

„ kebeae
Thi/atira ekeikei
(iunda kebea d .
Arguda pratti cj
Euproctis nigroapicalis
( 'hioriaenia, albomaculata
Faradohcrtga trifascia
Garudinistis aroa

V-
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P-
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p. 378
p. 394
p. 391
390
390
392
397
394
394
391
396
p. 396
p. 400
p. 379
p. 409
p. 399
]). 379
p. 380
p. 391
p. 398
p. 400
p. 408
p. 412
413
413
429
405
p. 399
p. 399
p. 399
p. 382
p. 370
p. 395
p. 401
p. 422
p. 421
p. 422

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Pl. IV.

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PLATE V.

1.

Amjihoracfrds rothachihli .

p. 428

2.

Omichlis hampsoni

p. 375

3.

„ ilinaica

p. 376

4.

Pneudof/ari/ctta diverm 6

p. 373

5.

Omickli.s pratti .

p. 377

6.

„ ochracea S ■

p. 376

7.

„ griseola

p. 377

8.

Notodonta irroratiriridis

p. 380

9.

Pnrazeuzera celaena .

p. 384

lu.

„ au7-ea .

p. 384

11.

Dinawa nigricans

p. 386

12.

Eugoa conflua .

p. 427

13.

y tricolora .
llema hades

p. 427

14.

. p. 4211

1.5.

„ dinawa

p. 419

16.

„ ekeikei

p. 419

17.

PxeAulilema dinawa ?

p. 419

18.

,) )j '^

. p. 419

19.

Nishada melanopa

p. 417

20.

Scoliacma hampsoni ?

p. 417

21.

Acco bicolora S .

p. 418

22.

Astira_/faveoh( .

p. 424

23.

„ sai/ittaria

p. 425

24.

„ hninneofasciata

p. 425

25.

„ nnicolora .

p. 425

20.

., oc/uromacidata. .

p. 424

27.

Chioiiaeina chanjbdis .

p. 423

28.

IJalone^/taropunctata .

p. 421

29.

^ faca d/rina, bip n ii eta ta

p. 421

30.

llema eostistrijiatn

p. 419

31.

,, nnicolora .

p. 42u

32.

Dinawa rufa

p. 386

33.

Uirthama dinawa

p. 385

34.

Pi/ymaeomorpha brunnea

p. 387

35.

„ modesta

p. 387

36.

Graphosia ochracea .

p. 415

37.

Asura aroa

p. 426

38.

„ dinawa .

p. 426

39.

Celama area ? .

p. 414

40.

Schistophleps bicolora

p. 426

41.

Celama aroa S •

p. 414

42.

„ ftiscibasis

p. 414

43.

Thyatira dinawa

p. 381

44.

Cascera bella S ■

p. 374

45.

Pseudodreata strigata

p. 371

46.

Conthei/la pratti

p. 385

47.

Sij iiamosa la n igrostigmata

p. 393

48.

Scopelodi's dinawa

p. 384

49.

Lasiochara pulchra .

p. 392

50

Lasiolimacus ferruginea

p. 389

51.

Scopelodea nitens

p. 385

62.

StanropuH kebeae

p. 378

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Pl. V.

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Fij;. 1 . hnaus spodea S

Kaproctis albociliata 6
Dirersosexus aroa ? .

„ hicolor S

Eiqjrocti.^ fuscoradiata ?
Dasychu'oides bicolora
„ pratti .

„ bnai/H'osirit/fitii

Ci'/itra multipunctata
Imans (labia
„ sulphurea
„ pratti

„ marginepunctata
Eiiproctix irreijularis .
Maenas piuictatoatriijata
Eiiprortis cirijiiiea
< hiiirlilix riifofascinta .
L;/iiianlria clteihci S .
Scaptesi/lc aroa .
Acatapaustiis ekeilwi .
Ilema nivea
Porthesia elteikei
Scoliacma hampsoni S
Roeselia basifusca
Acntfipaiist'is basifuscd c
( 'liri/saeglia bipuiictatii
Dast/chira minor
Dasychiroiilcs nigrostriiintit
Cleolosia aroa
Dasychira briinnca
Osiea turneri c? .
Lasiolimacus prntfi .

„ kenricki c?

Oenistig bicolora
Lymantria novaguinensis
Deilemera hebeoe 3 .

„ (linawa S ■

„ priitfi S .

StauropKS dttbioxns ?
Dasych ira subnigropiinctutu

„ subnigra .

Collusa ekeihei .
Da$i/cJiii'oi(lfs obsoleta

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43.

p. 409
p. 401
p. 403
p. 403
p. 400
p. 407
p. 406
p. 407
p. 381
p. 410
p. 411
p. 409
p. 410
p. 401
p. 412
p. 398
p. 377
p. 408
p. 422
p. 416
p. 420
p. 398
p. 417
p. 415
p. 415
p. 42(t
p. 405
p. 406
p. 424
p. 404
p. 374
p. 388
p. 388
p. 420
p. 407
p. 411
p. 411
p. 412
p. 379
p. 404
p. 404
p. 429
p. 406

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PLATE VII.

Fig. 1. OwtVme ol' haul oi' Li/i:opsi///a /iovii,-< ...... p. (i02

2. t'l!is]iii|i;' organs of (? ol' tliu s:iluo ...... |i. IWi

3. Eighth abdoiuiiial segment of ? of the .same, inner surface . [>. (JU3

4. The same, outer surface ........ ji. GU3

•>. Metathora.x and first abdominal tergite of ^Fnldcopsi/Uii (K/nioris p. OU(o

0. Eighth abdominal tergite of tlie same ..... p. (iUT

7. Outline of bead and prouotnm of the same . .... p. (JiiG

8. Fourth and fifth segments of midtarsns of tiie same . . • P- CUG
ii. Foretibia of S of the same j). GUO

Id. The sfime oi' Malacopst/lla anclroc/i p. Gii5

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PLATE VIII.

Fig. 11. Outline of head and pronotnm of c? Malacopsi/lhi androcU

„ 12. Eighth abdominal segment of ? of the same

„ 13. Clasping organs of i of Malacopsi/lla agenoris

„ 14. The same of MalacojisyUa aiulrocU

„ 15. Fifth hindtarsal segment of the same

„ 16. Clasping organs of t? oi Pulex erilli .

,, 17. Ninth abdominal sternite of the same .

„ 18. Clasping organs of S of Pulex creusae
„ 19. „ ,, „ Pulex ri(/(/eiihftrli

„ 20. Ninth abdominal sternite of the same

„ 21. Clasping organs of (? of Pw^ea? e?7V/os

p. 604
p. 604
p. 607
p. 005
p. 005
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609
612
612
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PLATE

IX

ig. 22.
„ 23.

Eigbth iibdomiual segment, of ? of Pidex eriUi
The same of Pulex eridos

p. 61n
p. 611

„ 24.
„ 25.

,, „ rigyenbuchi
„ „ „ crexisae

p. 612
p. 6U9

„ 26.
„ 27.
„ 28.
„ 29.

„ „ „ cocyti .
„ „ „ corfidii .
„ „ „ klagesi .
„ „ „ australis

p. 619

p. 620

p. 621

. p. 614

„ 30.

„ „ ,, simonsi

p. 617

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PLATE X.

Fig. 31.

.. \i2.

.. -M.

.. ;54.

., 35.

„ 36.

„ 37.

., 38.

., 39.

.. 411.

., 41.

Clasping organs of t? of Pulex coci/ti ....
Ninth abdominal sternite of Pulex clcoj/lionfis .
Frontal part of liead of Pulex corfidii
Portion of posterior part of head of I'/drx ai/Kt/alix (to

the row of spine-like liairs above the antennal groove)
Clasping organs of d of Pulex klagegi
The same of S Pulex atitstralix .....
The same of c? Pulex stmotisi. (P- = ventral process of cl

not movalile) .......

Eighth abdominal segment of ? of Puler cowHux
Ninth abdominal sternite of S of Pulex hhif/exi .
Foretarsus of Pulex eoncitux .....

Head of ? of Cerntophi/llux /rooil/ruedi (tlic bristles (

hinder jiart of the head liroken otf) .

J). 619

p. Cl.'-)
It. Ill'*

shiiw
)•

11. r,i:i

ji. lUI
11. iii4

asi)er.

p. 617

p. 616
p. li-'l

.f tile

p. ill.'i

ti. 6:.'3

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Fig. 42. Last abdominal segments of ? of CcrntojihyUm iroodimrdi
„ 43. ('lasping organs of S of Ccratoplii/ltus hilU . . . .
„ 44. Eighth abdominal segment of ¥ of Ceratopk>/llus liilli
„ 4.5. Basal abdominal sternite of ? of Ceratophillm tristis
„ 4(5. (.'lasi)ing organs of S of ('fyatoplii/llm thomasi (the homology of
CI and F of this figure with the organs marked CI and F in
other figures is not beyond doubt) ....
„ 47. Eighth alxlominal tergite of ? of Cerutophyllm tristis
,, 48. „ „ sternite and ventral jiortion of eighth tergit

of ? of Ccriitojilii/llii.f tlioiiHisi .....
„ 41). Clasping organs of ? of ( 'I'mtoplii/llnn oclii
„ ijiJ. Head of ? of ( 'cru.topli;/lltig zetlii .....
„ 5L „ „ (? of CeratOphffUus ahalue .....

II. 024
p. 623
p. 623
p. 025

p. 020
p. 025

p. 020
p. 629
p. ()20
p. 031

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PLATE XII.

Fig. 52. Eighth abdominal segment of ? of Ccratophi/llus zctJti . . j). 628

53. The same and seventh stemite of ? of Cerafojj/ii///us (dladinU . [i. H'M

54. Eighth abdominal segment of ? of Ceratoplu/llus odd . . ji. 629

55. Clasping organs of S of CeratophilltiH ahalae . . . • !'• 632

56. T\\c sanw iii' Cfrrifoph/l/iis fn/r//)////itic ..... p. 630

57. High! h ubcloniiual segment of ? of tlie same .... ]i. (;3()

58. Clasping organs (if c? of f''(VY^)'()///i''///".s /(^//«'^(' .... p. 63.S

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PLATE XIII.

Fig. ;5'.». Eighth abilominal segment of ? of ('er(itopli)/llas mimar . . p. 6:58

(iO. Vil'th ticgim'wt of forotaranti of ('rni/fl/i//'////is a/ta/ac . . . p. (i;U

(il. Eighth abduminal segment and seventii sternite of ? of Ceruto-

phyllus octavii p. 039

62. Head of c? of Ceratopln/lbis agrippinae p. 634

63. The same of Crr(ifopJ/i/Uns mimae p. 637

64. Ninth abdominal sternite of i of Ceratophylbis ttiiiippiime . p. (i36

05. The same of Cerdtoplii/llus mimne p. 038

60. Head of ? of Cemfophyllus novaeguineae p. 629

67. Ventral portion of eighth abdominal tergite of the same . . p. 630

68. Ape.x of ninth abdominal sternite of i of Tgpliloceras rosenbergi p. 641

69. Fifth hindtarsal segment of the same p. 040

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PLATE XIV.

Fig. Til. Eighth abdominal tergite of ? of Ceralfljilii/Un.s eiK/ymionix . p. G3.!>

„ 71. Cliis[)ing orgaus and anal segment of c? of Tijpldocerasroxfubenji ji. 640

„ 72. Ninth abdominal steniite of (? of r7(v«)/;/'M«//«//« a«</<//w^7//« . j). 644
„ 73. The same of Cti-iwijlithalmus pseuduyi/rtes .....]>. 642
„ 74. Dorsal jiortion of seventh abdominal tergite, and eiglith segment

of ? of Ti/phloceras roscubciyi ...... p. 641

„ 75. Eighth abdominal segment and seventh sternite of ? of Cteno-

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CONTENTS OF NO. I.

1. NEW AMERICAN THYRIDIDAE, UR A Nil DAE,

AND GEOMETRIDAE Warren.

2. THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH-WEST ISLANDS

WETTER, ROMA, KlSSt . "Z.IU. A.^^l-
MOA

3. ON A COLLECTION OF MAMMALS MADE BY

MR. J. T. TUNNEY IN ARNHEM LAND,
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF SOUTH
AUSTRALIA

4. SOME NEW ORIENTAL ANTERIBIDAE. . ,

5. SOME NEW AFRICAN ANTHRIBIDAE .

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COLLECTED BY MR. A. S. MEEK (Plates
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CERA FROM THE SHORES OF THE
VICTORIA NYANZA (Plate I.) .

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10. ON A NEW ROCK-WALLABY FROM NORTH-

WEST AUSTRALIA

11. A NEW FORM OF PROTIIOE FROM THE

SOLOMON ISLANDS

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230—237

Karl Jordan

238—241

Karl Jordan

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