'^m rNr?Nevf 3)^ ^arrJjr^ 7i>.^/Z^ 4 r.^- ««-• wht^hlkm, r^ . ^v^^^^^^ ^«'?5^_- " :0 -^-ti 5^.;^ ^C\ ^¥f- 1. ^^ .'■* i:?^j5 ^ K '>:®.^^ NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE, H Journal of Zoology. EDITEIJ HY The Hon. WALTER EOTHSCHILD, Ph.D., Dr. ERNST HARTERT, and Dr. K. JORDAN. Vol. XVI. No. 1. Pages 1 — 158. Plates VIIL— Xlli. Issued May 31st, at the Zoological Museum, Trixg. PRINTED BY HAZELJ-, WATSON 4: VINEY. Ld., LONDON AND AYLESBURY. 1909. Vol.. XVI. NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE. EDITED BV "WALTER ROTHSCHILD, ERNST HARTERT, and KARL JORDAN CONTENTS OF NO. I. I'AGBK 1. LIST OF PAIiXASSIIXAE Waller Koth^child . 1—20 2. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN ARCTIADAE . Waller Itothschikl . 21—52 3. SOME NEW SIPHONAPTERA (Plate VIII.) . .V. Charle.^ Uolhschild 53 56 4. NOTES ON FLEAS IN THE K. K. H(»b"- MUSEUM (Plate IX.) .V. CImrles Rothschild 57— GO 5. ON SOME AMERICAN, AUSTRALIAN, AND PALEARCTIC SIPHONAPTERA (Plates X., XI.) X. a harks Rothschild 01— 08 (i. NEW AMERICAN r RAM I DAE AND GEO- METRIDAE W. Warren . 69 — 109 7. NEW SPECIES OF URAXIIJJAE AND GBO- METRIDAE FROM THE AETHIOPIAN KECION II'. Warren . . 110 — 122 8. NEW SPECIES OF TJIYRIDIDAE, VRANllUAK. AND GEOMETRIDAE FROM THE ORIEN- TAL REGION il'. Il'«;vc/' . 123—128 9. TWO REMARKABLE NEV»' SPECIES OL'' DIPTERA E. E. Aasteu . . 129—131 10. A NKW AEGERIID Walur IMhschild . 132 11. SYNONYMICAL NOTE ON XEXOPSY/.LA PACHYUROMYiniS X. Charles Rothschild 132 12. NEIj'E ANSICHTEN tJBER DIE MORPHO LOGIE, Usw, UND SVSIEMATIK DER FLOHE (Plates XII., XIII.) . . . .A. C Omlemans . 133—158 NOVITATES ZOOLOGIGAE. Vol. XVI., 1909. NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE H Journal of Zoolot3^ IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRING MUSEUM. EDITED BT The Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D., Dr. ERNST HARTERT, and Dji. K. JORDAN. Vol. XVI., 1909. (WITH EIGHTEEN PLATES.) Issued at the Zoological Museum, Trinu. PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON & VINEY, Ld., LONDON AND AYLESBUltY. 1910. CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVI. (1001)). MAMMALIA. PAGES 1. Nasua vittata Tsch. Walter Rothschild. (Plate I.) 333 AVES. 1. Notes sur les Oiseaux de \a. EepuVjlique Argentine. E. Haetert iind S. Ventuhi (Plates II. and HI.) 159-267 2. On some Recently Discovered African Birds. Ernst Hartert. (Plates XIV. and XV.) 333—335 COLEOPTERA. 1. New South Indian Anthribidae. Karl Jordan 307 — 308 2. On African Lotigicoms described by Hope and Westwood. Kakl Jordan 309 — 312 ORTHOPTERA. 1. Description of a New Apterous Earwig, apparently parasitic on a But. Karl Jordan. (Plates XVI.— XVIIl.) 313—326 2. Notes on the Anatomy of Jleviivterus talpuides. Kakl Jordan. (Plate XVIII.) 327—330 LEPIUOPTERA. 1. Catalogue of the Collection of I'aniassihuie in the Triug Museum. Walter Rothschild 1 — 20 2. New South American ArctiaduH. Walter Rothschild .... 21 — 52 3. New American Uraniidae and Geomelridae. W. Warren . . . 69 — 109 ( vi ) PAGES 4. New Species of Uraniidae and Geometridae from the Aethiopian Region. W. Warren 110—122 5. New Species of Thi/i-klidae, Urnniidae and Geometridne from the Oriental Region. W. Warren 123—128 6. A New Aegeriid. Walter Rothschild ........ 132 7. Descriptions of New South American Airtiai/ne. Walter HoTHsniiLU . 26X — 299 8. On the Species of Cricula {Sahirniidm). Karl Jordan .... 300- 30(j 9. Note on the Larva of Somabrachys. Karl Jordan .... 331 — 332 DIPTERA. 1. Two Remarkable New Species of Diptera. E. E. Austen . . . 129 — 131 SIPHONAPTERA. 1. Some New Siphonaptera. N. Charles Rothschild. (Plate VIII.) . 5.3 — 50 2. Notes on Fleas in the K. K. Hofmuseum in Vienna. N. Charles Rothschild. (Plate IX.) 57—60 3. On some American, Australian, and Palaearctic Siphonaptera. N. Charles Rothschild. (Plates X., XI.) (51 — 68 4. Synonymical Note on .\'e>iopsi/lla pai-liijurmnyidis. N. Charles Roth- schild 133 5. Neue Aiisicht«n iiber die Morphologie des Flohkopfes, .sowie iiber die Ontogenie, Phylogenie und Sy.stematik der Kliil\i'. A. C. Oudemans. (Plates XI 1., XIIl.) 133—158 6. Some Additional Notes on Fleas dealt with in previous Papers. N. Charles Rothschild 332 INDEX 337—358 LIST OF PLATES IN VOLUME XVT. ]. Head of A'asua vittata. By F. W. Frohawk. (Colour-type.) II.. III. Fggs of Argentine Birds. By H. Gronvold. IV.— VII. Soutli American Arcliadae (Moths). (Colour-type by Witherliy & Co.) VIII. — XI. Parts of Siphonaptera. By K. Jordan. XII., XIII. Parts of Siplumaptera By A. C. Oudemans. XIV., XV. Kecently Discovered African Birds. By J. G. Keulemans. XVI. — XVIII. Structure and Anatomy of Arixmiia and //emhnenis. By K. Jordan. ERRATA. Plate VIII. has erroneously been marked "Volume IX., 1902," instead of Volume XVI., 1909. Page 0, No. 24 : the place where P. apollo pyrenaicus was collected h.y W. Rothschild and E. Hartert is Cauterets, instead of " Cautarets." 19, No. x.\.\ii : the iianii' of the author of fnrnasxiiiti Inxias is Piiugclfr, not " Piingler.'' 52, No. 119: the reference should read PI. IV. tig. 22, instead of "tig. 23." 310, No. G : the generic- name should read " Ptycholaemus," instead of " PAycholaemus." NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE. Vol. XVI. MAY, 1909. No. 1 CATALOGUE OE THE COLLECTION OE FARNASSIINAE IN THE THING MUSEUM, WITH SYSTEMATIC NOTES. BY THE HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D. IN arr!iiif,ang tliis subfamily of butterflies I iiave made use of Herr H. Sticbel's '' Fasciiiile " on the <];roiii) in Wj tsmau's (jenerd [nsertonim, jniblished in litOT, as being the latest treatment of the family. Herr Stichel has revised the I'ariiusxiinae no less than three times : Hrst in the Berliner Kntomoloqische Zeitsclirift, vol. 51, secondly in Seitz, Gross-Sclimetterlinye der Erde, vol. 1, and lastly in Wytsman's Genera Ivsectorum, Fascicnle 58. 1 do not for a moment jireteiid tliat I have studied this group as thoroughly as Herr Stichel has done, but I have examined a very large number of specimens in addition to those here enumerated (for instance, I have examined at Tring, of Farnassiiis upolloniKS apollonius, 699 specimens from the Alexander Mountains alone), and I have found several facts worth noting which do not agree with the statements of Herr Sticliel.* These notes will be found under the various forms in their proper order. I. PARNASSIUS MNEMOSYNE (Linne). 1. P. mnemosyne mnemosyne (Linne). et ab. melaina. No specimen in Tring Museum. This form is confined to Scandinavia and European Russia. 2. P. mnemosyne halteres Mnsch. 2 larvae, Martigny, Switzerland. 1 find that Imlterets is (jnite as distinct from mnemosyne mnemo/ii/ne as any of the other local races oi mnemosyne. 3. P. mnemosyne parvus Stichel. No specimens at Tring. 4. P. mnemosyne hartmanni Standfass. 1 i S 6 , IS ? ?, Hospice de Franco, Liiolion, 1305 metres, July lOOo-O (W. Uotliscliild and Ernst Hartert). As there is already a pi/ronniois in P SS, Hungary, ex Felder coll.; 1 S, Hungaria (/(V/c Standinger). 0. P. mnemosyne athene Stichel. 1 9, Veluchi, Chelmos (Krueper). 10. P. mnemosyne nubilosus ('hristoph. 7 cJd", 1 ?, Akbt;s, Asia Minor; 1 S, Taurus ; 2 SS, 1 ?, Amanus Mountains, Syria ; 2 SS, 1 ?, Budschnnrd, Upper Atrek River, N. Persia, Aug. 1903 ; 1 S, Marash, Syria (Escalera) ; 1 S, Persia, ex coll. Felder. 11. P. mnemosyne giganteus Standinger. 1 S, Sary-poul, Province of Knliab, Afghanistan; 9 tjcj, 6 ? ?, Persian Kopet- Dagh, Siaret, 1160 metres ; 1 S, Kappak, Alexander Mountains, May 5-15, 1905; 24 (?(?, 5 ¥ ?, Kutmen-Tjube, Sussamyr Mountains, June and Jnly; 3 c?<^, 2 ? ?, Transcas])ia ; 1 ?, Transcaspia, Austaut's type of his var. oc/irucea ; 1 cT, Trans- caspia, ex coll. Felder; ASS, Ischimgan, June; 2 SS, 2 ? ?, Naryn district, north side of the Tianshan Mountains; 3 c?(?, 5 ? ?, below Sary-mat, Serafschan, 8000 ft., early May to middle of August 1900 (Funke); 1 9, Samarkand, ex coll. Felder; 1 S, 1 V, Kuldja. II. PARNASSIUS STUBBENDORFII Mknetiiiks. 1. P. stubbendorfii stubbendorfii Menetries. 3 S S, Kurai Pass, Altai, 7500 ft., July 5 (H. J. Elwes) ; \ S , Alt:u, Kudigmak, ex coll. Fehler ; 1 cJ, 1 ?, Sajan ; 1 S, ex coll. Felder ; 1 ? , ex coll. Felder ; 1 S, ( 3 ) Siiiniii-shau (Grnm-Gr.iliimailo, ex coll. Fcldcr) ; 2 cJc?, 1 ? , Amur ; 1 (?, Amur (Graeser) ; :i Jc?, no looiilih- ; 2 ? ?, ex coll. l'\'iilcr ; 1 ?, ah. melaiiojjliiii, Amur. 2. P. stubbendorfii tartarus Ansfant. 2 (?(?, 3 ? ?, Knkn-Nor (IJuckbcil). 3. P. stubbendorfii citrinarius Motsclionlsky. 3 ecies founded on Verity's fignre of a i from Nikolajefsk which he calls ecersmanni litoreus is not maintainable, as my S.E. Altai specimen is similar, and males from Nikolajefsk in several collections agree with the type, as do those I have from the Amur. 2. P. eversmanni thor H. Edwards. This form from Alaska is not in the Tring Museum. V. PARNASSIUS CLODIUS Menetries. 1. P. clodilis clodius Menetries. 0 (?(?, 1 ¥, Upper Kociue Uiver, Oregon (Mrs. Austin); \ S,\ ?, Washington Territory (Morrison); 1 ?, Gold Hill, Oregon (Biedermann); 1 S, Vancouver Island ; 10 66, 4 ? ?, MctUoiid River, Shasta t.!o., and 40 66, 18 ? ?, Mount Shasta, Siskiyou Co., California (0. T. Baron). 1 cannot find any reason for separating Herr Stichel's clodius (jaUatiiins, as I have seen tyjiical clodiiia clodius from cpiite close to (Jallatin Province. 2. P. clodius claudianus Stichel. 1 6,2 ?9, Vancouver; 1 J, 1 ?, New Westminster, British Colnmbia (A. D. Jones); 1 6,1 *, British Columbia; 4 66, A ? ?, Vancouver, British Columbia (A. H. Bush). (4) 3. P. clodius baldur \V. H. Kdwurds. lU c^c?, T) ?¥, N. t!alii'ornia (Mrs. Austin); r, -H, 1 ?, Tnickee Pass, 600U to SOnu ft., California; 1 ji is not even an aberration worth naming. It I. P. phoebus behrii W. H. Edwards. 3 (?(?, Yosemite Canon, California; 1 c?, 2 ? ?, no locality. 11. P. phoebus magnus AV right. 14 (J (J, 1 ?, British Columbia ; 3 JcJ, 4 ? ?, Ozoyoos, British Columbia, 1895 (Reynolds); 2S$,\ ?," U.S.A." (? Vancouver Island); 1 c?, Stickeen River, British Columbia ; 1 c?, Kaslo, British Columbia — nanus Neumoegen was founded on dwarf aberrations of this form and tiie typical form. X. PARNASSIUS APOLLO (Linni;). This species, the type of the genns, has been the subject of an enormous amount of literature. It has been split up into no less than 31 subspecies, and below I am describing two more. It is, however, a most regrettable fact that 17 names have been given to mere individual aberrations. P. ajtol/o is one of the most variable of butterflies, and it would be jjossible to name almost every second specimen as a distinct aberration. If entomologists continue this ]iractice of naming whole hosts of individual aberrations, it will make the scienlilic study of insects of almost insurmountable difticulty, and also once again bring entomology into the disrepute from whicli we were hoping it was gradually emerging. 1. P. apollo apollo (Liune). 1 S, "Suecia," ex Felder coll.; 1 c?, 1 ?, Wermland, IMni ; 3 (^c?,2 ? ?, Upsala district (Wiman) ; 1 S, Sweden (Thuini) ; 1 d, Hall Saro (Westring). 2. P. apollo finmarchicus Rothsch. 2 (?(^, Lavisa, Helsingfors ; 2 Sinin Slian ((ji-iuu-tir.sliimailo, cotyjies ex coll. Felder) ; 1 ?, Kuku Nor. 7. P. jacquemoutii thibetauus Riihl. 4 c?(?, 3 ? ?, Hon-Kow, Tiiibct, l(l,iHjo ft., native collectors, July and August 1890; I c?, 4 ? ?, no locality; 2 Sd, 1 ?, no locality, ex coll. Felder; 2 cJc?, Thibet ; 1 ?, Ta-chien-hi, July and August 1890 (Pratt); 1 c?. 1 ? , Ta-chien-ln, Chasseurs Thibetains (R. F. Dejeau, 1894), ex coll. Oberthiir. 8. P. jacquemouti tatsieuluica Verity. 2 c?c?, Ta-tsien-lu. P. jacquemoutii rubicuudus x actius. 1 S without locality, received from Tliiele, Berlin. XIX. PARNASSIUS EPAPHUS OuERTHfiR. 1. P. epaphus epaphus Oberthiir. 14 cJc?, Skora La, Cashmere, l.'>,000 ft., July 1887 (J. H. Leech); 6 (?. P. simo acconus F'ruhstorfer. 3 J(j, 1 ¥, Sikkim, wet season, ex coll. F'ruhstorfer ; 1 6, Sikkiiu, type; 1 cJ, Chnmbi Valley, Thibet; 1 c?, 1 ¥, Sikkim, 16,000—10,1)00 I't., July VJU2 (C. White, ex coll. Bingham). XXIX. PARNASSIUS TENEDIUS Eveesmann. T c?c?, 3 ¥ ¥, no locality; 1 J, 2 ¥ ¥, no locality, ex coll. F'elder ; 2 dd, 2 ¥ ¥, Altai, ll,o«3 ft.; 3 ¥ ¥, Vilui, N. Siberia; 2 ¥ ¥, Amur; 1 ¥, Albasin, (Puzilo) ; I c?, 15 ¥ ?, Sredne Kolymsk, N.E. Siberia, June I'JOO (N. Bereskiu). ( 19 ) XXX. PARNASSIUS IMPERATOR OsRtiTHun. 1. P. imperator imperator 01»ertliiir. (3 6 6, K. Thibet; 1 6,S ??, 'IVcliien-lu, 800(1—10,000 ft., July 1809 (A. E. Pratt), ex coll. Leecli ■, 1 6 , How Kon (native coll.), July and Augast 1890 (A. E.Pratt); ti ? ?, Ta-cliieu-lu (Moiisigiior Biet, e.K cull. Fekler)— all ex coll. Oberthiir ; 2 ? ? , no locality, but same pin and setting as the previous ; 1 ? , no locality. 2. P. imperator intermedius subsp. nov. 2 ¥ ?, Pembu Pass, 12 miles N. of Lhasa, August 1904 (N. V. L. Rybot). This new form lias the forewiugs similar to imperator imperator, but the black transverse bands are narrower ; the hindwings as obscure as iu ? /. augustus, but dark bands greyer and more diffused. 3. P. imperator musagetus Grum-Grshimailo. 1 6, Chuancha Mountains, Yellow River, 1890 (Grum-Grshimailo), cotype, ex coll. Felder. 4. P. imperator imperatrix Alphe'raky. 1 have no specimens. 5. P. imperator supremus Frnhstorfer. When We get a series of tliis form, of which only the type is known, it will prove only a giant /. inmagetus. 6. P. imperator venustus Stichel. The Tring Museum has no representative of this form. 7. P. imperator augustus Frnhstorfer. 1 c?, 1 ?, Thibet, cotypes, ex cull. Frnhstorfer; b 6S,'i ? ? , Chumbi Valley, Thibet. XXXI. PARNASSIUS CHARLTONIUS Ghav. 1. P. charltonius charltonius CJniy. I J, 0 ??, no locality; 1 6, Kuksir, Lahore, 14,Uou feet, 14. vii. Iss4 (G. Young); I c?, 1 ¥, Nilang Pass, Garhual, August ; 1 cJ, 1 ?, same locality, 16,000 ft., July 1895 ; 1 ?, Lahanl, 12,000 ft., IT. viii. 1884 (G. Yonng) ; 2 ? ?, Cashmere Valley, 11,000 ft,, and September 1, 8000 feet (Colonel Ward); 1 ?, Ladak (Stoliczka ex coll. Felder). 2. P. charltonius princeps Honrath. 3 3 Jc?, 3 ??, Pdiii-Slmkiili, Elbuiv, MiMiiitaias, Persia, June, July, I'-iuT, oUOO to 70U0 ft. (Fuuke;; 1 c?, N. Persia; 1 c?, Turkestan; 1 6, no locality ; 1 S , 1 ¥ , Krasnowodsk. ~. H. helios maxima Grnm-Qrsliimailo. 4 c?(?, 4 Sa, IScfir-Kuh, Al'j^liauistau (from Blajor Haiiser) ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Turkestan; 1 c?, Namajan (from Standinger, 1884); 6 i S , '^ ? ?, no lolaco them as follows : Gn»of/-i'//ln'x following Tln/nirctia, A.tatrephes following Zatrephes, and Antaxia immediately after Pniinidd. 1. Robinsonia marginata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 1). Nearest allied to R. j>rnphitea Dognin, ])nt much larger. ? . Head and thorax white ; palpi and antennae brown ; patagia with lirown patch where they meet costa of forewing ; dorsal surface of first six segments of abdomen orange buff with white median line, last two segments, ventral surface, and sides of abdomen white ; forelegs brown, njid- and hindlegs whitish. Forewing white with dark brown costal fascia and outer margin. Hindwing jiure white. Underside of wings as above, but costal fascia and outer margin of forewing much i)aler brown. Length of forewing: 10 mm. Hub. British Guiana (Mr. AVhitlbrd, bought by him at Georgetown, but almost certainly from Omai). 2 ? ?. 2. Robinsonia snffusa spec. nov. (PL IV. fig. 3). This species is nearest to It. monihi Druce. S . Head and tegnlae buff; base of ]iatagia grey, rest white; liiorax Imff; ab). Nearest to //. poli/jiliKiiK Scliaiis. i. Palpi lihick with white hiteral |iiitches ; hrad white with Mack liar above irons, back of liead scarlet; antennae brown; tlmvax bright brown : le-jiilae ( 22 ) and patagia white with narrow brown edges ; whitish spot in centre of motathorax ; legs deej) brown, washed with yellowish wliite on outside ; abdomen brilliant orange with dors04 (G. Ockenden). 15 cJcJ, 3 ? ?. 12. Prumala indistincta spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 14). (?. Similar to P. niiaim Dniee, but the l)and of ovate sjiots from the apex to the angle of inner margin is reduced to a line of indistinct dots, while the sn])apical patch is reduced to a grey dot with a reddish wash ; the jiatch at angle of inner margin is less distinct, and has a red margin : the discal and nntemedian transverse rows of spots are larger and with indistinct red rings. Hindwing bnflf, washed strongly with jiink ; abdomen jiink. ?. Has sjiots on forewing almost obliterated, lint has a double grc}' spot with reildish ring in the cell at the basal end; abdomen crimson, last segment yellow. JJii/t. Sapucay, Paraguay, January lOiir) (W. Foster); Chiriijui. 1 J, 1 ?. " 13. Prumala siibmarginalis spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. Hi). J. Pal|ii grey, with crimson line outside; head grey, s])otted with crimson; tegnlae, patagia, and thorax yellow, spotted with grey and crimson ; abdomen crimson above, white below. Forewing : basal half purplish grc}', running (2.5) obliquely from costa to vein 3 on ontor margin, bordered exteriorly with crimson ; veins crimson, a crimson dot where vein 0 springs from vein ID, a large grey diamond-shaped spot crimson-edged rnnning from vein 0 nearly up to vein 10 beyond the cell ; a snbmarginal row of grey red-edged spots on veins from 5 to 8, and a row of similar spots within this, largest towards costa. Hindwing hyaline bnii', washed with rose carmine ; a brown marginal spot on vein 3. Lensfth of fore wing : 14 mm. JJdh. Minas Geraes, October I'-tnO (A, Kennedy). 14. Prumala flavicoUis spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. 15). (?. Palpi yellow, frons orange, head yellow with two grey spots ; tegnlae ami base of patagia yellow, rest of patagia mauve brown with crimson edges ; tliorax brownish; abdomen crimson, tip yellow, a white dorsal spot on second segment. Forewing dark pnrplish grey, fore basal two-fifths becoming paler towards inner margin, within this area vein 3 crimson ; costa yellow, apical three-fifths yellow, separated from dark area by irregnlar crimson line running on to costa ; marginal row of crimson dots, snbmarginal row of grey dots, followed by an irregular line ; spots grey edged with crimson, expanding into large l)atches between vein 8 and costa; various dots on disc. Hindwing pale crimson, costal area white. Length of forewing : lo mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May lOoO (S. M. Klages). 1 ink ; the dark colour in the basal area of forewing paler and the irregular liiotcli beyond the cell less oblique and less irregular in outline ; abdomen dull crimson mixed with yellow. Length of forewing in pnn/iili.'i pan/ir/i.'i, S 18 mm.; in jianlulis purrii, S 13—15 ram. Ilab. Aroewarwa Oeek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 1905 (S. M. Klages); Manaos, September 1906 (M. de Mathan). 12 Si, 1 ?. 48. Amaxia rufobasalis spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 19). S. Palpi, legs, and Irons yellow; crimson line on vertex; collar and tegulae yellow ; base of patagia and front of thorax crimson ; rest of patagia and thorax dark crushed-strawberry red ; abdomen dull crimson, sides of last ( 35 ) segment whitish. Forewing : basal tliinl crushed strawberr.y washed with grey outwardly, veins in this area crimson ; liasal fourth of costa bright yellow, rest duller, the outer third to apex dotted with crimson ; rest of wing semi- transparent dull yellow; an outer submarginal row of greyish manve dots and ten ocellatcd greyish mauve s[)ots on the disc. Hindwing : costal third opalescent pinkish wliite, rest crushed strawberry. Length of forcwing : 18 mm. Hub. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 19U0 (S. M. Klages). 9c?cf. 49. Areomolis basalis spec. nov. (PI. V. figs. 20, 21). S. Palpi greyish brown ; pectus orange-buff; legs orange-buff, streaked with brownish grey and crimson ; frons crimson ; head yellow, marked with crimson ; tegulae, patagia, and thorax streaked and irrorated with yellow, grey, and crimson ; abdomen orange buffy yellow with central dorsal row of crimson spots. Fore- wing greyish rnfons lirown, basal thinl more yellowish, this basal third crossed by two bright yellow and four crimson zigzag transverse lines ; near the outer margin between veins 3 and 4 and 4 and 0 are two coalescent yellow spots with crimson rings. Hindwing : basal half buff, outer half blackish. ?. Similar, but wings broader, and the submarginal spots between veins 3 and 5 are three in number. Length of forewing : S KJmm. ; ? 15 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1900 (S. M. Klages). 9 cJc?, 3 ? ?. 50. Areomolis alboapicalis spec. nov. (PI. VIL fig. 29). $. Palpi, legs, head, tiiorax, and furewings deep brown ; a large wiiife spot at apex. Hindwing deep salmon, outer margin brown ; abdomen dull crimson, last three segments soofy brown. Expanse : 31 mm. Hab. Aroewarwa t'rcek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, March 1905 (S. M. Klages). 1 S. 51. Areomolis griseata sjiee. nov. (PI. V. fig. 22). $. Palpi, pectus, and legs grey ; head grey ; two orange spots behind base of antennae ; tegulae grey with buffy yellow edges ; patagia grey ; thorax grey with central whitish line ; abdomen above grey, with segments 6, 7, and 8 yellow. Forewing dark mouse-grey with veins picked out in pale whitish grey; from costa to vein 2 a transverse line of wiiitisli sjiots crosses cell, and beyond it a second line of five spots curves in and joins the first line. Hindwing whitish grey, getting darker towards the onter margin. Length of forewing : 14 mm. Hdh. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May I90C (S. M. Klages). 1 cJ. 52. Areomolis ockendeni spec. nov. (PI. V. figs. 23, 24). cJ. Palj)! reddish lirown; [icctus orange-buff; legs orange-buff striped with greyish brown ; head whitish, collar crimson ; tegulae and ]iatagia brown ; thorax whitish with crimson lines; abdomen brownish orange-lmfl' with crimson rini^s. ( 36 ) Forewing lU'eji greyish rnlims brown; lu^ir h-.iao a zigzag transverse white line edged with crimson ; fi similar line from costa across the cell ; near onter margin between veins '2 and 5 three white spots encircled with crimson : cilia chequered witii jiinUish white and brown. Hindwing bntty yellow with a wide blackish border, widest at apex and gradually narrowing (ill it fades away at anal angle. I/ad. La Oroya, luambari U., (Jarabaya, Pern, :iliHi ft., November and December 1905 (G. R. Ockendeu); Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, July 1905; and Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July 1900 (S. M. Klages). 53. Parevia maculata sjiec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 25). ?. Palpi and legs greyish yellow; head yellow; thorax yellowish grey- brown ; abdomen dull crimson. Forewing yellowish grey-brown, antemedian and median irregular seraihyaline white band from costa to vein 3, edged narrowly with reddish ; an apical and four other marginal and submarginal whitish semihyaline s]iots edged with red ; a round yellow dot on inner margin one-third from the base. Hindwing dull crimson with wide sooty brown border. Length of forewing : 14 mm. /hi). Fonte Boa, Amazonas, August 1907 (S. M. Klages). 1 ?. 54. Automolis albescens spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 20). ?. This is the largest species of the genus, for whereas A. graiidin and A. ilnmmuns have an expanse of 85 mm. this specimen has a total expanse of 95 mm. Palpi clay-brown ; pectus white ; foreleg, tibia, and tarsus clay-brown, rest of leg crimson ; frons white ; summit of head crimson ; thorax and abdomen dirty yellowish grey-white; antennae black. Forewing dirty yellowish grey-white; hindwing semihyaline white. Length of forewing : 44 mm. Ihih. British Guiana (bought at Georgetown by Mr. Wliitford). 1 ?. 55. Automolis favillacea sjiec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 2s). ?. Palpi and legs brownish grey ; pectus greyish bnif; head and thorax pale wood-brown ; abdomen sooty brown, sides of first two and whole of anal segment whitish grey.- Forewing f\iwn drab, strongly washed with wood-brown, dee]iest in subbasul area and cell, where it forms a seuii-obliterat(^d transverse l)and and a ](at.ch respectively ; at apex and just before angle of iimer margin is respectively a dark brown patch joined by a submarginal row of brown dots; from the patch before the angle of inner margin there runs also to the costa a postmedian transverse line of larger brown dots. Hindwing : costal area whitish, rest of wing brownish mouse-grey. Length of forewing : 22 mm. JIah. Aroewarwa Greek, Maroewym Valley, Suriiuun, August 1905 (S. M. Klages). 1 ?. ( 37 ) fill. Automolis ochracea spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 29). S. Similar to ^1. ochraita Scbans (PI. V. fig. 30), but larger subb.isal liaiid of grey clashes more obliqne, and the one that crosses the end of cell instead of being straight or slightly oblique is deeply concave. Hindwing has costal margin straight, and shows no trace of the large scent gland and patch of androconia so conspicuous in ochrcata. ? . Larger. Length of forewing : c? Is mm. ; ? 20 mm. JIali. Santo Domingo, ("arabaya, S.E. Pern, Odiio ft.,. June lOtJl ; and La Oroya, R. luambari, Peru, 310U ft., September 1904 (G. Uckeaden). 4 cJc?, 4 ? ?. 57. Automolis metacrinis spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 27). S. This species is intermediate between crims and hcrois. Leg.s and palpi grey-brown ; head whitish ; tegulae, patagia, and thorax whitish, strongly washed and edged with crimson carmine ; abdomen carmine, tip whitish. Forewing hyaline opalescent white, at the base a number of longitudinal brownish grey streaks forming a subbasal band ; this band is followed by a patch of pale yellow and then an almost straight transverse median band of blackish grey dashes, with more or less pale interspaces and veins. Hindwing white, washed with pale carmine. Length of forewing : S 20 mm. ; ? 22 mm. Ilab. Ouaca, Sta. Marta, 201)0 ft. (Engeike) ; Paramba, Ecuador, January to May 1897 (Rosenberg) ; S. Javier, li. Cachabi, and K. C'ayapas, N.W. Ecuador (Flemming & Miquetta). 1 (?,3 ? ?. " r).s. Automolis fasciipuncta spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 31). S. Palfii and legs whitisli ; head and tegulae and forepart of patagia and thorax buff", hindpart whitish ; abdomen buft", first and last rings white. Forewing: basal third white, rest liyaliue opalescent white; from costa to inner margin across cell a band of black dots and dashes, twelve in number ; two faint subbasal black dots. Length of forewing : c? 20 mm. ; ? 22 mm. Hab. La Union, H. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, November 1904(G. Ockenden); La Oroya, R. luambari, Peru, November — December 1905 (G. Ockenden) ; Fonte Boa, Amazonas, Sejitember 1900 (S. M. Klages). 3 66, 1 ?. 59. Automolis nigropunctata spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 32). S. Palpi white ; forelegs brown ; head, tegulae, and patagia buff; thorax and abdomen white. Forewing : edge of costa brownish black ; a Ijrownish black dot on vein on lower side of cell, a round blackish spot between veins 8 and 9 near outer margin, three blackish streaks above inner margin on disc between veins 1 and 4. Hindwing white. Length of forewing : 24 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 190(3 (S. M. Klages). 1 6. (38 ) ^>0. Automolis bicolor spec. nov. (I'l. V. figs. 34, 35). (?. Legs and \)a.\\n grey; pectus crimson; head buflf; thorax white, with crimson spot; abdomen crimson, tip whitish. Fore- and hiudwings white, slightly washed with yellow ; at the end of cell in forewing two or thre3 faint blackish streaks. Length of forewing : c? IT mm. ; ? :.'(! nun. Hab. Valencia, Venezuela ; Onaca, Sta. Marta, 2UWI ft. (Engelke). (il. Automolis aureogrisea spec. nov. (PI. V. ti^;. :iii). oa, Amazonas, May 19Uii (8. M. Khiges). 1 ying fully one-fourth of the wing area. Hindwing: the disc is much more extended white, which colour also is more sharply defined from the ground-colour of the wing; apex of wing much more produced, which gives it a much more triangular shajie than in albiphdja. Length of forewing : 20 mm. Hnb. La Union, K. Huacamayo, Carabava, Peru, November 1'JU4 (G. Ockenden). 1 cJ. 78. Automolis uniformis sjiec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 2ti). (?. Palpi and legs brownish grey ; head and collar orange ; tegulae brownish grey, with faint white edging on inner side ; patagia and thorax brownish grey ; abdomen sooty, last segment brownish grey, three lateral yellow patches on each side of segments fi, 7, and 8. Forewing brownish olive-grey ; veins olive-buff. Hindwing sooty black, with central area of disc whitish grey. Length of forewing : is min. Hab. Arocwarwa Creek, Maniewyiu Valley, Surinam, .April IIO.'j (S. M. Klages). 1 6. 70. Automolis klagesi spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 43). cJ. Pal|)i and legs brownisii grey, stri]ied longitudinally with white; head black, edged with white; collar orange; tegulae, patagia, and tliorax brownish black, slightly edged with olive-buff; abdomen brownish blue-black, with five lateral orange-yellow ])atches on each sidc^ of segments 3 to 7. Forewing velvety brownish black; veins in basal (wo-l birds olive-buff; a postmedian ( 43 ) oblique band of buffish yellow from the costa to angle of inner margin, narrower behind. Iliiidwing brownish sooty black, centre greyish white. Length of forewing : IS mm. llab. Fonte Boa, Amazouas, May I'.iOO (S. M. Klages). 1 S. so. Automolis godmani Drnce. This is a distinct sjiecies, and not the ¥ of nitili/s, which has a ? similar to the (?. 81. Automolis cingulata spec. nov. (PL VI. fig. 1:^4). ?. Ditiers from ? of rufiliis in liaving entirely black hindwings and abroad yellow abdominal belt formed by the sixth and seventh segments being entirely yellow. Length of forewing: 21 mm. Hab. Quevedo, W. Ecuador (v. IJnchwald). 2 ?¥. 82. Automolis sypilus Cram. Sir George Hampson says {Gat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mas. vol. iii. }i. 57) that this species was unknown to him, and that it might be the ? of parkanli or drawn from a rubbed specimen. I have 5 c?(? and 1 ?. These specimens are in perfect condition, and the ? exactly agrees with Cramer's figure. The c? ranch resembles I'rumala saturata Walk., but there are two lateral yellow patche.s nearly meeting dorsally, one on each side of the third segment of the abdomen, instead of the basal half of abdomen being yellow, and the longitudinal central orange band of forewing is reduced to three widely separated orange streaks. 83. Automolis pseudameoides spec. nov. S ■ This species resembles Fnarndd, ami'oides. Palpi and legs brownish black, streaked longitudinally with yellowish white; head and collar white; tegulae golden yellow, broadly edged on inner side with black ; patagia golden yellow ; thorax golden yellow, with central black line ; abdomen velvety black, yellow on sides of first two segments, and liaving white streaks on last four segments. Forewing: costal edge and vein 11 buff, rest of wing black; from base to angle of inner margin ]ilaced obliiiuely is a large diamond-shaiied golden yellow patch occupying one-third of the wing area; in the apical half of the wing is another large golden yellow irregularly triangular patch, and between the two from the outer margin to edge of cell runs a narrow buff line. Hindwing yellowish buff, with a broad band of sooty brownish reaching from anal angle to middle of outer margin ; costal third of the wing occupied by an enormous scent gland and jialch of androconia. ? . Similar, but sooty brown ; abdomen above and on sides entirely deep brown glossed witli blue, and merely a few whitish scales near tip ; the two golden yellow patches on forewing smaller ; veins whitish. -Hindwing deep sooty brown ; basal third yellow. Length of forewing : S I'.t mm. ; ? 21 mm. Iliih. La Union, U. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, November 10ii4 ((3. Ockenden). 7 cJcJ, 2 ? ?. (44 ) 84. Automolis asara I'nuc. This is a very distinct sjiecies, not ;it all iilcnticai \\\th//((i-i'scciis Walk. So. Automolis superba Driioe. This is distiuct from salma Diiice. ^6. Automolis salma Druce. This is (jiiite distinct from the preceding. 87. Automolis luteola spec. nov. (I'l. VI. tig. 0). i . Allii'd to hoHoro Scluuis, but j>ectns dee]) Initl', not black, with two wliite spots ; bead, thorax, and basal halt' of abdomen orange bnfi'; ajiical half of abdomen black, with three rows of glittering bhie spots. Fore- and hindwiugs golden bntJ". ?. Similar, bnt wings orange-buff. Lengtli of forewing : $ 10 mm.; ? '1\ mm. Hah. I'atao Gniria, August 1891 ; C'ucuta, Venezuela ; Patino Cue, Paraguay, February (Montforts) ; Sapncay, Paraguay, July 14, 10t)2 (W. Forster). 3 icJ, 2 ?. 88. Automolis garleppi inversa subspec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. J 7). i. Similar to yarZfc'/j/j/ garleppi (PI. VI. tig. ISj, bnt the large fuscous patch near angle of inner n)argin (fornus) reduced to an oval streak, while the three yellow costal j)atches are mncli larger. Hub. 8anto Uomingo, Carabaya, Pern, November IDMl (G. Uckenden). 5 cJ c? (13 SS of garlcjij/i (/arleppi in Tring Museum). 89a. Automolis buckleyi harterti subspec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 15). S. Similar to bui-khnji bucklfi/i (I'l. VI. fig. Ki), but dilfers in the forewing being golden yellow instead of orange-salmon, and the parts between the sulphur- yellow costal patches as well as the apical area crimson scarlet. Hah. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October lOuG and July l'JU7 (S. M. Klages). 0 Si. SDm. Automolis buckleyi whitfordi subspec. nov. (??. Similar to biickh'i/i hurldeiii, but diflers in the forewing being ])ale vermilion, not orange-salmon, and in the black lines bordering the yellow costal patches being ranch wider and more pronounced. Hab. British Gniana (bought at (ieorgetown by Mr. \Vhitford). 1 Sei)tember and October 10114, March, Nnveralier, and l>eceiiiber Uhi,'), and La Union, ]{. Hnacamayo, ('ara- baya, Peru, December Iyu4, and Tiiiguri, Oarabaya, Angust l'JU4 (G. Ockeuden). ■M 33. Ooa. Automolis persimilis marginata snbspec. uov. (PI. VI. tigs. 22, 23). c?. Similar to persimilis persimilis, bnt hindwing has costal half yellow, rest of wing sooty brown. ¥. Has hindwing yellow, broadly margined with brown. Bab. Tuis, Costa Rica; Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October 1906 (S. M. Klages). 1 3,2 33. 91. Automolis brunnescens s])ec. nov. (PI. VL fig. 10). 3. Palpi and legs mnmmy-brown ; head and tegulae creamy white; patagia longitudinally outer half mummy-brown, inner half creamy white; tliorax creamy white ; abdomen pale orange, last segment bnfif. Forewing mummy-brown with pale whitish dot beyond cell ; in some specimens this is a distinct spot, in others hardly visible. Hindwing : costal two-fiftiis buff, along inner margin orange yellow, outer two-fifths sooty brown. ?. Larger entire hindwings sooty gre3'-brown. Length of forewing : 3, 21 mm. ; ? , 25 mm. Hal/. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July and August 1967 (S. M. Klages). 10 33, 1 ?. 91a. Automolis brunnescens unicolor snbspec. nov. (PI. VL fig. 10). c?. Difiers from brunncsciiis brunnescens by the palpi, head, legs, and thorax being uniform brown and the forewing without the central whitish spot. Hab. Bnenavista, East Bolivia, August 19()0 (J. Steinbachj. 1 3. 92. Automolis griseonitens spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 27). 3 . Nearly allied to .1. amjnlosa Walk. Palpi, legs, and pectus black, strongly iridescent with steel-blue; head blue; tegulae orange; patagia black, slightly glossed with steel-blue ; thorax bright glittering blue ; alidomen, first two segments orange, rest iridescent steel-bine. Forewing greyish black, strongly iridescent with steel-green ; an antemedian transverse orange band as in angulosa, bnt nearly double as wide ; the oblicpie subapical orange baud also wider, but farther from apex, so that the dark aiiical area is larger than in tini//ilo,sa. Hindwing : basal half bullish orange, outer half brownish steel-blue; all wings broader than in unffulosa (PI. VI. fig. 29). ? . Similar. Length of forewing : (?, 22 mm. ; ?,2;jmm. Ilab. La Oroya, 1{. Inambari, S.E. Peru, March 1905, and Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Pern, October 1902 and January 19u3 (G. Ockenden). 2 33,1 ?. ( 46 ) 93. Automolis ardesiaca spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 28). (J. Also close to angulosa Walk. (PI. VI. fig. 2'.>)- Palpi, pectus, legs, and head dark blackish slate, strongly iridescent witii l)riglit blue ; tegnlae buft' ; patagia and thoru.K pale slate-grey with bluish iridescence ; abdomen deep iridescent bine, first two segments bnff. ^Forewing pale slate-grey with blnish green gloss ; a broad antemedian transverse and a broad snbapical band buff ; the latter is so broad that only the bare ape.\ is dark. Hindwing : basal hall" bnf}', outer lialf brown-grey with Iduish gloss. Length of forewing : c?, 20 mm. Hab. Tnis, Costa Rica. 2 S3. 94. Automolis alboatra spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 30). S. Paljii, basal half orange, apical half blackish brown; pectus orange; legs blackish brown ; frons blackish brown ; head and collar orange, a black spot between and one behind antennae ; tegnlae and jiatagia, longitudinally, inner half brownish black, outer half creamy white ; thorax and abdomen above brownish black, sides and last two segments of abdomen orange. Forewing brownish black, veins 1, 2, and 3 slightly picked out in dull grey, basal half of wing from costa to vein 2 creamy white ; in apical third a broad obliijue creamy white band, reaching from costa to outer margin. Hindwing : costal two-thirds creamy white, ape.x and inner third sooty greyish black. Length of forewing : 20 mm. Ildb. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July 1906 (S. M. Klages); Rio Demerara ; La Union, R. Hnacamayo, ('arabaya, Peru, November 1904, and La Oroya, R. Inam- bari, S.E. Pern, March 190;'. ((i. Ockenden). 4 3i. 95. Automolis semicostalis spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 31). ?. Palfii and legs sooty brown ; head orange, a black dot behind antennae ; tegnlae and patagia, longitudinally, outer half wliite, inner half sooty brown ; thorax and abdomen sooty brown, four lateral orange spots on each side, one on each side of segments 4, T), G, and 7. Forewing sooty brown, basal half of costa erraniy white, a snl)apieal oblirjue broad band of |iure white from costa to outer margin. — — Hindwing sooty brown, a whitish jiatch on basal half of costal area. (?. Similar. Length of forewing : 20 mm. Ilab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October 1906 (S. M. Klages); Paramaribo, December 1SU2 ((!. W. Ellaeombe). 1 (J, 1 ?. O.^A. Automolis semicostalis apicalis snbs]iec. nov. ?. Similar to srm/rostalis semicostalis, but wiiole apical two-fifths of fore- wing white. This may j.rove a distinct species, bearing the same relationship to semicostalis that godmnni does to rutilus ; but the nniipie specimen is too damaged to decide. Ilab. Ten miles above Mapiri, Bolivia, 2U0o ft, 1895 (Maxwell Stuart). 1 ?. (47) 9G. Automolis packardi saturata subspec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 33). c??. Similar to -packardi paclmrdi (PI. VI. fig. 32), but innch larger, the brown much deeper and riolier, and all orange markings narrower. Ilab. Hio Deraerara, British Guiana; 8ta. Catharina, Brazil. 1 (?,2 ? ?. This may lie a distinct species. 97. Automolis uuderwoodi spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 34). $. Similar to A. pratti, but at once recognisable in the forewing by the basal two-thirds of costa being orange yellow and the longitudinal orange-yellow band being much wider, half filling cell. No fuscous cilia. -Hindwing more extended yellow. Hah. Costa Rica (Underwood). 98. Automolis rosenbergi spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 3.5). (J?. Very similar to A. collateralis, but no yellow on costa and the central longitudinal band of forewing much narrower and curved downwards near a|ie.\, and it tloes not reach outer marifin. o Hab. Paramba, Ecuador, 3000 ft., March 1897 (W. F.Rosenberg); Hacienda Ave Maria, West Ecuador (Bnchwald) ; Tachira, Venezuela (Briceno). 3 cJ(?,5 ? ?. 99a. Automolis vitrea borealis subspec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 3). c??. Resembles ritrea n'tiv/i, but dift'ers by having the black markings in basal half of forewing much reduced and wider apart, the paler lines cinnamon- yellow instead of brown, the dark markings on thorax much paler and the light ones orange-salmon, not brown, the siibmarginal row of black spots on forewing generally complete, consisting of five spots instead of one to three, hindwing yellowish salmon-pink instead of yellow-bn(f, and by the last two segments of abdomen being orange, not black. //all. Orizaba, Mexico, Jannary to A])ril (\V. Schaus); (Jiudad de Guatemala (Hxxlrigaez); Huatuxco, Vera (!ruz; Costa Rica (Underwood); Rosary Mine, Spanish Honduras. 8 c?fT,.'J ? ?. 99b. Automolis vitrea occidentalis subspec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 4). (?. Differs from ritrea vitrea (PI. VII. fig. 2) in having the lighter jHirtions of the basal half of forewing chestnut, in the costal half rosy, in the inner half and hindwing washed with deep salmon ; the abdomen is orange-rnfous. I/ab. La Union, R. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, November 1904 (G. Ockenden). 0 6S. 99c. Automolis vitrea meridionalis subspec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. I). (?. Has the black streaks in basal hall' of forewing almost obsolete, and the jiink spread over basal tliiiil of the wing. //a/). Sajiucay, Paraguay, June ll.t02 (\V. Foster) ; 8. Brazil. 2 (JcT. (48 ) 100. Automolis intermedia spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 37). oa, Amazoiias, October 19(i(i (S. M. Klages); Bnenavista, East Bolivia, August 1900 (.1. Steinbach); Paramaribo, July 1892 ; S. Javier, R. C'achabi, Ecuador (Flemraing & Miquetta). 21 3S, 13 ? ¥. 106. Melesse quadripuuctata spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 15). ?. Palpi and head yellowish crimson: thorax cinnamon-brown, variegated with yellowish crimson; abdomen and hindwing pale salmon-pink. lAu'ewing deep ciuDaraon-brown ; costal and outer margin crimson ; at end of cell a crimson dot with dark ring ; a similar larger s[iot between veins 2 and 3 and 3 and 4 : on vein 1 is a yellow spot with a crimson ring. Lengtii of forewing : 20 mm. Hub. Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, 6000—10,000 ft., Peru (Bottger). 1 ?. 107. Melesse iuconspicua spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 2S). ¥. Head and body i)ale yellowish grey-brown. Forewing darker, with five half-obliterated transverse dotted l)lai-kish lines. Hindwing fuscous maize, semihyaline. Length of forewing : 12 mm. Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages). 1 ?. 4 ( 50) 108. Bertholdia ockendeni spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. K,). (1. Allied to Ji. mi/o.stirtd llra]isi). Head and tborax rnfous tawny ; aliilonu'ii nisy crimsdii, last seu-mcut biaik with white tnf'ts. Forewin? orange-tawny, mure golden towards inner margin ; enter margin nnit'orni dark limwn ; eilia with whitish dots at end of veins; on vein 1, one-third from base, is a round golden yellow spot. Hindwiiig hyaline pinkish white, along inner margin broadly pale carmine. Length of forewing : ~;! — ■-'.") mm. Hub. Oconeqne, Carabaya, Fern, .lidy l'.iit4 ((t. (•ckenilen). 3 cJc?,2 ? ?. Hi!i. Bertholdia rubromaculata spec nov. (PI. Yll. fig. IT). ?. Palpi white tipped with crimson; base of antennae crimson; head and thorax greyish cinnamon ; abdomen rosy crimson witli whitish anal tuft. Forewing ochraeeons cinnamon, more vinaceous in aiucal thinl, hyaline patch yellow ; a crimson streak at base of inner margin, a white dot on vein 1, and above this dot a large scarlet blotch. Hindwing hyaline pinkish white, rosy carmine ou and beyond inner margin. i. Similar. Length of forewing : ? 21 mm.; S IS mm. Hab. Oconeqne, Carabaya, Peru, .Inly 10il4 (G. Ockenden). 3 cJcJ, 1 ?. IP). Bertholdia steinbachi spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 19). ?. Head and thorax crimson, iriin-ated with yellowish grey ; abdomen crimson. Forewing : basal two-thirds crimson, washed with yellow towards hyaline jiatch, onter third vinaceous lirown, hyaline jnitch yellowish; white dot on vein 1. Hindwing hyaline pinkish white, ])ale manve-jiink along inner margin. c?. Similar. Length of forewing : 20 mm. Hab. Salta, N. Argentina, and Tucuman (d. Steinbach). 1 c?, 1 ?. 111. Bertholdia grisescens spec. nov. (PI. VII. lig. is). ?. Palpi white with j)ink tips; head and thorax ])ale monse-grey with narrow yellow edges ; abdomen crimson. Forewing : costal edge in basal third mauve-pink, then along hyaline patch creamy white, then pink to apex, cilia of outer margin grey with pink dots at end of veins ; whole wing pale monse-grey, •shaded with darker grey in outer two-thirds ; on vein 1 a golden yellow spot, and a similar nearer the base, half way between vein 1 and the costa. Hindwing hyaline, a wide grey border on outer and costal margins, inner margin crimson, hyaline jiatch edged with intense black. J. Similar. Length of forewing : ? :!4 ram. ; cj 185 mm. Ilab. La Oroya, R. Inambari, S.E. Peru, January I'.hkI, and Tiuguri, Carabaya, August 101)4, and Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Decemlier l'."i2 ((i. Ockenden); Salidero, N.\V. Ecuador, February U»i)i (Flemming iV Miiiuctta) : La Alerced, ( 51 ) R. Toro, Pern, Rp]itninl)er 1001 (Simons) ; 8ajinray, Paratfnay, Ja,nnary 9, 1905, and Di'ceinlier 31, l'.i04 (W. Foster) ; ('olaiul)ia, K. ( iayajias, N.W. Ecuador (Fleraming & Miqnetta). 14 ? ?,1T 6S. 112. Prumala intensa spec. nov. (PI. IV. fij^. 19). c??. Very clo.se to P. Iiieroiihipliica Schaus, bnt tlie markings mnoh more intense. The red markings of tbrewings much more intense and larger, the subapical oblique brown line of hieroghjphicn replaced in iiifi'i/S't. by a broad deeji brown band, and the inner margin more than twice as wide as in liirio^jhjpliica and deep brown. Hub. Fonte Boa, Araazonas, May— August 1907 (S. M. Klages). 1 d", 1 ?, in Tring Museum. 113. Hyponerita sardauapalus spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 21). ?. Palpi and head crimson ; a yellow patch on vertex ; thorax and forewing brilliant deep crim.son, strongly washed with irioa, Amazonas, August I'.iilii (S. M. Klages). 1 cJ, 1 ?. ( 52) 116. Pseudalus leos occidentalis subspec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 27). (J. Similar to Iro.s Ico.s, but the uhli(|ne liiio from middle of inner marijin to just before apex is not. broken np into dots, tlie spot in cell is larger and the wing more poiiiteil. I fab. Tinguri, Carabaya, August 1!)04, and La Uioya, li. luambari, 8.E. Peru, March l'.iuri(G. Ockendeu). 117. Pseudalus aurantiacus spec. nov. (PI. VII. figs. 25, 20). S. Palpi, h'gs, head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow. Forewing yellow, strongly snfl'nspd with rnfons orange ; an anteniediaii and postmedian oblique deep rnfons brown line across the wing from costa to inner margin. llindwing pale salmon. ?. Resembles 7'. /cos /fos, bnt the postmedian band is integral and strongly marked, the antemedian unbroken and straighter, and the fVn-ewing is shorter and rounder. Length of forewing : 6 12 mm. ; ? 18 mm. Hub. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewyra Valley, 8urinam, A))ril H'OS (S. M. Klages). 0 66, 1 ?. lis. Pseudalus strigatus spec. nov. (PI. VII. tig. 24). 6 ?. Palpi and legs orange ; head yellow : tegnlae yellow ; patagia and thorax yellow, streaked with orange ; abdomen orange. Forewing yellow with broad orange stripes between the veins and on costa; a broad streak of orange-scarlet along inner margin ; an antemedian and a postmedian deep brown oblique line, black where crossing veins from costa to inner margin, both angulated on and below costa. Length of forewing: cJ 17 mm. ; ? 20 mm. Hub. Tinguri, (Carabaya, Peru, August 1904, and La Oroya, R. Inambari, S.E. Peru, September 1004 (G. Ockenden). 2 66,1 ?. 110. Praemolis schausi spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. 2:^). 6. Nearly allied to /'. (iminyllis Schaus, but differs from it by having a well- defined fnscous median transverse band on forewing, and a greater number of and more distinct red zigzag lines across the forewing, and the postmedian fuscous band is much wider. Length of forewing : 15 mm. Hub. Fonte Boa, Amazouas, August 1000 (S. M. Klages). 1 c?". ( 53 SOME NEW SIPHONAPTEEA. By the HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.E.S. 1. Loemopsylla vigetus spec uov. (PI. VIII. fig. 3, 4). A CLOSE ally of /,. sa^mlifcr Hothsch., Nov. Zool. xii. p. 48(J. ii. 2. t. 13. liJ,^ o (101)5) (South aad Sonth-East Africa), an;l L. tortus Rothsch., Parasitology i. j). 53. n. 14. t. 6. fig. 4 (I'JO.S) (South-East Africa), but nearer to the former. The bristles are fewer in unmber ami on the whole slenderer than in the two species mentioned. The first row on the epimerum of the metathorax contains 5 or 6 bristles, and the second row 4 to 6. The third and fourth abdominal tergites have each a row of 13 to 15 bristles on the two sides together. The numbers of the bristles on the sternites of segments 3 to 7 are as follows: a number of smaller bristles. The genal process ends in a small point. The occiput bears above the aiitenual groove a row of about 10 stout bristles, of which the lowest three or four are placed close together at the lower posterior angle of the head. On the sides of the occiput there are three transverse rows of stont bristles besides the apical row, each of these transverse rows containing 2 or 3 stont lateral bristles, there being moreover several small dorsal bristles. The first segment of the antenna is longer than the clnb. The first segment of the maxillary jialpns is the longest, while the second and the fourth are of ecjnal length, and the third is the shortest. The rostrum does not reach to the ajiex of the maxillary palpus ; the fourth segment of the rostrum is nearly as long as the first three together, and the fifth only about as long as it is broad. Thorax. — The jironotum has a comb of 22 spines, and bears, besides the usual postmedian row of bristles, several rather stout hairs further frontad. The * Oudeman's in Tijdxrhr. KiU. p. 102 (I'JOH) proposes the genus ChiroptrrojisyUn for tlic reception of /. arijyiitliix, eli.irarterisiug ,tbis " genus '' l)y the possession of a kind of comb on the epiniernni of the metatliorax and tlie small size of the first abdominal tergite. This comb is absent from the new species. ( 56 ) mesonotum bears unraeroiis bails at tbe Imse, and dorsally o transverse rows of stout sliort bristb's, eaeb row contaiuiug from 4 to f! sucli bristles. As in art/i/ptiiis, the ejiiniernm of the niesothorax rapidly narrows posteriorly and the stigma is not covered. Tiie metanotiim is also shajjed like that of ai'iji/ptiu.i. It bears a siiViapical row of 6 stout bristles on the two sides together, and 4 or 5 rows of shorter ones, all of which are restricted to the dorsal heavily chitinised portion of the raetanotuni. The ejiiraerum of the metathora.x has one stout bristle at the ape.x aii/ii/l//is dalei in the same tube, and the occurrence ou Cotile is no doubt accidental. 5. Ceratophyllus frontalis spec. nov. (I'l. IX. figs. 1 — 5). A very dark sjiecies, wliich is unlike any other descriiied Ce.nttojjiii/lliix. Head. — The frons bears a very strong tubercle in botii sexes (PI. IX. figs. 1, 2) and two rows of bristles as shown in the figure. The occijiut has three rows of ( 50 ) bristles inclusive of the snl>ai)icitl row, tlie anterior row containing less bristles in the ? than in the c?. The rostrnm does not reach to the apex of the forecoxa. Thorax. — The pronotnm has a comlj of H'J — 34 spines. The meso- and meta- notnm are very hairy, bearing three or four irregular rows of short bristles in front of the postmedian row of long bristles. The epimernni of the metathorax has 10 to 12 long bristles and a few minute hairs. Abdomen. — The tergites are dorsally minutely denticulate, like the thoracic tergites, tlie four first tergites bearing moreover some ajjical spines, like the metanottiiu. They bear three rows of hristles, the first tergite having some additional bristles in front. There are 3 antepygidial bristles on the seventh tergite. The middle one of these bristles is long, the other two being short in the cf, while in the ? the ujiper is short and the lower one two-thirds the length of the central bristle. The basal sternite has a patch of bristles on the lateral surface and several bristles along the ventral margin. The sternites of segments three to six bear on each siile a row of 3 or 4 in the S, and 6 or 7 in the ?, besides a number of small hairs in front of the row. The seventh sternite of the ? is very deej)ly sinuate, recalling C. galUnulae Dale (= newsteadi llothsch.) ; cf. PI. IX. fig. 4. Legs. — The hindfemnr has a row of " or 8 bristles on the outer surface, besides some snbapical lateral bristles, and a row of 0 bristles on the inner side. The mid- and hind-tibiae bear four more or less irregular rows of bristles on tlie outer surface. The tibiae and tarsi resemble those of C. styx llothsch. Modified Segments. — c?. The eighth tergite is smaller than in other bird-fleas and the sternite much larger. Tliis tergite is produced behind the stigma into a rounded lobe, which bears about 6 very long bristles, and at the ai>ex aliout 3 additional smaller ones. The eighth sternite (PI. IX. fig. 5) is rounded and is densely covered with numerous bristles. The process of the clasper is broad and at the a])ex rounded (PI. IX. tig. 4, p). The movable process is very large (PI. IX. fig. 4, f), being broadest at the ajiex. It bears a short stout spine at the upper distal angle on the inside. Tlie ninth sternite is long and slender, and lies concealed in the eighth sternite. ?. The eighth tergite bears about 12 small bristles above the stigma on each side, about 9 small and 6 long ones beneath the stigma, and between this patcli and tlie ventral margin about 10 large and ~4 small bristles. The inner surface of this segment bears some 5 short and stout bristles. The apical edge is short and bisinuate. Tlie stylet resembles that of gallinae in bearing the two lateral bristles in the apical fourth. Length : J' 3, ? 3-4 mm. A lung series of both sexes tak-en from the nest of the Alpine ('hough {l''/rrliororux uljiinu.i), no locality being mentioned. 0. Ceratophyllus dalei Hothsch. (l'J03). a. d. Rothsch., Enlom. .\xxvi. p. •l--i ) assi como vino :i otra jiarte ;i liarei- mas nial, n por ventiira por si sp desjiide del pie, despues de liaber dexado en el una iu;tla enxanilire do innuiueralile siniiente y generaeioD." 3 Parapsyllus coxalis spec. nov. (PI. X. figs. 1, 2). A very near ally of /'. rori//t HothscL. (I'.iii4), but distingnisbeJ at ouce by the peculiar foreco.va. In both se.xes the foreco.xa is strongly widened jiosteriorly near the base (PI. X. fig. 1), as shown in the figure. It bears a transverse row of slender bri.stles near the base, and farther down a row of strong bristles. At the hinder edge just below the widest point of the coxa there are two very stout bristles, and lietween these bristles and the apex of the coxa there is posteriorly only one more bristle, which is jilaced at some distance from the hind edge. The fourth tarsal segment, moreover, is shorter than in P. cor////, being twice as broad as it is long in the foretarsus and vi'ry little longer than it is broad in the hindtarsus. The fifth tarsal segment also is broader than in /'. rori/fi, being half as long again as it is broad in the foretarsus. The hindfcmnr bears a row of 7 to 1 1 bristles on the inside, and the hindtibia 0 to 12 on the outside, whicli are often arranged in two rows in the c?. The longest apical bristle of the hindtibia of the ? does not extend to the subapical pair of bristles of the first tarsal segment, while in the t? this bristle reaches beyond the apex of the first tarsal segment. Tlie first and second hindtarsal segments have 4 very long and slender apical bristles, the longest of the second segment reaching nearly to the tij) of the fifth segment (claws excluded). The genitalia of the ollionis, but the first pair of bristles of the fifth tarsal segment are merely bent inwards, not placed in between the second pair. Modified Segments. — S ■ The eighth tergite bears 4 or 5 long bristles. The eighth sternite (PI. X. fig. 4, viii. st.) is (juite small, and has 3 to 5 long bristles. The clasper (LU) is truncate, with the upper distal angle obtuse. The movable pro- cess is nearly halfmoon-shaped, and bears 3 strong bristles as shown in the figure (PI. X. fig. 4, f). The ninth sternite is widened ventrally in the middle, and bears here several short stout hairs and a number of small ones. The ajiical portion of the ninth sternite is straight ventrally and bears several short bristles. The manubrium (m) of the clasper is but very slightly curved, and its apex is obtuse. The penis (Pen.) is much widened at the apex, and bears ventrally on each side a spine-like process as indicated in the fignre. ?. The eighth tergite has about 12 short bristles above the stigma, 2 very long and 1 short bristle below the stigma, and about 12 on the lower ])ortion of the sides. The apical edge of the seventh sternite is very oblique (PI. X. lig. 3). Length, S 2-5, ? 3 mm. We have 3 (Jc? and 2 ? ? from Ni(^aragua, taken off Sri tints dij>/>iei, and received from Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg. 5. Ceratophyllus lasius sjiec. nov. (PI. X. fig. 0; PI. XI. fig. 10). c? ? . A very hairy sjiecies, which is very distinct from an}- other we know. Head. — The frons bears a row of :{ bristles before the eye and in front of this row another row of 4 to (i smaller ones, there being also a number of small hairs before the eye. The occiput has 1 bristle behind the base of the anteima, ( G4 ) a row of 2 to 4 in tlio contre, and a snliajiical row of 1^ or 0. The bristles of the second sogmoiit of the antenna nearly reach tlic apex of the chib in the c?, while they are longer than tlic clnb in the ?. The rostrnm only extends to the apical third of the coxa, being bnt a little longer than the maxillary palpus. The first segment of the latter is longer than the se<'ond. Tliorax. — The jirothorax bears a comb of A2 sjiines and one row of 15 {S) or 18 (?) bristles. The mesonotum is nearly covered all over with small hairs from the base to the postraedian row of bristles, these small hairs being less nnmerons in the S than in the ?. The metanotnm bears two rows of small hairs in front of the row of long bristles and some additional liairs on the back. The mesosternite also has a nnmber of small hairs in front. Abdomen. — All the tergites bear two ( cJ) or three (?) rows of small bristles in front of the row of long ones, besides a nnmber of additional small dorsal bristles. The first to fourth tergites have 2 or 15 apical spines on each side. The basal sternite has on each side 3 to 5 bristles in the c?, 7 or 8 in the ? ; the sternites of segments three to six have a row of 3 or 4 bristles in the rocess (f) is very stront'ly curved near its liase and slightly widens towanls the apex, the distal margin lieing rounded and the proximal apical angle pointed. This process bears 2 short stout bristles near the base and 2 long ones near tlie a]iex. The outline of the ninth sternite cannot clearly be made out. It ajjpears to be widened ventrally proximally to the centre and to bear on this widened jiortion numerous minute hairs and a row of short stout bristles. ?. The eighth tergite has about 18 short bristles above the stigma, a jiatch of 4 long and 4 to G short bristles below it, and about 24 bristles on the lower half. The stylet is nearly five times as long as it is broad. Length : c? 2G, ? 3-2 mm. We have one ])air from the foot of the Sierra de la Ventnro, jiroviiice of Buenos Aires, found on Vijilochelidon ci/unoleurus by Dr. K. W'oltihiigel, July 28, 1905. ( 05 ) li. Ceratophyllus dauubiauus sine. imv. (I'l. X. H^. 5). Both sexes closely resemble ('. tcs lateral liristles, the first [lair not being more ventral than the others. Type : (Jt. inoj/liuUa spec. nov. 8. Ctenoparia inopinata spec nov. (PI. X. figs. T, S). Head. — The IVons bears an anterior row of 8 bristles, further back two rows of 3 strong bristles each, and beneath the vestigial eye 1 more long bristle, there being also a number of small hairs in between these bristles. The ventral genal edge has a comb of S sjiines. The occiput bears three rows of bristles. The rostrum readies to the ajiex cif the forccoxa, the labial palpus consisting of five segments. The first segment of the maxillary palpus is longer than the second. Thorax.— The pronotum bears a comb of 28 spines and two rows of bristles, besides some additional dorsal bristles. The meso- as well as the metanotum bears five rows of bristles, the anterior rows being somewhat irregular in position. The epimerum of the mctathorax bears three rows of bristles (about 13 altogether). Abdomen. — All the tergites have two rows of bristles besides a few dorsal bristles in front of these rows. The second tergite bears a comb of 38 spines, the other tergites having no spines at the apex. The three aiitepygidial bristles of the seventh tergite are of ecpial lenglli, being longer than the secmid hindtarsal segment. The steruites of segments three to six have a row of 4 bristles on each side and before this row several smaller bristles. The apical edge of these sternites is distinctly emarginate. I.i'lis. — The forecoxa is very hairy. The sinus posteriorly near the apex of the liindeoxa is deep and narrow. The hiudfemur bears ventrally before the apex 3 bristles on the outer side and 1 on the inner. The tibiae have several irregular rows of bristles on the outer surface. Tlie foretibia has 7 Imig and about 13 short and stout dorsal bristles. The hiadlibia has 17 to 2U shorter and only 4 long dorsal bristles. The tarsi are very hairy, but tlie hairs are short. The longest apical bristle of the first and second hindtarsal segments reaches just beyond the centre of the following segment. The proportional lengths of the segments are in the midtarsns 4.3, 2'J, \6, 12, 22, and in the hindtarsus 73, 58, 30, \i<, 22. Modified Segments. — ?. The seventh steruite is ventrally produced into a lobe on each side, as shown in the figure (PI. X. fig. 8). The eighth tergite is completely divided in the dorsal line. It bears about 0 small hairs above the stigma, 2 beneath it, and about 12 bristles on the ventral portion of the sides. Of these latter bristles the most dorsal apical one is much the longest. The stylet is almost cylindrical, and is more than four times as long as it is broad at its base. It bears 1 long apical bristle and 2 minute hairs near this bristle, as in ilacropsijlla liercidea Rothsch. (ivin.".). ( C8 ) Length : 3-^ mm. AVe have one ? oft' Ahodoii oUcaceus, coUeoteti at Valparaiso, Cliile, Ky J. A. Woltisoliu. it. Ctenophthalmixs nivalis upec. nov. (PI. XI. figs. 13, 14). Closely allied to C. oi-iciduliif Wagu. (IS'Js), liiit difteriiig iu the modified segments of the abdomen. cJ. The eiglith sternite is sinuate ventrally and jirodnced at each side into a tiiangnlar lobe. The clasper has two non-movable jirocesses. The ni)[)er one of them is rounded and bears about 10 bristles, while the lower one (r) is narrow and trnncate, as shown in the figure (PI. XI. fig. 1:3). The movable process (k) is somewhat longer than it is broad. It is obli(|uely trnncate at the apex, the upper distal angle being produced into a short nose. The ninth sternite (ix. st.) bears numerous slender bristles at the ape-N. ?. The seventh abdominal sternite, which in C. orieittaUa is produced into two broad and rounded lobes separated fiom each other by a narrow sinus, has only one long triangnlar lobe in the new species, as shown in tlie figure (PI. XI. fig. 14). The eighth tergite bears 5 or 6 long bristles at the ventral and apical margins, 1 long one above the ventral margin, and pro.ximally as well as distaliy a patch of 4 to 6 small hairs. We have a small series of both sexes from Le Lautaret, llautes Alpes, taken from a nest of Anicola idcalits in August 19U8 by Dr. Iv. Jordan. 10. Palaeopsylla sibirica \Vagn. (lsi»8). Ckmiimjll'i »ih,rira Wagn., Ihji: S,k. EhI. li.i.is. x.Yxi. p. .^78. t. 8. figs. Ki, 14 (1K98) (Siberia; Chaikow). A ? agreeing with Wagner's description and figures has been received from tit. I'aul, Basses Alpes (France), where it was found ou Kcotoni/s na(H'i-i on October 26, 1907, by Monsieur Mottaz. The species does not belong to CUno- psi/Uus, but to Palaeopsylla. Wagner also described as Tijjildopsi/lla .^iiiriua (cf. Ilor. Soc. K/it. I'o.in. XXXV. p. 26. t. 1. tigs. 3, 4 [I'.iOu]) a ? from Transbaicalia which he placed after- wards in Falacopsylla. If these two sibirica are ditierent— as (hey ajipear to be— the second will have to receive a new name. (GO ) NEW AMERICAN ITBANIIBAE AND GEOMETMIBAE IN THE TEING MUSEUM. By W. warren, M.A., F.R.S. Family UnAMIDAE. Subfamily EPIPLEMINAE. Symphytophleps gon. nov. (?. Foreu-iiig: elongate; costa slightly curved at base ami before apex, which isblnut; outer margin oblique, faintly curved, as long as inner margin, which is strongly sinuous, convex in basal half, concave beyond middle before the anal angle, which is rectangular. Hiiiihiing : short and broad ; costa sinuous, excised at middle, the aj/ex truncate to vein 7, which, as well as vein 0, is shortly tootlied ; outer margin inherit in middle, the anal angle rounded. Antennae simple, minutely serrate beneatli ; palpi porrcet, sliorl., with appressed scales, the terminal segment acute; tongue and frenulum present; legs short and stout ; abdomen short and thick (possibly damaged). Nenration : forewing, cell less than half of wing ; discocellular vertical, straight in upper lialf, concave in lower ; vein 2 shortly before end of cell, 3 and 4 on a long stalk ; 5 from angle of discocellular, just above the middle ; 6 and 7 from upi)er angle of cell ; 8, 9 very long stalked, froiu same point as, or even shortly stalked with, 10; 11 from one-half. Hindwing, cell short and very broad ; vein 2 from beyond one-half : 3, 4 long stalked ; 5 from middle of discocellular ; 6, 7 short stalked ; S arched at base. Type : -S'. liitif((scia spec. nov. 1. Symphytophleps latifascia spec. nov. Fordriiii) : dull grey, freckled witli darker; the lines blackisli, most distinct beldw middle; first from aliout one-fourtli of costa to one-third of inner margin, strongly excurved in cell, so that the lower course is oblique jiavallel to outer margin ; outer line from quite three-fourths of costa, outcurved above and reaching inner margin at five-sixths ; space between the lines on inner margin blackisli brown with traces of other linos; a median cloud from costa towards anal angle; a lilac.k cell-mark ; a black subinarginal dash between veins 0 and 7 ; fringe grey. lliiidiriiKj : with inner line bisinuate, from one-fourth of costa to about middle of inner margin; outer line double, waved below costa, the interval on inner margin darker, as in forewing ; a black dot at top of iliscocellular. Underside dark -freckled grey, withdut markings. Face, [lalpi, thorax, and abdomen blackisli ; shoulders and patagia )iale grey. Expanse of wings : 38 ram. 1 c? from Huancabamba, Cerro ile Pasco, Peru (Boettger). The markings in costal half of forewing are somewhat obscured, owing to the worn state of the speeimeii. ( 70 ) Family ill'.OMK TlilJ). I /•;. Si'iiFAMiLY (JVLLOPODINAE. 2. Josia discrepans spec. nov. Forewiiig : velvety black, with a broad deep yellow streak from base to termen, its npper edge nearly straight, its lower somewhat curved, narrower in its terminal fifth, its end blunt ; the fringe .black. niiuhciiiii : black, the inner margin and the outer from anal angle to vein 4 deep yellow, the edge of the black portion evenly cnrved from base to vein 4 ; fringe black from apex to vein 4, the rest deej) yellow ; a narrow yellow costal stripe from base to four-fifths. Underside like npper, bnt the yellow portions rather wider. Palpi, antennae, a spot at top of face, the shoulders, jiatagia, and dorsum shining black ; face and vertex, and (he anal tuft pale ochreous ; base of jiatagia externally, and a broad stripe down middle of thorax and dorsum deep yellow ; venter and pectus pale ochreous. Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 1 i from Pozuzo, Huunuco, Peru, sOO — liiou m. (Hoffmanns). 3. Oricia augusta spec. nov. Foretcinq : velvety black, with the veins concisely yellow ; from midille of costa to vein 1 at two-thirds a golden yellow blotch, swollen in middle, blunt- pointed below ; on each side of it and along unter margin the yellow veins are interrupted by the black ground-colour ; fringe black. niiidirhui : golden yellow, with a broad hlack border from apex to anal angle ; broadest at ajiex, deeply excurved at middle, and truncate at anal angle. Underside of forewing brown-black, with the yellow blotch broader ; costal edge yellow to middle ; tips of fringe white ; hindwing yellow ; the dark margin interrupted liy a yellow tooth at costa : a slight dark basal streak along subcostal vein. Palpi whitish in front, black laterally; face yellow; shoulders black, with lateral orange spots and a pale dot at middle; patagia dark with yellow e Iges ; thorax and abdomen black, with yellow dorsal stripe and the latter with yellow lateral stripes ; venter whitish. Exjianse of wings : S.'i mm. 1 (? from Huinayta, ]l'u> Madeira, .Inly --Si'ptcmlirr I m Mi (Hoffmanns). 4. Oricia dominula s]iec. nov. Fomriiui : uniform olive-brown, with the veins yellow; a [lale yellow wedge- like streak from costa beyond middle across the diseocellular to just below vein I! ; an elongate club-sha])ed yellow blotch from base along snbmedian interval to beyond middle ; fringe dark brown ; inner margin finely yellowish. llindirimi : lilack, with the centre jiale vellow from base to three-l'ourtlis of wing, whrre it is rounded ; its upjier edge is dill'use, ;ind its lower indented !it vein 'J ; along snbmedian (old is a sd'eak of bhick scab's ; inner margin mid fringe yellow. I'nderside brown-black; forewmg with both yellow blotches enlarged : lii wing with the yellow centre twice as wide: a yellow costal streak from hase t beyond middle, which is also present on uppersidc Ml- ( 71 ) Pal]ii laterally black, yelldwisli iu front; face yellow; vertex brownish: shoulders brown, with three yellow spots ; patagia streaked brown and yellow ; thorax and abdomen blackish, with yellow dorsal stripe, the latter also with yellow lateral stripes. Ex])anse of wings : 3.5 mm. 1 S from La Soledad, Province Entro Rios, Argentina, close to frontier of Urngnay, A]iril lOOf) (Miss Britton). 5. Oricia fulva spec. nov. Fo/r/rit/fi : fnlvons brown, much browner than prircrna Cram. ; the basal half (lull fnlvons; the veins in both areas paler; from eosta at two-thirds a narrow obliqne cream-coloured wedge-shaped mark ending on vein ."). Ilindii'iix/ : dull orange, with a purplish lirown border shaped as in iiriernin ; the costa with some brownish sealing. Underside of forewing with an orange-yellow blotch along inner margin as in py-irerna, the costa remaining brown ; the pale costal streak enlarged, running to vein 3, and emitting a spur inwards to discocellnlar ; hindwing as iu priraiin^ Imt in both wings the dark tints are brown, not black. Head and thorax dark brown ; abdomen paler, greyer brown ; the venter cream-white. Exjianse of wings : 48 mm. 1 ? without locality label. fi. Oricia imitatrix spec. nov. Forciviiuj : dark purple-brown, the veins showing scarcely paler; a fiisilorm yellow transverse blotch at three-fifths, extending from subcostal vein to snbmedian fold ; fringe concolorous. IJindicing: with a central curved broad yellow fascia with waved edges from vein 8 to inner margin, where it is narrowed and dusted with blackish scales. Underside with the blotches larger and deeper yellow ; forewing with a whitish streak along median vein and inner margin ; hindwing with one along costa and median vein. Pal|ii black with basal segment white ; face white ; ccdhir yellow ; thorax and abdomen like wings, the latter with yellow dorsal spots. Expanse of wings : 30 mm. ~ ii from Huniayta, Kio Madeija, .Inly — S<']itember I'.mk; (Hoti'manus). This species is reniarkalily like Kjiliinltiim inoiiili.s Hiib. 7. Oricia projecta spec. nov. Fororinfi : olive-brown, with the veins yellowish; on the middle of the inm-r margin an oblii|ne cream-white blotch, the inner edge parallel to costa, the outer to outer margin, the apex miuided and touching cell-ibid, the outer edge bent on vein 2 ; beyond upper end of cell a similarly colom-eil blotch. UiiidiniKj : cream-colonr, with a bioad black marginal border from before ajicx to anal angle, its inner edge waved and with a sinus beyond cell; base brownish. Underside like ujiper, without the yellow veins. ( 72) Head aii<, 9, instead of rising free. n. Phaeochlaena biorbiculata spec nov. Foreidiit) olive-brown, with the veins yellowish, and two round wiiitish spots, one at lower end of cell between the cell-fold and ba. rrmotaria Wlk. from X. America, but with shorter and broader wings, the outer margin less oblique, the two lines ending on inner margin of furewing at one-third and two-thirds; in the hiudwing the line, instead of ending close above the anal angle, runs to inner margin a little beyond the middle and is nearly central ; the green tint is without any admixture of yellow. Ex])anse : 22 mm. 2 d'cJ from (Japaro, Trinidad, December I'.iU-") (Klages). Eualloea gen. nov. Foreirhiii : elongate ; costa slightly arched at base, strongly convex before apex, whicli is depressed and acute; outer margin crenulate, concave between apex and vein 4, thence oblique, veins 4 and 3 forming a blnnt projection. Iliiidiriiui : with inner margin long, the anal angle nearly square ; outer margin produced to a short Ijlunt tail at vein 4, and with a smaller tooth at veins 3 and (i. Antennae in d quite simple, lamellate ; jialpi short, ]iorrect ; tongue and freiinbim present ; hiiultibiae with four s])urs ; abdomen without dorsal tufts. Ncuni.tioii : forewing, cell not half as long as wing; discocellular vertical above, then incurved and oblique below; first median nervule at quite two-thirds, second and third from lower enil of cell ; Ti from tiie upper fourlh of discocelbdar, (i shortly stalked with 7, S, 0, In : 11 just before them, anastomosing with 12, and apjirdxi mated to lo ; hiudwing with :!, 4 and Ci, 7 shdked ; .") fmm (dose below upper end of cell. Type : Knulioea subbifascintd sjiec. nov. Distingnisheil from Ncocrasia Warr. from S. America and from the palaearctic genera dfldsnia Warr. and K/i/sotbiilma Swinli. by the siuiplf? antennae, and from Jiii.m/d ^Varr., with wliich it agrees in the antemiae, by tlie aJiseiu'e of dorsal crests. !'■'. Eualloea subbifasciata spec. nov. and ab. suflfusa nov. /■'lur/r/iii/ : dull greenish grey; the median area sull'used with darker, and the whole surface striated with darker green ; lines thick, darker grey-green : first, slightly curved, at one-fonrth, edged towards base with ]ialer ; outer lunulate- denfate, from two-thirds of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, forming a bitid (70 ) projection on veins 4 and \\, and with a decj) sinns between 3 and 1 ; a dark green, thicker, snbmari^inal shade parallel to outer line; cell-spot difTnsely dark green ; fringe (worn) dnll green. Himhring : like forewing, hut the outer margin deejier shaded. Underside whitish, freckled in forewing with dnll olive; both wings with the outer and submarginal lines forming thick olive-green bauds, broader below costa of forewing. Head, thorax, aiul abdomen pale green ; nj>per part of face dnll reddish. Expanse of wings : c? 4ii mm. ; ? 48 mm. 2 S S from La Union, R. Ilnacamayo, Ctarabaja, Peru, 2iiOU ft., November 1004, wet season (Ockenden), type : 1 9, January 1005; 2 cJcJ from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, Noveml)er and June lOiiG (Klagos) ; 1 ? from Pebas, Amazons, November 19oG(de Mathan). The Fonte Boa specimens, ab. aiiffusri, are clouded with dull olive-green, and show very little of the jiale ground-colour. 20. Gelasma dealbata spec. nov. Forewimi : dull olive-green ; the costa yellow, sj}eckled with ]mrple ; the lines whitish, lunulate-dentate ; the inner obscure at one-fourth ; the outer from two- thirds of costa to ipiite three-fourths of inner margin, incurved below vein :} and slightly insinuate beyond cell ; a faint dark green cell-mark ; fringe pale yellowish green, with dark cheriuering beyond veins. Uhi(hnmj : with the outer half white, the postmediau line and a diffuse sub- marginal shade, both lunulate-dentate, olive-green ; a series of olive-green lunules along margin ; fringe whitish with dark olive-green mottlings. Underside whitish green ; an interrupted dark marginal line on forewing and as far as vein 5 on hindwing, where it is preceded by a fuscous blotch fringes pale green mottlcil with fuscous ; costa of forewing yellow with pur]ile sjieckliug. Face and palpi above brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen dull green ; lillct and antennal shaft white. Expanse of wings : 2.") mm. 2 c?(?, 2 ? ? from La Oroya, R. Liarabari, Carabaya, Peru, .^loo ft., Sej)tember 10114 — January 100.") (Ockenden) ; also from Tingiiri and OcoMe(|ue. 21. Gelasma subrufescens Warr. and ab. ('■;) pallescens nov. Of this species, described by me from three specimens only, in the Procecdiiiys of i lie United States JS'atioiuil Miixeum, vol. xxx. ji. 417 (loiiij), I have lately seen a long series from Tingnri and La Oroya, Peru and Fonte Boa, Ujijier Amazons ; in the majority of cases the dorsum is marked with a double blackish spot on segments I! and 4, and often witli dark scaling beyond ; a single ?, from Fonte Boa, is rather larger, with the abdomen tinged with red, and has -v the antennae ])ectinated, but not so strongly as in the S . Tlie whole of those specimens are dull olive-green, and opa(jne. Of the form which 1 ]iropose to call ab. jKillesreiiS 1 have seen only four s|)ecimcns ; these are rather larger tlnm typical nuhniffxrens, (|uitc jiale green, and semidiaphanous, with scarcely any reddish tinge beneath ; but tliey all show traces of the dark dorsal spots. Of these, two are from Ocone(ju(^ and one from Ija Union, H, Ilnacamayo, Peru ; the fourth, from Sapncay, Paraginiy, shows the dorsal blotches well marked. Li the original ilescripfion " Underside ol' forewing ilull gray" is a niisjirint for dnll rosy. ( 77 ) 22. Halioscia ruptimacula spec. nov. Closely resembling //. cotKjciier Wun-. (OoKjiila), from Iviu HciiR'nirii, Hiitish (Juiaiia, (Ifscrilied in Xoe. Zool. vii. ]i. liiii, ljut differiiij;' in the i'ollowing imrticiilars : The cell-s|)ots iu both wings are roiiiiil, not elongate ; the dark lilotch on outer margin below apex of forewing is narrower, and distinctly divided by a pale snbmarginal line, as in //. procellosa Warr. ; that at anal angle is shorter and deeper, more rounded. In the hind wing the long apical blotch is broken up into two smaller and shorter blotches, one at apex, the other beyond cell, and the anal blotch is much reduced in size. Exjianse of wings : 32 mm. 1 S i'rom La Union, R. Hnacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, 2000 ft., December 1!)04, wet season (Ockenden). 23. Hemithea decipiens sjiec. nov. ForcwiiKj : dull grey-green ; the costa dotted purplish and yellowish ; the lines pale, the outer dentate-lunulate, at about one-third and two-thirds, the median area slightly darker; cell-spot dark green, large; marginal line purplish, interrupted at end of veins by ratlier large yellow spots ; fringe grey-green in outer half, tlie basal half yellowish, cliequered with dark grey Ijeyond the veins. Hindwimj : similar, without inner line. Underside whitish green ; the apex of hindwing (and sometimes the aual angle of forewing) with a dark blotch reaching vein 5. Head, tliorax, and abdomen greenish ; vertex white ; paliii and forelegs tinged with reddish ; dorsum slightly marked with grey. Expanse of wings : cJ 18 mm. ; ? 20—22 mm. 1 (J from Tia Oroya, R. Inambari, Carabaya, Peru, 3100 ft., Decemlier I905, wet season (Ockenden), tyi}e ; 2 cJc? from R. lluacamayo, Peru, June 1U04, dry season (Ockenden) ; 2 ¥ ? from Aroewarwa (Jreek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April to Jnne 1905 (Klages) ; 1 ¥ from Caparo, Trinidad, December IU05 (Klages) ; 1 ? Port of Spain, Trinidad (Birch). Antennae of c? subserrate and i)ubescent merely ; otherwise indistinguishable from Gelamna. 24. Hydata radiata spec. nov. ForiitciiKj : very pale hyaline green ; the costal streak, the cell, the inner margin, and a sidjmarginal band pale fawn-colour ; this band is crossed by a fawn-coloured streak above vein 0, and is connected by a short streak above vein 4 with tlie cell ; a fawn-coloured marginal shading ; fringe pale green with yellow base ; across the central hyaline area two darker lines can be traced, the outer one excurved above. lluidwiiiij : fawn-colour, with a curved green band at one-third and a dull yellow wavy tlentate one at two-thirds ; fringe green. Underside very jiale green, the dark markings showing througii in (brewing only. Thorax and abdomen fawn-colour ; face, vertex, and antennae white. Expanse of wings : 27 mm. 'Z being long and jirominent ; fringe green. Jliiuhciiiij : similar, with the black lines and markings intensitied ; a black blotched and dentate fascia between the two lines. Underside pale green, with the black markings partially visible. Vertex, thora.x, and dorsum olive brownish : tillet white ; face brown and white ; antennae white. Ex]iause of wings : 17 mm. 1 (? from La Oroya, K. Inambari, 8.E. Peru, 31n(i ft., December I'JU.i, wet season (Ockcnden). The outer margin of hindwing jirojects squarely between 3 and 4, and is dentate at veins 1 and (i. Leptolopha gen. nov. Like Linsocldora AV'arr., but the dorsum is not simj)le and smooth, as in that genus, but bears tufts of pale yellowish or greenish curved broad hair-scales on segments 3-7. Type Lrptolophajlarilimcs AVarr. {Lissocldora). These tufts are of a much more flimsy character than the mrtallic red tufts of Racheolopha, and appear liable to be soon rublxd (jff ; even when fresh, being of the same colour as the rest of the dorsum, they are easily overlooked. 2''i. Leptolopha flavilimes and ab. decorata uov. LismMora jUwilimes Warr., Xuv. Zuul. xi. p. 21 (1904). When I described this species I entirely overlooked the dorsal tufts. Since then 1 have seen a considerable nnmber, diifering some of them both in markings and size, but agreeing in the possession of the dorsal tufts, which must all be transferred to l.cjifolpjiha. On comparison with these others J find that inj/dfiliiiufi the yellowish margin of both wings shows a tendency to run inwards along the veins ; in most cases this is very slight and incons])icuous ; but in one example tiie yellow intrudes to such an extent that the green ground-colour forms a continuous festoon of lunulate jirojections between the veins ; besides which, in this form, ab. decorata, the ground-colour itself is darkened by rufous olive scales sprinkled over both wings. 1 t? from Fonte I'oa, Ujiper Amazons, I'JOO (Klages). 27. Leptolopha nigripunctata spec. nov. Closely allied to L. Jlati limes AVarr., but the hindwing has a black spot at the lower end of discocellular ; in the forewiug there is no red-brown a])ical patch running out into the fringe, but a concise oblique dash at the e.xtiemily of the ( TJ ) trreeii iriMUijil-rolimr ; in Ijutli wiiiLis tlie iiiiicr (mIlto of the yclluw iiuiviriiuil area is straight, ami the yellow does not run in along the veins ; the costal streak ol' tbrewiiig is broader and paler. 1 d La Oroya, Carabaya, I'eni, November — December (wet season) l'.iii4 ; 1 S Tinguri, Carubaya, I'ern, August (dry season) 1904 (tyjie) ; I cj La Union, U. lluacamayo, rem, November ]'J04 ((Jckcuden); agreeing in size, 24 mm., with the females of Jiavilim.cn, which are on the average a little larger than their males. 28. Leptolopha permagna spec. nov. JIuch larger and broader-winged than either Jliiuiliinrs or nii/ripaiirlata ; costal margin of forewing broadly yellow ; tlie yellow marginal area of both wings without any reddish internal edging ; tlie apex of forewing without any red tinge ; the cell-spot large, oblique, dark green ; in the hiudwiug the cell-mark is yellowish, extending the whole length of discocellular, but much broader and plainer in the ujiper half. Face and forelegs fulvous ; vertex and antennal shaft snow-white ; collar yellow. Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 2 ? ? Tinguri, (Jarabaya, Peru, SlOii ft., August 15)04, dry season (Ockenden), type ; and 1 ? from La Oroya, R. Inambari, Carabaya, Tcru, 3100 ft., November — ■ December 1904, wet season (Ockenden). 2'J. Lissochlora albilineata spec. nuv. Fon'ir/iii/ : bright green, traversed by numerous jjale striae ; costal edge white : veins all finely white ; both lines white ; the inner fine, at one-fourth, slightly angled outwards on the median vein ; the outer broad, slightly curved, from four-lifths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ; fringe shining white ; a large oval reddish brown cell-spot. Ilinilwiny: with both lines curved, the outer, as in forewing, fartlier fnmi outer margin on the inner margin than on costa. Underside paler green, the white lines and dark cell-spots showing through. Palpi white, the terminal segment fuscous ; face white with the upper part green ; fillet and antennae white ; vertex, shoulders, and patagia green ; thorax and abdomen whitish ; the dorsum reddish-tinged, and with a square browu- lilack blotch on second segment ; venter, jiectns, and legs white, the foretibiae blotched with brown-black. Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 1 ? from Linibaui, Carabaya, Peru, 0500 ft.. May l'J04,dry season (Ockenden). 30. Lissochlora (?) marcida spec. nov. Forewing: pale yellowish green, more yellow towards costa; the lines pale, obscure ; first curved from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, followed by a shade of deeper green ; outer at (juite three-fourths, bent on vein 6, then straight to inner margin, [ireccded by a deeper green shade ; cell-spot black ; fringe yellowish green. llimhcing : with the outer line only, at two-thirds, curved parallel to the margin ; cell-spot black. Underside of forewing pale olive-green, with a broad deejier marginal border ; ( 80) the inner iuiii'i;iii wliitisli : liiii(l\viiis;' ^vlliti^ll, witli a lirotul olive-green tjonler, and a small jiulcli lielow lower end of cell ; ceil-sjMjts blaek. Head, thorax, and alidoiueu jiale yellowish green : the dorsniu sliglitly niariied with reddish. Expanse of wings : ;i(i miu. 1 J from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, October I'JiH) (Klages). Wings all very smoothly sealed, without daiker speekling. It is referred to Lisisochlora provisionally, in the absence of the male. 31. Melochloi'a affinis ab. abscondita nov. l)ill'ers from tlie type oi' a //ii//.s Warr., from French tJniana, in having no dark markings on the ujiperside, those of the underside remaining the same. The present is prolialily the ordinary form of the species, and the single sjiecimeii from the Maroni River exceptional. ■..; (JcJ, 1 ? from La Oroya, R. luambari, S.E. rem, 310U ft., November l'J(i4 to March 1905, wet season (Ockeuden), type; (i . niptimactda Warr., bnt the apical blotch narrower, and that at anal angle not extemling to middle of inner margin and emitting a broad oblique projection to below end of cell. ( 84 ) Iliii(hciiig • with the apical blotch suhqiiadrati", that at anal angle small, hardly reaching to oue-third of inner margin ; a lung oval pale blotch on basal third of inner margin. Vertex white ; thorax and abdomen bone-colonr, only the patagia green ; face and palj)i reddisii brown. Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 2 SS from Caparo, Trinidad, December 190.5 (Klages). 41. Oospila semiviridis spec. nov. Forewiny : like loiujijilaya., but the two blotches bone-colour, almost without striae, and unconnected along outer margin. Flhuhrimj : with the anal blotch reaching only one-third along inner margin, and bilobed towards base ; a shallow blotch of bone-colour on inner margin before middle. Thorax and two basal segments of dorsum deep green ; face and palpi reddish brown ; vertex rufous ochreons ; abdomen pale with the tufts metallic reddish. Expanse of wings : 32 mra. 1 c? from La Oroya, R. Inambari, S.E. Pern, 31()0 ft., March 190.5, wet season (Ockenden). 42. Prohydata benepicta spec. nov. Forewing : bright pale green ; the markings brown — viz. a basal patch with some green in centre, its edge vertical but slightly curved, and a broad sinuous baud occupying the outer half of wing, its inner edge with a deep outward sinus between veins 2 and 5, its outer angularly indented above vein 6, where there is a large triangular green patch on outer margin ; the band runs to margin at apex and at vein 3; an interrupted brown marginal line; fringe greenish, slightly mottled with brown. llimhviiig : similar, but the brown band is traversed by a narrow, very sinuous, green postmedian line, and reaches the margin throughout except for a green triangle between 4 and 0 ; marginal line brown ; fringe green, marked with brown at the angle at veiu 0. Underside very pale green, with the brown markings showing through. Vertex, thorax, and dorsum brown ; face brown and green ; fillet white. Expanse of wings : 18 mm. 1 cJ from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, August 1906 (Klages). 43. Racheoloplia heteromorpha spec. nov. Closely resembling 1!. jdunmaculata Warr. from Peru, from which it differs in the shape of the hindwing. The outer margin is rounded in the Peruvian species, but produced in the present one to a small tooth at veiu 4, the margin below it to anal angle straight with faint crenulations, above it sinuous, the apical ani'le being well rounded and the margin slightly concave between veins 0 and 4. Tiiere is also a slight difference in markings : the pale blotches on margin have the veins pinkish and brown-dotted, as in pltirinaculata ; but are also crossed transversely by pinkish red-brown dotted clouds, that in the apical blotch of hindwing being conspicuous ; the upper blotches do not extend below vein 4 in either wing ; the blotch on inner margin of hindwing is longer and shallower ; the tooth is filled up with red-browu. ( 85 ) Expanse of wings : alpi are bright red, not deep black as in that sj)ecies. Both aberrations, minor and rufuria, as well as the type form bninnrijMdpis, are distinguished by the rounded hindwings. •'')2. Rhodochlora trifasciata spec. nov. Forei.ciii<) : bright green ; the costal edge red at base, white beyond ; inner line bright red, zigzag, from cell to inner margin, lying in a pale yellow blotch between vein 1 and base of ~ ; outer line lunulate-dentate, dark vinous purple, running nearly parallel to outer margin as far as vein 6, the lunule between 1 and 2 on a pale yellow blotch, followed, also to vein 6, by a dnll purplish band of contiguous lunules ; cell-spot red-brown ; fringe green, below vein 3 vinous red, where the marginal line is also vinous. Ilindtving : with basal half pale yellow, containing an inner broad iron-grey band in which stands the black-red cell-spot ; in the green outer half are two vinous fasciae, one irregular, postmedian, the Mother broader and more uniform, submarginal ; fringe green. Underside pale green, with the markings slightly showing throngh ; costa of forewing bright red at base, broadly white towards apex. Palpi and face bright orange-red and yellow ; fillet and thorax deep green ; vertex white; abdomen green, whitening towards anus; foretibia black; venter and legs whitish. Expanse of wings : 50 mm. 1 S from Agualani, Carabaya, Peru, 9000 ft., December 1905, wet season (Ockenden). Outer margin of hiudwing cnrved ; of forewing nearly straight. 53. Rhodochlora ustimargo sjiec. nov. Forewing: yellow-green; first line marked by red dots on subcostal and median veins and on submedian fold, sometimes connected by a fine red line ; cell-spot red-brown ; outer line red-brown, lunulate-dentate, the marginal area beyond purplish red-brown, thinning out above vein 4 ; fringe pale green, red-brown below middle. Ilindwiiig : yellow-green, with the base paler, edged by a vinous red band jast before the red cell-spot ; a central lunnlate-dentate line with the teeth red ; a vinous blotch at apex, with indications of a submarginal line marked by reddish scales between veins. Underside paler, the anal angle of forewing more restrictedly reddish, the apex of hindwing as above. Face and paljn orange-red and yellow ; fillet snow-white ; thorax and abdomen yellow-green ; abdomen at sides and beneath white ; tibiae black and white. Expanse of wings : 52 mm. 1 S from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Boettger). Outer margin of forewing nearly straight, of hiudwing bent at middle. ( 89 ) Rhombochlora geu. nov. Distinguished from Racheoloplin Warr. by the shape of the hiiulwings : these, instead of being broad, with the enter margin well rounded, are diamond-shajjed, the outer margin being strongly angnlate at vein 4, which ends in a broad blunt tooth ; the forewing has the outer margin bent at vein 4, the lower half more obliijne. Type : Rhombochlora granulata spec. nov. The type species bears a strong superficial resemblance to Drueia semispurcata Warr. from French Guiana. 54. Rhombochlora granulata spec. uov. Forewing : dull green, covered with rather coarse rusty brown granulated specks, more sparsely before and beyond the centre (where they are slightly confluent), snggesting an antemedian and postmedian band, and thickest along outer margin, which is narrowly brown from vein 4 to anal angle ; costal edge white ; cell-spot largo, black ; fringe white, with a brown-black line at base, and chequered with brown beyond veins. Ilindwing : with basal third nuspecklcd green, the outer third very densely speckled ; marginal shade irregularly brown throughout ; cell-spot black ; fringe as in forewing. Underside uniform whitish green. Face and palpi pale brown ; vertex and antennae white ; patagia green, their edges and the thorax pale brown ; dorsum green ; the crests metallic red tufted with green. E.Npanse of wings: 40 mm. 1 S from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, July 1906 (Klages). S5. Tachyphyle flaccida spec. nov. Foreicing : pale dull green, somewhat transparent ; basal two-fifths suffused, except on inner margin, with grey-brown, and along the costa irrorated with white scales ; first line thick, brown, from two-fifths of costa to one-third of inner margin, bluntly angled outwards on median vein and inwards on the two folds, with an inward edging of white scales, and followed in cell by a diffuse brown cell-mark ; outer line starting from a broad brown costal streak at two-thirds, oblique outwards to vein 6, there angled, and oblique inwards, parallel to outer margin, to three-fourths of inner margin, slightly darker than the ground-colour, and lunulate-dentate, the teeth marked by rust-coloured dots on veins ; between the lines a few rusty brown dots on the veins, partly forming a median line parallel to outer line ; costa brown before apex ; fringe pale green. Ilindwing : pale green, whitish along costa ; a rust-brown spot at base, a straight antemedian line of the same colour, followed by a brown cell-spot and some obscure striae ; outer line at three-fourths, very obscure, darker green and dentate ; fringe pale green. Underside pale mealy green, with the brown markings slightly showing through. Palpi, frons, vertex, and base of antennae brown ; shoulders, patagia, thorax, and abdomen green ; the patagia on outer sides and the dorsum brown-tinged. ( 00 ) Expanse of wings : c? 35—40 mm. ; ? 48 mm. 2 c?c? from La Union, 11. Hiiacamayo, Carabaya, Pern, 2000 ft., December 1004, wet season (Ockenden), type ; 3 cJcJ, 2 ? ? from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, Angnst lOoO (Klages). Differs from the other species of the genns in the cliaractcr of the onter line ; otherwise snperficially resembling T. hnsipl a pale yellow blotch on inner margin extending iVom one-fourth to anal anisic ; on each side of the costal ( 98 ) triangle is a streak of dark steel-blue scales, and a small lilotcli of the same be3'ond tlie eml of tiie curved line above anal aiij^'h^; beyond the outer line the ground-colour is paler brown ; fringe dark brown, deep yellow round anal angle. HiiiiliciiK/ : base narrowly grey-brown edged liy a silvery pale belt, followed by a fulvous yellow s|iace above ; fringe and ajiical margin chrome yellow ; a streak of scattered lustrous scales along inner margin; a broad metallic baud from aual angle to vein 4, above which is a small embossed metallic spot in a yellow ring ; above it the yellow margin is edged internally l)y a steel-blue line which ends on costa ; an isolated jiatch of steel-blue scales at base of interval between 6 and 7, followed l)y a large eye-spot ; rest of wing mottled with red and white atoms, excej)t the area above vein 4, which is (dive-grey and pinkish without dusting; inner margin and fringe whitish. Underside cream-colonr, dark grey towards outer margin of forewing ; costa yellow. Head brown ; shoulders pale pearly grey ; thoriix and two basal segments of abdomen brown ; abdomen beyond ]iale grey. Expanse of wings : 'M mm. 'i 6 6 from La Union, R. Hnacaniayo, t 'arabaya, Peru, '^niiO f t , Jannary 10(1.5, wet season (Ockendeu). A ? from La Oroya, expanding 'M) mm., dilTers in having the pale triangular costal mark at two-thirds instead of throe-fourths, with no jiale curved line from it; the mottling of the hindwing is fuscous brown instead of reddish, and the lustrous patch before the large eye-spot is continued ditl'nscly towards anal angle. With these exce])tions the two sexes agree. TT. Ophthalmophora contrariata ab. orbata nov. The examples of tliis species, esjiecially those from La Oroya, Peru, described by me in yoi\ Zool. xi. p. 94 (1904), are variable in the position of the eye-spots of the hindwing. In many cases these, instead of being in a curve convex out- wards, are placed in a straight line; but in the ? to which I give the name ab. orbata, there are only two spots — the uj)per one, rather larger than the average, in the usual j)lace between veins G and 7, but nearer the outer margin, and the second between 4 and 0, but cjuite close to the carved metallic line ; while below it, between 3 and 4, and still closer to the line, are a few metallic scales (more strongly marked in one wing than the other), representing the usual lowest spot. Again, in the ordinary form tlie three spots are placed on the inner edge of a curved greyish band, which passes into chrome yellow before the metallic line; in the aberration this grey belt is more external, and is bounded by the metallic, line. Moreover, this metallic line in ty])ical examples, after curving round at costa, ends, still as a line, on vein 0 close before the upper sj)ot ; in the aljerration the line ends at the costa, and an isolated round patch of metallic scales lies at the base of the interval between (i and 7 ; lastly, instead of the reddish cell-sjjot (which is often very obscure), this ? has a distinct pale yellow spot. Taken along with onlinary SS in .S(']iteml>er l'.M)4 by Mr. G. 0. Oenothalia vestita spec. nov. Forewiiig : dull siuitl'-colour with laiut olive tint and obscure dark sti-iae ; basal half of costa blackish ; no distinct lines, but three broad darker shades can be seen ; the inner preceded by three whitish dashes on tiie veins, and the outer preceded by seven, marking the teeth of the outer line, the upper four oblique outwards, the lower three inwards ; tiie median shade passes over the black cell-spot ; fringe concolorous. Ilindwing : with only the two outer dark shades. Underside ruddy ochreous ; a dark vinous subniarginal band, broader and blacker in forewiiig ; tiie outer margins, and costa of forewing grey with black speckling ; cell-spots slight. Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings, but the anal segments of abdomen cinereous ; venter, pectus, and legs pale ochreous. Ex])anse of wings : 36 mm. 1 S from Tncuman, Argentina, UtiU m., January and February I'jOo (Steinbach). The whole insect has a furry aiipearance. A ? from Salta, N. Argentina, 40 mm. in expanse, sent by the same collector, belongs apparently to the same species. The undersides are precisely similar ; above, the ? , which is not quite so fresh as the S and lacks its furry appearance, has hardly any olive tinge, the ground-colour being dull brick-red covered with fine black striae ; the three bands are in precisely the same position, but blackish and distinct, and the outer line is marked by distinct black spots on the veins, but neither it nor the inner line shows any signs of white dashes ; the exterior band is more phiinly dentate ; fringe brick-red. The hindwing differs in the same way. 06. Prostoma stabilis spec. nov. Differs from P. fragilis Warr. in the shorter and darker wings ; the pale ground-colour is qnite hidden by reddish fuscous suffusion covered with dark striae ; the wavy black lines are placed as m fraiiilis, tiie outer being finely edged with wiiitish, but there is no pale space before it, as in that species ; the black spot on vein 6 in the subniarginal line is absent; the darker hindwing shows a whitish blotch at anal angle. Underside with botii cell-spots large and dark, ami the outer line black ; the whole marginal tliird of hindwing washed witii whitish. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish fuscous. In the ? the reddish tint is absent. Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 1 cJ, I ? from La Oroya, R. Iiiamliari, Caraliaya, Peru, 3100 ft., November and December 19o5, wet season (Ockenden). The antennae of the cJ are simple in both species. 97. Thysanopyga deprivata spec. imv. ForririiKj : grey; tlie costal streak ochreons speckled with fuscous; first line from a Iilack spot at one-fifth of costa, acutely angled on subcostal vein just before middle of wing, then oblique and broader to inner margin close to base, black- brown, inwardly lined with pinkish ochreous ; median line thin, darker grey, from ( 106 ) i;nl>coslal vein a little lie\oiiil luidilU' to before miililie of inner inarijiu, curvej, and .slii,'btly bent on median vein ; outer line pinkish oclireous, curved from costa before apex to three-fourths of iuuer margiu, with a distinct but thin ferruginous line on its outer edge, followed below middle by a blackish deutated shade in the dark grey marginal area; a whitish semicircular apical blotcli, inwardly edged by first a subcostal, sharply angled, white-edged black line, and then by a curved line to outer margin at vein 5, the angle at top and the upper and lower ends of the curved sjiace filled in with dark grey ; cell-spot black, white-edged; marginal line finely black, interrupted by white dots at the vein-ends ; fringe pale grey. lliiuhcing : jiale grey, with a brown b;ir at base and a line dark grey straight autemedian line ; cell-spot white ; marginal line and fringe as in forewing. Underside j>ale grey, brown-sjieckied, with a dill'nse dark apical jiatch uxi forewing. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey ; basal segment of the last with a broad brown ring. Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 1 r. Zoo/, xi. p. I'-Tj (1',MI4) from a Bolivian c?, turns out to be a dark form of a sjiecies (dosely allied to T. iiit/ricomnfa Warr. from ('hiri(iui, and which also occurs in Feru, but larger and darker ; it may in all cases be distinguished from that insect by the wider distance between the median and outer lines, this latter being less strongly concave than in nigricomata, and the median line less oblique. The woolly hair on Ijasal half of hindwing beneath, concealing the foveal slit, and the lateral tuft of black hair on abdomen, are equally consjiicuous. ( 1«7 ) Of typical siiff'erta a c? from Iliiaiicabamba ami two 6S from Ciislii, I'ltii, have been received, along with 9 Si anil 1 ? from (Jiishi of the more ordinary form, which may be known as ab. distincta. SufsFAMiLY ENNOMINAE. loo. Bassania extremata. nitaxiiiiia amethiiM,i.la ab. e.rlremUa Warr., Pro;. U.S. Nul. Mus. xxx. p. 536, r? (1906). The form described by me as an aberration of amcthi/stata Wlk. must be separated as a distinct species. As often happens, the specimen which served as type is somewhat different from the ordinary form, of which I have now seen o or (j more iS and 1 ?. In these H the enter line is not marked by white vein-dashes, but either by a fine darker line with pale edge, or by a pale line alone ; there is no visible trace of an inner line, but the base of inner margin is pale green ; the black triangle at ajie.x is generally represented by the usual short blackish subapical streak followed by a white dot on costa. The ? is a very beautiful insect, the dull salmon-colour of the S being deepened into amethyst, with the submarginal baud standing out across the wing clear pale green ; the costal area is sliglitly paler, and tlu're is no trace of any black snba])ical mark ; the outer margin and fi'iiige of liiadwing are flushed with amethyst, and the same tint takes the place of the olive shading of the underside of the S- As in the other species of the genus, the apex of forewing in the ? is prodnced, and the outer margin incurved below it and gibbons in middle. All the examples are from Oconeqne, Carabaya, Peru, taken in Jnly (dry season) 191)4, by Ockenden. 10]. Bassania goleta. Cnirallix ,,„hla Dogn., Le Nat. 1893, p. 1.09. liiixsiiiiia amiulifcra Warr., Nov. Zonl. xiv. p. "299, J only. ab. lie