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Februa 893. 393 Continued from bage 376.) secondaries are pale yellowish red, of the same tint as the upper surface of the seconda- ries. The outer two-thirds of the primaries are fuscous. The hyaline spots reappear upon the lower side of the primaries without any modification in form. The legs and lower side of the body are uniformly of the same pale red color as the adjacent wing surfaces. The antennae are light brown tipped with pale amber-yellow. The eyes are black. Expanse, 4 ram. This is one of the most beautiful species of the genus. My specimen was taken on the shores of Lake Onanga, and is unique. 17. S. leucogastra, sp. nov. . Antennae black, very minutely tipped with white. Lower side of palpi, pectus, tibiae, and tarsi orange-rufous. Front, collar, tegulae, lower side of thorax, and upper side of both thorax and abdomen black. The lower side of the abdomen is broadly pure white, and the upper side of the anal extremity bright orange. There are also a few small vermilion spots upon the upper side of the abdomen on the median line, and on either side just behind the thorax. The wings are deep black. There are four pellucid spots upon the primaries, a square one at the end of the cell and a smaller one below the cell nearer the base, a small oval spot beyond the cell near the costa and a larger round one below this. Upon the secondaries there is an ex- ceedingly minute translucent spot at the end of the cell. Expanse, 26 ram. 18. S. cytogaster, sp. nov. ’. Antennae strongly pectinated, abdomen compressed behind the thorax. Possibly referable to the genus Glaueopis. The wings are marked exactly as in S. miserabilis, Holl. The front, a spot on each side of the thorax at the base of the primaries, a spot on the median line of the upper side of the abdomen just behind the thorax, the peetus, the tibiae, and the lower side of the constricted portion of the abdomen and the outer edges of the remain- ing segments of the abdomen on the under side are all white. The end of the abdomen is tufted with white hairs. Expanse, 18 ram. Habitat Talaguga, August. 19. S. cybellstes, sp. nov. . Allied to S. constricta, Butl., but the primaries are more acute at the apex, and all the translucent spots are greatly reduced in size because of the widening of the intervening black portions of the wing. The outer margin and the costa of the secondaries are broadly black, while in S. constricta they are narrowly black. There is furthermore a large triangular white patch on the outer margin of the primaries below the apex. There is but one white ring on the abdomen behind the thorax, the white ring which is found in S. constricta toward the end of the abdomen being wanting in the present species. Expanse, 28 mm. 20. S. creobota, sp. nov. ’. Allied to S. cerbera, Linn., but not so robust. An- tennae white at the tips. The primaries are marked as in S. cerbera, except that they are not white at the apices. The secondaries are more acute at the outer angle, and the translucent spots relatively smaller than in S. cerbera. The thorax at the base of both wings on the under side has an orange spot, and the upper side of the abdomen is solid orange-red from the thorax to the fourth seg- ment from the end, except on the middle ventral line of the under side, which with all the rest of the body is blue-black. The tibiae are margined with white. Expanse, 28 mm. 2I. S. crenopkylax, sp. nov. . Allied in general outline to S. leucogaslra. Antennae moderately pectinated. Front and pectus white. Collar, a spot on the lower side of the thorax ’on each side at base of the prim- aries, and the entire lower side of the abdo-. men bright orange-red. The upper side of the thorax is black. The abdomen upon the upper side is ringed with bright shining green next to the thorax, this green band is

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secondaries are pale yellowish red, of thesame tint as the upper surface of the seconda-ries. The outer two-thirds of the primariesare fuscous. The hyaline spots reappear uponthe lower side of the primaries without anymodification in form. The legs and lowerside of the body are uniformly of the samepale red color as the adjacent wing surfaces.The antennae are light brown tipped withpale amber-yellow. The eyes are black.Expanse, 4 ram.

This is one of the most beautiful species ofthe genus. My specimen was taken on theshores of Lake Onanga, and is unique.

17. S. leucogastra, sp. nov. . Antennaeblack, very minutely tipped with white.Lower side of palpi, pectus, tibiae, and tarsiorange-rufous. Front, collar, tegulae, lowerside of thorax, and upper side of both thoraxand abdomen black. The lower side of theabdomen is broadly pure white, and theupper side of the anal extremity brightorange. There are also a few small vermilionspots upon the upper side of the abdomen onthe median line, and on either side justbehind the thorax. The wings are deepblack. There are four pellucid spots uponthe primaries, a square one at the end of thecell and a smaller one below the cell nearerthe base, a small oval spot beyond the cellnear the costa and a larger round one belowthis. Upon the secondaries there is an ex-ceedingly minute translucent spot at the endof the cell. Expanse, 26 ram.

18. S. cytogaster, sp. nov. ’. Antennaestrongly pectinated, abdomen compressedbehind the thorax. Possibly referable to thegenus Glaueopis. The wings are markedexactly as in S. miserabilis, Holl. The front,a spot on each side of the thorax at the baseof the primaries, a spot on the median line ofthe upper side of the abdomen just behindthe thorax, the peetus, the tibiae, and thelower side of the constricted portion of the

abdomen and the outer edges of the remain-ing segments of the abdomen on the underside are all white. The end of the abdomenis tufted with white hairs. Expanse, 18 ram.Habitat Talaguga, August.

19. S. cybellstes, sp. nov. . Allied to S.constricta, Butl., but the primaries are moreacute at the apex, and all the translucentspots are greatly reduced in size because ofthe widening of the intervening black portionsof the wing. The outer margin and the costaof the secondaries are broadly black, while inS. constricta they are narrowly black. Thereis furthermore a large triangular white patchon the outer margin of the primaries belowthe apex. There is but one white ring on theabdomen behind the thorax, the white ringwhich is found in S. constricta toward theend of the abdomen being wanting in thepresent species. Expanse, 28 mm.

20. S. creobota, sp. nov. ’. Allied toS. cerbera, Linn., but not so robust. An-tennae white at the tips. The primaries aremarked as in S. cerbera, except that they arenot white at the apices. The secondariesare more acute at the outer angle, and thetranslucent spots relatively smaller than inS. cerbera. The thorax at the base of bothwings on the under side has an orange spot,and the upper side of the abdomen is solidorange-red from the thorax to the fourth seg-ment from the end, except on the middleventral line of the under side, which with allthe rest of the body is blue-black. The tibiaeare margined with white. Expanse, 28 mm.

2I. S. crenopkylax, sp. nov. . Allied ingeneral outline to S. leucogaslra. Antennaemoderately pectinated. Front and pectuswhite. Collar, a spot on the lower side ofthe thorax ’on each side at base of the prim-aries, and the entire lower side of the abdo-.men bright orange-red. The upper side ofthe thorax is black. The abdomen upon theupper side is ringed with bright shininggreen next to the thorax, this green band is

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followed by a black band, and this is suc-ceeded by a crimson band and the end of theabdomen is bright shining green. The wingsare translucent. The primaries have thecosta and the outer margin narrowly mar-gined with black, and the inner margin moreheavily margined with the same color, theborder here being produced in the directionof the cell about the middle of the margin.The discocellular and the radial are heavilymarked with black. The secondaries on thecosta are heavily, and on the outer and innermargins narrowly, bordered with black.Expanse, 22 mm.

8YRINGURA, $ gell. nov.

Allied to Syntomis. Palpi exceedinglyminute, appressed, the terminal joint porrect.Haustellum half as long as the body. An-tennae long, terete, swollen before the tip,pointed. Tibiae without spines. Abdomencylindrical, stout, with the last segmentscompressed and forming a short, narrow,tubiform appendage. Anterior wings pro-duced, subtriangular, with the costa roundedat base, very slightly concave at the middle,and curved before the apex. The apex ispointed and the exterior margin moderatelyconvex. The posterior wings are ellipticalwith the outer angle acute. The anteriorwings are ornamented with transparentspots. Type S. uranofletes, Holland.

22. S. uranoj6etes, sp. nov. o*. Antennaeblack, margined with white on the lowerside for a short distance before the tips,which are black. The entire body and legsare blue-black. The wings are black glossedwith brilliant morpho-blue. The anteriorwings on the upper side are ornamented withthree moderately large spots arranged in atriangle beyond the middle of the wing, oneon the end of the cell, another just below theextremity of the cell, both hyaline, the thirdbefore the apex inlaid with brilliant blue

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scales. The basal area of the secondaries ishyaline. The lower side of the wings ismuch as the upper, save that there is a sub-quadrate spot of bright blue on the costa ofthe secondaries before the outer angle.Expanse, 32 ram.

MELISA, Walk.

23 M. grandis, sp. nov. . The prim-aries above are deep black shading on theouter half into deep violet-blue, which incertain lights reflects a green lustre. Thesecondaries are uniformly deep blue-black.Upon the under side both primaries andsecondaries are uniformly deep black. Theantennae, the thorax above and below, andthe upper side of the abdomen are black, asare also the coxae and trochanters. Thefemora, tibiae and tarsi are pink, the lowerside of the abdomen is luteous, tinged withpinkish near the thorax, the end of the abdo-men is furnished with a large brush ofcrimson hairs. The black segments of theabdomen have the position of the spiracleindicated by minute yellow spots, and thethird, fourth, fifth, and sixth segments fromthe thorax each have in addition two largeyellow spots, one on either side. Expanse,55 mm.

There is a specimen of this species in theBritish Museum unnamed.

ARCTIIDAE.

APISA, Walk.

24. A. cinereo-costata, sp. nov. . Verynear A. canescens, Walk., but differs in beingsmaller, and in having the costa of theprimaries narrowly bordered with brown.The posterior wings are also pure white,which they are not in A. canescns, the type ofwhich I have compared with the speciesbefore me. Expanse, 25 ram.

25. A. cana, sp. nov. d’. Uniformlypale slaty grey, with the upper side of the

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thorax, the palpi, and the forelegs darkergrey. Near A. canescens, Walk., but differentas is shown by comparison with the type ofWalker’s species.. Like the male, but larger, and withmuch heavier body.Expanse, ( 3o ram; 37 mm.

ANACE, Walk.

26. A. barackoria, sp. nov. . Allied toA. erusHla, Walk., but quite different.The prevalent color of the upper side of thebody and wings is obscure ferruginous. Theprimaries are marked by four pale yellowspots arranged in transverse series of twospots, one discal and the other subapical,the spots nearest the costa being in eachseries the smallest. The basal and limbalarea of the secondaries is also pale yellow.The abdominal segments near the thorax andat the end of the abdomen are marginedlaterally with pale yellow bands. The under-side of the wings is much as the upperside.. This sex is characterized by being muchlarger in size, and by having the yellow areaof the secondaries restricted to a small spotat the end of the cell. Expanse, o 22 mm;.30 ram.

27. A. monotica, sp. nov. d’. Antennaepale grey with the setae blackish, the upperside of the body is cinereous, with a paleannulus about the abdomen after the thorax.The underside of the palpi and of the thoraxis whitish. The primaries are uniformlyashen grey except a large subtriangular spotwhich is pale yellow and extends from thecosta before the base not quite to the inner

margin. The secondaries are pale yellow,with the outer third ashen grey as the prim-aries. Upon the under side the basal thirdof the primaries and the entire secondariesare pale yellow, or whitish in some speci-mens. Expanse, 23 mm. There is an

example of this species in the BritishMuseum unnamed.

METARCTIA, Walk.

28. M. parernbhares, sp. nov. . Alliedto M i,cosbicua, Holl. (Entomologist,Sept., 892). It differs, however, in theabsence of the reddish color which prevailsin that species upon the head and collar, andin the fact that the costa of both wings andthe apical third of the primaries on theunder side is dark brown. The head, thorax,and primaries above are dark ashen gray,the secondazies are uniformly white, the upperside of the abdomen is reddish ochraceous.The under side of the abdomen is darkbrown, the wings are white, except upon thecostae and upon the outer third of the prim-aries which are dark, like the upper side ofthe primaries.. The female differs from the male in

being larger and in having the secondariesslaty grey above and below except upon theinner margin of the under side. The prim-aries also are uniformly grey below, exceptjust at the base, where they are whitish.

Expanse, 28 mm; 35 mm.

29 M. benitensis, sp. nov. Allied to the

preceding, from which it differs in havingthe upper side of the abdomen dark smokybrown as the primaries, and the secondariesof the same color as the primaries, and the

under side throughout of the same tint as the

upper surface of the primaries, or merely a

shade lighter in some specimens. Expanse,( 3 ram; 38 ram. Habitat, Benita.

3o, M. bareclecla, sp. nov. . Allied to

the common M. erubescens, Walk., but differsfrom it in being prevalently bright red,whereas Walker’s species is ochreous, shadinginto red upon the body and secondaries. Inthe style and location of the markings it doesnot differ from Walker’s type to any greatextent, but very markedly in its color. Theposterior wings are uniformly pale vermil-lion. The primaries are of the same colorwith the nerves and the spots on the d iscal

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area bluish grey. The front and the palpiare bright red. The entire body and theentire under side of both wings are uniformlypale vermillion. Expanse, 35 ram.

There are no spots on the under side, butthe nerves are dark fuscous and clearlydefined upon the ground color. Expanse,45 mm.

3 x. M. kaematica, sp. nov. . Uniformlydull reddish, with the costa of the primaries,the upper side of the thorax, the front, andthe forelegs brownish. The antennae arewhitish. Expanse, 28 mm.

32. i. haematos]tages, sp. nov. .Antennae white. The upper side of thethorax is dark red. The upper side of theabdomen and of both primaries and second-aries are rich red, with the neurations faintlymarked with brown. The outer margins are

narrowly fringed with dark brown. Theunder side of the body is pale red. Theunder side of the wings are reddish cloudedall over except upon the inner margin of the

primaries with fuliginous scales. Expanse,35 ram.

32 M. lutea, sp. nov. . Uniformlyluteous throughout, except that the nervureson the upper side of the primaries and theouter margins of these wings are narrowlymarked by greyish lines. Expanse, 35 mm.

33" M. kaemaloessa, sp. nov. . Anten-nae whitish. Head, palpi and upper side ofthorax dark brown; abdomen reddish ochra.ceous. Uj3er side. The primaries are redthickly irrorated with fuscous. The fringesare fuscous. The wing is ornamented byfive moderately large light red spots, one inthe middle and another at the end ofthe cell,two smaller ones without the cell at theorigin of the first median nervule. Thesecondaries are uniformly pale orange red.rnder side. The under side is a smokybrown except at the base and inner marginof both wings, which are pale orange-red.

BALACRA, Walk.

34. B’. glagoessa, sp. nov. ’. The anten-nae, fi-ont, patagiae, the upper side of thorax,and the upper and lower side of abdomen arewhite. The eyes are black. The top of thehead, the pectus, and the inner margins ofthe trochanters and femora are crimson.The wings are white both above and belowand the primaries at the end of the cell andin the intra-neural spaces adjoining the endof the cell are translucent. . The femaleis like the male. Expanse, from 42 to 45 mm.This magnificent species is apparently

quite common on the upper waters of theOgov River.

35" 13. rubricincea, sp. nov. . Theantennae are white. The front and thelower side of the thorax are crimson. Thecollar is white margined with crimson. Thepatagiae, are crimson margined with white.The thorax and the abdomen are crimsonwith the segments margined with whiteon the upper surface. On the underside of the abdomen, which is white, thereis a double row of crimson lunular marks,four in each series. The legs are whitemargined with crimson. The costa of theprimaries is narrowly white. The rest ofthe wing is saffron. There is a white spotnear the inner margin upon the sub-median nervule. The intra-neural spacesadjoining the extremity of the cell are semi-diaphanous. The posterior wings are palecrimson narrowly margined with white.The under side of the wings is as the upperside but paler. Expanse, 43 mm.

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36. B. damalis, sp. nov. ’. Front, palpi,lower side of thorax, and inner edges offemora and tibiae crimson. Eyes black. Col-lar pure white. The upper side of thoraxand adbomen fawn colored, with the inneredges of the segments of the abdomen bor-dered laterally with black. The lower sideof the abdomen is white with some crimsonmarkings near the base. The primaries arefawn colored, with a spot at the end of thecell, and the intraneural spaces beyond ittransparent. The posterior wings are saf-fron, tinged on the inner margin with crim-son. The lower side of the wings is as theupper side.. The female does not differ in mark-ings from the male.Expanse, 42 mm. Habitat, Benita and

Kangwd.

37. B. kaemalea, sp. nov. . Antennaeand eyes black. The entire body deep crim-son. The fore wings are dull bluish-greenmarked with crimson. There is a crimsonstreak at the base near the costa, a spot at theend of the cell and one below it, a spot be-yond the end of the cell, and the entire outermargin shades into crimson between the ner-vules, which are blue-gray. The fringe isblue-gray. The posterior wings are rosy,palest on the costa. The wings on the underside are pale red with the fringe and the apexof the primaries dull blue-gray.Expanse, 45 ram. This splendid species

is allied to B. jqavimacula Walker, but istotally distinct.

CASPHALIA, Walker.

38. C. nierr[ma, sp. nov. ’. Head andantennae black. The collar is black nar-rowly edged in front with oange. The pec-tus and outer margins of the legs and thelower side of the abdomen are orange. Theabdomen has the inner edges of the segmentsupon the lower side bordered with black.The tegulae are snow white tipped withblack. The upper side of the thorax and ab-

domen are jet black. The primaries areblack, the secondaries dark brown, paler nearthe base.The under side of the wings is as the upper

side.Expanse, 4 mm.

NoT.The genus Casphalia was erectedby Walker in 866, for the reception of aspecies which he named C.flavicollis. Thisgenus has been placed by Mr. Kirby in hisrecent catalogue among the Pinaridae. In1887 Mr. Druce described a species as Anacekerpa. A comparison of Walker’s type andof the insect described by Mr. Druce showsthat they are congeneric. The genus in-cludes, therefore, three species as follows:

I. C. flavicollis, Walker.2. C. kerAba Druce.3. C. nierrlraa, Holland.

CREATONOTUS, Hiibn.

39. C. leucaioides, sp. nov. ’. Upperside of thorax, front, and palpi very palefawn color. The upper side of the abdomenis crimson. Ablackline runs from the frontto the middle of the thorax, and there is aline of black spots on the middle of the upperside of the abdomen. The underside of thebody and the legs are dark brown. Thewings are white and semi-diaphanous witha very narrow black ray running along thelower edge of the cell of the primaries suc-ceeded by a black dot at the. end of the cellat the origin of the radial and followed byanother small black dot on the radial nearthe outer margin. The costa and the outermargin of the primaries are slightly tingedwith luteous. Under side like the upper, butpaler.. The female is like the male.Expanse, 38 ram.

ALPENUS, Walk.

40. A. (?) aurantiaca, sp. nov. ?. Theupper and under sides of the body tawny-orange with a row of black spots on the dot-

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sal line of the abdomen, and a row of veryminute black spots on either side. The legsare concolorous with the tibiae marginedwith black. The primaries on the upper sideare of the same color as the abdomen andhave two very faint and much angulated par-allel transverse lines crossing them beyondthe cell, and a few black spots on the outermargin near the end of the radial nervule.The secondaries are much paler, inclining towhitish. The under sides of both wings arepale creamy tinged on the costa with reddish,and there are a few indistinct black marks atthe outer angle of the secondaries as well asupon the outer edge of the primaries oppo-site the cell, and both primaries and second-aries have a very small and obscure discaldot. Expanse, 4 mm.This insect is with doubt referred to the

genus Alpenus, as likewise the follovingspecies, though they come nearer that genusthan any other.

41. A. (?) multiscr@ta, sp. nov. o. An-tennae, front, collar, tegulae, and abdomenpale yellowish. The tegulae have each ablack spot in the middle, and there is a rowof black spots on the dorsal line of the abdo-men, and a row of very minute black spotson either side of the abdomen. The legs areyellowish margined with brown. The prim-aries are of the same color as the thorax andprofusely sprinkled with very minute brown-ish lines running transversely. On the costabeyond the base, there is a narrow darkbrown line reaching into the cell; beyond ita heavy brown line running obliquely towardthe outer margin to the end of the cell, andthen returning at a very acute angle and ter-minating upon the inner margin before thebase. A subapical brown line runs from thecosta inwardly, and then is connected by acurved line with the upper portion of the an-gulated line, which precedes it. There is asubmarginal line about three-fourths of thedistance from the base, which is heaviest nearthe inner margin. There is a series of black

dots on the outer margin most distinct justbelow the apex. The posterior wings arewhite with a very faint discal dot and a fewblack dots at the outer angle. The underside is uniformly pale yellowish with a heavycomma-shaped discal mark upon the prim-aries, and a heavy round discal dot upon thesecondaries. Both wings have some obscuregrayish marks near the outer end of the costaand the outer margins are punctured withblack dots.Expanse, 28 mm. This species is appar-

ently not uncommon.

ALOA, Walk.

42. A. nigricosta, sp. nov. . Antennaewhite with the pectinations gray. Frontorange. Collar and upper side of the thoraxyellowish-white. The abdomen orange with aheavy black dorsal line, a rowofblack dots oneither side ofthe abdomen and a double row ofblack dots on the lower side of the abdomen.The wings are yellowish-white inclined in thecase of the secondaries to semi-translucency,and the costa of the primaries from about themiddle to the apex is heavily margined withblack.Female like the male.Expanse, , 3 ram. , 36 ram.

CYMBIDAE.

EARIAS, Htibn.

43" . Ogovana, sp. nov. . Front andforward edge of collar white. Eyes and an-tennae brown. Palpi pale fulvous. Lowerside of thorax and abdomen whitish. Legswhitish margined with brown. The hindmargin ofthe collar, the upper side of thorax,and upper side of anterior wings bright grass-green. The upper side ofthe abdomen is palebrown annulated with black. The posteriorwings are vinaceous with the costa shiningwhitish and the fringes on the outer margindarker than the body of the wing. The an-terior wings are crossed by two angulated

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transverse exceedingly fine median lines.The under sides of both wings are vinaceous.

The anteriors whitish on the costa near the

apex and broadly whitish on the inner mar-

gin. There is a small dark brown spot on

the costa of the primaries a little beyond themiddle. Expanse, 2o ram.

LITHOSIIDAE.

CABARDA, Walk.

44. C. torrida, sp. nov. . Antennae,front, collar, and thorax white. Legs paleyellow. Abdomen gray. Upper side of an-

terior wings milk-white with two small oval

pale fawn spots arranged longitudinally in

the cell beyond the middle, a small spot of

the same color at the base, a moderately largebrown blotch below the cell near the middle

tapering inwardly toward the base, and a

limbal band broadest near the posterior mar-

gin. The apex broadly fawn color with a

series of small spots of the same color on the

outer margin between the nervules, graduallydiminishing in size toward the outer angle.The posterior wings are very pale semi-trans-lucent fawn color. The under side of both

wings is of the same color as the upper side

of the secondaries. The costa and the outer

and inner margins of the primaries are paler.Expanse, 20 ram. Habitat, Benita. (Feb-

ruary.)

45. C. teraperata, sp. nov. . Allied toC. frigida, Walk. The under and uppersides of the body are white. The primariesare dull white with the outer half heavilycovered with rusty scales shading into black-ish near the outer margin. On the costa

before the apex, a,d on the outer marginjust below the apex, this ferruginous tract is

indented by two subtriangular pure white

spots. The posterior wings are grayish,darkest near the outer margin, and the fringesof both primaries and secondaries are whitish.

On the under side, both wings are whitish,the primaries being clouded to pale ferru-

ginous on the costal area, and both wingshave a faint submarginal line running par-allel to the outer margin.Expanse, 19 ram.

BIZONE, Walk.

46. B. Africana, sp. nov. (. Pure white.The legs pale yellowish. Posterior wingswith one or two black dots on the costa near

the base. The primaries are crossed by a

median and a limbal transverse line of darkbrown, or blackish, somewhat angulated.There are two small black spots on the cellbetween these lines arranged longitudinally,and one or two black spots on the outer mar-

gin below the apex. The female is markedas the male, but larger. Under side of wingsimmaculate.Expanse, (, 18mm.; , 2oto22 mm.

47. /L Porrima, sp. nov. ’. Allied tothe preceding species, but smaller, and withthe fore wings luteous. The markings verymuch the same as in the preceding species,but the spots on the cell between the trans-verse lines coalesce with the lines. Underside of wings white, immaculate. Femalelike the male.Expanse of six specimens before me aver-

ages I8 ram.

48. /?. rubristriga, sp. nov. (. Snowy-white with two bright crimson transversebands, with two small black spots enclosedbetween them on the cell and arranged longi-tudinally. There are no black spots at thebase of the primaries. The crimson bandsreappear faintly on the under side.Expanse, 16 mm. This species is charac-

terized by having the primaries relativelynarrower than in the preceding species.

BARSINE, Walk.

49. B. Gubunica, sp. nov. ’. Allied toB. (Siccia) rdvulosa, Walk., with the type of

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4OO PSYCtIE. February x893.

which I have compared it, but widely dif-ferent. The front and collar are pale orange.The thorax, abdomen, and legs are pale red-dish-fawn. The anterior wings are pale fer-ruginous with a double series of irregularspots before the base, a zigzagged transversemedian, and a greatly zigzagged transverselimbal band, a spot at the end of the cell,and a submarginal series of spots, all palepurplish. The posterior wings are semi-diaphanous, very pale fuscous. The underside of the wings are without markings, savethat the bands in the primaries very faintlyreappear. The female is larger than themale and with the spots and bands in theprimaries darker, and the ground color ofthese wings redder.Expanse, , comm.; , 25ram.

MILTOCHRISTA, Hfibn.

5 M. numida, sp. nov. o. The frontwhite. The body pale yellowish-fawn. Thelegs yellowish with the tibiae provided withheavy black tufts before the tarsi. The an-terior wings are pale stramineous tinged insome specimens with reddish towards theapex. At the base there are three smallblack spots. There is a very heavy blackspot at the end of the cell. A series of heavyirregular black spots form a transverse me-dian band curved outwardly and coalescingabout the middle of the wing with a similarband, which forms with a still heavier sub-median band an irregular circle, surroundingthe black spot at the end of the cell. Thereare two submarginal black spots about themiddle of the outer margin. In some speci-mens these coalesce with the heavy submar-ginal band. The posterior wings have someblack spots on the outer margin, heaviestnear the outer angle. The markings of theupper surface reappear upon the lower sideof the wings, but fainter and poorly defined.The posteriors have a double series of blackspots near the outer angle on the outer mar-

gin. The female is marked as the male butwith broader wings.Expanse, , 16 ram. , .18 mm.

51 M. Clara, sp. nov. . Allied to anunnamed species in the British Museum fromSierra Leone. Pale cream color. The pos-terior wings immaculate. The anteriorwings with a small black spot at the base,three similar spots forning a transverse seriesbeyond the base, one of the spots on thecosta, another near the middle of the wing,and the third on the inner margin. There isa transverse, zigzagged, pale brown linecrossing the wing before the end of the cell;a minute black spot at the end of the cell;another somewhat broader, very irregular,transverse brown line beyond the cell; anda number of small linear black marks uponthe outer margin.Expanse, 16 mm.

52. [. (P) erytkrias, sp. nov. . An-tennae plumose, black. The body dark red.Legs margined with black. Primaries darkred shading nto pale orange at the apex, andthe outer margin uniformly fringed withdark brown. The primaries have a costaland an interior black basal ray followed by adouble transverse line, which is succeeded bya series of irregular, very angulated, andheavy dark markings, which irregularly en-circle the black discal dot, which is situatedat the end of the cell. These markings arefollowed by a submarginal series of spots, ofwhich the third and the fifth, reckoning fromthe costa, and those nearest the outer angleare the largest, the fifth coalescing with thefringe. All of the markings are dark pur-plish-brown. The secondaries are rosy withthe outer margin dark brown. The undersides are marked as the upper, but all themarkings are more obscure.Expanse, 16 mm. I refer this species with

great doubt to the genus Miltochrista, owingto the heavily pectinated form of the anten-nae. It represents, possibly, a new genuclosely allied to Miltochrista.

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