202 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, '06 



Abdomen above, dark brown, the segments edged with white ; beneath 

 white. Legs black above, brown beneath. 



Upper side of fore wing dark brown. Below the median nervure and 

 bordering on it, is a prominent semitransparent white spot, nearly square. 

 Above this, and nearly joining it, is a small white dot in the discoidal 

 space. At the bases of the two interspaces above this large spot are two 

 smaller white spots in a line drawn towards the apex. Below the costa, 

 two-thirds the distance to apex, are two small white spots, the upper one 

 merely a dot. These make a total of six spots. 



Upper side of hind wing dark brown. A dash of white, or rather a 

 series of interspacial white marks, extends across the centre only of the 

 wing in a line drawn from the upper angle to a point near the base on 

 inner margin. This white area represents a small portion only of the 

 total wing area. 



Hind margins have a slight gray fringe. 



Under side of fore wing the same as upper surface, except that below 

 the large white spot is a space of similar size, heavily dusted with white 

 scales, suffusing towards the hind margin. A similar, though less promi- 

 nent, dusting of lighter scales appears outside the two subcostal spots. 



The lower half of under side of hind wing is dark brown. Above a line 

 drawn from upper angle across the lower edge of the white spots and 

 ending near the base of the wing, the area is a creamy white, excepting 

 the costal area, which is brown. The lower edge of this costal area is 

 separated from the creamy white by a line drawn from base to upper an- 

 gle, no suffusion whatever being apparent. In this creamy white area 

 between the semitransparent spots and the inner margin is a dash of 

 brown. 



Hab. Suapure, Venezuela. 



Described from five specimens in my collection taken in Jan- 

 uary, 1900. The white markings show no variation. This 

 species resembles C. lafrenayi L,atr. , but the white markings 

 on hind wing are not so large, and in lafrenayi the direction is 

 from upper angle downwards parallel to hind margin, not 

 straight across the wing. The under side of hind wing differs 

 in location and extent of white markings. 



Pythonides hoyti sp. nov. Expanse i.So inches. Head, thorax and 

 abdomen above, dark brown, with golden brown hairs ; beneath, light 

 brown. Antennae dark brown. 



Upper sice of fore wing brown. Across the discoidal space is a semi- 

 transparent spot of peculiar shape, straight on its basal side, but forked 

 on its marginal side, forming a figure 1^. In the first submedianint er- 

 space is another similar spot somewhat nearer the hind margin. Above 

 the upper point of this, in the interspace next above it, is a square spot. 



