( i»o ) 



Underside similar ; but the hind wing with a large purplish cell-spot and fiery 

 coppery tinge aloug outer rnargiu, aud more narrowly along costa ; {brewing also 

 tinged with the same colour. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown ; the dorsum with some purplish and 



deep red scaling ; legs and palpi rufous ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : 38 mm. 



1 ? from La Oroya, R. Inambari, S.E. Peru, 3100 ft., March 1905, wet season 

 (Ockenden). 



7. Zeuzerodes maculata spec. nov. 



Forewing : black; along costa iron grey, mixed with dull red-brown stales; 

 I he paler intervals form white spots with grey centres in and beyond cell, and one 

 large obliqne white blotch in snbmedian interval before outer margin ; towards the 

 apex the grey scales form lines between the veins, and the costa before apex is 

 dotted with grey and rufous ; fringe blackish, with a row of irregular reddish 

 scales along base. 



Bindwing : with costal half black mixed with grey ; the anal triangle cream- 

 white, crossed by two waved pale fulvous lines, and the fringe along it fulvous. 



Underside of forewing greyish black with traces of paler waved bands; apex 

 with a dull flesh-coloured blotch, containing a velvety black spot with a white 

 dash on it; costa before apex brownish flesh-colour; fringe dark with pale flesh- 

 coloured scales al base ; the white blotch before anal angle conspicuous : hindwiug 

 as above, but the dark basal area rippled with pale grey. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish, the last with deep red lateral lines, 

 aud the penultimate segment of dorsum ferruginous ; palpi and tarsi rufous. 



Expanse of wings : 42 mm. 



1 ? from La Oroya, R. Inambari, S.E. Peru, 3100 ft., October 1904, wet 

 season (Ockenden). 



Family URANIIDAE. 



Subfamily EPIPLEMINAE. 



Aphyodes gen. nov. 



Forewing : ample ; costa straight, slightly curved at base aud apex, which is 

 bluntly rounded ; outer margin straight or slightly incurved from to 3, which is 

 bluntly bent and strongly oblique; inner margin convex. 



Hindwing : quite small ; pointed at apex and excised before anal angle; inner 

 margin short, the inner-marginal area contorted and folded. 



Antennae lamellate, subserrate beneath, rasped above ; palpi short, porrect, 

 and pointed ; tongue slight ; frenulum strong. 



Neuration : forewing, cell less than half of wing ; median nervure sharply 

 bent upwards at end, vein 3 from the bend in a straight line with the median, 

 vein 2 from close before it, 4 from the upturned end of cell; 5, the lower radial, 

 from below the upper angle ; 6, 7 stalked from the angle ; 8, '•» stalked ; 10, 11 

 lice, and far back: hindwing, 8 iuto the apical point, 7 aud 6 widely separated 

 from 8, stalked from middle of wing, 5 being stalked with 6 ; the median and 

 iis branches obscured ; upper surface of hindwiug covered with thick furry hair. 

 There appears to be a longitudinal furrow between 8 aud 7. 



Type: Aphyodes piloaa spec. nov. 



