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DESCRIPTIOX OF SOME XEW SOUTH AMERICAX 

 ARCTIADAE, WITH NOTES. 



By the HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Pii.D. 



1. Prumala ockendeni sjiec. nov. 



(?. Pectus clay-biiff; legs clay-bnfF, ringed with dark bruwii and iiale trinisnii ; 

 inside of coxae crimson ; palpi buff, spotted with crimson and brown : tVons and 

 antennae fuscous, the latter strongly pectinated; vertex of head, tegnlae, pataj,''ia, 



and thorax buff with pale scarlet rings and streaks ; abdomen salmon-colour. • 



Forewing deep dull brown with nnmerous bauds and patches of buff blotches, each 

 blotch with central pale scarlet markings ; there are one submarginal and two post- 

 median transverse bands of such blotches, a half moon-shaped baud in and around 

 the cell, one blotch near base of costa and two on basal third of inner margin. 

 Hindwing hyaline buff, tinged with pale rose. 



?. Similar. 



Length of forewing : S 185 mm. ; ? 21 mm. 



Ilab. La Oroya, Bio luambari, S.E. Pern, 3100 ft., wet season, October 1904; 

 La Union, Kio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 2000 ft., wet season, December 1904 ; 

 Tinguri, Caraliaya, 340(i ft., dry season, August 19U4 ; Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 

 6000 ft., wet season, December 1901 (G. R. Ockenden). 



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2. Prumala affinis spec. nov. 



S. This species, like the preceding and the following one, is very close to 

 ]'. ojjtimus Bull. Pectus ])ale buff ; legs buff with black, browu, and pale crimson 

 rings ; palpi, basal half buff and crimson, apical half brown ; frons fuscous ; antennae 

 fuscous, apical fifth white pectinations very short and weak ; vertex of head, 

 tegulae, and patagia cream-white, marked with crimson ; thorax crimson, marked 



with buft'; abdomen crimson. -Forewing deep brown, with numerous patches of 



creamy white marked with salmony crimson, two patches at base of inner margin, 

 a ijatch from costa to end of cell, two on costa nearer the base, and a large band 

 occupying most of the disc and curving round to costa one-fourth from apex ; an 

 apical and snbapical patch, and a series of buff che(iners on cilia from apex to 

 vein 4. Hindwing hyaline salmon with a golden buff tinge. 



Length of forewing : 17 mm. 



llnh. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, GoGU ft., January 11)03, wet season; Caradoc, 

 Marcapeta, 4000 ft., November lOUl ; La Union, Kio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 

 20110 ft., wet season, November 1004; La Oroya, Rio luambari, S.E. Pern, 

 3100 ft., wet season, October 1004 (G, R. Ockenden); Fontc Boa, Amazonas, 

 June lOoii; Potaro, British Gniana, February lOOS (S. M. Klages); British 

 (Juiana (bought at Georgetown by Mr. Whitford). 



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3. Prumala similis spec. nov. 



(?. Pectus crimson; palpi butf with crimson and brown rings; legs dull 

 crimson with narrow brown rings ; frons brown ; vertex of head pale brownish red ; 

 antennae pale rufous brown, hardly pectinated ; tegulae, patagia, and thorax white, 



