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23.^Pachydota aflBnis. 



S. Has liiiKlwing still deeper ami more unit'oirn socify brown than in P. drurei. 

 Segments of abdomen with narrow black rings ; a dorsal tnft of blaek hair on 

 first, second, and third; sides of last one black. 



?. Differs in having a black dorsal tnft only on second segment. 



Ijength of forewing : cJ 27 mm.: ? :il mm. 



Hull. I'opavan (riehniann) : Merida, \'enezntda (I'riceno). 



1 c?, 1 ?. ' 



24. Pachydota peruviana si)ec. nov. 



S. Abdomen above orange with narrow black segmental edges ; dorsal tnfts 

 of black hair on second and third segments. Hindwing hyaline sooty grey- 

 white, passing into a sooty brown towards margins. 



?. Mnch larger, has tufts on three first segments; last segment black. 



Length of forewing : i 25 mm. ; ¥ 32 mm. 



Iliih. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, (iaOO ft., dry season, October 1903; La Oroya, 

 Hid Inambari, S.R. Pern, 3I()0 ft,, wet season, March IVMl.j; Tinguri, Carabaya, 

 34011 ft., <lry season, August 11hi4 ; Oconeijne, Carabaya, TOUU ft., dry season, 

 July 19U4 (G. K. Ockenden). 

 ' 13 S6,'Z ? ?. 



25. Pachydota punctata spec nov. 



cf . This species can be at once recognised by the yellowish white spot on tnft 

 at tlie juncture of thorax and abdomen. It differs also from albiceps Wlk. in 

 the narrower black abdominal segmental rings and the last segment being yellow, 

 not black. It has Ijeen hitherto always confounded with albiceps. 



Length of forewing : 25 — 28 mm. 



Hub. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, February ]9(i5; La 

 Vnelta, C'aura River, June 1903 ; La LTnion, Canra River, May \Wl (S. M. Klages): 

 Dominica, September 19U4 (E. A. Agar) ; Paramba, Ecuador, January — May 

 isy? ; Palma Sola, Venezuela; Bulim, Ecuador, 16(J ft., December lOmi to 

 February 19U1, and Rio Cayapas, N.W. Ecuador (Flemming & Minuetta). 



IC) S$, (•) ? ?. 



-Ti. Carathis ockendeni spec. nov. 



cT. Pectus orange; legs orange with several brown bands ; palpi, head, and 

 antennae brown : tegulae brownish orange ; thorax choitolate-brown : abdomen 

 above bla(^k, last segment above and whole of abdomen iielow orangi- ; last tlirec 



segments laterally washed with brick-red. Forewing chocolate-brown, three or 



four orange-buff sjmts at base, two minute reddish |)in [loints at ai)ex of cell ; at 

 apex of wing reaching to vein 3 a conglomeration of buify white spots, but only 



about one-half the area of the similar one in ('. hftblis Schans. Hindwing 



hyaline sooty black. 



Length of forewing : IT mm. 



llab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, <10(iii ft., wet season, aiarch l'."i2 (G. J{. 



Ockenden j. 



1 S. 



27. Carathis aflBnis spec. nov. 



J. Near to C. bi/blitt Schaus. Pectus orange ; legs pale brown with bufly 

 white rings ; paljii and antennsie brown ; head and tegulae buti' ; thorax brown; 

 patagia brown, broadly ujargined exteriorly with butt; abdomen above except 



