( •^-^' ) 



9. Similar. 



Leugth of forewing ; S 21 mm. ; ? 25 mm. 



/lab. Oconeque, Carabaya, TOOD ft., dry season, July 1UU4, and Santo Domingo, 

 Carabaya, 6000 ft., November 1901, wet season (G. R. Ockeadeu) ; (,'usbi, rrovince 

 Huannco, Peru, 1000 m. (W. Hoffmanns). 



2 66, 1 ?. 



:i:'>. Opharus intermedia sjiec. nov. 



¥. E.xactly intermediate between ". ///jjcn'ta H.-S. and i >. j/ariinacuUUa 

 Hmpsn. Pectus crimson ; frons brown ; vertex lemon-yellow with brown patch behind 

 antennae; tegnlae black-brown, margined inside with lemon-yellow ; patagia lemon- 

 yellow, margined with black-brown ; abdomen dorsally basal half black-lirowii, 

 anterior half pale crimson, margined segmentally with black-brown, laterally and 

 inferiorly black-brown, laterally spotted with lemou-yellow. Forewing black- 

 brown, five yellow spots on costa, si.\ transverse rows of varions-sized yellow spots 



and dots on wing, and a marginal row of yellow dots, Hindwing black-brown, 



slightly paler; two yellow dots at ape.K, and a series of yellowish white patches 

 on disc ; e.\treme base pink. 



Length of forewing : 27 mm. 



Hal. ? (e.\. coll. Felder). 



:i4. Opharus hampsoni spec. nov. 



This is the insect Sir George Hamjison described in Vol. III. of the Gatalogac 

 of Mot/is as Opharus deerepUhi H.-S. I have trne (h'crcjjida, which is quite 

 difterent and much larger ; the yellow markings of forewing being larger and more 

 numerous, and in the S the hindwing being light with a rather darker submargiual 

 band, while in hampaoiii the whole wing is black-brown. 1 have X", S $ and 10 ? ? 

 of trne decrepida, and 32 SS and 14 ? ? o^ hampsoni. 



Length of forewing hampsoni: Largest 6 23 mm., ? 2o mm. ; smallest 6 

 18 mm., ? 21 mm. 



Length of forewing decrepida: Largest 6 27 mm., ? oO mm.; smallest 6 

 21 mm., ? 23 mm. 



35. Opharus decrepidoides spec. nov. 



? . Differs from decrepida by liaving the yellow markings on forewing reduced 

 to four zigzag transverse bands, one antemedian, one median, and two postmedian. 

 The dark markings of hindwing are reduced to a wide marginal band extending 

 three-fourths of the way round the wing. 



Length of forewing : 20 mm. 



Hah. Sunto Domingo, ("arabaya., li.'ion f(., dry season, October VM\\ {V\. R. 

 < )ckenden). 



I ?. 



Opharus nexa H.-S. A: 0. punctularis H.-S. 



These two species are ijuite distinct, not $ and ? as Sir George llampsou 

 thought. I have both se.xes of each, \ Si,'i 2 'i nexa, 3 6S, 2 ? ? puiwtulnri.s. 

 Opharus alljimaculata Jones is a subspecies of nexa, and must stand as Opharas 

 nexa ulbimaculatu. 



