( 270 ) 



lirown, powtlereil with light cbestiint scales. Hinilwiiig, costal iialt' i)lili(jHoIy 



hyaline brown, abdominal half hyaline rose. 



Length of forewing : ;3!s mm. 



Ilab. Agnalani, Carabaya, OOmi ft., wet season, December 1 '.)()•'), ami Linibaiii, 

 (.'arabaya, 9000 ft., Jannary and Folirnarv 1'.mi4 '(j. R. Ockenden). 



3 ? ? . 



45. Amastus pseuderebella sjiee. nov. 

 ?. I'ectns pale dnll crimson; antennae rnfons brown; head and thorax 

 greyish chocolate-brown : liasal half of abdomen pale brownish pink, apical half 



sooty clay-brown. Forewing hyaline, thinly covered all over with browu-grey 



scales. Hindwing hyaline yellowish grey. 



Length of forewing : 3'J mm. 



Hab. Bogota, ronnd town, .Jnne ; Bogota ; Bogota (Child). 



S ? ?. " 



41',. Amastus umber spec. nov. 



?. Pectus [lale crimson; legs iirowii ; palpi, head, antennae, and thorax dark 

 chocolate-brown ; abdomen dorsally salmon-crimson, sides and last fonr segments 



gulden yellow, a lateral row of dark brown spots. Forewing semihyaline deep 



rufous chocolate, crossed by five very indistinct wavy cinnamon bands, one ante- 

 median, one median, and three postuiedian ; the first two of tiiese later close 

 togethei'. Hindwing hyaline brown. 



(?. Similar. 



Length of forewing : 3 36 mm.; ? 40 mm. 



Hab. Merida, Venezuela (Briceno). 



1 c?,4 ? ?. 



47. Amastus hyalina orientalis snbspec. nov. 



c{. Differs from Iv/aluni /h/kUhh in the pectus lieing cinnamon clay-colour, 

 not whitish clay, in the head and thorax being uniform pale rufous clay, not [lale 

 Ijutf with orange margins to tegulae and patagia, and in the margins of the wings 

 bemg darker. 



?. Similar differences are shown in this sex, but the thorax is much darker 

 in comparison, and the last four segments of and sides of abdomen are blackish 

 clay-brown, not whitish clay. 



Lengtii of forewing : S :i',) mm. ; ? 33 mm. 



Hab. Merida, Venezuela (Briceno). 



2 (?r^,n ? ?, 



4s. Amastus childi spec nov. 



?. Pectus, head, and thorax pale rufous clay; antennae brown; abdomen 

 clay-colour, base with pale crimson hairs. Forewing pale rufous. Hindwing 

 hyaline browu-grey. 



Length of forewing : :!_' mm. 



ll'ib. Bogota (Child;. 



4''. Halisidota maculata texana subspec. nov. 



This form is nearest to iiKimlntii (nnjidifcni Wlk., but is as a rule smaller anil 

 paler, and the markings in the $ are less pronounced. The ? has the markings 

 much more like the S than in the other subspecies. 



Ilab. Texas. 



4 SS, 1 ?. 



